well by obama's own admission he isn't going after the bush administration for some of us lawlessness because he says that it would. harm the country's ability to look forward and to implement some of the things that he wants to do during his term he doesn't want to have these backward looking fights. it in this case you know someone might say well well then barack obama why are you looking backward to something that happened during the clinton administration this this case of iranian spying gone awry. and you know why is it appropriate to look backward and prosecute rise and well you know maybe the answer is that a guy like arisan or investigative reporters generally in some ways make it harder for presidents to operate in some ways make it harder for them to. help the government to escape scrutiny and embarrassment and just as that applied to the bush administration it applies to president obama it's consistent with his logic of i'm going to do what i want to do in order to forward the agenda that i want to push but let's be honest here right has been all started just with the bush

it is not the administration saying drones are not covered. the question is whether when you have an unmanned aerial vehicle, that's the introduction of u.s. armed forces in a statute drafted by congress. if that language along or works -- >> just in general, if you are engaged in a vietnam-type military operation, which i was, you have certain support elements providing in direct assistance to the people putting bullets on the battlefield. i really don't see any distinction here because in the vietnam environment, i was a journalist in afghanistan, i was a journalist in beirut. not everybody is a trigger- polar. the definition between aircraft that are revealing the bombers or conducting intelligence activities or surveillance is an artificial distinction. >> nobody is saying something replicating vietnam at this moment would not be -- >> i'm not talking about vietnam. i'm talking about afghanistan or beirut -- same thing. >> i think you make the most important point of all -- these are points of judgment. in your role in the navy, you made th

will you and the administration supports this? >> three words used, the a cumulative cost competitiveness and job creation that are very much our focus prominent in the executive order and this is something daily we are attending to. with respect to legislation, my own plane is a narrow one of the implementation and i defer to others on that issue. >> i talked to the white house and the president about this and the scene supportive but i don't know if they are telling me that to placate me, it could be, but mr. sunstein you are an intelligent man there's no doubt about it and in the administration you are highly regarded what you say carries a lot of depth and wait and will you tell the president you think that he should sign that bill? >> i tend not to tell the president -- >> i think he would listen to you so. he doesn't know all this stuff like you. if you come in and a guy like you is going to say okay i think we will do it he might have done that when we were the colleagues at the university chicago. >> he's good at some thing

versus the bush administration. production on the outer continental shelf also increased? >> it has pared >> thank you very much. >> we have avote call on the floor. i want to thank all the witnesses for your generosity and time. the record will remain open for an additional week to allow you to add additional information. with that, we stand adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> we learned today that lawrence eagleburger, former secretary of state, has died. mr. eagleburger rows of the ranks of the u.s. foreign service and state department, becoming a top aide to henry kissinger during the nixon and ford administration. he was ambassador to yugoslavia for jimmy carter and served as secretary of state during the george h.w. bush administration. the cause of death was pneumonia. he was 80 years old. in this week's youtube address, president obama discusses the state of the u.s. auto industry and its relation to the rest of the eco

ahead has president obama turned into dick cheney that's the argument being made over how the obama administration is handling the case involving reporter james risin and his confidential source i've been to that in just a moment. twenty years ago in the largest country. to some degree to. what had been true. gender just. where did it take. seven thirty am in moscow these here are to you headlines greece grinds to a halt as a forty eight hour general strike takes effect while athens erupts in violence where protesters voiced their anger at proposed cuts to secure e.u. bailout cash the strike was timed to coincide with a crucial vote in the greek parliament on whether to accept brussels terms for financial aid this as china's prime minister offers a financial lifeline to the union during a visit to europe. french finance minister christine lagarde becomes the first female head of the international monetary fund winning overwhelming support from europe russia china and the us her chief rival for the position was mexican banker augustine carstens who lobbied as a non european candidate better suited

it is not the administration saying drones are not covered. the question is whether when you have an unmanned aerial vehicle, that's the introduction of u.s. armed forces in a statute drafted by congress. if that language along or works -- >> just in general, if you are engaged in a vietnam-type military operation, which i was, you have certain support elements providing in direct assistance to the people putting bullets on the battlefield. i really don't see any distinction here because in the vietnam environment, i was a journalist in afghanistan, i was a journalist in beirut. not everybody is a trigger- polar. the definition between aircraft that are revealing the bombers or conducting intelligence activities or surveillance is an artificial distinction. >> nobody is saying something replicating vietnam at this moment would not be -- >> i'm not talking about vietnam. i'm talking about afghanistan or beirut -- same thing. >> i think you make the most important point of all -- these are points of judgment. in your role in the navy, you made th

this is what passes for moral clarity in the obama administration. by contrast, i called for his departure on march 29. a call for it again today. we should recall our master from damascus and i call for that again today. the leader of the united states should never leave those willing to sacrifice their lives in the cause of freedom wondering where america stands. as president, i will not. we need a president who folia understands that american never leads from behind. we cannot underestimate how pivotal this moment is in the least tern history. we need decisive, clear right leadership that is responsive to this historical moment of change in ways that are consistent with our deepest principles and safeguards our vital interest. >> the government of the middle east fallen to four broad categories and each requires a different strategic approach. the first consists of three countries in various stages of transition toward democracy. before myrlie fake republics in egypt, tunisia, and libya. iraq is also in this category. for these countries, our goal

i think the administration has not been as communicative. i think the president is very good at having a tight circle of intimate friends, and he meets a lot of people casually, but he doesn't have acquaintances as much as he should, which is to say he doesn't have a lot of people he calls occasionally, including members of congress. and i think there's sort of an insularity to some degree which pervades a lot of issues. >> lehrer: i had the feeling-- i don't know what you thought, mark and david-- but also when senator reid was talking about the afghanistan troop withdrawal that he seemed to be kind of "we" and "they" and i don't really know what's going on here. and dick durbin, who is his number two, is-- is saying essentially what a lot of republicans are saying on the afghanistan thing. >> yand when you asked him if he expressed it to the president, he said, "i've made it known to the people in the white house." it doesn't sound like there are continuing, casual conversations. >> lehrer: do you agree with david's overall point? >> i do.

it is not the administration saying drones are not covered. question is whether when you have an unmanned aerial vehicle, that's the introduction of u.s. armed forces in a statute drafted by congress. if that language along or works -- >> just in general, if you are engaged in a vietnam-type military operation, which i was, you have certain support elements providing in direct assistance to the people putting bullets on the battlefield. i really don't see any distinction here because in the vietnam environment, i was a journalist in afghanistan, i was a journalist in beirut. not everybody is a trigger- polar. the definition between aircraft that are revealing the bombers or conducting intelligence activities or surveillance is an artificial distinction. >> nobody is saying something replicating vietnam at this moment would not be -- >> i'm not talking about vietnam. i'm talking about afghanistan or beir -- same thing. >> i think you make the most important point of all -- these are points of judgment. in your role in the navy, you made that jud

as you're likely york, the charter and administration code requires the controller to provide an estimate on the reasonableness of their revenue assumptions proposed by the mayor. to meet that requirement yesterday, we issued what we call our revenue letter. it provides some summary about revenue assumptions underpinning the mayor's proposed budget, and also comments on a number of other items on the mayor's budget. i can briefly walk through that. i have copies available on the podium next to me. it is always available on our website. generally speaking, we find the revenue estimates assumed in the mayor's proposed budget to be reasonable, given current thinking about the state of the local and national economies. a couple of caveat to add, the first, of course, is that the city's general fund relies heavily on the state of california for revenues to support both city and county functions. the mayor's proposed budget includes a $17.5 million allowance for future and, as of now, unknown state budget cuts, and to the extent that final state actions are less than or more than that $17.5 mil

the collision of our expectations and the administration's policy is not going to be pretty. with that, i yield back my time. >> i think the two votes have started on the floor. i did not hear the bells go off. we could probably get through the introduction. s. two bells, ok. we will begin with the ambassador. rhymes with aname popular insurance co. but i will not to my imitation. he currently serves as the state department coordinator for iraq. she is responsible for coordinating all aspects of the u.s. transition from military to civilian operations in iraq, work closely with our ambassador to iraq. the u.s. military and other departments and agencies. the investor has previously served as deputy port and airport diplomacy for the u.s. global hunger and security initiative. also, director of the office of the afghanistan and ambassador to the asia-pacific economic cooperation forum and u.s. ambassador to the democratic people's republic. she received her m.a. in national affairs from columbia and weity and her mba froba appreciate you being here. secondly, -- are we on the s

eight years of the bush administration. so this talk that tax cuts or the high end are going to create jobs, it just didn't happen. so we want to talk about the past. we want to know what we're going to do in the future, but it's important to learn from the past so we don't do it again so we're not in this situation again. so as i said, the thought of an unincurvered, if that would be the -- unincumbered, if that would be the bill before us, this bill isn't right and i'm glad that hopefully will have a big, strong vote against it. i want to commend my colleague, congressman welsh. he was -- in his letter, he did not demand anything. he's saying, let's get together and talk about how we can have a clean debt limit bill. why don't we follow his lead on that and get together and see how we can do this in a way that's clean and/or at the same time has a plan, a bipartisan plan to reduce the deficit so that we can do just that as we increase jobs and strengthen the middle class? that -- thank you, mr. welsh, for your leadership i

ordinance and a section 2.6 of the administrative provisions of the interim annual salary ordinance to be a policy matter, because these sections create a new employee monthly stipend without specifying the amount payable to employees to use their personal cell phones for work-related duties. as a general policy, i believe you know the board has not approved capital and equipment during the interim budget period without a detailed review unless the budget and finance committee and full board authorizes receptions requested by the -- exceptions requested by the mayor's office. it is the position not to certify the funds during the interim budget process between july 1 and july 31. if an exception is approved by the board of supervisors, new positions can be filled effective july 1, 2011. otherwise, new positions will generally not be filled until october 1 of each fiscal year. in certain cases, specific exceptions requested by the mayor's office to the interim budget general policies have been approved by the board of supervisors. exceptions have been based on such factors as new pos

with the change in the administration, the obama administration last year passed to withdraw the application. the board empowered to make the decision within the application should be withdrawn in an unusual decision chose not to allow it to be withdrawn. we now have a very convoluted process at nrc where we're trying to determine if there is or is not a vote. we're in discussions on a bipartisan basis with the chairman of nuclear regulatory commission on that issue. the purpose of this hearing is to determine what the legal criteria is for the department of energy to terminate the amount in. the distinguished deputy secretary or undersecretary has said that that decision was based on social public acceptance. is that correct? >> secretary chu has testified many times, yes. >> where does it say that social public acceptance is the criteria? >> i didn't say it was in the nuclear waste policy. >> why wasn't a part of the decisionmaking process? >> our secretary with benefit of legal counsel and this is in the courts -- >> the secretary of energy decided that yucca mountain wasn't not acceptabl

will exceed the bush administration in eight years. another way of putting it, the debt uer this president is going up at twice the rate as it did under president bush. . i would just say it's important we send a clear signal, that there wi not be an unconditional increase in the debt limit and we're serious about dressing our debt limits in the country and we've seen the signals from the financial markets and heard what our constituents have said and it's very important we bring the kind of spending reductions and reforms that we need to this debate. i urge antntntntntntntntntntntnt >> how did the vote to raise the debt limit turnout? >> it was resoundingly defeated in the house. every republican voted against, as did 82 democrats. there was a high number of democrats who voted in favor of the measure, 97, a lot higher than people expected. earlier in the day steny hoyer at a press event had basically urged members to vote president -- present if they had any qualms. it was a way to cast a vote without stating a preference. in the end,

decision with no new conditions. -- the arizona administrator' -- the zoning administrator's decision with no new conditions. vice president garcia: i assume the zoning administrator will talk about what is legally required with parking. the curb cuts -- would someone get a ticket if they parked there? >> they are not actually painted red. next to the curb cuts, they are painted red. three cars can park, and regularly do, in each of those. vice president garcia: why is it painted red next to the curb cut? >> i will show you. this is a very tight turn, and 90 degree turn. it is tough for fire trucks to make that turn. the entire curve from here to here is painted red. vice president garcia: to allow clearance. all right. thank you. >> you are welcome. president goh: what you have the picture up, could you show me where the curb cut is on that picture? >> there is one right here. there is one right here. and there is one right here. you can see it in the pictures in that exhibit. the greenhouse is the smaller of the structures. -- the green house is the smaller of the structures and has

will you and the administration supports this? ree words used, the a cumulative cost competitiveness and job creation that are very much our focus prominent in the executive order and this is something daily we are attending to. with respect to legislation, my own plane is a narrow one of the implementation and i defer to others on that issue. >> i talked to the white house and the president about this and the scene supportive but i don't know if they are telling me that to placate me, it could be, but mr. sunstein you are an intelligent man there's no doubt about it and in the administration you are highly regarded what you say carries a lot of depth and wait and will you tell the president you think that he should sign that bill? >> i tend not to tell the president -- >> i think he would listen to you so. he doesn't know all this stuff like you. if you come in and a guy like you is going to say okay i think we will do it he might have done that when we were the colleagues at the university chicago. >> he's good at some things and

don't you think that the administration has two ways to do this? either make the call like the judge did. we have to have a judge with a club and a county health department suing epa to force him not to put this in. that's interesting coalition there. remember, the county, the environmental health is run by five republicans. either accept that or come back and ask us to change this law to allow the item to be done. how would you propose we handle that kind of conflict? >> well, i don't know the particular controversy though. i know some of the names there. the first obligation of the executive branch is to follow the law so it's profoundly to be hoped that following the law is environmentally desirable and by and large that is the case, the clean air act as noted previously -- >> it's the clean water agent. >> the clean air act has good data -- >> okay. >> on overwhelming health benefits, but there's good data on the clean water act also. there may be no choice -- may not be available for the executive branch to say we're not going to implement the

the administration believes we were too weak to fight back. this is an issue of right and wrong. we must not allow a president that allows the government to classify citizens based on their perception of political strength to stand, nor should we allow it allowed to be done -- excuse me, in such a non-transparent manner. we stand on this side of rights. we will fight. that is why we are here. >> thank you. dr. >> thank you, mr. chairman. pointsng to make three in my testimony. government actions to restructure general motors and chrysler through the bankruptcy recension to avoid a potential second great depression and providing pressure an opportunity for firms to reemerge as world-class competitors in the global auto industry. support of the unions with ongoing relationships of gm during this restructuring process was critical to the survival of these companies and to the u.s. automobile industry. further support and cooperation is essential for gm as well as for our -- other companies for building a sustainable jobs and enterprises. the specific provisions governing delphi were

thankfully the bush administration decided to make the first loans and current administration built on what the bush administration did with more financial support for the restructuring of the industry and successful emergence from bankruptcy. the most important point i hope we remember throughout the hearing was a calamity averted for the communities in the investment. without the investment, as many as 3.3 million u.s. jobs amounting to 3.5% in gross domestic product from 2009 to 2011. second, i hope we remember it was necessary for us to ask judicially. gm, for instance,, -- excuse me -- were to have language, so would communities like lords town and the jobs rev mu and jobs evaporate. in the light of the success achieved by gm, the hearing will examine a situation by employees of the delphi. being mindful in the ongoing litigation, i welcome the opportunity to hear testimony from bruce gump on the delphi retiree association and the individuals the organization represents. mr. chairman, on this point before i yield, other committees such as education and labor as long ago as decembe

but i also know that the appointments came out of the administration. you and i both know that. >> absolutely. >> with having said that, there's a huge difference between a shareholder, the old gm that was elected by shareholders, the board of directors, and the new gm because the way you divvied up the company, you established who the board of directors would be. so it wasn't really done the same way as it had been done in the past. i think it's important to be honest about it. i am going to recognize the ranking member for one minute. >> just briefly, and i thank the gentleman for yielding. this question about whether or not the government controls gm's decision, that's the focal point here, and the points that the chair just made, mr. kelly made, the relationship between the new board, decision makers that results in a lot of dealers closing, that -- i see that as a legitimate line of questioning. but one of the things it does not establish and i just want to say this for the record is that mr. bloom himself had anything to do with it. and you kind of

we are examining the administration's policies through the use of sanctions. for the past decade, the united states has focused much of its attention on the middle east. since the 9/11 attacks, americans have invested over a trillion dollars fighting the wars in iraq and afghanistan. since 2001, 6072 americans have died in operations enduring freedom, iraqi freedom and new dawn. another 44,266 have been injured. in afghanistan alone these numbers have risen dramatically since our current president took office in 2009. wednesday evening president obama announced the intent to withdraw 33,000 troops from afghanistan by the fall of 2012. this will leave approximately 67,000 troops behind which is twice as many as when president obama entered office. while i support withdrawal, it must be prudent because it is the right thing to do based on facts and not because it is convenient. while we combat terrorism in the middle east, we must not neglect threats we face in our own hemisphere. in recent years venezuela has grown significantly hostile regimes, partners with c

and the obama administration, according to the center. the obama administration is worse. >> we did look at the administration of george bush, which was widely criticized for appointing donors to these kinds of posts. and they had about the same number in four years that the obama administration has had in two years. >> reporter: and diane, according to a separate study by the american foreign service association, president obama has nominated more appointees who were political over the career diplomats than any president since the ford administration. diane? >> leading us off tonight, jake tapper at the white house. thank you, jake. >>> and, there is an outcry tonight, because of pakistan, and what that country did. pakistan, which receives billions of dollars in u.s. assistance, arrested the people in that country who helped the united states find and take down osama bin laden. word of the arrests came as some of the heroes, the american heroes of that mission, came home, and here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: the american sailors who

the veterans administration. yet there's a clinic right across the street, or road, there are no street, trail. that is run by the indian health services. providing incredible health care. in nome, alaska, we are building 170 million-dollar state-of-the-art indian health services care facility. but again if a veteran is there they will not be able to use that facility. they'll have to get in a plane because they cannot drive because there are no roads with 80% of our communities. there's no state like this. as a writer testament i know you want to try to keep everything -- there's no state like this. there's no state that you can try to another clinic yet there is a high quality run facility right there. and what we are trying to do here, and if you read this, i understand your commentary and how you've written some of your testimony. a key part is roadless communities in alaska. that is pretty narrow. we have more and more, you know this, more and more veterans living in rural communities in this country, but i c

by the bush administration. it was made clear to inner agencies they should participate, and they did. frankly, a president who has his appointees or independent agencies can persuade them to participate if he expresses the desire strongly enough. i don't think that was done in this case. now, despite the limitations, the initiative has as reported by the oira team has meaningful results. overall, the executive branch agencies identified over 100 possible rule changes for the purported potential savings in the short term of about $1 billion. for an administration up until now reduced regulation on virtually nothing, this agenda is significant. as encouraging as that is, the administer's acknowledgement that regulations have cost and take time and day to review the mandates imposed to determine if they are necessary and effective. still, it is too soon for americans to breathe a sigh of relief. many last week are the low-hanging fruit of excesses that should have been plucked long ago. such as milk being a dangero

by the bush administration. it was made clear to inner agencies they should participate, and they did. frankly, a president who has his appointees or independent agencies can persuade them to participate if he expresses the desire strongly enough. i don't think that was done in this case. now, despite the limitations, the initiative has as reported by the oira team has meaningful results. overall, the executive branch agencies identified over 100 possible rule changes for the purported potential savings in the short term of about $1 billion. for an administration up until now reduced regulation on virtually nothing, this agenda is significant. as encouraging as that is, the administer's acknowledgement that regulations have cost and take time and day to review the mandates imposed to determine if they are necessary and effective. still, it is too soon for americans to breathe a sigh of relief. many last week are the low-hanging fruit of excesses that should have been plucked long ago. such as milk being a dangero

over the bush administration? >> i believe that is ripe. >> is it also true that production on outer continental shelf actually also increased in the obama administration over the bush administration? >> it has. >> thank you very much. .. additional week to allow you to add additional information. plus opening statements of members who were not able to be here. with that we stands adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we're going live now to the senate floor new faith and freedom coalition conference here in washington. we are covering two parts today. this session which will go into the afternoon features a number of notable republicans including house speaker john boehner, house budget committee chair paul right, congressman allen west and michele bachmann. live coverage you on c-span2. >> are you ready to send a message to president barack obama? well, you're in the right place. this is the right place to change america. we will have a great weekend and without further ado without mor

so the obama administration repudiated torture, of course, but the bush administration had also more or less given up on coercive interrogation or torture by 2007. the obama administration wanted to try more people, but it's had to give up on that idea. but in other respects the obama administration has continued bush administration it has continueds. policies with the warrant was surveillance and the use of drones to assassinate people who are considered threats to u.s. security including american citizens. the assertion of strong secrecy privileges which makes it difficult if not impossible to bring lawsuits.th and really detention of people without trial is greatly criticized during the bush and administration although obama's hasfear continued as well. >> what is to iran and phobia? >> that is a combination of tyrant and phobia and the unreasoning fear of the excessively powerful executive. the country haexsy a long tradition of t po iran a phobia. was it was justified in the beginning because it. >> most countries smirking them and. >> but also with european history feared the u.

what on earth is the administration waiting on? ss for consideration? despite declaring the benefits of these agreements for the united states at every turn, the obama administration is sitting on them, hurting our economy and undermining our job growth. with respect to international trade, the administration has adopted a policy of delay and dither. i see few sides -- signs the administration is working hard to move these agreements through congress. i don't see administration officials walking the halls of congress in attempts to build support for the colombia, panama and south korea agreements. while the administration has said great things about these agreements, as i've mentioned, it is efforts to build momentum on capitol hill are tepid at best. on trade policy, the administration is all talk and no action. or as my friends from texas might put it, on these agreements the president and his team are all hat and no cattle. this is definitely a strange economic strategy. while our economy remains shaky, unemployment remains high,

the u.s. constitution a former reagan administration official paul craig well that says the u.s. is not ready fighting gadhafi in libya but they're not actually fighting a kadafi in libya but in china and russia could be next in line. libya is important to the administration because they want to be a china oriel investments china has massive all investments in eastern libya and the united states the omen is concerned by the report recently from the international monetary fund that within five years china would overtake united states as the world's strongest economy so washington trying to protect its enemy is trying to reduce any independent sources of energy that china has so that's what the libyan conflict is about you see now they're confronting channer in libya and the reason for the trouble in syria is the americans while the russians have the naval base of tortoise they don't want a russian naval presence in the mediterranean so so the americans now are hiding behind arab protests to work against the interest of china and russia. protests continue to rock syria with at leas

if you can say one thing you think the administration has done poorly and one thing they've done well. >> well, i like the efforts the administration has made on education in general. i think arne duncan had some good ideas, he's open minded, he's creative, i think that's good. i think michelle obama's efforts on obesity have been outstanding. one of my problems with the administration is their allegiance to the labor unions and to teachers unions. i think that's counterproductive to efficiency and i think that allegiance needs to go away if we're going to get to the efficiency level that we need to get to. >> i would say on the flip side of that, when you look at the race to the top, it is very clear that significant changes were made all across the united states of america, specifically in philadelphia in terms of the teachers contract. the kinds of changes that the teachers and the school district agreed to about a year or so ago were right in the context of race to the top, with much more flexibility and i think that the department is providing the kind of leadership that we maybe

the last administration tried to expedite certification even though the studies were not over. now this administration has shut it down. we can argue back and forth whether what the chairman did was illegal or maybe just wrong or maybe just a miscommunication. the truth is we do not have a permanent facility that is certified or under certification process. it seems that would be a very fertile area for us to look at in this committee. at some point, regardless of how we take our nuclear energy policy, we will have to grapple with this. that would be my suggestion. we can waste a lot of time arguing or we can move forward and say, what are we going to do now? i yelled back. >> i would just say that the delay of the report is a delay of science. that is part of this whole debate. the report that has been delayed. i yield five minutes to the vice chairman. >> it certainly is important to hear scientific information. the implication is the credibility of the nrc and many issues of licensing. last week chairman jaczko says your office has exonerated him. i'm not sure your report sup

announced a decision to allow the transportation security administration, t.s.a., the unions, to enter into collective bargaining agreements. this would restrict our ability to meet ever-changing dangers and will add the federal spending which at our time of federal deficits would be irresponsible. since the creation of t.s.a. 10 years ago, its unions have been prohibited from collective bargaining and for good reason. this ban comes from former t.s.a. administrator loy determining collective bargaining agreements would hamper the critical nature of t.s.a. agents national security responsibilities. t.s.a. agents are no different than f.b.i., c.i.a., and secret service agents. we do not negotiate collective bargaining agreements with security personnel and t.s.a. clearly falls within that category. we witnessed the necessary flexibility of the t.s.a. in 2006, after a british airliner bombing plot was discovered, t.s.a. was able to overhaul its policies within 12 hours. if unionization occurs, t.s.a. will be less flexible and less efficient in doing their bu

and it also was was true for the bush administration and that is vilifying other countries other governments for human rights abuses in many instances the same types of human rights abuses that. that that we in the united states are guilty of so to try and make sense of why why this administration frankly why people in general are not paying closer attention to this but why the administration is not speaking out more forcefully and in fact why congress isn't either is. it really comes down to just wanting to make this go away wanting to sweep it under the rug but as you note here what's really important is that this isn't going away this you know when you have lawsuits when you have detainees coming forward to describe what they interred that that ensures that it will remain front and center and this is just a perfect example but this administration has actually gone out of its way to thwart any effort to hold anyone accountable to even launch any sort of investigation we recently heard however that the special prosecutor who was invest

we have about the same number of rules as the first two years of the bush administration. 2007-a the bush administration imposed higher cost than 2000's 9-10. >> i have here a steady that i will insert into the record. it praised the economic analysis and reviewed showing the quality of analysis declined when nephews were shortened. are you familiar? >> i am. >> to you agree? >> not really. the important thing is not based on the calendar but the degree of attention and care. the same study shows no premonition and quality. we are eager to increase quality and make it better. >> the executive order i cited earlier requiring agencies to identify and a clear and simple matter of the substantive changes between the draft submitted for review and the actions subsequently announced as well as those changes in the regulatory actions that are made at the suggestion or recommendation. despite claiming to be the most transparent administration in history we'll understand the position is that this requirement only applies to the formal regulatory review process. is that correct? >> i believe th

as the administration believe this may affect competition between the u.s. and the u.k. and financials is archaic? >> that is the question that the treasury department is best suited to answer, especially on the second one. overall, it's important to know that as countries around the globe have till with the crisis that occurred in 2008 from the financial crisis recession ensued. obviously every country is different in the way the he has taken significant action to us financial reforms and we continue to implement those. you can come is country treats these issues differently. >> cardillo where we work and any sense of the private dinner -- how would the government -- where the government provide -- or would not provide anything? >> i believe it is private to your initiative we support. the radish works on monday could've told you so many things about that and now it's been displaced by libya and other things. my bandwidth is being limited. you are correct it is the private sector initiatives. we are looking for ways -- actions the government can take on the private sect

to discuss his latest story in the new yorker magazine and here he says the obama administration allowing fear not facts dictate a potentially disastrous foreign policy towards iran mr hersh thank you so much for sitting down with us based on your investigation is the united states wrong to assume the worst when it comes to iran if the fear is based on the notion that you know that some our iran has the bomb or is going to get a bomb so that's ridiculous because every bit of evidence they have it from their own intelligence community. but the people who are part of the birdsville but you know there's no weapons there we've known that for years we've been looking for years there for years and years we supported sanctions program that's designed to stop the punishment is. aimed at stopping the iranians from doing something you know we know they're not doing for me and i think i wrote me earlier for the analogy between what they're doing with obama's doing with iran is very close to what bush and dick cheney the vice president that did to iraq that is they they they wanted to punish they wan

the e.p.a. administration, the e.p.a. administrator to provide an additional 30-day extension if the same administrator determines that such time as necessary -- is necessary to provide adequate time for public participation and decision involvement by a state. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. >> i might just add here that the university of alaska did a study on this legislation and oil and gas development in alaska's arctic seas and they concluded that the total development there would create 54,000 jobs. mr. whitfield: at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to the chairman emeritus of the energy and commerce committee, mr. barton of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. barton: madam chairwoman, i'd ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. mr. barton: madam chairwoman, shale oil company has spent five years of time and $3 billion of money tryin

the administration decided to ignore the science into god. his administration has what i think our political reasons to determine it is not a workable option and is proposing millions of taxpayer dollars be spent in other studies. it is unsettling the d.o.e. step short of characterizing unsuitable and chose unworkable. it is clear the administration does this to circumvent the law as defined by the nuclear waste policy act to the basis for their determination. we know the economic impact is no guarantee it is more acceptable or less costly alternative can be identified, which will only prolong the need for interim storage of spent nuclear fuel existing reactor sites. delays and repositories have been created and estimated $15.6 billion taxpayer liability plus an additional $500 million each year beyond 2020. this is not only financial issue but a financial security issue. we cannot have over 70,000 tons of radioactive waste scattered across 75 sites. we need a central repository and it is my opinion that is the mountain. at this point i would

the administration is not able to specify any applicable limits. the scope has drawn from effort to protect civilians under imminent threat, to obliterating libya, the military arsenal, command and control structure, and leadership apparatus. most recently, the administration sought to avoid its obligations by making incredible a circe -- assertion that u.s. occupation in liberty does not constitute hostility. the administration's own description of the operation in libya _ is the fallacy of this position. u.s. warplanes have reportedly struck libya's air defenses reportedly 60 times since natal assume the lead role. most significantly, the broader range of airstrikes been. out by other forces depend -- been brought out by other forces depend on security defenses by the united states pad the war powers resolution require the president to terminate the forces on may 20, 60 days after he notified congress of the commencement of the operation. the administration declined to offer any explanation of its view that u.s. forces were not engaged in hostilit