has the affordable act. congress made specific findings in the act including first that the minimum coverage provision requirement regulates activity that is commercial and economic in nature, economic and financial -- >> [inaudible] >> that is how congress said it was. it was financial decisions about how and when health care is paid for and here are convention to you is that the activity is participation in the health care market and that is what is going on at an unprecedented, at a huge rate, it's virtually universal. >> what we want to do is not participate in the health care market. that activity doesn't reach us. >> i am saying and i think congress was saying that it's almost a universal feature, judge motz, of our existence that we do use health care regardless whether we think we might not want to or in your mind decide not to. one cannot opt out of it on an individual basis because we don't know the chance of getting hit by a bus, get struck by cancer and providers can't opt out of it -- >> there is a compr

the same idea? congress is not going to do it in living, but it gives congressmen and congresswomen the ability to criticize the president. what they do not want to do is take responsibility for the decision. the safest thing is not to take a vote at all and that the president the other on a limb. three basic ways to interpret the constitution. most lawyers agree with its factionalism, and original -- functionalism. functionalism advises the courts to defer to the arrangements that have been arrived at for exercising powers. it is the great justification for the delegation of power for the administration state from congress. here it is functional and it is hard to say the should overturn what had been decades, if not centuries, a practice where presidents have used force without any congressional permission, and waited afterwards for congress to authorize it, not provide funding, but the congress' role has been usually to give permission afterwards. the reason why is because congress' incentives are not to t

the same idea? congress is not going to do it in living, but it gives congressmen and congresswomen the ability to criticize the president. what they do not want to do is take responsibility for the decision. the safest thing is not to take a vote at all and that the president the other on a limb. three basic ways to interpret the constitution. most lawyers agree with its factionalism, and original -- functionalism. functionalism advises the courts to defer to the arrangements that have been arrived at for exercising powers. it is the great justification for the delegation of power for the administration state from congress. here it is functional and it is hard to say the should overtur what had been decades, if not centuries, a practice where presidents have used force without any congressional permission, and waited afterwards for congress to authorize it, not provide funding, but the congress' role has been usually to give permission afterwards. the reason why is because congress' incentives are not to ta

it is that simple and you know you have to do is look at the record if somebody stands up in congress opposed to israel you see the the wealth of the nation from the jewish community focus on that person's defeat so politicians are more interested in having a job then and doing what's right and so if they want to keep their job then they've got to keep keep themselves clean on the israeli issue and respond to apex the vans for their support for the united states of america does not control its foreign policy with respect to the middle east and senator is there anything unusual to you about sort of having the the president give this major address about the arab spring and then the police sort of go away on this trip to to europe and to have nothing yahoo address lawmakers. as if one eight zero evidence president obama or something were it is very thing that started fanned out to us strange about netanyahu his address of our congress well what's strange is that a foreign leader is more power than a president on this subject. that's what's strange. but that's the tragedy of america's for

july 4th to the congress, 1821. we could become the dictators of the world, we would destroy the republic in the process. we give and urge liberty and support everywhere, we fight only for our own because the process of military projection concentrates all power in the president. due process, the most important cornerstone of civilization, is trash. it's the presumption of guilt before innocence, people, you know, like today where we have the chairman of the homeland security committee just totally distraught that a jury in new york city may have acquitted somebody accused of a terrorism crime. and he said, that's a miscarriage of justice, you know? in our, you know, post-9/11 we don't permit not guilty verdicts if you're accused of terrorism. that's how far we are into dishonoring due process of law. so what's to be done? one, it needs -- we need shot to challenge -- not to challenge the conventional orthodoxies that stifle the debate that we're having here today. there's such a danger abroad, we have to give up our

and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. congress may soon vote on an act that would let any president functionally engage in with warfare anytime and anywhere without the approval of the house and some of this is a vision of the potential of. the swiss banks the u.s. is becoming the hot spot for offshore accounts for foreigners and yet this is tax free how much longer will we let the narco traffickers around the globe use american banks toure's to launder their cash and indiana governor mitch daniels is adding fuel to the republicans were against women cutting mandatory reproductive screen for planned parenthood of patients who rely on medicaid so what's the feet of needy women who can stay. here longer cayman islands united states is the world's biggest offshore tax that's right even though the i.r.s. is looking for tax dodging billionaires and stash their cash in offshore bank accounts the truth is america is actually home to some of the biggest tax free offshore bank accounts in the world a department of commerce study revealed t

the u.s. can borrow. congressas to raise the debt ceiling. >> failing to raise the debt ceiling would be armageddon like. >> a formula for recession or worse. >> catastrophic failure. >> armageddon. >> armageddon, okay. it would be the worst of all financial words economically. >> jon: that's right. the only thing worse than our record $14.3 trillion debt is that we might not be able to make it bigger. thank goodness we haven't hit it yet. >> it's official the u.s. has hit the debt ceiling. >> jon: abandon ship! abandon ship! basickers at children they had with their second wives first. danger danger -- [laughter] ask your parents. this is big. every american has to understand what is going on with this. help us news networks you are our only hope. >> emergency measures underway this morning to create some headroom after the u.s. government hit eugts debt ceiling. >> jon: give it up for dj news and the debt ceiling band. does everything have to be pimped out and jazzed up. just explain it. >> the united states gov

>>> ahead this morning, the fight over net neutrality. >>> and congress demandses answers from apple and google over what they know about where you are. from the powerful committee on energy and commerce, congresswoman anna ele seshew. with reporters howard mince and joseph mann of "the financial times" this week. good morning, i'm scott mcgrew. we delve this morning back into one of the most important issues facing the internet. net neutrality. should it be enforced, and who should enforce it? a reminder, net neutrality is the belief that all data on the internet is born equal. so the ones and zeros that carry your e-mail go down the pipes just as fast as a google search result or a silly youtube video. it's an idea supported by both the obama administration and democratic lawmakers like anna eschew of the house committee on energy and commerce. >> i find that a little chilling. >> reporter: recently the federal communications commission, the fcc, decided it should enforce net neutrality, a decision republicans, generally speaking, do not support. arguing both, the fcc has no enforce

well, the people that look bad is the u.s. congress because we don't have the guts to stand up and say we need a cogent energy policy that says we're going to go after our own resources, we're going to use every asset we have to utilize cleanly and friendly the tremendous reserves that we have in this country. we know we have 160 billion barrels of recoverable oil in this country. they're not proven but that's what the estimate is. we're the third largest oil producer in the world. we could become the second largest oil producer in the world if we had a cogent government policy and environmental policy. we have oil out the kazoos. we're going to find more oil as we explore for more natural gas. right now, we're only importing 47%. 47% of our oil needs. it was 65% less than ten years ago. why is that? a part of it is smaller demand because we've been in a recession, but the vast majority of it is the very technology that they want to deny the past write-off for is what has created gas liquids that have filled the void. it's better than

so now the sixty days are up in libya is president obama going to congress. know. the white house wrote a letter to the congressional leadership last week arguing that the limited nature of u.s. military involvement does not require approval from congress exactly what the white house is definition of limited is a war that's cost american taxpayers over seven hundred fifty million dollars so far and involves our military machine killing a lot of people. you've got me. but what is know is that president obama is the fifth us president in a row in a row to start his own war overseas centrex a broad with the orders to kill and not think twice about asking congress of that's ok in fact congress hasn't stamp approval on a war since world war two the reasons for these unapproved wars over the last few decades have had numerous but most of them at least have had endgames reagan invaded greneda briefly likely taking a page from his good friend prime minister maggie thatcher in the u.k. who invaded the falkland islands for political capital that little war made her instantly

we have the republicans and democrats. we have independence in congress and they are powerless except in a close vote to make any difference whatsoever. so the courts need to be involved in this and need to take a stand to enforce constitutions. regarding the political question, it is our argument that when eligibility isn't a judgment and policy decision as is required to the political question. it is a yes or no answer to a question. if someone is eligible to the system or is that person not eligible. so little respect it isn't a political question. with regard to the court involvement in the cases such as this it's very limited, but we submitted the case that went away to the united states supreme court which refused to hear the averment of the california rulings which stated that the secretary of state had the right to move someone from the ballot read by the time this got to be done it was post election nights understand that they formed the right in the state of california in the case -- >> just because the inherent the case doesn't mean anything. >

congress. it's all built on the funding power. congress says you do not get any money for a covert action unless you tell us about the finding. that system seems to work in a more harmonious way that more powers. it is a good example that congress can do all this if it wants to. i think jonathan is right that all our focus on the legal issues detracts from the policy choices and the moral choices. having been a subject of this in a smaller way, i think sometimes in the u.s. will allow these arguments about legality to detract one -- from what is a good policy for the united states. just because something is legal does not mean you should do it morally. we get tied up so much in the legality, we tend to forget about whether libya is a good war for the ninth stage, which is a basic question. >> when you are dealing with sovereign nations, territories that are set out, that is one thing. when you are dealing with the group of people that are wandering around like nomads and looking for sanctuaries and finding mischief, then you have a

because they know that the congress has favorites and that we will put the money in and then the congress will be the one who pluses up the budget not on the administration. we all know here if you've been on the committee for a while that that happens. but it's very rare for someone to come after the administration budgets has come out and the congress has plussed up the account is rare for someone to come and say we really don't need that money, please use it in other places. but yesterday at 4 p.m., general o'reilly was walking the halls of congress. and desperately looking to come and talk to the members of the subcommittee. we definitely said we should be using this money in a different way. >> would the gentlelady yield? did he ask to go to the national guard? >> he had recommendations. one was them was the pstd program. if you have a problem with it going to the national guard, we would agree to put it in that other problem, which is under his control, mr. turner. >> would the gentlelady yield? >> yes. >> were you aware he was on the hill lobbying for a change yesterday? >> no. i w

>> the answer depends on what congress is trying to get that in 1986. we know what they're trying to get at in immigration laws. they said for the i-9 provision that those documents cannot be used in any procedure besides -- >> the chief justice can insist on the answer. why isn't that still a licensing law? >> if it has independent adjudication, it is swept away by the first part of the h-2 statute which says the provision of this section prevent any state or low law imposing civil or criminal punishment. towhy isn't that in addition their regulatory licensing scheme so it is a licensing law? >> i may i not understand the hypothetical. this follows the federal procedural statements. >> you tried earlier to talk about the two boxes and you said something would be parenthetical. anything, civil and criminal sanctions, are allowed if that are imposed for licensing or similar laws. there are not two boxes. the state can do what is in the first part so long as it does not approve licensing or similar laws. >> right, our position is that this is not a licensi

it is not the security council or nato. it is congress. to restore constitutional government if that is what you want, we say other countries should take up democracy and self-government as we want it here. the public has to be willing to confront the president to commit troops to foreign wars without seeking legislative authority. by calling for this house judiciary to hold impeachment hearings. i will say no action by a president would more warrant impeachment and removal that usurping war power from congress and undermining representative government and the system of checks and balances. members of congress need to understand their institutional duties and discharge them. not just their own duties that those of constituents in washington d.c.. members of congress take an oath to support and defend the constitution, not the president or the supreme court. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. while jonathan comes to the microphone i was watching hillary clinton on a sunday talk show after we began the bombing and she said the senate voted u

should the congress be at the table all?king this kind huge shift within the united states and i think this is a very reasonable move the question is this if we have to be notified when they are moved outside of the united states it just makes sense we ought to be a player when it comes to permanently locating them within the states and mr. chairman, with that of a wheeled back and be happy to respond to the questions. >> we are prepared to accept it in its current form. it's a 90 day notification requirement. >> the question is on the adoption of the amendment offered by mr. forbes. so many in favor will say aye those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. >> the next amendment, the chair recognizes ms. bordallo for the amendment number 96 and without objection reading the amendment will be dispensed with the gentlelady is recognized for explaining her amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my amendment offers the text of h.r. 44, which is the guam world war ii recognition act as a title to the defense b

and the vietnam war shortly thereafter congress asserted its constitutional authority to rein in richard nixon with the war powers resolution this is a new law that lets the president commit the nation to war without congress but only for sixty days. still a pretty generous handover of power of the executive branch one that in my personal opinion is clearly unconstitutional should be rolled back by the supreme court but that's another whole nother rant it was an affront to nixon our who vetoed the war powers resolution basically saying he was going to play ball with any of these new restrictions on the power he and his recent predecessors had claimed in the oval office of congress overturned a nixon's veto and passed into law these new checks on presidential power that our founders never intended the president to have from that point on after sixty days a president must ask congress for permission to continue a war so now the sixty days are up in libya is president obama going to congress. know. the white house wrote a letter to the congressional leadership last week arguing that the lim

they knew each other the continental congress and they both served in the continental congress. o the new each other there. but john adams was a staunch conservative, and adams was a fiery radical. when -- sam adams got to the continental congress most of the congress did not call congressman, it was of the delegates gradually isolated him in the of the radicals and the had little to do in the continental congress at the beginning of the war or during the war and indeed, sam adams, he couldn't organize his own business and his own home. he had no place, the continental congress had john hancock elected president in the continental -- first president was peyton randolph in virginia and he got sick in three or four months and john hancock became the first effective president of the congress, and when the articles of confederation were signed, he remained president of the congress and ergo the first president of the united states and in fact not in title the administrator would have to be to run the kind of business he did. it was a brilliant administrator and helped washington win

him in the congress also the slogan were raised whether you would like to accept them or you don't. have that in everything today is filed on the internet yeah get around this and you can there lies you believe everything on the internet ok so i really i could yeah i believe i have to do something probably in the net i mean i i don't really want to balance out either one of us had to go to pull out level. we're not going to pull over well we're not making allegations and by that we don't mean people occasion it's totally false and then back it up by the internet it shows how at how ignorant you are to the facts i know the facts because i was always there in tamil you're all i hear channel bahrain has taught me i'm pakistani i'm ignorant you're an american boy you don't know what you're talking about know what i have to i have no i do i miss you i do. your show all right gentlemen let me jump in here and jump in here after a short break we'll continue our discussion on afghanistan post-paid right stay with r.t. . stay . hungry for the full stomach we've got seed for. the biggest issu

he had no place in the congress, and john hancock was elected president of the continental congress. first president was from virginia, but he got sick in three or four months, and john hancock was the first effective president of the congress, and when the articles of confederation were signed, he remained president of the congress, and ergo the first president of the united states in fact, if not in title, and he was brilliant administer. one would have to be to run the business he did. he was a brilliant administer, and he helped washington win the war. he really had a very difficult time trying to organize the purchase of arms and material because congress had no right to tax or powers to tax, so hancock had to send em baa cares to europe to get loans, and he was very successful at doing it. well, thank you again, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] >> for more information, visit the website at harlowgilesunger.com. >> today, in an hour, we'll cover several hours of world history and touch every part of the planet. ready to go on the journey? we touch all of these places. it did actu

and the congress later but he told lies. he was told literally him a couple who had everybody did with the program not to trios because. so you go you know what's not to save people's lives so that is spread far frankly friday dr jumpin war this is true this is prostitution. gradually zero forty truth bradley go ahead and manufactured propaganda which general petraeus is is actually a revered on both sides of the republicans and democrats and if anybody thought that he was telling the congress and on truth he certainly would have been brought before the congress and public and brought down about it general petraeus a strategy in iraq and a good player already gee if somebody if somebody were to put up a for p.d. ad in the newspaper the u.s. was read this and you know what i was curious and he didn't realize it was it was a it was a democratic it was a tenor craddick operative group called move on dot org and you know why no doubt it is because i put it out in the paper denouncing it in the new york times so don't say that it

they're not responsible for the work they do. congress gave the court a blanket immunity for any flood control project they do. -- they gave the army corps of the engineers a blanket immunity. you cannot sue them if they fled house through confidence or malice. the only one that came to trial and called the mississippi river gulf outlet on the east side of town which was a canal driven through the wetlands of st. bernard parish, killing the wetlands and fled in the lower ninth ward, east new orleans, and -- parrish. the only reason that that came to trial was because it was a navigation project. the rest of new orleans was a flood control project and those people never get their day in court. the judge called this case criminal negligence. tavis: you keep saying things i want to dig into. why did congress give them this kind of blanket immunity? if you are assigned a task, we expected to be done right, especially if it is done with the american people's money. the american people pay you to do the work but you are not held liable for the

the issue of libya look we now have new legislation before the congress to keep us. in war forever you know the militarization of our nation is such a disaster for democracy and unless we take a stand and challenge these wars at the core at the decision makers and challenge the logic of keeping us in wars unless we take a stand for that we will lose our democracy and so this is not a small matter and this newest legislation. my friend congressman king is offering i cannot be of the authorization of the use of military force least vocal about it just earlier on this show it takes away the congress' role totally it's it's it's a matter of declaring you know the united states being able to promote a permanent war this is this is if that legislation passes it's a threat to democracy so we we have to start taking a stand here and get what's going on and what's going on is that our ability to be able to have a democratic society is being undermined by the militarization of our budget by the militarization of our foreign policy and by the militarization of the thinking that

that's not the real reservation by congress the power to itself. islamic if you interpret the savings clause as i do it truly is a supplement to federal and adjudication it's a very narrow limitation on that basis because at that point you already invoke the entirety of the federal scheme and it doesn't modify the balance on those issues, your honor. >> thank you, counsel. the case is submitted. the president's nominee for u.s. ambassador to china today promised to privatize the human rights intellectual property, currency and security issues if confirmed by the senate. commerce secretary gary locke would be the first chinese-american to serve as the top u.s. diplomat in beijing. previously, he served two terms as the governor of washington state. she testified at a senate foreign relations committee confirmation hearing for about an hour and 15 minutes. >> [inaudible conversations] >> of a hearing will come to order. we are really delighted today to welcome our secretary of commerce, former governor state of washington and a very good friend, gary

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scoop on how the defense authorization bill is being abused by congress we've got updates on the metro transit police phone flood and the next end of the world we want to mark your calendars as soon as you're done watching adam vs the man. this this afternoon secretary defense robert gates gave one of his last speeches while serving as a point of position gates has long been identified as one of the best who has ever served in his position for fixing bush and rumsfeld iraqi freedom disaster and well later telling about waste and abuse in the pentagon he's one of the fun america's finest treasures in a famous speech in february he bluntly told the cadets at west point to quote. any theater defense secretary who advises the president to begin send a big american land army into asia the middle east or africa should have his head examined following his brilliance of the past today secretary gates highlighted some of the problems he has encountered while being the senior civilian a charge of the u.s. military here are a few candid remarks from the early months

>> congressman, this is the language that congress has adopted in the dodd-frank act. ultimately, it falls to this bureau through a lengthy process to interpret this on case-by-case basis. i believe it would be irresponsible for me to stand here and pop off about how i would interpret particular words. >> do you believe that there's a duty to educate or a duty to learn on behalf of the consumer? >> i believe the consumers want to learn. i believe they -- >> that's a different question. i didn't ask whornt -- whether or not they want to. dynel there's a duty -- do you believe there's a duty to do it because the consumer's inability to protect their own interest. do you believe there's a duty to educate yourself? >> congressman, as part of our speedometer in the consumer protection financial bureau laws undertaking consumer financial education, and i embrace this. i think it's -- >> is that a yes? is that a yes? >> we are going to help consumers by giving them products where prices are clear, risks are clear, where they can make the comparison. >> is there a duty to educ

and the congress later learned that he told lies. he was called little little couple who nobody could with the slogan not betray us betray us. so you got to know us not to save us money so that is bred for our friendly pride the jive jumpin war this is true this is prostitution a good league radley zero forty truth bradley go ahead and manufactured propaganda general petraeus is actually a revered on both sides of the aisle republicans and democrats and if anybody thought that he was telling the congress an untruth he certainly would have been brought before the congress and public and brought down a bad it general petraeus a strategy in iraq and a good play is already gee if somebody if somebody were to put out before p.d. ad in the newspaper the us which read this and you know what i was curious and either it was it was it was a it was a democratic it was a tenor craddick operative group called move on dot org and you know what i know about it is because i put it in the paper denouncing it in the new york times so don't say that it

in the congress also the slogan were raised whether you would like to accept that what you told them on the air that everything today is found on the internet yeah that's around this and you can hear lies you believe everything that's on the internet ok so i really believe i could yeah i believe i do something on the internet i mean i i don't really want to balance out either one of us had to go to put out the level. we're not going to call oh well we don't make an allegation by the way i mean people occasionally it's totally false and then back it up by the internet it shows how at how ignorant you are to the facts i know the facts because i was i was there in tamil you know how i have child diaries has taught me i've pakistani i'm ignorant you're an american and boy you don't know what you're talking about know what i have well i have no i do i miss you i do your show all right gentlemen let me jump in here and jump in here after a short break we'll continue our discussion on afghanistan post-paid right stay with r.t. . a cluster mission. and inside the container you have it all of

in support of the coalition in libya, that we engage with, consult with and have the support of the congress and that's why the president welcomed the introduction the legislation along those lines but i'll certainly convey the concern. >> thank you very much. >> thanks very much, senator lugar. mr. secretary, i ask your indulgence. i have a meeting that i need to go to in a few moments. senator casey is going to preside in my absence. and i just want to thank you again. i think it's obvious through the tone here that there's no issue of you being confirmed, i think. and we want to try to move to get it done as rapidly as we can. and look forward to continuing our relationship with you once you get in there formally. >> thank you, mr. chairman. under secretary burns we're grateful for your public service and for your appearance here today and your ongoing commitment to engage in and accept the responsibility of public service yet again. we don't have time to list all of the positions that you've held but they've all been difficult. and they've all been positions of significant responsibility

the fraud? what does that mean? there's a bill in congress right now, which i think the city supervisors should pass an emergency resolution endorsing. it's called h.r. 1489. there's an ancient chinese saying, all things under the heaven are for the people. that's what it is. it says screw the bankers who created this crisis and defend the people. that's the choice government has. of course the city of san francisco can't pass it, but they can take the responsibility for their constituents and citizens and tell the federal government to get their -- >> thank you very much. >> -- and pass this resolution. if you can comment on it, we'd like an emergency resolution. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, mayor lee, supervisor chu. thank you for coming to our neighborhood, our community. i realize that the city staff has done a tremendous job -- >> could you pull that up? >> oh, i'm sorry. -- of addressing cuts. i'm joined with my multilingual team. some speak more than four languages. we help new and r

it's also why the congress created the foreign intelligence surveillance court, and it's why congress created a number of statutory inspectors general to act as independent watchdogs inside the intelligence agencies themselves. all of these oversight entities were created at least in part to ensure that intelligence agencies carry out all of their activities within the boundaries of publicly understood law. but the law itself must always be public. government officials must not be allowed to fall into the trap of secretly reinterpreting the law in a way that creates a gap between what the public believes the law says and what the government secretly claims it says. any time that happens, it seems to me there is going to be a violation of the public trust. furthermore, allowing a gap of this nature to develop is simply shortsighted. both history and logic should make it clear, and that's why i have brought these examples to the floor of the senate today. the secret interpretations of the law will not stay secret forever, and in fact often come to light pretty quickly. when the public e

it in the congress also if you slogan were raised whether you would like to accept that we are told that on the air that everything today is probably into that you know if they're around this and you can hear lies you believe everything that's on the internet ok so i really i could yeah i believe i believe some things on the internet i mean i i don't really want to about either one of us ready to go to pull out the level. you're not going to pull over well we're not making allegations by the let me tell occasion it's totally false and then back it up by the internet it shows how at how ignorant you are to the facts i know the facts as i was in tamil your valve job market taught me i'm pakistani i'm ignorant you're an american and boy you don't know what you're talking about no but i have to i have no i do on this issue i do your thorough gentleman i may jump in here and jump in here after a short break we'll continue our discussion on afghanistan post a drug sting with r.t. . can. still. for some this is just a parliament building in berlin. once men sixty six years ago it was the final

president but the congress. he is not a king. he's the president. we must make sure that congress is involved in the decisionmaking process. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise. without objection, so ordered. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. the road to ruin republican budget will end medicare. it would end the program that 46 million seniors and disabled individuals depend on for their health care. in fact, the end of medicare would mean seniors are forced to pay more for prescription drugs. they will lose free wellness visits and they will be forced to pay more out of pocket. in fact, the republican plan would cause seniors to dip into their pockets twice as deeply as they do today by the year 2020. and three times more lie 2030. and what do we get with the end of medicare? where are these funds directed? to continue tax breaks for big oil. to continue loopholes for corporations that ship jobs overseas and provide tax breaks for the

you have eight congressional members of the congress who are behind. e question that many people are asking, are we in an economic recovery? the answer from any honest thinking patriot of the united states is absolutely not. we are right now in the greatest global economic breakdown probably in recorded history. and if we don't declare the united states independent from this bankrupt banking system, which is killing us, every city, every state, every nation, you see it in europe, you see it in the united states, they'll have nothing but budget cuts. where will we be in 50 years? where will we be? how many of us will be left? so the real question is -- look at the american patriots. did alexander hamilton cut the budget after the revolutionary war? did abraham lincoln cut the budget building the railroads during the civil war? did john f. kennedy cut the budget -- >> thank you very much. >> this is absurd. >> thank you very much. >> it shouldn't happen. you should fight and get your guts together. >> thank you very much. >> we should have a meeting and d

a complete guide to the one of the 12th congress. use members with contact information including twitter addresses, district maps, and committee assignments. and so on the white house, supreme court justices, and governors. or online at c-span.org/shop. >> now, the fema director testifies on disaster recovery and the use of social media including twitter, facebook, and googol. -- google. this is one hour and 45 minutes. >> let me start by saying that we have two panels of today of very qualified witnesses. i want to thank the director for being here as busy as he is around the country right now. he has been generous with his time. he is always helpful to this committee and to the senate. thank you for being here and all the other witnesses as well. we really appreciate all that you have done and appreciate you being here today. last week a series of severe storms swept across the southern united states causing immense damage and historic loss of life. the storm system spurred terrible tornadoes and flooding. it was the second deadlies

we did all but 3 miles of the pants and called for by congress. the first time, unmanned aerial aircraft's capability covered the entire southwest border from california to texas providing aerial surveillance to personnel on the ground. they are being supplemented by critical security improvements at the northern border including additional agents, technology, and infrastructure as well as strong, serious, and strategic enforcement of immigration laws in the interior of the united states. as someone who has lived most of her life in border states and has worked with public officials are dealing with water-related issues since 1993, i can say from personal experience that the steps that have been taken constitute the most comprehensive and dedicated effort to strengthen border security that we have ever deployed. of the past two years, seizures of contraband has risen in all categories -- drugs, illegal weapons, illegal cash. illegal immigration attempts, as measured by apprehension of illegal aliens, has decreased by 36% in two years. they are les

the 112th congress has been bound by the 111th congress. i don't see mandatory spending in this congress. no previous congress can bind a subsequent congress. this congress has to approve all spending of every federal dollar before it can be expended and we need to stand on that principle. and, mr. chairman -- mr. burgess: additional 30 seconds. mr. king: this mandatory spending is unconstitutional. i'd make the point, also, that the funding that would go to set up the state exchanges, we need to be very well aware of what that can be. if the states take this free money, so to speak, from this unlimited slush fund of kathleen sebelius, and set up the state exchanges, even though they believe they have control of these exchanges, it sets them up to be nationalized by a far more powerful federal government. even though they oppose obamacare, they might be complicit in its implementation if they accept this money. i urge adoption of h.r. 1213. i thank the gentleman from texas, and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman f

it's with the congress. it's certainly with industry and focusing on not just the easier, but the hard areas to work through, and as the administration announced last week, the international aspect to take into account moving forward in time. >> okay. thank you. >> i think it's important to recognize that we don't have all the answers in government. i don't think the private sector has all the answers, and i don't think answers exist on the hill. this takes us working together. it's not a question of the government coming in saying the private sector is not doing its job or them saying the same thing. we node to find -- we need to find the right way to bring the capabilities of government with the capabilities of the private sector, and we very much look forward to continuing to work with the members of this committee and congress regimely to get the -- generally to get the balance right as cyberlegislation moves forward. >> thank you, and as you prepare to weigh anchor and head out to uncharted waters, sayin