the s there trouble ahead for thomas perez?re twice as many people choosing verizon over any other carrier? many choose us because we have the largest 4glte network. others, because of our reputation for reliability. or maybe it's because we've received jd power and associates' customer service award 4x in a row. in the end, there are countless reasons. but one choi. >>> by all account, tom perez is not just a man with a heart for the poor, he is a committed ideologue who appears willing, quite frankly, to say or do anything, anything to achieve his ideological ends. >> tough words from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell about thomas perez, president obama's pick to lead the labor department. a committee vote on his nomination was postponed this week amid mounting republican opposition. "wall street journal" editorial board member mary kissle has been following the story for us from the beginning and joins us now. why is this nomination so sdmefrl. >> several reasons. mr. perez is head of the civil rights division at the ju

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thomas perez told us that there were no documents offline. in other words, no private e-mails. to 1, to 2, to 34, now 35 responsive e-mails in which he e-mailed privately, including a private e-mail to another private e-mail at hud. these are violations of the federal records act. but more importantly, there were 1,200 e-mails that we simply want to look at. and this is my ranking member and myself, we don't want copies of them, we want to be able to review them to make sure we're satisfied that there are no additional documents. and in the case of the documents we're talking about, they're redacting, these are 35 e-mails in violation of the law that thomas perez had communications offline. we know that one of them is to the white house. one of them is to a hud individual related to a quid pro quo that he conducted secretly in st. paul, minnesota. this investigation is into the wrongdoing as we view it, at least not illegal, but wrongdoing by the proposed secretary, while he was supposed to be heading up justice in the civil rights division, and areas in which he gave false tes

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thomas perez for labor secretary.ina mccarthy to head the epa will determine whether reid takes the unusual step to change senate rules to these kind of presidential nominees are approved with a simple 50 vote vote. you have the vice president. on the senate floor today we got a preview of how nasty the fight could get. first up, harry reid call out his republican counterpart, minority leader mitch mcconnell with this. >> he should take a long look in the mirror and he should spend some time in honest reflection of republicans' own contributions to the gridlock threatening this historic institution where he claims, quote, there's no real problem here. >> well, mcconnell hit back tossing in the irs troubles for good measure. >> he wants to have no debate. do what i say and do it now. this is the culture of intimidation we've seen at the irs. that we've seen at hss, at the fcc, at the s.e.c. and now here in the senate. >> joining me right now, sahil kapor for "talking point memo" and michael scherer, white house corresp

to advance gina mccarthy's epa nomination, while another senate panel backed the nomination of thomas pÉrezfor liver secretary -- again, with no republicans voting in favor. both nominees face uphill battles before the full senate. house lawmakers reportedly have reached agreement in principle for immigration reform the plan to introduce next month. the house bill is expected to be even more restrictive than the senate's with a path to citizenship that could take 15 years. seven people are still missing after a series of tornadoes ripped through the texas town of granbury, killing at least six. dozens of people were injured. the area hardest hit by the storms included many homes for low-income people built by the nonprofit habitat for humanity. in britain, for computer hackers have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from 20 months to nearly three years for carrying out cyberattacks as part of the global network known as lulzsec. the four, who range in age from 18 to 26, pleaded guilty to attacking targets including the cia, sony, and rupert mourdock's news international. another will set

thomas perez as labor secretary, chastised republicans for asking to delay the vote twice calling it the senate as a whole, but it will have a hard time getting over a filibuster. arel, listening to marco rubio, other republicans may use irs to basically blow up the immigration. he seemed to be one of the -- you wonder if one of the efforts he wanted to make here quietly to say immigration is -- >> well, the role he's playing more in the party is to pull them back from overread. >> slightly on that with the em gragz, no, you have to go forward, you have to go forward. >> exactly right. he's trying to snatch them back from the brink. it's a hard road to go. you see elements of his own overreach talking about people are afraid of this culture. >> no, every party out of power believes the party in power is intimidating overreach. but, in a weird way, if the irs scandal is used to unite the party on something, does it give room for immigration? >> i don't know. i mean, i don't know. i'm not sure where -- >> you saw senator rubio, right, taking the hard shots shots and pivot and say it's

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attorney general, thomas perez falsely stated to our committee that he only -- he apparently had none than one then two, then 34, then 35 emails that violated the federal records act. your office has only i think yesterday or today allowed us to see in camera the two and from on these emails. we have not seen the contents. but in seeing the to and from -- >> mr. chairman, i have a parliamentaryry inquiry. >> the gentlewoman will state her parliamentary inquiry. >> i thank the gentleman. first of all i would like to note i have been on this committee for more than i would like to count. was there notice given of this recording to be played? i have not in the life of the time i have been in this committee heard a recording was the minority noticed on this recording? this is a hearing about mr. tom perez or question -- >> the gentlewoman will suspend. >> first i would like to note as the note been given, attorney general office been given notice -- >> the gentlewoman will suspend and the chair will answer her question. there is no requirement under the rules of the committee that a membe

today we are meeting at this time to consider the nomination of thomas perez to the secretary of laborl yield to senator alexander, and then we will see if there is any further debate. our consideration of the nomination couldn't be more timely or important. as our country continues to move down the road to economic recovery now more than ever we need a strong department of labour to help strengthen the fragile recovery and build a stronger revitalized middle class. without question, thomas perez has the knowledge and experience to guide this and critically important agency. exceptional experience and as the work as the secretary maryland department of licensing and regulation, he's developed strong policy expertise about the many important issues for american workers and businesses that come before the department of labor everyday. he also has the management skills in many agencies effectively. perhaps most importantly, tom perez knows how to bring people together to make progress on evin controversy will issues without burning any bridges. he knows how to hit the ground running and q

committees approved the nominations of gina mccarthy to head the environmental protection agency, and thomas perezserve as secretary of labor. the nominations now go to the full senate, where both may face republican opposition. wall street gave back a little ground today. the dow jones industrial average lost 42 points to close at 15,233. the nasdaq fell six points to close at 3,465. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: we return to our look at the obama administration under pressure. how do commanders in chief deal with crisis management? we get takes now from both parties. democrat tom perriello is the president of the center for american progress action fund. he served as a member of congress in virginia before losing his seat in the tea party wave. and republican strategist and author ron christie, who worked in the george w. bush white house on capitol hill. welcome to both of you. ron christie, let me start with you. first your reaction from what we just heard from jennifer palmieri. >> i think the white house is trying to project they're doing business as

and i thought that senator menendez was brilliant the way he explained why thomas perez deserves to be head of department of labor, but i want to spend a couple of minutes on gina mccarthy. she has a history of bipartisanship. she worked for not one, not two, not three, but four republican governors. republican governor of connecticut jodi rell. republican governor of massachusetts paul cellucci. republican governor of massachusetts jane swift. republican governor of massachusetts mitt romney. she worked for four republican governors. she's not enough qualified for my friends on the other side. and she was confirmed here without a dissenting vote for her current position. what more do they want? what more do they want? the woman worked for four republicans and one democrat: barack obama. what more do they want? this is what christied to whitman said -- christie todd whitman said about the republican boycott. when they walked out of that meeting, they didn't come to the meeting. she said they looked like sore losers when they walked out. she said if you don't object to the person and wh

, as the gentlelady would understand, if the gentlelady wants to put in things about how great thomas perez, is we're perfectly willing to say yes, and if the gentleman doesn't mind my putting in the entire report on his quid pro quo, his false statement made to congress, and the other companion information which is the fruit of committee work. is that a unanimous consent? >> it is. without objection, the gentlewoman's unanimous consent request will be granted, and without objection the gentleman from california -- >> and may i -- excuse me, mr. chairman. the general was generous to say, and i thank the gentleman for his courtesies. he's generous to say we had a report, wf a report, and we would ask unanimous cannot for that report to be submitted. >> without objection, the jenltswoman from texas' report will be made a part of the record. >> and the record that says that the gentleman from california -- >> we've already covered that one. >> the gentleman has indicated an expanded report, because he's putting in another report. >> we're not putting in reports that don't exist. >> no, this on

in the way republicans treat three upcoming high profile nominees, richard cordray, thomas perez, fortary, and gina mccarthy to head the epa will determine whether reid does take the unusual step of trying to change senate rules so these kind of presidential nominees are approved with a simple 50-vote vote. you have the vice president. on the senate floor today we got a preview of how nasty this fight could get. first up harry calling out his republican counterpart mitch mcconnell with this. >> he should take a long look in the mirror and he should spend some time in honest reflection of republican's gridlock before he claims it, quote, there's no real problem here. >> well, mcconnell tossed back in the irs troubles with good measure, or for good measure. >> he wants to have no debate. do what i say and do it now. this is the culture of intimidation that we've seen at the irs, that we've seen at hhs, at the fcc, at the s.e.c., and now here in the senate. >> joining right now congressional correspondent for talking points memo and michael sheer. tell me the chances. let's do the bottom

thomas perez has yet another non-government account that he uses for government use. in addition to his verizon account, he has an rcn account. would you agree to make all of this available to us since it violates the federal records act and your own rules question a legitimateit is use of congress as we would have it. before your answer, if you would, please, and ap case, you have appointed ronald mentioned u.s. attorney. can he be considered to be independent when in fact this congress hold you in contempt, he was the individual recused on your orders to prosecute the case. if he will obey your orders of not living up to a contempt of congress, can we believe he is in fact independent? >> this are chairman, i would ask for regular order. >> we have a regular order. the gentleman's time is but the attorney general is allowed to continue. >> his time ended 45 seconds ago. >> i did not order him to do -- i won't characterized it as a contempt finding from this congress. he made the determination about what he was going to do on his own. with regard to the e-mail reques

during a recent senate hearing assistant attorney general thomas e. perez was questioned about his personal e-mail's to disclose nonpublic information. the e-mail in question read, quote, just closed a deal 15 announce tomorrow at 3:00. mr. perez stated, quote, i don't believe that that was non-public information, me advisories often go out the day before. so i asked the office of public affairs to provide a copy of the press release statement announcing the countrywide settlement deal including information of the date and time of its release, information on any public disclosures prior to the official country wide settlement announcement including the substance, time and date of that contact. detailed description and timeline of the office of public affairs participation in the country wide settlement announcement before, during and after the settlement. furthermore was the office of public affairs aware that mr. perez disclosed the outcome to the new york times or other media. my last paragraph said this, as a general matter please inform my office as to

attorney general eric holder argued with republican congressman darrell issa about e-mails from thomas perezt have been a good reason why only the to and from parts were -- >> yes, you didn't want to us see the details, mr. attorney general -- >> no in knowing the to and from -- i'm not going to stop talk now. >> mr. chairman would you inform the witness as to the rules of this committee. >> it's too consistent with the way you conduct yourself as a member of congress. it's unacceptable and it's shameful. >> other republicans says that perez may have used private e-mail for government business. that is against the law. the senate votes on the nomination to be labor secretary. >>> president obama plans to meet with his top discuss sexual assault in the military. the chairman of the joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey said women are losing confidence in their military leaders. kristen gillibrand is saying it would make changes in how sexual assaults are prosecuted. >> good morning. >> we saw this report that sexual assaults are up 35%. and disturbing news this morning, that the man who is in

today we are meeting at this time to consider the nomination of thomas e. perez to be secretary of labor. i will have an opening statement and i will yield to senator alexander. as our country continues to move down the road to economic recovery now more than ever we need strong leadership of the department of labor to help strengthen our effort to recover and build a strong revitalize american middle class. without question ,-com,-com ma tom perez has the knowledge and experience needed to guide this critically important agency. through his professional experiences, especially his work as secretary of the maryland department of labor licensing and regulation he has developed strong policy efforts in the many important issues for american workers and businesses that come before the department of labor every day. he also clearly has the management skills to run a large federal agency effectively. rasmussen partly tom perez brings people together to make truck was uneven controversial issues without burning any bridges. he knows how to run the department of labor.

strongly and, quite frankly, not constructively because there are legitimate questions regarding thomas perezof the civil rights division of the justice department, and in particular the secret deal that he orchestrated with the city of st. paul, minnesota, to have them back away from a case thate united states supreme court in exchange for two whistleblower cases against the city of st. paul, minnesota, being dropped and potentially costing the taxpayers of the united states up to $200 million. that's a pretty serious allegation. bill: that certainly is, yeah, but that was one of the many issues yesterday. i'm just curious what you accomplished from this hearing. how would you answer that? >> i think what we accomplished is, first of all, we did our due diligence in conducting oversight over the justice department and the attorney general. and we had in some instances, particularly with regard to the irs case, with regard to the investigation of tea a parties and other conservative organizations and other organizations as well pretty considerable bipartisan concern about that. same thing wit

host: it is led by now by assistant attorney general thomas perez.e is the president's labor secretary nominee. his nominee is being held up, possibly voted on later this week. andis their focus on him what he did in his current position? guest: because he is up for a cabinet position. one of the things that he did was to orchestrate a deal in 2011 that dealt with whistleblowers -- whistleblower cases in st. paul, minnesota. a lot of people on capitol hill on the republican side don't like the way that he handled that. he said that he basically threw whistleblowers under the bus for a broader goal for the department, which was getting a supreme court case dismissed. as the labor secretary, he would be responsible for responding to a number of laws that deal with whistleblowers, at least 20 that go from everything from safety, workplace safety, to that sort of thing. so he basically, they say, if this guy is not doing a good job , do we wantleblowers him to the in the department of labor? recenthere have been stories that the obama administration want

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senate health, education and labor and pensions committee is expected to approve the nomination of thomas perez for labor s-bgtd, however the outlook is less certain in the senate environment and public works committee which is scheduled to vote thursday on the nomination of gina mccarthy to be in the environmental protection agency. those are some of the headlines on c-span radio. >> the agency will face an existential dilemma, you have the open internet order but you also have the death of the social contract that built the telephone industry and the cable industry. that is to say, both of those were fundamentally built on the premise, we give you a monopoly, you serve everybody, we have universal service, we we have other requirements. as we move to an all-data world, the economic foundations of those contracts are crumbling. >> i think when we get into 2017 and look back on tom's tenure, assuming it's probably one term of the presidency, i think whether it's judged a success or failure will probably be determined by whether or not those auctions are a success or failure. they are very compl

president, this morning i'd like to say a few words about the nomination of thomas perez as labor secretary. the perez nomination has generated a fair amount of controversy. for those who haven't tuned in yet to the debate surrounding his nomination, i'd like to take a few minutes this morning to explain why. the first thing to say about this nomination is that neither i nor anyone else on this side of the aisle has anything against mr. perez personally. as a graduate of harvard law school, there are a lot of things he could have done other than advocate for those struggling on the fringes of our society. and yet, when it comes to a vote like this, we have to weigh a lot more than a nominee's intentions. we have to look at how those intentions square with the higher obligation that any nominee, but especially a cabinet nominee, has to the rule of law. and it's on this point where this nomination becomes so controversial and where the deference of senators of both parties generally grant presidents when it comes to picking cabinet nominees begins to break down. because by all accounts, tom p

here -- accomplishments, which is the second page, if she wants to put in things about how great thomas perez we are perfectly willing to say yes. if he doesn't command by putting in the entire report on his quid pro quo false statements made to congress and the other companion information which is the fruit of committee work. >> without objection, the gentlewoman request will be granted and without objection, the gentleman from california -- >> he was generous enough to say, and i thank him for his courtesy, to say that he had a report, we have a report and we asked consent to that report -- >> without objection, the report will be made part of the record. >> and the report that the gentleman -- >> we have already covered that one. >> is is putting in another report. >> not putting in ones that don't exist. they already exist. >> this one does exist. we have covered. >> attorney general holder, we thank you for the amount of time, as was noted by the gentleman from louisiana. you spent more time than was requested. as you know, there are a lot of questions that members have and a lot of memb

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