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when the congress created our agency, they gave us limited remedies. we don't put people in jail. but for unfair methods of competition. commissioner rosch has been a leader. so it's a number around the anti-trust fund. so because this is an important issue and because there have been sop in the business community who have pushed back very vigorously about our use of this. we'll make us stop using it. we listen to all stake holders. we have taken the time to finish up a response. i think what we're going to do, and in fact, the attorneys general association is meeting in washington. one of the leaders is pam, who we work with on scams and a variety of other matters. >> we have lots of scams. >> we can talk about that in the context of the miami office a little bit later. and another is rob mckenna of washington. i'm hoping to talk to them a little bit more. >> i don't have anything to add. zblo on the sec question about alcohol practices in state. we have occasionally weighed in about the issues. going back to when the first chairman you should bush 43 read a report on competition
when the congress created our agency, they gave us limited remedies. we don't put people in jail. but for unfair methods of competition. commissioner rosch has been a leader. so it's a number around the anti-trust fund. so because this is an important issue and because there have been sop in the business community who have pushed back very vigorously about our use of this. we'll make us stop using it. we listen to all stake holders. we have taken the time to finish up a response. i think what...
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no one likes to be surprised, especially those of us in congress. we have enough of surprises, i guess, that we create for ourselves. mismanagement of this division was disturbing particularly to someone like those of us on this subcommittee who have been strong cfats advocates. so while the report was extremely disappointing, i want to emphasize that the cfats program has many phases and what appears to be failures contained or pointed out in the memo are in the compliance or final phase of the program. cfats has unquestionably improved the security of our chemical industry. identifying chemical of interest and establishing levels for those chemicals. it is also required high risk facilities to conduct vulnerability assessments, develop plans and adopt security standards to mitigate identified vulnerabilities. the government has already spent hurrica hundreds of millions of dollar ons this program while our private sector has invested billions. i believe those are assets and investments that ought not to be waesed and my hope is that while the memo
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we welcome you, and just a reminder, you know, so many of us in congress and throughout the country speak about not having what happened before happen again. and there are many people who will be responsible for making sure it doesn't happen again, but i think no one is more responsible than the sec and it confuses me at times that some people would attack it without mercy, and i'm not talking about anybody on this committee, but without understanding that without you and your enforcement and your oversight, things cannot change. one last point. i've been in congress 22 years and in the state assembly 16. 38 total years in tub lick service. this wan the only commission that came before congress and said we don't need more money. because they didn't want to enforce what they had to enforce. i hope that changed. u think it has changed and you are responsible for making sure what happened in the past doesn't happen again, and i thank you. >> i now recognize for an opening statement, keep your comments five minutes or less that will give us more time for questioning. >> ranking member and mem
we welcome you, and just a reminder, you know, so many of us in congress and throughout the country speak about not having what happened before happen again. and there are many people who will be responsible for making sure it doesn't happen again, but i think no one is more responsible than the sec and it confuses me at times that some people would attack it without mercy, and i'm not talking about anybody on this committee, but without understanding that without you and your enforcement and...
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in congress. >> mr. neely has -- is not with us today. we requested that he be with us, i guess the only way we'll get to see him is on a video in the hot tub. >> outraged member of the committee, congressman elijah cummings. >> it's not your money. it's the taxpayers' money. >> plus, the widening secret service scandal. twice as many were involved as new details are emerging. >> this violates most basic rule of being a secret service agent. you don't allow a potential enemy into your security zone. you don't put yourself into a compromising position your job is to protect the president of the united states. >> decision 2012, what does mitt romney want to say to president obama? >> start packing. that's what i'd like to say. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell, live in washington today. in our daily fix, in dueling devents today more about politics than substance. the president called on congress to crack down on oil market speculators and mitt romney had a picnic with small business people in pennsylvania. chris cillizza managing edter of po
in congress. >> mr. neely has -- is not with us today. we requested that he be with us, i guess the only way we'll get to see him is on a video in the hot tub. >> outraged member of the committee, congressman elijah cummings. >> it's not your money. it's the taxpayers' money. >> plus, the widening secret service scandal. twice as many were involved as new details are emerging. >> this violates most basic rule of being a secret service agent. you don't allow a...
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in and sharing part of your easter with us. glad to have you here. coming up, a biggish sho big in congress on the campaign trail. up next, the president and the supreme court. we will ask our sunday panel if the president's comments went too far. stay tuned. >>> i'm confident that the supreme court will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elect heed congress. >> the president was talking about matters like this that involve the commerce clause that involve congress passing legislation to deal with issues of national economic importance. >> president obama you heard there taking on the supreme court over its review of healthcare reform and then white house spokesman jay carney being forced to walk back be at least in part some of what the president said. time now for the sunday group. steve hayes from the weekly standard. mara liasson of national public radio. byron york of the washington examiner and david drucker of the role call newspaper. happy easter to everyone. >> thank you. >> those remarks by the presiden
in and sharing part of your easter with us. glad to have you here. coming up, a biggish sho big in congress on the campaign trail. up next, the president and the supreme court. we will ask our sunday panel if the president's comments went too far. stay tuned. >>> i'm confident that the supreme court will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elect heed congress. >> the president was...
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congress. we're going to demand that they change this law. those of you at home, if you go on to bradycampaign.org, see what you can do to help us. the people in congress, this hasn't happened to them. they don't feel what we feel. that's why they're not willing to change the law. thank you. >> is there anybody that we missed? yeah, say something. yes. >> just real quick. my name is suzanne verge. i'm from santa monica, california. and i'm here in memory of my brother, who's 18. i was 15 when he was murdered. no family should experience this. these 32, none of us should be here today. this is unacceptable. >> so i just want to make it clear and then we'll take a few minutes of questions because we do have to run to a meeting. yes, there are going to be 32 people here who are going to be taking their voice to congress to speak on behalf of the loved ones they lost. but it is not just 32 people that are going to be represented in congress that day. it is not just going to be the victims. it is going to be the voice of the american people, the brady organization is the citizens lobby. we are the voice of the american public on the gun violence is
congress. we're going to demand that they change this law. those of you at home, if you go on to bradycampaign.org, see what you can do to help us. the people in congress, this hasn't happened to them. they don't feel what we feel. that's why they're not willing to change the law. thank you. >> is there anybody that we missed? yeah, say something. yes. >> just real quick. my name is suzanne verge. i'm from santa monica, california. and i'm here in memory of my brother, who's 18. i...
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so, you need to make the case for why it is necessary but those of us in congress need to work it outr johnson is the serious member. we should wish him happy birthday. >> happy easter, as well. and i say this, he is a serious member of the budget committee and i believe people of good faith working together and i think it will take after the election will have an opportunity because all 9 tax cuts are about to expire and we will be staring sequester in place. >> there will be a lane duck? -- lame duck? >> listen, i ran for the united states senate not only to represent wisconsin but the small and medium sized businesses that feel they are under assault by this administration. and the assault in terms of regulation and overburdening, and increasing tax rates from 35 cents to 44.8 percent under obamacare law, it is so disheartening and that is idea upcoming election is important to put us on a path of an opportunity society led by free people and free enterprise. that is extremely stark choice in the november election. that is, really, what is so important. the only way this will get d
so, you need to make the case for why it is necessary but those of us in congress need to work it outr johnson is the serious member. we should wish him happy birthday. >> happy easter, as well. and i say this, he is a serious member of the budget committee and i believe people of good faith working together and i think it will take after the election will have an opportunity because all 9 tax cuts are about to expire and we will be staring sequester in place. >> there will be a...
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absolute certainty, president obama was in agreement with the grand bargain that the two of them negotiated last summer. when he asked us, the democrats in congress, can you support us going down a path that has not as much revenue as we want but has the balance, that has cuts that are painful but some revenue as far as assuming the repeal of the bush tax cuts? we said, go for it. that would be our recommendation. the president didn't need our recommendation. he knew where he was on it, but i think it was important for him to know that we're with him, as we had said all along, we're for a grand bargain. you can do many things, and difficult choices that are there, if you also have revenue. and i know that the president agreed with that, and that the republicans walked away. they're trying to revise history now, but it just ain't so. you have people who came into office and the first thing toe do was wanted to shut down government. so they didn't want to fund planned parenthood. then we get to the summer, and they want to default on the full faith and credit of the united states of america. walked away from the grand
absolute certainty, president obama was in agreement with the grand bargain that the two of them negotiated last summer. when he asked us, the democrats in congress, can you support us going down a path that has not as much revenue as we want but has the balance, that has cuts that are painful but some revenue as far as assuming the repeal of the bush tax cuts? we said, go for it. that would be our recommendation. the president didn't need our recommendation. he knew where he was on it, but i...
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there are several of us in this congress that have your back when it comes to the sequester. we have your back when it comes to supporting our uniform military men and women. and we also have your back when it comes to not balancing the budget on the backs of our uniformed military because what you do is the number one responsibility for the united states government in this document. one of the quotes that you said, mr. secretary was that this budget and this strategy had no margin for error. so i'd like to ask you this question. what keeps you awake at night with respect to this budget and this strategy given the -- let me give you the second quote comes from general dempsey. we have an increasingly competitive security environment. so in light of those two quotes, what keeps you guys awake at night? >> i worry all the time about the fact that we are going to wake up and we'll be subject to a crisis or an attack, a cyberattack, for example, that we have no idea where it came from and it virtually has crippled our country. taken down our power grid. taken down our financial s
there are several of us in this congress that have your back when it comes to the sequester. we have your back when it comes to supporting our uniform military men and women. and we also have your back when it comes to not balancing the budget on the backs of our uniformed military because what you do is the number one responsibility for the united states government in this document. one of the quotes that you said, mr. secretary was that this budget and this strategy had no margin for error....
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the government said in an appearance before congress in 2008 clemens lied when he strongly denied usingds in a house committee hearing looking into steroids use in baseball. in a statement to congress assistant u.s. attorney steven durham said, "he was going to tell lies to make him look good and others look bad. this is a story vanity, ego and pride." one of the star witnesses against clemens is his prior trainer brian mcnamee and photos of needled said to be used to inject -- needles said to be used to inject steroids. the prosecutors warned jurors mr. clemens will save his sharpest knives for brian mcnamee. mr. clemens has set out on a campaign to destroy him. the jury, though, only heard one side of the story on this first day of trial, but the clock ran out and the defense team decided to present their opening statement in its entirety tuesday morning. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> told the judge ruled while yankees pitcher andy pettitte can testify he used human growth hormone and say i talked with clemens about it, he -- he talked with clemens about it, he can't say that brian m
the government said in an appearance before congress in 2008 clemens lied when he strongly denied usingds in a house committee hearing looking into steroids use in baseball. in a statement to congress assistant u.s. attorney steven durham said, "he was going to tell lies to make him look good and others look bad. this is a story vanity, ego and pride." one of the star witnesses against clemens is his prior trainer brian mcnamee and photos of needled said to be used to inject --...
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that bipartisan deal set the levels for next year's discretionary spending which allows us now in congress to do our jobs and work to allocate our resources as we must do every year, towards investments in jobs and infrastructure, maintaining our commitment to service members and veterans and protecting our middle class families, everything else we do with our appropriations bills every year. that was the agreement we came to, speaker boehner shook on it. minority leader mcconnell shook on it. majority leader reid signed on. i joined with many of my colleagues voting on it. putting our names on it. and president obama signed it into law. it became the law of the land. and senate democrats fully intend to honor our word and stick to that bipartisan letter level for this next year and i must add i'm really disappointed unless the nine months after we all voted and shoog on, the house republicans turned around and inted to break that, but that is clearly not part of what we all felt we had shook on and voted on. but despite what we're hearing from them, the budget control act which this budge
that bipartisan deal set the levels for next year's discretionary spending which allows us now in congress to do our jobs and work to allocate our resources as we must do every year, towards investments in jobs and infrastructure, maintaining our commitment to service members and veterans and protecting our middle class families, everything else we do with our appropriations bills every year. that was the agreement we came to, speaker boehner shook on it. minority leader mcconnell shook on it....
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in that. clemons is not charged with using steroids. but instead, lying about using steroids to congress. and if convicted, the judge has stated roger clemens could go to jail. new, this first day of testimony, though, came to an early end on the count of the judge in this case and the area for speaking engagement. the roger clemens trial, expected to start again monday morn -- morning. >> thank you. >>> a former engineer for bp, the first person criminally charged in the disastrous spill in the gulf of mexico two years ago. kurt nix is charged with two counts of obstruction of justice. the justice department said he deleted 200 text messages about bps failing efforts to cap that spill. it happened when the deepwater horizon rig exploded killing 11 workers andsenning more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the water. in the weeks before a cap finally worked. >>> primary day in five states today after a few weeks off from the voting. there are still three candidates in the race for the ron nomination and all of the talk is about mitt romney. fox's craig bosswell with why today's pri
in that. clemons is not charged with using steroids. but instead, lying about using steroids to congress. and if convicted, the judge has stated roger clemens could go to jail. new, this first day of testimony, though, came to an early end on the count of the judge in this case and the area for speaking engagement. the roger clemens trial, expected to start again monday morn -- morning. >> thank you. >>> a former engineer for bp, the first person criminally charged in the...
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they want to expand and have been successful in this congress and expanding concealed carry laws. and, in fact, protections for those that use their guns irresponsibly. here in congress and in far too many state houses across the country their side is, in fact, winning. loosening already porus gun laws and blocking the passage of any sensible gun control measures. i understand that as many as 30 states now have vigilante laws comparable to florida's thanks to the national rifle association and the american legislative exchange council which has worked hand in hand with them in trying to get this legislation through even though it didn't come through any grass roots effort on the part of citizens. it came from the top. it came from the nra working with the legislators with threats of political repercussions if they don't comply and rewards when they do and they have been. there are too many elected officials who are aware of damage that gun violence does to our society, who understands this is afront to our most basic values, the right to life. the right to the liberty to be able to walk safely on your streets, the right to h
they want to expand and have been successful in this congress and expanding concealed carry laws. and, in fact, protections for those that use their guns irresponsibly. here in congress and in far too many state houses across the country their side is, in fact, winning. loosening already porus gun laws and blocking the passage of any sensible gun control measures. i understand that as many as 30 states now have vigilante laws comparable to florida's thanks to the national rifle association and...
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using. what kind of skills and people you're going to need to employ. that's done in the long-term. the long-range thinking. and the republicans have shown us in congressces of legislation out there. we went through the fight on the faa re-authorization which certainly had great job-creating provisions in it to help this nation not only keep up with the pace of technology for air travel and air cargo but many other things, the way we navigate planes, the better utilization of our airports, et cetera, all good things. but they fought over just because they wanted to bash the unions a little more and take it out on employees. the republicans no longer have, in their program in their agenda, what's best for america. it is what's best for a few people like the koch brothers who just think bashing america is a great thing to do. >> bill: tom buffenbarger is the president of the machinist's union. we're talking jobs and the economy. your calls are welcome at 866-55-press, there is always an empty seat around the table. that's yours. you can join the conversation by giving us a call at 866-55-press. we've talked before about manufacturing and the importance o
using. what kind of skills and people you're going to need to employ. that's done in the long-term. the long-range thinking. and the republicans have shown us in congressces of legislation out there. we went through the fight on the faa re-authorization which certainly had great job-creating provisions in it to help this nation not only keep up with the pace of technology for air travel and air cargo but many other things, the way we navigate planes, the better utilization of our airports, et...
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congress, you cannot make this system work. i think we need the reforms before that -- reforms. before that, the public will have to rein in that ideological outlier. give us someone in the middle who is willing to work with congress. not just -- >> if you look at attitudes of republicans as a whole, they have not matched what the people who vote in the primaries, a sliver of the party, desire and want. if you take a candidate like mitt romney, who might otherwise appeal to that brought center, and the nominating -- broad center, the nominating party has pushed him off to the edge in areas like immigration, where he does not reflect the broader views. >> thank you very much. the book is "even worse than it looks." thanks so much. to one of the world's most renowned artists, from the mona lisa to the last supper, leonardo da vinci's the work speaks for itself. -- leonardo de vinci's work speaks for itself. we have a preview. >> the artist as anatomist. leonardo da vinci depicts the human body in the astonishing detail. three-dimensional structures are revealed with extraordinary clarity. it is the biggest ever exhibition of its kind. is it art or science? >
congress, you cannot make this system work. i think we need the reforms before that -- reforms. before that, the public will have to rein in that ideological outlier. give us someone in the middle who is willing to work with congress. not just -- >> if you look at attitudes of republicans as a whole, they have not matched what the people who vote in the primaries, a sliver of the party, desire and want. if you take a candidate like mitt romney, who might otherwise appeal to that brought...
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you need to maybe the case for why it's necessary, but you need those of us in congress to work it out. >> reporter: while expressing doubts about passing any budget in the senate in an election year conrad did tell fox news sunday that after the election with many tax cuts about to expire and the dull blade of a $1.2 trillion budget sequester about to fall people might have more open minds about fashioning a new budget. jenna. jenna: we'll wait and see on that, jim, thank you very much. nice to have you. jon: two heroic firefighters killed in the line of duty. the latest on a terrible early morning fire that trapped them inside a burning building, and some family members of those who died on the titanic set sail in remembrance of that terrible night almost 100 years ago. they are going off to sea to where the titanic sank to mark the tragedy. or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. when you pour chunky beef with country vegetables soup over it... you can do dinner. four minutes, ar
you need to maybe the case for why it's necessary, but you need those of us in congress to work it out. >> reporter: while expressing doubts about passing any budget in the senate in an election year conrad did tell fox news sunday that after the election with many tax cuts about to expire and the dull blade of a $1.2 trillion budget sequester about to fall people might have more open minds about fashioning a new budget. jenna. jenna: we'll wait and see on that, jim, thank you very much....
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about what the middle class needs, it is the top 2 percent who put the pressure on those of us in the congress to not let what we know needs to happen, happen. they want to shred --. >>neil: don't they just want to see you cut spending? >>guest: but for the poor and the middle-class. it depends on who is going to be harmed by cutting that spending. >>neil: would you tell the rich who are happy, if the rich are happy to pay more taxes if it goes to get spending under control you telling me that will not change, you are just going to pay for more government? >>guest: no, i don't say that is what we do. i say we also go with the progressive caucus budget which bringing our troops home from afghanistan saving over $1 trillion over the next ten years. topping our investment -- stopping investment in nuclear --. >>neil: got you, got you, congresswoman. all right. all right. all right. we will have more. >>neil: rick santorum out and stocks down and out on a day that romney is loop for both of the above saying this is a combination he would like to say. of course that is not what he would say. and no
about what the middle class needs, it is the top 2 percent who put the pressure on those of us in the congress to not let what we know needs to happen, happen. they want to shred --. >>neil: don't they just want to see you cut spending? >>guest: but for the poor and the middle-class. it depends on who is going to be harmed by cutting that spending. >>neil: would you tell the rich who are happy, if the rich are happy to pay more taxes if it goes to get spending under control...
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that says, we have this regime that all of us experience in congress. we are expecting millions of travelers every month, the same people over and over. that has to be wasteful and intrusive. this has been going on now for 10 years. if it is going to go on for another 10 years, it behooves us to come up with a less intrusive and more sensible program so that we concentrate on where there might be a risk rather than inspecting the same people over and over. when we had hearings, and experts came in and testified before the transportation committee. they have faced heightened security threats. hardening the cockpit was one thing they advise. trying to attack people reject track people when they buy tickets. working on the intelligence side of things to see if there is some sort of a likelihood that that person might be a risk. ways of inspecting people and how they behave, not just at the airports. looking at how they interact with ticket agents. there are a lot more strategic and intelligent ways to go about this. then spending hundreds of millions of do
that says, we have this regime that all of us experience in congress. we are expecting millions of travelers every month, the same people over and over. that has to be wasteful and intrusive. this has been going on now for 10 years. if it is going to go on for another 10 years, it behooves us to come up with a less intrusive and more sensible program so that we concentrate on where there might be a risk rather than inspecting the same people over and over. when we had hearings, and experts came...
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congress has actually told us. but i think the real problem with the finding is that the context in which congress made it. it's quite clear. if the court wants to look, the finding is on page 42 -- 43a, excuse me, of the solicitor general's severability brief in the appendix. but the finding is made specifically in the context of interstate commerce. that is why the findings are in the act at all. congress wanted to indicate to the court, knowing that the minimum coverage provision was going to be challenged, wanted to indicate to the court the basis on which it believed it had the power under the commerce clause to enact this law. why does that make a difference with respect to finding i, which is the one that the government is relying on, and in particular the last sentence, which says "this requirement is essential to creating effective health insurance markets in which guaranteed issue and preexisting illnesses can be covered." the reason is because the word "essential" in the commerce clause context doesn't have the colloquial meaning. in the commerce clause context, "essential" effectively means use
congress has actually told us. but i think the real problem with the finding is that the context in which congress made it. it's quite clear. if the court wants to look, the finding is on page 42 -- 43a, excuse me, of the solicitor general's severability brief in the appendix. but the finding is made specifically in the context of interstate commerce. that is why the findings are in the act at all. congress wanted to indicate to the court, knowing that the minimum coverage provision was going...
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hastings: unfortunately, the antiquities act is used more-on-than not to circumvent congress' role in studying land use policy or foreclose any opportunity for anyone outside the white house to participate in whatever decision they make, including the affected state. unlike america in 1906, when there were -- the antiquities law was first enacted, we now have an elaborate set of laws that have procedures to be followed before any significant action affecting public lands can be taken. i think the gentlelady's amendment would improve this process and with that i support it and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: i yield the remaineding time to the gentleman from new jersey, -- from new mexico, mr. heinrich. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. heinrich: the antiquities act has helped threatened places. we see the benefits of the antiquities act in my state. crarlsbad cavens national park and more, all originally protected through the antiquities act. research by the new mexico green chamber of commerce shows that new mexico's
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in order for us to continue to create jobs in this country, we need congress to help us get more competitive. it's all about global competition. there are four goals nam has put together. i defer you to lead those, but the united states needs taxes for global markets to enable us to get and reach 95% of these consumers that lif outside our borders. to do that, we need effective tax policy, energy policy. we need to stop these insane regulations and quick point about the environment. i have children, grandchildren. i want them to breathe clean air. overregulating is going to hurt the environment into other countries that are not as careful with the environment as we are. so in theory, overregulation is going to backfire and hurt the global economy. lowering the tax rate is important. the back is another important parameter that we need. we need ftas. the ftas we have in place actually have trade surfaces. as a matter of fact, over the last four years, we have accumulative trade surplus of $120 billion. that brings the record to jobs. we need jobs for the sustained economy. i've talked about t
in order for us to continue to create jobs in this country, we need congress to help us get more competitive. it's all about global competition. there are four goals nam has put together. i defer you to lead those, but the united states needs taxes for global markets to enable us to get and reach 95% of these consumers that lif outside our borders. to do that, we need effective tax policy, energy policy. we need to stop these insane regulations and quick point about the environment. i have...
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an ethical obligation, to use every tool that we can in order to advance medicines in order to advance vaccines for the benefit of the public. >> legislation sitting in congress would end all invasive research using chimps. and a pivotal study by the institute of medicine concluded the use of chimps is "largely unnecessary." in response the national institutes of health, nih, asked a panel of experts to tell it how to proceed. it doesn't have to follow the recommendations but it's expected they will. there are approximately 1000 chimps in research institutions. a change in the law could require the retirement of all of them. with no crystal ball in the future, the nih thinks retiring all of them would be a very bad idea. >> we don't know the future, there may be a reemergence of new disease, epidemic for which it's necessary to do research on chimps to save human lives. >> one of the questions that was addressed was do we need them in cases of bioterror threats experts say there are not enough, it would take far too long, they are too difficult to use. >> no time table for congress to put through the pact but the panel should make recommendations by the end o
an ethical obligation, to use every tool that we can in order to advance medicines in order to advance vaccines for the benefit of the public. >> legislation sitting in congress would end all invasive research using chimps. and a pivotal study by the institute of medicine concluded the use of chimps is "largely unnecessary." in response the national institutes of health, nih, asked a panel of experts to tell it how to proceed. it doesn't have to follow the recommendations but...
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in the retrial of former major league pitcher roger clemens. he filed federal prosecutors with knowingly lying to congress, and in 2008 on performance-enhancing drug use in baseball. >> let me read to you what his wife says in her affidavit. hi, laura petit, do impose and state in 1999-200 roger had to take human growth hormones. you have said your conversation with mr. petit never happened. if that was true, why would laura petit remember andy telling her about the conversation? >> once again, i think he misremembers how it went. andy and my relationship was close enough to kn. if he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hdh, we would have talked about the subject. he would have come to me to ask about the effects of it. >> watch this 2008 testimony on line at the c-span video library with over a quarter century of american politics and public affairs on your computer. >>> a group of business executives tried to find alternative enepgy and foreign oil. they talked about cost conservatives and electric cars. this is host bid the hudson institute here in washington. this is an hour and 25 minutes. >> good afternoon. welcome. i'm ken weinstein, preside
in the retrial of former major league pitcher roger clemens. he filed federal prosecutors with knowingly lying to congress, and in 2008 on performance-enhancing drug use in baseball. >> let me read to you what his wife says in her affidavit. hi, laura petit, do impose and state in 1999-200 roger had to take human growth hormones. you have said your conversation with mr. petit never happened. if that was true, why would laura petit remember andy telling her about the conversation? >>...
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for my written statement, reviews in detail what his has completed in funding that congress has appropriated for us in the past few years. since 2008 the budget has increased and it's helped the indian health service make significant progress in our efforts to change and improve the organization as well as in addressing the priorities of our work. our partnership with tribes is fundamental to improving the health of our communities. each year we incorporate tribal budget priorities into our budget requests. we're also making progress on reforming the indian health service with an emphasis on improving the way we do business and how we lead and manage our staff, setting a strong tone at the top that we must change and improve, improving our financial controls, finding more efficient and effective ways to conduct our business matters and performance management and accountability have been very important to our progress. for example, ihs was able to demonstrate its best performance ever as a part of the hhs cfo audit in 2011. our hiring times have improved and we're addressing pay disparities to help
for my written statement, reviews in detail what his has completed in funding that congress has appropriated for us in the past few years. since 2008 the budget has increased and it's helped the indian health service make significant progress in our efforts to change and improve the organization as well as in addressing the priorities of our work. our partnership with tribes is fundamental to improving the health of our communities. each year we incorporate tribal budget priorities into our...
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i agree internet users are protesting against a new web security bill pending in the us congress they fear the cyber intelligence sharing and protection that's all since but make privacy thing of the past comes out of the stop online piracy act was recently home to wave of outrage where freedom activist trevor tim hopes will make us all then from past experience. before we were trying to stop sopa congress wouldn't return the calls of the liberties community they would return the calls they were just trying to shove it through congress without any debate whatsoever once they saw the power of the internet users can organize and really make a difference in the legislative procedure i think they understood that you know they have to be more understanding now what we're seeing is that the authors of the bill are trying to disassociate themselves with soap but they actually talk about the intellectual property clause last week which is a good sign unfortunately they didn't go nearly as far enough and we're running a weeklong protest this week actually i'm trying to convince congressmen to
i agree internet users are protesting against a new web security bill pending in the us congress they fear the cyber intelligence sharing and protection that's all since but make privacy thing of the past comes out of the stop online piracy act was recently home to wave of outrage where freedom activist trevor tim hopes will make us all then from past experience. before we were trying to stop sopa congress wouldn't return the calls of the liberties community they would return the calls they...
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in washington yesterday. he's charged with lying to congress in 2008 about using performance-enhancing drugs.ors' first attempt to convict clemens was declared in a mistrooil last july. >>> petty is offering a $7,500 reward for five guitars stolen from a studio last weekend. they include his prized 1967 12-string rickenbacker 360 and his 1965 gibson. the reward would be paid with no questions asked. the thefts come as petty kicks off a tour tomorrow. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," new insight into the private life of mitt romney. i'm michelle miller, and this is the "cbs morning news." on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
in washington yesterday. he's charged with lying to congress in 2008 about using performance-enhancing drugs.ors' first attempt to convict clemens was declared in a mistrooil last july. >>> petty is offering a $7,500 reward for five guitars stolen from a studio last weekend. they include his prized 1967 12-string rickenbacker 360 and his 1965 gibson. the reward would be paid with no questions asked. the thefts come as petty kicks off a tour tomorrow. >>> coming up after your...
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and i hope you can give us your objectives and share your insight on where you think we're going on that. there's a serious concern raised in congress that imf resources will be used in the eurozone and if that happens and we're their largest shareholder in imf that that's going to be used as a bailout for europe and the burden will fall back on us. and i hope in your comments today you can address that, because that really is a huge concern for us. we're just trying to come out of our crisis, and i'm going to restate again, when we were going through our worst time europe -- and you dealt with it, because i remember reading stuff of your involvement -- europe was very concerned that it was not a european crisis, it was a u.s. problem and we needed to resolve it ourselves. this committee has the same belief. yes, we're concerned about europe and we're concerned about their crisis. we want to assist them in any way we can, but the financial burden should not fall back on this country to resolve their problems over there. some of the major regulations the administration is imposing will have the effect of imposing that burden on us, w
and i hope you can give us your objectives and share your insight on where you think we're going on that. there's a serious concern raised in congress that imf resources will be used in the eurozone and if that happens and we're their largest shareholder in imf that that's going to be used as a bailout for europe and the burden will fall back on us. and i hope in your comments today you can address that, because that really is a huge concern for us. we're just trying to come out of our crisis,...
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in the committee. i'm very discouraged about the fact that we're not going to move forward and take necessary steps to help us build the foundation for the issue by resolution of congress. i understand a comprehensive plan of the nature we need to put in place is much bigger than the budget resolution can achieve. and i understand that will are many pieces of this that will need extensive negotiation to be put into place. and the reason i'm discouraged about the notion that we don't have regular order in this committee is that i believe there are, of those parts of it, that the budget resolution can achieve, and the processes that the budget resolution can put into place. there are many key elements that need to be worked into it. for example, some things need to be taken out of the plan. some things need to be added into the plan. we could make the progress to get in regular order and let all the ideas be hashed out and played out. when we talk about what is needed in terms of a comprehensive solution. you've indicated the proposal is in excess of $5 trillion of deficit posture reduction. we need at least that, if not more. as i've looked at the bowles-simpson proposa
in the committee. i'm very discouraged about the fact that we're not going to move forward and take necessary steps to help us build the foundation for the issue by resolution of congress. i understand a comprehensive plan of the nature we need to put in place is much bigger than the budget resolution can achieve. and i understand that will are many pieces of this that will need extensive negotiation to be put into place. and the reason i'm discouraged about the notion that we don't have...
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that said, of course, we have this regime that all of us experience who serve in congress if we live any distance at all on a weekly basis, practically, if not more often. we're inspecting millions of travelers, hundreds of thousands every month, the same people over and over and over again. and that has to be wasteful and intrusive. and this has been going on now for ten years. if it's going to go on for another ten years, it behooves us to come up with a more efficient, less intrusive, more sensible program so that we concentrate on where there might be a risk rather than inspecting the same people over and over and over again. when we had hearings back at the time of 9/11, experts came and testified before the transportation committee from israel, a number of other countries that certainly have for many years faced very, very heightened security threats. a hardening of the cockpit was one of the things they advised and which we did. other things that they advised we have not done. trying to track people when they buy tickets and working on the intelligence side of things to see if
that said, of course, we have this regime that all of us experience who serve in congress if we live any distance at all on a weekly basis, practically, if not more often. we're inspecting millions of travelers, hundreds of thousands every month, the same people over and over and over again. and that has to be wasteful and intrusive. and this has been going on now for ten years. if it's going to go on for another ten years, it behooves us to come up with a more efficient, less intrusive, more...
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in a moment. tell us about changes in the department. >> on that legislation, although it never passed the congress for emergency disputes, actually emergency disputes went away, and we hadn't had one in years and years. that idea was picked up by baseball, and it's now called baseball. that's the way they arbitrate -- not arbitrate, but they decide between baseball teams and individual players. it's also picked up by municipalities for municipal unions. it's amusing, because when we come up wi came up with the initiative which george schultz liked, arbitrators hated it. "the new york times" editorial page was supportive. they raised questions as it to where the devil this idea had come from. george, i think, was rather reluctant to say this. it came out of the young kid and the solicitor. he called me up on the phone and said, can't you find any incident where this idea was used before? so i commissioned three lawyers in the solicitor's office to look everywhere, whether the idea had ever been used. and i'll be darned if they didn't find that it was briefly discussed in the vymar legislature in 19
in a moment. tell us about changes in the department. >> on that legislation, although it never passed the congress for emergency disputes, actually emergency disputes went away, and we hadn't had one in years and years. that idea was picked up by baseball, and it's now called baseball. that's the way they arbitrate -- not arbitrate, but they decide between baseball teams and individual players. it's also picked up by municipalities for municipal unions. it's amusing, because when we come...
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coming soon to a protest near you and addition to obama's expansive drone killing out for us in the middle east congress just passed a bill earlier this year that opens the u.s. skies to unmanned drone surveillance for domestic and military operations in a surveillance society where people are already accustomed to being filmed on every street corner the constant aerial surveillance of drones will make privacy even more obsolete there are currently three hundred active drone permits in the u.s. held by varied institutions according to foil requests those include dozens of universities and small law enforcement agencies remember this story from north dakota. nelson county north dakota sheriff tell y'all q. was looking for six missing cattle before but three are brought her brothers chased him away now called the highway patrol so what's in the box one at a predator drone operated by u.s. customs and border protection the drug was used to surveil the property until the browser brothers were observed to be at our business what to do to make the arrests the drone industry is a huge one fifty companies are a
coming soon to a protest near you and addition to obama's expansive drone killing out for us in the middle east congress just passed a bill earlier this year that opens the u.s. skies to unmanned drone surveillance for domestic and military operations in a surveillance society where people are already accustomed to being filmed on every street corner the constant aerial surveillance of drones will make privacy even more obsolete there are currently three hundred active drone permits in the u.s....
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in the retrial of former pitching ace roger clemens. he's accused of lying about using steroids when he appeared before congress in 2008.july a mistrial was declared after a judge said prosecutors mistakenly showed jurors inadmissible evidence. >>> after your local news on "cbs this morning," best selling author david baldacchi. i'm michelle miller. you sure its a good price? pretty sure... sfx: truth phone rings hello? pretty sure? consider this yor wake-up call. everybody has a price guarantee. but only sears guarantees the best price on all top 10 brands, because only sears carries them all. with experts who know them all. it's called the top 10 advantage. boom! what was that? me dropping some knowledge on you. thinking about buying appliances somewhere else? think again. sears. like splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweeteners. this bowl of strawberries is loaded with vitamin c. and now, b vitamins to boot. coffee doesn't have fiber. unless you want it to. splenda® essentials™ are the first and only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber, or antioxidants, or b vitamins in every packet. mmm. same great taste wi
in the retrial of former pitching ace roger clemens. he's accused of lying about using steroids when he appeared before congress in 2008.july a mistrial was declared after a judge said prosecutors mistakenly showed jurors inadmissible evidence. >>> after your local news on "cbs this morning," best selling author david baldacchi. i'm michelle miller. you sure its a good price? pretty sure... sfx: truth phone rings hello? pretty sure? consider this yor wake-up call. everybody...
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in the roger clemens retrial. he faces charges he lied to congress about using steroids. he faces up to 21 months in prison if found guilty. >> folks are clearing of the devastation of this week's storm. >> 100 tornadoes touched down destroying hundreds of homes. five people were killed including three children. a twister winter oklahoma. dozens of people were hurt. may have been declared disaster areas. >> [inaudible] it was big. >> this hospital was damage. they are investigating reports that some warning signs do not work. >> a lack of rain has more conditions are ripe for brush fires. it broke out along a branch of pennsylvania avenues. they quickly put it out and not before one person had to be hospitalized. no word on what sparked the flame. >> the president attended the two day summit of the americas in colombia. there's question over whether cuba should be allowed to participate. >> a scandal involving a secret service agent. 11 agents were sent home. five u.s. service members are also suspected of being involved in the incident. he says he will be anchored at the
in the roger clemens retrial. he faces charges he lied to congress about using steroids. he faces up to 21 months in prison if found guilty. >> folks are clearing of the devastation of this week's storm. >> 100 tornadoes touched down destroying hundreds of homes. five people were killed including three children. a twister winter oklahoma. dozens of people were hurt. may have been declared disaster areas. >> [inaudible] it was big. >> this hospital was damage. they are...