usurp us a strong word. isn't the president in many cases usurping the power of congress? >> this makes for endless discussions. should president obama have allowed congress to shut down the government? i don't think so. i think he should've declared a state of emergency instead of letting millions of americans suffer. to me he was as cruel to the american people

he wrote when the executive ranch usurps the legislative authority, when the president says i can write the laws, write me, a tyranny will ensue and we must stop this president from trading the constitution. -- treading on the constitution. it is not just the harm that this president is causing. it is the future harm that he allows by destroying the checks and balances that once restrained each of the branches of government. progressives by their own assertion do not want to be bound by any original intent of the constitution or its authors. they believe the constitution is whatever the majority says it is. --ressive's believe that a progressives believe that a majority may separate you from your rights. jim crow, the japanese internment, today's indefinite detention without trial only occur when we allow our god-given right to be abridged by the girardi vote. our rights are inherent. they are in separate bowl -- they are inseparable from our person. our rights are innate. they come from our creator, and no government can take them away from us. the constitution merely codifies what exi

usurp is a strong word.n't a president in any case your sur -- usurping the power of congress by violating the letter of the law by not following the letter of the constitution? >> well, this makes for many decision discussions. should president obama have allowed congress to shut down the government? i don't think so. i think he should have declared a state of emergency instead of letting millions of americans suffer. to me, he was as cruel to the american people as governor christie was to the people in fort lee, new jersey -- [laughter] by -- enter thank you very much. >> you're very welcome. thank you very much. i'll be glad to sign books for you. thank you. [applause] >> for more information, visit the author's web site, harlow harlowgilesunger.com. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here's our prime time lineup for tonight: .. >> on booktv with the help of our comcast cable partners for the next 90 minutes we will explore the history and literary scene of florida's capital city as we talk with local

he wrote when the executive ranch usurps the legislative authority, when the president says i can writehe laws, write me, a tyranny will ensue and we must stop this president from trading the constitution. -- treading on the constitution. it is not just the harm that this president is causing. it is the future harm that he allows by destroying the checks and balances that once restrained each of the branches of government. progressives by their own assertion do not want to be bound by any original intent of the constitution or its authors. they believe the constitution is whatever the majority says it is. --ressive's believe that a progressives believe that a majority may separate you from your rights. jim crow, the japanese internment, today's indefinite detention without trial only occur when we allow our god-given right to be abridged by the girardi vote. our rights are inherent. they are in separate bowl -- they are inseparable from our person. our rights are innate. they come from our creator, and no government can take them away from us. the constitution merely codifies what exist

attempt to usurp russian power.f he has the romance of bringing things back to the way they used to be, that is trouble. that does take us back to the cold war. >> schieffer: well, i'm not sure that he really would take ukraine back. this place is an economic basket case. he wants to have influence there, he wants to call events there, also carries pretty good price. >> this is not the soviet military of the cold war. this is a much reduced, much weakened military which in the past, i don't know, five years has been starting to make a comeback. he has to be careful about how much he bites off here. crimea is one thing. ukraine would be entirely different operation. >> schieffer: all right. we have lot more to talk about on this we'll take a break right here we'll be back. we asked people a question, how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old.

saying they're horrified by the idea of returning to what could be in the soviet union era that usurping of of of what they see as independents they want to see perhaps an independent crime me up. but not allied with russia on the other hand i've talked to people here who say i'm rushing. i am not ukrainian and russian. i'm already part of russia on i'm not happy to vote i will vote for ctu allied with russia in the referendum it's not so much weight this is a majority of russian region so many many people are for a rock shop within a see how it plays out obviously i after the referendum when the votes are counted. but there are some voices here has certainly don't want to ally with russia. many of you thank you very much indeed stephanie for each the portion from super account in crimea and two more on the crisis in ukraine when our joint night by olive trees font and to not think i need in kiev. not to eat at a bachchan us blog entry date that cost was what they see him from the ukrainian cup the ukrainian government is really looking to garner much support from the west as it can on t

and they stand and applaud a president who says, in effect, i'm going going to usurp even more of the legislative power given to congress under article i than i've already taken. it's stag toring hear that applauded and it's also stag toring me to see the senate as a body in effect protecting the president's usurpation of our power. that's one check, one balance -- mrs. bachmann: i was here in the chamber with the gentleman, i saw and observed exactly what you said that our colleagues across the aisle stood up and applauded. that is a constitutional crisis. as we are having this discussion today, we are in the midst of a constitutional crisis. with a president who is eyre gating to himself -- who is air ating to himself pow -- who is arrogating to himself powers that are not his, taking power away from people as far as freedom of speech and religious free tom. with all due respect to our colleagues across the aisle, they're applauding becoming dinosaurs because when the president of the united states decides he'll also be congress and he will write the laws, thank you very much, i don

am a resident of san francisco for 40 years and i'm really upset about the way my voice is being usurped at the school that i live and i've been a teacher there for 35 years. i feel it's imperative to remove and i thank you for your effort. it is not only -- it's dangerous to allow a special trustee, super trustee with extraordinary powers which sounds like an action figure -- [laughter] >>> to continue to reside at city college. i believe the violence that happened yesterday, in the 35 years i've been there, i never saw anything like that and i hope i never see anything like it again. and i believe it is a direct result of the lack of communication between the super trustee and the rest of the community. it's also a result of the decisions that have been made that totally dishonor the needs of our students and our community and our workers. i think the threat of violence looms heavily over our heads if this undemocratic structure isn't removed. i believe it is the cause of what happened yesterday. i've never seen it before and i don't want to see it again and i think it is dependent on

that the irs does not target rims based on ideological viewpoints, or ensuring the executive does not usurpongress power, i want to see the limited role of government maintained and freedoms respected. [applause] i also want to see that duringtal egos -- my political work, some told me that it is not your turn. the political establishment thought to drive me from my involvement. i refuse to step aside. our country is built on the leadership of men and women who decided not to wait their turn. who decided to speak truth to power. even when that power was within their own party. [applause] it must always be this way for each new generation of conservatives and patriots. what is it safe for our country is too important. what is it stake for our liberty is too important. what is at stake for our freedom is too important. you cannot wait our turn to uphold the constitution protect our freedoms. it is always our turn. it is always our obligation to do so. we must always be that driving force in forming a more perfect union. may god bless each of you. they got bless always continue to bless our gr

clearly usurping the authority of the congress. did so on the issue of sequestration. the question of whether or not the sequestration, the 7% cuts across the board applies to obamacare subsidies. first they said it did, now they say it doesn't. that is going to be a $500 million diversion that will have to be taken from other areas of the budget to do with the present wants to do and he doesn't have the authority to do it under the law. describing is frankly anyou are executive branch that is not involved in checks and balances. in any way, making a decision unilaterally as to what will be in a law passed by congress, not worrying about the code, not worrying about the intent, the text, straightforwardly deciding the president will arbitrate and decide what the law is. >> senator obama as you know i number of occasions criticized the bush administration for doing just that, saying if he were president, the three coequal branches of government, executive, was that of an judicial be treated that way and the separation of powers would be preserved but he had done far fro

and rah-rah, and america, and you could argue some good guys are trying to make sure bad guys didn't usurphis thing. what kind of assurance we have this won't happen. >> this underlies what you're saying, which i that for several years now -- this isn't something that just happened. then obama cited this would be good to hand over the control of the web architecture to an international body. for some years, self countries, russia and china in particular, have been working through the u.n. in what's called the international telecommunications union to try to gain more control over ther in net and what they have been trying to does gain more control in their own territory. their own country, over the internet. try as you might, it's not because they want to enhance the the day we rescued riley, was a truly amazing day. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. for over 18 years we've helped people take care of the things that matter most. join today at angieslist.com iwe don't back down. we only know one direction: up so we're up earl

the british using very similar arguments that they used today, at these infidels were coming to the usurp their religion, interfere with their customs and takeover their lives. so it wasn't very difficult really for them to inside the tribes. winston churchill, even though he only spent six weeks of their answer my mind and never actually met in afghan, he became the self-appointed expert on these people. and in churchill's day they were known as the taliban. he writes in one of his dispatches, one of his early dispatches for the daily telegraph of the very low opinion he had. he viewed them as degraded a race as any on the fringe of humanity, fierce as a tagger, but less clean, dangerous, but not so graceful. he blamed them, the afghans, lamentable absence of civilized development keeping them in what he called the grip of miserable superstition. churchill was also particularly repelled by their loose moral conduct. they lived lives -- the live tree at the expense of the people. but more than this they enjoyed a bloodless in year. no man's wife or daughter is safe from them. some of thei

the historical headlines have been usurped by napoleon and wellington.the foundations of bigotry of light and adjust capacity of the founders, the expertise of gunsmith in the machine shops, the diligence of shipbuilders at the makers of uniforms can do in carriages and gunpowder. the hard work of those who told in the increasingly efficient agricultural sector, the seamen who ships transported vital stores and food and their crews of ships who provided the means of documentation throughout the year. in term, none of this could've been achieved without the men who signed and has contracts across tables in government departments. the civil servants who drafted documents and did work in basements. and the international merchants and dealers who traded in the city. they were all needed as much as the tens of thousands of young soldiers and seamen who resisted, survived, and finally overcame the threat from napoleon. [applause] >> to set the stage for my reading, general petraeus had just taken command of a multinational force in iraq. in february 2007, and

. >> you usurped his power.. >> just go over my head and say, can you get rid of him? >> exactly. >> singer adam lambert will have big shoes to fill when he goes on tour with queen this summer. >> yeah. lambert, along with the band, made the announcement last week. legendary british band played with lambert in the past and he's always been a really big fan of the late freddie mercury. and many consider mercury, who died in 1991, one of the greatest rock singers of all time. some very, very big shoes to fill there. and the tour kicks off june 19th in chicago. >> man, oh, man, trying to fill freddie mercury's shoes. you know what, you just don't. >> do your own style. >> if you try to imitate him, forget it. >>> now a look at today's celebrity birthdays. actor and march martial artist, tough guy, chuck norris, 74. >> beautiful sharon stone turns 56 today. looking fabulous. >> "mad men's" john hamm celebrates his 43rd birthday. >> singer carrie underwood turns 31. >> and actress olivia wilde turns 31. happy birthda

as long as it seems like they're doing something to get rid of this usurper in the white house. >> threeo get him. >> three years to get him. >> how do you talk like that? >> and what is really crazy about this example is the president is simply enforcing the law. the president is simply stating the law. if you are here, if you are born here and you're a citizen, you a right to the affordable care. now, you don't have that right if you are here illegally. >> yeah. >> and he is not suggesting -- >> you mean joe wilson was wrong? >> joe wilson was absolutely wrong when he said he lied. this is also a president we have to state who has really stepped up enforcement and deportation to the point that latino democrats in congress are upset. the immigration reform community is stepping up the pressure on the president. so this is crazy. but the base loves crazy. >> what information are we hearing? why are you bringing up information? >> i'm sorry, chris. >> like he killed bin laden so he must be working for crazies. another passenger in the clown car, in 2003 general jerry boykin said muslims w

we're going to usurp the japan times motto. >> the motto is all the news without fear or favor. >> thevor. >> all the news without fear or favor or flavor. >> there's a little fear actually. okay. so here you go. tongue in cheek a while back i said the next big collectibles in cars would be the imports. the datsuns. robert frank has been invited on the show to tell me why i'm right. >> this is either a sign of a collecting bubble or the true beauty of old datsuns. this 1968 datsun 1600 was sold over the weekend for more than $50,000. of course, they don't make datsuns in the u.s. anymore, but this is among the highest prices paid ever paid for a datsun. it was a convertible, beautifully restored. all the old imports just as you said are soaring in price. the vw beatle, this sold for $82,000 over the weekend. now, the big prices, of course, are still for these really high end imports. this 1937, this was the star of the weekend, $6.6 million. it's known as the french mistress. and this porsche long tail, that sold for $3.6 million. i know -- >> that's one of the most -- le mans. that wo

. >> it's not what he has done with his usurpance of power as precedent that sets for lawlessness. >> these republicans are all presidential contenders. they actually believe this kind of talk is their ticket to the white house. in fact, right wingers like ted cruz think the party should run farther to the right. and they're bashing the sold moderates of the past. >> if all of us remember president dole, and president mccain and president romney. look, those are good men. they're decent men. but when you don't stand and draw a clear distinction, when you don't stand for principle, democrats celebrate. >> not standing on principle? today john mccain hit back. >> he can say what he wants to about me, and he can say anything he wants to i think about mitt. mitt's capable of taking it. but when he throws bob dole in there, i wonder if he thinks that bob dole stood for principle on that hilltop in italy when he was so gravely wounded and left part of his body there fighting for our country. >> and former senator dole himself said, quote, cruz should check my voting record before making com

the battle was to usurp the rich or do something else. those were the parameters of the debate. secondly, if you look at the results of the tax increase even after the rates were raised 90% of the american people did not pay any income taxes still. i am inclined to think whether it was a good idea or bad idea it was not the catastrophic idea for the late phase of the depression that some on the right would say. i tend to think the tax increase while probably a mistake by our understanding of policy was not nearly as much of a mistake or in that context you might see what choice did they have so hoover has gone too much criticism on that one. >> guest: has hoover born the blame and you think of it in any martial art the stock market went down into the 40s from 381. the country is very angry. so who have been chosen to blame? hoover. he is the most blamed president in a way and quickly to move on all little bit before we talk about your book the work of a biographer and editor, who for is out in 33 out on his rear end, not included, goes back to california and you have said he inv

there are certain branches usurping their powers and that's my concern. >> you as an advocate for victimseer. the obama administration, members of congress say there are americans who simply can't help themselves. that's the role of the federal government. if you're not going to fix it, we're going to step in by executive order or otherwise and help those victims. what do you say to that? >> the executive order is not designed to legislate. that's not what the executive order or the executive branch was given there. let me tell you, presidents throughout the years have abused executive order. so let me be clear on that. the problem is i don't understand why congress is not outraged by the use of executive orders of presidents that legislate and modify and amend laws that they passed. they should be standing up and saying, wait a second, mr. president. no matter which president. but we've seen more with this obamacare that things are being extended, mandates are being,t)g moved, that is part of the legislative process. not part of the order! that should bring all of the congress, republica

with the president regardless of whether you agree with the health care law or not, the president has usurpd is not thinking their input and changing this law unilaterally s rather than answr the question you have the congressman who is hanging strange melodies to himself. stuart: you did this with chuck schumer, i think the former new york mayor mike bloomberg. do you do this with conservatives, republicans? would you ambush ted cruz, for example? >> if there was something worth exploring in a story, sure. but generally especially in this town, it is controlled a left-wing worldview and you have the media in general who is targeting conservatives and ted cruz and mike lee and rand paul on a daily basis. nothing new to target a conservative politician but we have a class that seeks to overall through their tepid and embarrassing reporting politicians aggrandize power and really the people who they are supposed to be looking after. the media is complicit in this rule, so while republicans should be put on notice and blast as well, you have the mainstream reporters who do that all the time. s

madison explains that having a second chamber, like a senate, makes such -- quote -- "schemes of usurpation and perfidy" -- end of quote -- less likely because they would have to capture both chambers at the same time. the senate, with longer staggered terms, as the constitution spells out, makes that even less likely. the second lesson is that a single-chamber legislature with lots of members tend to -- quote -- "yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions and to be seduced by factious leaders into intemperance and pernicious resolutions." end of quote. if that sounds like the house of representatives today, that's because it's supposed to work that way. the house is supposed to reflect the immediate passions of the day, even if those passions take on a partisan tinge. when laws are made only by factious leaders you end up with madison calls "intemperate and pernicious resolutions." that's where he says the function of the senate as a deliberative body comes into play. madison's third lesson has to do with a need for a body with longer terms that is serious about doing the hard wor

unique and special designations necessary, they should go through the congressional process and not be usurped by unilateral presidential powers. this is 2014. we're not back in the era when presidents needed to designate areas that were at risk of being degree redated. he ethic of a nation for conservation has come far beyond that. let's adapt our laws to the morality and the ethics of the times. let's pass this bill and give people involvement in decisions that are made in our states. thank you, mr. chairman and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from washington reserves. the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from delaware, mr. carney. the chair: the gentleman from delaware is recognized for two minutes. mr. carney: thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to join my colleagues in opposition to h.r. 1459. this bill will clearly undermine the antiquities act, one of our country's most important environmental and historic preservation tools and one that's been critica

in order to usurp that leadership, we need leaders that understand our role in the world .need to be able to afford it. which means we have to have an economy that sustains it. the good news is if we have -- is we have everything we need to succeed economically except the leadership in the white house. we have been blessed by god with natural resources. we have been blessed with a hard-working and creative people. we have been blessed with a system of government that we need to reinvigorate, not undermined. we will have a strong economy that will not only sustain and provide for people, but will make the world a safer and better place. i always quote -- do not take for granted what we have. do not fall into the trap that some of us do. taking for granted what we have in this country. what we have in america is the exception, not the rule. almost everyone who has ever lived on this planet did not get to choose their leaders. they did not get to choose their life either. you were stuck doing whatever your family and your parents were stuck doing before you. what made us excep

when we have a president who said over and over as a senator that we cannot allow a president to usurp more and re power away from congress, it showed us that he knew right from wrong in this government. d now the same president is, by executive order, changing the law. repeatedly. and it is time this house rose and said, we're not funding one single part of the executive branch that usurps power that is not afforded it in the constitution. and we have the power to do that. why? because the founders put it in the constitution. and just like our creator endowed us with certain inalienable rights, just like some parents have plenty to endow to their children when they die, the children don't enjoy those benefits if they won't claim them and be willing to fight for them. there are always people, evil people, who want to take away those benefits. take away those rights. so no matter what someone inherits, if they don't accept it, claim it, and be willing to fight for it, they will not keep those benefits. we owe the next generation what we were given and better, and until we start holding

requirements around the use of this class of drugs, that we think are important for assuring appropriate usurpations with legitimate pain. it is approved as a scheduled to drug, which means that there are additional restrictions on prescribing. physicians have have a special license. there are limits on prescriptions. no refills. there's special security precautions and requirements that have to be undertaken with respect to the storage of the drug, and reporting requirements. it's a scheduled two drug that has these additional requirements to limit its use and totally to make sure that it is prescribed and used appropriately for pain where it is required. in addition, there is rams for this drug product that places further restrictions on the use, and also requires the company to make available physicians training for its appropriate use. so we recognize that this is a powerful drug, but we also believe that a properly used, it serves an important and unique niche with respect to pain medication. and it meets the standards for safety and ethics, recognizing its addiction potential and understanding

and likewise, we've watched the obama administration usurp congressional authority and refuse to enforce the law that bears the president's name. among the many executive fixes that seem to flow from the administration with increasing frequency, none have touched upon one of the most serious problems with obamacare. current law will either force millions of americans to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs or punish them for exercising those beliefs. now, we are not likely to agree today or any day on the underlying law. obamacare is as controversial now and perhaps even more so than when it was passed. but we can agree on this, congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. less than a mile from this chamber on the bank of the tidal basin are inscribed in marbel these wore -- marble these words. alattempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens is not planned by the holy author of our religion. no man shall suffer but all men shall free to possess and maintain their opinions in matters of religion. thos

i think they are a good reminder that while usurping the uniform, they serve too. the sacrifices are incredible. as a young man growing up in the air force family, i saw firsthand and experienced the sacrifices that my mother and my sister and myself made it to support a dead. i have a particular affliction for database. i lived and grew up there as a kid but also was there when the cuban missile crisis struck and they were right on the frontline of thfrontline of the defense oe nation and i believe it hopefully continues to be so as we go into the future. i have concerns obviously and we talked about it in this hearing before. we have several pilots in the room including i think she may have left the retired colonel who was a pilot flying out of davis and your presence reminds us this is not a partisan issue. we have colleagues in the house and senate and both parties represent to say let's take another look at the decision of the proposal and i hope that we will still continue to look at that even as we consider how we make these incredible budget reductions. i w

sovereignty or territorial integrity contributing to the misappropriation of state assets were purporting to usurp governmental authority without authorization from the ukrainian government in kiev. we have made clear to russia and others as such undermined ukrainian democracy will result in further political and economic isolation. mr. chairman of focus remained on the escalation. we continue to for the possibility that could lead to the relaxation of tensions in ukraine. the russians are willing to take it. we support direct talks between ukrainian and russian governments. secretary kerry met in paris separately with the foreign ministers is you've train in russia and effort to get talks going. the the osce and divided nations are in the process of applying monitors in the country including crimea and eastern ukraine. monitors for abuse and diffuse tensions between groups. day with our nato allies to the region will offer an objective on the ground of permission to contract russia's flagrant campaign. let me be clear on this point. there are no confirmed reports of threats to the russians no con

i am completely for congress taking action to keep the president from usurping their powers to make theand. as the attorney general said, it's his job to enforce those laws, so i am all for them holding him to his job and not allowing him to do their job. theseyou think that delays are because they are finding now that this is really a bad law with bad effects and bad results, like they found out in canada? >> i think that's what they are saying. they are saying that if everybody relaxes, in four or five years, everybody will calm down -- everything will calm down, and you will love what they have given you. this.ada, we have tried our system is imploding, and we are trying to fight our hardest and go the other way. i am a constitutional challenge or in order to fight for the right to purchase private insurance because i'm not allowed to have it. i'm not allowed to use my own funds in any way to take care of myself and my family. however, i can get an mri tomorrow at the vet of my choice for my dog, but i cannot for one of my children. that is where i think that we really have to focus.

montesquieu recognized this with the executive branch it usurps the legislative authority on the president says i can write the law. watch me. he doesn't care what the law is. the tierney book into and we must stop the president from treading the constitution [applause] isn't just the harm this president is causing. it's the future harm he allows by destroying the checks and balances that once we strained each of the branches of government. progressives by their own assertion don't want to be bound by any original intent of the constitution or its offers mac. -- authors. baby leave whatever the majority says it is. progressives believe that the majority may separate you from your rights. jim crow, the japanese internment, today's indefinite detention without trial only occur when we allow our god-given rights to be a bridge by the majority vote. our rights are inherent. they are inseparable from our person. [applause] >> our rights come from our creator and no government can take them away from us. [applause] the constitution merely codifies what exists before all times. mr. president, we

do they have any risk from mobile usurpers and even the yelps and open tables trying to get in on this it's cheap. i think this is a takeout target for amazon or google. it makes perfect sense for amazon to have this as well. a billion-seven, you can have eight whatsapps for that. >> i like the barometer of how many whatsapps. >> yeah. >> if that the case, why go public at all? >> well, going public is always sort of a little bit of a game of chicken. they're going public to show they will do it. >> kayak, does this remind you of kayak? >> right. they could still be in talks right now. who knows, ultimately i think it's cheap. my math 12.5 times revenue. not even in the universe of other things. >> interesting. ultimate pick going public. >> i don't know. they've got to do a lot more than they're doing already. because if you think about it, dominos pizza already doiz e does this at scale. and the delivery part isn't exactly the highest margin part of it. >> they only do it for dominos pizza, not 30,000 restaurants. >> right. if you're thinking about what is it they actually do and how

government years ago and that there were reports of local militias being set up to respond to the usurpation of government in kiev so and then of course there are conflicting reports from u.s. sources that the government sources are saying there's no true route russian movement and then you have certain media basing these reports on certain activists again who have no credibility and are frequently anonymous and says it's it is believed or it is reportable who is it who is reporting it who is believing here that these are russian troops until we know what's it what exactly is going on i think it's irresponsible to start accusing russians of a military intervention. in the meantime some of those who actually helped the current kiev government into power are already evolving to against the new wealth already have a listen to this. we're going to lose the right sectors for it is a very deep sea i will destroy anyone who comes here i will be interior minister like a dog with radical militant leader alexander. he's seen there reacting to the interior minister's pledge to investigate his recent ac

maintaining the ukrainians living standards now after they are constitutional and after these home turf usurped power. they made it totally impossible because it's. run only of the people who did this i go in to be made responsible for firing shots at your own people for torturing your own people ukraine is going through a very tough time now of the work of this elite cares of your actions crimea is going to secede and these people are demanding their rights to be complied with. a little nervous but you must know that one day become tree will unite the people will never be as blinded and i would like to say glory to ukraine and i hope. everything will be fine in my country thank you. we apologize for jumping in but thank you very much for joining us here in r.t. international that right there was the ousted ukrainian president viktor young the code which given his first press briefing since february the twenty eighth nearly a fortnight since the last approach the press not taking any questions there let's run down some of the highlights of what the ousted president viktor yanukovych had to say

continues to abuse the rights of the people in east and southern ukraine who did not respect its usurpation of the country and its authority that they will react to protect those people mark what's interesting here is that why is the west turning a blind eye to all of this i mean why is there no vocal reaction or condemnation of what's happening there pure geopolitics geopolitics we we've seen this again and again from western regimes we've seen it in libya and syria where they turn a blind eye it completely and willfully ignoring the abuses of those it supports as they carry out its geo political interests and what we see in the ukraine is the western governments and the press openly in a race and in trying to whitewash open fascists and neo nazis and other alter nationalists not only on the streets but in the government of kiev with the so. in that as long as most of their hatred is directed towards russia and ethnic russians be they in russia or in the ukraine that is perfectly acceptable. well we earlier touched upon the sanctions that are imposed against russia and again you know the t

government years ago and that there were reports of local militias being set up to respond to the usurpation of government in kiev so and then of course there are conflicting reports from u.s. sources but the government sources are saying there's no true route russian movement and then you have certain media basing these reports on certain activists again who have no credibility and are frequently anonymous and says it's it is believed or it is reported who is it who is reporting it who is believing here that these are russian troops until we know what is it what exactly is going on i think it's irresponsible to start accusing russians of a military intervention. while the political crisis rages on the economy continues to crumble ukraine now owes russia two billion dollars a night payment for gas and is in danger of losing its discount from the bridge group politico think there's little chance that even the western powers that supported the un prizing will be able to help ukraine now. the problems of the largely created in ukraine by western european union and united states involvement a re

and i will conclude by saying that what this bill is doing is seeking to usurp the powers of the president, particularly president obama. and my friends on the other side, although i never attribute any malfeasance or bad intentions to members that come on this floor, we never did this with president bush. there was some question about signing statements, and some of us wanted to address the question of signing statements, but we never discerned or decided to be able to put on the floor of the house the complete abolishment of the powers of the presidency. i ask my colleagues to vote down this legislation because it is unconstitutional. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: i yield myself 15 seconds to remind those here that during the time that the other party was in the majority, they sued the bush administration to enforce the subpoena related to harriet miers. so all we're trying to do is when you do that we make it very clear there have been an expedited process. we've sued to get documents for the fast and furious matter. that's more than four years old

the federal government has no right to usurp that law or to orce anybody into the hobson's choice of closing their buzz or surrendering their water rights. this amendment is an affront to the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment as well as to the takings clause of the fifth amendment. these rights are fundamental, constitutional rights that are unalienable for every american, not just those who happen to operate ski resorts. let's not take the orwellian position that all americans are equal but some are more equal than others. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back. the gentleman from washington reserves. the -- the chair: the gentleman from california california yields back. the gentleman from washington reserves. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: i yield to ms. tufter, two and a half minutes. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. kuster: i want to thank my colleague, mr. polis, for his work on this issue. i rise in support of the bstitute amendment that i am offering with mr. polis and overall sleegs in

>> usurp is a very strong word. usurp means taking someone else's power, seizing someone else's power. and we have to say he assumed or asserted those powers, because after all, congress was not here. hear the president is charged with running the government. there's no congress. no one to consult. the cabinet in those days were very, very small. you had five men, two of them were really not a cabinet members, postmaster general and the attorney general. the attorney general was not the chief law enforcement officer. he was simply a legal adviser to the president. but he had no law enforcement powers. [inaudible] one follow. usurping the power of congress by violate the letter of the law as laid out in the constitution? >> this makes for endless discussions. should president obama have allowed congress to shut down the government? i don't think the. i think he should have declared a state of emergency instead of letting millions of americans suffer. to me, he was as cruel to the american people as governor christie

usurp us a strong word. isn't the president in many cases usurping the power of congress? >> this makes for endless discussions. should president obama have allowed congress to shut down the government? i don't think so. i think he should've declared a state of emergency instead of letting millions of americans suffer. to me he was as cruel to the american people as governor christie was to the people in fort lee new jersey. you are very welcome. thank you very much and i will be glad to sign books for you. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. welcome to the arid it sounded to him. it is my pleasure to introduce our good friend con coughlin a world-renowned expert on the middle east. he is the critically acclaimed several books including the next times bestseller saddam his rise and fall. he appears regular on television rating united states and great britain has been a frequent political commentator on "fox news" cnn and nbc as well as the bbc and sky news. con coughlin is a better informed correspondent and his latest book is a gripping account of sir winston ch