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He doesnt get to do that. Okay. Now his own dhs secretary, jay johns Johns Johnson stated it to enforce a duly enacted constitutional law thats beyond simple prosecutorial discretion. I think that the a least three of our witnesses believe the president has crossed that line. Could you be more specific and let me start with mr. Dupree. Thank you. I think secretary johnson is correct when he says there is a line. I think in this case the president not only crossed the line but that line is far, f...

Who express whether the president has Legal Authority to issue the order. This is three hours, 40 minutes. Good afternoon, this hearing of the Judiciary Committee will come to order. Without objection, the committee has authorized us to take this mornings hearing on president obamas executive overreach on immigration. U ill begin by recognizing myself for an Opening Statement. I also want to point out to the members and to the audience in attendance today, youre all welcome to be here, but rule ...

Fully to our society. Reasonable minds might disagree on the politics or whether this is even real good policy. But what issen deniable is that the status quo is wholly unacceptable. Lupita, the brave 13yearold who is in the audience today, understands the psychological trauma the threat of deportation can cause. I met her over eight years ago when her father was detained in a large Los Angelesarea raid. During the years that followed, lupita suffered and struggled. Most americans understand tha...

Substantial commitments. We made five years to the Domestic Violence hot line. What is the amount of those commitments . I think its 4 to 5 million a year. You have made a commitment to the national Domestic Violence hot line. Would you be willing to make commitments of the same or comparable size to other organizations that do similar kinds of work . I cannot make that commitment today. Who can make that commitment . I want to make sure were trying to get the rest of the members in, so your tim...

To make a 30second comment on what you just said. I am not going to yield to you. Im going to ask my questions of the gentlemen. The president has dispensed the law, suspended the law until he says otherwise. That is not what you normally think of as prosecutorial discretion, typically involves suspensions of criminal law, not the Immigration Laws, at least the civil aspects of immigration. And president obama sites an opinion of the justice Departments Office of Legal Council to justify his exe...

Daniel discusses the governments role in cyber security. Now a House Judiciary Committee hears testimony on president obamas executive order on immigration. Witnesses include legal experts who express whether the president has Legal Authority to issue the order. This is three hours, 40 minutes. Good afternoon, this hearing of the Judiciary Committee will come to order. Without objection, the committee has authorized us to take this mornings hearing on president obamas executive overreach on immi...

The United States, i will follow up on your comment here, are we ready to be able to expand . Or do we need to expand refining capabilities in the United States if were going to have a mix of more sweet and then the heavier crude from canada . Who wants to go with that one . Well, its difficult to convince refiners to expand capacity when the demand here in the u. S. Is going down. Typically, refineries are built closer to where consumers are. But we have a terrific advantage in technology and l...

President obama has Just Announced one of the biggest congressional power grabs ever by a president. He has declared unilaterally that by his own estimation, almost 5 million unlawful immigrants will be free from the consequences of their lawless actions. Not only that, he will in addition bestow on them work permits and other benefits. And president obama has stated over 20 times in the past that he does not have the constitutional power to take such steps on his own. And has repeatedly stated,...

Around Orange County and the inland empire, but in l. A. Itself, do you have a goal of what you think is reasonable to sign up over the next year or so . Im striving for 220,000. You are. If that takes us a series of years, so be it, but were putting rhettthe resources behind this. It pays us back many times over. It makes business sense first and foremost but it also makes ethical sense. You alluded to this before but cities may intervene on the other side . Were looking to have a lot of other ...

Issue. I commend the epa for working on this rule. Do you have a conference that this final rule is protective of health and the environment, are there gaps in the protections under this rule that would need to be filled by legislation . I believe the rule is very strong and very protective. And in terms of any gaps we dont believe there are any gaps. We believe all the risks are put in place. All the rigorous technical information. What about beneficial reuse . Will this rule restrict beneficia...