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And members of the committee to not make things personal and the remark by the attorney general, i do not think there are many people out there who believe he is a buddy of the attorney general. As a result, that was not well advised on his part. He did come in answer questions from 34 members of the committee on a wide array of issues. We have a lot of concerns about the department of justice. We thought it was a Good Opportunity to raise those concerns with the attorney general. That standpoin...

Reviews the 2015 budget request. Our guest on newsmakers this week is virginias bob of thete, the chairman house Judiciary Committee. Thank you for joining us. It is good to be with you and your viewers. John gramlich is the Legal Affairs reporter, Josh Gerstein is at National Security for politico. Taking the time today. I wanted to ask about the appearance before your committee this week. It was very contentious toward the end of the hearing where he was making a personal swipe at your committ...

You have no basis we have no basis to prosecute them in federal court. I find these statements very difficult to accept, mr. Secretary, given the status that these particular individuals had before they were captured. It is hard to believe that these individuals in these positions within the taliban government had no role in attacks on americans. So could you, mr. Secretary, speak to this issue and explain to the people i represent and this committee and those of us who are all across this count...

Congressman, again, i will say when we close this place down and go into the classified, well go into every one of those specifics, but i would tell you this, you may have already read the mou which we sent up here yesterday, and well be glad to take you down into the subparagraph six of each one of those to get to your question. But to go beyond my testimony here, i dont want to do that and if its okay, well wait. Let me go back historically then and look at the history of qatar and what theyve...

People, and then just looking at the past videos of him versus that video. It was pretty clear to me that his health was deteriorating. Mr. Secretary, theres been some previous questioning about the risk future risk potential future risk to American Service members if they were to have to recapture these five individuals who were swapped. In the prisoner of war exchange. Is there any evidence whatsoever that any future risk for those five is any greater than the 532 folks who have previously bee...

It was no longer idahos plan. We need a public hearing on this. I had a public hearing on it. I had people come in look, we were collaborators. We wanted it but not the way the dems changed this in washington, d. C. It was no longer an idaho plan. You dont know anything about this because you werent here at the time. Those are the facts. I support what mike simpson did here in the collaborative process. It is a good plan. Moderator mr. Mitchell. Risch once again mitchell it is lawyer tricks. You...

People can shovel snow. If they work for the for the clinic, they can sweep the sidewalk, they can do maintenance, they can go in and they and out, but they cant utter a word. Well, that would be a different statute. But thats not this statute. This statute says that there is an exemption for employees of the facility if they are operating within the scope of their employment. And surely coming out and saying this is a safe facility is within the scope of their employment. Right. So how do you j...

And so hopefully its obvious to everyone here this 30 billion the 80 billion are deeply intertwined. In order for the private sector to make those investments there has to be raw material coming out of the basic research. Weve talked a lot about that. In order for that investment in basic research to create new cures, it has to be that investment in private sector r d to develop those scientific discoveries into cures for patients. So talking about that 80 billion is important and its also the b...

The panel . Grate idea. Dont go too far. One point on that in terms of the panels look i just want to make sure that were clear, looking at it under the definition of threat and under g7, representative spears proposal creates strict liability. It doesnt tie it to threat. Its merely a class. If youre a trainer and have sexual act or sexual contact with a trainee thats an offense. Is that something to look at . If i may, i think we should keep on the table this idea of strict liability because as...

Massachusetts Law Enforcement officials will continue to use every legal tool available to ensure the safety and the privacy of women and clinic staff. Today is an historic day. Unfortunately, it is one that our country should not be proud of. And i yield back friday, constitutional law discuss the major cases, including campaign finance, cell phone searches, and president ial recess appointment powers. Live coverage at 9 30 a. M. Eastern. To matt president obama talks about jobs and the economy...