Is there a number of times that they get to do this . Thats a good and tough question. Its so tough that i decided not to use the mike. Thats a good and a tough question. What the law provides, what the administrative procedure act provides is that a court can compel an agency to take action of the delay taking when its been unreasonably delayed. Unreasonable is not a precise term but i dont know how it can be written in any other manner. It depends on what the circumstances are. And as i indicated, there have been times when courts have told agencies its now time to get your act together and do this. Those cases have been rare and involve much longer delays than the current one and they involve powerful evidence that the agency is not merely trying to force a law in, its not trying to enforce it at all. As i said, and as professor turley noted, there have been cases of administration sitting on their hands and not carrying outlaws and that clearly is illegal and unconstitutional. Its
Will be shot, but understand you may very well be back again and again as the documents that were requested finally come in. For that, i am truly sorry that you may have to come back here again and again, but if we do not receive documents that were requested in plenty of time, then many of your testimony today will be a first round and not in fact a definitive oversight that we expected to have. With that, i recognize the Ranking Member for his opening statement. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Thank you for holding this very important hearing, and i thank you all of our witnesses for being with us today. The horrific bombings of our embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998 were a watershed moment for our nation. Following those attacks, the state department reported that 80 of its overseas facilitiy i did not i repeat, did not meet Security Standards. Congress authorized billions of dollars to expedite Embassy Construction around the world. As part of this effort, the state Departm
Were doing. Could you comment, please, sir . Yes, sir. The observations that we made, and this is in the report and certainly not allconclusive. These werent six guys in the mess hall who dreamed these things up. These were based on comments we got from Security Experts who were with obo on a daily basis. I would tell you for one, if you can build a beautiful embassy under Design Excellence and you can do it as fast, and it doesnt cost any more, im all for it. I dont care. I dont care what we build. But what i am concerned with, its just not logical to the people we talk to and, frankly, to me that you can build under Design Excellence as quickly and as costeffectively as we did under standard Embassy Design. You pull a design off the shelf and build it and adopt the facade in a way that is fitting with the local the country as opposed to going through a design bid build with architects and builders, it just doesnt make sense. Now, if you can show me with facts and figures that it does
Humming humbling ourselves and seeking your help. I want to thank you, first of all, for who you are, thank you for your goodness, your mercy, and grace in each of our lives and thank you for the blessings that you give to us every day. What i want to thank you for each and every representative and all they do to direct our great country. I pray today that would you have your hand of grace and guidance upon them. I pray god, that would you give them had the wisdom they need on a daily basis to fulfill the office that youve appointed them to. I also ask that you would guide and courage and protect them in their personal lives, as well as their families and loved ones. I love you, lord. Thats in the name of jesus christ, i play. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise . Mr. Speaker, pu
Believes hes a human being marrying another human being. Finally, you have the idea which is that in oshd torder to fit jurist, you have to understand, sympathize and use the norms of your community because thats part of the complicated relationship there dworkins thought, a fit between what you want to say and the justification of those norms. Here again, i had some thoughts. I dont think the point that is made in this paper, i think its a bit too strong. First of all, once again, many people come to Yale Law School from many countries around the world. They are not americans. They have been exposed to American Culture through tuition, perhaps. And theyre ab mere fact that y not share a communitys norms does not qualify you making good, legal arguments. Secondly, its a very strange argument to come from two canadians. After all, canada is part of the British Commonwealth. One thing we know about the British Commonwealth is that British Commonwealth exported colonial law. It was the la