They have to suspend enrichment. Very evident that that is not where the administration is going with these negotiations. I want to ensure before we alleviate any sanctions, we at least get iran to agree to the Un Security Council resolution that is in place. I assume you have raised these concerns of secretary kerry. What was his reaction . Not to characterize other peoples answers to my questions. What do you mean by to follow . Toothless . [inaudible] sometimes congress attempts to act as if they have done something relative to a particular issue. They tried to show that they are being strong against the administration or making a statement. At the end of the day, sometimes those things are only messages that have no real substance behind them. I do not know how that discussion will leave all. To see a focus not be on that, but a focus to be on ensuring that before we alleviate any more sanctions on this country, they adhere to the base agreement that the Un Security Council has alr
Ceiling. I think we have an obligation to pay our obligations. Have you requested from the office of Legal Counsel of the department of justice, an answer to this question . Congressman, on the question of responsiveness to oversight i very much except i just asked for you to respond in writing to that. Have you asked or your department asked whether or not you can prioritize debt . The question of prioritization is fundamentally a policy question. As your comments reflected, i do not believe nor does any president nor treasury secretary let me ask you to answer my question. I have one minute 54 seconds left. Have you asked the department of justices office of Legal Counsel whether or not you have the authority in the event of not raising the debt ceiling to prioritize debt payments . The issue of whether or not that decision is made is fundamentally a president ial decision. Have you as treasury secretary, your department, requested from the office of Legal Counsel . It would fundamen
This moment of silence on the lawn of the white house, the president there with the first Lady Michelle obama, Vice President joe biden and his wife dr. Jill biden, you are in washington you remember that day very well, it was a day that republicans and democrats but instead considered they wants to be americaned how much has changed since then asly warn you that we have two minutes to go before we reach our next moment of silence. For our part here, knives the capitol that day. In the midth of all the chaos and confusion. Of course as everybody remembers it took time for it to sink in. And mike as we continue to listen to the names being read, they will read until all of the names have been completed, i want to take you back to that day, because you are right, on that day, washington was under siege, people forget that, and there were also reports of a bomb going off at the Treasury Department and bombs going off around washington, it was quite the chaotic scene. It was utter chaos. P
Judiciary committee, and we had some very rancorous debate within our own party, behind closed doors, out in the committee room, here on the floor over the patriot act. Over the extension of power under the foreign Intelligence Surveillance courts. I was very concerned, even though we had a republican administration, and president that i liked and respected, george w. Bush, smarter, wittier than people gave him credit for, a good decent man, but we have to consider the possibilities, and we have to be specific in our laws, and when we debated these changes before the Judiciary Committee back in the 109th congress, when i was a freshman, there were people, my democratic friends across the other side of the aisle, that were very concerned about an abuse of power that might be occasioned if we dont tighten up the patriot act. Anal enough, i read the bill as it existed, i read the law as it existed, i was pushing for some things to be changed, and it did cause me of concern that the title
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