Remedied before these deaths occurred. I want to thank the families of the victims of these directive cars for coming forward and being at that hearing yesterday and sharing their stories with and sharing their stories with and being at that hearing yesterday. To share their story with me and others they are doing a great Public Service with their courage ian strength. Also want to thank ms. Barra the ceo of gm as i said to her and will repeat now, wiedmaier on dash admire her fortitude to and her service to face the question of our committee with General Motors and the issues of car safety. And engineer that has risen through the ranks, a secondgeneration employee at an iconic crete American Manufacturing company. The products that have enriched the lives of so Many Americans over the years. But this is a turning point with these car safety challenges some of them have contacted me hell they are reaching a proactively to the drivers of these brad defective vehicles asking them to brin
Good morning. The subcommittee on commerce will come to order and today we will take testimony on the budget request from the department of justice. Today we will be listening to the attorney general, eric holder, testifying on behalf of the Justice Department and then from the Inspector General on important oversight issues. This Committee Makes sure we spend the right money in the right way and make sure we have the wonderful advice of an Inspector General. We want to alert everyone, though, there could be the possibility of votes beginning at 11 30, so we will move to kind of. This hearing today is one of 60 hearing in six weeks where we are taking a look at the request from the agencies and the president s budget. Today we take testimony from one of the most important agencies in the government; the department of justice. Who has a very key job in making sure they keep america safe and rather it is federal Law Enforcement, prosecution to terrorism and the enforcement of White Colla
Lord, renew in them the joy of belonging to you as they yield their hearts to you in trust and love. May no duty be left undone and no constructive words be left unsaid. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Reid mr. President . The president pro tempore the democratic leader. Mr. Reid i move to proceed to calendar number 345, s. 2199. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk motion to proceed to the consideration of s. 2199, a bill to amend the fair labor standards act of 1938, to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination, and so forth and for other purposes. Mr. Reid following my remarks and those of the republican leader the senate will be in morning business until 12 30 with the time equall
Were expecting a News Conference for the latest on the shooting at fort hood. Well bring that to you when it happens. Right now the Recovery Process goes on wher with people woundet fort hood. Four people are still hospitalized. Five have been discharged and another person should go home today. Texas governor rick perry visited fort hood today, and he urged americans to pray for those affected. There arent any easy answers for what occurred here. There is no way to stop the suffering that is occurring for those who have been caught in this senseless act of violence. Reporter heidi zhou castro. Tell us more about what weve learned about the gunman . Were getting a better history of the man. He was known as a quiet man and a family man with three childr children. Lopezs mother passed away of a sudden heart attack. Hhe said that lopez was able to go to his mothers funeral but he was upset because the army gave him a 48hour leave. In december his grandfather passed away as well. Fast forwa
Im antonio mora, heres more on whats ahead. Venezuelas president , Nicholas Maduro lark out. Protesters clashed with riot police once again. After two months of protests theres no sign that they will stop. Good this is a knife fight. Senate democrats investigating passive abuses by cia. The man who crafted the benghazi talking points insisted we did not some students are opting out. Selgt for a status quo of mediocrity should not be the answer. About. Fourth degree rape, he admitted he performed sex acts on his threeyearold daughter. My guess has a lot to do with this. We begin with breaking news from fort hood texas which spent much of wednesday in lock down after the second mass shooting in five years. Four were killed, 14 wounded at the army base, home to the first cavalry division. Nadal hasan killed 14 people in 2009. After wednesdays shooting president obama expressed his support for the bases soldiers and families. Good obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the entire comm