Said hearing will come to order. We will hear testimony on the nomination to read the undersecretary of the treasury and if confirmed would be the third undersecretary of the treasury with the responsibility for the office of tourism and Financial Intelligence the undersecretary reports directly to the secretary. This is responsible for executing for moneylaundering while overseeing enforcement of the constantly evolving sanctions program. Also receiving regulatory and enforcement opportunities such as the office of terrorism in Financial Crimes for foreign assets to control the office of intelligence and announce analysis and the Financial Crimes enforcement network. Mr. Szubin comes over 14 years of government experience. With the recent deal that is considered here in the senate. And to help assemble with the architecture gives the worlds leading state sponsor terrorism. Given the context it is important and timely. I appreciate your willingness to allow the nominee the acting treas
Their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the bonds of earth to touch the face of god. You can see all of president reagans remarks and tributes to the crew by members of congress on the house floor and more, part of our special programming tonight on the 30th anniversary of this Space Shuttle. Challenger explosion. Thats at 10 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. Now here on cspan3, a discussion about federal Land Management in Western States and the potential for the transfer of control of those lands back to the states. Its hosted by the Heritage Foundation. Good afternoon. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and our douglas and Sarah Allison auditorous. We join those who join us on our heritage. Org website on all of these occasions. Would make our inhouse guests to make that courtesy check that cell phones have been silenced. It is always appreciated. You are internet viewers can submit questions at any time. Simply emailing speak speaker heritage. Org. Hosting our discussion and opening
Attorney general eric holder has announced that the new Justice Department initiative aimed at Building Trust between local Law Enforcement and the civilians they serve by providing training. He said the effort is a response to what happened after the Police Shooting in ferguson misery last month. The attorney general discussed the new initiative at the Justice Department last week. [inaudible conversations] welcome to all of you including the members of the media. Its good to see you all. I am delighted to convene this meeting of the sentencing Disparities Working Group attorney generals advisory committee. This is the group im charged with examining sentencing disparities and developing recommendations on how we can address them. I want to thank all the leaders who have taken the time to be here particularly the United States attorney Carter Stewart and all they been doing to advance the work that i believe to be extremely critical. I look forward to discussing their ongoing efforts
Quorum call quorum call quorum call s mr. Chambliss mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with and i be allowed to speak in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. President , i rise today along with my colleague from New Hampshire s been very focused, as havere i, on this issue of the release of detainees from guantanamo and the fact that we know that not only are there dangerous individuals there that should not be released, but we also know that these individuals are returning to the fight and theyre scheming, planning and intending to do harm to america and americans. So i want to visit this issue again and i want to start off just by saying that its well founded in our nations history that the United States has the authority to hold enemy combatants until the end of hostilities in order to prevent their return to the battlefield. For the past several years, each National Defense authorization act that has been signed into the law by the pre
Maybe she would have stood by them, but well never know. So, mr. President , it is for these reasons i regrettably cannot support her nomination. Ms. Saldana, as i said, is somebody who i admire and respect, but if she is determined to help the president implement this deeply flawed executive action and refuse to enforce the law that congress has written and has been signed by previous president s, i cant support her nomination. I will not aid and abet a president dead set on unilaterally defying our nations immigration laws. Mr. President , i yield the floor. The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin mr. President , i ask the chair report the saldana nomination calendar number 1084. The presiding officer is there an objection . Without objection. The clerk will report the nomination. The Clerk Department of Homeland Security, sarah r. Saldana of texas ton an assistant secretary. Mr. Durbin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin mr