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We begin with remarks by the judiciary chair. This is 20 minutes. We have a vote pending and some people who were scheduled to speak might arrive as we go along and some might come afterwards. We wanted to go ahead and get started because of the uncertainty of the vote schedule. Thank you all for being here today. The House Judiciary Committee has primary jurisdiction over the foreign intelligence act in over the past several years we have had tremendous bipartisan success in ensuring our National Security tools are checked american lives and their Civil Liberties. In june 2015, the usa freedo...

Staffers with us. I realize that for many of you, there assess recess period is a ray tint to get caught up on your backlog, schedule overdue doctor appointments, get home from work at a reasonable hour and prep for what is happening next week. Your work is essential and we are grateful for you taking the time too be here. The article one initiative is committed to important work and its worthy of your attention. Our purpose us to provide a nationwide, nonpartisan opportunity to discuss congress as an institution. We believe that now more than ever we must refocus on the founders ended design ...

When youre in session next week. The work is essential and we are grateful for you taking the time to be here with us. The article one initiative is committed to important work. Its worthy of your attention to our purpose is to provide a nationwide nonpartisan opportunity to discuss congress as an institution. We believe now more than ever we most refocus on the founders intended design for the legislative branch. Our aim is to pursue ideas and innovations to restore congress, to its rightful responsibilities which are essential to our Constitutional Order and protection of personal liberties....

Is about your apprenticeship order. I salute your interest in that and the president s interest in it and look forward to supporting it. I have one question about it. The executive order allows you to deny access to the expansion of the Apprenticeship Program for certain sectors that already have effective and widespread Apprenticeship Programs. Is that directed at the Construction Industry . Do you plan to exempt the Construction Industry from your executive order . Secretary acosta senator, thank you for the comments and the questions. First, let me say going to your earlier combhent that th...

Glad youre here and appearing before this committee today to discuss your departments fiscal 2018 budget request. As you know, the budget is significantly challenged in terms of the cuts in your department. I think the proposed cuts of 2. 3 billion are about onefifth of the departments operating level. Certainly while i appreciate and many of us appreciate the departments prioritizing limited resources and making decisions to realign programs, the fundamental question is really what you choose to cut and whether you can possibly look at that number and make an argument as to why that much of y...