Of your classes refuse to answer the hypothetical or said it was too hard, would that be an answer you would accept in your class . No, i would not accept it. It is a straightforward question. The question of what the rule would be for the defense of federal statute yesterday was also a question that someone should be able to answer. I also commend you, senator, on your view of confirmation hearings. Too often people talk about these hearings as john interviews. These hearings have a very significant role for separation of powers, as agencies become more independent. This is the moments that congress tends to get answers to questions, is when youre looking at someone who will head the agency. As i said in my academic writings, it is not often enough that senators use these hearings to try to rebalance or at least get answers from agencies, particularly one like the department of justice, which has been so difficult to get material answers from. I appreciate your thoughtful response to
But could you just describe this sort of the sort of obstacles that you ran into in the course of your investigation of the fast and Furious Scandal . Some of this which is already sort of in the public record, when i began covering this story, the Justice Department employees put out intrernl emails that said the story was false and the whistleblowers werent telling the truth, which we now know, have proven, they were, and the Justice Department has admitted it. But they put out a series of false implications and information along the way. They launched a campaign in my view of calling superiors, bosses colleagues, social media, using bloggers to cooperate with them and work with them in some cases directly saying it was not true, repeating false talking points. It was an allout effort to kill the reporting and stop other reporters who might be pursuing it. The extent of the links lengths to which Public Affairs officials went to try to stop this line of reporting on a story they clea
Behavior to a man who served his country. Protesters interrupted the hearing two more times. After the hearing, senator mccain said that there was responsible must be held accountable. In my 32 years in the house and senate, i have never witnessed this physical intimidation of a witness. Also we thought Madeleine Albright and george schultz. You can see all of the National Security hearing on cspan at about 11 30 eastern time. Or you can watch it any time at cspan. Org. New congress, test access. On cspan, cspan radio, and cspan. Org. Some of the headlines from the second day of the confirmation hearing from president obamas nominee Loretta Lynch. The senate has confirmed Loretta Lynch is not. Eric holder. Part reformers arent afraid of the resolution. The nominee opposes legalization but pot leaders dont see her as a threat. The gop case against laura lynch falls apart. Just some of the headlines from today. Witnesses testified before the Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Loret
The california market but putting those together i was there when reggie negotiated requiring volunteer agreements by states to come together and deciding on the goal, who gets what allowances, who puts what in and who gets what out the difference is, they put together states with substantially different portfolios and substantially different epa targets that might not naturally agree and will require a little bit of a negotiation to get there. , we have states like texas and indiana that are served by multiple rtos. The markets themselves are going through a lot of transition as the generation mix in the country changes, and ferc is is doing a lot of work that it needs to continue to make sure the market rules in the Market Designs are written to support the investment and resources. We put out a few will assurance order earlier this year, that is one example of that effort and we have been doing a lot on the capacity arc it. Working all this out so we can markets. Working all this ou
For the members who are present, except for the ones that are here already, it will be on seniority, then other people that come in, youll be called on according to how our respective staff keep track of you in the order of your appearance. Before chairman leahy and i give our Opening Statements, id like to go over some things i said yesterday. First of all, we welcome everybody back to this second day of hearing on ms. Lynchs nomination to be attorney general. As i said yesterday and everybody abided by this, and i want to thank everybody that was here yesterday for their courtesy i want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction and if people stand up and block the view of those behind them or speak out of turn its not fair considerable to the others. So officers would remove those individuals. Thats what i want to thank because we didnt have any of those incidents yesterday. Before we begin the Opening Statements take care of a couple housekeeping items and explain