scott: mr. chairman, i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from oregon a member of the committee on education and work force, ms. bonamici. the chair: the gentlewoman from oregon is recognized for one minute. ms. bonamici: thank you, mr. chair. thank you, mr. ranking member, for yielding. there is overwhelming bipartisan consensus that we need to replace no child left behind. and there's overwhelming bipartisan consensus that a rewrite of no child left behind should promote local flexibility and support schools not punish them. so i'm deeply disappointed that the house has not come together to produce a bipartisan bill. despite a common goal and a long history of settinging aside differences -- setting aside differences to work together on this important legislation, this bill does not adequately support america's students. unfortunately the student success act shifts resources away from communities where poverty is most concentrated and freezes fundinging for america's most needy -- funding for

scott: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to ask -- to claim the time in opposition, although i'm not opposed. the chair: without objection the gentleman is recognized. mr. scott: the gentleman from texas has raised good points. the subcommittee on elementary and secondary education held a hearing on data privacy earlier this month and we will be looking at ways to improve it during this congress. that bill was written 40 years ago when data in the classroom was all in a teacher's grade book and technology was not employed anywhere close to where it is today. teachers and parents need to be able to -- parents need to be able to trust their children's personal information as secure and will not be used for marketing or noneducational purposes. teachers need to be given resources to understand how to best protect the students' data. we need to safeguard students' privacy while supporting technological innovation happening in america's schools. we must researchers diagnose achievement gaps and e

scott: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the following letters in opposition, one from the national committee to preserve social security and medicare, another from easter seals, another from the afl-cio, and the other from sciu. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scott: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from alabama is recognized. . mr. bryne: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield to the gentleman from michigan, another new member of this body, another new member at the education and work force committee, who brings a unique experience to this body, i yield for one minute to the gentleman from michigan, mr. bishop. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for one minute. mr. bishop: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, for the past 20 years, as a practicing lawyer and business owner, i have seen fi

six years ago i was at a forum and scott walker was county executive. he was there as the competitor for the nomination for governor of wisconsin, county executive in milwaukee county. i asked to get some information about scott walker and somebody gave me some background and i learned as county executive he was elected twice or three times. in milwaukee county. in milwaukee county being a county executive is a big deal, the old environment of it. when i looked at the record of what he had done, he improved education and he was elected by at 20 point margin in a very blue county and we looked at the results from the 2008 election. barack obama carried that election by 20 points, scott walker went by 20 points and there's some kind of magic. i hope he gets the nomination and goes on to the next stage but if he does it will be a different ball game when he does this in the whole state. not only did he get elected but he did exactly what he said he was going to do. i am a businessman. i admired people who look you in the eye and say this is what i am going

scott said is true. the number of people who are covered has increased dramatically and i mentioned 12 million uninsured americans who were covered in 2014. that's 12 million people that were not insured previously. that's 12 million people that had no insurance previously. some of that is medicaid expansion but those are definitely people that did not have insurance before. >> as dr. burgess said the amount of money is equal. >> if the gentleman would yield i think those figures include the 4.525 million people who lost insurance that they previously had when the central health benefit. >> it's not in that number. they have insurance but not on that side. >> my understanding is people that were uninsured and didn't have coverage before but in any case but mr. scott said is true. a the number of people that are getting covered has increased. >> that's not what he said. he said just about everybody has insurance. >> that's the goal ultimately. >> he didn't say access. he said just about everybody has insu

scott: mr. chairman, because this bill limits the amount of funding available, it moves money from low-income areas to wealthy areas eliminates targeted funds for english learners and those with disabilities it fails to set meaningful standards a lot of organizations oppose the legislation, including business organizations, child advocacy groups, civil rights groups organizations supporting those with disabilities and health groups, including the congressional track caucus, the advocacy institute, the after-school alliance, the american association of people with disabilities, the american association of university women, the american fedcation of -- federation of teachers, the american foundation for the blind the association of university centers on disabilities autism national committee autistic self-advocacy network, the center for american progress the center for law and social policy the children's defense fund, the committee for education funding, the consortium of citizens with disabilit

scott senator scott for hosting this great event. whenever you have a sen. interested senator interested in this topic and able to attract so many individuals we greatly appreciate it. in terms of why by way of background i am i am extremely proud of the fact that we have charter school laws in 42 states and right here in dc serving a little over 2.7 million students everyday. one one of the reasons why charter schools are so important is there serving the needs of low income families where they are. i am a huge proponent. they can just move and go to the school district a lot of studies it is not available and we don't have enough school voucher programs to meet the needs. right here we have such a bustling goal choice movement that close to 50% of 50 percent of the students in the district are attending charter schools. as a result the overall quality has also dramatically improved over time. i am a believer in the impact of charter schools on the traditional system and in making sure that we are transferring the knowledge is much is possible to the tradit

and i think maybe scott was the vice chair then. chris was the chair last year and bobby was his vice chair. so they've all been working together. obviously, you know, if you're in a competitive race, you're in a competitive race and you know that. it's difficult. but they are folks who are used to that. they knew that was part of the deal when they signed up. fortunately for me, they've all said, hey, one of my first things is i know a lot of you have other interests, but i need you all to continue helping r.g.a. to a person, they all said we get it. we've been in your shoes and we'll help. >> great. we have a couple of questions from people in the audience. and please send more. it's #polgovs. the first question is, how does your administration intend to implement common core? >> okay. so great question. so a little background. as you said, tennessee was actually one of the first winners of race to the top. not the first, we were the big winner. my predecessor actually, a democrat, made the application. tennessee actually was awar

we had rick scott -- >> i think that is a great starting point for the conversation. so more than anyone else the race to the governors today you straddle the national politics and you don't have your hat on any more coming you are a governor and you like to get stuff done. does it look different to you? soon as the governor in the commonwealth of virginia we are the number one recipient in that apartment house. so restoring the military assets the largest naval base in the world the cia quantico so anytime we have the dysfunction up here is really impacts us greatly. just in the last three years virginia lost $9.8 billion in defense contracts was to northern virginia. sequestration is a real calamity for our economy. so i hope it doesn't happen but i just left the pentagon and i was there at the council government which is the president's council of advisors and the national security comes a at democrats, five republicans and j. johnson gave us a presentation and it really woke up every governor in the room i was aware of but everyone in the room clearly understand i

now, scott walker's making a strong pitch to social conservatives. obviously mike huckabee and others as well, ted cruz. and when you think of someone like scott walker back in the fall he was a little bit softer on the issue of abortion. i think he did a 30-second commercial where he said i'm pro life but ultimately i sign legislation that leaves the decision between a woman and her doctor. now he's pivoted a little bit back to the right. he's pro life, but he's nuanced the language a bit. where does social conservatism and chris christie live together? how do you compete with walker and all these strong conservatives? >> i ran as a pro life candidate in 2009 unapologetically, spoke at the pro-life rally on the steps of the state house. the first governor tfr speak at a pro-life rally on the steps of the state house in new jersey and vetoed planned parenthood funding five times out of the new jersey budget. >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> and i have always thought, laura, that what the people really have a right to know is what you really believ

[applause] >> senator scott, let's close the panel to this question. you tackle this issue in the legislature and state level in south carolina, you spend a little bit of time now here in washington to wrestle with this issue. is the code ocean as far as trying to bring people together to do the things all of you are talking about i wonder if you have insights you could share about what you have seen along the way. disconnect the more you talk about the issue of choice that more people start paying attention and one of the things we have to have happened throughout the country is a grassroots conversation about what is happening to our kids today. if we have that conversation, you will find that the coalitions that exist will be drawn to that conversation about what is more but what is more powerful is that the appearance are engaged at the grassroots level and then you find out if those interested to promote more organizations, more interests and more desire. one is a number of member of athletes, professional athletes that are starting charter school

they also knew that winfield scott to at the time was the ranking general in the u.s. army thought lee was the very best soldier hit ever seen in the field. and robert e. lee certainly looked like a fine soldier. he stood just under six feet tall, powerful, broad shoulders a barrel chest. he had perfect posture. everybody who saw him said some version of the same thing, batman looks every inch the soldier. and so in april 1861 an emissary for abraham lincoln asked robert e. lee to come to the city of washington. that ms's name was francis blair and he makes an extraordinary offered to robert e. lee. he says will you leave the main union army to crush secession? and as lee remembered the store, blair tried in every way to convince robert e. lee to say yes. he said blair said to lee the country looks to you quote as a representative of the washington family to save the union george washington forged it and that was far from an exaggeration because year after all was the son of george washington's most famous eulogists and the son-in-law of george washington's adopted chi

a matter of going and finding it. >> just doing scott walker's background information. milwaukee journal sentinel is a great paper, has a great profile of scott walker, great stories, great discussion about stuff he has done. you can spend all day watching the stage of the state union. i watch all of them because thanks to c-span they show that. >> it is it elliptical. >> it is all there for you. i don't think we have to stop looking at just the big enemy and blaming them and saying to voters it is not hard, there's a lot out there. i would trust that major newspaper, news organization before i would trust something your uncle sent you in an e-mail list, all my friends are saying this. >> look. we are not all proud of the recoveries we see. a lot is -- we are always talking horse races. the thought 2016 to date is great, the 122016 january of 2013, not great. we won't talk about 2016 until 2015. i focus on the issues and the same things, the senate, the house, and campaigning, a lot of stuff doesn't get done. >> sometimes we see in to that but the other side of it is we

. >> senate scott? -- senator scott? there's a vote that just started, we'd like to finish it so you don't have to sit around, mr. secretary. >> thank you chairman. i promise not to take more than 30 minutes. i appreciate -- >> you're the only one that can get away with that right here right now. >> and i'm smart enough not to try. >> you sure are. [laughter] >> secretary lew, you have done something that i am very surprised at and almost bewilders there. you've actually answered questions, which is a remarkable experience for a new senator from a witness. so thank you very much. i haven't liked your answers consistently, but at least you've provided true and clear direction for this committee and i really appreciate that. i want to go back to a question that you heard from senator thune and senator heller as it relates to the inheritance tax. i started a small business a number of years ago and grew that business from zero accounts no cash to being worth some real money, from my perspective. and let's say that it ended

scott, bringing that oath. it does mean a lot. in my case, taking that oath to serve in the army for four years taking basically the same oath to be a prosecutor in texas, to be a judge in texas to be a chief justice in texas and now to be in congress, it means something. and protecting the constitution means that if we don't preserve the balance of power then this -- this little experiment in democracy or the republic, madam as benjamin franklin referred to, will be lost. so i appreciated what my friend from maryland said, and i wrote it down because it was profound and i quote, we gave up the opportunity to act responsibly, and i would humbly submit, madam speaker, that that's been going on for the last six years. now, some of it went on during the bush administration as the president and -- used executive orders and took powers that probably shouldn't have been his. but in talking to people that have been in congress over the last 35 years or so, they've told me whether it was gerald ford or richard nixon, when goldwater went d

we want to acknowledge senator scott and donnelly were hear earlier. both of them were interested in the issue and were appreciated senator scott. >> and thank you for joining the committee. that's where beer. great to be with you. this has been important testimony. a lot a lot of your testimony is focused on multidisciplinary approach and may end up pulling together the work holders. it's sometimes a fragmented system the gal report in 2012 indicated that the seven federal agencies the consumer bureau protections office, federal trade commission, department of justice a recommendation if they could work together in a more coordinated way so that they are not duplicated but now leaving gaps. 's quarterly all of those major agencies come together. i suspect some of them had never thought about elder abuse before having to come to those meetings i know my organization has worked closely with the social security administration exploiting victims to work more effectively with aps a pilot project underway. i think that is being replicated across the board w

from the crews at the air force base to the army in scotts bluff, we can't thank our men and women in uniform enough and we don't want to lose these treasured resources to another state. besides high taxes and lost talent our business leaders say overregulation is a top concern. we all want clean air, clean water and safe working conditions. but we must also apply common sense so we don't create barriers for businesses creating jobs. when we get our property tax bill, we can see exactly how much we are paying. the cost of regulation, however, is hidden. the job killer all the same. as governor, i will stand up to the overregulation forced on us by washington, whether it's new health care mandates for employers, ep overreach on car upon emissions or waters of the u.s. or the delay in the keystone pipeline. washington just doesn't get it.carbon emissions or waters of the u.s. or the delay in the keystone pipeline. washington just doesn't get it. mud applaud i have urged congress and president obama to swiftly approve the keystone pipeline it will bring much needed tax revenue to nebrask

>> has there been any analysis in the outcome of scott walker's union legislation fiscal data or county level or education out comes of impact of other services of the state or local level? >> there has been some analysts. the biggest act has been to reduce the union membership with the job growth that wasn't as good as walker promised college he deserves the credit or blame is always the subject of the debate. some counties and cities most notably milwaukee itself were able to use it to balance their budget in the ways that they couldn't have done before in terms of longer outcomes on some of the questions that you mentioned on the classifieds. there are journalistic reports but not any studies that i would say for some of those empirical questions to be answered. >> i want to thank both of you for this enlightening conversation. i've enjoyed it. [applause] you can see all of this again online at c-span.org. the justice department today announced it has invited a minneapolis man for trying to join isis. the 19-year-old was going to fly to turkey with three other men. border agents took

with the balance that is he worried that our immediate securities concerns may be laying aside. >> scott, i think this is something that is evaluated on the field basis. i think the united states continues to be a began liberty and stance of the vanguard of basic human rights. that is embodied in the fact that the president, when standing before these world leaders, brought it up. no one asked him a question in the context of yesterday's summit. he brought it up and proactively at about the need for countries to live up to their requirement. that they respect and protect the university human rights of their citizens. the president did that for a variety of reasons. first, it is consistent with our values. second, as he explained, it is consistent with the steps that people around -- countries around the world can take. as countries enhance human rights it can counterterrorism. the president has been forthright about the need to balance all those concerns. there are countries that do not have the kind of human rights record that we would want them to have, but continued to be good partner

i think senator scott's right. i think it's one where we have differences in terms of what the deemed repatriation rate is. i do think that the structure is consistent with what many of us have talked about on this side of the aisle. look, we need to do it. in ohio, companies choose to invert, buying a smaller company overseas and move the domicile from ohio to one of our, you know, global trading partners in developed countries. and this is happening all over the country. more importantly, i think a lot of companies who are u.s. companies can't compete. u.s. workers can't compete. so foreign companies are buying them. there's a study coming out soon that says that over 9,000 u.s. companies acquired by foreign companies in the last ten years alone. and finally, it's tougher to compete. even if you're not taken over been a foreign company, you tend to have a difficult time expanding. i've heard this from ohio companies. one said they completed a deal and all the negotiations in korea to buy a subsidiary there, a ger

when speaking with senator scott, you mentioned that $1 million threshold. specifically. is this an exemption, or is it a dividing point between determining what is or is not a small business? if a business is over -- then more specifically, if the business so over $1 million, are they taxed on the whole gain -- >> we'll leave the last couple of minutes of this program. you can watch it anytime at c-span.org. we now take you to the brookings institution in washington, d.c. where vermont senator bernie sanders is outlining his 12-point agenda that focuses on climate change, college affordability, tax reform and health care. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> for those of you out there who want to comment on twitter the hashtag is sanders@brookings, that's at, not the @sign. i want to say at the outset before i do the formal part of the introduction that it is a pleasure to welcome a self-described proud democratic socialist here to brookings. you know these days the word "socialist" is thrown around as an end that the, and the socialists i know are insulted when presiden

scott. finish. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, thank you for being here. i'll try to be brief. general lynch, i want to go to one of the statements that you made about the fact that terrorism is ebbing and flowing we shouldn't pay too much attention to it, that's just going to happen the way the middle east is, if you will. i'd like to have of this submitted for the prodder and wonder if you've seen this. this is the intelligence assessment from 2004 to 2014. in 2004 we were dealing with 21 total terrorist groups in 18 total countries and today we're dealing with 41 terrorist groups in 24 countries. certainly respect your opinion and agree with it on many things but i would suggest that's more than an ebb and flow, that is a significant growth in an ideology that's dangerous total -- to the world. what would you assess the population of the islamic extremists or terrorists, whatever we want to call them, in iraq to be? the total number of them? >> thank you congressman. i want to clarify. when i was talking about ebb and flow, i was talking about civil war

senator scott and senator casey since i last acknowledged everyone. i want to start with you because in in what we call and who alerted you to the fact that your own mother might be a vikt inl of abuse. could you tell us a blil that and also are other regulations that might make them hez indicate even if they have evidence of exploitation exploitation. i grew up in a small town in northern maine. like many mourn. >> want to thankdo this. my mother became a legal secretary when she graduated high school for a small law firm in our small town and remained there for 60 years. my father died at the age of 57. he was sort of the socialite in our family. my mother's big social circles. she had lookinged at the bank accounts and realized there was a strange withdrawal coming out of the bank account. my sister is on there with my mother and so she called kathy and said we should look into this. my mom was afraid it all. fortunately, learning my mother was early stage dementia. we might have identified it early on early on developing senior safe. it's clear to

i think senator scott is right. it is one where he had differences in terms of the repatriation rate, and for that matter, their perspective international rate. i do think the structure is consistent with what many of us on the site of the isle had talked about. we need to do it. in ohio, we've asked at the -- a company has inverted. this is happening all over the country. more importantly i think a lot of the that are u.s. companies cannot compete. u.s. employees cannot compete. for an companies are buying them. there is a study coming out and says that over 9000 u.s. companies have been acquired by foreign companies in the past 10 years alone. finally, it is tougher to compete. if you are not taken over by foreign company, you have more difficulty to expand. one small business came recently and said they can pleated -- completed a deal. a german company walked in and said they would pay more. they lost the ability to expand. this is happening and it is american workers taking the brunt of it. i would commend you f

john lewis, who is a number of us including senator tim scott who i think that's a represented here today. cannot run the finance committee of public and isn't eitc things. we are leading the congressional delegation to go to selma to mark the 50th anniversary. i was able to take my young daughters and their back in 1998, the first time we get a congressional trip. about six of us from the house back that went and john was among them but john tells the story. when he spoke at emory university commencement this year, i want to read the words that he said because they were way better than i would say them otherwise. he said when he was a kid, i saw those signs that said, john was where 1940, so the stories would've been in the '40s and 50s. i saw those signs that said whitewightman covered men, white women colored women white waiting room colored waiting room. i came home i asked my mother my father, my grandparents, my great grandparegrandpare nts why? they would say that's the way it is john don't get in the way don't get in trouble. in 1957 at the age of 17 i met rosa parks. in 1958 at t

. >> does the president have a chance to talk to scott -- to governor scott walker at all? answering whether or not he was a christian. am i don't know if the president had the opportunity to speak to governor walker last night. >> does not conflict with what the president told vox.com, that these terrorist threats are media hype situation? is in very serious threat out there that the secretary was trying to alert people to? >> i go back to the facts. the intelligence community is not aware of any specific plot against them on america or any's specific shopping center in the united states. the reason we are having this discussion is because of a propaganda video that out for bob did put out. the fact we are having this discussion in public is not different from the fact that for years this administration have been working with local law enforcement and even individuals who are responsible for mall security to make sure that americans can be protected, and that we are aware of the aspirations that groups like this have to strike against targets. the fact is the intelligence

john lewis who a number of us including senator scott and tim and i are on the finance committee. we have had primary discussions. tim and i are going to summit to mark the 50th anniversary that i was able to take my young daughters they are back in 1998, the first time we did a congressional trip. six of us from a house of representatives went in john was among them but john tells the story when he spoke at emory university. i want to read the words that he said because they are way better than i would say otherwise. he tells he said when i was a kid i saw the signs, john was born in 1940 to the stories would have been in the 40s and 50's britain is and 50's britain is although scientists at white men, men white women, women, white waiting room waiting room. i came home and asked my parents why? they would say that's the way it is john don't get in the way and don't get in trouble. in 1957 at the age of 17 i met rosa parks. in 1958 at the age of 18 night that bart luther king, jr.. these individuals inspired me to get in the way and get in trouble. so i encourage you he's exhorti

in the words of f scott asked gerald, never confuse a single the feet for a final defeat. they're are much more battles ahead command i believe we we will win the war. president obama's plant could be vacated by the courts, overturned by congress or rejected by a future commission. i am confident at least one of these things we will happen and we will return to the bipartisan market-oriented policies that have built a thriving internet that exists today. with that .-dot we are we are happy to your questions. [inaudible question] >> you would search in vain to find evidence that such is the case. i would rather focus on what the actual statement of the record is. >> to answer your question more specifically, as i said before i am open to exploring the possibility that there might be something beneficial. i do not want to prejudge it before it has been operational, and it seems consistent with our former chairman's viewpoint on the issue. i heard general counsel talk about how we have a decade of experience with pay prioritization. i just do not see that. i am open to having

we will hear from wisconsin governor scott walker. yesterday the senate blocked a homeland security funding bill largely over the issue of immigration. leader mcconnell could bring up the bill again today. the senate is back at 9:30 a.m. eastern. live senate coverage here on c-span2. >> c-span2 providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings, and key public >> c-span2 providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings, and key public policy events. and every weekend booktv, now for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors to c-span2 created by the cable tv industry and brought to as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd like us on facebook and follow was on twitter. >> next, house minority leader nancy pelosi talks about jobs, the economy and about the need to vaccinate all children. her remarks at the brookings institution are in our 10 minutes. >> -- our one hour 10 minutes. >> welcome everyone here today. this is a very exciting day. i'm

later senator jim scott of south carolina on education. >> the senate finance committee examines the us tax code and lessons learned from the tax reform act of 1986. the committee hears from former senate finance committee chair bill packwood and former committee member bill bradley. legislation. i've coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> according to the cdc 121 cases of measles a been reported in 14 states and the district of columbia is the start of the year. the senate health committee holds a hearing on vaccines preventable diseases and whether they should be mandatory for children. the brookings institution hosted. this is 90 minutes. >> hi, everyone. i would like to welcome you to an event china's rise and its implications for american strategy in the us defense budget. i am joined by a capable and the compost panel that has different elements of expertise in different aspects of the question. our plan for today a little bit more about the subject of harvesting was colleagues, to have a little bit of conversation. beginning by trying to think through the questions that we put on

scott fitzgerald, which is heady company to be in. the narrators of both your novels particular neverland have a nick carewayesque voice. whereas gary i'd put you in the tradition of saul bell lowe and early philip roth. not just because of your preoccupation, let's say with jewish themes but because of the kind of carnivalesque exuberance and wit of your writerly voice. and i guess -- >> thank you. i'll take it. >> if we're going to put it in the russian tradition i would say gary you're probably more in the tradition of like satirical absurdist gogol nabokov, where joe with your restraint and kind of writerly precision it's more chekhov or nabokov. but one place where you do overlap despite these differences in your fiction and non-fiction is writing about immigrants and expatriates and what you might call the immigrant identity crisis. and in your debut novel, "the russian debutante's handbook," you have the character living in new york, the immigrant's immigrant expatriate's expatriate, the enduring victim of every practical joke

scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, thank you for being here. i will try to be brief. general flynn, i want to go to one of the signature made about the fact that terrorism is ebbing and flowing. we shouldn't pay too much attention to it. h. is going to happen the way the middle east is if you will. ii would like a summit for the record, and wonder if you've seen this. this is the dia intelligence assessment from 2004-2014. in 2004 we were dealing with 21 total terrorist groups in 18 countries, and today we are dealing with 41 terrorist groups in 24 countries. certainly respect your opinion and agree with it on many things, but i would suggest that that is more than an ebb and flow. that is a significant growth and an ideology that is dangerous to the world. what would you assess the population of islamic extremists or terrorists whatever we want to call them in iraq to be the total number of them? >> thank you, congressman. i want to clarify what is talking about ebb and flow i was taught by civil war dynamics and not terrorism but i was talking about the fighting on

. >> good morning, my name is jamie scott, a and a staff director and i appreciated your discussion for the need for good data and i am curious to hear your thoughts on why you think local police departments and to compel or mandates or encourage department to provide data. >> i don't know the reasons why. i suspect among them especially for smaller departments in seems a lot of work, filling out a federal form we developed a system called the national incident based reporting system which is designed to collect rich data about encounters between police and citizens. and anybody in which our great country is structured, which all of you study. i have a bully pulpit in a way to encourage departments to use the system to collect the data. i could go on google and figure out how many people does the cdc count to emergency rooms, and the absolute number on a particular amazon is ridiculous how many people are shot by police in the country. i take the notion that it is ridiculous to the men and women in uniform around the country. we have got to collect it. the next step would be legislature

we will hear remarks from governor scott walker of wisconsin. as well as former alaskan governor sarah halen. it will -- sarah palin. [video clip] >> it was very clear to me i still have a problem with public trust. use of force is down 46%. the lawsuits are down. shootings are dramatically down, we are moving in a positive way. people in the community say they do not believe it. on c-span's q&a. [video clip] >> this hearing continues as negotiations continue off the floor. this is three hours 10 minutes. >> good morning, we welcome everyone to this morning's hearing on the constitutionality on the immigration executive order. >> last november, president obama announced one of the biggest immigration grabs -- almost 5 million illegal immigratnts would be granted access to the social security tax fund and the earned income tax credit. he stated over 20 times in the past that he did not have the constitutionality to do that. as of the "washington post" and their fact checked noted. president obama admitted that he just took an action to change the

i was working a rope line campaigning for rick scott. she summarized what i found the mood of the country to be. as i was shaking hands with people, i shook her hand. they to do a politicians goal, keep moving. she grabbed my hand and held onto it. she's the governor, i have a question or for -- question for you. what has happened to our country? we used to control events. now events control us. if you look at every aspect of this government under this president, she summarized the problem. a tax system that is grossly unfair and encouraging companies to lead our country -- leave our country. he does nothing to fix it. he says his energy policies are all of the above. that is a bumper sticker. it is beneath the office that he holds. around the world in 20 oh eight, he tried to convince the american people that america is the cause of violence in the world. that if america would just pull back and give some nice speeches, and tell people we like them, violence would decrease, peace would increase, and stability would come to the globe. [c

fact this past february 11 it marked the one year anniversary of the death of on my deputies, jonathan scott pyne, was shot and killed by a burglary suspect one year ago. he left behind a wife and three children under the age of seven. in may of this year just and will be added to the list of more than 20,000 names under national law enforcement memorial. the first step in improving officer safety and wellness is to understand the range and scope of hazards police base in the line of duty. according to the officer down memorial page, as of the 18th, line of duty deaths are down 7% in 2015. with auto related deaths remain about the same as last year. thus far in 2015 officer deaths by gunfire are also drinking downward. that is good news considering the trend from last year. preliminary data indicates at 126 law-enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2014. a 24% increase from 2013 when 102 officers were killed. in 2014, 50 officers died by gunfire. this was a 56% increase over the 32 firearms related deaths in 2013. on average, over the last decade, there have been approximately 59,

i want to thank senator scott for joining with me. commemorating commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march for voting rights. this is my 3rd trip. we best honor the foot soldiers by remembering them not just with a metal but by staying true to their purpose. i have followed election law closely. it used to be the business of expanding folder roles but lately too many states have thrown up barriers to voting. fifty years later state governments are once again making it a burden a bit harder for in some cases a lot harder. let's honor the foot soldiers. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> all those in favor. 527 without amendment is reported favorably. i ask unanimous consent that the staff be allowed to make any technical and conforming changes and that the wave the quotable. we we will now move to a hearing on the federal reserve semiannual monetary policy report to congress. the committee will receive testimony from federal reserve chair janet yellen as has been required by statute since 1978. although this video has been used to co

on the line for democrats, scott. go ahead. >> i think we have bigger problems than what they are talking about. i have several friends out here that say they are not thinking this through. the republicans can go pick all the fruit and vegetables in california. and they keep the mexicans down. they've had it. i think boehner better put his genes on and start taking in california. -- picking in california. apricots, cherries, all of that comes off. i have lived in california 44 years and i know a lot of hispanic people. they are not thinking this through. >> is that related to the immigration -- the executive action on immigration? >> exactly. i used to be republican and i switched to democrat. >> thanks for the call. a call here from ohio. go ahead. >> i think republicans have done the right thing. president obama has overreached his authority for millions of immigrants. i thank you for your time. >> on to california now. oh elizabeth on the line. >> antique up. >> manteca, go ahead. >> we go through this every year w

scott walker is talking about bringing wisconsin to washington. oh good. [laughter] the fact is he has already brought the worst of washington's divisiveness to wisconsin. pitting people against one another in contentious and ideological fights. walker is the latest republican to stumble during a trip to london where he dodged tough questions like his views on evolution. he sat silent when he was -- he refused to condemn when rudy giuliani directly said that our president does not love america. questioned the the president's patriotism. rick perry's biggest liability is not his pathetic 2012 run o r the felony indictment, is that in his 14 years as governor, two texases have emerged. one for the working families and very poor that have to suffer consequences of his policies. bobby jindal has put partisanship and ambition ahead of what is good for his state. under bobby jindal's watch, louisiana is facing a budget shortfall. that he refuses to do anything about. no wonder polls show he is one of the least popular governors in the country. if you can't gover

if you will summarize your views and five minutes so senator scott a chance to give their questions -- so senators have a chance to ask their questions. we will have to end the first panel at 11:00. i hope all of us can get questions them to the first panel. the director of national center for immunization and respiratory diseases of the sinners for disease control -- centers for disease control and prevention. she has worked at cdc since 1998 on immunization, respiratory and other infectious diseases. she is a rear admiral in the public health service commissioned corps and was named assistant surgeon general of the united states public health service in 2006. welcome. >> good morning, mr. chairman and members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. our nation's immunization system is strong, protecting the health of americans, saving lives and money. this year's outbreak of measles demonstrates how interconnected we are. many threads are just an airplane right away. despite high national immunization coverage against measles, last year, we had more c

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according to public reports, scott alvarez, the general counsel of the fed, was puts in charge of investigating a leak from the september meeting. of the federal open market committee. nearly 2 1/2 years later the results of this investigation have not been made public. and no action has been taken. on february 5, congressman cummings and i sent a letter to mr. alvarez requesting a briefing from him in advance of your appearance here today. but so far we have not received one. can you assure us that the congressman and i will get a briefing soon? >> i might say by way of background -- >> i just need a yes or no. i just want to be able to get a briefing on what has happened. it has been two point five years and there has been no public report on what has happened. >> we are trying to work with their staff on the process. >> i'll take that as he is. >> yes. >> ok, thank you. as you know, this past december, house republicans successfully blew a hole in godfrey protections by attacking the repeal of the swat push out role to a must pass government spending bill. that will appeal, which was written