The definition gets cloudier not more specific in my view. And in fact, you know, if we end somewhere like three out of the seven, that would be clear too, wouldnt it . Wouldnt it be just as clear to say navigable waters are waters that are navigable for interstate commerce and why wouldnt that be we have been the area that lacks clarity right now is not the issue of navigable waters. The Supreme Court actually spoke very definitively that navigable waters need to be looked at in a way that isnt the traditional definition. We havent been looking at navigable waters the same way. It is a recognition that navigable waters in their ability to provide the functions that we look for, are really severely impacted by the waters that flow into them. So the challenge we tried to face in the clean water rule was to take a look at how do we identify those rivers streams tributaries, wetlands that feed into those navigable waters that we need to understand and protect so that they wont degrade tho
Fighting. And border abuse. Hundreds of complaints against patrol agents from undocumented workers but whos listening . We begin tonight in nigeria, where theres been a massacre. Hundreds of People Killed and the government the blaming boko haram. It is the same group that kidnapped more than 270 school girls three weeks ago. Todays attack happened in the Northeast Corner of nigeria in the state of borno. Residents murdered, homes set on fire during a 12 hour raid. Yvonne indege reports. Boko haram from previous attacked in the northeast. Reports the group killed hundreds in northeast on monday will worry many. Residents told the State Government that masked men raided the village and started firing. Anybody sighted in that area were shot and killed and then later on moved into the city and they gunned down aall the shirts and 500, not less than 300 people died. Reporter the reports may fuel public age are about the federal governments failure to curb attacks by the group. Marched to t
This crisis. I look forward to our continuing conversation this morning, thank you. Thank you. I would like to take a few minutes away from this hearing to talk about someone who was a dear friend of mine, a mentor and a member of the house Judiciary Committee, my predecessor representing the sixth district of virginia congressman m. Caldwell butler passed away last night around midnight. He served with a special election in 1972 until his retirement at the beginning of 1983 he served on this committee that entire time, and he served here with great distinction at a time when this committee went through some very difficult issues, including his being very actively involved in the watergate investigation and in the impeachment proceedings relating to former president richard nixon. He was a Public Servant in the truest sense of the word. He has given immeasurably to his country, his state and his community roanoke, virginia, where he lived his entire life and to which he was extremely d
Responsibility for Border Security efforts coordinate and collaborate on their efforts. On the immigration side weve done work looking at various enforcement efforts including i. C. E. Oversight of schools that admit foreign students. Weve also done work looking at overstay enforcement issues. And on the immigration benefits side, weve done work looking at u. S. Ciss processes and systems for adjudicating immigration benefits and weve also done some work looking at employment verification issues. I just wanted to share those remarks by way of introduction give just to give you a flavor of who gao is as an agency and the range of work weve done on Border Security and immigration issues. For todays discussion i want to focus my remarks really are two or three key reports that relate to some of the issues and topics that are raised in mpis report. The first report and going to spend most of my time discussing is a report that gao issued in the summer of 2012 on the security Communities Pr
Brother, whatever of the child and have used that to try to traffic the children into the country for labor and sex trafficking. Right now, the policy is to separate extended policy. C. s. U separate the u. A. They do not have a parent or guardian available to them. This is not often cash but debt that the child is expected to work up upon arrival. Many of these children if they are not trafficked yet, they are on the road to be trafficked here in the United States where they are vulnerable with the people whom they are with or the smugglers they have paid to have their families back home at the but of a gun. Questions and comments . I understand the supplemental that is being proposed by the republicans in the house is 900 million, two thirds of the money dedicated to border security. The other portion to services to children. I understand it is not free and clear money. We have to cut other places in the budget and one area we are cutting our state Department Programs which would ass