[inaudible conversations] good morning we will call the hearing to order were waiting for senator hatch to good morning, well call this meeting to order. I just want to welcome the nominees. I want to thank you for your willingness to serve this country, and this is absolutely true. Ive been very impressed with the quality of individuals that work for the federal government. This nomination process is not easy as youre well aware of. But the fact weve got so many patriots that are willing to step up plate and serve in the federal government for probably a whole lot less than youd make in the private is sector shows your dedication for this government. So i want to thank you for that. Specifically i want to welcome all your family member. And leave it to you dont forget to introduce all your family members. I want to quickly read the description of the jobs, basically youre going to be filling, what the agencies basically do. Now i turn it over to my Ranking Member senator mccatskill, a
[inaudible conversations] good morning we will call the hearing to order were waiting for senator hatch to good morning, well call this meeting to order. I just want to welcome the nominees. I want to thank you for your willingness to serve this country, and this is absolutely true. Ive been very impressed with the quality of individuals that work for the federal government. This nomination process is not easy as youre well aware of. But the fact weve got so many patriots that are willing to step up plate and serve in the federal government for probably a whole lot less than youd make in the private is sector shows your dedication for this government. So i want to thank you for that. Specifically i want to welcome all your family member. And leave it to you dont forget to introduce all your family members. I want to quickly read the description of the jobs, basically youre going to be filling, what the agencies basically do. Now i turn it over to my Ranking Member senator mccatskill, a
Screeria nigeria. Secretaries lay out Agency Priorities at this Years National league of cities conference. Next, the Senate Judiciary Committee Hears testimony from sally yates on her nomination to be the next Deputy Attorney general. She currently serves as the acting Deputy Attorney general and was nominated by president obama last january. Topics addressed included mandatory minimum sentencing, the president S Immigration executive order human sex trafficking, and countering violent extremism. This runs an hour and 50 minutes. Out of respect for congressman lewis and senator isaacson and i think were going to let start with congressman lewis. Normally we would make Opening Statements, but because of your time schedule, i think well start with you to introduce congressman lewis, and then well go to senator isaacson and then well go to senator perdue, and then well have our Opening Statements. Were honored youre here congressman. Thank you for joining us. [ inaudible ]. Well, thank y
Next, the Senate Judiciary Committee Hears testimony from sally yates on her nomination to be the next Deputy Attorney general. She currently serves as the acting Deputy Attorney general and was nominated by president obama last january. Topics addressed included mandatory minimum sentencing, the president S Immigration executive order human sex trafficking, and countering violent extremism. This runs an hour and 50 minutes. Out of respect for congressman lewis and senator isaacson and i think were going to let start with congressman lewis. Normally we would make Opening Statements, but because of your time schedule, i think well start with you to introduce congressman lewis, and then well go to senator isaacson and then well go to senator perdue, and then well have our Opening Statements. Were honored youre here congressman. Thank you for joining us. [ inaudible ]. Well, thank you for your statement on how important the senate is but the constitution the were upper only in our own min
Could mean for u. S. Hopes for mideast peace. Good morning from washington. Its tuesday, february 5th, 2013. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd. Lets get to my first reads. President obamas state of the Union Address is just a week from today and the president is flooding the zone. Worried the federal budget could dominate and limit his agenda this year. Hes pushing other issues. Hes talking guns one day, immigration the next. Making sure hes not drawn into a standoff with republicans over the economy which would quickly come to define his second term. Today, he makes the case on immigration to business leaders, including ceos like steve case and Monica Lozano from his now disbanded jobs council and chief executives of cocacola and yahoo . He also meets with labor and progressive leaders. The meetings will focus on how Immigration Reform fits into his broader economic agenda. Homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano on monday brought that message to Border Security operations