Hearing yesterday. You can take place by phone, if you are a republican call 2027488001, if a democrat call 2027488000, independent call 2027488002. If not by phone, you can weigh in on social media, our to her handle is http twitter. Com cspanwj. Or you can send us an email at journal cspan. Org. It is frontpage news just about everywhere. Here is a sampling. The Washington Post, back in the benghazi hotseat. Her fromjust of different times in the day. Grilling,ndles panels the 2016 president ial race silently looms large. De financial times, clinton efiant in republican interrogation over benghazi. Another set of photos of the secretary at different points making different types of gestures throughout the day. Times, she is engaged in an intense session. Little new is revealed, that is the New York Times. A couple more before we get to your calls. Onnton pins responsibility stevens, this the front page. Plenty of the fireworks, but no spoken gun. Piece of Hillary Clinton responding t
The 114th Congress Gavels in tomorrow at noon eastern. Well see the swearing in of members and the election for house speaker. Watch the house live on cspan, and the senate live on cspan 2. And with the new congress youll have the best access the most extensive coverage anywhere. Track the g. O. P. As it leads on capitol hill and have your say as events unfold on tv, radio, and the web. This sunday on q a author talks about the film the birth of the nation. Its depiction of former slaves after the civil war ask the effort biz africanamerican civil rights advocate and newspaper publisher to prevent the movies release. Part two of the movie some is after the war exreconstruction, is the heart of the protest in the sense that this is where the blacks are just appalled by the portrayal of freed slaves. This is a scene showing what happens when you give former slaves the right to vote the right to be elected, the right to govern. Its a scene in the South Carolina legislature where their fir
Freedom summit yesterday. He is expected to be the seventh republican to officially enter the 2016 president ial race. It is sunday morning, may 10. A very happy mothers day. Both the house and senate are in session this week. The president spending his week in washington, including his presentation on tuesday in a Georgetown University sponsored function on poverty of america. He is also meeting with the king of saudi arabia, that is scheduled for thursday. We will begin this morning with highlights from the Citizens United forum live in greenville, South Carolina. The full event is on our website, cspan. Org. As the race begins to take shape, what do you think the republican message will be to voters . How do you think democrats will respond. Lines are open. 202 7488000 for democrats. If you are republican, we want to hear from you, that line is 202 7488001. We also have a line for independents. Join in on the conversation on our Facebook Page, or send us a tweet at cspanwj. We will
Stretch the department spending. When it comes to Law Enforcement, your arrival at the department at a critical time of needed leadership is welcome. Since our hearing early this spring, with the departments lawenforcement chiefs, we have seen the departures of the atf director and the dea administrator. I hope you will Pay Attention to these Law Enforcement agencies. To ensure that they faithfully execute their duties during this time of change. As an example, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms and explosives has a rule pending that would impose burdens burdensome and unnecessary regulations regarding firearms lost or stolen in transit. However, the atfs own statistics indicate this number is insignificant and should not be a cause for concern. It certainly does not warrant such encumbering regulations. Oversight and accountability should remain a top priority for this committee. I have consistently expressed my displeasure to your predecessor regarding the departments resis
Mr. Sessions madam president . The presiding officer the senator from alabama. Mr. Sessions i would ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer the senate is not in a quorum call. Mr. Sessions madam president , i wanted to share some remarks that senator ayotte had relevant to the amendment that she offered that would pay for the Unemployment Insurance extension and veteran pensions benefits and would just say its an issue her payfor is an issue that i have had some experience with, offering several years ago an amendment to fix it and was disappointed when the majority leader, senator reid, objected to that amendment. Senator ayottes amendment would pay for the jobless benefits of unemployed americans, restore veterans pensions by cutting off fraudulent tax payments to illegal aliens. This is a very simple concept and theres a clear abuse going on here that needs to be fixed and it should have been fixed a long time ago. The amendment contains offsets of