T the Supreme Court halted implementation of the power plan until legal challenges against it are resolved in the courts. Some members a discussed the flint, michigan, water contamination crisis. This is three hours. Ive asked mike bosh to open with a prayer. Dear heavenly father, we thank you so much for the we opportunity to serve this great nation. Lord, we thank you for the res freedoms that we have. Make we thank you that you have blessed up as you have with thee rich resources and the ability to use those to make the world a better place. Lord, guide us and direct us, give us wisdom through this hearing. We ask all this in jesus name, amen. Thank you, michael. I want to thank you m administrator mccarthy for being here this morning. The appreciate you being here. Y theres a reason, a top issue for nearly every member of our ag committee is related to the n regulatory agenda for the Environmental Protection agency. Many members of this committee believe the agenda has been absent
Who can keep taxpayer Information Safe. If you are a top notch tech expert, you already are taking a pay cut to work in Public Service compared to what youd earn at firms in oregon or california. Now, without what is called streamlined Critical Pay Authority, it can take four to six months to bring a new hire on board at the irs. So i want to be clear as we go to questions, taxpayer information is under assault every single day. But the irs does not have the Legal Authority it needs from the congress to build a Cybersecurity Team that can beat back the crooks. Already theres been an exodus of high ranking irs tech staff. The director of cybersecurity operations left a month ago. The terms for the remaining employees working under this Authority Continue to expire, including for one of our witnesses chief technology officer. Come 2017, there are not going to be any left. So today, instead of rehashing the past and just beating up on one agency or one firm, to me, the priority ought to b
We are live on capitol hill this morning where irs commissioner John Koskinen is set to testify on cybersecurity. Hell be appearing before the Senate Finance committee. Live coverage here on cspan 3. We expect it to start in just a few minutes. Again, waiting for the start of testimony from irs commissioner John Koskinen this morning. Hell be talking about cybersecurity and how the irs protects the information of taxpayers. This is taking place before the Senate Finance committee. Just a couple moments away. While we wait for this to get started, elsewhere on capitol hill today, visits continue for Supreme Court Justice Nominee Merrick Garland. Hes meeting with 14 senators today, seven democrats, six republicans and one independent. So far, he has had meetings with 21 senators, 18 democrats, 3 republicans. Oneonone meetings with senators to take place in their offices today. Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley was up first and they started at about the 7 45 today. There was
I will be the moderator during the next hour as we bring you the last statewide televised debate the between the leading candidates for governor. Colectomy as governor elect me as governor and i will get texas moving again. Greg abbott worked as a law youre in houston after receiving a law degree from vanderbilt university. He was elected as a state district judge and a Texas Supreme Court justice before winning his current seat as attorney general. I am running because i will be a governor who will fight for every single hardworking texan. Wendy davis is the democratic nominee for governor. She is a fort worth attorney with a degree from harvard law school. Davis third on the Fort Worth City Council before voters elected her to her current seat as the texas state senator in 2009. Thank you to both of you for being with us tonight. We appreciate you coming. You will be answering questions from each other and also questions from a panel of journalists. Bryan curtis from nbc 5, the san A
This is the case of a young man who served our country proudly ptsd who ering from is now languishing in a mexican prison. I implore the president to do what a commander in chief should do and thats do everything hes got to get this man home. I implore the government of mexico to do the right thing. Laws are there for two things to provide citizenry and also to enact justice. We know what justice would be. Justice in this case would be to have this man home. That is compassion ands that justice. I thank you for taking your time. I thank the members for coming across the country. Thank you, wendy, for coming the farthest from hawaii. This hearing is concluded and god bless. [capti performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] tonight on cspan, 2014 debates. Next a debate between u. S. House candidates from gregs. Nias 52nd con and the debate for governor of minnesota. On the next washington journal Pennsylvania State University Pres