They give you less time. I remained silent. I wouldnt address the court. And people said to me, why dont you do that . And maybe i was polly annaish about this but i felt it was a matter of principle. I felt i was in a kangaroo court. I felt my Constitutional Rights had been violated, and i wasnt going to participate. And as a result, i turned down a deal, by the way, i could have had a deal on one count probably would have done 18 months. The doj was going to insist on prison time, but the deal i turned down was 1 count, 18 months. It was a 10,000. My restitution would have been 10,000. I would have been fined 1 million. Instead, i said, no, they indicted me on 43 counts, faced 430 the government asked for 430 years in prison. I ultimately got only 72 months. I had to forfeit 62 million and fined 19 million on top of it. And then, of course, there is a story for another time, how enjoyable it is to be in federal prison 4 1 2 years when the feds are watching you. Because there are spec
People are missing in the philippines. Its been a week since super typhoon haiyan ravage the the country. Food and medicine are arriving in the devastated communities, aids groups say they face huge challenges getting help to people in remote areas. U. S. Military say its rescued 3,000 people and delivered more than 100 tops of food, water and other supplies to hardest hit and isolated towns. International humanitarian groups are on the ground giving medical help to survivors. We turn to craig leeson at cebu. Hopefully you are there still. Do you feel like help is getting to the people who need it . Early Morning Light filters to the deck of the mv gemini6. It fails to make the sleeping crew. Theyve been up most of the night loading supplies for a rescue mission, bringing relief aid to a Remote Island of bantayan off the northern sip of cebu. It was one of a dozen islands to be decimated by typhoon haiyan. I can only imagine what the people have been experiencing, and other suffering,
Senator shelby is on his way from voting, and the official part of the hearing will begin shortly. I just wanted to go over two things. One, as you all know, today is the hearing on the supplemental request submitted by the administration to cover the unexpected and unanticipated needs of the significant number of unaccompanied children coming to our border. I want those who follow our committee so very closely to know that on tuesday we will be marking up the defense appropriations subcommittee, and we will do a full Committee Markup on the defense bill defense appropriation on thursday. The committee should be alerted that if we can get other things done during the week with appropriate notice following the rules, we will do so. However, we will not do anything until after tuesday afternoon. So we know that monday, tuesday Tuesday Morning will be the subcommittee on defense markup. Well look for also opportunities because there are Unfinished Business at the full committee level, the
And a number of others that are truly looking at criminal justice and prison reform. I hope others jump onboard and do what has to be done to get the laws changed. At 9 00 a. M. This morning, cspan will be covering a hearing by the house judiciary over Criminalization Task force. Its about the need for criminal code reform and the over federalization in federal criminal law. 9 00 a. M. Cspan3. Next up is mark from ft. Lauderdale, florida. Caller how you doing . Good. Caller thank you to cspan and mr. Kerik for bringing this subject to the front. I called in on the inmates line or exinmates line because i did some federal time myself. You had a little while ago you stole my thunder when they mentioned how things look very different when the shoe is on the other foot. The fact is mr. Kerik as he was coming up through the police force and climbing the ladder, and even when you reached the top of the food chain, all we thought was prisoners and criminals deserved more time, they were getti
The amendment ises the amendments are adopted. Third reading of the bill. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. Ayes have it. Third reading. The clerk the bill making appropriations for energy and Water Development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2015, and or other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the house will come to order. Pleads take all conversation thafse floor. Please clear the aisles. Please clear the back aisle. Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman will suspend. The house will come to order. Please clear the aisles. On both sides. Mr. Speaker, i have a motion to recommit at the desk. The speaker pro tempore is the gentleman opposed to the bill . Im opposed in its current form. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman qualifies. The clerk will reminority motion. The clerk mr. Enyart moves to recommit the bill, with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith with the following amendment. Page 3, line 1