One flaw with your argument is t makes the words it may happen superfluous, that the clause would mean exactly what you say it means if you took those words out. And your response, the only one i could see on the reply, your reply brief, page 13, is that those words were put in there to, quote, confine the president to filling vacancies that actually exist at the time of appointment. Now, is that did you really think they put that language in there because they were afraid the president would fill appointments that dont exist . I dont know why they put the language in there, mr. Chief justice, but it doesnt it isnt superfluous because it does serve that function one reason is because they were afraid otherwise the president would have the power, simply, when somebody died two or three years before and theyve had a big fight in congress to save up all the controversial nominations and then put them through as recess appointments. That could be one thing they didnt want to happen. I dont
Whether both domestically and internationally . And one more right here. Im Mark Rockwell with federal computer week. How is the nature of cyber changes the last qhsr . Let me take those in order. Its interesting. The statement that during the cold war that the public didnt have much of a role in deterrence, in a sense, though, the entire Civil Defense mechanism in which individuals were taught what to do and what to act was both for a dprsh a prospective perspective but also to create a deterrent effect. So there were efforts to engage the public in Civil Defense efforts during the cold war. Today with the distributed nature of threats and challenges, the pervasiveness of communications technology, every person has a role and an opportunity to make decisions about actions that can impact the security and resilience of the United States. So efforts like the if you see something Say Something campaign that originated with the new York City Transit administration and that has been used b
They never went to the backup tapes. Exactly. The backup server is different. Theres no backup server. Theres a serve that operates the email. And the tapes theyre stored on offsite, they never got the emails back. Even though congress requestedded it, the irs didnt care and didnt go the extra mile to get thosement you testified last week that you knew there was a problem, february 2014 with lois lerners emails. I was advised there was an issue. In midmarch, the irs, according to your testimony, learned additional facts about her mysterious computer crash. Thats correct. Then you testified at this committee at the end of march, and you promised this committee, dowdy, gordon issa, everyone, get us lois lerner emails, you said, yes, well do it. You never mention, you never disclose that there were real problems about whether you were in fact going to be able to turn over those emails. Correct. At that time i did not know there were real problems meet what you told dave camp. In february
Adherence of religion play a big role in this whole problem as it has develop ed does the department have any particular section of focus into this area whether both domestically and internationally . And one more right here. Im Mark Rockwell with federal computer week. How is the nature of cyber changes the last qhsr . Let me take those in order. Its interesting. The statement that during the cold war that the public didnt have much of a role in deterrence, in a sense, though, the entire Civil Defense mechanism in which individuals were taught what to do and what to act was both for a dprsh a prospective perspective but also to create a deterrent effect. So there were efforts to engage the public in Civil Defense efforts during the cold war. Today with the distributed nature of threats and challenges, the pervasiveness of communications technology, every person has a role and an opportunity to make decisions about actions that can impact the security and resilience of the United State
The senate . And that a significant number, i cant remember the exact number, was actually voicevoted out of the house. I think they call it consent in the lower house . What do they call it . Consent . Unanimous con sernt. You would be surprised at the number of unanimous consent. So i guess the point im perhaps making poorly is that whats different now. Wha im saying, i think there are some things we can do. There are some tweak that is can be made. Im just wondering, what is it about this moment in history that we dont think we can look at a problem. And some of us think its not that big a problem, and then make changes so that our businesses can compete for business abroad. I mean, im frustrated over the fact that it would seem to me that there are issues that need to be addressed. They can be fixed. Has there been anything discussed here today that cant be dealt with if we sat down and worked . Congressman, im a businessman for 20 dwreers in the private sector. We are constantly l