Daniel discusses the governments role in cyber security. Now a House Judiciary Committee hears testimony on president obamas executive order on immigration. Witnesses include legal experts who express whether the president has Legal Authority to issue the order. This is three hours, 40 minutes. Good afternoon, this hearing of the Judiciary Committee will come to order. Without objection, the committee has authorized us to take this mornings hearing on president obamas executive overreach on immigration. U ill begin by recognizing myself for an Opening Statement. I also want to point out to the members and to the audience in attendance today, youre all welcome to be here, but rule 11 of the house rules provides that the chairman of the committee may punish breaches of order and decor rum by censure and exclusion from the hearing. President obama has Just Announced one of the biggest congressional power grabs ever by a president. He has declared unilaterally that by his own estimation, a
My dad had an eighth grade education, my mom, a fifthgrade education, and yet, they believed in the promise of this country. They worked really hard and sacrificed, as so many latinos and hispanics have done in this country, because they wanted that Better Future for their children, and they believed in the promise of this country. They talked us important values that have been our guide for our lives, me and my siblings, my six brothers and sisters. They taught us the importance of family, faith, Community Hard work, sacrifice, honesty integrity. Tonight at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Next on American History tv, researcher Peter Kornbluh discusses president kennedys attempts to open up negotiations with cuba. He discusses the issues involved with establishing reliable dialogue in negotiations. He is coauthor of back channel to cuba. This is about 45 minutes. Thank you. Im here to introduce Peter Kornbluh, whom i have just met. I have just gotten a copy of his new book, co
The United States, i will follow up on your comment here, are we ready to be able to expand . Or do we need to expand refining capabilities in the United States if were going to have a mix of more sweet and then the heavier crude from canada . Who wants to go with that one . Well, its difficult to convince refiners to expand capacity when the demand here in the u. S. Is going down. Typically, refineries are built closer to where consumers are. But we have a terrific advantage in technology and low natural gas prices. Natural gas is used as a refinery fuel that make our refineries the best in the world. Taking advantage of those situations i think is what the refiners are doing exporting products into the Global Market. Ms. Gordon . I could say that in terms of what was said earlier, Global Production has become very its not site specific. Its also going to happen in refi refining. So were seeing china adding Refining Capacity, saudi arabia adding Refining Capacity. Demand is really in
President obama has Just Announced one of the biggest congressional power grabs ever by a president. He has declared unilaterally that by his own estimation, almost 5 million unlawful immigrants will be free from the consequences of their lawless actions. Not only that, he will in addition bestow on them work permits and other benefits. And president obama has stated over 20 times in the past that he does not have the constitutional power to take such steps on his own. And has repeatedly stated, i am not a king. Well now ask for the video be rolled. The notion that i can just suspend deportations through executive order, thats just not the case. Because there are laws on the books that congress has passed, there are enough laws on to the books by congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system, that for me simply through executive order ignore those congressional mandates would not conform with my appropriate role as president. I cant solve this p
Hence geothermal nuclear, they remain core and important parts of the department of energys technology program. That said, we have seen big fluctuations in Natural Gas Prices, that have come from a variety of sources. That is something that we have to take into account. We look at the importance of price when we look at Public Interest determination. They impact the price on consumers, on manufacturers, and a lot 6 the issues that you heard here on the panel. That is something were focused on. We think it is very important. But over time, as you look at our research and development program, in the area that i manage which deals with throughout the department of energy, we want to make sure were pushing those technologies here in the United States. Thank you again. Thank you madam chair. I thank the witnesses for being here today. Im very pleased to be here, and also to be a cosponsor of senator barrassos bill. Many people think of the shelf as occurring in the western states, like wyom