The problem with where the Net Neutrality issue has gone is it is not focused on the substance, which there is a lot of consensus around. It is focused on the Legal Authority to drop to adopt rules. Our concern is they are going to undo a regulatory status now for over a decade. On cspan two. The Senate Judiciary committee recently held a confirmation hearing her attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch. She serves as the u. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of new york. She would replace current attorney general eric holder who has been with the Obama Administration since 2009. She would also be the first africanamerican woman to head the Justice Department. At this hearing she answered questions about immigration criminal sentencing, and cyber security, among many other topics. This portion is 4. 5 hours. Good morning. Before we start id like to state a few things. These are some ground rules, pretty much the same as what former chairman and my friend senator leahy and others have d
Years. Ill continue with the introduction, but i want to say a couple things. First of all, please silence your cell phones, tweet up a storm if you want, but silence your cell phones. To tweet, its pelosiatbrookings. And also, we will be circulating cards for you to ask your questions, im going to try to ask as many of them as i can. I want to thank all the folks of brookings who have worked very hard. Nancy pelosi has proudly represented californias district for 27 years. She has led the House Democrats for over a decade. The first woman in American History to serve as speaker the american recovery and reinvestment act and quite a lot of other legislation as well. As you will hear from the remarks, proper legislative been an advocate of clean energy, Government Transparency and accountability it is a pleasure to welcome nancy pelosi to brookings. Thank you for joining us today. [applause] good morning, everyone. Thank you all for being here. Its an honor, its really an honor to be he
Host you can also catch up with us on social media. Host a very good monday morning to you. The president s fiscal 2016 plan which kicks in october 1, proposes to spend 3. 99 trillion on the budget plan, just under 4 trillion, and projects revenues of 3. 53 join dollars. That would leave a budget deficit of four and 74 billion kit that will be the topic of conversation throughout the this morning on washington journal and is the topic of conversation on the front page of many newspapers. Los Angeles Times budget aims to boost middleclass. Over to the front page of the wall street journal this morning, obama opens bidding on taxes. Front page of the denver post this morning president would find huge projects for corporate with Corporate Taxes is the headline there. This is how the New York Times puts it. Should washington worry about what may be the defining economic issue of the era, the widening gap between the rich and everyone else, or should policymakers primarily seek to address a
Next week is all going to be about sequestration. The president is going to propose ending it. It sounds like in theory something both parties can get behind. How do you think this is going to play out . Is this doable for next years spending bill . I hope it is. There is widespread agreement that sequestration makes sense. It doesnt say we should cut here and spend more there. It is an acrosstheboard situation, which should be done away with. Obviously the debate will take place over the devil in the details. And the budget chairman, what do you make of his ability to work with you to get that in place . I like mike and i look for to working with him. The president announced thursday he is not seeking to end just sequestration but his Budget Proposal will call for a 7 increase. Is that going to be dead on arrival on capitol hill . You will have to ask the republicans who control the house and the senate. At a time when the middle class continues to disappear, when we have the highest
And make sure we make the investments we need to make america safe and growing and make sure everybody is participating, and a matter what they look like, where they come from, where they started, they have a chance to get ahead in this great country. That is what i believe, that is what you believe. Lets get it done. Thank you, and god bless you. God bless the United States of america. One of the budget issues that will be debated in the Republicancontrolled Congress is spending for Homeland Security. And whether or not to try and block the executive order on immigration. We spoke with a capitol Hill Reporter for some background. Nancy of men of it joins us ognanovich joins us. President obama released his Budget Proposal for 2016. Congress is still working on 2015. Why . Last december, there was resistance from some parts of the House Republican conference to include the Homeland Security bill in the omnibus package. Some credit critics thought by hop holding back Homeland Security o