justice. this is way beyond the attorney general. so he has an obligation to step forward and do what he needs to do to reestablish that level of credibility and that level of trust. however, you know, and i know this from experience, sometimes some of the accusations, sometimes some of the investigations are purely politically motivated, and that, you know, that s unfortunate but that s just the way it is in washington. and when that s the case then, you know, the attorney general i think is right to remain focused on the job. gregg: all right. former attorney general alberto gonzalez. thank you very much. we appreciate it. you bet. thank you. gregg: we re going to have more on this summit after the break. don t go away. it starts with little things. tiny changes in the brain.
well-intentioned way use humor, the star trek video, to open the conference. the dance video was used to close the conference. um, they would not occur today based upon all the guidelines that exist and, frankly, they were not appropriate at that time neither, mr. chairman. and the fact of the matter is it s embarrassing, and, um, i apologize. gregg: well, that guy, mr. fink, actually played mr. spock in the star trek parody. joining us now, congressman james lankford, a republican from oklahoma. he sits on the committee holding today s hearing, also chairman of the republican policy committee. congressman, thanks for taking a few minutes. i have to guess that most americans are aghast and angry over the kind of things we re now learning. we re just going to put it up on the screen for them to read. it s $50 million spent on 225
standard at citibank. helps him deposit his checks. jay also like it when mother nature helps him wash his car. mother nature s cool like that. citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. gregg: well, the hearing with the attorney general, eric holder, on the senate appropriations committee just ended a few minutes ago. joining us now to talk about it,
in investigating leak cases is to identify and to prosecute government officials who jeopardize national security by violating their oaths, not, to target members of the press or to discourage them from carrying out their vital work. second, the department has not prosecuted and as long as i have the privilege of serving as attorney general of the united states, will not prosecute any reporter for doing his or her job. with these guiding principles in mind we are internal guidelines to insure that in every case the department s actions are clear and consistent with our most sacred values gregg: notwithstanding statement, eric holder personally approved a warrant that name our colleague james rosen as potential could conspirator
transferred it over to this conference to pay for the conference because they didn t want to lose it at the end of the year. again, moving money, not keeping receipts, it s not acceptable. gregg: why do these people even have to go to conferences? you know, we have these new little things call telephoned, you know, internet, e-mails, you can even teleconference from your office. right. gregg: so, i m not sure i get it. can t congress actually pass a law that simply abolishes all off-site conferences? we have severely limited travel already. that is one of the things the house of representatives started working on two years ago to try to limit this because we saw this. you want to get a picture of how things have really changed, 2010 we had this $50 million expense. now with the irs it s now $6 million. so congress has stepped in the already and tried to severely limit this and say we can use skype, we can use all kinds of technology, we can conference people in. there are a lot bet