And to tap the resources needed by the members of this peoples house to do their work as well as it can be done. May they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make. May they possess your power as they steady themselves amid of pressures of persistent problems. May their faith in you deliver them from tensions that tear the house apart and from worries that might wear them out. All this day and through the week, may they do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. Please hasten the day when justice and love should dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nations of earth. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore thank you, father. The chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from california, ms. R
The revelations have shaken the tech industry. It has heightened calls for surveillance reform. That is our topic today. Has government surveillance gone too far . Welcome to washington journal. We want to hear from you this morning. The numbers are you can also reach out to us on social media. Take a look at the headlines. First in usa today, that investigation coming out this morning, it details how Public Service agencies are using that surveillance data. Lets talk about the eight Tech Companies calling for more surveillance limits. Those include apple, google, microsoft, and twitter. Looking at the front page of the Washington Post this morning from that letter lets go to your calls. In northgo to david carolina on our line for independents. Hey. R i use a lot of the social facebook. Outy to put my opinion there and i feel when it gets that it locksed up all the time, stuff gets delete it randomly. I can never get a clear thought out there into the world. People lookinghe over your
National captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] collects the u. S. House is back in session today. They begin the day at noon eastern with morning hour. Legislative work will get underway at 2 00 with one bill requiring the Justice Department to report to congress on child abuse in each state. We will have live coverage of all of todays action with members gavilan. While the houses meeting, c span2 will be live with financial regulation. Enterse meeting at the Enterprise Institute or they will have an limitation of the dodd frank law. I got upset. They covered my Mental Health work. The first few meetings i had. Then they never showed up anymore. One day i was walking in the , one ofuse, this woman i said nobodyle, ever covers my meetings. She said Mental Health is not a sexy issue. T on we develop legislation. Way past the Mental Health system act of 1980. It passed in congress. Wasmonth before jimmy involuntarily retired from the white house. T
Which they have done prior. I think we learned from history they invaded georgia and then they continued to occupy georgia. I think thats very instructive as to the ukraine experience. Today, in fact, crimea just voted to join russia. It was announced today. And im concerned the same thing that happened in russia will now happen in that happened in georgia will happen in ukraine. And i dont know if these sanctions will stop that. Thats my biggest concern. When one nation invades a sovereignty of another, definitions are important. We usually define that as an act of war. Does this Administration Believe that the russian invasion of ukraine is an act of war . Congressman, weve said very clearly that we know what we have seen which is military aggression, intervention in the affairs of a sovereign country, violation of legal commitments, violation of international law. That is what we see. Im not an International Lawyer so i wouldnt want to get into the terminology. Its clear, also, russ
Regulations as the strong arm for is a ministration. The amount of regulatory rules finalized in his first term lag behind that of president george w. Bushs first term with nearly 12 fewer rules. President obamas rahman comes with a heavy price tag. 186 of his roles finalize his first term were deemed economically significant. That means that each rules annual Economic Impact is more than 100 million. The cost which blows the 81 economically significant roles in of the water. With more on this, Editorial Board member of the wall street journal. Thank you for being with this. The count the shows the presence of oz first term had fewer regulations. Its askew. There are time coming up that just arent quite final. Thats exactly right. Those to make a loss to the amount of regulatory burden, youre talking about thousands or perhaps even tens of thousands of new pages of regulations. Those are the big when it comes to new regulations, lets not forget, the Climate Change agenda, the apa. This