objections of almost everyone on the g.o.p. side. your reaction to that? arrogance of power, abuse of power, especially this nlrb. you know, the nlrb, i m sure many of our viewers know, made a judgment that boeing could not set up a factory in south carolina because of the fact that south carolina is a right to work state. one of the most disgraceful decisions in the history, outrageous. telling corporations where they can and cannot go in the united states of america and so the president s put these far, far left people appointed them, recess appointments which is an absolute abuse of power. another reason why the president of the united states should not serve another term and by the way, he said he would never do signing statements. we had some pretty tough detainee provisions in the national defense authorization bill. he did, guess what, a signing statement. you know, talk about flip-flopping. i mean, it s remarkable and it is disgraceful.
protection agency while congress is out of town, basically. so he did this against the objections of almost everyone on the g.o.p. side. your reaction to that? arrogance of power, abuse of power, especially this nlrb. you know, the nlrb, i m sure many of our viewers know, made a judgment that boeing could not set up a factory in south carolina because of the fact that south carolina is a right to work state. one of the most disgraceful decisions in the history, outrageous. telling corporations where they can and cannot go in the united states of america and so the president s put these far, far left people appointed them, recess appointments which is an absolute abuse of power. another reason why the president of the united states should not serve another term and by the way, he said he would never do signing statements. we had some pretty tough detainee provisions in the national defense authorization bill. he did, guess what, a signing statement. you know, talk about
in the debate over the amendments you were just discussing. at the end of the day, after several efforts voting for several important efforts to try to remove this bad language to amend, modify or narrow this bad language, i felt i could not vote against funding the united states armed forces in a time of war. there are not other good things, changes in policy and oversight in revisions to our defense policy that were done in this bill. but overwhelmingly, the detainee provisions were the ones that gave me real concern and real pause. i made statements on the floor. i voted for amendments to narrow it. i am a co-sponsor of senator feinstein s bill that would repeal, revise and move forward on these specific concerns. at the end of the day, the core issue here is that by statute, the united states congress can t take away the constitutional rights of americans. that s why they are enshrined in our constitution. right. this was bad policy. it was a bad debate. it was intentionally va
chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has an update. with more than $600 billion in military funding hanging in the balance, the white house spokesman indicated the president would veto the defense authorization act, detainee provisions remain in the bill. the senate has unfortunately engaged in political mike low management at the expense of the national security policy. our position has not changed. by a vote of 93-7, the ad cleared the senate thursday night. under a controversial provision every terrorist suspect captured overseas or on u.s. soil would be sent to military custody unless the executive branch issues a national security waiver. i would argue that the homeland is part of a battlefield. we should protect the homeland above anything else. detractors say the provision oversteps the congressional authority and undercuts the u.s. constitution. the government cannot take from you, your life, your liberty or your property. without the process of law.
correspondent catherine herridge has an update. with more than $600 billion in military funding hanging in the balance, the white house spokesman indicated the president would veto the defense authorization act, detainee provisions remain in the bill. the senate has unfortunately engaged in political mike low management at the expense of the national security policy. our position has not changed. by a vote of 93-7, the ad cleared the senate thursday night. under a controversial provision every terrorist suspect captured overseas or on u.s. soil would be sent to military custody unless the executive branch issues a national security waiver. i would argue that the homeland is part of a battlefield. we should protect the homeland above anything else. detractors say the provision oversteps the congressional authority and undercuts the u.s. constitution. the government cannot take from you, your life, your liberty or your property. without the process of law.