Records have been pretty much upheld a. Interpretation and application of the ethics rules is really up to the branches of congress themselves, its the committees to interpret that. Anyone else . Yes. [inaudible] about how congress can avoid ethical investigations. Well, i think nowadays, and again, jim kim service take to this better than i. No sophisticated lobbying shop pitches just on their ability to have, you know, who they know and have contacts, and certainly, nobody pitches on the basis that they play golf or take somebody out for drinks. Its the background its the relationship, its the inside knowledge of the process, and the people. So i dont think thats there is an impression obviously outside but i dont think the sophisticated firms any longer pitch that because it doesnt conform with reality. Very personal question, but do you have a good volume of clients coming on the issue of lobbying registration and that the . Yes definitely. We advise clients on compliant whether th
Screeria nigeria. Visits phoenix to talk about Home Ownership followed by a discussion about religion and the free market. On january 20th the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case challenging restrictions on judicial candidates directly soliciting Campaign Contributions. Legal analysts discuss the pending case and judicial elections at the National Press club in washington, d. C. This is an hour and ten minutes. Good morning, everyone. The timetable this morning is pretty tight. We want to be able to give a lot of time for questions. And so were going to begin our presentation to you this morning. My name is andrew coen. Im a fellow at the Brennan Center and a journalist with cbs news and the marshal project. And im delighted to be here in sunny, warm washington. To be part of this interesting presentation. In a moment, im going to introduce this distinguished panel each of whom knows a great deal more about this important Supreme Court case than i do. A couple of points. T
Or down, we were winning. We had no other way to explain it. This isnt to suggest we werent seceding intermission. Border patrol had to have consistent and reliable data. Not simply data on what we were catching, we also had to report data on what we were not catching and the unknown. Today the Border Patrol does not describe the borders as controlled or uncontrolled. Instead it uses a variety of indicators, capability assessments, commander judgment to assign areas of risk category of high, medium and low. The Border Patrol also evaluates these risks to ensure they are based on current risk. In closing, i will leave you with a few thoughts here that became evident as we wrote these articles and i spoke with dozens of agents representing thousands of years of Border Patrol experience. Border security is not an end state to be achieved and revisited every five or ten years. Rather, its a constant battle we fight every day and one which we must be vigorously engaged. There is also no pan
Pipeline. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 3. A bill to improve the keystone x. L. Pipeline approve the keystone x. L. Pipeline. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution 19 the bill is considered read, the bill shall be debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on transportation and infrastructure. And the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce. The gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Shuster, the gentleman from oregon, mr. Defazio, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. Wit field and the gentleman from new jersey whitfield, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Pallone, each control 15 minutes. Mr. Shuster thank you mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. Mr. Shuster i rise today to support h. R. 3, the keystone x. L. Pipeline act, and for
So i should actually correct myself. In the reference to child pornography and staca is so similar to the effort you are launching to change the term from child prostitute to a child victim, there is an effort to change the reference to child pornography. Because it is not pornography, it is child sexual abuse content. It is the documentation of violent abuse of a child. So it is very different. And that is why our child sexual abuse Deterrence Program has been under way for three years and our john deterrence is just getting started. Because it is more black and white with child sexual abuse content. And when you are online, you need when you work online you have to indicators, right . You need to know key words or behaviors. And with child sexual abuse content it is very clear. There are certain words that mean certain things and that allows you to target and reach people and intercept them more clearly. When it comes to child trafficking and child victims, it is massed in this perce