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Greta the 51st attorney general of texas joins us today, republican ken paxton. Thank you, sir, for being here. Atty. Gen. Paxton thank you for having me on. Greta i appreciate it. We also have with us kevin diaz, who is with the houston chronicle, the washington correspondent for them, and josh gerstein, who is senior White House Reporter for politico. Josh, you have the first question, go ahead. Josh welcome, mr. Attorney general. I wanted to start by asking you i think one of the programs or controversies you have been associated with most recently, which is the daca program for dreamers, litigation threatened by your Office Appears to have spurred the Trump Administration into winding that program down. At a hearing just a few weeks ago in new york, a federal judge seemed very perturbed by the way the win ....
The wind down was carried out. He called it, unacceptable to me as a human being and as an american, and he also called the winding down of that program heartless. How do you react when you hear those kinds of comments about a policy change that many people view that you set in motion . Atty. Gen. Paxton daca is very similar to dapa. We had a lawsuit filed by our previous attorney general, who is now governor, governor abbott. As i was walking into office, we took that case from the District Court to the fifth circuit, and we won at both places. Then ultimately took it to the u. S. Supreme court and got an injunction to stop it. Ultimately, that was rescinded. It was rescinded largely because it was unconstitutional. Daca was no different. Whether you like these policies or not, ultimately it is up to congress to make these decisions, not the white house , not some agency. This was founded on constitutional principle. Whether you ....
Republican ken paxton, thank you, sir, for being here. Appreciate t we also have with us, kevin diaz, with the houston chronicle, the washington correspondent for them. And josh who is senior White House Reporter for politico. Josh, today. Republican ken paxton, thank you, sir, for being here. Appreciate t we also have first go ahead. Welcome, mr. Attorney general. Wanted to start by asking you about i think one of the programs or controversies you have been associated with most recently which is the daca program for dreamers. Litigation threatened by your Office Appears to have spurred the Trump Administration into winding that program down. At a hearing just a few weeks ago in new york, a federal judge seemed very perturbed by the way the wind down was carried out. He called it, unacceptable to me as a huma ....
Consideration of executive and judicial nominees. This runs about an hour and 15 minutes. The meeting will come to order. Today, the committee on rules and administration will receive system on Senate Resolution 355, improving procedures for consideration of nominations in the u. S. Senate. I want to thank senator langford, who is here with us at the table, for agreeing to appear before us today to discuss the merits of his resolution. In 2010, this committee undertook a comprehensive examination of the filibuster in the United States senate. That examination was conducted in response to an ongoing debate about invoking the Nuclear Option. And while no action was taken immediately following the conclusion of the committees work, the senate did take steps in early 2013 to modify some of the rules and procedures for cons ....