Commend you for is your work to try to help save money. Everybody knows that the government needs money to provide services. But of late, we are trying to make sure that every task of government is completed more efficiently and more effectively than it has been before. Money is limited. And you are to be commended for the work that you have done to try to save the taxpayers dollars. I notice that your request this year, 88. 2 is almost a million less than you requested last year, and i can tell you, fellow members up here dont see that happen very often when an agency comes in and asks for less money than they received the year before. We thank you for that. I know you done some Cost Containment initiatives dealing with technology and personnel and it has paid off. I know there is small increases that are inflationary themselves. So we look forward to hearing from you about the resources that you need, and any other comments you might have about the judiciary . General and we will ple
Extent there is a free sample you would get, and we know from interviewing travelers that many of them that have had the opportunity to experience expedited screening through management inclusion and Risk Assessment rules have subsequent subsequently applied for the program. So its all subjective, its not negative. We are going to leave the rest of this hearing at this point to go live to capitol hill where Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson will be testifying on the 2016 budget address fwr brbefore the subcommittee. California democrat lucille reybald allard is ranking chair. An increase of 1. 7 billion above fiscal year 2015. Mr. Secretary there is a lot to like in this request. And i have some concerns, too but for the First Time Since ive been chairman, im pleased with many of the recommendations in your request. The request prioritizes dhss front lines and personnel. It doesnt include unauthorized fees as an offset and complies with the law of funding 34,040 detention beds. W
This is very specific saying where the two legislators principally in charge of this said this is what we understand the requirements are, that were going to maintain the black voting age population in each district. That brings me to my second point which is that imagine that we had done the same thing the plaintiffs are suggesting and we had a higher Political Science telling us that 55 should be the target. I dont think we should say race dominated in that circumstance just because we had a different target. They are bringing effectively a circumstantial case here. They have the fact that we said this is our objective under section 5 Justice Kagans question points out the fact that the defenders of this plan did not rely on the fact that it was a political gerrymander and, of course, they said there was the 2 goal. The basis was race in order to comply with section 5. My point about that is certainly with respect to specific districts they were based on partisanship. Had they challe
Obviously, it is a major concern, even the activities taking place in all parts of the world. Part of the big discussion was whether or not how we recalibrate ourselves to deal with these challenges. Because here i was about catching people after they have done something wrong and in the case of terrorism it is a different approach where you are trying to prevent something catastrophic from happening. By people who, in many instances, have no desire to get away. It is a much different circumstance. It will be interesting as we talk about cybercrime, which is a big deal, and a lot of these other issues obviously, this is something that from a National Government perspective, the decision of the commission was that we should not have a terrorism only entity, that the fbi was quite capable of dealing with this challenge, and the bureau has proven today. But you also faced criticism from some of the processes you had to utilize, which in some cases is the question of whether or not people
These horses are sacred to us. We love our horses. But we love our land, too. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill our lead story tonight the end is finally in sight, in the political stalemate that closed part of the government and threatened national default. Senators crafted a compromise today, and House Republicans threw in the towel. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. The majority leader. Ifill Senate Leaders took the floor at midday, deal in hand. The chambers top d