the bridge from parliament square. all of it. locked up, really, security is at a maximum. great news there, appreciate the splendid architecture of westminster abbey. the union flag flying over victoria tower at midday, the third formal departure. as i explained during the year the imperial state crown and other items of regalia, they have their own procession to underline their importance in the events, symbolic power that they represent, the modest

authority of supremacy. we have a good view of capital maintenance. the long tunes of the gentleman at arm's fluttering in the breeze as andrew ford controls the office to be charged again, spectating in the palace before turning in to the tower of london. godzill and again they are taken back in

the procession. we do catch a glimpse of them on the way back, the head of the bases will be positioned in a certain way to pop out of the windows of the carriage and that is a reminder of these positions in days gone by. they were there to project modest power and symbols of modest power said they are properly on display all along the route. all is ready. the coach will be on its way very soon. this is queen alexandra's state

coach, a converted into a state coach for this occasion. fantastic -- and to victoria power, turning the corner to the right. the imperial state crown to

buckingham palace, those departures have been formalized. why don't we put into the central lobby? >> the m ps of gone back to their offices on the politics that take place this afternoon and i am joined by two lord's, ernest king and lord buckley. i can help but think you are in all your finery today. >> can you book some roads? >> and you were -- >> no. i was from television. nice to be here. >> this is your first queen's speech. >> and i was overwhelmed by the occasion. an overwhelming place, pretty wonderful. >> give me a sense what it is

like. have you seen -- >> i have seen the queen's >> this is the best one, i have not been allowed in. it is a special occasion. >> there are more than 700 laws. >> those are active and began to speak. and on the house of commons. and the discretionary display, and the man on the order paper, carries the goals they can it goes to show that it is really wild, people want to know, and look at what is in between the

speech. >> talk of politics in the next few days encrusts venture so, signing legislation. >> if you are on the argument and that gives you a certain distance in which you look at things objectively. i was listening to opportunities for a launching pad. >> once again -- >> it will be about the arts. i feel i was appointed to represent, that was the good thing, they look for holes in their pockets and wanted more expertise in the realm of the arts and broadcasting. >> good luck for next year.

>> i will move. >> thank you. it gets hot i am told. thanks so much. join us a little later. we will be talking to a man you have been mentioning a lot, the marshall will be telling us about the ceremony. >> as we heard it is a new experience for some involved in today's ceremony but for her majesty the queen is an event she is familiar with. this coronation anniversary we look back at the times the queen has been here. >> the state of the parliament in november of 1962, queen elizabeth, the occasion attracted significant interest in spite of winter weather, large crowds lined the streets, many of them children.

once the process and returned to buckingham palace the queen and prince philip appeared on the balcony. the first instance of the new queen and the family together. in 1958 the public were able to get even closer. >> today, for the first time, this ceremony is being watched not only by those who are present in this chamber but many millions of my subjects. >> the occasion is often a family event for the queen, regularly transmitted by the duke and up to the present day by other members of the parliament. the ceremony focuses attention on the queen's role as head of state. >> my government will seek to play a full and constructive part in preserving peace and justice. >> during 60 years of the

queen's rain there have many changes on the benches and throughout more, her majesty has been commended for her sense of dedication and duty. the event is an location to witness the queen and her most regal for the monarch is the most important occasion to focus on her constitutional role in an ever-changing united kingdom and by the grace of god, her majesty and radiance happily together. >> we join me with somebody who has a very large responsibility, make sure today goes well and that is the earl marshal. in your family for how many? >> 500 years. in the tower of london, the opposite.

in 1672 -- >> it passed to your son as well. >> or my daughter. who knows? >> tell us from your perspective. >> i think it went extremely well. the queen arrived at the royal entrance three minute journey which is quite unusual and that caused a few hiccups along the way. they had to wait to finish. >> a little freestyle here, the central lobby when he was delayed slightly and only momentarily. >> you could try to climb these things as much as you can bet you work on the day. >> how important to you is the ceremony of the queen's speech? >> extremely important because in this country we have an unwritten constitution. something that has evolved over time and the ceremony brings parts of the constitution, the queen, the ground from which power always devolves in england. here to parliament, brings together the house of lords

where she makes her speech and enables, and to enact laws and some ceremonies to do that and this was extremely well and the public loved it. it is british tradition, something we are known for the world over and long may it continue. >> what has been more memorable? >> i have been doing it myself since 2002 because my father died at year. i remember when jack straw in 2004 was the chancellor and the lord great chamber and i stopped walking backwards to organize and that is what we did, started walking forward and as it is we delivered between's speech worked backwards and that was rather ironic. the great this is in his a lot of traditions but always

tinkering with it, and it is a great ceremony. >> you must be a happy man. >> thanks to the earl marshal. time for some final thoughts here, and -- >> is a ceremonial occasion. and it was pragmatic, and the big issue facing the company which is a terrible state to the economy and getting back on its feet again and a long-term future in terms of care and child care and pensions and that is the message. >> three years ago people wondered whether the coalition government would last and it has lasted and there's plenty of energy left with serious reforms to help drive the economy forward to toggle these long-term issues and answer

concerns about immigration. there was a big immigration bill and so on. the overall message is government is on people's side. it has a big program of reform and they will continue to drive that through. >> in 2010 things have changed and we would see growth and the economy reviving. what we haven't seen is that happening and growth has flat wind and people are unemployed and people unemployed saying unemployed for longer and what we didn't see has anything to tackle youth unemployment, and consumer issues around the cost of living, little about housing whether it is the private sector or a building a house people need and that is a great missed opportunity. >> the measures on immigration, seems to be few of these measures are the focus of the next general election but there will be people who find they were the result of pension changes and protection for their savings if they need social care and a little easier to get child

care and the debate about whether those are the right measures. reminders on the daylight this is not just about politics or commentary. laws change people's lives and laws will be debated on long and hard from people with all politics and sometimes none which will have a real effect on the ceremony we have seen today. >> thanks to all of you. thank you for coming in. that is it. state opening of parliament in 2013, that is part of the great debate. the debate will start in parliament. we hope you enjoyed the coverage. we will be covering the politics on the bbc news channel in the hours ahead. catch up with that. for more from westminster, good bye.

♪ >> as the ceremony comes to a close of quick reminder that if you missed any of today's state opening of british parliament you can watch it any time in c-span's video library, go to c-span.org. and we will have highlights from today's coverage sunday at 9:00 eastern on c-span. also british prime minister question time resumes next wednesday, may 15th. you can see that live at 7:00 eastern right here on c-span2. in washington today, the president of south korea will address a joint meeting of congress, she is the first female president of the country,

her speech comes after meetings yesterday with president obama. she is the sixth south korean leader to a joint -- address a joint meeting of congress and we have that at 10:30 eastern on companion network c-span this morning. on capitol hill today three state department officials testify before the house oversight committee on the benghazi consulate attacks, two testified in private before the committee. september 11th attack last year killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. live beginning at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. yesterday on the hill interior secretary sally jewell testified of the 2014 budget telling lawmakers she is a lot in $475,000 to repair parts in other facilities damaged by hurricane sandy. she also discussed the impact automatic spending cuts are having on her department employees. senate appropriations subcommittee here. interior department will receive $10.9 billion, 4% increase

enacted 2012 figure. . >> let me call the meeting to order. and the budget request, i want to take a moment to welcome our new secretary, sally jewell who was sworn is the 50 first secretary of the interior on april 12th. we are all fortunate she brings to her new position three decades of suggesting which experience as a corporate executive, banker, a petroleum engineer and mr. recently serving as chief executive officer of recreational equipment inc. and just as important she brings to the job her personal experience as an avid outdoorsman and advocate for public land so thank you for your commitment to service. i congratulate you on behalf of

the entire committee and we are very pleased we are able to host your very first congressional hearing as secretary. and we promised to behave, good luck. also look forward to hosting you in rhode island to see one of america's great national treasures. let me also recognize treasury secretary david hayes who is here for his final appearance before he departs for his new position at stanford. and thanks for your extraordinary experience in the obama administration and the clinton administration, extraordinary service for the country. and i want to thank you particularly for joining senator

mikulski and secretary salazar and the subject being corrected, i don't think you will find another restaurant as unique as north of the border, if you do find such a restaurant please let us know because we will go there but good luck in all you do. i also recognize the assistant secretary of paul c. rhea suh and pamela haze, they're the continuity and expertise and you will recognize that. i want to congratulate pamela haze, an honor richly deserve to. as we turn to the budget is

worth noting the president's request this year, 2014, provides the interior department would increases of energy department, land acquisition, science programs and operations of the nation's public land and secretary sally jewell saw a budget request for conservation when the department has been challenged by acts of sequestration and other pressures on the budget. let me suggest a few details we can discuss as the hearing proceeds. all told interior department programs funded by the subcommittee increase 4% compared to fiscal year 2015 for a total of $10.7 billion. the request includes $2.6 billion to the national park service which is 4% increase over 2013. the budget provides a significant increase for the operation of national parks, i am concerned the budget proposes cuts on that national heritage areas like the blackstone river valley national heritage corridor in rhode island and i look forward to discussing this

issue with you. funding for the bureau of land management is up 4% over the fiscal year 2013 level 4 total of $1.1 billion. that amount includes a proposal for $48 million fee to strengthen the onshore oil and gas inspection program. the request also proposes increased funding for the u.s. fish and wildlife service budget by 7% for a total of $1.51 billion. that includes increase in the national wildlife refuge operation and science programs, additional investments in science and research made in the budget for the u.s. geological survey which is slated to receive a 9% increase over 2013 and this atmosphere these increases i significant and notable as you recognize, madam secretary. funding for the offshore energy programs which has long been an item of interest to the subcommittee increased by 9% for total of $392 million. that amount includes $169 million for the bureau of

ocean energy management and find new investments for permitting and renewable energy projects like the ones we are pursuing off the coast of rhode island. includes $222 million for bureau save the environment and enforcement which handles inspections and enforcement related to offshore oil and gas production and that is an increase of $22 million over 2013 levels. this includes $777 million for wildland fire management programs in the department. did decrease of $60 million below 2013 of that amount fully funds the tenure rolling average for fire suppression but does not include offsetting cuts to hazardous fumes reduction program. the budget request includes major initiatives in land and water conservation which i expect we will discuss this morning. it provides a budget of 6 familiar dollars for the programs that the interior department and appropriations funded by the subcommittee.

for the first time of the budget proposes to fund mandatory funding the we have a long-term role in the response and it is something we should discuss with respect to this proposal. i look forward to hearing from you. with that, let me turn to the ranking member for any comments she would make, lisa murkowski. >> welcome and good morning, madame secretary, good to have you before the committee. this will be the first of many opportunities to sit down and work together on issues that are clearly important to our nation, public land, clearly important to my state as host of so many treasures. welcome and congratulations. i also want to acknowledge the good work of the peace secretary

david hayes and i share the chairman's appreciation for the work that you have provided the department of the interior under former secretary salazar. we know their rig difficult issues that you worked on, particularly the issues related to the arctic -- we didn't always agree on everything, but you were always very honest, very open with me and my staff. i appreciate that and appreciate your leadership within the department. i am sorry to see you leave but good luck to you as you go off to stanford and anytime you want to come fishing of north, we are there to welcome you. i also want to acknowledge rhea suh 11, secretary of policy

management and budget and david hayes, great individual in the department, i appreciate your good work. i know that you are new to this position but you have a seasoned budget team with you today that will serve you well during your tenure. like your predecessor who visited the state frequently on a hope that you will come to alaska soon. it is a critical time for our state and i would appreciate the opportunity to show you personally some of the things that are a priority for me not the least of which will have an opportunity hopefully in august, there is so much to see so i look forward to those opportunities. as you start your new position i will say the same thing that i said to my friend can salazar when he assumed the position as secretary of the interior. you are alaska's landlord

effectively. we have over two twenty-two million acres under the department's jurisdiction and that does not include the millions of acres of our continental shelf waters. we have the nation's largest national wildlife refuge which is 85% of the entire refuge system. we have the nation's largest national park and nearly 1-third of all the land over seventy-five million acres. we also have one half of all federally recognized tribes and the responsibility federal government goes to our people is very important to me and at times i don't think it has been given the attention it deserves by either the department of interior or the sister agency, the indian health service so i hope you take a fresh look at improving the department's relationship with native americans and alaska natives and turning to your budget i know that most of it was largely

developed prior to your assuming this position as secretary. that has got to be a tough situation to walk into but i must tell you that there are two proposals in this request that are frankly an insult to the people of alaska and i am speaking particularly of legislative proposals concerning future funding for the cleanup of legacy in the national petroleum reserve and completion of surveys that necessary to convey final packages to the state of alaska and alaska natives. over 100 wells were drilled by the federal government within the npr a and then simply abandoned. the government simply walked away. the annual budget has for many years contain base funding of only $1 million for cleaning of these wells. the last two sites that were addressed costs the agency

$2 million each to remediator to acceptable standards so at this pace it is going to take over 100 years to clean up this mess and interestingly if the federal government were a private company operating on state land the fines alone would exceed $8 billion. we all know the federal government is exempt from state regulation on its own land. the current situation is bad enough, the budget now proposes to take the state's share of future revenues that generated from the npr a to pay for the cost of the cleanup. in other words what is proposed here, the budget proposes to charge the state of alaska for the federal government's own mess for what they failed to clean up they are now asking of the state to step in and pick up. i need to be very plain today,

this proposal in my view is that on a rival. it is not going to happen so we need to be working together to address the way we move forward and i look forward to that opportunity. likewise the notion that the state must pay for the final land entitled to it under the state attacked is equally wrong headed. this is a problem for decades. you are walking into a situation that has been out there unaddressed and how you will deal with it is difficult. in 2004 the congress passed the alaska land transfer acceleration act that was intended to finish advances by the 50th anniversary of statehood back in 2009. that didn't happen but at least the department made an attempt to increase the pace of conveyances and i appreciate that. for the last several years the department annually slashes the budget request for this program

even though the state is still waiting for a title of thirty-seven million acres of its land. alaska natives are awaiting final transfer of 11.4 million acres, from the one quarter of their land some 40 years after the fact they are still waiting. my staff has surged. we can find no other state in the union that was ever asked to me effectively pay to gain the lands that were promised them when they joined this union. not arizona, not new mexico, not florida, not california, no one, not one state has been asked to foot the bill to pay for the land. we will not start with alaska. i would ask mr. chairman, i received a letter from the alaska village ceo association that was to the issue of the land conveyances and i ask that --