gao. >> mr. gao, the gentleman from indiana, i mean gentleman from louisiana who is really familiar with this subject. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman. my question my question was i want to focus on the issue of shallow water permitting. i was reading one of the articles from "louisiana today" and they were saying about the slow process of shallow water permitting, and this is a question to president randolph of lafourche. how has this permitting process affected the shallow drilling industry in your parish? >> the department of the interior and mms's ability or charge to issue permits can create a de facto moratorium, and mms has done so, because the response to the request for permits has been very, very, very slow in the shallow waters, and the deep waters, what has been addressed in media, but shallow waters there's a de facto moratorium there as well. >> and how has this de facto moratorium affected some of the industry in your paris, how has it affected the people who are employed by t

hecho de que todo saliÓ a la luz, porque el hermano de javier logrÓ evadirse del baÚl de un carro del gaou familia. todo parece indicar que la fuga obligÓ a liberar al resto de la familia. pero luego de casi 7 meses del incidente, su padrastro sigue desaparecido. y sin dar seÑales de vida. >> las evidencias fueron tan contundentes que el ministerio de gobierno suspendiÓ a este grupo elite y abriÓ una exhaustiva investigaciÓn. >> si algÚn miembro de la policÍa tuvo algo que ver en la desapariciÓn del seÑor sedeÑo o no, y en los elementos que puedan aportar a la justicia para el esclarecimiento del tema. >> absolutamente todo lo que aparezca la policÍa les va a mostrar. lejos de que vengan terceras personas a indicar una cosa que es beijing obligaciÓn de la policÍa, nosotros mismos lo vamos a mostrar. >> para sorpresa de todos, el abogado de los oficiales del gao mostrÓ este video tomado por una cÁmara de seguridad donde supuestamente aparecen colÓn pico, el presunto torturado y geordi sedeÑo, el supuesto desaparecido, asaltando a mano armada un supermercado y mitando a un transeÚnte, 42 dÍ

---gaÓ espaÑa el mundial...y ahora enrique iglesias dice que esquiara desnudo en las playas de miami.cia...---ya regresa. regresamos. ---seguimos en noticiero telemundo 48 con el segmento "tu voz en la comunidad" .... donde lo escuchamos a usted. ---abrimos nuestras lineas telefonicas.... ----el tema de esta noche es: las tropas a la frontera.---evitaran que la violencia de mexico pase a nuestro pais...? ---gracias por opinar... continuen llamando... vamos a hacer una pausa pero antes un adelanto de los deportes con ramon diaz... ---sin mas ni mas... varios paises latinoamericanos le hacen frente a la ley 1070 de arizona... y la demandan ante la justicia... ya regresamos con esto y mas... mas... ---otra jornada violenta en mexico... esta vez el escenario es torreon en el estado de coahuila... donde una fiesta se torno en un verdareo baÑo de sangre... ---raul torres con los detalles. estado de ag coahuila >>> la huella de masacre están por toda partes, había sangre en el suelo, en la mesas y silla dispararon a todos los lo que se movía, y 18 personas murieron, y 19 más quedaron graveme

what is your view of the gao access to the intelligence committee? >> there been several incumbencies over my time. they have produced very useful studies. i was cited a recent case in point, the isr roadmap that we're required to maintain and gao has critique is on that. i would be involved with security clearance reform. the gao has held our feet to the far in insurance compliance with guidelines on the timeliness of clearances. and they have insisted on the quality metrics for insurance appropriate clearances. i think the gao serves a useful purpose for us. >> i appreciate your attitude on that as well. meaningful intelligence reform is also going to require some reform of the oversight process. is it time for the senate to grant appropriation authority to this committee has the 9/11 commission recommended for that to work? it has to be in unclassified topline budget request that will allow for a separate appropriation. would you support the declassification of the request for a remark >> i do support that. it has been done. in fact, i also pushed

ford is with the gao. we need to take you to the house of representatives who are beginning two days'of legislative business. if it is short, we will come back to the conversation. for five minutes. mr. connolly: thank you, mr. speaker. there's been considerable finger-pointing misdirected, i might add, by our colleagues on the other side of the aisle with respect to who is responsible with the mountain of debt weighing on our administration. i want to highlight some of the acts we have taken to reduce our deficit and restore fiscal responsibility. when this congress took office in january of 2009 we inherited the worst recession since the great depression and $1.2 trillion of annual deficit with red i -- was red inked far into the future. the question was whether the united states bond market could survive in the event the entire national debt was retired at the time? we had three straight budget surpluses totaling more than $559 billion with a projected $5.6 trillion surplus well into the decade. unfortu

the gao referred all of the companies to the fd skparbgs federal trade commission for further investigation >>> the highway patrol is working tonight in fresno couldn't tow determine the chain of events that led to a horrific fatal bus crash. the greyhound bus was carrying 31 passengers when it slammed into an overturned suv on a dark california freeway. >> reporter: the front of the greyhound bus was so bangled only a dangling seat was recognizable. it was heading from l.a. to sacramento at 2:15 this morning and crashed into a dark chevy trail blazer that overturned and was blocking two lane noose it came upon this vehicle quite suddenly it. did strike the vehicle that, at this time, was blacked out without a loomination. >> three young woman in the suv were ejected and killed. the bus skidded off the freeway, down an embankment and went into a tree killing two bus passengers and the driver. >> i just wondered lips stphraoeups there are ambulances and highway patrol everywhere. -- the corn or identified those killed at 57-year-old bus driver james judfrom sacramento. the young woman from t

our report was published this morning on the gao web site. the study addressed four questions. first, what are the scope of the fees including the fees' relation to the cost of the services provided and the degree of transparency. second, what is the potential impact of such fees on revenue used to help fund a fae through the trust fund? and third, how have the fees' affected the number of the checked bags and airline policies associated with the check and mishandled bags and last, what process these are available for refunding government imposed taxes and fees to passengers who cannot use their nonrefundable tickets? with regard to the major scope of the fees starting in about 2007, airlines began to charge for many services but which separate charges did not previously exist such as first and second checked baggage, carry-on bags and selection. the flying public generally consider these services were included in the price of the ticket. since the services were not bumbled and fees established, the revenue from the fees have become an important part of the statement of many ai

in addition, in a series of reports, gao found that fraud and a royalty collections have resulted in millions of dollars in lost revenue. we can and must do a better job overseeing offshore oil and gas activity. today we will hear directly from the secretary about how exactly they plan to implement the reorganization and increased oversight and accountability at mms, which we are anxious and eager to hear. before we begin, i want to make one final observation. while the interior department is responsible for regulating the oil industry, and they have been taking a lot of people that, it does not change the fact that bp was responsible for the safety of its oil wells, and bp was responsible in terms of responding to the oil spill. it is the peak that is ultimately responsible for the entire cleanup and -- it is bp that is ultimately responsible for the entire cleanup and the cost, as well as the job losses and loss of income that resulted from the spill. i am committed to ensuring that the government has the authority and the ability to effectively regulate the safety of offshore dril

the gao did not reveal the names of the companies tested, but today navo genetics defended their tests>> we work with prevention wellness services so we always have clinical support around the information that we deliver. >> reporter: nevogenics say they are working with the fda to create new standards for their industry. they concluded that genetic testing is more of an art than a science. >>> will bart vote a roll back fare? we'll have the latest from the bart board of director. >>> and it was a very welcomed warm up. our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the temperatures and he'll have his full report when we come back. >>> new at 6:00, cars go up in flames at an airport parking lot. we're on the scene to show you the damage. and find out exactly what happened. >>> plus, whooping cough continues to spread through california. find out what health officials are doing right now to stop the spread. >>> also, toxic pesticides completely wipe out thousands of bees. we're investigating who may be to blame for killing bee colonies. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. children

that was the gao report. >> there are auditting functions that do occur. we do collections from companies where they have under paid and that does happen on an ongoing basis. we are in the process of implementing numerous recommendations from gao as well as those from our inspector general. >> but is it fair to say that we could be under collecting by mill ions possibly billions in this royalty program? >> i think it is fair to say that there is under collection that is taking place and it really revolves around two key issues one is the measurements relative to the oil and gas that is being produced against which the royalties are being leveed and secondly, the royalty level itself and whether or not that is the appropriate royalty level. >> and that is what my bill would look at to look at more accurate measurements and compare with other countries. also -- in the -- they are call me to a vote. this is an important area and we need to move into the 21st century. why in the world are we rated solo 93rd in the world in the royalty payments coming from the

in agriculture, and the gao report, we have looke at that carefully. the distinction that i would make would be between our ability to track the flow of funds and the process indicators and the actual abervation of outcomes. i can sit here and tell you how many ag depots have been created. we are improving our capability to understand what does that mean for a farmer who went back and planned? what kind of an improvement did they get and how does that connect to the larger sector performance and we need to get to a place where we c do that and we are working to make that happen. but that is the difference between what our report highlighted with strong oversight the flow of funds. in terms of, i won't comment on dod's systems for tracking outcomes. there are settings last week where we saw roads fund ed with the surg program come together with roads funded with the usaid program. we have a says tem ystem and i e effort to bring together the civilian and military sid in those settings is helping at the point that those decisions people understand the va

that was the gao report. >> there are auditting functions that do occur. we do collections from companies where they have under paid and that does happen on an ongoing basis. we are in the process of implementing numerous recommendations from gao as well as those from our inspector general. >> but is it fair to say that we could be under collecting by mill ions possibly billions in this royalty program? >> i think it is fair to say that there is under collection that is taking place and it really revolves around two key issues one is the measurements relative to the oil and gas that is being produced against which the royalties are being leveed and secondly, the royalty level itself and whether or not that is the appropriate royalty level. >> and that is what my bill would look at to look at more accurate measurements and compare with other countries. also --

gao has produced very useful studies. recently, the isr roadmap we are required to maintain -- gao has critiqued us on that. have been deeply involved with personal security clearance reform. gao has held our feet to the fire, ensuring compliance with guidelines on timeliness of clearances. lately has also insisted on quality metrics to ensure appropriate clearances. it serves a useful purpose. >> i appreciate your attitude on that solving a meaningful reform will also require some reform of the oversight process. is it time for the senate to this inappropriatappropriationo committee for that to work? there must be an unclassified topline budget request effect that would allow for a separate bill. would you support the decalcification -- declassification of the president's top line report the? >> yes, i would, and i also pushed through and got secretary gets to [inaudible] frankly, i thought we were being a bit disingenuous but only releasing the national program. secretary gates has agreed we could also publicize that. i

let's look at gao. mr. hilman's office released a report about aig.ne focus of the reort is the status of aig's attempt to repay its debt to the american taxpayer. over time the government has exchanged much of aig's debt for stk, meaning the government's ability to recoup the billions advanced to aig will depend to a large degree on aig's ability to sell its business assets as it restructures. the recent collapse of 35 billion-dollar deal to sell aig life insurance subsidiaries in common assigned the taxpayer may not get back their money or at least take a lg time. one of the purposes of t.a.r.p. of course were to preserve homeownership and protect home values. treasury announced that 50 billion-dollar home affordable modification program in march 2009 and all three of the watchdogs on the panel today have issued reports on the program's progress and that is not good. the progress hasn't been good. a program treasurysaid would result in three tofour million-dollar modifications there up in only three and 40,000 permanent. in fact there have been 430,

the gao projects if we maintain our current spending that we will surpass the high we sent -- was set in 1946 within a decade. that is about 115%. that is not a formula for long- term economic success. the commission faces a daunting challenge and is suggesting a path forward towards is the responsibility that is both realistic and politically achievable. it is not easy, but something that governors are used to doing it. as we have said a number of times to write our meeting, we have to balance our budget and as we have been working for the greatest fiscal crisis since the great depression, a lot of governors have been getting some practice implementing a lean government. we have some ideas will come out this morning with our distinguished panelists that will be helpful to them and helpful to the future of our country's this condition. on to call on our colleagues to introduce their constituents who are our distinguished presenters today. we will begin. >> thank you. it is a delight to get to introduce out. -- introduce al. have known him for a long time. we are very collegial. if you

this conclusion is reinforced by recent gao and inspector general reports that have raised deep concerns over the viability and the quality of training for the afghan national army and police. the lack of clarity in afghanistan does not end with the president's timetable. both civilian and military operations in afghanistan are proceeding without a clear definition of success. there has been much discussion of our counterinsurgency strategy and methods, but very little explanation of what metrics must be achieved before the country is considered secure. at some moments, it appears as if we are trying to remake the economic, political and security culture of afghanistan. we should know by now that such grand ambitions are beyond our resources and powers. at other moments, it appears we are content with a narrow, security driven definition of success, namely preventing an implacably hostile taliban regime from taking over the government and preventing afghanistan from becoming a terrorist safe haven regardless of what government is in power. but even at this narrow definition of success we

the gao, the investigative arm of congress, says the three years after launching the program, the state department does not know if it is making a difference. those are some the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> ken feinberg is the head of the gulf spill independent claims fund. he will testify on capitol hill today about how the compensation will be distributed. we will have coverage of the house judiciary committee at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. fed chairman ben bernanke will give his semi-annual monetary report to congress to live coverage of the senate banking committee at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. as the senate prepares to debate the energy bill next week, find out what the debate is about with c-span's video library. look up a bill with our new bill search feature and watched congressional hearings and previous debate on the house and senate floor. it is all on-line and free. the c-span video library, washington your way. >> c-span is now available in over 100 million homes, bringing you a direct link to public affairs, politics, history, and nonfiction books, all of the

the gao projects if we maintain our current spending that we will surpass the high we sent -- was set in 1946 within a decade. that is about 115%. that is not a formula for long- term economic success. the commission faces a daunting challenge and is suggesting a path forward towards is the responsibility that is both realistic and politically achievable. it is not easy, but something that governors are used to doing it. as we have said a number of times to write our meeting, we have to balance our budget and as we have been working for the greatest fiscal crisis since the great depression, a lot of governors have been getting some practice implementing a lean government. we have some ideas will come out this morning with our distinguished panelists that will be helpful to them and helpful to the future of our country's this condition. on to call on our colleagues to introduce their constituents who are our distinguished presenters today. we will begin. >> thank you. it is a delight to get to introduce out. -- introduce al. have known him for a long time. we are very collegial. if you

costs comparisons between contractors and government personnel carrying out the same function and our gao colleague may be able to say more on this it's proved to be exceedingly difficult for a variety of reasons. one of the last year reports required data from the department of defense in order to make this comparison, department of defense was unable to provide the data. there seems to be a difference in cost as you sort of move up the skills chain. if you're going to hire local or third party nationals to do construction, laundry or mail service, you're much more likely to save money than to do things sort of at the top of the skills, private security, more engineering function. if you hire americans you may pay on a per day basis more than an american official to do the same things. the benefits seem to be lesson the cost side often and more on quick deployability of contractors into a war zone. on the inherently governmental side, there is certainly reason to revisit this whole issue. our recommendation has been to try to move away from trying to divide every single activity into int

the gao would provide an independent assessment. they have moved into technology assessment. we need to do this sooner rather than later. this was preempted because someone actually suggested this of the national academy of sciences to undertake a new study of environmental impacts. the last time with it biotas containment was 2004. the chapter on synthetic organisms is weak. there were very focused on animals and plants. it is time to take a hard look at this. people shave to start looking at extremely low probability but high impact events at the beginning of the nuclear age, the rand corporation said we need to think the unthinkable and think about things that could be gained changers that we are not thinking about. it is time to engage in greater international cooperation, not just around biosecurity, but around issues like risk research, intellectual property issues, and the one that is coming up again and again. that is the biosafety issues. those are my comments. all the things i have referred to are on our website. the work we do is funded by the sloan foundation. >>

anybody, not necessarily that you reported to but somebody sort of like we have here inspector eneral, gao can go into a government agency and sort of tell members of congress what's happening? did you have that ununder the 9/11 commission? >> constantly, the office of managent and budget. >> now you're not going to have that here? >> no. >> don't you think you would even want to van inspector general or claims adjuster or somebody that could oversee this and report back to congress on what you're doing instead of you reporting back on what you're doing yourself? don't you think -- i mean i would think i would like to have somebody checking up on me just to make sure that i get the cross the dots -- >> i love that idea. i think we're going do that. now we will have a separate question related, what about -- i've heard this from various congressional committees. what about fraud? what about the problem of fraud, not so much auditing just fraudulent claim, the department of justice criminal fraud department is working with us directly. >> so you'll refer them. >> absolutely, we'll have an in