mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to another gentleman who has been a long time supporter of this project, mr. flake. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i thank the gentleman for yielding. listening to the debate you wonder what bill we are debating here. the opposition seems to be talking about something completely, completely different. we have heard under the rule debate yesterday and some of the debate today that this won't create any jobs in arizona. that somehow these jobs will go to robots. come on, this isn't the jetsons doing this. i have no idea what's being talked about here. let me just give you a couple of examples of those who are employed currently. there are 500 people currently employed by resolution on the mine. 500. 90% of them are arizonans. 90% of the 500 right now. they are estimated 1,400 jobs directly related to the mine or directly in the mine, and some 3,700 beyond that. ancillary jobs that come as a result of it. guzman, a local superi

mr. chairman, let's vote. >> no further discussion -- >> mr. chairman? mr. chairman? i don't see many decreases in many, and i think it's appropriate for us, since this is a new -- there's a new census out, that we follow the new census, put it in the base bill it can still be amended in different ways, and that's what happens with the formula, and there's areas where they can raise their areas a little bit, and we'll put in amendments, but i think this is a much more difficult thing to get fairness on the floor an some of the other things, so i would hope we adopt this. >> all in favor, aye. all oppose, no. well, the ayes appear to have it. ayes have it. >> mr. chairman, can i take 0 seconds to inform the chair and ranking member? the same inequity exists on title one. >> i'm sorry, i'm going to call for a roll call vote on that, i guess. >> sure. >> amendment number two. >> call the roll, please. >> senator bingaman? >> no, by proxy. >> senator murray? >> no, by proxy. >> senator sanders? >> no, by proxy. >> senator casey? >> no. >> senator hagueen? >> aye. >> senat

mr. chairman? >> i'm sorry. it wouldn't come out of title i, but the states, the states and the child education people and the child welfare agency would work out where the money came from for transportation. and this is really to help these kids that are so vulnerable. and there is child welfare money available for transportation. >> i'm just trying to determine what it is that we are really doing here. if all that we're providing for with this amendment is requirement to collaborate between each state educational agency and the state child welfare agency to develop a plan. i mean, that's what you're laying out here. if it's a requirement of collaboration -- >> that's right. >> that's fine. good, i service support that. we should be doing that anyway. >> the ranking member is correct. there will be some money involved in making sure these kids get the transportation they need from the new home to the old school that they stay in. now, half of this, i mean, the states, we want the states to figure t

mr. chairman. mr. hairman, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, our nation has suffered through 32 consecutive months of over 8% unemployment and people everywhere across our great nation continue to ask, whe are the jobs? congress' top priority right now is job creation and today we have an opportunity to act on th commitment by passing a bill that would put thousands of americans to work. the southeast arizona land exchange and conservation act sponsored by our colleague from arizona, mr. gosar, is a commonsense measure that will create new american jobs and strengthen our economy through increased u.s. mineral production. the bill authorizes an equal value land exchange between resolution copper, the federal government, the state of arizona and the town of superior, arizona, that will open up the third largest undeveloped copper resource in the world. the bill requires the cost of the land exchange b

mr. chairman. so, if we want to no legal basis for the subordination of this loan, by d.o.e., wouldn't it be nice to have d.o.e. here? the majority has a focus on e-mail from august 2011 in which a treasury official raised this question about whether subordination of the guaranteed loans to solyndra was appropriate. and a treasury official expresses a view that d.o.e. is restructuring of the loan may require department of justice approval. now, i think it's appropriate for the subcommittee to conduct a fact gathering relating to these documents to advance the committee's understanding and decisions relating to the solyndra loan guarantee, but if we really wanted to have a fact-finding hearing, when we also bring d.o.e. in to see what they thought when treasury told them that they thought that the department of justice needed to improve -- approved this loan? the treasury comments regarding subordination raise questions about the application of the energy policy act provisions to the department of en

mr. chairman. i'm just trying to nail down the distinction that we are talking about it in an elementary schoolteacher and a special ed teacher, because under the definition of highly qualified on 778, it does say that in elementary school teacher must have passed a rigorous state test in reading, writing, mathematics and other areas of basic elementary curriculum. so it lays out -- and said if they are teaching a single subject then they don't have to. and it sounds like the same structure that we are discussing for the special-education teacher, and i'm not sure we've nailed down the difference other than the special education teacher needs to have special training in how to teach as a special education teacher; am i missing something here? >> all right. is there any more discussion? a vote occurs on the amendment by senator paul. all those in favor say aye. opposed, no. the noes appear to have it. >> [inaudible] >> recorded vote is requested. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call]

mr. chairman.>> thank you, miss napolitano. i will recognize myself for questions and other members will be recognized. ms. napolitano, my first question is this. dhs declines to local jails. they are released into our communities. the congressional research service says, that under this administration over half of the criminal emmy grants identified 300,000 plus have been released. yet when i ask what crimes these released criminals have been charged with, dhs responded that i.c.e. does not track this data. so we don't even know what crimes were committed by the criminal immigrants that dhs refused to detain. i'm just wonder if that's the case? do we in fact not determine what crimes have been committed and do we not know what crimes have been committed by those individuals that dhs refuses to detain? >> mr. chairman -- >> it seems so incredible we would be releasing individual without even knowing what crimes they might have committed but i hope there is a good answer? >> mr. chairman, i don't kn

mr. chairman. mr. grippo for mr.e loan. did any of you hear from mr. kaiser? >> i did not. >> when the treasury conducted its review of the solyndra other information in 2009 did you instruct anyone to give specific advice on the terms and conditions because of the donation to the president? >> no, sir, certainly not. >> you have any reason to believe they gave specific advice on to doe on the terms and conditions of the solyndra loan because of mr. kaiser's donation to the president? >> no sir. >> when they determined the interest rates did you instruct anyone to take any specific action regarding this because of the donation to the president? >> nope. >> are you aware of anything that would suggest that his donation to the president was a factor in the doe's determination whether duran or restructured loan guarantee? >> no. >> no sir. >> i think you for your answer and for being here today with the limited value it may be i yield back my time. >> we are going to temporarily recessed the committee and come back and

mr. chairman. i agree with the four nominees and approximately nine years ago congress provides president bush with trade promotion authority. president bush aggressively used that authority to negotiate 11 trade agreements with 16 countries. including the three agreements we're considering here today. the first two agreements chile and singapore have been in effect for six years. the export of u.s. goods to those two countries frufrom $410 million to $15.3 billion. now, prior to 2007, nine more ftas were negotiated providing unprecedented access to growing u.s. exports. yet since december 2007 not a single new trade agreement has been negotiated or approved. and the others languished and frankly as a democratic government new preconditions for their consideration. for almost four years we have stood still and done nothing and while other countries raced ahead and seized america's market share around the world in a time of economic uncertainty and weak job growth this failure to act by the administr

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, ranking members, members of the foreign fairs, and homeland security committees. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. i have a run statement for the record which i have submitted and would like to offer a brief oral summary. mr. chairman, i do not intend to spend your time describing the origin, history, and purpose of the initiative. you know them better than i do. i'll say this has been more of a partnership between two governments than a traditional foreign assistance program, that the congress has been generous in funding it, and that the initiative delivered concrete successes over the past four years. since 2009, more than 33 high level cartel leaders have been removed or arrested. this compares with one in the proceeding six years. thanks to the merida initiative, there's 14 additional helicopters, hundreds of sweeps of equipment, and more than 150 canine teams. more than 52,000 mexican police and prosecutors received some professional training und

mr. chairman. mr. chairman ranking members, members of the foreign fairs and homeland security committees. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. i have a run statement for the record which i have submitted and would like to offer a brief oral summary. mr. chairman i do not intend to spend your time describing the origin history and purpose of the initiative. you know them better than i do. i'll say this has been more of a partnership between two governments than a traditional foreign assistance program, that the congress has been generous in funding it, and that the initiative delivered concrete successes over the past four years. since 2009, more than 33 high level cartel leaders have been removed or arrested. this compares with one in the proceeding six years. thanks to the merida initiative there's 14 additional helicopters, hundreds of sweeps of equipment, and more than 150 canine teams. more than 52,000 mexican police and prosecutors received some professional training under the

mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 2250 directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 2250, and has come to no resolution thereon. pursuant to house resolution 419 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 2681. will the gentleman from california, mr. denham, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 2681 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to provide additional time for the administrator of the environmental protection agency to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities, and for other purposes. the chair: when th

mr. chairman. this is an incredible day for all of us. >> well, thank you very much, commissioner clyburn. today is indeed a momentous step in our efforts to harness the benefits of broadband for every american. i am tremendously grateful to each of my colleagues on the commission for working hard, working together to get this done. the work of the staff has been just incredible and i will have more to say about those than there appears as well. but this is a once in a generation overhaul of universal service, keeping faith with our nation's long commitment to connecting all americans to communication services. we are taking a system designed for the alexander graham bell area of rotary telephones and modernizing it through the air as steve jobs and the internet future he imagined. we are reaffirming for the digital age the fundamental american promise of opportunity for all. we are furthering our national goal of connecting the country to wired and wireless broadband and helping put america on its

mr. chairman. mr. for your service. both sides of the financial houses here, the congress and the fed face significant challenge. we're both is sort of on the hot seat, don't think it's appropriate for one to blame the other for the problem and you haven't done that. seems to me sometimes too much attention is focused on what the fed should do, when it's not within the fed's purview of doing, it's in ours and we're deflecting the blame other to you. nevertheless, you indicate in your opening statement here that, and i quote, future course of federal fiscal policies remains quite uncertain. and that uncertainty is something we all hear as we go back to our states and talk to businesses an others, it is pervasive. throughout industries, throughout business, throughout households. i guess the question is, how can we, together, work to eliminate some of that uncertainty and restore confidence, not only in the investment market but in the consumer market. clearly that would have a positive impact in terms of

mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. markey. now the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. have some entries to what mr. markey was saying it certainly might be willing to work on the concept if he would be willing. and i think that's an important point of our discussion and certainly is something that the members of this committee should look at. let me also just say that i favor renewables. i've got a solar manufacturing company in my district. i'm not aware that got many loan guarantees. and i've got a big wind turbine to know they haven't gotten to celica product a very strong competitor in the market. they do compete against foreign importers for imports of foreign manufacture blade. but just remind people that cheap brazilian plates will not stand up against the harsh texas wins like good old texas played that are made in gainesville, texas. i would encourage people to buy locally when they are buying long wind turbine blade. mr. burner can you answer dr. murp

mr. chairman. >> chair thanks the gentleman. we'll go in the order in which you're seated, and the chair recognizes congressman deutsche for five minutes at this time. >> thank you, chairman pitts and stearns and for the opportunity to discuss the class act. i'm pleased to be joined by mr. kennedy and grateful for the commitment to making the late senator kennedy's dream of dignity and hope for elderly, disabled, and others a reality. they captured the failure of the long term care system in saying "too often they have to give up the american dream, the dignity of a job, a home, and a family so they can qualify for medicaid, the only program that will support them. " class brought so many americans hope because it was the first real path to delivering real affordable long term care. just 10% of americans over age 50 have long term care insurance, yet 70% of them need long term care at some point. the remaining 90% of americans rely on medicaid, and that's why over a third of its dollars go towards long term care and cuts demand w

mr. chairman. mr.rta, let the ask a question but before i do, i think we all recognize that everyone in the room, both on the subcommittee and everyone here today, supports nextgen and wants to see it successfully implemented. we also, all of us as members of congress and u.s. taxpayers, want to see us do the responsible thing in reining in spending and trying to balance the federal budget and again that is a challenge trying to make investments that in fact pay off in the end while at the same time trying to figure out in the federal budget what can be reduced and what can be cut. what i am trying to do here is to get a handle on how cuts will affect the implementation of nextgen, so my question is, your people at the faa, surely they have done an analysis concerning tiberi -- various proposals in congress. there are proposals in congress that would cut faa anywhere from five to 10% in the capital and operating budgets including accounts for nextgen. so, regardless of where we are and how much should

mr. altmire: i thank the chairman. mr. speaker, i rise in support of the cement sector regulatory relief act. the cement industry is in its weakest economic condition since the 1930's. domestic demand for cement has dropped by more than 35% in the last four years, killing more than 4,000 manufacturing jobs. in march of last year, 136 cement workers were laid off at the wampum cement plant in my district. it was the oldest manufacturing site in the united states, but now cement production there has ceased and only 15 jobs remain. despite this bleak scenario, the e.p.a. issued its regulation which has a $3.4 billion price tag standards no cement plant in the united states can achieve while demand languishes. the economy will have to improve for these jobs to return, but when the e.p.a. returns unfair, unachievable regulations it sets these manufacturers back even further. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california continues to reserve. the gentleman f

mr. chairman, yes i do. think the coast guard investigation is the most comprehensive investigation reports out there, especially on the marine related sites. >> mr. dykes. >> mr. chairman, i agree with captain nguyen. based on what we have, it is the most accurate accounting of what to place. unfortunately, we lost 11 individuals in that event. those 11 individuals are key witnesses to what was going on on the floor at the time of the blowout. and we have to put pieces of the puzzle together without those 11 testimonies. but from everything i've seen, we did not leave any. >> you alluded to that in your testimony. i just wanted to reaffirm, sit thank you. >> director bromwich, in view of the citations that were issued, you have repeatedly asserted that the department has now found new authority under law to not only just regulate the lease holders, but also the contract curse to the lease holders as well. so i'm not going to comment on whether that's appropriate or not. my question is very specific. what st

mr. reichert. >> i thank the chairman. i saw mr. levin's hand go up, so i didn't want to usurp authority here. >> go ahead. >> thank you. well, first of all, i would just like to, again, thank everyone who's worked so hard on this, and there's -- we thank mr. reif and angela, ms. ellard. and there's a woman sitting behind you that i think everybody who has been involved in this process that's been very key, and i want to just take a moment to thank wendy cutler who was in korea with me during our last visit and all the hard work that she's put into this effort. um, this, this is about jobs, and i just want to go back to a question that was asked earlier, mr. reif, on the jobs estimated itc 70,000 we know were a very conservative estimate. you pointed out that the services area was one, was an area that was undercounted or not counted at all. and i wonder if you could just make that point again very clearly to the members and to the american public who might be listening. >> yes. thank you, mr. reichert. the jobs estimate from the it

i am glad that the chairman emeritus mr. barton from texas is in all probability going to withdraw his objection but let's get this done and move forward to the hearing that the chairman of the subcommittee mr. stearns, has committed to the minority that we will have. i think i should end the discussion, quite honestly. -- i think that should the need to the discussion, quite honestly -- >> reclaiming my time. i yield to mr. griffith. >> the gentle lady's time has expired. i am prepared to rule with mr. barton. could you go ahead and get mr. test elisse -- mr. scalise a little bit of time? i think the witnesses are showing great forbearance. >> i am glad the memos have come in. establishing this thing in the right order so that you don't have the speculation and so forth going on. i want the press and the lawyers of the united states of america to take a look at this memo. when i read this eight few weeks ago, i commented that it looked like a law school project. i texted my staff and ask them if they could find out when susa

mr. chairman. let me begin by describing the effort that we have been undertaken and how that has resulted in what we have seen is a dramatic reduction in iran's access to the international financial system. dating back before fasada the treasury department was active in going out to the international financial community, the private sector, as well as government officials around the world, and explaining the case for why they should voluntarily withdraw from the iranian financial sector, in particular the designated iranian banks, banks sanctioned for involvement in iran's proliferation activities and its support for terrorism. we were making good progress in isolating iran in limiting the number of banks around the world that were willing to do business, particularly with designated iranian banks. the number of banks, turkly in europe, that will willing to continue to do business with iran were reducing iran's ability to access the international financial system. with the enactment last july, tha

mr. chairman. thank you for the work you are doing. i'm not from a gulf coast state and i know they have some burning questions. just a procedural question mr. fienberg, and to to to stand for it to their testimonial claim determinations are made without interference from from the or bp. i know the department of justice has sent several letters making suggestions on the administration of the fund but does this mean the white house is not contacted you once about the fund since president obama announced this creation last june? >> that as greg. >> and as a is the follow-up would eat do with suggestions when people send them to you such as from the department of justice or from whomever? >> we take, we take very seriously any suggestions from the department of justice, from members of congress, from interested citizens. we have made changes. based on constructive criticism. it is always constructive. we welcome it, and we do our best in this difficult assignment to move the process forward and improve

mr. chairman. good evening. mr. airman, before i touch on some concerns with the 2011 high water situation on the mississippi river system, i'd like to thank the corp. new orleans district for doing a great job not only this year, but in past years as well. when the corp. district is funded adequately and equipped adequately, they do a fantastic job. mr. chairman, this brings me to my primary issue. how can we adequately fund the corp.'s budget to properly maintain the mississippi river system? i can assure this committee it is well within all of our best interests to collaborate and solve this problem. combined, the five ports on the mississippi river system make up the largest port system in the u.s.. the second largest in the world. more than 10,300 vessels transited going in or out of the river system in 2010. each of those vessels were safely navigated through one of the most treacherous and demanding river systems in the world. failure to properly maintain southwest pass to project dimensions is a safety issue

mr. chairman. thank you, mr. chairman. i will like to thank you and the ranking member for holding this markup. i deeply appreciate it. if there was a rally to keep "no child left behind' the same, no one would,. i consider this a rally to change a law that has done an lot of good things. it has shined a light on the failure of too many of our public schools to live up to the promise to deliver opportunities from one generation to the next. yesterday, i said on the floor if 100 of our senators were living in poverty in this country, only nine of us would graduate with a college degree. fewer than half of the people sitting around this table. yesterday, i cannot think of any other fact that is more at war with who we think we are as americans than that one. the time has come to shift the burden of proof from those who want to change this system to those who want to keep it the same. i think we have a great opportunity today to build on the elements of "no child left behind." over 4000 coloradans have signed a petition. i wa

mr. chairman? >> senator. >> i wasn't here earlier when the burr amendment was discussed, but if there has been any issue that has been brought up in alaska with concerns about the proposals that we've seen, it has been the four turn-around models and the requirement that is contained therein. in our state, in our small, remote rural schools, father -- part of our biggest problem is getting the information out there. a bigger problem is getting administrators out there and keeping them out there. we have had a problem with lack of flexibility with the turn-around model. i would endorse the amendment that adds greater flexibility and give that to the states to determine what it is that would work best in their areas. >> senator bennett. and then franken. >> i would do this as a question . one of the concerns -- i appreciate the spirit of the amendment. one of the concerns that i have with it, and i have not made up my mind yet, is that even under the current law -- i should say, i agree with everyth

mr. chairman. mr. airman, ranking members, members of the foreign affairs and homeland security committees, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. i have a written statement for the record, which i have submitted, and would like to offer a bridge -- a brief oral summary. i do not intend to spend your time describing the origin, in a tree, and purpose of the merit initiative. you know them better than i do. this has been more of a partnership between two governments than a traditional foreign assistance program. the congress has been genesis jarrett -- generous in funding it. the initiative as delivered some concrete successes over the last four years. since 2009, more than 33 high- level cartel leaders have been removed or arrested. this compares with one in the preceding six years. thanks to the merit initiative, the mexican government now has 14 additional helicopters, hundreds of sophisticated, non intrusive inspection suites of equipment, and more than 150 canine teams. more than

mr. chairman. my time's expired. >> mr. carson, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in the wake of the 2009 financial crisis, the u.s. passed comprehensive financial regulatory reform designed to promote transparency, monitor systemic risk in the financial system, and ensure that u.s. financial institutions can with stand shocks to the system. how have these reforms improved the ability of u.s. regulatory authorities and financial institutions to mitigate the impact on the u.s. financial market of economic turmoil in europe? >> i think the financial reforms played an important part in strengthening the resilience of the u.s. financial system and helping to contain potential risk coming from europe. in a number of different ways. one is that the united states' banks are more strongly capitalized today than they were before the 2008 financial crisis. >> you need to move the microphone close. we are having trouble hearing. >> the largest u.s. banks now have average to core capital to risk rated rare owe of over 10%, substantially higher than it was back in 2008

mr. chairman. mr. secretary, general dempsey, an honor to be with you and, first, want to thank both of you for your many, many years of dedicated service to our nation. we certainly are blessed by both of you, what you done in the past and what you continue to do now in your new positions. um, i want to first express on a policy gratitude to the frank assessment of where we are, that while we are addressing fiscal challenges of our nation that we don't do it on the backs of our courageous men and women in uniform and at the risk of our national security. and you both have been very, play very important roles, and your assessment of where we are with the 450 billion plus cuts that are already coming and what that will do to national security and our commitment to men and women in uniform and their families is so important to this dialogue, this debate that's ongoing, so i thank you. um, mr. secretary, i will also commend you in your testimony, i am running back and forth between a mark 'em and oversigh

mr. chairman. mr. baier, how does the eaja in its current form to start the balance is he saying written testimony in the environment till and controversial policymaking? >> i'm sorry, mr. chairman. i'm having trouble hearing in this room. >> all repeated. how does the eaja in its current form disrupt the balance as you indicated your big testimony and environmental and conservation policymaking? >> it encourages them incentivizes lawsuits over procedural issues. and by procedural issues, what i mean are missing deadlines. that's the primary challenge to the way it works. these are procedural deadlines that are imposed primarily under the endangered species act, which are physically and humanly impossible for the fish and wildlife service to at times we. and the litigation that we are concerned about that is created this imbalance is primarily over procedural issues that relate to missing deadlines and paperwork issues. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. ellis, when environmental group sues the federal go

mr. chairman? >> senator? >> mr. chairman, i hope what will be a simple what i hope is a straightforward amendment. it is blumethal13 that aims to consider in amplifications for competitive grants, the numbers of of or percent of students who are two or more years underage or under credited for their grade level. the reason for including this statistic in the assessments that have to be done is it is simply the best predictor of drop outs, and therefore in the competitor grant program is a factor that should be considered, and i ask for voice vote. [inaudible conversations] it's amendment-3. >> amendment number 3; right? >> as i understand it, the secondary school reform program requires grant applicants to complete a need analysis as a part of their application. this amendment would require them to include in that analysis the percentage of the students who are two or more years overaged or under credited for their grade level. i understand the amendment requires grantees as a part of the early warning indicator syst

mr. chairman. i expressed deep concern regarding reports that the united states participated in multipleacts of gun walking. we've seen it in the case of fast and furious, allowing firearms to pass in the possession of criminal and other third party organizations south of our border. i strongly support efforts to disrupt criminal syndicates that traffic firearms, of course, and drugs, and conduct illegal activities. however, when those efforts serve to fuel criminal enrprises throughout the provision of firearms, they must be stopped. it's extremely troubling that the united states government would willfully allow weapons to be acquired by dangerous criminals and drug trafficking organizations in direct intervention. can the panel explain for the committee what efforts your agencies are currently taking to enforce current laws and to ensure that we are not allowing weapons to fall into the hands of mexican drug cartels and criminal organizations. please? >> congressman, when i look at drug traffick

mr. chairman, mr. fienberg is from boston massachusetts, the home of rocky marciano and while he doesn't shy away from a fight mr. fienberg, he actually tries his bet to find a peaceful resolution or every one of the issues thahe has been confronted with not just here but in the 9/11 fund in all of the other very tough situations that he has been tasked with trying to resolve. >> marciano was 49-0 so it sounds like he didn't back away from a faulty there. ivan invites we may have vote as early as 10:15 and so that being th case, just to figure out how we will do it, we will recess and then come back after, immediately after the last series of votes. mr. fienberg has to leave by noon, but i'm advised we can have boats as early as 10:15 so with that i recognize mr. lamborn. >> thank you mr. chairm. thank you for the work you are doing. i'm not from a gulf coast state and i know they have some burning questions. just a procedural question mr. fienberg, and to to to stand for it to their testimonial claim

mr. chairman, i yield back. >> mr. holt is recognized for five minutes. genette thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, mr. feinberg. i appreciate mr. markey clarifying that you're from massachusetts. who would have guessed? [laughter] and i think you for doing work that i am sure many days seems thankless. we have heard from many that the sixth to drop -- the six months drilling moratorium's economic impact was worse than the impact of this bill itself. mr. chairman, i would like to introduce in the record a letter from the baton rouge foundation, from another organization. the oil rig workers assistance fund was set up as your call to help individuals who worked on the deep water rigs. this might have been affected by the moratorium. it experienced financial lawsuits -- losses. to receive compensation, the workers had to submit simple documentation -- pay stubs, unemployment forms, and so forth. at the time of the moratorium, the fund expected that maybe 9000 workers would apply for financial assistance. in reality, it was 357. 357 applications were completed by the rig worker

mr. chairman, and i yield back. >> mr. brady is recognize. >> thank you, mr. chairman. click on the discussion today this agreement with korea is critical from an economic standpoint. it's critical from a security standpoint with a key u.s. ally. and it also moves the united states into the growing dynamic era of asia pacific region where we need frankly to move aggressively and. this agreement was found as average negotiated, but they were legitimate concerns raised by our auto and auto lawmakers. president obama, to his credit, directed ambassador kirk to work with our chairman, mr. camp, and our ranking member, mr. levin, also american auto workers and auto companies, to negotiate with korea supplemental agreement. both countries, those parties worked together. and in our side in a bipartisan way to fashion a supplemental agreement that approves support for bipartisan support for this agreement. that's how trade ought to work. we have an opportunity today to pass a bipartisan jobs bill that is strong, that moves us into key areas and has support from both sides of th

mr. chairman. mr. burner, you send an e-mail to francis and susan and i believe that is susan richardson, and enzus i apologize i can't pronounce the last man is that correct? >> that's correct. >> to you pronounce the last name so i can get it right? if you can't it's okay or understand. >> i can try but i will apologize to her. >> you wrote to both of them on february 10th and you got a message back from francis on the same day that says this been a gross misunderstanding, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> february 11th you got an omb circular, francis susan doesn't appear to be on this, is that correct? which says, and i don't know where we are, i can't keep track i don't have towns so i have to figure it out by counting. >> there is an excerpt that susan ascent. >> and that says -- you have a copy of that in front of you? that says does it not that workouts mean plans that options short of default as the first rate, does it not? >> yes, sir. >> then it goes on to explain that's not modificatio

mr. chairman. not to drag this out but i had a call several weeks ago from a young man that i watched grow up. his dad is a good friend of mine. he's an air force officer, a physician stationed down in san antonio. i guess he'd been talking to his dad and his dad told him to call me and he said he's been in 12 years, he's looking at re-enlisting and he wanted to know what can i expect? what is my future? what will be my retirement? he's enjoying the service, but he's very concerned. and i couldn't tell him. you know. i don't know what his future is. because i don't know all of this we're going through. i was down at camp lejeune a couple of weeks ago, i was visitting with some marines and their wives. the wives spoke up and they're very concerned, same questions. what happens on -- can we look forward to a career? i've seen this -- i've seen this movie before. when i was pretty new in the congress, i was going up to visit west point and i had a lieutenant colonel with me they don't let us go anywhe

mr. chairman. so mr. kutz, in your report there's cases among others in 2008 alone, a beneficiary received 5923oxycodonine pills. i know your report indicates that the beneficiaries stated to the doctor that the pattern of abuse was a case of mistaken identity, but that, in fact, was not the case, and it's doubtful that person could consume that amount of narcotics in that time frame so what was really going on here? >> well, we did not interview all the people, reason being eight of the ten have prior criminal histories, and we don't carry weapons. we don't interview potentially dangerous people. potentially drug abuse and dealing is going on in that case. >> and i agree because i hear the word "diversion" and that's drug dealing. they shop around, get the drugs, and sell them and taking advantage of tax free benefit program in receiving government funded health care, and as you can see from our chart, case one, the street value is almost $500,000, and in case two, it's almost $300,000, and obviously the

mr. chairman. >> thank you mr. davis picked a chair recognizes in the order of appearance before the gavel. >> this has been really fascinating hearing this morning, and i thank the witnesses for thing you. certainly we have a wide range of experience and we certainly have a wide range of opinion on what we need to do, when we need to do it and how we need to carry it out. certainly, you know, i believe that the comments about iran's hate and obsession for us is really what drives their actions against us. i think even more than the fact that they might perceive us as being weak. interested, a couple hours ago, general keane is a testimony and mr. gerecht his testimony, general keane, you certainly belief that so far sounds like the sanctions that we have been using have been not as effective as they could be. and you used the term we should be grabbing him by the throat, and really ramping up sanctions and everything from seizing their assets to denying them entry to ports around the world. mr. gerecht feels that

mr. chairman.e add my thanks to congressman shays, your long service to our state of connecticut but also for your great work on this committee. i know how streusel you took this were. i think we're all incredibly pleased to see some real concrete proposals before us. it's not often this committee gets to see this kind of volume of good forward looking work. i want to build on representative tierney's questions about sustainability because i think this is key. i'm so glad you focus in on this issue, but your suggestion in some ways is a pretty radical suggestion, because your first ballpoint says essentially what you already repeated that we should examine completed and current projects for risk of sustainability or take action to cancel or redesign these programs. a couple pages earlier you point out that just in the next year we are going to spend $13 billion on building up security forces alone, and the total revenue coming into the afghan government today is $2 billion. not enough to even cover

mr. chairman. >> thank you, madame secretary. all prosecutors have to make at least some decisions based upon resources. the state's attorney in vermont or an attorney general. we have to be realistic about the situation we face. it will be impossible to deport all the immigrants in the united states who are undocumented. nobody is asking the government to redirect billions of dollars to try to remove 10 million individuals, even if you could. that is not an amnesty policy. not all people are going to be given the opportunity to work. dhs is still deporting record number of immigrants each year. over a million in this administration since taking office. so, let me ask you this. how does is discretion policy strengthen law-enforcement and border security? is it a good use of our federal resources? . [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> thank you for your patience. >> i'm sorry. i wasn't commenting on senator alexander. i wanted to offer an amendment. maybe i'm out of order. >>

mr. chairman. mr. to thank you personally on the effect of our sanctions policy and he told me he would and i appreciate you calling this hearing today. the thank you very much. and you call this hearing well before the incidence of the last few days, so this was obviously in response to a broader issue of our sanctions, but certainly handset being far more timely. we meet on the on the plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states and attack the embassy israel in washington d.c. a plot believed to be traced back to the highest levels of the iranian regime. the revelation of the foiled attacks, one which reportedly was to take place at a popular restaurant less than five miles from this very building points to the impact and importance of this hearing to ensure that the united states is doing all that it can to enforce existing legislation to fill the loopholes that exist in current legislation to work with our european allies and others to ensure that they step up and aggressively enfo

with that, chairman, recognizes mr. davis. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to thank the witnesses for a very enlightening discussion. mr. gerecht, if i understood you to imply or suggest that the governance of iran is such that you don't necessarily get the same response that you might get from the use of sanctions with another country, and that maybe there is a distance between the governing bodies and the people to the extent that sanctions may not play the same role that they play in another country. >> yes, i mean i think sanctions in iran have been effective in many ways. but if you just take the guard corps, for example, it has gotten richer and more powerful as sanctions have gotten toug r tougher. for them, the last five years have been pretty good years. so, i think that you always have to try to see it as they see it. and they have lots of publications. they have their own world. it is actually not that hard to read the guard corps. i met a few guardsmen. in addition, it is not hard to get a grasp of how they see the world because they are fa

mr. chairman. madam secretary, i want to talk to you about the memo that has been raised earlier here today. the memo from june and the point in particular factors to consider when exercising prosecutorial discretion. i'm certainly familiar with the concept of the prosecutorial discretion. in my experience that has been more of a bottom-up discretion exercised by individual prosecutors. that having been said, when i look at the list of factors and the degree of specificity in that list, it strikes me that what they're intended to be this or not it strikes me that it is a road map retaining illegal immigrants coming and it seems to me you can look at this list and meet a few of these categories and have a good chance at being pushed to the bottom of the prosecutorial list. that is particularly so when i look at the draft memo that referred to the gerry that came out of u.s. citizenship and immigration services last year and understand we have had assurances that a draft memo was just a draft and par

mr. chairman. thank you, miss napolitano. i will recognize myself for questions and other members will be recognized. ms. napolitano, my first question is this. dhs declines to local jails. they are released into our communities. the congressional research service says, that under this administration over half of the criminal emmy grants identified 300,000 plus have been released. yet when i ask what crimes these released criminals have been charged with, dhs responded that i.c.e. does not track this data. so we don't even know what crimes were committed by the criminal immigrants that dhs refused to detain. i'm just wonder if that's the case? do we in fact not determine what crimes have been committed and do we not know what crimes have been committed by those individuals that dhs refuses to detain? >> mr. chairman -- >> it seems so incredible we would be releasing individual without even knowing what crimes they might have committed but i hope there is a good answer? >> mr. chairman, i don't know

mr. chairman, mr. larsen, it is a pleasure for me to be here as a representative of more than 350 companies who are part of the aerospace industrial base. the week of september 12th was national airspace week by the congressional resolution. during that week we celebrated our legacy of global leadership and aviation defence space. in the coming months, several momentous decisions will be made about the nation's budget which will ultimately affect what kind of aerospace and industrial base we will have, what capabilities will possess, and whether or not we will remain juggle -- global leader. those will be taken in the absence of the strategy and if history repeats itself without full participation of those who must manage the industrial base during what is a time of historical reorganization. i think most americans would agree that the 20th century was defined by aerospace and that it was largely our century because we were second to none in aerospace. i think the 21st century but also be defined by ye

mr. chairman. i was not sure if we were going to have another run, but there are a few questions, and one is really -- i know how difficult this is in getting input from all the people who you speak to, but i am wondering, within this discussion whether there are really some priorities, perhaps, that have been identified, whether there were some areas in which you feel that you could find savings. can you prioritize any of the benefits for us? what should be protected? what could be modified, reduce, or eliminated, acknowledging, of course, that you would rather not see any reductions at all, and even the targeting here is problematic, but are there some areas in which you could default -- which you could define for the committee that might be helpful? >> one thing you have to recognize is we are here representing 34 organizations, and that does require a wide diversity. we did have some difference of opinions on health care in the end, the kinds of differences we were talking about were $5 a month

mr. chairman? >> senator murkowski. >> so just to clarify then from senator isakson, if you do receive the competitive grants and you cannot establish it, i guess it becomes a requirement you must establish this tracking mechanism for kids moving up from middle school in order to receive these competitive grants, is that correct? >> yes, i think that's right. in order to receive a competitive grant, as i understand it, yes. i'll let the senator describe it. >> it's a question, senator murkowski, of fracking the records that go from the eighth grade to the high school. so i think it's -- senator alexander made a good point. this is complicated stuff and all that we're trying to do here and i think we all agree the dropout rate is unacceptably high. all i would like to do here with minimal bureaucratic effort is to try to track a little bit further because we -- if a kid leaves the eighth grade and doesn't get into high school, i think it's important that we know that. that's all we're trying to do t