ms. sanchez and others on this committee to try to better address that issue. there are some proposals to go further. i think the biggest proposal is the idea of taking sexual assault outside the normal chain of command, in terms of charging. i know there are deep concerns within the military about that. so you can do two things, tell us about the progress being made with the changes we've done, and then explain your concerns about going outside the chain of command for sexual assault cases. but the big thing is to avoid that second one, we have to have some confidence that the first one is making a real difference. >> and we deeply appreciate the leadership that many members on this committee have brought to the issue. and i just want to assure you, having worked on this matter as personal subcommittee chairman and ranking member in my time here, there are few things that are more in contrast to the basic army values, and few things that happen within our ranks that we're more concerned about, and that we're not trying every day to become better. as to our res

ms. sanchez, is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, madam secretary for being before us today. i have two questions for you. the first is that i recently was in the calexico/mexican border. and from the mexican side they have poured cement. they have built new roadways to come over to make another land port, if you will, that i think was, from my understanding, was agreed to by both sides and somehow or another the funding has not come or the cuts in the budget are not making this new land port happen from our side, which is just amazing to see it happening on the other end and nothing from our end. the first thing would be, the locals had asked me to come and take a look at it. obviously, the council people and the county supervisor. so what's going on with that and what can we do because they tell me that it's about three hours standing time if you're a pedestrian to go across that section right now. and i happen to know because i have family in mexicali, so i asked them. what to you think? they said it's taken way too lon

ms. sanchez was talking about. wasting the tax payer money and it is actually a posture is to continue looking for objects. we need to totally change our focus on whether it is with shipping and ports across the country around the world will need to start focusing on those who want to harm us. having said that, the questions, just a couple of questions. why is there such a lack of specifics in the administration's the five new national strategy? global supply chain security cracks anybody? >> the strategy represents the highest level of fidelity for what we need to do to accomplish our interests in ensuring the security and resilience of the supply chains. there's obviously a much richer and deeper problematic implementation that goes underneath that and what the strategy tries to convey is the idea of all of the proceeding programmatic and strategic efforts that have gone before but the strategy builds upon. it might have been bea labor and oftentimes in the strategies to talk about all of the authorities and ever

ms. sanchez was talking about. wasting the tax payer money and it is actually a posture is to continue looking for objects. we need to totally change our focus on whether it is with shipping and ports across the country around the world will need to start focusing on those who want to harm us. having said that, the questions, just a couple of questions. why is there such a lack of specifics in the administration's the five new national strategy? global supply chain security cracks anybody? >> the strategy represents the highest level of fidelity for what we need to do to accomplish our interests in ensuring the security and resilience of the supply chains. there's obviously a much richer and deeper problematic implementation that goes underneath that and what the strategy tries to convey is the idea of all of the proceeding programmatic and strategic efforts that have gone before but the strategy builds upon. it might have been bea labor and oftentimes in the strategies to talk about all of the authorities and ever

ms. sanchez -- >> will someone yelled? >> go ahead. i was just going to make a point that he was 3 million jobs off in the first year of the stimulus estimation and has been consistently off. >> i would point out that the president's own jobs and economic council has besieged if the president to remove some of these regulations and allow things -- the cross-state air pollution law -- with something they distinctly referenced in the reports that have come before this committee. >> thank you. the fact is that we are going in the right direction. you would think that this was some domesday report. the fact is that we are going in the right direction, god. very briefly. >> you have to remember that when president obama took office, this country was losing 700,000 jobs a month. the first four months before president obama took office, this country lost 4 million jobs. the president put in a recovery package that is moving us in the right direction. can we not at least agree that it is good news? that for five months, the unemployment has fa

ms. sanchez was talking about. wasting the tax payer money and it is actually a posture is to continue looking for objects. we need to totally change our focus on whether it is with shipping and ports across the country around the world will need to start focusing on those who want to harm us. having said that, the questions, just a couple of questions. why is there such a lack of specifics in the administration's the five new national strategy? global supply chain security cracks anybody? >> the strategy represents the highest level of fidelity for what we need to do to accomplish our interests in ensuring the security and resilience of the supply chains. there's obviously a much richer and deeper problematic implementation that goes underneath that and what the strategy tries to convey is the idea of all of the proceeding programmatic and strategic efforts that have gone before but the strategy builds upon. it might have been bea labor and oftentimes in the strategies to talk about all of the authorities and ever

ms. sanchez? >> thank you, gentlemen for being before us today. i want to go along the discussion points that my colleagues from orange county on the other side were talking about. i'm interested in first of all you mentioned population in your report or population groups. so i'm trying to understand what does that mean, and in particular, when you look at the overall numbers, there is this thing is called the baby boomers and a lot of them are getting to retirement age, and supposedly the was the largest group of people in a particular time frame that the united states had seen. so my question to you is are we seeing the baby boomers retire and therefore ask the work force and is that having some impact to that, and are we graduating or are we seeing enough young people entering into the work force that they are making up those numbers or what is the relationship between those two ends of the employment line and then my next question is what you in some way characterize what is going on with the u.s. in particular, so is that a college degree and

ms. sanchez: i think my colleagues have forgotten that message in recent days when it comes to women's health. ignoring the important impacts that access to contraceptives can mean for women. contrary to what some of my colleagues may believe, contraception is not a cheap, easily accessible solution for all women. an objective nonpartisan panel developed recommendations for con streaptive coverage -- contraceptive coverage paid for by religiously affiliated employers. the obama administration adopted new regulations based on these recommendations. these regulations were not designed to jeopardize anyone's religious freedom. these regulations were designed to protect the health needs of women, period. we should be doing everything possible to support women's health, not attacking women for demanding better health care. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady from connecticut is recognized for one minute. ms. dela

ms. sanchez: madam speaker, i rise today to urge my republican colleagues to end the games and to give certainty back to the american people. right before the holidays my republican colleagues threatened to raise taxes on the middle class because the small but very loud minority in their conference wanted to prove a point. now we are back at it again. they want to prevent a $1,500 from being in the hands of the middle class. my fellow democrats and i want to keep money in the hands of hardworking americans by supporting the extension of the payroll tax holiday. because we cannot afford to take more risks with the income of 160 million working americans. in fact, the no jobs agenda of the republican conference has pushed to continue tax cuts for the wealthiest of americans while not giving breaks to working americans and the middle class. i ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle if they will please come to the table for a strong and working middle class of america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from tennes

ms. sanchez. >> i do not have a statement. morning to figure out where we really are and get some ideas from people about how the continue the good trend we have seen in the last five months with respect to unemployment going down. i did not come here to hear political posturing. i am struck by the fact that this committee's job is to contemplate and think about, suggest and move forward ideas for other committees to implement. this going back and forth is degrading of this committee. is it frustrating thing for somebody who understands that when we see good numbers, all of the economists i saw this morning were saying that this is good. this is good. what can we do to make it better? that is what this committee is charged with. i am looking forward to hearing from the three gentlemen before us to try to figure out where we go from here. how do we go from here? how do we make this a positive thing for the american people? i am hoping to hear from my friends on the other side. >> we do apologize. >> let's work together on this.

ms. albright understand our concerns. i think they're going to work with us to try to contain parking so that folks do not put themselves in harm's way. >> good afternoon. ruben sanchez in them. i own to thousand square feet at 34 53rd street. if it had not been for my friend, francisco da costa, i would not have known that this issue was coming up to rezone my building. , and neither do i see my address on this article, number 3. so it really concerns me that something is going to be rezoned with my 10,000 square feet without my knowledge. so i do not see this to be sunshined in any way. i would never have owned this. i do see health issues. as an owner, i know of a lot of health issues. one, starting with my friend door. there is a sewer smell coming out of this tree that is extremely strong. i would never put a situation of children smelling that disgusting smell. i do not have children in my building. it is purely adults, a construction company. but it is a serious concern. that toxic smell. and of course, the parking, as everybody is in discussing here. there is none. and the cars flying by go anywhere from 50 to 80 miles per hour, sometimes with police behind t

ms. sanchez. >> thank you, madame chair. and again, you've done a good job. >> thank you. so have you. [laughter] >> i have had the privilege of being able to go and look at having chaired the committee before the subcommittee before to many of the points abroad to see what conditions they were