mr. duncan. let me just say while we will certainly appreciate your presence here today to testify, we did request a witness at the higher policy level. either administrator pistol or his deputy. i think it's important to have one at the policy level to discuss these important issues and yet, tsa failed to produce that witness. next the chair now recognizes mr. moynihan for his testimony. >> morning. chairman mccall, ranking member keating, on behalf of secretary napolitano and director morton, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the ways in which i.c.e. upholds standards. the overwhelming majority of employees perform their duties with honor every day. however, as in any large organization, isolated acts of misconduct do occur from time to time. my testimony today focuses on the mechanisms that are in place to ensure robust process for investigating allegations of employee misconduct and insuring the integrity of the i.c.e. mission. since the creation of dhs, the i.c.e. office of profession

mr. duncan mentioned the largest businesses get these subsidies. actually, that is not the case because in the 2008 farm bill which democrats passed put limitations on those specific payments to farmers. so the largest farmers aren't getting the subsidies and so if we go back and look at the overall spending of the farm bill, you have rough lly 78% of the overall farm bill going to the snap program. 78%. 16% of the overall spending in the farm bill goes to the commodity title. now, the cuts that we're proposing is 4% over all cuts to snap f. you look at the cuts to the commodity title already in the reconciliation bill, in se que -- to the commodity title in comparison to the cuts to snap and the 4% cuts already have passed over in the senate in the senate ag committee, which is already working on a farm bill and will if passed or eventually the house ag committee will be working on a farm bill as well and we could make the same concept 4%, in which i think we should go higher than that. because if you look at where we're proposing to make these cu

mr. duncan. >> good morning, ranking member trent green and establish numbers of the subcommittee. it's a privilege not to appear before you today. every day 50,000 tsa employees work to ensure the security of our security of our nation's vast transportation networks. tsa employees risk-based intelligence driven operations to prevent terrorist attacks and reduce the vulnerability of transportation networks to terrorism. article is to maximize security while protecting privacy and facilitating the flow of legitimate travel and commerce are multilayered system of transportation security. tsa's work for a sitcom pushes the security mission by screening passengers and baggage of more than 450 airports in the united states. every week we've had 14 million passenger reservations in 13 million transportation workers against the terrorist watch list. a first facilitate the secure air travel for 1.8 million persons each day. success of our mission depends on the dedication and integrity of our workforce.

mr. duncan. >> good morning, ranking member trent green and establish numbers of the subcommittee. it's a privilege not to appear before you today. every day 50000 tsa employees work to ensure the security of our security of our nation's vast transportation networks. tsa employees risk-based intelligence driven operations to prevent terrorist attacks and reduce the vulnerability of transportation networks to terrorism. article is to maximize security while protecting privacy and facilitating the flow of legitimate travel and commerce are multilayered system of transportation security. tsa's work for a sitcom pushes the security mission by screening passengers and baggage of more than 450 airports in the united states. every week we've had 14 million passenger reservations in 13 million transportation workers against the terrorist watch list. a first facilitate the secure air travel for 1.8 million persons each day. success of our mission depends on the dedication and integrity of our workforce. t

mr. duncan, turning to tsa, allegations and indictments of tsa employees stealing personal belongings of passengers, improper luggage screening which after we saw the latest attempt out of yemen to potentially smuggle an explosive device on to an airplane, again, a national security issue. we can't afford to have corrupt tsa officers. so what is tsa doing to address that? >> sir, there's three aspects to tsa's efforts to prevent and detect the kind of corruption that the committee is justly concerned about. the first echoes what mr. winkowski has discussed in terms of background checks to make sure that we're not hiring people into tsa who are going to be problems. in the last three years, our background checks have actually disqualified more than 5,600 applicants who were subject to criminal history checks, financial checks, and other mechanisms to make sure we're not bringing people in who have vulnerabilities. the second aspect really has to do with prevention and we have undertaken various prevention initiatives in the wake of scenarios such as honolulu where we did determine that th

mr. duncan of south carolina. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for five minutes. mr. duncan: thank you, madam chairman. you know the right to a secret ballot shall be sacred in america and i stand in unison with my friends from south dakota, utah and arizona in defunding the n.l.r.'s ability to sue states over the right to a secret ballot. for decades we have seen a sharp decline in private sector labor unions while government employee labor unions have used the political process to expand. in order to curb the recent -- the taxpayer funded voice for labor, the national labor relations board have enacted over the time union-friendly policies simply because right to work states like south carolina allow employees to decide for themselves whether or not they wish to join labor unions. the nlrb's latest attempt involves suing two states, arizona and south dakota. and intimidating several other states because they protect the secret ballot prosest in union labor elections. 80% of south karoli

mr. duncan brought forward a royalty check for $244,000, that was just one of the checks. then they brought up the issue of having a movie. and he said don't you hope to make significant money from that, significant income? she looked around, said income? for me? yeah, i'll take income. that will be good. everyone in the place laughed including the jury. they do seem to be a little disengaged today. juror number 10 has a very bad cold and he's sitting with a hankerchief over his face. juror number 2 is the most expressive. he is a financial consultant i notice from the jury questionnaire. and when mr. duncan started the cross-examination they brought up four huge boxes of files and that jury looked and smiled like oh, boy, here we go, the paper trail. so the cross-examination continues after lunch. >> do we think that they are doing a good job at punching holes in their testimony, in their character here when you look at sherry and andrew, or do people seem to be supporting them? do they still seem like they are credible as a couple? >> reporter: they seem very much in lov

mr. duncan.> thank you, ranking member keating if it were servers of the subcommittee. it's a privilege and honor to appear before you today. every day nearly 57,000 full-time tsa employees work to ensure the security of our nation's vast transportation networks. tsa employees risk-based intelligence driven operation to prevent terrorist attacks and reduce the vulnerability of our transportation network to terrorism. our goal is to maximize security while protecting privacy and facilitating the flow of legitimate travel and commerce are a multilayered system of transportation security. tsa's workforce at how bush's security mission by screening passengers and baggage of more than 450 airports in the united states. every week we have 14 million passenger reservation and 13 million transportation workers against the terrorist watch lists. our efforts facilitate the secure air travel for 1.8 million persons each day. the success of our mission depends on the dedication and integrity of our workforce

mr. duncan. the chair: those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. this is a two-minute vote. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 232, the nays are 192, the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. garrett, on which further proceedings were postponed, and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. garrett of new jersey. the chair: a recorded vote is requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rides and be counted. a sufficient number havin

mr. duncan and others. would like to reemphasize those reforms as part of a final package that goes forward. the agreement must include a strengthened maritime title. by reforming the trust fund with provisions such as the one sponsored by the colleague in the house and other provisions and policies that will ensure u.s. maritime industry is competitive with the rest of the world are very important as we move forward. these reforms combined with what has already been mentioned a number of times, the keystone pipeline. a big jobs bill. big infrastructure program are the key ingredients for a highway bill that results in job creation and economic growth in our country and i look forward to working with you and the rest of our colleagues to produce a bill. >> thank you. congresswoman brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. senator boxer is not here. it is not anyone in this room but there happen to be on this conference and many members in the house, not anyone in this room constantly goes to the floor and tells ab

mr. duncan may have encouraged the president to hurry up? >> there was no master plan here. of this we're relatively certain. this was not something they had planned or even welcomed initially. i think people can draw their own conclusions, martin, on the evolution of this, on the timetable of this. they can look at the timetable since the vice president made that statement. i think if you look at it, there is a certain degree of thinking that says we'll have to make the best of the situation within political minds and leave aside the moral and ethical and all of the other issues, the social issues, people will be arguing about over the course of the next few days. if you look at it as a political element of this, it was simply time to make a stand and there was a feeling that the president, you know, one of the quotes was he was too cute and trying to have it both ways and come down firmly on one side and they'll let people fight it out and i think in the end they think there could be a political winner for them from a political aspect. >> stay with us. back to you, chris.

defense lawyer alan duncan. mr. edwards was like a third person in your marriage, and you had a great deal of anger. not about mr. edwards, while acknowledging she had to swallow a lot because of her husband's job. isn't if true you were trying to get john edwards, duncan asked? sir, that is a completely false statement, she shot back. i'm here to tell the truth about my experiences. there's no hatred. i can't live like that, sir. >> cheri young has been a steel magnolia, southern, slender physically, but unyielding in putting the blame for this entire episode squarely on the shoulders of john edwards. >> reporter: young's demeanor was in sharp contrast to yesterday's sometimes tearful testimony. then she recounted an important direct conversation with edwards about how to handle hundreds of thousands of dollars to take care of his mistress, rielle hunter, money prosecutors allege amounted to illegal campaign contributions. a charge edwards denies. has cheri young been a stronger witness than her husband? >> cheri y

mr. duncan and others.i would like to reemphasize those reforms as part of a final package that goes forward. the agreement must also include a strength in maritime title by reforming the harbor maintenance trust fund with positions such as the one sponsored by our colleague in the house. representative charles pisani along with other provisions in policies that will ensure that u.s. maritime industries competitive with the rest of the world are very important as we move forward. these reforms combined with what is already mentioned a number of times, the keystone accel pipeline, a big jobs bill, a big infrastructure program are the key ingredients for a highway bill that results in job creation and economic growth in our country. mr. chairman, look forward to working with you in the rest of our colleagues to produce a bill. >> thank you. congresswoman brown. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. senator boxer is not here. lummi just say that i know it's not anyone in this room, but i'm very happy to be on

mr. duncan. stomachs before madame chairwoman.i want to piggyback on something you said earlier, the need to share that. dr. rosenblum, you mentioned the system for all integrated in this of the other agencies because we've heard some testimony about these of these overstays and raised questions about whether the agencies are communicating about illegal entries or visa overstays or people at cdp see that there is a trend, and so i'm concerned 9/11 commission reports identify the agencies that aren't talking. this is very important to me. how integrated do you think that is? >> the agency people could give you an answer to that question understanding is it's currently part -- its outside -- it isn't part of cdp to be it's a separate office under the u.s. visit system, and there's a proposal to move it now into cdp and i.c.e.. my understanding is that all of the different dhs agencies have access to the database through the u.s. visit and that there is extensive information sharing between the agencies like the dod and state taps in

mrs. mondejar? >> yes. chairman mcdonnell: ms. lam? >> the borders for the highlighted proposal. >> 27th street, duncan, guerrero and san jose. >> yes. chairman mcdonnell: thanks,. ms. melara? >> yes. chairman mcdonnell: mr. leigh? >> no. chairman mcdonnell: and mr. alonso? >> no. >> please make the change. chairman district eight at 3.98 and district nine 4.94. >> can i ask about that other block as anoff set. chairman mcdonnell: no, not at this time. why are you trying tooff set? >> i didn't want to add more population to eight. chairman mcdonnell: is there a sentiment around trying tooff set this. >> i was not interested in offer setting. currently before this move, district nine was at 4.98. he would certainly pelfrey to stay away from 5% to the extent we can. >> and i am actually good with going to 5% in nine. chairman mcdonnell: thank you, but we are not going to do that at this time. we can add it to the bottom of our list of propose always. i didn't hear a proposal, so i am going to presume for purposes of moving forward that there is not a proposal with respect to the tingley-kayuga? >> i think we voted against it. chairman m

defense lawyer allen duncan, mr. edwards was like a third person in your marriage and you had a great deal of anger. isn't it true you are trying to get john edwards? sir, that is a completely false statement, young shot back. i'm here to tell the truth about my experiences. there's no hatred. i can't live like that, sir. >> cheri young has been a steel magnolia. southern, slender physically, but unyielding, and putting the blame for this entire episode squarely on the shoulders of john edwards. >> reporter: she defended her husband's tell-all book. insisting the only reason my husband had to write the book is because mr. edwards did not come forward and tell the truth. she pointed out that edwards only admitted paternity of hunter's child just two weeks before the book came out. the admission came in a statement to the "today" show. >> good morning, "today" exclusive. for the first time, former u.s. senator and presidential candidate john edwards admits he is the father of frances quinn hunter, the 22-month-old daug

lawyer duncan asked, if you can get john edwards, that's what you want to do, isn't it? mrs. excuse me? duncan repeated the question. young replied, sir, that is a completely false statement. i'm here to tell the truth about my experiences, about my life. meanwhile, bill, we've seen josh brumberger, former chief of staff for john edwards, saw him entering in the courthouse here. he is currently on the witness list for both the defense and the prosecution. bill: jonathan, thank you. we roll on there in that case in greens borough, north carolina. some of the allegations are that they used the money to make improvements with their house and some of it is not disputed. some of it has been admitted. martha: what a mess. they think they're bailing out john edwards, and say what you want about that part of it, but the money doesn't go to them, it looks like it ended up going to these two. bill: and the swimming pool out back. martha: how about this, this is coming up, folks, illegal immigrants reportedly claiming tax credits for their children that don't even live in this country,

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attorney alan duncan asked her, you're interested in getting mr. edwards, aren't you? sir, i'm here to tell the truth about my experiences about my life, young replied. it was a lie when we accepted paternity for your client, and that is why we are here today. defense attorneys also grilled the former pediatric nurse about her husband's motives, along with sleeping aid ambien and his drinking and if he could be trusted. have you ever told anyone andrew young is such an accomplished liar that not even you as his wife could tell if he was telling the truth? she said she couldn't recall but she denied her husband hatched the plot. edwards' attorney showed a home video cheri young taped inside the hideout of rielle hunter. the defense says it was an attempt at extortion. she says she was trying to show proof what her family was going through, proof that there was a real rielle hunter. . during cross-examination she acknowledged she and her husband made money off the scandal. income, yeah, i'll take income, that's reasonable. some legal experts, however, say the testimony m

attorney duncan asked her, you're interested in getting mr. edwards, aren't you? i'm here to tell experiences of my life. it was a lie when we accepted paternity for your client and that's why we're here today. defense attorneys grilled the former pediatric returns about his motives along with his drinking habit and above all whether he could be trusted. have you ever told anyone that andrew young is such an accomplished liar that not even you as his wife can tell when he's telling the truth, edwards' attorney asked. cheri young said they couldn't recall but denied that her husband hatched the paternity plot. edwards' attorney showed a video that she shot. the defense argued the tape was an attempt at extension. cheri young said she was trying to document what her family was going through. this was proof there really was a rielle hunter. during cross examination cheri young acknowledged she and her husband made money off the scandal. income, i'll take income. that's reasonable. some legal experts say the testimony may hurt the prosecutor's case. >> it showed basic

duncan, secretary of education. was there any one particular thing, that one catalyst that said all right, mr. president, today is the day we do this. >> it's not really hard to deduce that this was coming to a critical head. there was no way he could walk away from addressing this sooner rather than later. we were constantly -- we were pressing them in the briefing room. the next time he held a press availability, we were going to sd ask him, have you evolved yet. he was not going to be able to duck this question any further. so either he was going to have to face it at the press conference or the next time he went to reporters or he could arrange for an interview to sit down and address it in a setting of his choosing. it's usually a white house's choice to pick a setting of their own choosing ather than wait for a prez conference. and so it seems that they decided to do it today. and on monday, i pointed out he's going to have a fundraiser with ricky martin in new york. there will be a lot of lgbt donors. he's going to share a stage with one of the leaders of the freedom to marry movement.

mr. speaker's gown, walking with black rod. parliamently clerks, and we have david cameron and ed miliband, the labor leader. first we've seen of him today. george osborne, teresa ray, and other senior parliamentary figures, ian duncan just leaving, harriet harmon, the deputy leader there. always interesting to watch body language. >> it's awkward having to do it on camera. of course they do have meetings, briefing each other on matters of security. it's always quite fun to see whether they can keep a smile. in recent weeks they have not looked a lot like they like each other. >> no. sometimes it's more convincing than at other times. so we've seen lots of members of the cabinet and the opposition front bench on their way in. a bit of a scrum. and rachel, you're watching this with me as well. from the labor point of view, it's a bit of a scramble, isn't it? people want to get in and get a good view. but there is very little room in the lords for people to see what is going on. >> i have only been there once before because i was elected in 2010. there is not much space in there. so some people wait in members lobby rather than being in the house of commons. >> don foster making his way in, one of tim's colleague ther

sex marriage, but also sean donovan, the secretary of housing, and arne duncan said he supported it too. does all of this put mrook at it politically this president has done more for political rights than any other president has done. and he continues to say and frankly no different than what joe biden said, that same sex couples should have the same rights and privileges that all americans do. that's where he continues to be. i don't think gay and lesbian americans, at least the ones i have talked to, are going to punish the president for not going as far as they believe they would want him to go because they know how hard he's fought for them. >> will? >> it's interesting. it's interesting that the president'ser is gats have taken a beinger issue. i do know what evolve means. it means you have stuck your finger into the wind and figured where popular opinion is blowing and you will follow that until it changes. so i would imagine the president would follow popular opinion until november 7th, 2012, when and if he's reelected or he loses. that's simply his not leading. >> "saturday night live" making fun of fox

duncan, here to kick off teacher appreciation week. also joining us on set, host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. mr.ake him on. i don't think i'll win that one, though. >> that would be a tough one. >> it's dr. shaq. >> mark halperin has an idea for all administration officials that he talks to in the future. and we're going to start this, try it out on you first. >> just a little ice breaker, mr. secretary, we'll go through the whole cabinet, do you believe that same-sex men and women should be able to get legally married in the united states? >> oh, come on? you're going to start there? >> yes, i do. >> okay -- >> have you ever said that publicly before? >> i don't know if i've ever been asked publicly. >> we made news. >> there you go. mark halperin -- >> thank you! that was easy. i love an answer that's just, yes. >> it only took minutes for the white house to try to fix joe biden's comments. let's see how long it takes -- >> we'll see how this goes. >> he's allowed to have an opinion. >> so secretary duncan, student loans have been kicked around on capitol hill and across washington over the pa