we can get ideas from me to think about all the efforts with in areas such as american samoa.now that our programs support american samoa with resources for prepared as related issues. so do some of the other programs. there are opportunities there to think collectively about public health and help support you for public health may be more. are there diagnostics back may be more amenable to your case than the whole laboratory response network? it is expensive to maintain. >> it is one of the things that we tried to do to ask the national guard to stand up a small units for a couple of soldiers -- or a couple of soldiers with one of the portable lap is that they have -- or a couple of soldiers with one of the portable laboratories that they have. is there any way we could get some coordination to the cdc? >> the national guard or dod. >> i was hoping to see the national guard here today. >> other questions? >> some of them are municipalities. they have all 50 states to have executed agreements. we would be glad. we cannot have everything on the same day. they would execute thes

first of all, we want to recognize the american samoa governor. he is very well-respected in american samoa, and he has been very dedicated to the nga. faced with a grueling 14,000 mile round trip, he has for dissipated in every meeting since he became governor -- participated in every meeting since he became governor, has been dissipated on three issues -- committees, -- participated on three issues. it mirrors his commitment to advancing and protecting the well-being a people of american samoa. he has been a valued member. we extend to him and his wife and their entire family our appreciation and warmest regards. if you could come forward, we have and a presentation we would like to make for you. [applause] [applause] i imagine you have more frequent flier miles in all of us combined. we want to recognize washington governor chris gregoire. i was honored to serve as her vice chair. she hit the ground running when she joined us, bringing her passion, energy, and talent to bring the association's profile and representing the interest of states. du

the gentleman from from american samoa. mr. faleomavaega: i express my deep appreciation to the gentlelady from florida, chairman of the house committee on foreign affairs and certainly my colleague, senior ranking member of the committee, mr. berman from california. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to extend and revise my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. faleomavaega: i ask unanimous consent that the full text of my statement be made part of the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. . mr. faleomavaega: statement with reference to the people where the dome is located and i would like to add that also. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. . mr. faleomavaega: i would like to express my most sincere appreciation to our speaker of the house, john boehner, majority leader, eric cantor and our minority leader, nancy pelosi, minority whip, steny hoyer, and ms. ros-lehtinen and mr. berman, john kline and george miller, chairman smith and ranking member

this samoa's out pent-up demand. -- smooths out pent-up demand. at the end of the agreement, people will have had regular access to health care and that pent-up demand will go away and utilization will likely go down. keeping it flashed across the 10 years moves those two things out. the cost data was derived from publicly available data that is reported to the state office of health wide planning and development. we projected cpmc's cost to grow at 3.5%, which is faster down the rate of inflation. we are conservatively assuming that cpmc cost will increase faster than ablation -- inflation. the third category is revenue. we model does revenue using 2010 reimbursement rates. the per member per month rate at the hospital is paid regardless how frequently or infrequently the individual receives care. there are different rates for seniors and persons with disabilities. we used 2010 rates and we kept the rates flat for the full tenure so we do not overestimated the revenue that cpmc would receive for caring for this population. no reimbursement increa

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and in the case of the insular areas that are promoted, and in the case of american samoa, we do not have any sophisticated lab. we only are limited to our hospital lab. what if any protocol does cbc have in the event of these things showing up in our territory. in the event of chemical -- for example, the last time an envelope shown up in my office with however, it took four days for the wmd support unit from hawaii to show up, and four days could have wiped out the population if that were a serious threat. they got it turned out to be just harder and it was a hoax, but what does cdc have in place to address those outlying reloaded places that have no access to any real examination and quarantine? >> thank you, governor. that is an excellent question, and that has challenged many people at cdc for a while. you have many advocates within the agency for the issues in very remote areas in american samoa and other ancillary areas. we would be glad to get ideas from you to think about all of the efforts within areas such as american samoa. for example, i do know that our program supports

the gentleman from american samoa. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and i want to commend you and the ranking member for calling this hearing this afternoon and especially i want to congratulate our colleague from new mexico now that he's being selected or elected as our ranking member of this important subcommittee, the gentleman from new mexico, mr. lujan. mr. chairman, thank you so much for calling this hearing. i ask unanimous consent that my opening statement be made part of the record. >> without objection. >> mr. chairman, this is not a new issue, as you know. we've been through this quite a number of years, since of time of ben nighthorse campbell, when he was a member of this very committee before he went on to become a united states senator. i think with an understanding of the institutional history in terms of our treatment of native american peoples, mr. chairman, you probably, more than anybody in this committee and in this congress, understands and appreciates the problems that the native american communities have had to endure

and we hear from american samoa. thank you for being here. >> in recent years we have seen a great return of veterans so much so over a period of 10 years reverse seeing a lot of veterans and families return. they used to have an office and the governor's office that would be referred to as veterans affairs adviser. i am now elevating the office into a full and departmental to deal exclusively with health issues and the liaising with local averment. when we came into office, one of the things that we saw is our veterans are forced to travel to reach health treatment. since the onset of the iraqi or and so many of our reserve forces were deployed we began to see a lot of them with behavioral health problems. we started pushing the veterans administration to have a clinic or at least a partner with us so that we would be able to afford their health care locally. they have not established a full-time clinic and staffed it with nurses. and destroy the out commission effectively. there are so many issues that need to be a

they -- they -- i feel like i am samoa or guam, an american possession, and if it's an american story am interested in it. but i don't mean to suggest that it has a white picket fence around it, this is a complicated story. in order for us to achieve greatness, we have to continually be willing to hold our own feet to the fire and learn from the past and move forward. >> you talk about the madison avenue, the idea that we look back and these people are larger than life, and they don't have complexities. >> the pitfall is sentimentality and nostalgia. we always think it was simpler back then. >> why is that? >> because we're alive, and we think we're dealing with -- our time is the most complex ever, and so we have got to assume they didn't think as complex -- that's not true. 10,000 years ago people were having conversations as animatedly and intelligently as we are today. so remove that arrogance and say, wow, i can learn from that. when i was out last year, i was like i have been making film about the demonization of recent immigrants in the united states about a whole group of peop

american samoa, aruba, bermuda, the cayman islands, hong kong, even palestine. >>> thanks to all of youprogram this week. i will see you next week. >>> hello, i'm rob marciano with a check of our top stories. first, to syria. the country's foreign minister is warning rebels that they will not be a ibl to come to syria's largest city. government and rebel forces have been battling over aleppo for a week now. >>> now to israel and mitt romney. the republican presidential candidate is meeting with israeli leaders. he visited the western wall where he just delivered a speech that gives an indication of how he would handle foreign policy in general, and in iran in particular. >> we should employ any and all measures to dissuade the iranian regime from its nuclear course and it is our fervent hope that diplomatic and economic measures will do so. in the final analysis, of course, no option should be excluded. we recognize israel's right to defend itself and that it is right for america to stand with you. >> romney arrived in israel yesterday after spending a few days in london for the olympic

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american samoa, aruba, bermuda athe cayman islands, hong kong, even palestine. >>> thanks to all of yout of my program this week. i will see you next week. stay tuned for "reliable sources." >>> remember how the media went wild over barack obama's overseas trip four years ago? mitt romney is getting a very different reception for his visit to london with the british press ridiculing him for a gold medal gaffe. >> i picked up a copy of the tabloid "the sun suhe sun" this look at the headline, "mitt the twit." >>> the gun control debate explodes in the media in wake of the colorado movie massacre with pundits accusing each other of exploiting the tragedy. >> the left wing and gun control advocates are wasting no time politicizing the tragic shooting in colorado. >> when a mass murderer uses 100-round ammunition clip to kill and wound as many people as he possibly can, our government believes that we should do nothing. >> are the media inflaming the issue? >>> plus, with the london olympics underway, nbc news pulls out the stops to promote the network's coverage of the games. >> back here

american samoa, aruba, bermuda athe cayman islands, hong kong, even palestine. >>> thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. stay tuned for "reliable sources." >>> remember how the media went wild over barack obama's overseas trip four years ago? mitt romney is getting a very different reception for his visit to london with the british press ridiculing him for a gold medal gaffe. >> i picked up a copy of the tabloid "the sun suhe sun" this look at the headline, "mitt the twit." >>> the gun control debate explodes in the media in wake of the colorado movie massacre with pundits accusing each other of exploiting the tragedy. >> the left wing and gun control advocates are wasting no time politicizing the tragic shooting in colorado. >> when a mass murderer uses 100-round ammunition clip to kill and wound as many people as he possibly can, our government believes that we should do nothing. >> are the media inflaming the issue? >>> plus, with the london olympics underway, nbc news pulls out the stops to promote the network's coverage of the games.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from american samoa is recognized for four minutes. mr.omavaega: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to extend and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. faleomavaega: i also ask unanimous consent that the full text of my statement be made part of the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. faleomavaega: mr. speaker, i want to associate myself with every word that has been spoken by the gentleman from oklahoma, not only as the chief author and sponsor of this legislation, but something that i think my colleagues in the house need to be reminded. this has nothing to do with the current -- whatever feudare going on between armenia and turkey. totally irrelevant to the bill we're discussing here this afternoon. if you talk about past criminalities, mr. speaker, i don't know if my colleagues realize, the united states government of america sang 395 treaties with the american indians and guess what? we broke every one of those treaties. so let's talk about fairness. i rise in strong suppor

first of all, we want to recognize the american samoa governor. he is well respected in american samoa and he has been dedicated to the nga. faced with a grueling 14,000 mile round trip, he as participating in every n ga winter meeting -- nga winter meeting since he became governor. his membership on the economic development committee mirrors his commitment to advancing and protecting the economic well- being of the people of american samoa. he has been a valuable member of nga and we extend to his entire family our appreciation and warmest regards. if you will come forward, we have a presentation we will like to make to you. [applause] i imagine you have more frequent flyer miles that all of us combined. finally, we want to recognize the washington governor, governor gregoire. she hit the ground running when she joined the nga, bringing her passion an immense talent to raising the association's profile case during her tenure as the chief executive of first state, she has served with distinction on six committees and five task forces. several of h

in 2009 i worked with congressman faleomavaega to help get disaster relief supplies to american samoa after an earthquake and tsunami that ravepled that island. it was conducted with a c-17 aircraft. it provides relief missions anywhere in the world including and not limited to serving those who serve us. mr. chairman, i also want to mention, though, that in addition to these humanitarian efforts, the c-17 leads in positive economic benefits to our country. the c-17 is built in long beach, california, where i happen to have the privilege to represent with my colleague, mr. rohrabacher. the production of the c-17 is responsible for over 13,000 jobs in california and provides $2 billion in economic benefits. nationally, the production of the c-17 has suppliers in 44 states, all of which we represent here, supports more than 30,000 jobs and has an $8.4 billion economic impact. while we're looking for ways to rein in spending, the c-17 remains critcrl to our humanitarian relief missions and our economy. my effort today is to make sure that we have adequate number of c-17's that are availa

yeah, he's a really good friend of mine, his girl -- he was seeing the movie with his girlfriend la samoa and from what i heard, it seemed like he passed out or something and we haven't been able to get contact with him. nobody knows where he is. >> somebody kicked in the emergency exit, and started throwing gas grenades and starting shooting people at random. >> movie theater number 9 sfwl number 9, the one i was in. >> what did you do? >> at first it took me a second to realize what was going on. as people were running away, i hit the ground so i wouldn't be hit. >> somebody throw gas grenades? >> i heard the sound of metal canisters clinking around then i saw plumes of smoke. >> that's the description of some of the chaos as people left the movie theater. this is an apartment complex, this is coming to us from our affiliate in aurora. this is aerial pictures of the complex. you can see law enfoement is surrounding the building. apparently according to police, some of the words from the shooter, indicated to them that he might have explosives in his apartment. others have described ambu

friend a.j., yeah he's a really good friend of mine, he was seeing the movie with his girlfriend la samoa and it seemed he passed out or something and we haven't been able to get any contact with him. nobody knows where he is. we're hoping for the best, we're hoping for the best. >> reporter: did you see the shooter? >> i didn't see anything, i didn't see something suspicious, people were dressed up as batman and dressed up as villa in. people were excited to see the movie. >> reporter: some people thought when the chaos started that they thought maybe it was part of the movie, part of the hollywood atmosphere, did you think that? >> i didn't realize there was something wrong right away. i thought it was like a firecracker or fire work, it's the batman premiere i'm going to throw it and get people riled up. it wasn't until the alarm sounded saying there's an emergency in the building, something is going on. that's when i figured out it was something serious. >> i talked to your mom a couple of minutes ago and she is he didn't want you to go to the movie. >> my mom doesn't like me out late

>> american samoa i am sure you understand, and the supplement our discussion of it is not something can go into. >> a question about the wildfires. is there any indication that they may have been started by a crime? >> we are working closely with federal and state and local law- enforcement agencies to determine whether there is any intentional human involvement in these fires. i really cannot comment on whether those investigations are -- >> it is at the top of our to do list. >> thank you everybody. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> on washington journal tuesday, a discussion of the supreme court ruling on the 2010 health-care law. then john of the american association of state highway and transportation officials talks about the transportation bill that was passed by congress last week. later, a series of international news bureau's continues with it washington bureau chief. washington journal, every morning starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. tuesday, the brookings institution hosts discussion