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and then mark as part testifies before the house armed services committee about the pentagon's budgetuest. 2020 democratic presidential candidate senator bernie sanders speaks to voters in san jose, california today, two days before the super tuesday primary. live coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. later today, democratic presidential candidate joe biden speaks to voters in norfolk, virginia. we will have his remarks live starting around 6:30 p.m. eastern online. next, your reaction to last night's south carolina primary results and highlights from speeches. later in the program, james antle editor of the american conservative magazine and elie mystal

speaker, it's very important today that we thank the epartment of defense and the house armed services committee for their support and analysis this a quality measure for us to consider. all americans deserve to be dignity and respect when faced with repaying a debt. true for our ally service members who fight for our freedoms every day. will provide important safeguards, and i urge my support it and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from guam, mr. san nicolas, is recognized. mr. san nicolas: mr. speaker, i yield to the gentlewoman from ennsylvania, ms. dean, the sponsor of this important legislation, as much time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. dean: i thank the chairman and i thank the gentleman from guam. as i rise in support of h.r. 5003, the fair debt collection practices for service members act. every day we are reminded of the significant sacrifices of our troops they make to protect us and as members of congress we have a response to believe the protect those who protect us. the

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seeking to do discretion away from yes absolutely congresswoman davis and i are both on the armed services committee there are a number of issues that you've raised that makes me want to go back and particularly take another look an emotional one individual basis what happens after a crime like that has been committed it's a very difficult thing to go through and don't think i don't know i know. the fact that you're willing to tell me your stories firsthand makes it much easier for us to go back and just say you know these are policies that we have to change it's a big it's a big big deal but you do it really find people like you who will stand up for us thank you so much. everything they do. to me it's make you get people nervous thanks for your time mr speaker last year the military received over 3000 reports of sexual assault involving other members into service this week 17 batteries are saying that the military ignored their cases of sexual assault while they were on active duty today i'm going to talk about the men corey chokmah who served in the coast guard from august 2005 to june 2007 she n

the general told the house armed services committee today that the current level of attacks is higher than what is allowed in the peace plan signed last month , and that he has no confidence the group will honor its commitments. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> july from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm taylor riggs. amanda: live in toronto, i'm amanda lang. welcome to bloomberg markets. we are joined by our bloomberg and bnn bloomberg audiences. taylor: here are the top stories we are following from around the world. u.s. equities are the bulk of their gains. the s&p 500 turning negative after gaining this morning. now trying to stay in the green. some signs of hope for the airlines. president trump thomases to help the industry as u.s. carriers slash domestic and international service. oil rebounding after its worst loss since 1991, even as saudi arabia escalates its price war with russia. oil looking for a potential tax

>> there's language in the authorization act coming up, i served on the armed services committee.he processes of the legislative vehicles take way too long. we have to pass this emergency funding if the president, what he's asking for in the funding to fight the coronavirus. that's where we start. lou: i hope you and other from others on capitol hill will join with the president. he needs a group around him. if he pleads, he will have to use the pen and the phone. he can't wait for the moronic sloths, schumer and pelosi and the like. he needs to help the american people and he has done a hell of a job on his own to this. lou: is a first president in my lifetime to take on the china threat. every other president has gone out of their way to appease china and turn a blind eye. that's why i'm glad to fight with him along the way. lou: absolutely. thank you, great to have you with us. we are coming right back with much more, the latest from the polls. ♪ one harvard university epidemiologist warning that up to 70% of the world population could contract the coronavirus. doctor mark said

. >> chairman inhofe, ranking member reed, distinguish members of the senate armed services committee thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to provide an operational update and testimony in support of the fy 21 budget request pertaining to our area of responsibility. my senior enlisted leader, fleet master chief jamie erdell of the navy is also with you here today seated immediately behind me. i appreciate very much your remarks about the sacrifices of captain navas and gunnery sergeant pongo as well as corporal zavala, a a marine was killed in a vehicle rollover during an exercise in uae just a couple of days ago. additionally, the two u.s. service members and the united kingdom servicemember who died in the attack at times yesterday and iraq, they will be remembered. today there are nearly 90,000 men and women serving thought the nation's. i am proud of the remarkable dedication and humbled by the personal sacrifice and it's my honor to serve with them. they are young americans in the line of fire working to prevent attacks on the homeland, counter stabilizing regional

we talked with him obviously with the armed services committee moving forward to take charge here and also the commerce committee and the senate you know, they can move very, very quickly and stop this situation that's been imposed on us >> senator, i appreciate the national security argument, and all of this and certainly you go back a couple decades, and i think back to the opec oil embargo. we know how important energy independence is to national security i recognize that we're at record levels of production in the u.s. and exporting crude all over the world, et cetera but in general, from a refining infrastructure standpoint, we still are importing quite a number of barrels right now because of how those refiners are structured and how also the ability to get crude to different parts of the country is set up right now. what do you do about that situation? >> well, we're -- the exporter, that's where that is at. we'll always import some, because there's refineries that are owned by foreign entities. canada has a number of those you'll always be importing some barrels for some types

congressman jim banks is a member of the house armed services committee.alk about the border. do you think the president is on the right track? it does appear the president is in agreement with crossing that border. how about canada? >> it seems like a no-brainer to me to stop the flow of people coming over both of our borders. if we want to flatten the curve we want to keep those from other countries from coming into the united states, unless they are u.s. citizens coming into the united states to be near their loved ones. david: we talked about the the chinese coming to see the president when the virus was much stronger than they were letting on. you say china should pay reparations for their negligence in all this. how would that work? >> michael pillsbury wrote the textbook. it was good to hear from him. i have been all over my district and i heard from so many constituents who have been negatively affected by this disaster. they are asking the question, when are we going to hold china accountable for their role in negligence that led to this coronavir

he'll answer questions from the senate armed services committee about personnel needs and weapons spending in the new budget year which begins in october. see that hearing tonight starting at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. >>> michael bloomberg has dropped out of the democratic presidential race. he said this morning, defeating president trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it. he has endorsed joe biden for the democratic presidential nomination. so far, mr. biden has the lead in super tuesday primary te delegates while bernie sanders is close behind with california still counting votes. the next round of primaries are tuesday when six states, idaho, michigan, mississippi, missouri, north dakota, and washington state open their polls to divvy up 416 delegates. and then the following tuesday, march 17th, primaries in four states with large delegate counts, arizona, florida, illinois, and ohio. and then march will wrap up with the georgia primary on the 24th with 105 delegates at stake. >>> during this election season, the candidates beyond the talking point

so the strange coalition of folks on the armed services committee, rare earth element interest in those from the progressives in the administration ended up for the first time ever two.one federal million employees access to paid parental leave and that is decades with a congresswoman maloney in the chairwoman mr. smith as a signal of what could happen with rare earth elements. >> something that is so bizarre but is also so fascinating how things come together. >>. >> who should read this book and why? >> anybody who's interested in what happening and watching the primary i think could learn things because your classes the dress rehearsal how the party has been acting with the republican party and democratic party and how we are trying to come together with the internal conflict is an interesting book for young women to see the different path for the variety of backgrounds i brought up charisse david's earlier who was native american and i said do you feel like you are representing this group of people? she said if i think about it but i have just as many people who come into my office

and the difference it will make is congressman matt gates, member of the house judiciary armed services committeese and enjoying the florida weather, good to have you with us. >> i'm 37 years old, you don't have to worry about me but we may have to get you to florida, your too important to the movement of this thing starts ripping through gotham. lou: i was just trying to figure out i couldn't agree with you more about being so important but you're really talking about aged and infirm but nevertheless i will take it under consideration. it is great to have you with us, the president today, good to see a lot of quarantine even of self-imposed. it is a remarkable time. the president driving the market higher with his national emergency declaration. the president send a signed graph of the market taking off from the moment he began a news conference. if you are a democrat in this country thinking about playing politics with the coronavirus i would think that chart would dissuade you. >> no doubt the president's words granted greater confidence and invigorated the markets today but it had a very pract

she sits on the armed services committee. senator, great to have you with us.hanks for taking the time. the president -- >> of course. >> i want to start with some of the president's comments. he said, that new york, which you represent, should be totally fine and should have more than enough ventilators and other equipment. what is your assessment from what you're hearing. >> i think the president's wrong and he has been absolutely unhelpful in his constant rhetoric of pitting one state and one region against the other. including attacking our first responders and saying that somehow masks are missing. i think those comments are outrageous and shows that he's not an effective leader in a time of crisis. our doctors, nurses, emts, front lines, firefighters and police officers are doing everything asked of them, working 24/7. they need masks. they need masks for the entire day. they need more ventilators. we don't have enough ventilators. because we have a good governor and a good new york city mayor, we have field hospitals being built in the javits center, cen

congresswoman chrissy houlahan of pennsylvania, a member of the house foreign affairs and armed services committeeyou so much for being with me. and i hope you are well through all of this. >> i am, thank you. >> just first, is there anything that you don't support in what the white house is offering in terms of the trillion dollars? >> i think that it remains to be seen how it will all come together and it clearly is a very fluid situation. when i last checked in actually when i heard coming out of the senate is that the senate was actually going to take up the bill that we sent them late last week and they were going to pass that and in fact that there would be a third bill. so this is a very dynamic situation and i'm absolutely in support of making sure that we first take care of the people this is what our second bill that we passed in the house does. and then that we move into t making sure that we're shoring up our businesses as well. >> steven mnuchin said that the administration is talking to congress about end is being cash to americans over the next two weeks just to soften the blow. do

. >> reporter: america's top commander in afghanistan telling the house armed services committee thebe easy. in the midst of new taliban attacks, a new political crisis erupted this week with 2 rival governments claiming to lead afghanistan. raising questions from skeptical lawmakers about the unity of the afghan security forces. >> the afghan national defense and security forces was incapable of standing up on its own. any time under the next couple years. yet under the plan, we will completely withdraw including support services and contractors within 14 months. >> reporter: the u.s. is now pushing for the u.n. to endorse the deal. diplomats and experts say they have serious concerns about a possible erosion of women's rights if the taliban goes back into power. >> this is not just morally wrong. this is dangerous. >> reporter: under the agreement, the u.s. has 135 days to completely withdraw. around 8,600 troops will remain to fight isis and other terror groups. >>> lots of sunshine and even a few raindrops. >> italy takes steps to prevent the step of coronavirus inside prisons. ♪

>> i will talk a little about abou committee -- in this case, the senate armed services committee will come back with a series of questions so the transaction will be conducted in the digital space. >> ok, so it was not really a hearing? >> no, not in the traditional sense. >> it was more a paper hearing. >> yeah. >> general, you said 100 soldiers who had tested positive for the virus. can you say where they are? are they clustered in particular bases? ? a don't want to get to the exact numbers of where they are at, but they are pretty much spread out. we have not seen clusters yet. i don't have that broken down. >> also, the effort in new york, how many beds will you provide with that field hospital? how many personnel as well? >> as far as the beds that are going to new york, they are coming with 284. i think what we will see happening is -- and this is a good interagency kind of coordination. they are going into a fixed building, which means we won't be setting up tents. fema has the capability to put in place, which they have, hospitals, beds, and equipment, and they are doing that

joining me is that representative, a democratic member of the armed services committee and a good friendhad some strong words on friday over the coronavirus having been called a hoax. are you satisfied with the president's clarification that we just played on it? >> i'm glad he is trying to clarify. the clarification is, in fact, the problem. it's the inconsistency of this administration as it tries to deal with what is a very real epidemic worldwide and certainly rapidly expanding epidemic in the united states. the lack of consistency, the hoax issue is but one. the president's clarification is another. his tweets go in different directions. just yesterday they were saying they would have tests available by the end of the week. you reported they have 75,000 available now. that inconsistency of message leaves people befuddled and very, very concerned. frankly, that's why i want joe biden. this man knows what is going on. he knows government. he knows the necessity of the consistent, fact. >> dale:factual message. >> i want to get to know what we know, that the first case of community spr

joining me now, adam smith, the chairman of the armed services committee. mr.ank you very much for joining us. do we have what we need in place right now to start manufacturing ventilators and respirators or hospital masks? >> i don't think we do. which is why the wartime footing is so important. we got to force it to happen. right now in seattle, the tip of the spear on this outbreak, we are running out of personal protective equipment. and it's going to begin to limit the capacity of the number of people that we can treat. and that doesn't even get to the ventilator question to the bed space. i think the president is right. we've got to use our manufacturing ability to force companies to make a lot more of this, control the distribution and make sure it gets to the right place. we have the capability. we have the industrial manufacturing capability. but we have got to employ it rapidly, as rapidly as possible. >> where are those factory? what do they currently produce? >> i don't know exactly. i know 3m produces a lot. a lot are produced for construction. we

. >> when i became the chairman of the senate armed services committee, i divested myself of all stocks because i thought some day that may come up. >> georgia's new senator kelly laugh ler is under fire for selling the stock same day as an all senators briefing. her husband is chairman and ceo of the new york stock exchange. love ler responded to the controversial today on fox. >> i'm only informed of my transactions after they occur, several weeks so certainly those transactions at least on my behalf were a mix of buys and sells, very routine for my portfolio. >> there have been calls for them to resign. burr -- asking him to open a complete review of the matter with full transparency. bret? >> bret: mike, thank you. president trump says he is talking with one automaker about retooling its factory to make much needed ventilators to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak. and there may be more companies answering that call tonight. it's part of an effort to bring a war-time style urgency to the shortage of vital medical equipment. senior correspondent claudia cowan has the story tonig

they were both on armed services committee and he saw in teddy in teddy saw in john real patriotism, love of his country. even though they came at it from a different place, they both knew that they cared about the country and have loved it. they just developed a bond and they found these little nuggets of common ground where they could work together. it was seapower is one of the things they worked on. or immigration there were both were passionate about. they but sometimes related to go at it on the floor, i mean, go at it. but then there would walk of the four and go that was pretty good, wasn't it? because it was never personal. boy, do i wish those days were here again. >> but you're talking as though this was a really long time ago. not that long ago. when did you see the change in the senate and in congress in general? >> personally for me i think when teddy passed i think we began to see the ab suicide and all of this. then with various older members who didn't run again or who did pass ultimately, it just change. twitter and facebook and all the social media have really, not

this all the time before he would appear before the senate and house armed services committee. you want a smaller budget? ok, fine. what do you want me to give up? so this person is asking me the same question. mr. wittman: so it's a great question because as i said earlier, strategy really should drive the fundamental decisions. mr. courtney: it correctly identified the fact that looking out in terms of what's going on in the world right now, our near are the biggest concern we have to be focused on. listedd north korea were in the national defense strategy as well. frankly, north korea in some ways is part of the whole indo-pacific effort that's out there right now. you know, look, the middle east, which has really been a drain on the navy over the years when we hadottoman that had -- es, when we started to see an uptick in terms of new contracts that were authorized and appropriated there's no question that part of the world was a big and the ones we can expect in the future. -- was a big driver in terms of decisionsof why those were made. we are all hoping that something is

in the end, this very strange coalition of folks on the armed services committee, rare earth element interests, paid parental family leave and the administration had for the first time ever 2.1 million federal employees having access to paid 12 weeks of paid parental leave and that's dead okayeds in the making on the babblings of a lot of people, including congress woman maloney and my chairman, mr. smith but the kind of a signal of what can happen when you hear weirdness in the air, like rare earth element. >> guest: that's what makes congress great as a member and a reporter so bizarre and also fascinating how things come together. something people don't see the background of awful the time. >> host: absolutely. i have one more question and then i'll open it up for you for the questions i'm sure i didn't ask. why -- who should read this book and why. >> so, anybody who is interested in what is happening within the democratic party and watch thing primary and interested in the outcome of the election, period, i think could learn things because i do think that your class and the 116t

they were in the armed services committee and he saw in teddy and teddy saw in john real patrioti patriotism, love of his country. even though they came at it from a different place, they both knew they cared about the country and they loved it. they just developed a bond. they found these little nuggets of common ground where they can work together. it was a sea power is one of the things they worked on, it was immigration. they were both passionate about. they would sometimes really love to go at it on the floor. they would go at it. then they would walk off the floor and oh, that was pretty good, was it? it was never personal. boy, do i wish those days were here. >> you are talking as though this was a really long time ago. it is not that really long. >> when did you see the change in the senator in congress in general? >> personally for me when teddy passed, we begin to see the subside in all of this. and with older members that did not run again or did pass ultimately. it just changed and twitter and facebook and all social media have really not just changed what's going on but in a ver

in december of 2018, shortly after becoming chairman of the armed services committee, i instructed myinancial adviser to move me out of all stocks and into mutual funds to avoid any appearance of controversy. my adviser has been doing so and i'm not aware or consulted about any transactions. stephanie ruhle is back with us. also with us ken dilanian in our washington bureau. establish the facts for us and talk about why these four senators are now under fire this morning with the timeline of events. >> i think senator inhofe's statement is important. three of the four senators have said, i didn't make these trades, my financial advisers or my spouse made the trades. richard burr is not saying that. he's acknowledging that he made the decision to trade in. he and his wife sold 33 different stocks that were worth between 600,000 and $1.7 million. and that was a significant chunk of his net worth, especially, according to his financial disclosure statements. kelly loeffler of georgia sold stocks with her husband worth up to $3.2 million and senator dianne feinstein dumped some stocks bet

in the armed services committee we look at the threats coming from china and we certainly hope we never enter conflict with them, but if we were to be in a conflict , we don't want them to stop shipping their medicines or vaccines to us were potentially put in different ingredients or worse, ingredients that could harm our soldiers. i think this is something, this transition that the american pharmaceutical companies have made to getting most of their basic ingredients from china that's occurred under the wire and we didn't realize till recently how vulnerable we are and that's why were taking action. >> a lot of people are thinking about this issue more broadly, how reliant we are on china for so many different things. thank you for explaining that. keep us up-to-date on how this works of the congress. >> absolutely. to charles payne as he gets set for making money at the top of the hour which is gonna be a tough thing to do and has been for a lot of people. charles, it's interesting, the circuit breaker seemed to calm people down a little bit and now here we are down 7% on the dow. >>

wineburger used to say this all the time when he would appear before the senate and house armed services committees. you want a smaller budget, fine, what do you want me to give up? so this person is asking the same question. >> so i mean the -- it's a great question because i said earlier strategy should really drive the fundamental decisions. and i think that really, you know, the mbs that came out in 2018 correctly identified the fact looking out in terms of what's going on in the world right now our near pure competitors are really i think the biggest sort of concern we have to be focused on. and, you know, iran and north korea sort of were listed in the national defense strategy as well, but i frankly i mean north korea in some ways is sort of part of the whole indo pacific sort of effort that's out there right now. look, the middle east which is -- has really been a drain on the navy over the years and we've had augmentees serving in -- we had a submariner in connecticut who was describing being a prison guard. but the navy stood up and helped and participated, and ship building part of the r

weinberger used to say this all the time when he would appear before the senate and the house armed services committees. if you want a smaller budget, okay, fine. what do you want me to to give up? this person is asking, essentially, the same question. >> so, i mean, the -- it's a great question because as i said earlier, strategy really should drive the fundamental decisions. and i think that, you know, really, you know, the nds that came out in 2018 correctly identified the fact that looking out in terms of what's going op in the world right now, i mean, our near-peer competitors really, i think, are the biggest sort of concern that we have to be focused on. and, you know, iran and, you know, north korea were listed in the national defense strategy as well. but i, frankly, i mean, north korea in some ways is sort of part of the whole indo pacific sort of effort that's out there right now. you know, look, if the middle east which has really been a drain on the navy over the years end when we had augmenteverything es, you know -- augmentees, we had a submariner in connecticut who was describing being a

. >> the chairman of the senate armed service committee, i divested myself of all stocks because i thoughtt may come up. >> george's new senator kelly loeffler is under fire for selling stock the same way as i. her husband's chairman and ceo of the new york stock exchange. she responded to the controversy today on fox. >> i'm only informed of my transactions after they occur, several weeks. so certainly, those transactions -- at least on my behalf -- were a mix of buys and sells, rooting for my portfolio. >> they have been several calls for some of these lawmakers to resign. chairman verse as he spoke today with the chairman of the senate ethics committee, asking him to open a complete review of the matter with full transparency. shannon? >> shannon: mike emanuel, thank you. still, republican senator from georgia kelly leffler joined tucker carlson earlier tonight to address the reports. we wanted to play this for you, it's a portion of the interview. >> unlike senator burr, who hasn't really explained how this happened, though i think it is pretty evident, you said i didn't know this happ

. >> when i became the chairman of the senate armed services committee, i divested myself of all stocksause i thought some day that may come up. >> georgia's new senator kelly loeffler is under fire for selling the stock the same day as an all senators briefing her husband is chairman and ceo of the, no stock exchange. -- new york stock exchange. she responded to the controversy today on fox. >> i'm only informed of my transactions after they occur, several weeks, so certainly those transactions at least on my behalf were a mix of buys and sells, very routine, for my portfolio. >> there have been several calls for some of these lawmakers to resign. burr says he spoke today with the chairman of the senate ethics committee, asking him to open a complete review of the matter, with full transparency. in washington, mike emmanuel, fox news. jon: meantime, president trump has been sounding off on the economy as coronavirus tightens pressure on businesses both big and small. wall street saw its worst week since the height of the 2008 financial crisis, and as we wait to see what monday's openin

yesterday, lieutenant general thompson testified before the house armed services committee that the air force had been directed and i emphasize the werece directed, to go back and open this up. he b said, open and up the app t your and look at all levels u including some non traditional locationsll and that they would establish the criteria, which i had already been established, months, if not a couple years ago and that none of these -- t the list red stone arsenal all there. erecynical person in today's wod would think there was some would political electoral politics coming into this and play into because conngress has wanted to do this and we've been supportive but now we are going to get delayed again in opening this process up. i haveoing a series of question. number one, this come from thef white house? if queso, who? didif it didn't or it did, it s not pushed pushbaback.ou tell me how that process came up to open this up againin because been looking at this for a long time? >> ngit came from me. i am the responsible party. during my talks on the hill, prior to my nomination the

mccaul: i yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from alabama, a member of the armed services committee, and the lead republican of the homeland security committee, mr. rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. rogers: i thank my friend from texas. madam speaker, today we are dealing with legislation that didn't make sense on january 9, it didn't make sense on january 30, and it doesn't make sense today. today marks the third time the house has considered a version of this legislation in just three months. i'm back to remind my colleagues that our conflict is not with the iranian people, but with their murderous regime. the iranian government, using agents like general soleimani, and the irgc, has been arming shi'a militia, including hezbollah and others across the middle east, for decades. general soleimani's organization was responsible for deaths of nearly 600 americans. this resolution offers safe harbor to those killers. it offers safe harbor to the iranian revolutionary guard corps, a designated foreign terrorist organization. it offers safe ha

. ♪ ♪ ♪ brian: senator tom cotton is a member of the armed service committee.efore and things that could get done today to help address the coronavirus crisis that is really affecting our markets. senator, welcome back. ainsley: good morning. >> thank you, it's good to be back on with you. brian: it's so vital we move in the right direction as one country, not one party. what have you discovered that kaofbg done befor could have bee before that wasn't done that could help the situation out today? >> last week we passed a bipartisan supplemental spending bill to get help down front lines. unfortunately behind closed doors the democrats killed a vital provision to protect our great doctors and nurses. weave need to make sure that we have the kind of masks available to protect our doctors and nurses. when they're screening for coronavirus. mask manufacturers like 3 m and others asked for legal immunity to use industrial masks when screening for the coronavirus. these are the exact same kind of masks that doctors and nurses currently use, they are just not suitable

yesterday, lieutenant general thompson, testified before the house of armed services committee that the air force had been directed and i emphasize the word directed, to go back in open this up. he said open up the aperture and look at all of them including some non traditional locations, and that they would establish the criteria which had already been established months, if not a couple of years ago, and that the list that red stone arsenal -- in today's world would think that there is some political electoral politics coming into this, and to play into this. congress has wanted to do this and we have been supportive, but now we're going to get delay to get in opening this process. up so i have a series of question. this comes from the white house does it come from the. white house who? if it did was their pushback if not did come from you or others? tell me how the process came up to open this up again? a lot of folks have been looking at this for a long time. >> yes i am the responsible party during my talks on the hill prior to my nomination more particularly after my hearing here,