one of the world's biggest defense companies, bae systems, has been hit with huge fines. it has admitted to conspiring to create false statements to the u.s. government. it will repay $5 million. under global settlement, bae systems is also paying a record fine in the united kingdom. the church of england has sold more than $5 million worth of shares in a mining company because of the way the country treats indigenous people in parts of india. the church is not satisfied based show respect for human rights and local communities. the company says they do respect the environment and human rights. prosecutors in britain have taken the highly unusual step of bringing criminal charges against four parliamentarians, accusing them of fraud in claiming expenses. all four deny any offense. the route over these expenses has already provoked huge public anchor in britain. we have this from westminster. >> even at those from the house of parliament and the house of commons have been dragged into the scandal. but there were some cases where police thought mort serious investigation wa

evin bae, dick lugar, all republicans, how long did it take us?nths for somebody supported by democratic and republican senators from that state. you can multiplied that across- the-board. we have to start highlighting the fact that this is not how we should be doing business. in fairness, when we were in the minority, there were sometimes we bloc judges and appointees. it is fair to say we were a little more selective in how we did it. a lot more, someone said. [applause] this is an example where i will reach out to mcconnell. harry reid has as well. i will say, if if the government is going to work for the american people, i cannot have the administrator for gsa, which runs every federal facility, all federal buildings across the country, here we are trying to save billions of dollars, cut waste -- claire mccaskill has been all on top of how we can audit are spending -- we could save billions of dollars in ending old leases that don't work or renegotiating them or consolidating buildings and efficiencies, but i don't have a gsa administrator, ev

sandra hyland is the senior principal engineer at bae systems. and dr., your written testimony will be included in the record in their entirety. and we can complete your testimony. we will begin with questions, and each member will have five minutes to question the panel. mr. buswell, please begin. >> thank you. good afternoon, chairman wu, congressman smith, and members of the committee. it is my pleasure to be here. once again i commend you on the assembly of this panel. and i'm humbled to be among them. i am honored to appear on behalf of the department today to discuss with you this critical issue of airport passenger screening technology. i also want to thank the committee and the staff for your continuing support of dhs, science and technology. and our mission is to enable and deliver technology to protect the american people. nist is charged with providing technical support and tools to the major dhs operating components and our nation's first responders, all of whom are on the front lines of homeland security every day. dhs, nist fund basic resea

in september, the contractors bae broke ground at a former auto supplying plant in sterling heights. this investment is expected to create 600 good-paying, high- tech jobs. since i have been governor, and we have focused on the sector, we have nearly tripled the amount of defense contracting we do in this state. we now have 7000 companies engaged in defense and other federal contracting. if that is good news. the new michigan -- [applause] [applause] >> the new michigan is about economic diversification. some of the most important transformations are happening inside the auto industry. anyone who thinks the automakers can not change should stay on board at the general motors assembly plant, where later this year, the first mass-produce chevy volt will roll off of the assembly line. [applause] >> gm has invested $700 million in eight different facilities across the state to produce the electric boat and the advanced battery right here in michigan. they are not alone. ford is also investing $1 billion to electrify its fleet. that is starting with the focus that they will build in wayne

this is sponsored by bae systems.o bring voices from the field to inform the washington policy debate, particularly of our coalition partners to have been in the fight with us< there has been an unfortunate meredith in washington focused on the american leadership -- unfortunate narrative in washington focused on the american leadership, sometimes to the detriment of the wall or coalition forces have played. we are trying to bring voices of that -- from the field, ranging from dutch commanders in afghanistan, general van loon, commander of command south in afghanistan. general david mcnielleill, commander of isaf. and the former pakistani chief of staff. we are very pleased to host jonathan vance today, one of canada's leading counterinsurgency practitioners. a specialist. in one of the interviews i read before the event, he referred to himself to a chief cheerleader, to a chief mourner, to a general manager. he is an infantry officer of yhuri he has experience, having deployed in croatia in 1994. he deployed in suppo