his mother deborah jean preceded bryan in death. it is my sad duty to enter the names of sergeant first class robert fike and staff sergeant bryan hoover in the record of the united states house of representatives for their service, sacrifice, and commitment to our country and to our freedom. while we struggle to express our sorrow over this loss, we can certainly take pride in the examples robert and bryan set as soldiers and friends. today and always, they will be remembered as true american heroes, and we cherish their legacies. may god grant strength and peace to all those who mourn and may god be withhall of you as i know he is with robert and bryan. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentleman from north carolina, mr. jones. the gentlelady from california, ms. woolsey. the gentlelady from indiana, -- the gentleman indiana, mr. burtoon. the gentlelady from ohio, ms. captor. the gentleman from virginia, mr. foshes. -- forbes. the gentleman from ork mr. defazio. gentlelady florida, ms. ros-lehtinen. the gentleman

. >> your first question is from bryan walsh. please state your affiliation. >> bryan walsh with "time magazine." admiral, do you expect any additional increases in the flow rate going forward? i mean, as you mentioned today, knowing that higher flow rate, you had to really redouble surface cleaning. at this point, are you confident that this is the highest number; you won't have any more surprises down the line? >> well i think we have the best range of estimate s on flow rate, given the information we hold right now. and there are basically three sources of information on the flow rate. one is the amount of oil we're able to observe on the surface with satellite and aviation sensors that actually take readings on the amount of oil. the second is our estimates on the volume that's being released, and using high- resolution video to understand what is the density of the product coming forward, how much of that is natural gas, water, oil and sediment, and then the velocity at which it's rising. that's the second input. the third i

. >> your first question is from bryan walsh. please state your affiliation. >> bryan walsh with "time magazine." admiral, do you expect any additional increases in the flow rate going forward? i mean, as you mentioned today, knowing that higher flow rate, you had to really redouble surface cleaning. at this point, are you confident that this is the highest number; you won't have any more surprises down the line? >> well i think we have the best range of estimate s on flow rate, given the information we hold right now. and there are basically three sources of information on the flow rate. one is the amount of oil we're able to observe on the surface with satellite and aviation sensors that actually take readings on the amount of oil. the second is our estimates on the volume that's being released, and using high- resolution video to understand what is the density of the product coming forward, how much of that is natural gas, water, oil and sediment, and then the velocity at which it's rising. that's the second input. the third i

i am going to thwart bryans effort to keep powerpoint presentations out of discussion. the research i want to talk about today as part of our entire eight counterfeiting protection program. we will throw another acronym into the public policy discussion on product counterfeiting. for those of you that do not know, this program was launched at michigan state university to be a university -- international hub. we bring together the disciplines to about the michigan state university campus to address counterfeiting problems by partnering with industry, government associations, and other stakeholders. we develop these lessons and get them back out through outreach, a graduate educations, online programs, executive education and the like. i want to start at a basic level and talk about product counterfeiting and its impact. we have heard a lot about that this morning. i will bring some of those facts together and get through this sort of quickly. there are probably some folks in the audience who may be new to the area. it may be good to redress that information. i would like

. >> the first question is from bryan walsh. >> "time" enmagazine. this point, are you confident -- [unintelligible] >> i think we have the best range of estimates on flow rates, given the information we have right now. there are three sources of information on the flow rate. one is the amount of oil we are able to observe on the surface. satellite in aviation sensors action to take readings on the amount of oil. the second is the amount of a volume being released, and using a high-resolution video to understand what is the density of the product coming forward, how much gas and water and sediment, and the velocity at which it is rising. the third input we have is from tests done by the oceanographic institute, where they got the sort signals across to get the density of the column. -- the solar signals across to the density of the colubr -- that the density of the column. i continue to challenge them to refine their products, challenge their assumptions, look at their analysis and continue to improve it. we are going to plateau as far as knowledge o