burgess: thank you. s. brooks: three years ago, we launched a fraud prevention workshop that's traveled to all our countries -- counties. i appreciate that we have to take a multilevel approach in working on this whether it's the federal, state or local levels and i do have to say that when you think about retirement security, and i talk about security a lot, and retirement is part of that when i'm out talking with constituents. people often are embarrassed, they're concerned -- they don't want to share if they've been scammed. and it's -- i appreciate the work that you all are doing. they don't want to share with their families. they don't want to share they don't want to talk about it. it might even take a while for them to realize it. and i'm curious, i'm a former u.s. attorney. i'm curious whether or not any u.s. attorneys' offices, whether in the civil division or the criminal division are engaged? i know they are on identity theft because that's something we've been working on for a very, very long ti

representative burgess: i think the gentleman. the chair will recognize himself or five minutes for questions. i didn't let the other members go first because i knew we were coming up on a vote, but it looks like we got enough time to , before weis recorded our votes. ms. stanger i want to know what kind of response you had from the article that he did to "consumer reports"? people who deal with lawyers and communities, they are happy it is out there because they think it gets the word out. apparently the ftc called this dramatic group to congratulate them, and maybe they will work together. that would be great. i have not looked at the letters we have got recently, so i do not know what readers are saying. we just having is on the cover of a national magazine will get people to think more about its and think about it in their own lives. representative burgess: it drives the interest factor. professor wallace, you may have noticed you have arrived in a digital-free zone. it is ironic because we are the principal committee in the u

and, chairman burgess, i thank you for the draft that you have brought forward. my constituents are truly interested in this issue, whether they work with toyota or gm or nissan or in the after market auto parts industry with ought auto zone. everybody has an interest in what we are doing. here's the reason why. when you look at the stats that we're going to have a quarter billion interconnected cars on the road by 2020 and the significance of that, as aushls have become more computerized, it's important for us to look at these technological ranss such as the week-to-vehicle communication, there's a lot of curiosity about that, we look forward to getting some answers as to how this is going to work and i thanks gentleman from texas for initiating the conversation and i yield back. >> the chair recognizes the chairman of the full committee. five minutes of an opening statement, please. >> the tigtle of today's hearin includes auto safety but it's clear it does not cover safety. auto safety is a pressing top being that deserves our utmost attention. traffic fatalit

burgess raised. and the type of vetting processes that are utilized before admitting refugees to the united states. i heard you say there are stories. you checked the international criminal database. what other steps do you take to vet these refugees? >> well, if you want to get in deep to the details, we can have a classified briefing, which we've been giving more often now to members of congress. and dhs are really the experts on it. but the steps include then the referral from unhcr, so they weed out people who are not appropriate to refer to us. the preparation of their case, very importantly, the interview by dhs examiners, and then checking their names and their biometric data, their fingerprints against u.s. law enforcement, and national security databases. when there's a question, sometimes applicants are put on hold while further investigations are carried out. so nobody comes to the united states about whom there are any open questions. dhs -- they take their role extremely seriously. >> an

chairman burgess, i thank you for the draft that you have brought forward. my constituents are truly interested in this issue whether they work with toyota or gm or nissan or in the after market auto parts industry with autozone. when you look at the stats that we're going to have a quarter billion interconnected cars on the roadway by 2020, by 2020, and the significance of that, as automobiles have become more computerized, it's important for us to look at these technological advances such as the vehicle to vehicle communication. there's a lot of curiosity about that. we look forward to getting some answers as to how this is going to work, and i thank the gentleman from texas for initiating the conversation and yield back. >> chair, thanks the gentlelady. the chairman recognizes mr. pallone five minutes for an opening statement, please. >> the title of today's hearing refers to vehicle and roadway safety, but it's clear from the draft before us that safety is not the focus. instead of improving au auto safety, this draft weakens consumer and environmental p

harris, five minutes for an opening statement, please. >> good morning, temperature burgess, chairman of this committee, ranking member, and members of the commerce, manufacturing and trade subcommittee. my name is robert harris and i'm a lawyer, and i am the cook county public guardian in chicago. i was appointed in 2004 by the chief judge of the circuit court of cook county to act as the guardian for people with alzheimer's and dementia. i'm here today to discuss the issue confronting hundreds of my people measure any -- under my guardianship who have severe forms of dementia and alzheimer's and have been financially exploited. my office serves approximately 600 people right now as the guardian of last resort for people without family or others to care for them. the average age is 72. the oeldest is 103, and around 70 of them are over 90 years old. our goal is to maintain them in their own homes or in a community setting, and for approximately a third of those people, we are able to do so with their own assets. at this point, most of them have bought homes, saved money for their gol

burgess raised. and the type of vetting processes that are utilized before admitting refugees to the united states. i heard you say there are stories. you checked the international criminal database. what other steps do you take to vet these refugees? >> well, if you want to get in deep to the details, we can have a classified briefing, which we've been giving more often now to members of congress. and dhs are really the experts on it. but the steps include then the referral from unhcr, so they weed out people who are not appropriate to refer to us. the preparation of their case, very importantly the interview by dhs examiners, and then checking their names and their biometric data, their fingerprints against u.s. law enforcement and national security databases. when there's a question, sometimes applicants are put on hold while further investigations are carried out. so nobody comes to the united states about whom there are any open questions. dhs is -- they take their role extremely seriously. >> a

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chairman burgess, ranking member schakowsky and members of the subcommittee. name is greg dotson, center of american progress, think tank dedicated to improving american lives through actions. manufacturing industry touches live on all of us. many americans rely on cars to get to work, do their jobs, transport their family safely. for these reasons the industry is regulated in vitally important ways. minimize risk of accidents, minimize risk of pollution choking our communities. today's vehicles have attributes one believed to be incompatible. they are safer, more efficient and less polluting. i will focus my discussion on 502 and a 0of the discussion draft. i would like to highlight the five important reasons these sections are flawed. first the discussion draft presents a false choice by asking members of congress to choose vehicle safety over pollution reduction. that is unnecessary tradeoff. the fact is that we need both safer motor vehicles and cleaner cars and trucks and there is no reason the american people can't have both. second, there is not a sound

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burgess, ranking member schakowsky. i'm delighted to appear before you to provide an overview of the fraud threats to older americans and the ftc's actions to address them. combatting fraud is a critical component of the ftc's consumer protection mission and virtually every law enforcement case that we bring affects older americans. we have adopted a multifaceted approach in our battle against fraud that targets older consumers or injures them more than others and that includes aggressive law enforcement, policy initiatives, and consumer education and outreach. to address such fraud effectively, the ftc monitors fraud trends by examining data gathered from consumer complaints and surveys and collaborating with others in law enforcement, industry, academia, and legal services. through our extensive law enforcement experience and efforts to track fraud trends we have identified practices affecting seniors in several discreet areas and our consumer complaint data shows that for 2015 older americans complained primarily abo

burgess estimates someone opened fire from several hundred yards away. >> it's scary. it's scary. reminder there for me of just how close saturday was. >> reporter: since then watching tv sure is different. >> when everything calmed down that's when the lights clicked on in my head saying, this was real. >> reporter: in an area the state where random shoot having law enforcement's attention now a home is also on the list. >> the neighbors need to know. >> local police are investigating the shooting but so far no word on who fire the shot or where that bullet even came from. >> thank goodness it didn't hurt anyone. back to your fox 29 weather authority right now. man, kathy, it's another great day. >> i know. >> it is. just a few sprinkles scattered showers out there. the front is coming through. the big change is going to be the temperature. what comes after the rain is the bigger story. iain is like no! >> i know what's coming. >> winter coat, yes that's what's comfortable. >> terrible for iain. ultimate doppler shows those scattered showers moving through the delaware valley. no

chairman burgess, i thank you for the draft that you have brought forward. my constituents are truly interested in this issue. whether they work with toyota or gm or nissan or in the aftermarket auto parts industry with autosomes. everybody has an interest in what we're doing. here's the reason why. when you look at the stat that we would have a quarter region interconnected cars on the roadway by 2020, by 2020, and the significance of that, as automobiles have become more computerized, it's important for us to look at these technological advances such as the vehicle-to-vehicle communication. there's a lot of curiosity about that. we look forward to getting some answers now to how this is going to work, and i think the gentleman from texas for initiating the conversation and yield back. >> the chair thanks the gentlelady. the chair recognizes the ranking member mr. pallone five minutes for an opening statement, plea please. >> the title of today's hearing refers to vehicle and roadway safety but it's clear from the draft before us that safety is not the focu

which she is involved with: onawa public library president, monona county extension council member, burgess health center foundation board member, big brother big sister member, check and connect mentor through west monona elementary school and food 4-u treasurer. that's not all, geri recrurued 15 community members to listen to 1st through 5th graders read. she does that once a week."and i enjoy mostly working with the kids."because geri gives so much to the community, brent mccall, an agent farm bureau financial services wanted to find a way to honor her. so, he nominated her for the jefferson awards."since she's retired about five years ago. she even got more active. she used her activities that she wawain whwh she was working full-time and basicly doubled it up when she retired, and basically volunteers full time and enjoys giving back."i have enjoyed many blessings in my life and a lot of it is due to the people in this community." congratulations to geri! if you know a volunteer making a difference in your community let us know.. or go to the jefferson awards pagagon our website siouxl

prosecutors say amanda burgess sold fentanyl to joseph cahill this summer. he use the drug and die. convicted to prison. tom: national was school district is considering a new step to combat the heroin narcan kits are said to be in high schools and middle schools, and while the superintendent says he has no reason to believe nashua students are using heroin, he said he would rather be safe than sorry. >> i would rather have invested dollars, if that is what it costs, and have the proper child' that it doesn' t happen. >> we will begin a processing of bringing together some of the community agencies that have experience with this, such as our school nurses. shelley: at this time, the superintendent doesn' t have estimates on price or plans for training. you can join us thursday night for a one-our townhall on new hampshire' s heroin epidemic. here what it' s like on the front lines of this battle. police and medical experts will be there, too. that is thursday night at 7:00. shelley: the director of the cia is reportedly the victim of a hacker. coming up toni

s christopher grundler defended the agency under questioning from texas lawmaker mike burgess. >> once we learned of the excess emissions, we focused on it. we didn't ignore it. >> i think the american people ought to ask that we fire you. >> reporter: e.p.a. officials would not rule out the possibility of criminal charges and that came just hours after german police raided volkswagen's corporate headquarters. v.w. announced they will not be offering the 2016 diesel cars here in the united states. >> pelley: and the engineers suspended are top executives, the head of research and development, the chief of engine design, and the head of brand development. kris van cleave for us tonight. kris, thank you. one of the americans celebrated as a hero for tackling a terrorist on a french train was seriously wounded today in a fight in northern california. here's ben tracy. >> reporter: surveillance video shows six men just after midnight fighting in the streets of downtown sacramento. one man is covered in blood. >> reporter: the victim was u.s. airman spencer stone who law enforcement says wa

nick carter and burns burgess emma slater. alfonso ribeiro stepped in for tom bergeron who needed to be at his ailing father's bedside. witney carson's engagement and alison holker's announcement? >> i'm pregnant. i'm very excited to be here and i also am the corps choreographer. >> paula deen hopes she remembers all the steps. >> something about that damn room when the lights flick on, i just -- >> reporter: the nine remaining teams return to dance again next week but with a twist, each celebrity will dance with a different professional partner. in los angeles, george pennacchio for abc news. >> it's going to be an exciting week because they'll switch partners. >> yeah, it's going to shake things up. >>> and that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america."

burgess. >> thank you. and let me just stress that i am as far ideologically from jane schakowsky as possible, but i think -- and i am not here to provide you advice, but i think she is giving you good advice. i have been on this subcommittee for over ten years. i've been through toyota, general motors and now this investigation. and let me just suggest to you and to your corporate structure in germany that being dismissive and minimizing the problem that is faced by consumers, dealer, suppliers is not in your best interests. and it will hurt you. so i would being a agrees recei aggressively compliant and aggressively trying to make it right for your customers, dealers and suppliers because in the grand scheme of things, i actually believe that will be less costly in terms of dollar, reputation and endurance of the brand. our histories with your company all are significant. they go back a significant way. now that i've gotten that off my chest, let me just ask you once again, you've been asked before, but a

burgess had to say. when you buy a vehicle even if you bought it using your looking in the manual and it says under federal emissions control system defect working was designed, built and equipped so as to conform at the time of sale with all applicable regulations of the united states environmental protection agency, and is free from defects, materials, et cetera. i believe that i was sold something that was different than what it was purported to be. and my friend didn't do the decoding. it was a volkswagen company. i think you're much better off to come up with a program that buys these cars back, because, you know, i understand it wasn't your folks in chattanooga that made this mistake. it was the folks in germany but budget cut restore trust and one of the ways is to stand behind your vehicle but one of the reasons i like the company is, i'm a 1990s version something was wrong with the pain. no questions asked when i took it into have fixed this is not a problem. we will take care of it and it was d

and they do like the burgess meredith job in "rocky." bulls are ranked by their ability. their record in the ring. the highest being yokozuna. this is kenny aman. he lives up the road. is there a time limit, or do they go until somebody gives up? >> i think they pretty much go until somebody gives up. but when it gets around -- >> a points system? >> no, no, there's no points system. basically when the other one turns around and runs away, that's the winner. a few times one bull will actually get around to the side and actually be able to flip the bull over. >> right. win or lose or survive? both? >> once in a while you'll have injuries but most of the time the bulls go home and -- >> they go home and be happy. >> they do. >> nobody's turned into steaks or cutlets. >> no. >> togyu started as early as the 17th century with farmers pitting bull against bull. they love it in agricultural communities like this so much so that it was briefly banned in some places because farmers were spending too much time at the fights and not enough time gr

two animals, two hammer, and they do like the burgess meredith job in "rocky" and like sumo wrestlersrd in the ring, and the highest being ocoe zuma. this is kenny and he lives up the road. is there a time limit or until somebody gives up? >> until they give up, but -- gl is there a point system? >> no, basically when the other one turns around and runs away, that is is the winner. a few times one bull will get around to the side and flip the bull over. >> will they win, lose or survive or both? >> once in a while, injuries, but most of the time, the bulls go home. >> go home to be happy, and nobody is turning in a steak or cutlet? >> no. >> and so it started in the 15th century in farming, pitting bull against bull. and they loved so it much, that they were banned in some areas, because farmers were spending too much time at the fights, and not growing sugar cane. they raised the beasts from calves and training them and conditioning them to be monsters in the ring on the other. >> whoa. [ speaking foreign language ] >> does one wager on this? gl i guess the e official answer would be

burgess had to say. when you buy a vehicle even if you bought it used and you are looking in the manual and it says under federal emissions control system defect warranty was designed built and equipped so as to inform at the time of sale with all applicable regulations in the united states environmental protection agency epa and is free from defects in materials etc.. i believe that i was sold something that was different than what was reported to be and it was the volkswagen company. i think you are you're much better off to come up with a program that buys these cars back because you know i understand your folks in chattanooga made this mistake in the folks in germany that you have got to restore trust in one of the ways to do that is to stand behind your vehicle. one of the reasons that i like the company is on my 1990s version something was wrong with the pain. no questions asked. when i took it and to roanoke they said not a problem. we will take care of it and it was done. never had another proble

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burgess had to say. when you buy a vehicle, even if you bought it used, and it says under federal emissions control system defect warranty, was designed, built, and equipped so as to conform with all applicable regulations in the united states, and is free from defects, etc. -- i believe that i was sold something that was different than what it was purported to be. offink you are much better to come up with a program that by these cars back, because i folkstand it wasn't your that made this mistake, it was the folks in germany, but you've got to restore trust. one of the ways to do that is to stand behind your vehicle. version, something was wrong with the paint. no questions asked. i took it in and they said, not a problem. it was done. never had another problem. this is a much bigger problem. volkswagen needs to say, ok, we understand. we will buy your car back at the fair market value prior to this notice coming out. with that, i yield back. thank you. we have now 12 minutes. i'm asking you to please

bill burgess sent this in. a beautiful shot. tonight was the night for sun sets. check in out.ton looking back. then another shot, of course from our own website. isn't that something? just beautiful. a beautiful night. there's no fog out there right now, but it's cloudy for the most part. temperatures are on the mild side. that stream of some tropical moisture creating a beautiful sunset tonight. creating showers as well. especially santa cruz south. blue these showers at half moon bay, they're light showers. this activity is going to move on through the peninsula in the san jose area over the next hour or so. so we could see more sprinkles. so far, it's been .02. .05 at the most. cloud cover tomorrow morning. mostly cloudy when you wake up. partly cloudy in the afternoon, and highs as we talked about before just in the 60s and very low 70s. so the hot spots like clear lake are 76. 78 in vacaville. 77 in livermore. 76 in danville. warmer than it was today. but partly cloudy. kind of humid. you'll feel it out there. along the coast, the fog is not really a big player in the for

. >> this morning doctor burgess. i'm deputy director of the bureau of consumer protection at the federal trade commission. i'm delighted to appear for you to provide an overview of the fraud threat to americans and the actions to address them. combating fraud is a critical component of the ftc consumer protection mission and virtually every law-enforcement case of the brain affects older americans. we have adopted a multifaceted approach in our battle against fraud that targets older consumers or injures them more than others and that includes aggressive law enforcement policy initiatives and consumer education and outreach. to address such fraud is actively under the ftc monitors fraud trends by examining the data gathered from consumer complaints and surveys and collaborating with others with the law enforcement industry, academia and active services. through our extensive law-enforcement experience and efforts to track the fraudulent trends we've identified practices affecting seniors and several discrete areas an

burgess for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i apologize for being out the room for part of the hearing. i'm going to ask a couple of questions. if they've been asked before, please bare with me and try to give answer as consistent. first off, what is the budget for the epa currently? >> i don't have the budget for the entire epa. i can give you the budget for my organization. >> we'll take that. >> it's roughly $100 million a year and 340 full time people that work in my organization >> budget for the epa, i'm relying on memory, i think it is close to $15 billion. the epa has resources available. it has funding available. >> i do want to correct that. i think epa's budget is around $7 billion and about 15,000 people roughly. >> nevertheless, west virginia university had a budget for this research project around 50, 60 or $70,000. >> i'm not going to blame our budget for the fact that we missed this cheating. i do think we do a very good job of setting priorities at epa. once we've learned of this excess emissions we focused on

wilson you are recognized for five minutes. >> chairman burgess, ranking member schakowsky, thank you for the opportunity to steph. i'm michael wilson, ceo of the automaker's recyclers association. we represent the interests of over 4,000 facilities in the united states who each day sell over 500,000 recycled parts to consumers, mechanical shops, collision repair shops and automobile dealers. these quality recycled original equipment parts are built to make the requirements for fit, finish, durability, reliability and safety. these parts are often reutilized in repair and service of vehicles and they continue to operate as they were originally intended in terms of form, function, performance and safety. i urge congress to add language to provide the industry access to critical original parts data on all motor vehicles. the critical data includes part numbers, names and descriptions tied to each vehicle, vehicle identification number. the straightforward reason for this information is necessary because manufacturers and dealers in the industry speak a totally different parts language t

burgess. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you madam secretary for being here today. you said in your opening statement that one of the driver of the flood of refugee to europe was the perception that europe was open. can you expand upon that a little bit? what gave people that impression? >> i think that, you know, the fact that early waves were getting all the way to jeremy and being received in germany and may have through social media and plain old media suggested to people this was the time to go and that they would be able to make it all of the way. it's probably a question best answered by europeans. but without knowing all of the -- without being an expert on the specific details, i think that was part of what was happening. >> you mentioned social media and that was what i was going to get to, was social media one of the drivers that led to this in. >> i've been told that you can get a lot of information about how to make the voyage and the journey off of the web and off of one's phone. >> i would expect that that's probably true. as far as the 1700 individua

. >> thank you, chairman burgess, ranking member schakowsky and members of the subcommittee think the deputy to testify. i am vice president for energy policy at the center for american progress, nonprofit think tank dedicated to improving the lives of americans to progressive ideas and actions. the auto manufacturing she touches the lives of all of us. many americans rely on the cars and trucks to get to work come to do the jobs come and put the families of the. for these reasons the industry is regulated a number of important ways. to minimize the risk of accidents, our dependence on oil and to prevent pollution from choking our communities. the result is today's vehicles have attributes once believed to be incompatible. they are safer, more efficient and less polluting. today i will focus on section 502 and 503 of the discussion draft. i would like to highlight the five important reasons that these sections reflect. first, a discussion draft presents a false choice but asking members of congress who teaches vehicle safety over pollution reduction. that is an unnecessary trade off.

burgess had to say. when you buy a vehicle, even if you bought it used, and it says under federal emissions control system defect warranty, was designed, built, and equipped so as to conform with all applicable regulations in the united states, and is free from defects, etc. -- i believe that i was sold something that was different than what it was purported to be. offink you are much better to come up with a program that by these cars back, because i folkstand it wasn't your that made this mistake, it was the folks in germany, but you've got to restore trust. one of the ways to do that is to stand behind your vehicle. version, something was wrong with the paint. no questions asked. i took it in and they said, not a problem. it was done. never had another problem. this is a much bigger problem. volkswagen needs to say, ok, we understand. we will buy your car back at the fair market value prior to this notice coming out. >> tonight on "q&a," terry hart on his book "the republic of conscience. " >> the fou

burgess for five minutes. >> thank you.nd i apologize for being out of the room for part of the hearing. so i'll ask a couple of questions. if they have been asked before, please bear with me and try to give an answer that is consistent with how you answered previously. first off, what is the budget for the epa currently? >> i don't have the budget for the entire epa. i can give you the budget for my organization. >> sure, we'll take that. >> so it's roughly $100 million a year and 340 full-time people that work in my organization. >> the overall budget for the epa and i'm just relying on memory which is dangerous, but i think it is close to $15 billion. so the epa has resources available, it has funding available? >> i do want to correct that. i think epa's budget is around $7 billion and about 15,000 people. roughly. >> nevertheless, west virginia university had a budget for this research project my understanding is around $50,000, $60,000, $70,000, is that correct? >> we are extraordinarily grateful for the work that wes

joining me now, congressman michael burgess, republican from texas, who's a member of the house tea party caucus. and congressman, your reaction today. did you know what was coming when the announcement happened, and what did you think? >> well, no, i didn't know it was happening. in fact, we had two meetings today, chris. one at 8:00 in the morning where all of the candidates for speaker had ample time to talk to the conference. the conference had time to question each candidate. each candidate had a couple minutes to provide answers. i thought that was a pretty good and free flowing exchange of ideas. and we did hear a lot of ideas that were put forward. the following meeting then that convened at noontime eastern time in the ways and means committee room, it -- yeah, it was hard to hear in there. there were several of us that were sitting in the little library area at the back waiting for the voting to start and then it was over as soon as it began. >> what -- kevin mccarthy said today that he doesn't want to win with 220 votes. he's talking about 247, which is the total number of the

burgess, ranking member schakowsky and members of the subcommittee i am maneesha mithal from the federal trade commission to i appreciate the opportunity to present the commission's testimony on the privacy and security related provisions of the discussion draft to provide greater transparency, accountability and safety authority for nhtsa. the ftc has served as a primary federal agency charged with protecting consumer privacy and security for the past 45 years. we have brought hundreds of privacy in cases targeting violations of federal trade commission act and other laws. in addition to enforcing a wide range of privacy and security laws the ftc educate consumers and businesses. most recently the ftc launched its start with security business education initiative that includes new guidance for businesses as well as a series of conferences across the country designed to educate small businesses on security. the next conference will take place on november 5 in austin, texas. on the policy front we conducted a workshop on the internet of things where we hosted a panel on connected cars. we