the national shelter system is ready and now contains shelter locations in capacity information for over 55,000 buildings that could be potentially used as shelters across this country. the national shelter system is used for both planning and operational decisions and records all shelter openings and closings and overnight populations on a daily basis. we have made the national shelter system available to fema and the states free of charge. and it's also currently being used by 12 other national non-government partners. it is also a critical function that requires advance planning. while we focus on the use of local volunteers and when possible also have a bank chondria people trained and available to leave their communities to go to disasters, the number is now 90,000 which is a substantial increase from the 23,000 rehab available for hurricane katrina. this disaster workers are trained for specific jobs and we're now in the process of evaluating the availability for disaster assignment of the next several months. since hurricane to tina has several action reports including one from th

i think about the capacity and the capability, and the capacity of our carriers. as i said, we have four deployed, but in order to keep those four deployed, there have to be others in the pipeline ready to move, training, outfitting, preparing, getting ready to go forward. i think about that. i think about the capacity of naval aviation. talked about the fact that we're using our antisubmarine warfare planes very effectively in the hunt for improvised explosive devices and insurgents, but they're also in demand for antisubmarine warfare needs global ri. i think about amphibious lift, and the reason that's important is because of the sensitivity of sovereignty and the need to be able to be there but not be there. that will become increasingly important. and i think about the capacity of the workhorses, the combatants, the cruisers and the guided missile destroyers that i talked about earlier and the la toarl combat ship which i'm very pleased to say we've turned the corner on that important capability for our navy. but capability will become important, will remain

i think about the capacity and a capacity of our carriers. we have four deployed but in order to keep them deployed, they have to be others in the pipeline, ready to move out fitting and repairing, getting ready to go forward. i think about that. i think about the capacity of naval aviation and talk about the fact that we are using our anti-submarine planes very effectively on the hunt for improvised explosive devices and insurgents but they are in demand for anti-submarine warfare need to globally. i think about amphibious lift and the reason i believe that is important is this issue of the sensitivity of sovereignty. and the need to be able to be there but not be there. that will be come increasingly -- that will become increasingly important. the littoral combat ship, i am pleased to say we have turned the corner on that capability. capability will become important. it will remain important in the capability will be how do you address and how you work in this hybrid environment in which we will live and operate. i believe that the high and

but the capacity. technology is just critical. >> if you can take this down for a moment and leave the state issue -- uic that new york has some serious problems in the highly urbanized area? new york and new jersey? is that pennsylvania? and is that kentucky -- is this west virginia? >> this is delaware. >> further out -- >> this is the western states. the reason i raise this issue is because the predictions is that the feeling about this season, because the storms have been so intense, there is a feeling that this is the time of the eastern coast, and i want to reinforce that i know that people in the northeast have not had a storm in a long time but there are significant studies, showing what will happen if there is. this is not a pretty picture. in 1938 there was a major storm on long island, think about what the population was back then, and what this is today. 80 years later. i am asking you, you testified that in this area, that there is virtually no communication of people outside of 911, if yo

now, capacity leads to further higher rates of service use. capacity is often justified on the basis of patient convenience. it's more convenient for the patient to have their test right here in the office. they don't have to go to this hospital outpatient department and of course when we have third-party payments this changes the calculus of patient convenience so why should the patient be concerned if they are going to a less efficient, more expensive facility? and self referral incentives now apply to more services as more technical capacity is brought into physician practices. so it's not just the cells incentive to prescribe more physician professional time. now the incentives are prescribing the use of technicians and less constrained resource in a physician practice so the self referral incentives become more powerful when of the surface is involving a technical facility payment and more profitable. and one thing that nobody's payment system except i think in germany has gotten are down, sure there are others internationally, is in a su

in many places where we operate, those children being missed, it is because the basic capacities are not there to manage the resources you are putting at their disposal and you need to invest in building that capacity. polio eradication is the easiest task you're going to have, drops, even i have done it successfully, and we still need to put a lot of people on the ground. here is what we did in the polio eradication program. guess what year i was tired? when i arrived in geneva and looked at what we were trying to achieve globally, it was quite clear that we simply did not have the personnel, the expertise on the ground, to put in place the basic management processes. this is something i discussed with malaria people and everyone who uses these 3,000 people we now put on the ground because there seems to be a terrible distaste for it. but without people on the ground to manage the resources, build the capacity, you're going to learn by trial and error very slowly with a lot more air than trial. this is the current distribution. you not only need to put people on the ground, this is

the states but quite frankly without people on the ground to manage the resources and build the capacity you are going to learn by trial and error bristling with a lot more air the trial. this is the current distribution and this is a big challenge to the u.n. agencies you got to have the right distribution and mix and be able to move people and that is the thing we are very good at but as you can see here at least now the distribution of people reflects the epidemiology and the risks to the program. the other the thing is to be able to be flexible and respond with your human resources to where your problems are. this is the last reservoir we believe of type one polio in india and this when you see is the cozy river coming from the north, then along the bottom uc the ganges river running and this is where the to me to. the area around the river is a massive flood plain a basically every time you see india flubbing vc people standing on the ropes were looking at this part of india on tv and this also as you can see is where polioviruses are right along this area mapped airily and when you

the supervisors of those banks and received the systems have the full capacity to judge what kind of risk they're taking generally and whether those risks are appropriate given the conditions of the -- >> i know you don't want to be on the day to day and i don't want you to be in the day-to-day decisions and do you think that's the appropriate use of t.a.r.p. money. >> i would make a distinction between banks and others. banks, because of the risk they pose to the economy, because of the protections they enjoy, they are subject to a very intense of level of supervision and regulation by the nation's banking authorities. that was not strong enough in some cases. it needs to be stronger, but that is a perfectly legitimate public policy interest because of the interest of the system. i would distinguish that from the role of the government as temporary shareholder. >> okay. the previous question, you said that as far as closing down dealerships, that was their decision. who is they? >> the companies themselves and their boards. >> okay. in the -- in the plan for gm, the investment of bi

the shelter system is ready with capacity information for over 55,000 buildings that could be used as shelters across the country. the national shelter system is used for planning and operational decisions, reporting openings and closings and overnight decisions on a daily basis. we make the system available free of charge. it is also being used by 12 other national non-government partners. staffing for disaster operations is also a critical function, requiring advanced planning. we focus on the use of volunteers and when possible also have a cadre of people trained and available to go to disasters. the number is now 90,000, an increase from the 23,000 we had available for hurricane katrina. these workers are trained for specific jobs, and we are now in the process of evaluating their availability for disasters and the next several months. her career and katrina it is a result of several reports -- hurricane katrina is a result of several reports. we have to focus more resources on cornish with state and local governments. with support from team up, -- fema, we got full-time represent

but -- capacity.but if there was enough movement that these systems that lost enrollees noticed it, and decided to improve their efficiency, then we could get much more rapid gains from this approach. this brings me to private payers. where do private payers fit in with it? and i think there is a lot of potential for medicare to work with private payers, because their interests are the same. in fact, working with medicare, blows away anti-trust restrictions. so it facilitates working together. but there's a distinct problem of private payer market power. especially in hospital care. and -- so in a sense, if medicare just decides to cut its payment rates, how much of this will actually be shifted to private payers as a result? and you know, there are two basic strategies to address provider market power. i don't think anti-trust policy has been very effective and has a lot of potential, at least in the short term, but basically, you can have patient incentives to choose less expensive providers, which

also don't have the base load capacity. one of the things we found is, of course, is that we don't have the base load capacity in certain areas and don't have the ability of going out there on the nuclear facilities. i think 1977 was the last time that we've had a nuclear facility permitted in this country, and the problem we have today is if we want to have more nuclear to pr produce more power and keep up our manufacturing capacity, it's going to be tough to do because a lot of these parts are no longer made in this country. we have to go overseas to buy them if we can get them today. some of the very large departments are made in japan and there's a long wating list because so many countries want to build nuclear facilities and keep up the base load capacity. why is it important? if we don't utilize the all of the above policy, we want to make sure we have a clean environment and make sure we have nuclear, clean coal, oil, natural gas, and geothermal. c.b.o. score saying we're looking at $846 billion on this new cap and

another factor that this authorization bill would allow us is the telephony capacity to be connected. we are very blessed in louisiana that there was donors that gave after katrina that enabled us to have voiceover ip, and that gives us the opportunity with the flipping of a switch to move it around, and that is an absolutely incredible opportunity. but that is very rare in our country, and so the capacity through technology is just critical. >> okay. if you could put, take that down, if you would just a moment, and leave the state issue. >> the map. >> the map. am i seeing that new york has some serious gaps in that very highly-urbanized area there? you're shaking your head. new york, new jersey, is that pennsylvania? >> that is correct. >> pennsylvania. and then is that kentucky or -- kentucky, west virginia? >> delaware. >> no, no -- >> oh, further out? kentucky, south dakota, arizona, wyoming. >> okay, the western states but on the eastern sea board, and the reason i raised this issue at this hearing in the beginning of the season is that the predictions that i've seen or the feel

the current economic crisis has searched the call volume beyond current capacity of the system in many locations across america. most 211 are still in need of critical elements for disaster response for example, generators, remote control calling ability, telephone service priority of arrangements with telephone companies and significant concern to all of us are the gaps and services along with the u.s. atlantic coast. to properly respond to disaster 211 across america need to unify technology and standard operating procedure to ensure best responsiveness. every president must have to 11 access on any kind of telecommunications device particularly self loans. 21 wants need a system of national edna per kildee with each other and other three digit numbers. senator landrieu, we are in desperate need of congress held to insure both reliable response to disasters and everyday needs. fortunately congress can cure the vulnerability during this session by passing the calling for to want one before the next event occurs. senator landrieu we are grateful for your steadfast support of the legisl

to take action, the capacity to do work. lots of action and work are needed in this country to do all of the things that we want to do. anything anybody tells you they want to do, the first thing they have to do is expand energy. the first thing that we need to do, as an energy policy, is to make more energy. people say, oh, you cannot do that. we have to reduce waste. there is nothing that says you cannot reduce waste and improved efficiency while you are making more energy. you do like any good business does, he will do both. many scientists say the right energy solution will be some long range, research miracle. some remarkable thing. it could be. so we should devote a little bit of effort to that. keep an eye on the long-range possibilities. the serious effort, the urgent effort needed in the energy field is to produce more energy now. today's nuclear energy plants are much better than any non- nuclear plant we know how to build in meeting all the requirements for energy. thus, we should build hundreds of them quickly. i

everywhere we built our communications capacity, it had to be in response to who we had to reach and what we were seeking to achieve there. this is a map to show you of the scale of what we had to put in place in northern india to work with the muslim community to engage in any underserved communities in seeking not just the polio vaccine, that any vaccine. olio, they were best vaccinated against polio, in fact. as you can see here we put nearly 5000 part-time people on the ground. these were people from within the communities. we trained them on social mobilization, interpersonal communications, etc., to begin the process of building the community engagement needed to be able to eradicate polio, to get the population in unity up to the levels that would stop transmission. as we worked with the underserved communities to engage them as well, this required use of another tool we weren't used to certainly an immunization or at least any areas i have been working in. that was the widespread use of social mapping to figure out how do we reach these populations. for those of you who know

publication capacity have been familiar for decades.aybe most prominently by the late seymour mehlman who many us knew well. he was also one of those who pointed the way to a sensible way to reverse the project, the process. the state corporate leadership, of course, has other commitments but there's no reason for passivity for the part of the public, so-called stakeholders, workers and community. i mean, with enough popular support they could just take over the plants and take over the strict construction themselves. [applause] >> that's not a very exotic proposal. one of the standard texts on corporations in the economics literature points out that nowhere is it written in stone that the short-term interest of corporate shareholders in the united states -- in the united states deserve a higher priority than all other corporate stakeholders, workers in community. that's a state corporate decision. that has nothing to do with economic theory. it's also important to remind ourselves that the notion of workers control is as american as ap

market is essential because re insurance provides that much needed capacity in the u.s. for property, casualty and life risks. including their u.s. subsidiaries, foreign-owned insurance companies accounted for nearly 84% of property casualty premiums seated on u.s. risks by u.s. insurers. because the re insurance transactions between sophisticated business parties, the regulation of re insurance focused almost exclusively on regulation insuring the financial solvence we no consumer component. because re insurance is a business to business transaction involving knowledgeable parties, there are no re insurance guarantee funds at the state level and there's no need to create one at the federal level. there is no federal entity with federal authority or designated responsibility for oversight of insurance. there is no source of information at the federal level to appropriately advise policymakers. at a minimum, there is a need for federal entity that can utilize information and data from state regulators, but is empowered to conduct its own analysis and provide a broader per

the past two years alone to triple capacity. just two years ago the japan steel works was the only option for many plant manufacturers requiring the largest heavy foraging but in the next few years it's expected facilities in england, russia and korea will join jsw and china has already appeared to reached that status. many of these facilities were built to expand -- to build or expanded to have nuclear expansion in their own countries. however, with these facilities expected to annually produce upwards of forty complete sets of pressure vessels and related components there will be spare capacity to support new reactors elsewhere including the united states. whether or not u.s. facilities are built and/or expanded to produce such exponent is frankly an economic question largely dependent upon the continued process of licensing and construction of new builds in the coming years. we have seen steady progress in the past five years as well with growth expected to increase. a recent report produced by the oak ridge national laborato

i shall now make a statement in menasha capacity. >> -- in my national capacity. turkey is deeply concerned with the nuclear tests conducted by the dprk on may 25th. we believe the nuclear test was a clear violation of u.n. security council resolution 1695, and 1718. earlier on turkey had expressed concern over the launch carried out by dprk on 5 april. we believe this undermines stability, mutual trust and confidence and the region even further. turkish authorities have condemned the nuclear test in strong terms and support the security council to send a strong and unified response of two dprk for this act. we believe that the resolution adopted today contains the necessary elements for such a response. it is our strong expectation that dprk and international community comply with this and abide by the provisions of the resolution appeared at the same time, turkey recognizes the importance of encouraging the dprk to return to the six-party talks. cherokee looks forward to these talks and considers them the best vehicle for negotiation. -- turkey looks forward to

. >> do you have a follow-up. >> ok, capacity, what's the u.s. citizen expect that u.s. troops will be back in a cavel cavalry role versus leading attacks or operations? >> well, it depends on where you are. in the cities i think this is going to be a coordinate, train, advise, assist role. outside of that. and we can provide you with a copy of this letter that that the general provided to his troops, that there will be layers often defense outside the city that we will provide that we have been by with and through the iraqi forces, but there will still be combat operations that we undertake outside the iraqi cities and towns with iraqi security forces. >> during the search there was a very aggressive counterterrorism operation the u.s. executed against al qaeda targets infusing intelligence and going after them quickly. it was written about in his book and general petraeus talked about it. will that stand structure where we will have black prayings? >> obviously we don't talk about such operations here, but i will say this. obviously with this m

natural gas to more than 2 million customers in new jersey and owns and operates electric generating capacity in the northeast and mid-atlantic and texas. pscg has supported policies to promote renewable generation. we are planning major investments in solar, offshore wind generation, and energy storage technology that will make renewable energy more competitive. the question today is not whether we should vigorously promote renewable generation but how. specifically, how should we use transmission policy to promote renewable generation at the lowest possible cost. this would include not just federal citing authority but decisions about transmission planning and cost allocations at a fundamental to determining how much transmission is built and where. there are two competing views on this. one view i strongly favor is government should establish prices for externalities' such as cost of that meeting greenhouse gases. and let market forces determine which technologies and which locations are most promising for investment. this is the approach taken in the landmark legislation. it establishes a

we can innovate to build sustainable capacities to help all persons achieve their full potential or we can find ourselves in a race against time in seeking to prevent advanced technological capacities such as nuclear weapons development from serving tyrannical purposes that aim to destroy and subjugate free people. while not always popular i believe it is essential to engage other nations as a force for good in the world by maintaining a robust and effective diplomatic and assistance framework. this is why i do support some of the more aggressive proposals contained in this measure such as the augmentation of foreign service officers at the department of state and the united states agency for international development. we simply cannot respond to monumental changes in the world with an overextended work force and diminished capacities to accomplish complex and difficult assignments. however it does concern me that many people throughout the world hold a dualistic view toward our country given the nature of government that we have been very fortunate to inherit and now must shebbered. p

clearly, there is a significant need for an increase in transmission capacity. this need is amplified as we consider adding more and more renewable energy to the grid. while i'm fully supportive of adding more capacity, i believe we do need to keep in mind the legitimate desires of localities to preserve green spaces and historic sites. my district includes some of the most pristine, historic landscapes in the mid atlantic. my district also has some of the most productive farmland in the united states. chester koirnths the home of valley forge in the brandywine county where i come from is one of william penn's original three counties. the tradition of preserving land and being good stewards of the earth have been passed down from generation to generation. we're not against progress, but we want to protect our heritage and be wise about how we use and develop the land we have. having the needed energy to turn on lights and heat water is critically important to the quality of life of every american. however, the preservation of natural environment of people's comm

of yours and assure us there will be adequate lab capacity for the anticipated the importation of food and for the standard in this legislation to work? >> absolutely. laboratory testing is an essential component of a strong science based food safety system, and we do not have any plans to restrict our laboratory capacity and i think as we move forward we will want to make sure that we are applying the best possible science including laboratory science to our testing and screening activities. i hope there will be advances in laboratory science and technology that will enable us to do our inspections in a more efficient and cost-effective way, but it's a pillar of what we do and they will continue to support it and we may as resources become available and aides suggest actually expand our capacity. >> well, i appreciate that and i'm not suggesting that our current lab structure be frozen in time. obviously if there are improvements in location or function we ought to embrace that, but another one of the concerns that has been expressed is the ability to get the results from the lab to t

toe the auto task force to revert back to an advisory capacity. many of us remember the 1970's when a congressionally led assistance of the chrysler corporation brought the stake holders together in an equitable process and resulted not only in the survival of the company but with lee iacocca presenting a check for the loans plus interest to president reagan. mr. latourette: could i inquire how much time is left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 14 minutes. mr. latourette: thank you. i want to finish clue the travel edition, again, the game of clue, manufacturers by hasbr, -- hasbro, the weapon, not the pen but the ax to make several thousand people unemployed and in one of these rooms, around the board, mr. nardelli, larry summers, senior advisor on the economy to the president, president obama, of course. over here, ron bloom, who i talked about, here's mr. geithner, secretary of the treasury. here is former president bush. so this group forms our new clue travel edition and as we move forward, i think again it is important that the am

there are grants -- there grants bill the capacity of community colleges to train workers and develop the skills necessary for success in high growth and high demand industries. finally, congress should give local workforce investment groups to utilize training contracts. this is especially helpful with low tuition training providers. we have the opportunity to think broadly about the most effective ways to increase training funds at the regional and local levels. this would ensure the proper fix between participant access to training and the development of training capacity. the community based job training grants provide a model for possible reforms of service delivery under the adult and dislocated worker program. it appears that we are moving toward a pyramid economy, madam speaker, with a small number of highly skilled jobs at the top, a large number of low-skilled, low-paying jobs at the bottom and relatively few middle class, mid level jobs which drove the unprecedented growth of our nation's economy in the 20th century and made the american dream a reality for millions of amer

we would also be allowed the telephony capacity to be connected. we are blessed in louisiana for money given after katrina, and i gives us the opportunity to move around, which is an incredible opportunity. the capacity through technology is critical. >> if you could take that down for a minute and leave the state issue, am i seeing that you are shaking your head in new york and new jersey and pennsylvania, and is that kentucky, west virginia, or delaware? >> kentucky, south dakota, arizona, wyoming. >> the reason i raised this is because the predictions for the feeling about it, because the storm is there, there is some sense that this is east coast time, and i need to reinforce that -- reinforce that the people in the northeast have not had a storm in a long time, but there are significant studies showing what will happen if there is, and it is not a pretty picture. and there was a major storm that hit long island, for you to understand what there is today. , 80 years later. i'm asking you, are you testifying that that part of the evidence area,

that capacity had to be created. incurred costs as a result to create that capacity. >> i appreciate that. one of the purposes of this hearing today is to come up with more vigorous competition in the industry. you can understand how we want to do that, because we're here to protect consumers. we're not here to be destructive to view. we are trying to protect consumers. when you have a sufficient level of competition that result in better results for consumers. i am sure you understand our premise. the consumer is charged to send and have a fever sending text messages. they are charged even if they do not want to accept a message. should not be allowed to decline a message and save the cost? >> my answer is going to be short. i do not know. i hate to say that. i do not know the answer to that question. >> i wish i did know. we have the ability to provide our customers with the ability to receive no text messages. they can't lock their hand set out of receiving text messages entirely. on a message by message basis, i

when i talk about capacity, lcs is the shift that will alleviate the capacity issue. we have to get the cost down and that is something the industry will be working on and that is something that we will be working on. we will ensure that we do not add anything to the ship that causes change to occur or causes more cost and we are committed to that. >> are you confident that you will meet the cost count or what you have to ask -- >> we are in talks about the cost half. my perspective is one of having been a fleet commander-the pacific, saying the demands and the needs and opportunities that exist and being in the position i am in right now and seeing what the commanders are asking for it. to me, the floor of 313 is still a valid number. if that does not mean it will not be a challenging process to get there but i believe lcs is key. the fact that we have reverted to more predictable cost shipping in the ddg 151 will help us not just increase the numbers but give us the capability we need. >> i was wondering, we have seen as a nation the cost of a hot war. the cost in t

if they have the capacity, the proliferation issue will be there. we know that. the best way to deal with that is the stated policy of the peninsula, being without nuclear weapons. i fully agree with you. it is not only a direct threat of north korea having nuclear weapons capacity but what it could be as a supplier to other regions and other organizations including terrorist groups. there have already been some smoking guns here. we need to understand the risk factors and take appropriate action. proceeding through the united nations security council makes a great deal of sense and working with our partners in trying to get more effective health from the major countries in the region including china is our best chance to secure an effective policy to accomplish our goals of removing this threat. >> i agree with that. >> thank you. >> mr. ambassador, we are grateful for your service and your testimony today. i wanted to ray is primarily 2 issues, maybe 3. the first centers on china. i was noting in your statement, you said china has an important role to play in i

iran of course, is greed in the technical capacity to someday build such a weapon. people differ as to whether they are on the verge of being able to do so or are years away. my concern is that the behavior of the regime now will make them appear to the world much more dangerous, much more frightening should they acquired the capacity for nuclear weapons. the people that we refer to in iran as moderates or reformers were no less interested in having iran acquire capacity to protect itself with a nuclear weapon. after rock, they are surrounded by american troops and other enemies, but i think -- after all. but i think that the moderate reformist or that the more dangerous iran looks, the more they invite be at televisio-- ty invite retaliation from is true. -- from host: israeour guest has written nine books. he was educated at harvard and has taught at northwestern and of the california institute of technology. he is now director at the center for global policy at george mason interested. if you look at the subject of the segment, regime changes. take us back to the

then we have a grant program to increase the sustainability of low-income community development capacity. we are going to provide loans, grants, or predevelopment assistance to eligible

she served in that capacity until her appointment as secretary. she serviced kansas state insurance commissioner graduate of trinity washington university in the university of kansas. madam secretary, and since-- >> mr. chairman i am happy to join you in welcoming the secretary to the hearing. thank you very much. >> thank you. i will leave this record open for your statement. >> please proceed as you so desire. >> thank you chairman harkin and senator cochran and members of the committee. i want to thank you for the impartation to come and discuss the 2010 budget and for a start by thanking you for your hard work gang leadership on a fulbright the of health issues. we certainly face great challenges in the country today and i look forward to working with you to tackle those challenges together. health reform is one of the issues i know that is front and center and the senate and house right now and i think that there is great agreement, we can't continue with the status quo. the president is committed to health reform. we have seen businesses and

it's important for us to understand our capacity to deal with these real and ongoing and in some people's minds ever strengthening thretsd, and that is what this committee will focus on and has focused on since the wakeup call of cailttedna which will be four years august 29. we want to make sure that we continue the science necessary to make more scientific based predictions and warnings so they can move oudoffed way smedwepped to make sure that there evacuation rusde are secure and clear smed and that the rules and regulation of involving are clear to those of those who use them and to those organizing smed what will people be reimbursed for, what they woned is of particular ind rest to me smedmeedly, stabilizing weard, food, and medsen to alled people that flee from storms like this is porned and we vndquide goden that riggedeyedsmed where -- si landful disasters in both states and surge resources into the areas before impact and in most instances the federal levees held. however, insufficient quantities of generators forced hospitals in baton rouge to evacuate patients, insufficient s

if we had the capacity the proliferation issue is quinn to be there. we know that, and the best way to deal with that is the policy at the peninsula being nuclear weapons. so i agree with you. i just want to underscore the point not only direct threat of north korea having weapons capacity about what it could be as a supplier to other regions and other organizations including terrorist groups. we know that there has already been smoking guns here and we just need to understand the risk factors and take the appropriate actions and i think that proceeding from the united nations security council makes a great deal of sense working with our partners to get a more effective help from the major countries in the region including china is our best chance to secure a policy to accomplish our goal of removing this threat. >> i agree with that. >> thank you. >> senator casey. >> thank you mr. chairman, and mr. ambassador we are grateful for your service and your testimony today. i wanted to raise primarily to issues, maybe three but the first one centers on chin

as they serve in this capacity coming from a state director and working with secretary napolitano be very much bring experience that we were customers of the federal family and the challenges we face and we continue to work towards that. working with our partners to give them more ownership. as you point* out temporary housing for how we house people after the disaster? and is not a solution to bring from washington we really want to work with the states as we have developed ideas and concepts and say what other ideas have you come up with? how do you make sure we're able to capture what resources are there? what is the best way to address the? there is no one solution that fits every scenario and we want to make sure we work with the states to build the housing task force has unfortunately these may occur in a four chip -- future we have four options. it is a multi disciplined and multi team approach we need to have that body and at all levels. when i said working together, a lot of times a look at the planning process we forget the key amenities warn of government as you have volun

reducing the capacity of our national workforce system to respond even to normal levels of demand for skilled workers, let alone the extraordinary demands for job training and reemployment services, we now face -- services we now face. the american recovery and reinvestment act made nearly $4 billion in new funding available through the department of labor for jobs training programs. just under $3 billion of this funding has already gone out to states through formula grants under the workforce development act. speaking with the deputy director of workforce training, i learned that the county will receive nearly $14 million in training. the money will help dislocated adults and youth workers. another $750 million is due to go out in the form of competitive grants, to train people in green jobs, health care and other high-demand sectors. there are funds from the recovery act that are available to agencies to create jobs in the energy efficiency and renewable energy fields, build roads and bridges, create a new broadband infrastructure, address our nation's ever-growing health care needs

i have a great deal of unused capacity. that is what the secretary of defense says. we will spend $500 million more for seven more of these kind of aircraft. $3.1 billion in unrequested funding for international programs -- additional funding added by the house majority is to offset the $3 billion of the deduction recently made by the congress. $49 million in unrequested funding for hurricane damage repairs to the mississippi army ammunition plant. this funding was added even though the army advised the managers of this bill that there are no storm-related repairs required at the plant! so we are auto going to spend $49 million to repair a plant that doesn't need to be repaired. and that no valid military requirement exists for the funding. $186 million is provided above the president's request for lightweight missiles for the corps of engineers anmarinescord in the 2009 or 2010 marine corps funding. the marines corps doesn't need it. the department of defense says it's not needed but we are going to spend $186 million additionally for howitzers build in the state of

is such a critical element -- governmental capacity is such a critical element of stability. i wonder if you will undertake an assessment of the government a capacity of the countries in your areas of operation as a leading edge indicator of where problems but exist? >> thank you for that question. as i have studied what southcom is doing, they already have a robust program to do that. and the issues we deal with in that region, i think, reflect that. it is an interagency approach an international approach. yes, sir, if confirmed, i will continue efforts along that line. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> senator thune is next. >> let me echo what has already been said. you all are extremely, extremely qualified. i cannot think of individuals better equipped to serve in the post for which you are here this morning. i want to thank you for that service and also add my appreciation to your families with a sacrifice that they make every day so that you can continue to serve our country with such distinction. i also want to associate myself with remarks made by senator lieberman earlier

a new member for capac, the congressman, we're just very glad for him to join us today. we want to make sure that we stand firmly with our partners in chc, cbc to insure that we move in the right direction in health reform. that is why we need to strengthen existing work force, create new programs and invest in community-based approaches to health care. reforms must be integrated into the whole of the health reform bill and not relegated to one little or one title or an afterthought. the great expenses that we see and that we have been struggling with in the past regarding health care has been originating from those gaps that we have described. the time is now for congress and the president to come together on this issue, and i look forward to continuing my dialogue with the leadership and the president's staff on this important issue. let me reiterate again that the work that the tricaucus along with those in the lbgt community is critical to the entire health program and health approach in this country. thank you. >> congresswoman boar die owe who chairs the health tas

we worry about this because the weapons are old and we don't have the capacity to respond quickly to a significant failing in these weapons because of the agency and obsolescence of our nuclear weapons complex. additionally because of the ancient state of the nuclear weapons complex we must also be worried about the danger of a strategic surprise. put another way, a new global threat. if a new threat emerged, a real prospect given the instability of pakistan, and north korea's proliferation to syria, we don't presently have the capacity to quickly build up our stockpile or develop a nuclear weapon capable of dealing with that threat so we maintain many more nuclear weapons than necessary. a modernization program for our stockpile and infrastructure would permit the administration to pursue all of its objectives now, including reducing the number of warheads. the administration should fund the nnsa transformation plan which would allow us to build a smaller, more efficient, and modern laboratory and production infrastructure. and finally replace the manhattan project facilities we are

instead of 42% roughly capacity factors your might see in the range of 30% capacity factor.however, once the cost of transmission to get the power from the dakotas to michigan is taken into account it's cheaper to develop it in michigan. you mentioned offshore. michigan does have a very strong offshore wind resource. unfortunately, offshore is still about twice as expensive to develop than onshore resources so when that calculus is taken into account we think it makes more sense to develop the onshore resources in michigan first. >> you heard the earlier testimony about the problem of getting, of renewable energy resource from the dakotas over to minnesota and the blame being laid at the feet of the federal government. in that region do you believe that is one of the main problems that otherwise the regions have been able to harmonize their electricity transmission policies in a way that viewed as fair to all states? >> well, i'm not familiar with specific federal government problems that may have come up with minnesota. my observation is that the regional planning process h

just the overall capacity of the nation. and so it will be an international and an interagency approach, and i'm also, as admiral stavridis said, very encouraged by the approach of the united nations' mission there. >> admiral stavridis, the chairman and i and senator collins went to russia and then poland and then the czech republic and we came away convinced that for the future threat of an iranian missile with a nuclear warhead against europe that in the foreseeable future our standard missile three and on ships placed in the mediterranean, the aegis system and then upgraded over time could take care of that particular threat. in the meantime we want to make sure that our commanders in the field have the standard missile three and the thaad system. do you want to give us some of your ideas of this? >> i, of course, talked to the chairman about this as well, sir, as well as in your office earlier. i'm very intrigued about the findings of the three of you, and i look forward, if confirmed, immediately probing this both from

problems, and one element of capacity problems is is a corruption problem. i think it's healthy that iraqis are talking about this and trying to address it. to the extent that there's concern about it being abused, i think that goes to the question of whether there are proper procedures in terms of what they're doing in law and order, whether indictments are well-founded, whether there is an effort to make sure that warrants are properly executed, etc. i think it continues to be something that we watch very closely and are in very close contact with the iraqi authorities about. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008] is >> tomorrow night is the annual radio and television correspondents dinner in washington. c-span will bring you live coverage, including president obama's speech, beginning at 8:25 eastern time. >> how is c-span funded? >> i have no clue. >> maybe some government grants. >> donations. >> advertising for products. >> public money, i'm sure. >> our taxes? >> how is c-span funded? 30 years a