recently sent me a letter and endorsed the bill that i introduced in the congress and senator tom carper, democrat from delaware, and senator tom coburn had introduced in the senate. and the goal of the o.m.b. was to dispose of $9 billion in unneeded real property. can i have some additional time? ms. foxx: absolutely. i yield another 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. duncan: and director nussle wrote at the time i introduced that bill with congressman moore he said to reach this objective i believe we must improve and streamline the current process the federal agencies face in disposing real property assets. therefore i applaud your introduction of h.r. 3049 which would establish a five-year pilot program for expediting the disposal of properties no longer needed by the federal government. we have got to wake up, mr. speaker, and realize that private property is the

bennett, please proceed. >> good afternoon, chairman copper -- carper. i'm gratified to testify about the all pollution act of 1990. as someone who graduated from high school in southern louisiana, who was married in houston, texas, and raised children in st. petersburg, florida, i have a deeper appreciation for the environment of the gulf coast. my role is the director of the national pollution fund center includes four areas. i find federal response using congress has made available in the trust fund to so-called emergency fund. second, i am sure the responsible parties are advertising its availability to pay claims. if claimants are not fully compensated, they may present their claims to us. third, i recover federal money paid by the fund from any and all this possible party. finally, i administered the certificate of financial responsibility program which insures that vessels operating in u.s. waters have demonstrated that they are financially able to pay their obligations under opa. with respect to response, the cost of the federal response was $217

bennett, please proceed. >> thank you very much, chairman carper. i am going to testify on the oil pollution act of 99 and subsequent responsibility. as someone who graduated from louisiana, and who later raised two children in florida, have a deep appreciation for the people and environment of the gulf coast. my role as the director of the national pollution fund center covers four areas. using a mouse that congress has made available from the well liability trust fund, second, i ensure the responsible parties are advertising its availability to pay claims for removal costs and damages. if claimants are not fully compensated, they may present claims to us. third, i cover federal recovery cost and clams from any and all responsible party. finally, i administers the certificate of financial responsibility program which ensures that vessels operating in u.s. waters have demonstrated that they are financially able to pay their obligations under opa. the cost of the federal response to this event was $270 million. these costs include the funding of robe

ambassador carper, thank you for being here with "washington journal.. >> should the federal communicationsmission regulate the internet? the communicators, tonight on cc span2. >> the president will deliver his first remarks from the oval office regarding the gulf oil spill tomorrow. today he went to the ulf coast region. next, a look at some f the >> i will make a longer statement later in alabama. quickly, i wann to thank governor barbour lady of missiisippi for hosting us. we have members of the connressional delegation here in mississippi as well as a range of local and state officials. admiral allen provided us a detailed report about what was being done specifically in mississippi and has questions pbout how the response is continually improving. one of the things that came out of this discussion is how do we make sure that there is effected cord nation in terms of skimmers, vessels of opportunity, and can we make sure that they are responding a3 before it starts getting closer to shore?having to do with communications, some of the vessels have radios on them, have we dooe an effecti

might suggest that consideration be given to reuniting the crocker-petreaus team, all of ambassador carper will probably never forgive me for saying that since he is retired rehouse we have concerns about the civilian side of. relations between the ambassador and president karzai, when there is sufficient civilian side to this house of question, family know him if there his tough sledding ahead. fearing for general petreaus will be the fastest -- a feeling for general petreaus will probably be the fastest. how concerned that we have whether that is etched in stone as the president's spokesperson stated, or whether it will be conditions faced, we feel very strongly that he's 50 conditions-faced, it has an adverse effect on your ability to succeed. that is a major concern and there's still of great deal of ambiguity of the fed issued a brief -- about that issue. we have to send the message that we will do what is f -- whatever is necessary in order to achieve success for him if that means a longer period of time going increase of troops as necessary, how those factions -- and i would remind

rose garden where president obama is expected to nominate retired air force lieutenant general james carpers his next director of national intelligence. we're look at now. this is live coverage. >> i also depend on the best available intelligence for daily decisions that i make every day. in particular, i depend on the director of national intelligence. as d.n.i., dennis blare continued the extraordinary service that defined his entire career. during his tenure, our intelligence community became more integrated and agile. and i will always be grateful to denny for his sense of purpose and his sense of service. today, i am proud to announce + my choice for the next director of national intelligence, james clapper. with four decades to service to america, jim is one of our nation's most experience and most respected intelligence individuals. as undersecretary for defense, he has successfully underseen the military and person nel and budget that make up the bulk of our 16 agency intelligence communities. he has improved information sharing, increased intelligence support to our troops in afgha