and he said that was a great shot. >> douglas connolly is taken into custody and spends just 16 daysucing panic. >> did you expect them to shoot you? >> sniper michael plumb's perfect shot is all over the news. and plumb receives a special tribute from his fellow swat team members. >> they surprised me with pieces of the gun. fired them together as best they could and mounted it on a plaque and put it on the wall here. >> i always called it ice water in his veins. nothing bothered him. that's how he was that day. nothing bothered him. >> plumb credits the entire squad for the positive outcome. >> it was a team effort. i mean, they surrounded him. they contained him. and they made it happen. hot august afternoon and everybody gets to go home. it was a good day. >>> coming up, a bar room fist fight turns into an all-out gun fight caught on surveillance video. when "caught on camera: shots when "caught on camera: shots fired" continues. what makes the sleep number store different? the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your indi

connolly is recognized. >> why do i have the feeling this is going to cost me a lot of chocolate? i wanted to give the panel the opportunity to answer that question i put out there earlier. it seems to me an odd thing that we would have a hearing on north korea and not talk about the change in leadership. and i think we would benefit from each of your observations all remembering we have to be succinct. who is this new leader, and what is our understanding of consolidation of power and who really holds the power in the north and what it might mean moving forward for the discussions we've had this morning? mr. snyder. >> well, so far, i think what we've seen on the surface is continuity. but as could be seen from the video, there's something odd, hard to accept in the west about a 30-year-old kid running a country surrounded by 60-year-old generals. so we don't know what is happening under the surface. and we're watching it through a tv screen. the chinese actually have better direct access. what we really need is to see how the leader is interacting with those around him directly

connolly, three minutes for a colloquy with the chairman. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for three minutes. mr. connolly: thank you, madam speaker and i thank my friend from maryland, the distinguished ranking member. i rise to ask the chairman, mr. issa to engage in colloquy. and i want to thank chairman issa and appreciate the work he and the ranking member, mr. cummings, and their staff on this legislation, which i think is a thoughtful, bipartisan update to an information security bill actually written be my predecessor and the chairman, tom davis of virginia. the fisma amendments act changes from compliance to performance measures. of course when considering the performance of federal agencies, its natural extension to question the relationship between the executive branch and those agencies in a relationship among technology and cybersecurity related positions within the executive branch. i appreciate president obama's focus on technology, particularly the chief information officer's 25-point plan but i'm concerne

connolly: mr. speaker, budgets are about values and require elected decisionmakers to balance the needs of our constituents with fiscal responsibility. the republican ryan budget, this chamber deemed adopted yesterday, is in no way a reflection of the american values that have shaped this nation. the republican budget would turn back the clock more than a century to a time when social darwinism, survival of the fit est was the form. to the leadership of people like republican teddy roosevelt, our nation began to realize the value in tending to the needs of the poor, the sick, the working poor, the elderly, our children and women. the republican budget would again put us at risk by making seniors, speerns a slashing of medicare. increasing their out-of-pocket costs. and it would further line the pockets of the rich at the expense of the least among us. the cuts in discretionary spending would further set our students behind and create a drag on the economy by disinvesting in research and infrastruct

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photo sharing is art of what facebook is, terry connolly, she's in a strategic purchase. >> instagram really has technology and filters and special effects that makes photo sharing even more interesting. >> the purchase has the additional double benefit of eliminating instagram as competitor and keeping some other competitor from acquiring instagram. >> now if this works strategically for facebook a billion dollars is going to look cheap. >> it's just another success story from this start up incubator. found r of one block off the grid and online comparative shopping mall for home solar systems. >> i think it feeds off itself you've got the neighborhood kind of going crazy lately. >> the company is housed in the same small building where twitter, joe boxer were born, justin is founder who -- a social networking site for discovering and sharing personal resources it now occupies the very same office sweet instagram did. >> it's neat. it's something people got a little bit. >> a billion dollars may sound like a lot, but consider this. it's 1% of facebook purported fall view to be $100 b

. >> michael connolly said, anything to add to that? is this the right time in the valley? is there a bubble? >> i would like to speak about the clean technology sector. there was a little bit of a bubble that emerged in 2005, 2006, 2007 time frame. what has happened since then is you see the landscape changed. there have been a lot of companies and vc's, founders, that are focused on very few investments in companies but are in it for the long run. the time and invested it takes to build a clean tech company. the difference with clean tech, there might be large facilities required, investment to build your first plant, for instance. we are seeing a change in the landscape. one thing i want to add, too, for clean tech, there are organizations like the clean tech opened that foster innovation and identify and help on to produce with that system, present their idea, put together their business plan, attract the mentors and advisers to help them build their technology. the incubators are contributing to a maturing clean tech and biotech sector -- sector. >> just a short commen

senator mark warner, gerry connolly and former congressman joined volunteers to register voters. they were all working on behalf of the obama campaign. pushing a message of growing the economy and restoring middle class security. the president and first lady will visit virginia on may 5 as part of the president's reelection campaign. you the romney campaign is taking issue with the way obama's campaign. romney wouldn't have given the order to get it done. in 2007, romney criticized the idea of hitting al-qaeda targets inside pakistan. that is the basis for the claim in the obama ad. the president deserves credit for bin laden's death, but that is saddened to see his politicizing it. >>> a dream come true for students in indiana. after a nightmare of a twister tore through their schools town, how prom night became a reality for students left in the rubble.  >>> a montgomery county home is nothing but cinders tonight after a fire. the fire department posted this picture to twitter. the house is in the 2300 block of robyn song drive in clarksburg. fortunately, no

we have kerry washington representative jerry connolly, and then nancy gibbs. >> yeah. >> okay. tv. now i get absolutely nothing done at all. [ applause ] >> we are getting a lot of those reports. >> that's not helping the president. >> i don't care. >> all right. fine. >> how do i help me? can't wait to see you again in july. >> oh the big july 28th show in l.a. i'm going to wear depends this time in case i pee. [ applause ] >> okay. >> all right. oh, speaking of reviews. my mom has dictated another letter to my brother for -- bill's machine, as he calls it his computer. because she doesn't have a computer. so she calls him and he is like her stenographer. from mom mom says stephanie hooray for your meteoric rise in your tv show. i'm one proud momma. [ applause ] >> why doesn't she just save a step and just call you and dictate to you directly? >> i don't know. >> that just seems like an extra step -- >> bill i -- i -- i have something to say to stephy. could you write it on your machine and send it to her. i'm surprised i don't get carrier pigeons. she does not believe in tech

gerry connolly. thank you to the witnesses. sorry about messing up the order and totally dissing dr. patrick cronin there at the end. thank you, leeson gentleman. thank you for joining us. the committee is adjourned. -- ladies and gentlemen. thank you for joining us. the committee is adjourned. >> the space shuttle discovery is now on display at the smithsonian museum outside of washington, d.c.. it arrived earlier this week. you can see the landing and the transfer ceremony tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this year's student cam competition as students around the country was part of the constitution was important to them and why. >> today's second prize winner selected the first amendment. >> we shall overcome ♪ we shall overcome we shall overcome some day peace in my heart we shall overcome someday ♪ >> let me start with an allegory of a poker game. this game involves two individuals, one white, the other black, and the game has been in progress for 350 years. during the time, the white player has been cheating, an

. >> congressman jerry connolly questioned irs and treasury department officials before a house government reform oversight hearing looking at the tax gap and some recent figures from 2006-2007. those are the most recent numbers indicating the federal government did not collect and should have collected anywhere from 385 to as much as $450 billion. money that could be used for various projects or to offset the growing deficit. this is "washington today" on c-span radio. and here is syria by the numbers courtesy of the associated press. the confirmed number of people killed since march of 2011 when the uprisings began against president osauassad, 9,000. those who have fled their homes and taken refuge? 230,000. thesyria's armed forces. the rebel forces estimated to be around 10,000. there are seven u.n. observers on the ground in syria. ban ki-moon wants has many as 300. millions of dollars has been pledged by saudi arabia and other arab countries but so far none of that money has been transferred in terms of international relief for the syrian people. with that background, senator -- repre

and congressman jerry connolly of virginia told the tsa officials, quote, we're not cattle. this hearing is about two hours. >>> the committee will come to order. the oversight committee exists to secure two fundamental principles, first, americans have a right to know that money washington takes from them is well spent. and second, americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them. our duty on the oversight and government reform committee is to protect these rights. our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers, because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from their government. we will work tirelessly in partnership with citizen watchdogs to deliver the facts to the american people and bring genuine reform to the federal bureaucracy. this is our mission statement. today we are calling the third hearing conducted by the oversight committee, today a joint hearing, where we plan to hold at least two additional tsa oversight hearings in april and may. there is no question that the tsa serves a vital role. the question i

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connolly's floor statement, we're going to come back with examples of additional sources. >> i thank my colleagues. i would ask that my answer be read into the record and for the request the president of the national treasury employees union's statement be entered into the record. >> without objection. >> i thank the chair. you set up $450 billion tax gap this year? >> as of 2006. >> and is growing. >> yes. it is a local figure and part of the earlier discussion indicated an ongoing review. does include aspects such as the international tax gap. >> do you think there could be some relationship between the growing gap and the 20% reduction in 1995? >> if the irs had additional resources they would collect -- >> for the sake of argument, $450,000 in money owed the government, that is what the tax gap is. times 10 is $4.5 trillion. here we are going big at four trillion. the sequestration would be $1.2 trillion. this would be -- if we put the resources into irs to collect the money. over and above that, this subcommittee led by my colleagues has done a lot of work and the issue, mr. mil

gerry connolly? >> >> before it began, can i ask that my statement be submitted in full for the record? thank you. i came back from egypt and libya over the break, and have some views about what is happening in both countries. from the united states point of view, does the arab spring and its outcome so far, health, hurt, or have no impact on anti- terrorism, counter-terrorism policy? >> well, it is an excellent question, sir. let me frame it this way. the air of spring, the arab awakening, presents at everyone who opposes extremism with an extraordinary opportunity, and that is to build the democracies in those countries, countries where people were denied their legitimate rights, to build the kinds of democracy is that what bridging democracies that would provide a place for -- build those kind of democracies where people would have a place for their voice -- >>, i understand that, but my question is the traditional governments, indeed find cooperation is about the same, improves, or actually degra

connolly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia. mr. connolly: mr. speaker, i support the substitute amendment and oppose the underlying bill. but i think my democratic friends actually have it all wrong about this bill. i could be mistaken but i think there was a drafting error in this legislation. when introducing this bill, the sponsor said, and i quote, it would put more money into the hands of small business owners to reinvest those funds, to retain, create jobs and grow their businesses, plain and simple. well, this bill does nothing of the sort. for starters, it does not target small businesses as the title claims. rather than maximize assistance for those employers who need it most, less than half the tax cut go to legitimate small businesses. what's more, there's no requirement that this taxpayer subsidy should be used to hire new workers or expand facilities to grow the economy. i'm further puzzled, mr. speaker, when looking at the bill before us today and previous drafts. you see, earlier drafts excluded certain businesses like liquor stor

connolly is recognized. >> why do i have a feeling this is going to cost me a lot of chocolate? [laughter] i want to get the opportunity to answer the question i put out there earlier. it seems to me an odd thing we would have a hearing on north korea and not talk about the change in leadership, and i think we would benefit from each of your observations on remembering we have to be succinct. who is this new leader and what is our understanding of consolidation of power and who really holds the power in the north and what it might mean moving forward for the discussions we've had this morning? >> so far i think what we have seen on the surface is continuity. but as it could be seen from the video, there is something hard to accept in the west about a 30-year-old kid running a country surrounded by 60-years-old generals. so we don't know what is happening under the surface. and we are watching it to through a tv screen. the chinese have better direct access. what we really need is to see how the leader is interacting with those around him directly in order to make a clear determi

john connolly was far shrewder. he said it do with the economies of the two cities.ort worth was a ton of fact true floors for men and women work next which other, blue-collar blues written for each other as a working-class, good working corrals or stockyards in the same game. regular people. dallas, high-rises, finance. everyone wears a white shirt to work they want to work on the next floor, up to management level, the ones they want to be like. think a republican. and guess who was like that? john conway. he attributed the whole thing to economics. and as we know, you're getting to the question as to what extent was the kennedy from the right environment at texas in those days of her civil rights primarily, that's the role they've tried to wrestle with because they feel the atmospheric anti-civil rights, anti-kennedy somehow had something to do with a guy that was infatuated they didn't like what kennedy had said in tampa. the navy is gone, everything can happen. very anti-castro. all i know is he that one day he was going after nixon because he thought he was wit

to the archives, and since the irish have now changen -- taken over choat, and since lover rain connolly is the wonderful woman head of public relations, and the headmaster at the time i was doing my research is a wonderful fellow named ed shanahan. she introduces me to the around conservativist, she gives me a briefing book, and i opened it up, and on the right-hand side was the chapel notes of george st. john, the beloved headmaster. and in it was a couple of the sermons for the day, and right below there was something called dean breaks essay which was an's cay written by his hero, the former turn of the 19th century dean of studies at harvard. and it ended with the following phrase, and when i read it, i just could not believe i had found the rosetta stone here. the youth should always ask of its alma mater not, and then quote, not what she can do for me, but what i can do for her, in direct quotes. and sorenson who was kennedy's chief speech writer always thought that was the most credible theory, but not even he had gone back and found it because he said they had told him it wasn't

connolly we are going to come back to those examples of additional sources is that okay? i would ask unanimous consent of my opening statement the would be entered into the record. i would request as to of calling the national treasury employees union statement also be entered into the record i mek the chair. i think you said $450 billion tax gap. >> gross, yes. >> this year? >> as of 2006. >> it's growing? >> yes it is and we believe it is a low figure and part of the discussion indicated that it is an ongoing review, so it doesn't include aspects such as the international tax gap. >> understood. do you think there could be a relationship between the growing gap and the 20% reduction since 1995 in the revenue offices? >> there is no question that if the irs has additional resources they would be able to collect additional. >> , $450 billion in the money owed to the government we are not collecting, but to the tax gap is? >> roughly. >> is $4.5 trillion. now here we are chemical bigot 4 trillion, sweating the sequestration would be 1.2 trillion. this would be a big dent i

connolly needs to run for a floor statement.f we can kind of go back and then we'll come back to those two examples of additional sources. is that okay? >> i think my colleague. >> mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to my opening statement be entered into the record. >> what that objections a worker. >> i further request the collins be prepared statement also be entered into the record. i think the chair. mr. george, i think he said the $450 billion tax-cut. >> gross, yes. >> that's this year? >> that's 2006. >> 2006. and it's growing? >> yes. i believe it's a lowball figure and part of the earlier discussion said it doesn't put us back such as international tax gap. >> understood. to think there's relationship between the growing gap and the reduction since 1995 and revenue offices and agencies? if they had resources they reveal that could additional tax. >> just for the sake of argument, $450 billion in money out to the government for not collecting. that's the tax gap this? >> roughly. >> times 10 is $4.5 trillion. now her

connolly has to run for a floor statement. if we can kind of go back and let him get in and then we will come back to those examples of additional sources. is that okay? i yield to the gentleman. >> i thank my colleague. mr. chairman i would ask unanimous consent that my opening statement be entered into the record in full. >> without objection. >> i would further suggest the national treasury employees union dash also be entered into at the full record. i thank the chair. i think you said a 450 billion-dollar tax gap? that is this year? >> that is 2006. >> 2006 and is growing? >> i believe it's a lowball figure and it's an ongoing review. it doesn't include aspects like the international tax gap. >> you think there could be some relationship between the growing gap and the fact that we have a 20% reduction in 1995? >> there is no question that if the irs had additional resources they would be able to collect additional tax fees. >> i point out to my colleagues, just for the sake of argument, $450 billion in money owed to the

teacher and all of the students are free to connolly effective which is the top of the evaluation peace. they are set in the grand style like the kennedy center honors and we have -- they get bonuses and prices and we watch videos of them teaching and it's literally like the academy awards petraeus mcginn this is just because i don't know, is this based on like test scores? do the teachers have to, like, for about a test to see how good they are? how do you determine a good teacher other in the kids' education? >> what we look at, we do fight observations over the course of the year. the principal was in the classroom to see what's happening, then what we have is a master educator whose professional teacher, highly regarded teacher whose content expert. as for example i taught middle school spanish. >> really? >> yeah. my principal was a teacher -- >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> mauney principal was a gym teacher. he couldn't assess what was happening in my spanish class room and so if you are a foreign language teacher we have a master educator who is a foreign language person who comes

connolly: we've got a great opportunity to help manufacturing, the export-import bank. the entity that helps american companies export american goods. the u.s. chamber has urged the bank's re-authorization because it supports american job creation. since 2007, companies in my home state of virginia have supported almost $1 billion in export sales because of ex-im. with those in my district alone supporting $130 million in exports. last week house republicans brought up a bill to help small businesses, allegedly that will cost taxpayers $46 billion. 85% of the export-import banks transactions aid those same small businesses and provides a benefit to taxpayers, more than $4 billion over the last six years. the export-import intank good business. it creates jobs, supports american companies and it returns a profit to the american taxpayer. i urge my colleagues to support its re-authorization and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote o