d. efforts will eventually define what this twenty twenty chapter to look like. my final question is for both of you both. to promote. an industry on a global scale. today twenty years after the disintegration of the soviet union and the decline in collapse of the russian aircraft manufacturing industry can we say we're not really far behind global industry leaders are we beginning to catch up with companies such as boeing and airbus. and say we have started this process which is a big step in itself. we haven't entered the race. right i would even say we have jumped on to the last car leaving train but we are not left standing on the platform so this is good it could have been much worse. as you can be building things instead of aircraft in the someone who rides but we're getting new aircraft we managed to retain some of our potential and as yuri said we are at the start obstacle or a follow up stage were to not say the start up process is underway and we hold that united aircraft corporation will be successful within the nishi talk to. us we have a chance to th

d. efforts will eventually define what this twenty twenty jet blue clay. my final question is for both of you because you are both enthusiastic about the doing your best to promote russia's aviation industry on a global scale. twenty years after the disintegration of the soviet union and it occurred in collapse of the russian aircraft manufacturing industry. can we see we're not really far behind global industry leaders are we beginning to catch up with companies which is growing and airbus and the able to expose all i'd say we have started this process which is a big step in itself. we have entered the race which is a little that's right i would even say you we have jumped on to the last car leaving train with them but we were not left standing on the platform so this is good it could have been much worse but i did what you want to do is you can be building things instead of the aircraft in the sun i don't write much we're getting new aircraft or it's your figures for them we managed to retain some of our potential and as yuri said we are at the start ups

d. cms' efforts to increase oversight are certainly commendable.owever, more must be done to strengthen internal controls, especially in cms' contract management. 2006, cms began using contractors to identify and recover improper payments. the recovery audit contractors have identified numerous vulnerabilities in cms' programs. unfortunately, cms has only taken steps to address about 40% of these significant vulnerabilities. gao has also found pervasive deficiencies in the cms' contract management, internal controls. gao issued nine recommendations to improve internal controls in 2009, but a year later it found that cms had only taken steps to address two of the recommendations. improper payments cost taxpayers billions of dollars each year. this hearing is part of a continued effort by this committee to prevent improper payments and other instances of waste, fraud and abuse in government. i certainly welcome the opportunity to hear from our witnesses today on cms' progress to identify and prevent improper payments into medicare and would conclude

i applaud the efforts of the coast guard and the r&d center to try to collate innovative technology or snake oil salesman equipment that might be available near-term, but there are at least three departments represented. the question for the panel in general is, what's the government doing here to collate the needs for the future, and rolled out into technology development and oversight by different r&d organizations across the board? that under an environment where, i'd say in the teacher's perspective we're not investing, maybe a million dollars a year in r&d for this particular subject. how do you get critical mass across the board and identify things that are really the sweet spot? and in the r&d world we need to take that lead from what the operators and the people on the front line identify as their critical needs. so, where do we go from here? >> couple things come to mind. first of all there's been several reports of presidential report, there's been a national incident command report. there's been an independent report, the coast guard charter. finally, our federal on-scene co

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host: another e-mail -- guest: r&d is the level of effort. you do what you can do with the money. once you're in the hardware program, you have to buy it, so you get what you wanted to buy. research and development is one of those areas where less effort means less research being done. but at the level of $85 billion a year, our r&d budget alone in the pentagon is larger than the entire defense budget than any other country in the world, except china. host: colleen. independent, chapel hill, tennessee. caller: my husband was an infantryman in vietnam. he recently lost a friend to to agent orange poisoning. there were two books that i had seen on c-span. this is my question. why can there be a ruling of some sort, that if you are on a certain committee, that you are not allowed to take money away from lobbyists? but us say ways and means, defense. you should i be allowed to take money from a defense contractor. guest: by taking money from, i assume campaign contributions. the problem is, the supreme court has ridden the and it rigorously argued for decisions that cover a 20-year ti

d. didn't alone scars star studded squad was led by three head coaches despite those revamping efforts by the team's board throughout the season the armaments still lost in the conference in finals against auckland from the most region by the way it's that goes i mean look at as you go who is it now at the helm of scott st petersburg or who throws the good. guy who'd previously preview very well every season. looking fine top spots in the conference i'm going to leave and then some problems emerge of those who work on it stated by me through the team who gets cast in a very we'll build a man's to pay column you think hey it's going to regular championship of the world without beating the drum for claiming that we are number one or number two who simply wanted scovell start the new season without star players like alex a yosh and the other chair yannick he again a backup and moxie for shinseki however their presence will hardly be missed as the ecos has attracted garri cup winners patrick taurus and and carol because sell them on other quite capable players with a major playoff experience

host: another e-mail -- guest: r&d is the level of effort. you do what you can do with the money. once you're in the hardware program, you have to buy it, so you get what you wanted to buy. research and development is one of those areas where less effort means less research being done. but at the level of $85 billion a year, our r&d budget alone in the pentagon is larger than the entire defense budget than any other country in the world, except china. host: colleen. independent, chapel hill, tennessee. caller: my husband was an infantryman in vietnam. he recently lost a friend to to agent orange poisoning. there were two books that i had seen on c-span. this is my question. why can there be a ruling of some sort, that if you are on a certain committee, that you are not allowed to take money away from lobbyists? but us say ways and means, defense. you should i be allowed to take money from a defense contractor. guest: by taking money from, i assume campaign contributions. the problem is, the supreme court has ridden the and it rigorously argued for decisions that cover a 20-year ti

d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. >>> let's talk ohio. the folk leading the efforton busting collective bargaining law have formally rejected the call for negotiations. leaders of the group we are ohio and the ohio afl-cio are refusing to meet with kasich before it is repealed. he is mad they rejected his offer. but you see back in february, he was singing a different tune during the interview with the right wing talker bill cunningham. >> i know what they're concerned about. i've spoken to them. >> meet with them, governor. >> well, bill, the simple fact of the matter is that a lot of my people that put this stuff together have spoken to them. >> but the governor, you have to get in a room with him, governor. >> bill, bill, let me explain to you. i'm not going to put you in a position to say i don't listen. i've listened. i've heard. >> the governor is done talking. you're walking. >> it's time to do some things. >> time to do some things. well, that's exactly what the democrats are saying now, mr. kasich. kasich is right. the time for talking is over and millions

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labor, also good for democrats, capital "d" democrats, even in recent years, the democrat's party have owed so much to union voters and union get out the vote efforts organizing strengths, not to mention union money, when president obama was running for president and the three presidential elections before that, more voted for the democrat in the race. just being in a union in 2008 made you significantly more likely to vote for barack obama than all of those other factors. look at the money part of it. in the most recent election, these were the top donors, outside groups that spent the most money on the 2010 midterm elections, all corporations all giving to the republican side of the race, all but three of them, the only three that gave more money to the democratic side than to the republican side were the three unions. they were the only competition to all the top donations to the republican side. corporations, big business, they know they have a home in the republican party, people who work for a living, the whole dream of the american middle class is supposed to have a home in democratic politics. union rights and union strength are intertwined

d is a big piker issue right now. i'm wondering and even what you could comment on the outlook towards the preventive efforts are being made, and any optimism there? >> several comments about that. there's a large section in a book which deals with prevention. and, in fact, one of the most historically, in fact one of the most seminal moments in the war on cancer is when this idea of fighting a war, nature begin to fade away and people begin to really, researchers is focus on prevention. that continues today. my thoughts and prevention army. i'm not going to talk about them at great length. i'm going to make two comments. one comment is that it remains shocking to me that the most preventable carcinogen is still at large. here we are fighting this complicated battle on the hill about how to do this, that, or the other about health care costs. meanwhile, the largest known carcinogen, you know, there's a great irony to this. people, talk to me about radon or, you know, some known carcinogen. it's a look-alike were not tied with the huge elephant in the room, which is tobacco. so my quick answer to the question is, some

i applaud the efforts of the coast guard and r&d center to try to collate some inno tate of it -- innovativetechnology or snake oil salesmen equipment that might be available near-term but, you know, there are, at least three departments represented on the dais here. the question for the panel in general is, what, what's the government doing here to collate the needs for the future and roll that into technology development and oversight by different r&d organizations across the board? that under an environment where, i'd say in the dhs perspective we're not investing maybe a million dollars a year in r&d for this particular subject. how do you get critical mass across the board and identify things that are really the sweet spot and, you know, in the r&d world? we need to take that lead from what the operators and the people on the front line identify as their critical needs. so, where do we go from here? >> a couple things come to mind. first of all there's been several reports, presidential report, there's been a national incident commander report, there's, been an independent report, that

law stuff, i wish i had it in front of me so i could recollect exactly the new efforts that are being implemented at dhs to dlink and disassociate the ideology from the events that occur as the fort hood bomber and things like that and their people who are trying to connect the dots so that we will understand that lone wolves and all that. a nice way to say they want to keep an eye on the lone wolf but you have any comment on you know, this administration seemingly coordinated strategy to try to disconnect the dots? >> this is where i get to go hollywood because that in our counterterrorism strategy that will be delivered so you have to come back. [laughter] >> which is not boring. i think at the end of this week or next week, but it is an issue that we have addressed, but i'm going to make people come back. >> okay. the gentleman down here. >> i want to make you feel good, jim, because i think we are doing a hell of a job in progressing and trying to put our finger on things that are not useful. i spent 35 years collecting a lot of information and it never got process. no, i'm serious. it never got process

d to support it. what i've said since before i was even sworn into office, wolf, is that i cannot support any effort toy immediate and permanent structural spending reform. >> we hear a lot about process and washington, the way washington works. there's no doubt how this plays out will affect how you live your life. when you're talking about this committee that goes forward, we're talking about a potential mortgage interest deduction. who knows what kind of things could eventually be in this deficit cutting that will affect how you live your life. >> but some positives here. because we're not slipping into default, interest rates won't go up on things like mortgages and your 401(k). >> that's right. >> they may still go up anyway but not because of this. >> from capitol hill joining us now is athena jones. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a plan is to have the vote from both houses on this bill. it's anyone's guess to how it will play out. that sound bite we heard from senator lee shows that there are still hurdles to jump over. people on either side will have problems with this bill. on the de

that supports life-sustaining efforts in the horn of africa is the united nations world food program. you can give ten dollars to the world food program usa by texting a-i-do the number 27722. humanitarian assistance is in the american dna. it is one of our core values, and the american people have shown time and again that we will give to help people in dire circumstances. we are inspired to see the outpouring that has already begun, and we hope it will continue and grow. additionally, the state department is working with the american refugee committee and the design firm ideo on the "neighbors" campaign to engage the somali diaspora, not only the united states but around the world, to help raise awareness and funds for the relief efforts. and we are working with the white house to mobilize churches, mosques, and synagogues to support this effort. we must remember that time is not on our side. every minute, more people, mostly women and mostly children, are dying. they're becoming sick. they are fleeing their homes. we must respond. we need to rise to the level of this emergency by acting smarter and faster than we have before to achieve both short-term

that supports life-sustaining efforts in the horn of africa is the united nations world food program. you can give ten dollars to the world food program usa by texting a-i-d to the number 27722. humanitarian assistance is in the american dna. it is one of our core values, and the american people have shown time and again that we will give to help people in dire circumstances. we are inspired to see the outpouring that has already begun, and we hope it will continue and grow. additionally, the state department is working with the american refugee committee and the design firm ideo on the "neighbors" campaign to engage the somali diaspora, not only the united states but around the world, to help raise awareness and funds for the relief efforts. and we are working with the white house to mobilize churches, mosques, and synagogues to support this effort. we must remember that time is not on our side. every minute, more people, mostly women and mostly children, are dying. they're becoming sick. they are fleeing their homes. we must respond. we need to rise to the level of this emergency by acting smarter and faster than we have before to achieve both short-ter

effort has to recognize that oil is traded in dollars. i think we need to have the ben bernanke organized a central bank support for the dollar so that it is not plunge deveryone. this has been done before. it can be done. we showed the hedge funds that they cannot sell our dollars short. that has to be an economic and energy policy. >> in terms of how we consider going about this, there is a consensus in the intelligence community that we are in for a protracted situation in the middle east. 2011 is not going to go away anytime soon. and yet, all of our mainstream energy forecasts all depend on substantial production growth from the middle east, from saudi arabia, iraq and other states to make -- meet future oil demand. whatever strategy we put together, weave to take into account the restraints that are going to exist on any short-term increase in the production capacity globally. >> and what i think we have ard tonight and the guys " run by the president. i want to start where we already started. we have to do something bold. the president has a real challenge and an opportunity to become a great president. something brand new for america but also t