defense spending and leave the rest of the budget unattended to. okay, we love defense spending in connecticut. why? because we make a lot of big-ticket items for the department of defense. we make the helicopters at sick tkor i ask. we -- at sikorsky. we make the submarines. we're proud of all of that. let me tell you what happens at electric boat if you plus up p-t defense department -- if you plus up the defense department at the expense of all the other discretionary accounts. we're going to be building a lot more submarines over the next ten years. we're now building two fast attack submarines a year. we're going to start building the new ballistic missile submarines, the columbia class. and electric boat needs to hire 14,000 employees over the next ten years. much of that is because their workforce is older and so they're going to have a lot of retirements. but they've got to find 14,000 new employees over the next ten years. and if they can't, we cannot make the submarines in the united states or we cannot make the parts that go into the submarines into the united states. either the job won't get done or the work will happen somewhere else, in another

if you're in the department of defense, you live in a duality. the other one i bought in front of you and then one down the road. the reason i mentioned my speech about time is since we are going to develop these new capabilities, we are not going to do them in two or three or four years. it will take more than five years. the lens i apply to threats or competition is not about beating your competitor, it is really about can you do the mission? can you service your customer? can you great the value? value?te the your competition tells you or someone else is in their capability. general thornberry said it best this morning. it is all about us. what are we doing? what do we have to do to be better? our time is being spent evaluating those threats but then coming up with, i will call it, the surprise. it is not about how i will beat you. it is understanding what you are capable of. how do i do something even greater than that? if you are focused on your , you will fail in your mission. that is what drives my thinking as we go through and assess the r

financial office of 1990 required all federal departments conducted annual financial audit and partly out of frustration with a lack of progress toward that end that the department of defense. the 2010 required the financial statements of the department be ready for audit by september 30, 2017. this committee's panel on defense financial management and reform put close scrutiny on the department's efforts and issued a number of recommendations that have been enabled us to arrive at this point. the 2014 required a full audit be conducted of the department's fy 18 financial statements. the results of which are to be delivered next year. you want to commend the chairman for his expertise and persistence on this issue, as well as mr. courtney, who is also a member of the audit panel several years ago. they will be both glad to know we have had additional members join this e committee in recent years who can also contribute their background and experience to this issue as it moves ahead. this issue is important. members of this committee hear evidence every week that we are not providing our military with the funding they need to carry out the missions they have been assigned.

but we are only able to have today's hearing with the department of defense under its first full financial statement audit because of this committee's continued support. i should note that audits themselves are not new to the department of defense. numerous audits covering program performance and contract costs are completed each year by the accountability office, defense contract audit agency, the department of defense office of the inspector general and the service audit u agencies. dcaa employs over 4,000 auditors to perform contract audits for contractors to the government. this is the first time that the department is undergoing a full financial statement audit. a financial statement audit is comprehensive. it occurs annually and covers more than financial management. for example, financial statement audits include very fine count, location and condition of military equipment, real property and inventory. it tests the security vulnerabilities of our business systems and validates the accuracy of personal records and actions such as promotions and separations. the department of defense

the department of defense has its limits to elasticity. excessive pressure in the form of budgetary instability has the potential to permanently distort our department's character and lessen the lethality. i know from my experience in industry justt how long it can take to build a culture of excellence. therefore as a department we must shift our focus from risk management to seizing opportunities in order to remain competitive. a risk balanced opportunity-driven approach will spark innovation and help protect our hard-earned culture of excellence from the unintended distortion of budgetary instability. to address these challenges our forthcoming national defense strategygy nested under the national security strategy, and ourr fiscal year 19 budget are designed to sustain long-term readiness and modernization. we are building alignment across the department, the inner agency, with industry and other partners and allies. we all view these efforts through the critical lenses of lethality and affordability. after all, we must remember departme

defense agencies. we have critical functions that require to have a full year of appropriations including our national defense, the department of defense, our statert departmt and the department of health and the work thats is done in food safety and the federal drug administration and the social security administration to deliver checks to our seniors and to take care of our health care needs. all of that requires that we have the flexibility of a budget. .. ons between democrats and republicans that we are committed to bringing out a budget by february 8 so that we can give that type of predictability to the people of this country. that was one of the principle frustrations that many of us didn't want to go for a continuing resolution without knowing how we were going to deal with the budget. there are some special needs that we've had particular attention to, that we really also need to that we also really need to get done but no longer than february 8. whether that is the opioid funding that clearly is in our national interest to recognize we have a national crisis. every community in the country is suffering from the op

and the non-defense agencies, we have critical functions that require to have a full year of appropriations for, including our national defense, department of defense, state department, department of health and the work that's done in the national institutes of health, the drug administration, social security administration and take care oft our health care needs, all that requires that we have the predictability of a budget so i am pleased that we were able, during this debate, i wasn't pleased we had a shutdown but i was pleased that during this debate we had great discussions among democrats or republicans that weng are committed to bringing out a budget by february the eighth so we can give that predict ability to the people of this country. that was one of the principal frustrations that many of us didn't want to go for another continuing resolution without knowing how we are going to deal with budget. there are some special needs that we've paid particular attention to that wete also need to get done by no later than february the eighth, one of them is the opioid funding which clearly is in our national interest to recognize that w

inside the department of defense, a tone has been set from the top that embraces the audit as part of their vision to bring business reform to the department of defense. i know you have had many hearings where witnesses have told you they support the start of an audit eventually. this hearing is different. we have started the audit. we are only able to have today's hearing with the department of defense under his first audit because i should note that audits themselves are not moved to the department of defense. dcaa employs 4000 auditors, for contractors to the government. this is the first time the department is undergoing a financial statement audit. it is comprehensive, occurs annually, and goes over financial management. a state audit goes over accounts, locations, and conditions to military equipment. it has a security vulnerability, and validates the accuracy of personal records, suggest separations. the department of defense anticipates that this spring and early summer, we will have 1200 financial auditors, assessing books and -- whether books and reflect our financial condit

i am deeply disappointed and i share the chairman's concern that the department of defense declined this committee's invitation to testify. this committee has jurisdiction over the authorization for the use of military force and has already spent significant time debating whether the 2001 aumf covers successors' entities like isis given that the authorization drafted almost two decades ago was intended to provide authority to target al qaeda in afghanistan. now the administration is arguing that even after isis is defeated our forces will still remain in syria to make sure that isis cannot return, at the same time, u.s. forces have significantly increased without any public explanation. considered together, the notion that the u.s. forces must stay in syria to mitigate against isis' return while simultaneously ramping up u.s. forces seems like the prelude to another forever war with no congressional authorization. if we learned anything from the experiences in the last decade, it's that the military fight is not even half the battle. long-term sustainable ends of conflicts demand politic

i'm just talking about the department of defense. i believe, christiane, that national strength and our future depends upon defense money, don't get me wrong, but i also believe it depends upon education, science and engineering funding, funding for the rest of government, the state department, law enforcement, the fbi, homeland securi security, infrastructure. all of these things are part of our future. if we don't have a budget the federal government can't act on any of that. >> you mentioned the state department. i wonder what you tell your international counterparts when you're traveling now, when you're going here, there and everywhere as you are right now, what do you say to them when we see reports that 60% of the state department's top ranking career diplomats have left? >> i don't say much about the u.s. state department when i'm overseas. i don't represent the state department or know. >> surely people must ask you what's going on. >> they tell me, because they observe themselves, they say that their colleagues are disspirit

this year'spr appropriations that includes fy 19 and then to be balanced to the needs of the department of defense critical functions that are required to have a full year of appropriations defense or state department with the department of health the national institutes of health fda and the ability of the social security administration and to take care of health care needs. all of that requires we have predictability of a budget. i am pleased during this debate without democrats and republicans we are committed to bringing out a budget by february 8 to have that type ofe predictability. they didn't want to go for a continuing resolution. and we also need to get done by no later than february 8. funding it is in our national interest to understand we have a national crisis. every community is suffering fromin the opioid crisis and we need to make sure to be a strong partner to deal with the crisis. we need to give disaster relief and help to the communities of texas and florida and we know we have to get that done now. we cannot wait another month and then know that we deal with that issue. and i

inside the department of defense, a tone has been set from the top that embraces the audit as part of their vision to bring business reform to the department of defense. i know you have had many hearings where witnesses have told you they support the start of an audit eventually. this hearing is different. we have started the audit. we are only able to have today's hearing with the department of defense under his first audit because i should note that audits themselves are not moved to the department of defense. dcaa employs 4000 auditors, for contractors to the government. this is the first time the department is undergoing a financial statement audit. it is comprehensive, occurs annually, and goes over financial management. a state audit goes over accounts, locations, and conditions to military equipment. it has a security vulnerability, and validates the accuracy of personal records, suggest separations. the department of defense anticipates that this spring and early summer, we will have 1200 financial auditors, assessing books and -- whether books and reflect our financial condit

and that it will be balanced, balanced between the needs of the department of defense and the nondefense agencies. we have critical functions that require to have a full year of appropriations for, including our national defense, department of defense, our state department, the department of health and the work that's done in national institutes of health, food safety and the federal drug administration, the ability of the social security administration to deliver checks to our seniors and to take care of our health care needs. all that requires that we have the predictability of a budge. so i'm -- predictability of a budget. i'm pleased that during this debate, not pleased we had a shutdown, we had great discussions between democrats and republicans that we are committed to bringing out a budget by february 8 so that we can give that type of predictability to the people of this country. that was one of the principle frustrations that many of us didn't want to go for a continuing resolution without knowing how we were going to deal with the budget. there are some special needs that we've

so why has the department of defense failed to do a better job? >> i think there's a variety of issues. i think there was, as secretary wilson talked about, inadequate training, inadequate verification. they didn't take these recommendations as seriously as they should have. there are a lot of people involved with this. they should have been more conscientious in making sure that everyone knew the requirements and complied with the requirements. there are steps that need to be taken, some of which secretary wilson has mentioned. but there needs to be focused attention on it, there need to be someone responsible for it and they need to have dedicated effort to make sure this is fixed service wide. >> senator feinstein, i'm going to call on you now. i'm going to step out for a minute. if i'm not back, would senator cornyn take over, as her five minutes are up? thank you. go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and director brandon, i just want to thank you and all of your people. atf, i've learned over the past 25 years, has a very hard job. and i than

through the insertion of more troops which continues to bag the question why we don't have the department of defense here. but in their absence with the future disposition of our troops, how do you explain the conditions for the withdrawal of american military presence? 2000 troops in the middle of the most interest place in the world they are in combat so what are the conditions by which we bring those troops home? the withdrawal of the iranian backed forces? we elections? how do we articulate the endgame for the u.s. military presence? >> the president is committed to remaining in syria to achieve goals. that means in a diplomatic military sense not based on a calendar but assessment of conditions stabilization efforts moving forward successfully and one is the broader assessment of a political transition with the arabian projection of influence there is no specific numbers that can be attached it is something we will reveal on a progressive basis. >> i would argue you are operating in direct laud long -- a flawed idea. >> it worries me tell the committee our military presence in syria will run so

the department of defense, as we were considering this continuing resolution on friday night, made an unprecedented decision to contradict the views of the commander-in-chief by stating that they didn't want another i think it resolution because without real long-term certainty for the department of defense funding, we, the united states congress, was putting our national security at risk. so, the democrats do not agree with everything in the underlying continuing resolution because we don't think that it's-- senator has the floor. >> because we don't believe that it is right for this government to continue to kick the can down the road. now, i will say personally there are other things in that continuing resolution that i object to as well. it is not just a straightforward continuing resolution, it includes the repeal of revenue that comes into the government for the affordable care act. so it's not a straightforward continuing resolution and one is a further attempt by the republican majority to gut the affordable care act and money used to pay for it and other provisions, counterte

reports on nix in 1997 and 2015 showed severe reporting problems across the department of defense. a report released just two days ago shows that from 2015 to 2016, more than 30,000 of convictions in the department of defense were not reported to the fbi. other states can also improve their reporting. i was pleased to hear attorney general jeff sessions ordered a federal review by the fbi and atf to ensure that all federal agencies are reporting all required information into nix. as far as states are concerned, some progress in nix reporting has been made in recent years. especially in areas of reporting mental health records. but some states, even those represented by members of our committees these states reported fewer records to nix on a per capita basis than most of the oh states. more improvement can be made such as reporting domestic violence offenses. it is clear that this is a systemic problem and that there are many thousands of abusers who are not in the nix system, but absolutely should be in that system. states should insure that all records submitted to nix are complet

and then it will be balanced, balanced between thehe needs of the department of defense and the non-defense agencies and we have a critical motions that required to have a full year of appropriations for an including our national defense department and their state department and the department of health and the national institutes of health and food safety and the ability to deliver checks for seniors all that requires that we have the perfect ability so we have i am pleased that we have during this debate and i wasn't pleased by the shutdown plan please that during this debate we had great discussions upon democrats and republicans that we are committed to bringing out a budget by february 8 so that we can give that type of predictability to the people of this country and that was one of the principal frustrations that many of us without knowing how to deal with the budget and we need to get done by no later than december 8 to opioid funding clearly is in our national interest to recognize the financial crisis. every community in the country is suffering from the opioid crisis and we need

glenn fine is the acting inspector general for the department of defense. a role he's held since january 10th, 2016. in this position he's responsible for detecting waste, fraud and abuse as well as promoting accountability for the entire department of defense. prior to being acting inspector general, mr. fine was named as the department of defense principle deputy inspector general, june 1st, 2014. and we all know him because he previously served as inspector general doj for 11 years. i think i didn't introduce you this way, but we're going to go dr. wilson, brandon, fine, and then lindquist. and then your entire statement will be put in the record, and to the extent to which you can do it in five minutes, i never cut anybody off at exactly five minutes, but when you see the red light go on, try to summarize. thank you, doctor wilson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my full statement will be in the record but i'd like to summarize a few remarks to open. what happened in sutherland springs was absolutely awful. a mass murder of people gathered to pray. the morni

we have one holistic being led by the department of defense -- policy being led by the department of efense and others in the national security council. the process is not highly unusual. interagency processes, that is the world wrestling federation. you get in there and really jump around. at the end of the day, you have a focused policy, the president signs off on it, and everyone implements it. in our process, we not quite sure where the policy is. many times, the president contradicts it repeatedly during the day. it just has everyone not able to move forward. for me, the missing element has been a vibrant diplomatic strategy for all of these global problems. ambassador in an a huge, massive area. we need our diplomats, our best and brightest, to handle these. --e post there are many one mr. schieffer: there are many offices in washington that are not filled. too, yes, you have the absences, but it is even worse than that. you have not just the but mine nnd since it -- the benig absence, but there is the hostility toward the diplomatic corps. you have people leaving and people sen

so if you're in the department of defense, you live in duality. so you have you know, you have

i'm your host francis rose. >> the department of defense is the last federal government agency to be ncially audited. it started after years of false starts. glen at the department of defense office, his office will oversee the

estevez served as the secretary of defense acquisition and logistics. he represented the department of defense while chinese investment in the united states accelerated rapidly. previously, he held several key positions including assistant secretary of defense, and assistant deputy under secretary of defense for supply chain integration. mr. wolf is a partner and from 2010 to january 2017, he was the assistant secretary of commerce for export administration. in this role, he was primarily responsible for the policy and administration of the u.s. dual use export control system, and as a result of the effort, he helped lead part of the defense trade system. also during this time, mr. wolf was the primary commerce department representative to sifius. mr. segal is the ira a. lipman chair and director of the cyberspace policy program at the council on foreign relations. an expert on security issues, technology development, and chinese domestic and foreign policy, before coming to cfr, he was an arms control analyst for the china project at the union of concerned scientists. he's been a v

i share the chairman's concern that the department of defense declined the invitation to testify. we have jurisdiction over the authorization for the use of military force to spend significant time debating whether this covers entities like isis given the authorization was to target al qaeda in afghanistan. now even after isis is defeated our forces may still remain in syria to make sure isis cannot return. the same time forces have increased without public explanation. considered that forces mistake to mitigate against isis return ramping up u.s. forces seems like the prelude to another forever war with no congressional authorization. if we've learned anything it's that the military fight is not even half the battle. long-term sustainable ends need stabilization activities, reconciliation, accountability of local leadership and patience, and constants diplomatic investigations. >> now the people in syria, so many who risked their lives are forced to look for another solution. it's an arena where the trump administration is ready to once with russia. i hope the reef port a release

and also the new authorizizations that provides the department of defense and other agencies with more up to date information. second of all f we do a short-term, it means for the democrats, they may very well have an interest in or at least they may very well see it as an opportunity to work with the president of the united states in terms of putting together a final border security arrangement, including addressing the daca issues. for me it means the visas we need in south dakota for our businesses during the tourist seasons that we have already run out of. so there are a number of items that could be addressed if we do a short-term. one of the reasons we talk about it is we have the state of the union coming up. and a lot of that would be great information to be able to provide in a real chance for the president to celebrate some victories. >> i guess my question is, is that sort of really short-term possibility a real prospect here. because i understand from republican leaders in the congress, they're saying no, we are he not going to do that. >> and that is their position right n

standpoint looking at my constituents in the state of hawaii, we have noaa workers, we have the department of defense, civilian d.o.d. employees as well as service members, we have national park service people who do extraordinary work . with we have lots of government employees and it's not their fault. it is not their fault. and so i have a very many unanimous consent -- i have a very simple unanimous consent request. it is different from the others. the others were to avoid this cataclysm, but should we be able to avoid this cataclysm, i think we should keep ow government workers whole because they didn't did do -- didn't do this to us. we did this to them. my u.c. makes sure whatever happens over the next six hours or six days or six weeks that they are held harmless. so i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 290, s. 2274, to provide for compensation of federal employees affected by lapses in appropriations, that the bill be considered a read -- considered read ad third time and passed, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and

defense. he was the chief technology officer of the u.s. department of defense, and principal adviser to the secretary on all matters relating to science, technology, research, engineering until january of 2017. prior to this role, he was deputy assistant secretary of defense for systems engineering where he had responsibility for a range of complex topics involving open systems architecture, systems engineering generally, and systems engineering workforce. and he has more than 28 years of government and industry experience, including time at the defense advanced research project agency. and shall i talk about you next? >> sure. >> in january of 2018, he will begin service as executive director and chief operating officer at the institute of electrical and electronics engineers. the ieee. to his left, we have dr. so, who is a leading expert in the field of defense acquisition, defense industry, and weapons systems requirement planning. he served in the republic of korea army for 31 years, after graduating for the korean military academy. he was the ch

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the department of defense, as we were considering this continuing resolution on friday night, it decisionnprecedented to contradict the views of the commander in chief by stating that they did not want another continuing resolution because without real, long-term certainty for the department of defense funding, lee, the united states congress, was putting our national security at risk. democrats do not agree with -- we do notcause believe that it is right for this government to continue to kick the can down the road. personally, there are other things and that continuing resolution that i object to as well. repeal ofs the revenue that comes into the federal government to pay for the affordable care act. it is not a straightforward continuing resolution. a further attempt by the dock then majority to affordable care act. are other provisions that many members of the senate have objections to as well. further, this idea that no negotiation happened between republicans and democrats. that democrats are expected to a large, expensive piece of legislation with no input makes no sense either. votesrstand y

we know from listening to general mattis and others in the department of defense, that the best way to keep them safe is for us to have an omnibus at the end of the fiscal year, instead of c.r. after c.r. after c.r. so honoring our oath to keep the american people safe and recognizing that in the domestic budget there are security initiatives that relate to homeland security, veterans, state department, anti-terrorism activities, and the justice department. we really need to have parody in our discussion on the budget. and the additional money that we want on the domestic side is what we're here to discuss this morning. so that people know what this discussion is about. we're not resenting -- we're supporting the defense initiatives, if that's what the department of defense think, we need to keep america safe. but at the same time, there's security functions on the domestic side and we want additional money to address some of the challenges that our country faces. and one of those that is really, very, very important, in every district in america, there is strong bipartisan support, ev

of the national defense strategy. the nds is the foundational document that determines how the department of defense will contribute to the president's national security strategy which was released in december of 2017. this nds is the first in a decade. nds, but also because its author is the 26th secretary of defense,service ase u.s. central command from 2010 to 2013. following his military service, secretary mattis was a distinguished visiting fellow at the hoover institution, stanford university and sat on several corporate and nonprofit boards. the scholars in our audience will know, secretary mattis is also known for his love of learning and research and has co-authored a book on civil military relations which was published in 2016. this is secretary mattis' first public address of 2018. -- at theical item conclusion of the presentation, we will answer questions from the audience, or secretary mattis will answer questions from the audience. for this portion of the event, we ask that you write your questions on the note cards that are at your seats. our student workers will be passing through the audience at two i

guest: the art of the department of the -- department of defense -- audit of the department of defense is the last to be done. oversight, generally government waste is a much larger problem. just talk -- this is why just talking about earmarks is not enough. there is so much more going on with the federal government. has acountability office report every year and they should be hearings on those every day. host: thomas schatz, president of citizens against government waste. you can found more on the group at cagw.org, and you can find him on twitter. coming up next, we will be taking your calls. tell us what is on your mind. democrats can call (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. an independents, (202) 748-8002. newsmakers interviewed the number two democrat in the house , steny hoyer of maryland, who talked with reporters about this year's midterm elections. are you seeing the elements of an electoral wave coming, and would it be a disappointment at this point if democrats cannot retake the house later this year? >> i expect us to retake the house, the majority, and i do so be

you don't want to do fight the department of defense. the second line of effort, i noted, is to strengthen alliances as we build new partnerships. -- i past, i thought thought many times and never did i fight in a solely american formation. it was always alongside foreign troops. theinston churchill said, only thing been fighting with allies is fighting without them. we are going to be stronger together, and our military will be designed and trained and ready to fight alongside allies. --tory proves that nations in keeping peace and winning more. working by, with, and through allies who carry their equitable share allows us to a mass the greatest possible strength. we carry the disproportionate share of the defense burden for the democracies in the post world war ii. the growing economic strength dictates they must now step up and do more. together, when we pool our resources and share responsibility for the common defense, individual nation's security burdens become lighter. bys is demonstrated today over 70 nations and international org

the overrepresentation of defense industry officials at the highest levels of the department of defense has real consequences. it suggests to the american people that only one viewpoint or one experience will dominate our policymaking decisions. no outsiders, no one with a competing point of view need apply. and the revolving door between industry and government raises questions about who our government serves. no taxpayer should have to wonder whether the top policy-makers at the pentagon are pushing defense products and foreign military sales for any reason other than the protection of the united states of america. no american should have to wonder whether the defense department is acting to protect the national interests of our nation or the financial interests of the five giant defense contractors. and no man or woman in uniform should have to wonder whether their civilian leaders are putting the private financial interests of themselves and their friends ahead of the safety and the interests of our military service members. the american people have a right to know who their governm

we're going to honor the commitment -- the dollar figure that is in the authorization of the department of defense bill, and honor, honor the budget reement, we will be adding $300 billion to the deficit. maintaining parity. i just want our republican colleagues to know when they are voting for a c.r. to take us to the next step, the next step, if it honors the commitments that have been made, will be $300 billion. over and above the $2 trillion. and i just say that because it -- that dark republican colleagues cloud, i have heard you say, well, we have a big deficit so we have to look at social security, medicare, medicaid, all those initiatives. we're not going to honor that and we're not going to honor other commitments because of this tax scam and this trump shut down, then we have a problem going forward. . it's not about children versus other. it's about values. the republicans have put forth what they did with chip, in the senate they've never shown much of an interest in, all of a sudden it was chip, their chit. chip was their chit. they put it on the table. they said american is a country

well, if you're in the department of defense, a lot has happened during that period of time. look what's happening in north korea. look what's happening with russia. look what's happening around the world. our department of defense needs to have a current-year budget, not another continuing resolution. we've got to reach this decision. so here's our concern. if we just continue to go along with these continuing resolutions, we're going to hurt our national security, we're going to hurt our agencies' ability to get their work done, and it's going to cost the taxpayers of this country more money, and they're not going to get the services that they need. so to me, there is an alternative for this date that we need to consider, and that is let us complete our work. now, i know we have a deadline at midnight tonight. i know that the government will shut down unless we get something done. i must tell you we should make sure the government stays open. no one wins when there is a government shutdown. but we're not doing anyone any favor if we don't commit ourselves to get the job done

department of defense but for nasa and other agencies. it's because that's where we are rocketing our satellites into orbit, of which the first stages have to have a place to land. that's where when we had the space shuttle and soon we are rocketing astronauts, american astronauts to the international space station on american rockets, many of whom first stages will fall in the atlantic ocean below, just like the solid rocket boosters did on the space shuttle when it launched. and so there are reasons not to have drilling platforms out there, but let's come back to the deepwater horizon oil spill. what happened was deep below the sea bed, miles further into the earth's crust, pressure had built up, and an explosion had occurred. the safety mechanism is right where the pipe comes out of the sea bed, and that pipe then goes up five miles to the surface to deliver oil. the safety mechanism is a blowout preventer which is like a huge set of pinsers -- pincers that comes through and cuts off the pipe. if that blowout preventer, in other words p

toknow from listening general mattis and other leaders in the department of defense that the best way to keep them safe is for us to have an omnibus until the end of the fiscal year instead of once again cr after cr after cr. honoring our oath to keep the american people safe and recognizing that in the domestic budget there are security initiatives that relate to statend security, department, anti-terrorism activities in the justice department, we really need to have parity in our discussion of the budget. -- the additional money on the domestic side is what we are here to discuss this morning so people know what this discussion is about. we are supporting the defense theiatives, that is what department of defense thanks, we need to keep america safe, but at the same time there are security functions on the domestic side and we want additional money to address some of the challenges that our country faces. one of those that is important in every district in america, where there is strong bipartisan support, everyone of our solutions on the path to an agreement, which we could make in

i'll remind you on friday the department of defense said no more short-term c.r.s. need to move forward with funding the department of defense. >> you sit on the tporpbs realizes committee. let's play part of what james mattis said also amid his concern in all of this. roll it. >> we do a lot of intelligence operations around the world. and they cost money. those obviously would stop. >> let's talk about your concern about funding defense, funding our military. he is saying, look, these are stopping right now because the government shut down. >> and i'll remind you we democrats offered a three-day c.r. so we could stay here all weekend, hammer out the details, reopen monday. that was rejected. and senator mccaskill offered an amendment that would ensure our armed forces got paid during any shutdown, there wouldn't be interruption for them. that was rejected. there is not a lot of trust here. president trump very famously in a vulgar exchange more than ten days ago now rejected a strong bipartisan deal that would have moved us forward. if the president is not going t