state department and u.s.aid, dr. shaw was here earlier and spoke.e was doing a very excellent job and i see heads agreeing with that proposition. these words cannot rebuild a collapsed home or he'll be living or bury the dead, we have our share of work to do. earlier this month the house passed and congressman waters's legislation calling and financial institutions to cancel haiti's $800 million debt. $219 million is included in the supplemental request for debt forgiveness. i am pleased the american development bank answered the call yesterday and announced it would forgive $479 million in haiti's debt. to day the house just received the administration's disaster supplemental requests. substance of the house passed that legislation but also powerful, the thought of congress urgently responding. simply because it was gathering by former slaves who dared to win their freedom. it can have a new beginning. it was not analogous at all. a town that had a tornado go through it. half an hour south of where we speak. that tornado took down an entire school,

underwater construction is helping and they are restoring things -- and i know that dr. shawhere early on, and he was speaking. he is doing a very excellent job. the words that we say here cannot rebuild the zone, or bury the dead, we still have a share of work to do. the house has passed -- the legislation from congress and waters, cancelling the $800 million debt of haiti. and the $290 million is included in the debt for the forgiveness. i am happy that the development bank answered the call yesterday. they will forgive $475 million in the haitian debt. the house has just received the disaster supplemental request. the substance -- the substance of this is powerful. but also powerful is the thought of congress urgently responding to the needs of a neighbor, that once joined the world -- it once joined the world in shunning, because this was covered by slaves who won their freedom. this is at the can often tragic but this may have a new beginning. in my district, there was a town with a tornado that went through this, this is about half an hour south of where we are right no

to that end i just met myself with dr. shaw, the administrator of usaid. he's extremely impressive.highlyer in jetic an energetic. we're exploring with him how we can better partner. state department, as general mattis, is talking about is working hard with this with ambassador earps and his team. we have a long way to go, but i believe this precise issue is the most important security issue for the united states moving forward in this 21st century and back to the cyber piece, if you look at cyber as one of these emerging threats, it's a classic example why this comprehensive approach is needed. fully validate it. i believe all the departments should continue to be pushed very hard to integrate their efforts at all levels, and that getting that balance of civilian-military, private-public inner agency is crucial to our security going forward. >> senator, i clearly concur with what admiral stavridis indicateded. we know it's important to do. we have not broke the code on how to do it at echelon. we do it fairly well on ground. the country teams, in the countries where the department

dr. shaw your statement will be made part of the record and@%Ã and most successful urban search and rescue effort ever create a low-cost urban food distribution system that reached 3 million individuals with critical food supplies greatly increased the infrastructure of the ports and airports and coordinated medical assistance support including trade that for more than 30,000 patients had performed hundreds of surgery's saving lives and limbs. he faces a steep road to recovery and as the operations transition from rescue to the recovery, we will continue to stand by the people of haiti and appreciate the support of this committee of congress in doing so. the same time we will lose sight of the other priorities including imports network usaid thus to help other countries achieve the different goals. in the critical need to strengthen capacity and accountability couchepin in pursuit of this mission. investments we make today are able work against current and future threats both seen and unseen a

to that end i just met myself with dr. shaw, the administrator of usaid. he's extremely impressive.ighlyer in jetic an energetic. we're state department as general mattis is talking about with herb's and his team, we have a long way to go but i believe this precise issue is the most important security issue for the united states moving forward into the 21st century and back into the cyberpiece, it is a classic example of why this comprehensive approach is needed. fully validated i believe all of the departments should continue to be pushed very hard to integrate all of their efforts at all levels and getting that balance of civilian military, private and public, interagency is crucial to our security going forward. li y, private-public inner agency is crucial to our security going forward. >> senator, i clearly concur with what admiral stavridis indicateded. we know it's important to do. we have not broke the code on how to do it at echelon. we do it fairly well on ground. the country teams, in the countries where the department of state, usaid, other members of the inner agency wer

shaw so much as always. wheel we are watching the dr. -- we are watching the drama in the senate.an stop the reconciliation bill? >> reporter: they can stall it. this is the package of fixes that gets rid of some of the more unseemly deals. not all of them. but a number of them. there are probably some democrats in the senate who would just as soon see those deals stay in place. there are additional taxes in this. additional reductions in medicare spending. i'm not sure they can stop it, but they are going to make them vote on all of it. that will be the way they choose to fight this battle. i think they are comfortable, these republic dmants position of -- the republicans in the position of being in resistance to this. megyn: what about the 51 votes on the democratic side? i know they have written a letter assuring house members that they have the 51 votes and they will pass this reconciliation measure. that was apparently what was needed to get them to sign onto the senate bill in the house. but i remember hearing charles krauthammer predict, why would the democratic senators do