fitzpatrick noticed things turned around quickly.st in may, kinder morgan printed a higher low, but broke out above the 200-day moving average which had been the ceiling of resistance keeping a lid on the stock for months. a couple of months ago it busted out of that key level. this breakout confirmed the early stages of a brand-new uptrend. today the stock-short-term 50-day moving average is crossing over the 200 day in what's known as a bullish crossover. you can see everything is coming together here. this is the kind of positive that every chartist and their mother watches out for. it often predicts higher prices. breakout, coming through that. broke out of that line. 20 day, check. 50 day check. 200 day check. over the past few weeks, fitz points out kinder morgan has been tracing sideways. the company reported a solid quarter last wednesday. good conference call. since then the stock started roaring again. kinder morgan consolidated the first leg of its rally. now that it's broken out above $83 where it briefly peaked three wee

chairman fitzpatrick and what does chairman fitzpatrick say? no. resoundingly, no.es the chairman's actions show? no! resoundingly, no! because he rejected the request! the rejection is ipso facto a statement of independence because he said no. >> willie, it's ipso facto! >> ari is googling that for us now. >> as we speak. >> now according to "the new york times" -- >> i think i saw that in my cousin vinny, better, ipso facto. i saw that movie over my sabbatical. it was a great movie. >> willie? >> you know? >> you're on assignment. >> i was on assignment. those lawyers and the judge, herman munster as a judge, i love my cousin vinny. >> let me bring it back here. >> a good time to boil. >> we can pick this up later. lets get back to fitzpatrick latest statement. statements may have been issued after direct calls from the governor or members of his office according to "the new york times" this morning. this prompted the u.s. attorney's stern response yesterday writing, quote, some commissioners have been asked to issue public statements characterized events and fact

. >> reporter: bucks county congressman mike fitzpatrick has been trying to help dennis and thousands of other vets. he said congress has taken action to allow big changes that are needed inside the va. >> failing the veterans, the va has done, the va has failed some of the employees, and this system needs to be fix. >> reporter: congressman fitzpatrick is calling for a criminal investigation. he says there is at least evidence of mail tam purring which is a federal crime. spokesperson for u.s. attorney general's office say they cannot confirm or deny existence of an investigation. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> on the cbs-3 healthwatch, stress can indeed, make you fat, especially if you are a woman. new research shows stress apparently slows down your metabolism, in the study, women who said they were stressed, burned fewer calories then would the man who were not stressed. the high stressed woman also had higher levels of insulin which affects how your body stores and burns fat month. man who followed this pattern could add an extra 11-a year. >> they say, that is

fitzpatrick is claiming that the panel was indeed independent. he says, quote, the bottom line is that nobody interfered with me or my co-chairs. governor cuomo was quick to praise the commission yesterday during a news conference. >> when you look at the facts, this commission performed exactly the function they were supposed to perform. we passed a law that has brought historic reform to the state. it was an overwhelming success, and the commissioners have not gotten the credit that they deserve. independent. they were talking to people from the second floor. of course they were. of course they were. and they're talking to people from the senate. and the assembly. and the good government groups. it's not -- independence is not we'll never talk to anyone. it's that they exercised their independent judgment. >> but despite yesterday's denials, e-mails obtained by "the times" showed, quote, mr. fitzpatrick had privately expressed frustration with meddling by the governor's office and at one point e-mailing colleagues that mr. cuomo's office needs

and what does chairman fitzpatrick say? no. resoundingly, no.hat does the chairman's actions show? no. resoundingly, no! because he rejected the request! the rejection is ioion is ipso statement of independence because he said no. and he could, and he did. if you had watched the movie to the end, the name of the movie would have been "independence." you named it "inference." >> all right. so, sam, i special to governor cuomo. most of it was off the record last night about this because he saw our very heated conversation here on the show. also, we were sort of having a hard time getting through the quote, his very defensive quote about the commission that he created. but he says while "the times" is making a conclusion, that doesn't necessarily say it's true and that they have gone too far in their conclusion. while it may look like you can make a connection, you actually can't. and even the members of the panel say that the commission was independent. anybody? >> i mean, the question, i guess, is how much influence can you exert without the pane

it's really all because of drew griffin and producer david fitzpatrick's reporting dating back to 2010 when they first tried to find out where all your donations had been going. >> this organization raised $30 million in funds, supposedly to give to the veterans. >> that was drew griffin in 2010, standing outside the washington, d.c., headquarters of the charity, demanding answers to where all the millions of dollars in donations, up until then had gone, here he is in louisiana, knocking on the door of the charity's president. >> we've agreed to talk to you, answer -- >> nobody's agreed. so here is the question, it's $64 million raised over three years. >> thank you so much. >> and none of the money has gone to any veterans, ma'am? >> and here again, drew is at a small veterans shelter in birmingham, alabama, where some of the donations turned out to be not money or anything that charity actually needed, but candy. >> the great thing they sent us was 11,520 bags of coconut m&ms. >> and at each step along the way, the private fund raiser denied anything was wrong, that the way they took

recent college grad chase fitzpatrick could have chosen to spend his summers in the sunks instead heided to get a jump start on a career. >> hi, luke, this is chase, give me a call -- >> as an intern based online mortgage lender quick and loans today at 22, he is a full time employee. >> often internship was something that was unique, it isn't any more. you have to have that experience in college to remain competitive. >> gabe schmidt feels it is his duty to keep the pool open, the managers of red oaks water park, say they are trying to stay competitive by offering training and above minimum pay. they know chaining tide, that may be barely enough. and this is a trend that has prompted serious safety concerns. not only here in michigan but also cities hike minneapolis, minnesota, austin texas, as well as philadelphia. >> is there inning that detroit is doing to get more life guards on duty. >> for example the life guard safety inspector that was featured in that piece. he initiate add three day training blitz, and recruited about 50 life guards so it appears to be working but there ar

fitzpatrick. if there are no further questions, you are now all excused, and i'll invite the second panel, the final panel for witnesses, all the witnesses to the table, please. >> the house veterans affairs committee also heard testimony from legislative directors from a number of veterans services organizations. among them the american legion, the disabled american veterans and the veterans of foreign wars. they all gave their recommendations for improving veterans access to health care to the v.a. this is two hours. >> on our second panel, we have ms. verna jones, veterans affairs director for the american legion. welcome. mr. ryan galluci, mr. carl blake, welcome, sir. mr. joe valente, welcome, sir. mr. rick widen, executive director of the government affairs for the veterans, again vietnam veterans of america. welcome, sir, and mr. alex nickle son who is a legislative director for the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. welcome, sir. thank you all for joining us here this morning. thank

recent college grad chase fitzpatrick could have chosen to spending his summers in the sun, instead heided to get a jump start on his career. as an inattorney at detroit based online mortgage lender, quicken loans, today at 22, he is a full-time employees. >> an internship used to be unique. and it is not anymore. if you want a full-time job after college, you have do have that experience while you are in college to be competitive. >> reporter: the managers at red oaks water park say they are trying to stay competitive by offering free lifeguard training and above minimum pay, yet they know facing a changing tide this summer that may be barely enough to keep staffing numbers afloat. and clearly a big concern out there all of this is safety. there is a huge safety concern. this is a trend that is not only being seen here in metro detroit, but also in states like minnesota, pennsylvania, and texas, and the instructor who was featured there in that piece, he told me that they are almost clearly on the point that they believe that they are going to see this next summer, so they are going t

patrick meehan, mike fitzpatrick and va under secretary allison hickey at the germantown facility thisng. a whistleblower claims the location isn't handling issues of pensions and disability servicemen. meehan says thousands of claims are not being met in a timely manner. earlier this month, meehan shared pictures of 96 boxes of unanswered male at the whistleblower says was concealed and ready to be shredded. >> if a claim was difficult to resolve, it would simply get passed on down and found its way into this pile. while those that were easier to resolve were moved forward so that the numbers were able to be maintained. >> the inspector general is expected to release a new report on this facility within the next month. >>> back to that breaking news right now. skyfox over the delaware river near market street. let's take look at these pictures live. all right. so you see the police marone unit right there on the river. this is right near pier three and there's an apartment complex right there as well. it's hard to see because the little walkway there is kind of blocking our view. but

fitzpatrick. we appreciate you being here with us tonight to introduce your constituent. i would ask that all the witnesses would please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear under penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to provide is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. you can be seated. each of your complete written statements will be made a part of the hearing record for tonight. miss rule, you are recognized for five minutes. >> my name is kristen rule. i have worked for the department of veterans affairs since august of 2007. i work at the philadelphia regional office as an authorization and quality review specialist. i possess a law degree and have previously clerked for the pennsylvania supreme court. mr. chairman, committee members, veterans and guests, i have been identified as a whistle blower. i started reporting various types of data manipulation and illegal payments and glitches in the operating system, a system that is responsible for paying out va benefits since july of 2010. i discussed what i percei

if i'm michael fitzpatrick, running in bucks county, i'm petrified hearing this talk. moderate republicans and independents will say, maybe i like my congressman. i can't keep this party in power. they are just crazy, irresponsible. they are wrong-headed in their approach to everything. by the way, this is a congress that's talking about all this stuff and hasn't done a jobs bill, infrastructure, tax reforl and hasn't done immigration reform. if they care so much about it, sit down and do an immigration reform bill before the end of august. >> i'll tell you what they have done. republican house judiciary committee chairman responded to the president's response to stop the immigration crisis. they wanted to impeach him on it or some do. the judiciary chairman said, quote, no amount of resours or changes will be effective in steling the surge of illegal border crossings if president obama continues to ignore the law. no matter what the president does it won't be enough for republicans. is it because he's supposedly lawless? he's asking to enforce the law. george bush mad

david fitzpatrick took that flight, the picture out flight, same aircraft, identical to the one shottoday. the pieces fell into rebel territory. nick robertson arrived in kiev and joins us tonight. what do we know about the investigation on the ground as it stands now if we can call it an investigation because as of several hours ago when i talked to somebody at the crash site they were talking about separatists soldiers coming through the wreckage not really trained investigators. >> yeah, what the government is saying is that it took a number of hours indeed, they said it's only been six, seven hours now that five acceseparate rescue a investigation teams were allowed in. these investigators are saying they are hampered by the wide area of the debris. they are hampered by armed groups getting in the way of the work. these intercepted phone conversations indicated part of the debris is being looted and taken away. we've seen pictures of people standing on parts of the aircraft, the crime scene is contaminated and the government doesn't have jurisdiction. really for a thorough intern

fitzpatrick for five minutes. mr. fitzpatrick: i also thank the chairman. and thank the acting second for your time here today. i know that we all honor and appreciate your service. it hasn't been said here today about your time at the u.s.o. which was a real turn around. great success. great american story. and want to thank you for that. we saw that in philadelphia with the u.s.o. organization there. of course we all hope you can bring that enthusiasm and that success and bring it back to the organization at the v.a. desperately needs your leadership there and echo the comments of some of the -- my previous colleagues that said we hope you stick around the v.a. >> i plan to. it's a stool with three legs. we have the health administration here, benefits administration here. the third is the cemetery administration. as mr. walz said, in the past not been without its issues. we have a new national cementtary, the washington crossing national cementtary, beautifully being developed. serving very well the constituents of southeastern pennsylvania and the great

shooting happened on the third floor of the psychiatric unit of the wellness center on the mercy fitzpatrick hospital campus we see with skyfox pictures right here this is upper darby borough of course that there is a pedestrian bridge that connects these two places and that the suspect was a patient, had mental health issues caseworker with him and she brought him back to the doctor's office, and then gunshots. >>> well, our shawnette wilson is on the ground talking to witnesses, gathering information. she'll have the latest for us. we'll check in with her in just a few minutes. >> our cameras were also at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania tonight where medics took the doctor who ended up with a graze wound. the suspect is also there in critical condition. from what we heard from da whelan, he was shot three times. our coverage continues now withdrew dickman on the hospital campus. drew, what are you hearing? >> reporter: lucy, i want to show i was little bit more. a different angle than what you just saw. this is another view of the hospital. there's still several cop cars out

fitzpatrick: while training unemployed americans is a worthy goal, even after spending billions of dollars, only a fraction of workers receive and complete the necessary training to get a job. that's not only an unacceptable return on investment, mr. speaker, that's an unacceptable outcome for the millions of americans who are trying to get ahead in this economy. a bipartisan majority in the house and senate is working to take action. to close the skills gap that's keeping americans from filling the nearly four million available jobs right now. this week the house will finalize work on a bill that originated in this chamber. we will vote on final passage of the skills act, which modernizes and reforms federal job training programs to be more efficient and effective. this bipartisan action is a true jobs bill and i hope that this serves as a starting point for further senate action on the dozens of other jobs bills waiting in that chamber that would invest in our nation's cometive -- competitives -- competitiveness. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time ha

i want to ask unanimous consent also that representative michael fitzpatrick from the state of pennsylvania be allowed to join us at the dis today and participate in today's hearing. without objection, so ordered. the committee is going to examine this morning what steps we need to take to help the department of veterans affairs to get back on track to meet its core mission. a mission to provide quality health care to our veterans. since the beginning of june, this committee has held almost a dozen full committee oversight hearings, some of them, as you well know, have gone way into the night and some into the early morning hours. we want to do a stop to bottom review of v.a. and to delve into how we are now situated in a crisis at the department of veterans uz fairs. and while i hope to focus on the major themes we've covered and to receive updates from v.a. this morning, on the topics that we have talked about over the last few weeks, i can promise the department and the committee members here that we, as we move forward, to help mend the broken v.a. system, the oversight done by this com

fitzpatrick. if there are no further questions, you are now all >> that may also include the information of americans. although that cannot be the purpose. what the amendment said was, if you want to serve that database for americans, you should get a warrant. not that you cannot get the information, get a warrant. the premise of the.com act is to make sure that when the its lastlinquishes control oversight over the domain names, that we know what we are getting ourselves into. >> democratic representative and republican representative, eastern on8:00 p.m. "the communicators" on c-span two. -- it will force the president to follow the health care law as passed by congress. kevin mccarthy and democratic whip discussed the house schedule for a bout 30 minutes. speaker, on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and at 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. untilwill be suspended 6:30 p.m.. on tuesday and wednesday, the house will meet at 10 a.m.. on thursday, the house will meet at 9:00 a.m

congressman mike fitzpatrick tweets -- tweet back to share your story. c-span spoke with the former astronaut buzz aldrin, who was aboard the apollo mission this "washington journal." you can watch it online at www.c-span.org or later tonight here on c-span. internetessional caucus advisory committee hosted a discussion on the impact of nsa surveillance programs on u.s. commercial interests and global credibility. former nsa general counsel stewart baker and open internet advocates were among the speakers. this is just over an hour. >> i'm going to start with stewart baker. it is fascinating to know what you know and be where you are now. i'm going to open with stewart and a little shout out, he has got a great book. stilts.ng on you can download it for free. you can give it to your friends for holidays. there is a blog that goes with it. ago in thelong 1990's the general counsel of the national security agency. i know them well. i have to say that this entire thing is -- i would call it a tragedy if it had not been so carefully orchestrated by people wh

fitzpatrick for five minutes. >> i want to follow-up on some questions that mr. ticona was asking about performance measures and evaluations and how long it's actually been going on and the federal government. you indicated that the federal government over the last several years have been doing better in providing bonuses pursuant to performance goals and objectives at the beginning of the year and evaluation at the end. you were talking about the va. we talk about federal agencies? >> i'm talking about across federal government. there have been a change to look at performance in terms of results which is different than in the past. years ago it was just if you had a good attitude, if you're trying hard almost like a report card in school that i really think that the government, the federal government wide at opm has made a strong effort to judge performance on results and it's very important. you could have an outstanding employee in one year and that employee could be a fully satisfactory person the next year they don't produce the results that are defined in t

recent college grad chase fitzpatrick could ever spent his summers in the sun, instead decided to get a jump start on a career. >> as an intern at detroit based on line mortgage lender quicken loans, today at 22, he's a full time employee. >> an internship used to be something that was unique. it's not anymore. if you want a full time job after college, you have to have that experience while you're in college to remain competitive. >> gabe feels it's his duty to help keep the pool open for his neighbors. the managers at water park are trying to stay competitive by offering free lifeguard training and above minimum pay, yet know that facing a changing tide this officer, that may be basically enough to keep staffing numbers afloat. >> just a name some other cities facing shortages, they include minneapolis as well as pennsylvania. they expect to face a similar situation next summer, so plan to be proactive. by that, they plan to get the word out earlier to avoid any delays or closures. >> that actually leads me to this question. is there anything detroit can do or is doing to get more g

that's why senator conns of delaware, senator blunt of missouri, congressman poe, congressman fitzpatrick and i introduced the legislation to re-authorize the victims of child abuse act and therefore protect these children's advocacy centers across the country. the bill includes strong accountability language to improve oversight of the program and ensures that the money from these crime victims' fund is spent only for the victim assistance purposes. the bill before us today once again is a product of a bipartisan, bicameral negotiation, and i thank my colleagues, again, senator coons and blunt and congressman poe and fitzpatrick for their hard work and their staff on this bill. mr. speaker, finally i want to urge all of our colleagues to strongly support senate measure 1799. let's do the right thing by our nation's children and swiftly send this bill to the president's desk. and i thank congressman scott and i thank congressman franks for their time and their effort today and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona. mr. franks: mr. speaker

i want to ask unanimous consent also that representative fitzpatrick from the state of pennsylvania bellowed to join us at the dais today and participate in this morning's hearing. without objection so ordered. the committee is going to examine his morning what steps we need to take to help the department of veterans affairs to get back on track to meet its core mission, a mission to provide quality health care to our veterans. since the beginning of june, this committee has held almost a dozen full committee oversight hearings, some of them as you well know have gone way into the night and summoned to the early morning hours. we want to do a top to bottom review to delve into how we are now situated in a crisis at the department of veterans affairs. while i hope to focus on the major things we have covered and received updates from va this morning on the topics that we have talked about over the last few weeks, i can promise the department and the committee members here that as we move forward to help mend the broken va system the oversight done by this committee is going to continue.

fitzpatrick. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fitzpatrick: i thank chairman champ for tissue camp for his work -- i thank chairman camp for his work on this issue and i thank representative gerlach as well for his work on the issue, including the conservation easement tax program which has helped a lot of people. while this is another extension, what we need is to make it permanent in tax law. even with the temporary extension, so much good has been done. i remember coming here in 1999, a local elected official in bucks county, asked to testify before the senate on this topic, on the federal government helping to preserve land throughout our great nation. in those 15 years since, in my community of bucks downy, we preserved over 10,000 acres of farmland, parkland, critical natural areas and it's important for so many different reasons. not just for good land use and planning and quality of life, but also creating food security for our nation. reduces the cost of providing local government services. so much good has come of the co

fitzpatrick, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank the chairman for calling the hearing and thank the witnesses and the panel for your incredible and compelling testimony tonight. ms. ruell, you testified in your opening statement that you came to the va around 2007. and within a short period of time, of your tenure at the va, you began to notice things were not working as they should. that claims were not being processed timely. claims were being lost. fellow employees were reporting that mail was being set aside and some cases mail was being shredded. that we have constituents. perhaps a widow of a world war ii veteran who sits down and writes a traditional letter, handwrites a letter, puts a stamp on it and sent it to the philadelphia va office believing that claim would be processed, that that simple request might be heard. that letter might have been shredded. i went on to find in a report to your managers that duplicate payments were being made. and as a dedicated employee of the va, you tried to fix it. you asked that those duplicate claims be recaptured, be brought back in

fitzpatrick for five minutes. >> miss halladay, i want to follow-up on some questions they were asking about performance measures and evaluations and how long that's been going on and the federal government. and you indicated that the federal government over the last several years has been doing better in providing bonuses, pursuant to performance objectives. goals and objectives set at the beginning of the year. were you talking about other federal agencies. >> i was talking across federal government. there had been a change to really look at performance in terms of results. which is ditch than in the past. you know, years ago, it was just if you had a good attitude, if you were trying hard. almost like a report card in school. but i really think that the government, the federal governmentwide and opm has made a strong effort to judge performance on results and it's very important. you can have an outstanding employee one year and that employee could be a fully satisfactory person in the next year. if they don't produce the results that are defined in their performance plan. i think t

fitzpatrick: madam speaker, raymond piedmont jr. was a businessman, public servant, and united states army veteran of the korean war, passed away on july , four days after his 2nd birthday. he dedicated and voted many years of service to his community, veterans organization, and church. ray was a leader in the effort to preserve middle towntownships quality of life and served for 24 years as a member of its board of supervisors. he was instrumental in saving stires farm and/or charred from future development. aiming for the best outlook, he said, the main thing is preserving it. we like to keep it going in its present form as a farm store with pumpkins and hey rides. so it is and stands as a monument to his hard work. he leaves behind his wife of 61 years, marching get. five chirned, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and many friends. he's left a space that will be hard to fill. thank you, madam chairman. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from vermont seek recognition? w

fitzpatrick. if there are no further questions, you are now all excused and i will invite the second panel for witnesses to the table please. on the second panel we have ms. bernard jones the veterans affairs director for the american legion. welcome. the deputy director of the national legislative service for veterans in the united states. welcome. the acting associate director for the governmen government rer paralyzed veterans of america. welcome. the national legislative director for disabled american veterans welcome. mr. rick white and executive director of the government affairs for the veterans of america. and mr. alex nicholson who is the director for the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. welcome. thank you all for joining us this morning and for your patience. your complete statements will be made a part of the hearing record. if you're ready you are now recognized for five minutes. >> i wonder how many people in this room was that their last $40 a longshot chance to make sense o

fitzpatrick: thank you, mr. speaker. sir, the national council on alcoholism and drug dependence has awarded its prestigious bronze key award to an outstanding community servant and leader in my district in the eighth congressional district of pennsylvania, judge ash horn, for his council of southeast incorporated where he was a member for 27 years and president of the board for 16 years. during this time he led the council through periods of growth and expansion of its services. including cheering the counsel's building committee as it purchased three buildings to accommodate council programming. for many years he's been recognized as a champion of early intervention and recovery support services to those involved in the criminal justice system. currently he shares a bucks county overdose prevention task force. so we join in honoring judge nashhorn for his years of outstanding leadership, add vow cancy, and compassionate service to our community. and for setting an example for others to follow. mr. speaker, i yield back