second, in terms of the gao, we have included gao analytics in how we think about some of our medicare changes, in terms of places where they believe that there are overexpenditures, and some of that's in a number of places. and so, and the last thing is our cuts and consolidations, as we review those lists each year, there is some alignment with gao. >> well, i think this is an area where i hope that you certainly would do more, because with i believe that there's a whole host of areas if i had a lust -- i'm -- a list, i'm actually the co-sponsor of the duplication elimination act that a's bipartisan, and essentially what it would require is for the executive branch as a gao report is issued within a certain time frame to make the legislative recommendations to the congress on implementing themment so, you know, not just s.t.e.m. areas, but also we've seen duplication in areas of the pentagon, we see duplication in areas of even drug prevention areas which i'm, you know, i think is a very important mission. but you've got multiple agencies doing a lot of the same work. and, you know,

i'm pleased to have witnesses from both gao and the hhs with us today. to discuss the types and functions of medicare contractors and how the program can better manage them to meet its goals. i would note that the hhs oig is releasing two new reports today on these topics and i look forward to the testimony of all of our witnesses. with that i will yields back and recognize the ranking member for five minutes for an opening statement. >> thank you mr. chairman for holding today's hearing on the management of medicare. for nearly 50 years medicare has served as the bedrock program for nation seniors and disabled which started as a basic benefit covering hospital stays and doctors visits has continuously evolved and encompasses conference of health care coverage that millions rely on but in order to build on the promise of the program congress and the administration must continue to find ways to strengthen the program so it works better or beneficiaries and taxpayers alike. the centers for medicare and medicaid services known as cms is tasked with the crit

a hearing withng the federal management subcommittee going through the gao high-risk list. one of the issues we focused on was the cost of weapons systems overruns. the cost is gone from $200 billion per year to about $400 billion per year. first the number two person for acquisition the air force, we said talk to us about how long you have been in your job, what kind of turnover you got from your predecessor. this was in the bush administration. had beeny position vacant for 18 months before i got there. there had been an acting person in place but not a senate confirmed the person. -- i said toind of me about your direct reports. he said there are six of them but only to our fold. go three or four years forward with the current administration ,nd the person who is before us same job, new administration, what kind of turnover do you get? my job had been vacant for 18 months and we have an acting person in place. it's no wonder we have these huge weapon system cost overruns. we had to be secretary of homeland security who said to us when she and janet napolitano took over l

a fellow who was the comptroller general of gao testified. dozensseen him testified of times. he never used a note. i understand in deference to him you will not use notes today. just at let it. audibles, is that what they call it a football? he testified and suggested ways the administration and congress to work together to help achieve the goals and to save taxpayers money in the long run. our hearing was a discussion of the challenges facing our thernment agencies, what president wants to fix, and how we in congress can be partners in promoting more smart, more effective government. those are the things for those of us in the congress, but especially on this committee. something i often like to say is everything i do i know i can do better. that is true of all of us. it is true of every federal program. part of our challenge is to figure out how to do things better. sadly, the challenges we are facing are not new. for decades, democrats and republican administrations have struggled with inefficiencies. in some cases we have succeeded. there is still plenty of work to do. no

that it was last like april that it was sent and there is a committee meeting tomorrow, and before the gao. and then, so basically the revision process was kind of well under way and we are hoping that it will come to... or that we are hoping that we can make significant progress in march >> any idea when it will actually be finalized and the board will vote on it? >> i would hope, i would hope at some point in march but i am not sure, yet. >> any other questions? >> comments? >> any public comment on the executive director's report? >> commissioners, ray hartz, director of san francisco open government, there are two items that i would like to discuss, item two where we see that everyone has finally learned the sunshine ordinance to you is a pointless exercise. i will look at these from month to month and i see the number one again and again and i will be honest with you that i can't help but wonder if it is just one complaint that you let sit there and they get hit by a bus and make it go away. the second is item 7 where i would like to ask a question, what do you train the city employee

i will hope you will chance what the gao was saying because the gao reports are very, very clear to see no health benefits arising for this, and the further understanding with salmonella, we are putting ourselves in public health danger. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here, mr. secretary. in your testimony you talked about how the discretionary spending under your watch has been cut to almost half a billion dollars. i want to commend you for that. working with chair imagine rogers and the leadership here we have been successful. do you have numbers on what mandatory spending has done in the same time period? >> we can get you those numbers, congressman. i'm sure it's likely increased, although with the recent changes in the farm bill, we're expecting mandatory funding to go down. >> my figures tell me the mandatory spending has gone up at about the same rate ads discretionary figures have gone down. so the net cost is about the same. does that seem consistent with what information you might have? >> can you give me just a second? i

so we came to you in november with our recommendations and made a report to the board of supervisors gao committee. the elevation report is on line i encourage members of the public who is interested in this topic to look at the evaluation where the restriction use was effective in discouraging the inappropriately parked vehicles, however, likewise, the concerns of the phone number folks who might be living in the vehicles we didn't track and monitor where necessary went we didn't follow them so we don't know where everyone ended up. we can't telling me tell you about other parking controls. it is a parking control measure and the notion of folks who are adapting to say it beyond the scope. the issues of homelessness they have concerns and we've been trying to he keep them informed and listen to their concerns. we're also working closely with the mayor's office the housing partnerships and engagement known as hope it's for the homeless outreach program and, of course, the police department. when we brought those recommendations from our evaluation so far the use of this tool one key poin

, and they reminded me, and the senator reminded me, and head of gao reminded me, defense departmentprocurement has been on the high risk list since 1991. and it's never gotten off. the defense department to this day cannot give you an auditable budget, an auditable books and records. you look at all these agencies, i first was exposed to problems in the government by looking at chlt usaid programs in egypt which were horrible at the time. so this isn't new. what is unique about afghanistan and what is unique about traffic iraq is when you're in a war and th you're spending on steroids and money is going out the door. so i can't answer directly on doctor we don't loan. all i can say is we have many problems in how we procure, hire and fire employees and how we hold people accountable pl and it's a problem since i came on in 1982. i first started working with the government in 1978 and people were complaining aboutcame on i. i first started working with the government in 1978 and people were complaining abouton in 198. i first started working with the government in 1978 and people wer

work with us work with gao and members i would ask you to take a look at that. you're familiar of what we did in texas. we had different measures. we would love to sit down and look at this. and the number one measure is are you happy with the report that we gave you? i think we can do better than that. i would like to yield back the balance of my time. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. mr. secretary? mr. secretary as you know customs processing at our nation's busiest airports remains a problem. this deters international tourism to the united states costing our economy billions of dollars annually. fiscal 2014 appropriations bill included funding for an additional 2,000 cpb officers. what is your plan for mitigating and eliminating excessive customs and immigration wait times ss at our nation's airports. and approximately, how many of the 2,000 additional cpb officers do you plan to deploy at our airports? >> congressman, i agree with much of the premise in your question. i agree that one of my missions as secretary of homeland security is -- is pr

she will become the youngest to pitch her bright idea to the deep pocketed deal makers in boo-boo gao, because she don't like band-aids. >> i looked at my knee with a band-aid because i had a scrape and i said, daddy, what if i could just have skin that i could paint on. >> that is right, she created a band-aid you paint right on to your skin and her dad, andy, is an inventor and he can spot a best seller when he sees one. he will join an 18-year-old los gatos who founded his own company and homes to save the planet from electronic wait through a re-commerce business. there is a special episode tonight at 9:00 right here and you can find out what re-commerce is all about. >> creative young people. >> next, bay area haunted house will soon offer overnight stays. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto jim's on the move. jim's doctor

. >>> the gao, the government accountability office is sounding the alarm saying we don't pay our pilots enough for the job they do and the lives in their hands while in the air. it turns out 11 of 12 regional airlines in this country didn't reach their own hiring goals last year, and one of the reasons may be starting salaries. like first officers starting at $16,500 a year in some jobs. an average first year salary for copilots of just over $22,000 a year. with so many pilots retiring just about now, they say the need for more pilots and higher salaries is acute. >>> it's now possible to see the day when a skin patch could replace the flu shot. just as stick-ones, so-called transdermal patches are used to deliver pain meds, nicotine and contraceptives, a new patch is able to deliver flu vaccine through tiny needles on a patch, allowing it to painlessly flow through the skin and into the system. researchers believe it will not only save patients money but should also greatly increase the number of people getting flu vaccines. right now the patches are in the testing phase. they may be o

gao told reporters that the tpp negotiations are very important and that china perceives the framework as a high-level trade pact. he also said china's keeping close contact with major countries such as the u.s., that are involved in the negotiations. but he did not say whether china would join the tpp. he reiterated, though, that the country is paying close attention to the free trade strategy. now npc delegates in the meantime have been busy discussing this year's government work report that was delivered by premier li keqiang on wednesday. it contains proposals for reforms mostly having to do with the economy. nhk world's key oak cofujita spoke to a political expert and got his take. >> the associate professor of pay king university has been studying government forums for more than 20 years. he says this year's work report puts a particularly strong emphasis on change. how do you evaluate this year's government work report? >> translator: during the speech the delegates applauded about 50 times. and the word reform was used more than 70 times. i thought it was a very good report. >>

, and they reminded me, and the senator reminded me, and head of gao reminded me, defense department procurement has been on the high risk list since 1991. and it's never gotten off. the defense department to this day cannot give you an auditable budget, an auditable books and records. you look at all these agencies, i first was exposed to problems in the government by looking at chlt usaid programs in egypt which were horrible at the time. so this isn't new. what is unique about afghanistan and what is unique about traffic iraq is when you're in a war and th you're spending on steroids and money is going out the door. so i can't answer directly on doctor we don't loan. all i can say is we have many problems in how we procure, hire and fire employees and how we hold people accountable pl and it's a problem since i came on in 1982. i first started working with the government in 1978 and people were complaining aboutcame on i. i first started working with the government in 1978 and people were complaining abouton in 198. i first started working with the government in 1978 and people we

need to have our individual supervisors follow-up with the departments separate from a hearing here at gao. with that, supervisor chiu? >> i think i'll just add, i don't think there is anyone here who doesn't want to see vision zero adopted. the question is how do we find $240 million to do that in a short time period. and it will be part of the ongoing conversation that we have around the sfmta's budget, the general fund budget, police department, et cetera, and how we do that, but you can rest assured everything to a person on the board of supervisors wants to see this done but we've got limited resource. this is in part why the mayor, scott wiener and i have conv.edv a transportation task force to propose a billion dollars or more of additional transportation infrastructure that we pay through some revenue measures on the november ballot and that will have to be part of this picture. but this will be an ongoing conversation for quite sometime. >> thank you. >> thank you. mr. patel? >> yes, [speaker not understood]. the sfmta is a supports vision zero. [speaker not understood]. we have a

gao your brand on the forty year will goals i'll wear it to your liking towards you and to the practically she was adored orgasms the war with russia will. i will be all of the tebow blog idea. now that's a good christian noting the year. there's no solution right now. i think the only solution would be that routine basically he agrees to compromise so that when ye stays within ukraine he's relieved. maybe it's the chairman need more autonomy than before. and then sewed a brush or could have made some sort of say there. it is. simply index. i don't think this is. this will be. this will be forgotten easily. because this is just. too much into the face of opal for everybody in europe. and as you said it will be your husband to be priests of the intangible mean basically you that these guarantees that the west is getting. ed dorn don't come to anything so. i don't seem easy solution to that. i think it's different in different issue than georgia in two thousand and eight. the was there. it's a different sequence of the winds that are at least russia was able to portray it at that saakashvili

i sat through a gao committee hearing with other supervisors where we heard firsthand just how significantly short staffed our outreach workers are. and, so, again, today my only hesitation would be around the process and the way that when we consider individual supplementals, we are pitting different issues before one another and creating a significance around certain issues over others and that's the only thing that i have an issue with. so, but with that said, again, i do want to acknowledge supervisor farrell's leadership on this as well as bevan dufty and your office and all that you've done on this. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. i did -- i think it's really good that we're having this conversation, as always, at the full board. i did want to address the issue of individuals that don't want help. and i've talked to a lot of folks on the street and i've asked them why they refuse services. and in large part the answer i got is because they don't want a stabilization bed at the julian hotel or the civic center hotel or the page hotel. and if you have visited any of these hotels, they s

our hope is that you could concentrate on the determination process, gao is already at the congressional request doing a review studying a review on the examination process. as i've said in my letters to you -- >> commissioner, commissioner, you said something and i want to focus on that. you said your hope is that we would focus on the determination process. >> i can't tell you what to focus on -- >> thank you. we are focusing on those individuals. we have asked for all of their e-mails in a legal subpoena. my question to you, today, will you commit here today to provide all of the e-mails? not all the e-mails you believe are responsive, not all the e-mails you choose to give, not all the e-mails that are other than embarrassing, all of the e-mails? >> mr. chairman, i -- we are prepared to continue to work with your staff. as you can understand, when you say all of the e-mails, you're going to get hundreds of thousands of pages of irrelevant documents -- >> no i'm sorry. lois lerner is an individual, we're asking for all of her e-mails. >> they're all -- >> she obviously had a limited a

. >> the gao report estimates the federal government will rake in $66 billion from student loans from 2007 to 2012. it's widely known car insurance is likely to go up. a report from insurance quotes.com reveals how much more you'll pay. a study found a ticket for following too closely can increase rates 19% improperly using a carpool will use another 18% a seat belt violation likely to raise rates 5%. duis are the most expensive, rates going up 93%. reckless driving is 82%. you've heard warnings about texting while driving but there is a new one. texting while walking. it's a big hazard. there is a system to protect you. apple insider reports a rear-facing camera projecting what is in front of you onto the background of your phone so yule you'd see while you're texting. do you get the concept of this? >> yes. >> right there? >> don't do it is what you need to do. >> come on. >> wow. >> thank you. >> sure. >> abc7 reporter david louie tweeted this picture of a friend he made today. >> the 6-year-old's survival story, and how he's helping other children. >> i'm cheryl jennings. coming u

again, i would ask you to read just look at that it will work with us, work with gao. unless you take a look at that. mr. chairman, you are familiar with what we did in texas. with the state legislature we have different measures. again, we would love to sit down and look at this. we're just measuring activity. after billions of dollars, your number one goal and the number one measure is are you happy with the report we gave you? i think we can do better than that. mr. chairman, i would like to yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary. >> mr. secretary, as you know, customs processing of the nation's busiest airports during peak travel times remains a problem. this deters international terrorism to the united states costing our economy billions of dollars annually pity as you are aware, fiscal 2014 on the bus appropriations bill included funding for an additional 2,000 cpb officers. what is your plan for mitigating and eliminating excess of customs and immigration wait times at our nation's airports? and specifically ap

you don't punish the russian people, but gao after -- again, he says you go after the olegards. the western banks have welcomed and you prees their assets and that might make them not look at putin so nicely. >> he has created a lot of multi billionaires there. i don't think we understand the depth of the loyalty and ties that exist. >> i know diligence sells a lot of arms and stuff. >> we are making a fortune. >> we have to take a break. coming up, what is it like to work for the cia? mike baker discusses his latest book "i'm gorgeous and you're not. the meek baker story -- the mike baker story by mike baker." first, is it better to yell? we will come to our own conclusions next. >>> is yelling the new spanking? is spanking the new murder? it is a subject of tonight's -- >> "red eye" debate 2014, live from the" red eye" debate center. >> there we go. welcome to tonight's "red eye" debate. i'm greg gutfeld and host of tonight's "red eye" debate. according to researchers and anyone who spent tame in wal-mart, today's parents are yelling at their children more than ever. according

. >> john dingell, chairman of the energy and commerce committee, and i, requested the gao to do an investigation because while we were sending letters to the vice president, we weren't getting responses. >> they said, no, these are presidential advisers. we don't have to divulge what they're doing. whereas if it had been cabinet agencies, they would have forced to divulge who they were meeting with, what the e-mails were, what the topics were. >> did we talk to energy companies? absolutely. you'd have to be a damn fool to put together a comprehensive nationwide energy policy and not talk to energy companies. >> in order for me to get good, sound opinions, those who offer me opinions or offer the vice president opinions must know every word they say is not going to be put into the public record. >> the white house battles to keep secret most task force files. and they will ultimately prevail in the courts in that fight. but administration opponents are eventually able to pry loose a number of secret task force files. although it's not known to the public at the time, the cheney energy task force

in the food and drug administration safety innovation act, we asked the gao to look at how regulations and guidance and policies and practices could be modified, streamlined, expand or discontinued in order to reduce or prevent such drug shortages. this was discussed at length with fda staff during drafting of the legislation. can you tell me whether the fda is in regards to internal review their regulations to be done to address instances in which the fda policies are or were meeting to drug shortages? >> a huge amount of progress has been made in the drug shortage area. certainly our team which has been expanded as well has been working long hours and diligently to address existing shortages and imminent potential shortages in this country. industry plays a critical role and the shortages that occurred generally occur because of issues with either their supply chains of products or importantly quality concerns in the manufacturing, but we have seen real improvement in the number of shortages in recent years, a fdasia has helped to strengthen progress that was made to in enabling us t

i mean come if we go through back in black in we list nine children, we got the gao to outline for us or duplication of the federal government that they have gone through two-thirds of that now, the last of overcoming april of this year. they've already identified 200 areas where we have multiple programs doing the exactly the same thing. with no oversight by congress, no metrics to see if it's working, and that comes close to $200 billion a year in wasted money. wasted money that is not enhancing what it was intended to do, or not facilitating what it was intended to do. >> host: in "the debt bomb" your duplication in federal programs, science, technology, engineering and mathematics education programs. there are 209 of those. surface transportation, 100 plus. teacher quality, 82 programs. economic development, 88. transportation assistance, 80. financial literacy, 56 different programs. job training, 47 different job training programs. homelessness prevention and assistance, 20 programs. food for the hungry, 18. and disaster response preparedness, fema, 17 different programs. >> gue

we believe we've made those choices on best information and things like the gao and medpac's recommendations for where people are having overpayments. some of those issues are in coding, and a number of other places. that's what we're basing our choices on in terms of what we believe. with regard to the changes that have previously been done in a number of different areas, we still continue to see beneficiaries getting benefits in an appropriate way. >> i would like to point out those runtime settings so it isn't sustainable. thank you. >> senator coons. >> thank you, jerry. thank you, director burwell, for your hard work and for joining us here today. the administration and this budget by several focused on economic growth and job creation. which i think is appropriate should be your highest priority as we find ways to achieve balance deficit reduction and to improve our overall balance sheet for the country. which of the proposals in this budget you think has the potential to create the most jobs and best jobs? >> i think in terms of the issue of job creation, it is about the entirety of t

host: brian lepore from gao, talking about base closings. jack from indiana, republican line.good morning could i have a question for the desperate given the current state of affairs between tigris and the administration and the reluctance of congress to pass brac legislation and the current administrations fondness for executive orders, how much good -- could the executive branch do with just executive orders and the authority vested within the department of defense and the executive in administration? that's all. guest: that is a great question. het of the brac statue, what does is it gives the secretary of defense the authority to essentially on his signature make kosher and realignment decisions. however, it -- closure and realignment decisions. however, it was constrained in 1988 -- what they did prior to that time, in the 1970's, was change the statute to say that if the secondary chooses to do this him he has to notify congress -- if the secretary chooses to do this, yes to notify congress and he has to wait 60 days before he actually doesn't. afterctually happened is t

inspector general bring something greater to this effort than the igs of the particularly agencies of the gao? >> okay. let mel quickly on the proposal that stewart bohen had and then i'll answer your question. the answer is yes to the last part of your request e. i'll go into more detail. stewart did make that recommendation. again, i gefr that i don't do policy, i do process. and so i don't really think it's my position to recommend, and i haven't been asked, to recommend creating or not creating an entity such as stewart recommended. i will say this. this helps to answer your second question. i got enough authority, enough power, enough resources to do the job. i like temporary agencies. you know. there is a problem with creating another agency that will exist that never goes. i mean, i'm still waiting. i remember when i was working for sam nun. they finally abolished the tea tasting board, which had been established right after the revolution. okay? when you create an agency, it s never goes away. i don't know if you need it. special inspector generals are great. i got the '78 act. i got

the problems are now more public and the gao an inspector general report report template we can fix this. the administration was able to mobilize enabled the transition to full direct lending a few years ago. now if they can do the same level commitment to fixing the servicing and collection system. and use all the resources available for them, use the cfpb which is very much improved complaint systems, oversight over servicers and, of course, congressional oversight. ultimately it's about giving students the best chance to succeed, and recognizing that as with all investments, some don't work out the first time around. we need to give borrowers another chance. more than one chance of rehabilitation, more than one chance of consolidation the programs we now have to get out of default. instead, unlike businesses under current policy, we hammer student borrowers frankly until they die. we take earned income tax credit, take social security. we limit bankruptcy right. we basically eviscerate the safety net if we can do much better for borrowers. it's not just for borrowers, it's for society

what is the warning from gao?stal service owes payments to current and retired workers, but doesn't have money. they have a hundred million in debt and they are talking about plans to make sure mail delivery continues while they try to figure out the money woes. >> what is congress considering to do with the post office? >> the senate and house have different version. senator carpenter has a bill that would allow the post service to act like a company and make their own business decisions. in the house, chairman oversight says it is time for the post office to change. >> year after year, the congress acted and the senate is trying not to do things like going to five day, or getting rid of if you will, to the door delivery. this will help narrow the losses and get to break even >> the posting service need congress to pass reform, but the house and senate will have to work out the differences. >>> we will see what they do. thanks, mike. heather, what is next? >> a man left hanging from a rope 16 feet bof the ground.

drug safety act would ask the gao to look into how policies and practices could be modified, streamlined or discontinued in order to prevent .uch drug shortages this was also discussed at length with the fda staff during the drafting of the legislation. is you tell me where the fda in regards to their internal review of the regulations and what has been done to address instances in which the policies are or were leaving to drug shortages. progress hasunt of been made in the drug shortage area. working longbeen hours and very diligently to address those existing shortages and imminent potential shortages in this country. industry plays a critical role. the shortages that occur oferally occur because issues with either their supply or qualityroducts concerns in the manufacturing. real improvements in the number of shortages in .ecent years the passage of it has strengthened progress that was tong made and enabled us institutionalize important ways of interacting with industry. we're moving forward. we have made real progress. i think we have systems that are working in need to continue to

that says that as you prepared your request as part of the annual budget and in consultation with the gao, you should directly tiedyour performance plan into that performance measure and in their you have to show that the performance measures that would give you one dollar, what do we get for that one dollar? on that they should examine outflow measures, every bit of find it. one of the things i would ask you to do is when we were looking at the performance.gov and your performance goals, and there is a handout if you will look at that. i think we gave you a copy also. yourld ask you to look at 39 point $2year was billion. how much money do you think out of that is used for terrorism which is your number one goal preventing terrorism roughly? on, there is probably a number we attribute out of that 39.2 to counterterrorism. it depends on what aspects of our mission do you think to be counterterrorism. what aspect of the budget goes to counterterrorism. a number isere is assigned. i just do not have it offhand. >> india get that to us later on. isould venture to say it billions and billions

that applies all agency heads that says as you prepare your funding request in consultation with the gao you should directly link your performance. and in there. everything as defined. one of the things that i would ask you to do is when we were looking at the performance.gov and there is is a hand out,

the gao states that without complete disclosure, the public, including stakeholders don't have accurate information to provide comment or provide them with a clearer understanding of the impacts of the rule. shouldn't we be more transparent before we work on the rule. >> thank you for the question. i guess i have a different view on the rule you outlined. i read it yesterday and i know we had a 13 year history with the 25 plants you mentioned. there has been a review of data concerning the 25 plants and i believe the professionals are c confidant in saying there has been an increase in compliance with safety standards and equal to or less than the general standardss and equal to or fewer worker safety issues in those plants based on the data. this is a program that is voluntary and would have requirements. line speeds would averaged 131 birds per minute. there is a different between line speed and inspection and processing as it related to worker safety. the process of worker safety is a function of equipment, facility layout, the number of lines, the flock conditions, the number of emp

there have been a couple of studies and i think we are waiting a gao report on this as well. >> congressional intent is one thing and you are doing something else. i just want to be really clear what the congressional intent here is and has been for a number of years. we see the department of defense going in the opposite direction. i yield back. >> i yield myself five minutes. secretary james and general welsh, thank you for coming in to answer questions and provide testimony. i want to focus on the third air force proposal to remove missions from an air force base. fight toll you i will kill this one just as i have fought to kill the other two. units, ated moving the reserve base in georgia and then an army airfield in north carolina. did notined that they the infrastructure for the units and the air force agreed. --is now being abandoned as in favor of closing the units. the air force base is saying that the c-130s will be sent to little rock. it seems like the air force is hell bent on moving these aircraft out of south mississippi. a general claim just the other day that he could save 60

in the food and drug administration safety and innovation act, we asked the gao to look at how regulations and guidance policies or practices could be modified. streamlined, expanded or discontinued in order to reduce or prevent such drug shortages. this was also discussed at length with the fda staff during the drafting of the legislation. can you tell me where the fda is with regards to the internal review of the regulations and what's been done to address instances in which the fda policies are or were leading to drug shortages of? >> i think a huge amount of progress has been made and the drug shortage area. certainly our team which has been expanded as well has been working i think it, you know, long hours and very diligently to address both existing shortages and imminent potential shortages in this country. obviously, industry plays a critical role, and the shortages that occur generally occur because of issues with either their supply chain our products, or importantly quality concerns in the manufacturing. shortages in recent years. the passage of fdasia has helped to strenn progr