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>> forbes.com had an article that endorses the gao point of view that 70% of these accounts are held by people who make less than $150,000 a year. by the way -- >> hold on a second. let's just focus -- i don't want to get -- okay. i don't want to get too much in the weeds. you are saying the white house was funneling the figures or coming out with wrong figures as the right figures were the ones that the gao kiem out with saying it was a middle class plan? >> yeah that's absolutely correct. >> rick, what do you say if. >> it's a touch more complicated. gao report in my opinion is correct and it's backed up by a study -- >> the white house is wrong. >> they're wrong in quoting that number, but let's not get confused about something. 529s work really well by the way, the white house is not saying do away with them they're saying change the tack free status to tax deferred. the problem is the average american making 50 grand is year or thereabouts is not finding that they can take advantage of it. they don't have enough to contribute. don't get rid of the tax -- >> what he wants to get
>> forbes.com had an article that endorses the gao point of view that 70% of these accounts are held by people who make less than $150,000 a year. by the way -- >> hold on a second. let's just focus -- i don't want to get -- okay. i don't want to get too much in the weeds. you are saying the white house was funneling the figures or coming out with wrong figures as the right figures were the ones that the gao kiem out with saying it was a middle class plan? >> yeah that's...
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we have heard this twice in gao. we made responses that were approved by the board in the past and these are just a follow ups to a few of the responses that we approved so this report is a year old and i think it's time to approve it and move on so that is my suggestion so i won't be voting to support a continuance. thank you. okay. supervisor avalos did you want to make additional comments? >> yes, i would please. again i'm not saying i am in disagreement with gao and the process and the decisions made. i just don't feel comfortable to vote in favor right now given that i might want to address some of the issues and i wouldn't want to vote in favor and do something inconsistent with my vote. that's why i wanted to postpone. i could very well support it moving forward, but if there's going to be a vote today i will vote no and it's not a vote that is necessarily against the work that the members have already done. thank you. supervisor campos. >> thank you president breed. i just want to say that i understand a lot
we have heard this twice in gao. we made responses that were approved by the board in the past and these are just a follow ups to a few of the responses that we approved so this report is a year old and i think it's time to approve it and move on so that is my suggestion so i won't be voting to support a continuance. thank you. okay. supervisor avalos did you want to make additional comments? >> yes, i would please. again i'm not saying i am in disagreement with gao and the process and...
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i felt that the way that the resolution was drafted even though it did follow the guidelines of gao and how they weigh in on the grand jury report it's not one i could support and i agreed with and not a question of whether i didn't agree with the work of the committee and the gao. it was about the language in front of me i wanted to make sure was something i could agree with and actually coincide with what i intend to do or could intend to do in the future so it wasn't about not respecting the committee process but what is before us today and colleagues i hope you support the continuance if it's asked for today or support the amendments. >> so you're not withdrawing the motion to move it forward today? >> i would like to move the amendments today. that's what the current motion is before us. >> okay. thank you. okay. you have before you amendments to item number 10. mr. clerk can you please call the roll -- -- excuse me supervisor wiener. >> thank you. i want to respect the work of the committee but in addition someone once introduced legislation about ethics or disclosure or anything
i felt that the way that the resolution was drafted even though it did follow the guidelines of gao and how they weigh in on the grand jury report it's not one i could support and i agreed with and not a question of whether i didn't agree with the work of the committee and the gao. it was about the language in front of me i wanted to make sure was something i could agree with and actually coincide with what i intend to do or could intend to do in the future so it wasn't about not respecting the...
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i know her from gao. one of the criticisms from gao at the time the border patrol doesn't have a timeline for implementation, it doesn't have a plan for implementation. what was happening we were changing operations as we develop the strategy. we weren't waiting for procedure and process which is somewhat antithetical in this town but we wanted to move forward very quickly. as we were learning about our strategic shift we were breaking operational adjustments on the fly and we did that throughout. we didn't stop to have a 18 month planning session to have 18 months of implementation. we shifted over quickly to the implementation. it was that time in 2013, end of 2013 we thought the time was a good start what we thought the strategy was going to look like. we set at least in our mind the metrics that we believed made sense to us beyond traditional apprehensions how we were going to assess the extent we were successful in the endeavor. so our baselines numbers were gathering all through 2013. we were kind o
i know her from gao. one of the criticisms from gao at the time the border patrol doesn't have a timeline for implementation, it doesn't have a plan for implementation. what was happening we were changing operations as we develop the strategy. we weren't waiting for procedure and process which is somewhat antithetical in this town but we wanted to move forward very quickly. as we were learning about our strategic shift we were breaking operational adjustments on the fly and we did that...
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that's the element that set the gao up as kind of the reviewer of record. but congress can actually veto to a rule or regulation if it chooses to. but it basically takes a fresh act of congress signed by the president. it's only been used once, only successfully once. now, go forth with the agencies. this is where the core work is done. in my view, and i've been studying this now for more than 20 years, high quality information is the currency. you've heard in this institute, you know, you can use bad quality information in public deliberations once, but you're not going to get to use it twice. well, that's very much the case with agencies. they have a memory just as long, in some cases longer than the congress. these are decision where is there is a great deal at stake -- health, welfare, life and death. so scientific and technical information, depending on the field of study, is crucial. if you don't have it, you're not going to be effective. you can write in and say, hey, i don't like this. but it's not going to get you very far. agencies not only need t
that's the element that set the gao up as kind of the reviewer of record. but congress can actually veto to a rule or regulation if it chooses to. but it basically takes a fresh act of congress signed by the president. it's only been used once, only successfully once. now, go forth with the agencies. this is where the core work is done. in my view, and i've been studying this now for more than 20 years, high quality information is the currency. you've heard in this institute, you know, you can...
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or not we should move forward with the legislation and we will probably not bring this item back to gao until sometime in january. should we specify a date, madam clerk? >> you can specify or continue to the call of the chair and bring it forward. >> okay. president chiu, do you have any recommendations? >> i would just say that if we continue to call the chair without date specified there will be noticing requirements when it comes up but i think it gives your office or whor else is involved in the conversations the ability to be flexible with timing in terms of negotiation. >> with that, i move to continue this item to the call of the chair. without objection this item is moved to the call of the chair. madam clerk can you call item 3. >> item 3 [inaudible] required to provide a response on the implementationings contained in the 13 #14shgs civil grand jury report entitled rising sea levels at our doorsteps. >> we have a number of folks here to talk about that item. mr. frank [inaudible]. >> from the mayor's office. >> oh, okay. >> we also have here and a number of other city staff de
or not we should move forward with the legislation and we will probably not bring this item back to gao until sometime in january. should we specify a date, madam clerk? >> you can specify or continue to the call of the chair and bring it forward. >> okay. president chiu, do you have any recommendations? >> i would just say that if we continue to call the chair without date specified there will be noticing requirements when it comes up but i think it gives your office or whor...
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the mayor's office of housing presented a detailed response to the civil grand jury report here at gao and we'd like to just take a moment today to update you on our progress on several key recommendations that relate to access and transparent sip and policy. as becca will present in more detail, we're working only coming up with strategies to make housing available to a wider range of income levels. related to technology, phase one of our website redesign has been completed and our website is sf [inaudible]. phase one dealt with the organization, the image of the website, making things easier for people to find. we're working on phase two as we have been rolled out, but phase two is a full overhaul of the content and organization of the site. in addition, the civil grand jury report provided detail about our database of affordable housing listing information and applications. that's what we call dal ya and it's a sales force web based application database that will focus on first or inclusionary units and will reduce barriers to entry, most significantly a simplified application proce
the mayor's office of housing presented a detailed response to the civil grand jury report here at gao and we'd like to just take a moment today to update you on our progress on several key recommendations that relate to access and transparent sip and policy. as becca will present in more detail, we're working only coming up with strategies to make housing available to a wider range of income levels. related to technology, phase one of our website redesign has been completed and our website is...
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i have to the gao report be added to congressional record. on the anniversary of the roe versus wade decision i urge my colleagues to defend the sanctity of life and vote yes on this bill. >> the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. >> i am pleased to yield to the gentlelady from texas. >> the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. >> i think her for her courage and i stand her today for refusing to surrender on behalf of millions of women of all economic backgrounds and racial ethnic and religions. rely upon the supreme court of the united states that indicated through roe v wade the right to choose is a viable and important law of the land. how can we undermine the constitution and its premise and its articulation? so today, let me say that i know there are millions who are here to disagree with me. i respect that disagreement. but i am saddened that we would take advantage of this day to misrepresent the law and pass a law that would do damage to millions of americans. this is a face of republ
i have to the gao report be added to congressional record. on the anniversary of the roe versus wade decision i urge my colleagues to defend the sanctity of life and vote yes on this bill. >> the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. >> i am pleased to yield to the gentlelady from texas. >> the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. >> i think her for her courage and i stand her today for refusing to surrender on behalf of...
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if you look at other items however that's why in terms of where we can find savings the gao and heritage and all others pointed immediate savings that can be, have been identified and could be utilized. and it's the energy and enthusiasm and excitement of the 10 or 11 new members on our committee, the budget committee that we are going to rely on to help us push those kinds of solutions. so absolutely. we've got to be more creative. we've got to be more inventive and how we're solving the challenges on half of the american people from a budgetary standpoint. these challenges get worse every year, more difficult every year. the president who refuses to act on these kinds of things makes it much were difficult for us to get our fiscal house in order. we are up to the task. i know we're up to the task i know the american people are interested in making certain that we fulfill that task. >> just to follow up on your comments on obamacare. are you suggesting then that you would have an alternative ready to go if you will, once the supreme court rules? and if so, could you give us a little pre
if you look at other items however that's why in terms of where we can find savings the gao and heritage and all others pointed immediate savings that can be, have been identified and could be utilized. and it's the energy and enthusiasm and excitement of the 10 or 11 new members on our committee, the budget committee that we are going to rely on to help us push those kinds of solutions. so absolutely. we've got to be more creative. we've got to be more inventive and how we're solving the...
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of that money some goes back to treasury, some stays in the agencies they can use it but also have gao or have somebody monitor and report on it. get some of the best practices and see what worked and what didn't for various agencies and try to expand. with the penny plan 1% solution, one of the problem in general was across the board cut. as we all know budgeting means tough priorities telling one agency 1% is not a tough decision, it's not budgeting. it's taking a blunt instrument. what we should do is say cut 1% a year. we're paying you as professional management and executives reconciliation sets directives, targets. you get this amount of revenue, this amount of spending, these types allocations for committees. say you have to cut 1%. that's the target. you figure out where it goes. that way you can set priorities. until we do that looks like a blunt instrument, we've got to set the target and those who have the understanding of the programs and administration figure out where it has to go. if you look back through defense spending there are various times where departments secreta
of that money some goes back to treasury, some stays in the agencies they can use it but also have gao or have somebody monitor and report on it. get some of the best practices and see what worked and what didn't for various agencies and try to expand. with the penny plan 1% solution, one of the problem in general was across the board cut. as we all know budgeting means tough priorities telling one agency 1% is not a tough decision, it's not budgeting. it's taking a blunt instrument. what we...
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p given us, and i still remember this one of the first hearings that i did with gao. and that's great chief, you know. border patrol. and this was back in 2010. one of my first hearings. that's great. you're giving us your apprehensions. you're just giving us your numerator. i didn't know what a numerator was, i sat there on the panel and i was like, math was horrible for me. then he said, well, it's just like, you know chief you're giving me your batting average but you're just -- it's not your batting average. just telling me how many hits you got. not telling me how many at bats. that i understood. i said, thanks for the tip. that started some of the dialogue and the discussion. again, this is not an exact science, right. there is one of those 12 indicators, which is called the interdiction effectiveness rate. my staff, by the way, gets paid more each syllable they come up with risk names. so this one obviously someone got a big payoff. the interdiction of effectiveness rate. it goes to the heart of a question i got. it was from probably, i don't know, six years ag
p given us, and i still remember this one of the first hearings that i did with gao. and that's great chief, you know. border patrol. and this was back in 2010. one of my first hearings. that's great. you're giving us your apprehensions. you're just giving us your numerator. i didn't know what a numerator was, i sat there on the panel and i was like, math was horrible for me. then he said, well, it's just like, you know chief you're giving me your batting average but you're just -- it's not...
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seed corn of domestic agencies, what is the chance that brookings would adopt the methodology that gao used and create a sequestration monitoring project so that in addition to the many things you do, you provide every two or three years, regular reports on the state of the impacts of sequestration so rather than have ad hoc events like this one, there would be a permanent monitoring? >> i think that's a good idea, but i would amend it. i have been bugging dave because he runs this new -- >> you put him up to this, didn't you? >> to undertake some kind of a discretionary spending initiative. i would want it not just to monitor the effects of the caps, but also to undertake the bigger question of where should we be spending more and where should we be spending less and can we assemble some evidence about how programs are working or not working that would be guidance for the congress on just that question. >> the gentleman in the blue. >> bob hines from here at brookings. you all agreed that sequestration is bad. the budget caps probably aren't good, either. a republican congress probabl
seed corn of domestic agencies, what is the chance that brookings would adopt the methodology that gao used and create a sequestration monitoring project so that in addition to the many things you do, you provide every two or three years, regular reports on the state of the impacts of sequestration so rather than have ad hoc events like this one, there would be a permanent monitoring? >> i think that's a good idea, but i would amend it. i have been bugging dave because he runs this new --...
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our opponents say there was a gao report that said insurance companies were not segregating funds. so they say that means somehow federal dollars are being used to pay for abortion. after that gao study came out, madam speaker the dhhs propagated a new rule clarifying the agreement under the affordable care act that the funds had to be segregated. they propagated this rule on november 26. i would ask unanimous consent to insert that into the record. >> without objection. >> so this compromises being honored by the administration. in this debate, i asked my opponents to give me one example where federal dollars have paid for abortion. i have not heard that example. it is because it is not happening. this is a false issue being raised. i would submit to everybody here , let's stop talking about this false issue just because there are a whole bunch of people in town who want us to pass legislation. let's talk about real issues. we just received a statement of administration policy from the white house. not surprisingly, the administration has said that the president would veto this bi
our opponents say there was a gao report that said insurance companies were not segregating funds. so they say that means somehow federal dollars are being used to pay for abortion. after that gao study came out, madam speaker the dhhs propagated a new rule clarifying the agreement under the affordable care act that the funds had to be segregated. they propagated this rule on november 26. i would ask unanimous consent to insert that into the record. >> without objection. >> so this...
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it is an issue that also came up last september in the gao report that said some of the federal subsidies under the health law were being used to cover some abortion services. >> is this the kind of measure that we -- we mentioned at the top that the march for life happening in washington this week, is this the sort of measure that these abortion bills that really have to be passed by the house? >> yeah. they're pretty much messaging bills at this point. in the senate it will be difficult for them to pass and obama issued a veto threat last year on this federal funding for abortion bill. >> melanie covering it all covering health policy and the abortion bill debate in the house. you can follow her reporting on twitter at mzanona. thank you for joining us. >> thanks. >>> and legislation is being voted on the house floor right now. we will have results for you when the vote is complete. as we look live at the annual march for life and rally taking place here in washington, d.c. members hearing from religious and government officials and later they'll attendees will march to the u.s. supreme
it is an issue that also came up last september in the gao report that said some of the federal subsidies under the health law were being used to cover some abortion services. >> is this the kind of measure that we -- we mentioned at the top that the march for life happening in washington this week, is this the sort of measure that these abortion bills that really have to be passed by the house? >> yeah. they're pretty much messaging bills at this point. in the senate it will be...
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the white house or the gao?en they say that this is a tax relief, this is point of fact, 95% of the household that have these college savings plans make less than $250,000 and that has always then president obama's definition of the middle class. also pointing out this would tax earnings from these plans at rates as high as 339.6%. attacks would the tax would be owed by the student. to make matters worse just to add on, this is the height of hypocrisy. in 2007 senator obama and michelle obama talked about the savings account. so what they are saying is that this is basically tax leaf for me and not for everyone. but other americans need to talk about this as well. >> is even worse than that because what the president and his wife dead is that they wanted to get in under this and they tried it with all the tricks of the trade and they frontloaded the benefits of the plan. in other words even if the president gets rid of the benefit, once you withdraw the plan they frontloaded this so they knew that he was going t
the white house or the gao?en they say that this is a tax relief, this is point of fact, 95% of the household that have these college savings plans make less than $250,000 and that has always then president obama's definition of the middle class. also pointing out this would tax earnings from these plans at rates as high as 339.6%. attacks would the tax would be owed by the student. to make matters worse just to add on, this is the height of hypocrisy. in 2007 senator obama and michelle obama...
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that's the element that set the gao up as kind of the reviewer of record. but congress can actually veto to a rule or regulation if it chooses to. but it basically takes a fresh act of congress steined edsigned by the president. it's only been used once, only successfully once. now, go fwhort the agencies. this is where the core work is done. in my view, and i've been studying this now for more than 20 years, high quality information is the currency. you've heard in this institute you know, you can use bad quality information in public deliberations once, but you're not going to get to use it twice. well, that's very much the case with agencies. they have a memory just as long, in some cases longer than the congress. these are decision where is there is a great deal at stake -- health, welfare, life and death. so scientific and technical information, depending on the field of study, is crucial. if you don't have it, you're not going to be effective. you can write in and say, hey, i don't like this. but it's not going to get you very far. agencies not only n
that's the element that set the gao up as kind of the reviewer of record. but congress can actually veto to a rule or regulation if it chooses to. but it basically takes a fresh act of congress steined edsigned by the president. it's only been used once, only successfully once. now, go fwhort the agencies. this is where the core work is done. in my view, and i've been studying this now for more than 20 years, high quality information is the currency. you've heard in this institute you know, you...
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. >> the br real estate cht commission is intended to be independent of government but i think the gao and the inspector general raldz are actually doing a very good job identifying areas for improvement ideaing ideas for manage yearlying improvement. the problem is those xwrochltsdz rarely get made. to the extent that congressional action is necessary to make some of these changes. there is very little glory in eliminating a program, especially if people face lay-offs. there is less glory in that. to some extent, it's not that we don't know where to cut, that we don't know which programs work and which ones don't. we do have some good government reports that help guide those decisions, but it's from recognizing the problem, the next step is missing. where is the action to actually get rid of some of these programs. it was about relations, trust but verify. >> seems to work for a lot of issues we deal with in our life. when it comes to government spending, you can have the internal igs. they are xwentindependent. there should be verification with spot checking with where gao is asked b
. >> the br real estate cht commission is intended to be independent of government but i think the gao and the inspector general raldz are actually doing a very good job identifying areas for improvement ideaing ideas for manage yearlying improvement. the problem is those xwrochltsdz rarely get made. to the extent that congressional action is necessary to make some of these changes. there is very little glory in eliminating a program, especially if people face lay-offs. there is less...
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seed corn of domestic agencies, what is the chance that brookings would adopt the methodology that gaotoring project so that in addition to the many things you do, you provide every two or three years, regular reports on the state of the impacts of sequestration so rather than have ad hoc events like this one, there would be a permanent monitoring? >> i think that's a good idea, but i would amend it. i have been bugging dave because he runs this new -- >> you put him up to this, didn't you? >> to undertake some kind of a discretionary spending initiative. i would want it not just to monitor the effects of the caps, but also to undertake the bigger question of where should we be spending more and where should we be spending less and can we assemble some evidence about how programs are working or not working that would be guidance for the congress on just that question. >> the gentleman in the blue. >> bob hines from here at brookings. you all agreed that sequestration is bad. the budget caps probably aren't good, either. a republican congress probably isn't going to be raising taxes any
seed corn of domestic agencies, what is the chance that brookings would adopt the methodology that gaotoring project so that in addition to the many things you do, you provide every two or three years, regular reports on the state of the impacts of sequestration so rather than have ad hoc events like this one, there would be a permanent monitoring? >> i think that's a good idea, but i would amend it. i have been bugging dave because he runs this new -- >> you put him up to this,...
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i think there are a number of pieces that have to be looked at and i would go to the gao report that mentions there are a lot of other ways measuring the states ability beyond the per-capita amount. that can be rainy day funds and the state's capacity. i think it's been an interesting conversation here today about what discourages states from building capacity in what encourages it. i think a lot of states are responsible and they know they have to do as brian koon is pointed out they have to respond first and the responses of some federal help but it's interesting to think there are some states that do a wonderful job because they get hit frequently and know they had better be good at it but there are other states that because it's an episodic business they might not get hit with something substantial for years. you might find they are no longer budging towards it and that makes it all the more typical and they are hit. i'm not being responsive to this except to say something we would have to study checklist that fema could go down looking at beyond per-capita. it will likely be a b
i think there are a number of pieces that have to be looked at and i would go to the gao report that mentions there are a lot of other ways measuring the states ability beyond the per-capita amount. that can be rainy day funds and the state's capacity. i think it's been an interesting conversation here today about what discourages states from building capacity in what encourages it. i think a lot of states are responsible and they know they have to do as brian koon is pointed out they have to...
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. >> i'll be honest i'm not very familiar with the gao study, but my broad reaction would be the cdpir marine office within u.s. customs and border protection has a variety of platforms. they do specific missions. so if you say hey, is an a-star valuable? i would say yes, if it's giving air to ground support. it's for deployment and it's only being flown once we have a tip and q and we have someone to go after it. when you say, we want to go up and down the border and detect people coming across. my answer is it's probably not the best utilization of that asset. the same could be true of a uh 60 helicopter or a uh system. we're not familiar if it's cost effective, we just want to make sure we're using its capability for its intended use and not just, let's get up in the air and start looking for people. which by the way, ten years ago, we needed them because we didn't have a lot of detection capability. and by the way and robert can probably appreciate this also, as a border patrol agent working by myself in the middle of nowhere and not able to get communication out, when i started
. >> i'll be honest i'm not very familiar with the gao study, but my broad reaction would be the cdpir marine office within u.s. customs and border protection has a variety of platforms. they do specific missions. so if you say hey, is an a-star valuable? i would say yes, if it's giving air to ground support. it's for deployment and it's only being flown once we have a tip and q and we have someone to go after it. when you say, we want to go up and down the border and detect people coming...
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. >> i would say that -- again the gao study bore this out that the average saver in a 529 plan is nott middle class. it's the upper ten percent of income earners in america. >> god forbid. even if that were the case, which i wonder. it is the wound vehicle provided for a lot of middle class folkses who don't qualify for any relief any stipend, any sort of a chance at getting any help. this is a way and a means by which they can save for their kids' education. enough this is taken out. >> absolutely. first of all this is a broken promise by this president who said he would not tax people -- not increase taxes on people who make less than $250,000 a year. the numbers are such that you have around half of the people who save in these plans make under 150, and they haven't always. people work up -- think about that mom and dad who from the time their baby is born, they're planning and every month they put in $50. 75 tuesday, $100. so they do this, and they also maybe plan their families. i know people who talk about these plans when they're doing their own family planning. how many kids c
. >> i would say that -- again the gao study bore this out that the average saver in a 529 plan is nott middle class. it's the upper ten percent of income earners in america. >> god forbid. even if that were the case, which i wonder. it is the wound vehicle provided for a lot of middle class folkses who don't qualify for any relief any stipend, any sort of a chance at getting any help. this is a way and a means by which they can save for their kids' education. enough this is taken...
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and then finally, it requires the gao government accounting office to issue a report that includes an analysis and evaluation of all of the customer communication and records that they have warranted -- gotten through warrant so that we know that they're doing exactly what they say they're going to do. i know that with what happened recently with sony and the hacking of their system and some of the cyberwarfare that has gone on by russia, now north korea, and others, that a lot of the big government types try to use this as, you know as an excuse to come in and usurp more and more and more authority. and while i do want security just as much as the next person, i want to make sure that we do it within the confines of our constitution. whether it is dealing with sispa, whether it is dealing with the patriot act, which, by the way, i was one of the people that worked with justin and others to try to get the patriot act redrafted. interestingly enough, last year, we were able to get a rewrite of the patriot act that i think satisfied our needs and it came out of judiciary unanimously and
and then finally, it requires the gao government accounting office to issue a report that includes an analysis and evaluation of all of the customer communication and records that they have warranted -- gotten through warrant so that we know that they're doing exactly what they say they're going to do. i know that with what happened recently with sony and the hacking of their system and some of the cyberwarfare that has gone on by russia, now north korea, and others, that a lot of the big...
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and then finally, it requires the gao government accounting office to issue a report that includes ans and evaluation of all of the customer communication and records that they have warranted, gotten through warrant so that we know that they're doing exactly what they say they're going to do. i know that with what happened recently with sony and the hacking of their system and some of the cyber warfare that's gone on by russia now north korea and others that a lot of the big government types try to use this as, you know an excuse to come in and usurp more and more and more authority. and while i do want security just as much as the next person, i want to make sure that we do it within the confines of our constitution, whether it's dealing with cispa, whether it's dealing with the patriot act -- which, by the way i was one of the people that worked with justin amash and others to try to get the patriot act redrafted. interestingly enough, last year we were able to get a rewrite of the patriot act that, i think, satisfied our needs and it came out of judiciary unanimously. and then what
and then finally, it requires the gao government accounting office to issue a report that includes ans and evaluation of all of the customer communication and records that they have warranted, gotten through warrant so that we know that they're doing exactly what they say they're going to do. i know that with what happened recently with sony and the hacking of their system and some of the cyber warfare that's gone on by russia now north korea and others that a lot of the big government types...
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and then finally it requires to gao, government accounting office, to issue a report that includes an analysis and evaluation of all of the customer team edition and records that they aborted gotten through ward so that we know that they're doing exactly to say they're going to do. i know with what happened recently with sony and the hacking of their system and some of the cyber warfare that's going on by russia now north korea and others got a lot of big government tried use this as an excuse to come in and usurp more and more and more authority. while i do want security just as much as the next person from allah to make sure that we do it within the confines of our constitution, whether dealing with sispa the patriot act which by will the people that was with justin and others to try to get the patriot act redrafted to interestingly enough last year we were able to get a rewrite of the patriot act that i think satisfied our needs and came out of judiciary unanimously and what happened was the leadership changed it around is something none of us could vote for. after it already came
and then finally it requires to gao, government accounting office, to issue a report that includes an analysis and evaluation of all of the customer team edition and records that they aborted gotten through ward so that we know that they're doing exactly to say they're going to do. i know with what happened recently with sony and the hacking of their system and some of the cyber warfare that's going on by russia now north korea and others got a lot of big government tried use this as an excuse...
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informed of the market direction serves as a model for how other federal agencies can work to have said gao designation. we have to improve the responsiveness to congress despite the challenge of 92 committees and subcommittees of congress to claim those oversight rules. members of congress saw ample size of the ideal including some of the biggest critics have taken note of our increased responsiveness. finally earlier this week in the judgment for center of plain language the department of romance security has gone from worst with federal agencies with the ability to communicate and play in the anchorage. one of my personal passions. in these challenging times ministry reform is a whole man security imperative. here is very are in the substance of some important issues. one year ago i said as long as i am secretary counterterrorism will remain the cornerstone of the department of the homeless securities mission. 13 years after nine above and it is still a dangerous world and in 2015 we must recognize we have the fault for to a new phase in a global terrorist threat. to day it is more decen
informed of the market direction serves as a model for how other federal agencies can work to have said gao designation. we have to improve the responsiveness to congress despite the challenge of 92 committees and subcommittees of congress to claim those oversight rules. members of congress saw ample size of the ideal including some of the biggest critics have taken note of our increased responsiveness. finally earlier this week in the judgment for center of plain language the department of...
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well, they've read the pentagon audits and the gao reports and the "60 minute" exposes and so on. it's horrendously inflated. waste, fraud, abuse is only part of it. we're still building cost-overrun military weapons systems designed for the soviet union era of hostility. like, the f-22 should never be built. you could put it on this stage. that's how much $200 million of electronics cost, profit in overruns. why are we building more submarines, nuclear submarines? one trident submarine--nuclear warheads can destroy 200 cities. that's before it reloads. why are we building more aircraft carriers, $15 billion a carrier? we got 13. the next country to challenge us is italy, has two. [laughter] it's the military industrial complex that eisenhower warned us against. people don't like that. they'd rather have that money go where eisenhower wanted it to go in his famous "cross of iron" speech that you can look up on the internet--april 1953, when he said, "is this the way we want to live? we can wipe out the soviet union. they can wipe us out." and then he did what no other president di
well, they've read the pentagon audits and the gao reports and the "60 minute" exposes and so on. it's horrendously inflated. waste, fraud, abuse is only part of it. we're still building cost-overrun military weapons systems designed for the soviet union era of hostility. like, the f-22 should never be built. you could put it on this stage. that's how much $200 million of electronics cost, profit in overruns. why are we building more submarines, nuclear submarines? one trident...
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b-jp r(t&háhp &hc% this platform now referred to as the ford class has come in, according to a late gaoeport, at $14.3 billion. representing about 85% of an annual shipbuilding budget of $16.3 billion. now, i understand that those ships are built over a five-year period. but the annual budget remains the same. in addition, the carrier strike group costs well over $6.5 million a day to operate. not an inconsiderable sum given our current fiscal environment. thirdly, the system is increasingly ineffective. as more and more resources are dedicated to defending the platform from harm. cruisers destroyers submarines that used to have offensive missions have been subsumed into an anti-culture. anti-air. anti-service. anti-submarine. with less and less room in their magazines being left for offensive missions, offensive mission loads like the tomahawk missile. more and more, the offensive mission is focused in the carrier air wing, which over time has lost the ability to strike effectively at distance especially in high-threat, anti-access, area-denial zones. which threaten to push the carrier
b-jp r(t&háhp &hc% this platform now referred to as the ford class has come in, according to a late gaoeport, at $14.3 billion. representing about 85% of an annual shipbuilding budget of $16.3 billion. now, i understand that those ships are built over a five-year period. but the annual budget remains the same. in addition, the carrier strike group costs well over $6.5 million a day to operate. not an inconsiderable sum given our current fiscal environment. thirdly, the system is...
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consideration the status of reviews the commission to have a written response on the status from the 2004 gao report from the confinement facilities it received a copy of the draft report of all recommendations except one mr. chairman thank you for the opportunity to testify today we appreciate your looking into this and we hope your recommendations will help improve the situation for other detainee's. thank you. >> were you here this morning when i ask the question about lgbt i was given an answer they have a facility by los angeles? >> was not here this morning. >> i ask the gentleman whether they ask people in the time into the country if they are lgbt and he said no. should the government disclosed there is a facility for lgbt people in the governmental system to those people or how should they approach these issues? >> for the privacy of lgbt people is relevant here merely asking people is not problematic from our perspective whether they are required to air disclosed is a different story but given them options how they are detained this is something to take a look at. some have greater
consideration the status of reviews the commission to have a written response on the status from the 2004 gao report from the confinement facilities it received a copy of the draft report of all recommendations except one mr. chairman thank you for the opportunity to testify today we appreciate your looking into this and we hope your recommendations will help improve the situation for other detainee's. thank you. >> were you here this morning when i ask the question about lgbt i was given...
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gao found separate billing of the abortion surcharge required by the act, is not being enforced and the abortion funding premium and again, this is in 2015 now, is being illegally rolled into the total plan cost. health care consumers therefore buying health insurance with hill or no knowledge that they are purchasing abortion subsidizing plans. my own state of new jersey every single plan on the exchange pays for abortion on demand and sadly, that is being replicated by many other states. when it comes to funding, public fundings for abortion the 2015 open enrollment is at least as bad, if not worse than last year. never been about a website. again president obama's solemn promise not to fund abortion on demand continues to be broken with impunity. not just a lie that was done once, it gets replicated year in year out because what he said got the votes to procure enactment of that egregiously flawed legislation. obamacare.com is, obamacare abortion.com is a web site and encourage you to look at cbold rasestki wo fncoo ngllsireigefrr n.blyo ma ?plonti we chi e o t, adigtu seefth ab
gao found separate billing of the abortion surcharge required by the act, is not being enforced and the abortion funding premium and again, this is in 2015 now, is being illegally rolled into the total plan cost. health care consumers therefore buying health insurance with hill or no knowledge that they are purchasing abortion subsidizing plans. my own state of new jersey every single plan on the exchange pays for abortion on demand and sadly, that is being replicated by many other states. when...