this from the gao. medicaid enrollment as of 2017, 30.6 million children, about 13.7 million from the expansion enrollees due to the medicaid expansion under the aca, 10.2 million other adults, 8.3 million blind and disabled americans, 5.4 million elderly. >> thank you. and overall, children are -- less than 20% of the cost, but almost 50% of the population in the program. children can be pretty inexpensive to care for. they need immunizations and they need regular check-ups but it's not always a very expensive proposition. you are correct to be concerned about eligibility. one of the unfortunate things that has happened since the affordable care act was passed is there have not been public, open reviews of eligibility determinations. instead, estimating improper rates due to people who were not eligible for the program, they froze a rate of 3% and just have not been reporting it. gao's been very concerned about that. this is the first year where cms is once again going to be testing and measuring medic

gao has been very concerned about that. this is the first year where cms is once again going to be testing and measuring eligibility, so it has been four years since we've had a number that is actually real. host: about 10 minutes left in this segment. again, special phone lines. if you are a medicaid recipient, 202-748-8000. we want to hear your questions, your experience with the program. all others, 202-748-8001. pat is a medicaid recipient in willis, texas. caller: good morning. i am not a recipient. i happen to be calling in. i had -- i guess my question is, what is the eligibility to get on medicaid? i know of a friend who came down with cancer and he didn't have personal insurance, but he was above the level to get on it. and he eventually died without any treatment at all. so i am curious what are the entry levels that people need to be about to get this type of coverage. guest: yeah, it is complicated. medicaid has different eligibility levels depending on the categoryof -- of population we are talking about. for c

so, one of the things we make sure we do, we have quarterly meanings with gao, the teams that oversee justice, department of justice to make sure that we're coordinated and not duplicating effort and obviously issues that they're asked to do, we're asked to do and we have a very strong working relationship and on a broader scale, at the level we have allison lerner, vice chair, the national science foundation and myself and the leadership at gao to talk about the broader issues that cross-cut the ig community and make sure we're coordinated and not stepping on each other's work and not duplicating, most importantly, each other's work. in terms of congressional oversight and asks, i guess i finish where i started, i think one of the things that can frustrate congress when dealing with ig's and i think to some extent gao, we're not going to turn around and answer in a month. we're not going to give the answer in two months even. it's going to take months for us to get the records, go through them, interview people, we're going to issue a thorough report. we can't be scene as just respon

let me go to the gao study as it relates to the f 22s. mr. pendleton, you know, inside a bunch of important as secretaries to that. that still is an incredible aircraft. the president talks about it a lot. it is a remarkable aircraft. again, that was -- you can't look back and kind of wring your hands, but that was probably a pretty significant mistake to curtail production and deployment of that aircraft. but can you summarize quickly your recommendation? it is my understanding that the secretary and the chief agree with those. how are you looking -- or that you have concurred in those. how are you looking to implement these recommendations that relate to, you know, the small fleet that's not maximized, the organization with regard to the air force, the mission as you said? what can we do? this is still a tremendous fifth jen arlgt that -- you know, your work is important in this. can you talk about that quickly. if there are comments from the service secretary or the chief i would welcome that, too. >> yes, sir, we have two major findings.

gao i can order around but they have a lot of stuff to do. and my own staff is you know, five people and you know, have 4,000 things and you know four of them aren't even lawyers. >> great question. so one of the things we make sure we do is question have quarterly meetings with gao that do the work -- the teams that over see justice, the department of justice. to make sure we're coordinated and not duplicating effort. and obviously amenity issues we're asked to do, they're asked to do. and we have a very strong working relationship. and on a broader scale, we meet regularly, alison learner, vice chair of the national science foundation ig. and the leadership at gao to talk about the broader issues again. make sure we're coordinated and not stepping on each other's work and not duplicating each other's work. in terms of congressional over sight and asks, i guess i'd finish where i started which is i think one of the things that can frustrate congress when they're dealing with ig, and i think to some extent gao, is we're not going to turn arou

now, that came before the gao hearing, so perhaps people were unaware of what mayor breed put out, but to members of the public, i'm happy to furnish the mayor's directive on what she has explicitly laid out. if i'm not mistaken, you and the mayor were collectively putting those policy directions moving forward. is that right? >> yes. >> can you do me a favor. can you summarize for me the mayor's directive so those members of the public that haven't had an opportunity to read the letter themselves could get a feel for, i believe it's five -- >> yes, i have them here. >> okay. let's take it from the top. >> okay. i'm assuming we'll start with the directive elements, the five points. >> that's right. >> thank you. recruitment, dhr will hire two full-time staff to focus on diversity recruitment. there will be diverse candidate pipe license. a, it will serve as a centralized department. they will work with departments to work with and ensure that efforts are coordinated. this should occur as quickly as possible and be included in the fy-19/20 budget. training, item two. dhr will significan

gao can be ordered around. my own staff has five people and 4000 things and four of them are not even lawyers. >> one of the things we make sure we do is that we have quarterly meetings with gao. the teams that oversee the department of justice, to make sure we are coordinated and not duplicating effort. many of the issues we are asked to do they are asked to do and we have a very strong working relationship. on a broader scale, we meet taylor late with the vice chair regularly witht the vice chair of siggy. we are corn aided not stepping on each other's work and not duplicating each other's work. in terms of congressional , i guess ind asks would finish where i started which is i think one of the things that can frustrate congress when they are dealing with ig's and jago is that we are not going to turn and answer around in a month. or even two months. it will take months for us to get the records, go through them, interview people. we will issue a thorough report. we cannot be seen as just responding to a pol

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i know the gao, you were willing to what they said with regard to that. i would like our local government to do that and see where the people of the virgin islands are. >> we would be happy to provide reports. spit -- >> with your indulgence, i submit for the record local senator who gave testimony at the congressional field hearing on observations and issues she saw between local and federal government with regard to others. >> without objection. the gentleman from texas, recognized for his own time. >> thank you. picking up where we left off, one of the issues we were talking about with housing. appreciate you mentioning trailers. one of the other issues that was complicating that would be deployed and take up available temporary housing that residents could use for recovery. trailers sitting on an airstrip waiting for the approval process to be placed in recovery. has fema considered using trailers for its own employees. to allow residents back into their community. it would have to stay at hotels two hours away, and with one recovery project. >> that

local shephard mr gao says the measures have improved and quality. for all used to burn and stink everything was polluted really burned and stay. closing the mines and factories however has sent shock waves through the local economy unemployment is high here the problem is common across china's coal heartland cities struggle to strike a balance between environmental concerns and keeping their economies afloat many here are critical of last winter's small crackdown factories were forced to close whether they'd implemented pollution controls or not this year beijing has promised to be more business friendly gin chang however is unlikely to enjoy any leniency because of its past failures. so i see that all many cities here in the region ranked the no list in the country when it comes to environmental law enforcement and information disclosure that this means the ability to implement lawsuit regulate these in the street is very weak true father to me. now the local economy is placing its hopes in gas rather than cull the area is rich in me thing which ca

of inspector general, the oig, on a gao report, sorry, that ted, jerry conley and i had commissioned, which found weaknesses in our humanitarian aid programs in syria. gao had found that most of our implementing partners were not assessing the risk of fraud and recommended that usaid and state strengthen their own fraud oversight programs, as well as those of our partners. at the same time, oig announced that it had opened 25 investigations of fraud allegations. u.s. aid and state have made some improvement in the years since, but we have continued to hear about diversion of u.s. assistance in syria, most notably a recent incident in which, according to the oig, one ngo's employees knowingly diverted u.s. aid funded food kits to syria's al qaeda affiliate. i will say that again. because it is really mind blowing. one ngo reported that they had seen knowingly diverted u.s. aid funded food kits being given to syria's al qaeda affiliates. yikes. while u.s. aid correctly suspended this program and others and i am, as i said very sympathetic to the difficulty of the mission, nobody is say

another meeting with the gao august of 2018 another briefing with fema. september 2018 you may recall a letter from me and others asking you for even more information marking the 18,000 we'd already received independent ticket to october of this year and this is why i'm grateful that you mentioned what you did because the staff or a comprehensive report did studies on other natural disasters to figure out how we can do a better job. you would know none of that have you listened to the statement given by my friend on the other side. i hope the minority treats the majority with more fairness than they treated them today. and what i really hope as you draw the line of demarcation you can criticize members of congress all you want, but the staff spent well over a year trying to figure out how to make lives better and i didn't hear a word about it in the opening statement given by my friend from maryland. so thank you for coming today. work harder and do everything you can to improve our fellows citizens lives and congress will continue its responsibilities in

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i know the gao, you were willing to listen to what they said with regard to you. i would like our own local government to do that and the people of the virgin islands to see where those gaps are. >> sure, yes, ma'am, we'd be happy to provide reports. >> and with your indulgence. may i submit for the record the local senator janelle sorrow, also gave a testimony at our congressional field hearing on her observations and issues that she saw between the local and federal government with regard to other recovery. >> without objection. >> thank you. >>> gentle lady yields back. the gentleman from texas is recognized for his own time, mr. cloud. >> thank you. kind of picking up where we left off. one of the issues we were talking about was housing. i appreciate you mentioning the trailers. we had conversations about that offline, about the amazing cost of it. one of the other issues that was kind of complicating was the fema staff that would be deployed, would often take up the available temporary housing that residents could use for recovery. my question is, meanwhile,

gao has been very concerned about that.is the first year where cms is once again going to be testing and measuring eligibility, so it has been four years since we've had a number that is actually real. host: about 10 minutes left in this segment. again, special phone lines. if you are a medicaid recipient, 202-748-8000. we want to hear your questions, your experience with the program. all others, 202-748-8001. pat is a medicaid recipient in willis, texas. caller: good morning. i am not a recipient. i happen to be calling in. i had -- i guess my question is, what is the eligibility to get on medicaid? i know of a friend who came down with cancer and he didn't have personal insurance, but he was above the level to get on it. and he eventually died without any treatment at all. so i am curious what are the entry levels that people need to be about to get this type of coverage. guest: yeah, it is complicated. medicaid has different eligibility levels depending on the categoryof -- of population we are talking about. for childre

many democrats in this congress actually joined in a lawsuit because we had requested from gao the lease agreement pertaining to the trump e oforation's leas government land, that being the post office where the trump hotel is in washington, d.c. in the past, that information was given to us. after the inauguration, it was denied. those are the kinds of things we will be looking at due to the emoluments clause and the need for elected officials and those in appointed positions not to beginning financially -- not to gain fromfinancial government operations. host: when it comes to the administration itself, are you the body that would look at tax returns? are with waysurns and means. i know there was discussion of waters, but the actual tax matters and subpoena of the presidents tax returns will go to ways and means. the oversight and government reform committee, which is often times where the select committees are formed from the willrs of that committee, be doing questioning, interrogation of actual officials of the administration and the operations that go from there. host: does issuing

to the private sector, gao reports and other studies show that they are not going to get the same level of care that they do if they are in the v.a. health care system. >> and an outside dr. uniquely sit and meet the needs of veterans? 60% of the care the v.a. provides is not related to military service, i think that it is safe to say that outside doctors can care for many of the common conditions like the flu or a broken arm. they can do it just as well as the v.a. ailments certain related to military service that the v.a. is better equipped to care for but there are services in the private sector that can care for these ailments as well. invitations, there are far more veterans receive care for amputations in the private sector than in the v.a. -- therehat overworked is an important point here. it by the judging amount of care received, president trump is -- under the obama administration proceeding that, the amount of care that has gone into the community has been increasing. the path the v.a. has been going down because they have been unable to create the capacity to care for the ne

many democrats in this congress joined ma lawsuit because we had requested from gao, the lease and lease agreements pertaining to the trump corporations, a lease of government land. that being the post office where the trump hotel is here in washington, d.c. in the past, that information had been given to us. after the inaug yrgses it was denied. those are the kinds of things we are going to be looking at due to the emoluments clause and the need for the elected officials and those in appointed positions not to be gaining financial gain from government operations. >> pedro: so as far as though technical matters when it comes to the trump hotels and things like that when it comes to the administration itself are you the body that will look at tax returns. >> stacey: tax returns are with ways and means. i know there's been discussion with maxine waters the chair of financial services, will be looking at banking, but tax matters and subpoenaing will belong to ways and means whose chair will be richie neil when we return in january. the oversight and government reform committee, which oftent

in 2016 the ranking member held a hearing with the government accountability office or gao, and usaid inspector general the oig on it report that gerry connolly and i had commissioned which found weaknesses in our humanitarian aid program in syria. gao found most of our implementing partners were not assessing the risk of fraud and recommended usaid and state strengthen their own fraud oversight programs as well as those of our partners. at the same time oig announced at its open 25 investigations of fraud aggregations. usaid and statement made improvement in the year since but we continue to hear about their version of us assistance in syria and most notably a recent incident in which according to oig one ngo employee knowingly diverted us aid funded food kits. two serious al qaeda affiliate. i will say that again because this is mind blowing. one ngo reported that they had seen knowingly diverted us aid funded food kits being given to serious al qaeda affiliates. yikes. while usa suspended this program and others and i'm so pathetic to the difficulty of the mission nobody is saying

the gao concluded that private shipyards was 24 less expensive from 2010 until 2017 for overhaul and los angeles class submarines. at that being your expense? >> that hasn't been my experience per se, but not taking on which is cheaper than the other one, every one of them will benefit the better planning and more advanced planning and having a strategy that everybody can plan to and execute versus right now that we have not provided the planning horizons which then drives up the cost on either side. >> i think that strategic change in direction will be welcomed to everybody of this committee because we are all concerned about the maintenance backlogs that have occurred which pose a danger to our national security as well is our fiscal health and i appreciate you providing any additional information. >> we are absolutely going to need the private yards as we look to extend some of the class once by rio -- reacquiring those. that will put additional pressure on the public yards in my intent is with this thirty- year ship repair plan, to get a head of these looming availabilities and r

commission looking at the executive branch overseeing itself, particularly at the opm, andssues of gao, how they control certain offices of the and general government. omb our feature speaker is robert source, the first ig for nsa. he was involved in the oversight , having served as senior counsel to the ig at the doj. he even served as prosecutor of the northern district of new york. you will be interviewed by the , with aellow at cato special focus on national security and intelligence surveillance, and prior to that, at arsan economist technica. we turn it over to you. >> thank you so much, for taking your precious time. by talking about your approach, i think the first signals when this happened, you might be doing something doingently -- b things differently from your predecessors, when you released a public version of what you have presented to congress, that i think was the first of it was done. somebody asked, how big is your office, and the response was, i have to make sure that that is a number i can divulge publicly, don't worry, it was something he metellus soon after, but

gaos. the best way to interpret the text is to align councils best interests with those of the absent class members. pagearantee versus roper, 39, this court called it an abuse in class members for not the primary beneficiaries of a class-action. reasonablee fair and for a court to endorse such a an abuse. an abuse,it such because frankly the class numbers will get nothing involved. here at least they get a indirect benefit. it -- indirect benefit is is at least less than nothing. it was at least feasible to distribute money to class members and said class counsel chose to agree to a settlement that directed that money elsewhere. >> how much would it come to each class member? claiming class member could have probably gotten between five and $10. the courts rejected in all site settlement. >> we're going to make this prettyhat laid out thoroughly the costs associated with first identifying class, second preparing the mailing, third executing the mailing, and then processing the claims that

. >> i have not had a chance to watch the gao hearing, but i've heard how impactful it is and plan go back and watch it. but i'm just wondering, since you have mentioned several times about how you were quite impacted by the hearing, if there's any concrete lessons or policy changes that you have thought of that came out of that hearing that you can share with us today. i'm very much looking forward to public comment and hearing those stories today. >> thank you, supervisor. i think what was the most compelling, when people are talk about how they're treated badly at work, whether it's a coworker or supervisor, and feel like they don't have anywhere to go with it, that nothing has happened, what i don't know is who did they tell? did that person not respond? only about 14 of the people who spoke, of the 64, had filed an eoo complaint. if they don't feel like their human resources can take it or be fair and follow-up, then we need to look at other options. i know mr. riffkin can speak about it, but they have a numbers person who has been deployed there, an experienced hr professional t

local shephard mr gao says the measures have improved quality they want short. ford all used to burn and stink everything was polluted and really burned stagg. closing the mines and factories however has sent shock waves through the local economy unemployment is high here the problem is common across china's coal heartland cities struggle to strike a balance between environmental concerns and keeping their economies afloat many here are critical of last winter's smog crackdown factories were forced to close whether they'd implemented pollution controls or not this year beijing has promised to be more business friendly gin chang however is unlikely to enjoy any leniency because of its past failures. shows you that many cities here in the region rank the lowest in the country when it comes to environmental law enforcement and information disclosure this means the ability to implement laws or regulate these in the street is very weak true father to. now the local economy is placing its hopes in gas rather than coal the area is rich in methane which can be used for

. >> if both gaos and italiano don't qualify, then they may have the wrong named plaintiff. if one of the name to plaintiff satisfies it -- >> but it has to be one of the named plaintiffs? >> it has to be one of the named plaintiffs. >> you are not challenging that. >> we are not challenging standing. we're not challenging the court's finding. nobody is challenging the court's finding under rule 23a that all class members have a common injury. the ninth circuit standard creates perverse incentives for class counsel to divert money away from the clients and to third parties. when courts have insisted that attorneys don't get paid unless the clients get paid, the attorneys find ways to improve the claims process and make money get to the class. >> i understand your fear, but as i look at the full cy pres awards, they are rare. the list that i have looked at is, what, five and how many years? it is not as if it is occurring routinely, nor one. number two, you do point to some potentially abusive situations. but in all the situations, it is the cases were the circuit court rejec

commission looking at executive branch overseeing itself looking ticket at the control agencies of gao, opium and hornby and how they control aspects of the federal government. i'm here ready to introduce our featured speaker at his interlocutors, sore feature speakers robert storch, first presidential pointed ig for nsa and prior to join nsa certainly involved in this oversight world having served at the oig of doj as senior counsel and deputy ag and chaired the whistleblower abuts been working with a bravely serve as prosecutor in with the district of new york. he will be interviewed by julian sanchez, she davila caters to issues of technology compresses civil liberties with a special focus on national security and intelligence surveillance. prior to that he was at economist and reason magazine. i can work you to speak with inspector general storch. >> thinks it much and thank you for taking some of your precious time to subject yourself to this. i want to start by talking about your approach, i think the first signal some of us had, you might be doing things typically from some of y

looking particularly at the control agencies of gao, opm, and omb and how they control aspects of the federal government. so i'm here early to introduce our featured speaker. it's robert storch. the first appointed ig for nsa. prior to nsa, was involved in the oversight and ig world. having served to the deputy ig and chair to the whistle blower ombudsman working group. and previously served as a prosecutor in new york. be interviewed by julian sanchez, senior fellow who studies issues on national security and intelligence surveillance. and prior to that he was -- so i turn it over to you, julian, to speak with the inspector general. >> thank you very much. thank you for taking some of your precious time to subject yourself to this grilling. i want to start by talking about your approach, i think the first signal some of us had that you might be doing things differently from some of your predecessors at nsa was when you released a public version of your semiannual report to congress. something that had not previously been public. though it was, i mean, i don't think there's anything a

gao noted that in august 2014 there had been a back log of about 190,000 background investigations. by september 2017 that number had grown to over 700,000. although that number is down to about 600,000 now. they claim to be making progress. similarly, the average time for security clearances ranges from over three months for a secret level clearance to almost seven months for top secret clearance s. perspective cia employees can wait for up to two years before they get their clearance. senator warren has introduced a bill which is seeking yet again to reform the security clearance process. so this is a good time for an overview of how the process works, what doesn't work and what can be done to fix it. we have an excellent panel to do that. i will just briefly give an introduction to them in alphabetical order. amy apostle is special council at the office of personnel management. she previously served in the department of defense office of general counsel. general connor is the vice president and sector counsel at northrop grumman innovation systems. she was the general counsel for

gaos and from the class action settlements about how they are distributed. this is an hour. >> the argument first this morning for case 7961 individually, and on behalf of others simply situated. mister frank. >> thank you mister chief justice and courts should interpret rule 23 with the interest of action class members and close view. the best way to interpret rule 23 text requiring settles be fair and reasonable, is to allow in class counsel interest with those in the absent class members. on page 339, the court called it an abuse when class members were not the primary beneficiary of a class-action. how can it be fair and reasonable for a court to endorse such an abuse. >> why is it an abuse because practically, the class members will get nothing at all, and here at least, they get a lease an indirect benefit. >> the indirect benefit is even less than nothing. it was feasible to distribute money to class members, and instead class counsel chose to agree to a settlement that directed the money elsewhere. >> how much would it come to? for each class member?

the bill would require the gao to study how virtual currencies like bitcoin and other online marketplace used financing of goods and how it's affiliated with any elicit activity. let me move on because i'm running out of time. i'm curious, dr. roubini. i also sit on energy and natural resource. we've had this conversation about the use of blackchain technology in the energy sector and how it's going to be a game changer for the energy sector. have you studied the use of this blockchain technology in any other sector other than the financial sector? have you looked at it in its use in the energy sector at all? >> well, i've not looked at it in the energy sector, but, of course, people talk about using it in the case of commodities. my point is that even if you use what is called blockchain technologies to do transactions, say, in oil and energy and commodities, you're never going to use a public, trustless, permissionless, peer-to-peer distributed system. it doesn't make any sense. so by using a private permission with trusted authorities, that's not a blockchain. it's a system where you

gaos and from the class action settlements about how they are distributed. this is an hour. >> the argument first this morning for case 7961 individually, and on behalf of others simply situated. mister frank. >> thank you mister chief justice and

i and some of my colleagues have written a letter to the gao to do an investigation. is going on with this process. why is it taking so long? how do we get it fixed? david: talk about constituents in pennsylvania. are they better off from president trump's trade policy, taking into account the revisions of nafta, the standoff with china, the imposition of tariffs -- are your constituents overall better off with this trade policy? sen. toomey: my constituents are better off because of the overall economic policy, which is dramatic tax reform, rolling back of excessive regulations. but the actual trade policy that has been implemented has mostly been increased tariffs. the new nafta has not gone into effect, but steel and aluminum tariffs have gone up, and the net effect has been negative. you are former people employed by -- there are far more people employed by and consumers of steel using industries than there are producers. it has helped producers, has raised the cost of steel and aluminum. that there are a lot more people who are adversely affected. david: thank yo

. >> pero este gaos gandules son especiales. >> ahora de todo lo que estÁs viendo en la mesa quÉ quieresmos de la cena hoy en el dÍa de acciÓn de gracias de gracias el pavo va a ser la cena, pero habrÁ otros platillos tradicionales en su paÍs de origen, vamos a ver cuales son las mÁs populares en algunos estados. (risas) en california, lo mÁs popular son los tamales, las californias se juntan para prepararlos juntos despidiendo de la cantidad, pueden tardar hasta 8 horas en hacerlos, los mÁs comunes son los mexicanos, rellenos de cerdo, de res, de pollo y para el postre con dulce de piÑa, en salsa verde, salsa roja o con crema. >> aquÍ en florida la reina del thanksgiving es la tarta mexicana que combina con todos los sabores que tendrÁn en su mesa con el pavo y ademÁs esta es una tradiciÓn de aquÍ de estados unidos. >> aquÍ en texas ademÁs del pavo frito en acciÓn de gracias no puede faltar el platillo mÁs importante la cacerola de jotes que ponen esto que queda delicioso. >> aquÍ en illinois lo que mÁs se come en acciÓn de gracias es el pavo estilo una mezcla de varias especies cada fa

looking at the executiven branch overseeing itself, looking particularly at the control agencies of gao, opm and omb and how they control aspects of of the federal government. i'm here to introduce our featured speaker and his interlocutor, robert storch, the first presidentially-appointed i.g. for nsa. and having served at the oig of doj as the senior counsel for the i.g. and deputy i.g. and chaired the sigi's whistleblower ombudsman working group. and he will be interviewed by julian sanchez, senior fellow at cato, who studies issues of technology, privacy and civil liberties with a special focus on national security and intelligence surveillance. and prior to that he was at the economist and reason magazine, so i turn it over to you, swriewl yanker to speak with -- turn it over to you, julian, to speak with inspector general storch. >> thank you so much. and thank you for suggesting yourself to this. [laughter] i want to start by talking about your approach, i think the first signal some of us have that you might be doing things differently from some of your predecessors at nsa was w

in july of 2016, the gao published yet another report examining the dangerous fragmentation of responsibility over our national security space programs, which is spread across more than 60 different federal departments and agencies. this lack of centralized leadership and accountability, we believe, poses a clear and present threat to our capacity to advance our national security in space. it undermines our combatant commanders' ability to do their jobs. it puts our war fighters ultimately at risk as they operated on battlefields around the world. the american people will never accept this kind of vulnerability, and neither will we. [ applause ] so as we will focus here today in this meeting of the national space council, i believe the time has come to stop studying the problem and start fixing it. the united states space wars, we believe, is central to the solution that america needs. in august, the defense department released a substantive report identifying concrete steps that our administration can take using existing authorities to implement the guidance of our commander in chief to begi

many democrats in this congress actually joined in a lawsuit because we had requested from gao the leasement pertaining to the trump e oforation's leas government land, that being the post office where the trump hotel is in washington, d.c. in the past, that information was given to us. after the inauguration, it was denied. those are the kinds of things we will be looking at due to the emoluments clause and the need for elected officials and those in appointed positions not to beginning financially -- not to gain fromfinancial government operations. host: when it comes to the administration itself, are you the body that would look at tax returns? are with waysurns and means. i know there was discussion of waters, but the actual tax matters and subpoena of the presidents tax returns will go to ways and means. the oversight and government reform committee, which is often times where the select committees are formed from the willrs of that committee, be doing questioning, interrogation of actual officials of the administration and the operations that go from there. host: does issuing subpo