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same the american right wing is responsible for most extremist violence in the us the government accountability office found seventy three percent of domestic attacks since nine eleven were carried out by right wing extremists university of maryland found islamic extremists killed fifty one people in that same period the far right one hundred thirty one and a historical anomaly appears to be occurring experts say that usually the right wing extremist groups increased during democratic administrations but declined under republican administrations that does not appear to be happening under donald trump if the people in power are using narratives about victimhood to justify their political platform and because they're in power that political platform has they've got then the bully pulpit they've got the megaphone and everybody's listening. in elected political leader can still magnify those narratives about victimhood of that identity group none the less the trumpet ministration has been attempting to make the main focus of law enforcement islamic extremism while cutting back funding to combat far right
same the american right wing is responsible for most extremist violence in the us the government accountability office found seventy three percent of domestic attacks since nine eleven were carried out by right wing extremists university of maryland found islamic extremists killed fifty one people in that same period the far right one hundred thirty one and a historical anomaly appears to be occurring experts say that usually the right wing extremist groups increased during democratic...
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here in the land of the free you bought it hook line and sinker speaking of sinkers the government accountability office is now discovered but tire generation. of u.s. weapons systems are open to hackers yes the intercept reports that the g.a.o. has found that despite numerous warnings even from the us national research council all the way back in the days of nine hundred ninety one are good friends of the pentagon have not made a serious effort to safeguard the bast pact work of software that controls planes ships missiles and other advanced ordinance against hackers and that mission critical cyber vulnerabilities cropped up routinely during weapons development and that test teams easily took over real systems without detection using relatively simple tools and techniques how simple us well according to the report multiple weapons systems used commercial or open sourced software and never got around they never got around to changing the software as default password after installing it into the weapons systems meaning meaning the general accountability office test teams could literally at look up the pa
here in the land of the free you bought it hook line and sinker speaking of sinkers the government accountability office is now discovered but tire generation. of u.s. weapons systems are open to hackers yes the intercept reports that the g.a.o. has found that despite numerous warnings even from the us national research council all the way back in the days of nine hundred ninety one are good friends of the pentagon have not made a serious effort to safeguard the bast pact work of software that...
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enforcement officials have increasingly focused on external sources of widens but the government accountability office has found that it's actually rightwing white extremism that has proven to be the greatest source of domestic terror attacks in the united states she now bhutanese reports. the mailing of pipe bombs to the democratic party establishment the killing of two african-americans at a supermarket in kentucky the murder of worshipers at a pittsburgh synagogue all of last week's attacks were committed by right wing extremists and that isn't a surprise given the statistics the have been several studies in recent years examining the source of extremist violence in the u.s. and their results differ depending on their methodology the conclusion is always the same the american right wing is responsible for most extremist violence in the us the government accountability office found seventy three percent of domestic attacks since nine eleven were carried out by right wing extremists university of maryland found islamic extremists killed fifty one people in that same period the far right one hundred t
enforcement officials have increasingly focused on external sources of widens but the government accountability office has found that it's actually rightwing white extremism that has proven to be the greatest source of domestic terror attacks in the united states she now bhutanese reports. the mailing of pipe bombs to the democratic party establishment the killing of two african-americans at a supermarket in kentucky the murder of worshipers at a pittsburgh synagogue all of last week's attacks...
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same the american right wing is responsible for most extremist violence in the us the government accountability office found seventy three percent of domestic attacks since nine eleven were carried out by right wing extremists university of maryland found islamic extremists killed fifty one people in that same period the far right one hundred thirty one and historical and normally appears to be occurring experts say that usually the right wing extremist groups increased during democratic administrations but declined under republican administrations that does not appear to be happening under donald trump if the people in power are using narratives about victimhood to justify their political platform and because they're in power that political platform has they've got them the bully pulpit they've got the megaphone and everybody's listening. in elected political leader can still magnify those narratives about victimhood of that identity group nonetheless the trumpet of the station has been attempting to make the main focus of the wind for islamic extremism well cutting back funding to combat far right e
same the american right wing is responsible for most extremist violence in the us the government accountability office found seventy three percent of domestic attacks since nine eleven were carried out by right wing extremists university of maryland found islamic extremists killed fifty one people in that same period the far right one hundred thirty one and historical and normally appears to be occurring experts say that usually the right wing extremist groups increased during democratic...
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provider of quality information i am mindful for the need to work with this committee, the government accountability office, office of inspector general and others. and principles and accountability. if confirmed my focus there is will include achieving results. i'm committed to providing leadership in fulfilling the bureau's mission has the constitutional and statutory responsibilities while mitigating risks. maintaining organizational and professional integrity protect pledge to support a federal statistical credibility among data users a quality projects services and boosting morale. that may provide a personal perspective on data collection. i volunteered for civilian service in iraq to help restore peace, rebuild a nation government and economy and establish rule of law. i duties include strategic planning and establishing a system of data collection for justice is done. which was a target of arming the backpack. while my final visit to that office, and iraqi female officials proudly presented there by recklessly publishing quite professional results. the response of government well as a thriving econ
provider of quality information i am mindful for the need to work with this committee, the government accountability office, office of inspector general and others. and principles and accountability. if confirmed my focus there is will include achieving results. i'm committed to providing leadership in fulfilling the bureau's mission has the constitutional and statutory responsibilities while mitigating risks. maintaining organizational and professional integrity protect pledge to support a...
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like that one of the reasons are saying is that christine champion is a director at the government accountability office actually said that it has to do with secrecy and that it has to do with with why we keep certain things possible. she told the interests that. a that the reason for the really bad cyber security was pretty much it was like a culture of security by obscurity meaning every one of the pentagon sort of felt like because this is classified secret no one knows about it so they can't hack it . the old well no one knows about it they will because that's just like well clearly people know about it because it's being built like literally like the kids on the pockets and the red ball sitting there and making sure we're safe where are these and i don't really believe but like oh so because it's top secret now and i was about and no one knows about that who would think to hack it like on one level i understand that logic but on the other end of the plate you but it's not exactly like it's mysteriously doesn't exist you have teams of people hundreds hundreds of people developing a new weapon or dev
like that one of the reasons are saying is that christine champion is a director at the government accountability office actually said that it has to do with secrecy and that it has to do with with why we keep certain things possible. she told the interests that. a that the reason for the really bad cyber security was pretty much it was like a culture of security by obscurity meaning every one of the pentagon sort of felt like because this is classified secret no one knows about it so they...
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both the government accountability office and the expert on this at harvard, malcolm sparrow, have said rock bottom, 10% of all health care expenditures are drained away by computerized billing fraud and abuse. that, this year, is $350 billion of which not $10 billion is recovered by litigation or law enforcement. medicare says that $60 billion is defrauded every year and they recover maybe $2 billion or $3 billion. why? because the department of health and human services doesn't have the attorneys or investigators. their budgets are not adequate, even though $1 of law enforcement can bring in $15 of recovery because congress won't give them the budget. congress is aiding and abetting in corporate crime. congress is also aiding and abetting in massive tax evasion and not just with tax loopholes or global tax savings that are permitted that jim henry talked about. they have cut the irs budget by 25% since 2011 and the irs has even more duties because of obamacare, et cetera, than ever before. and so the iris calmly says, we don't collect $400 billion a year, uncollected taxes, because we
both the government accountability office and the expert on this at harvard, malcolm sparrow, have said rock bottom, 10% of all health care expenditures are drained away by computerized billing fraud and abuse. that, this year, is $350 billion of which not $10 billion is recovered by litigation or law enforcement. medicare says that $60 billion is defrauded every year and they recover maybe $2 billion or $3 billion. why? because the department of health and human services doesn't have the...
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the us and they are much much less likely to see any kind of justice according to the government accountability office federal courts refused to prosecute up to sixty seven percent of sexual assault cases on reservations against native american women and it's when a sixteen study by the u.s. department of justice it was found that more than four in five american indian and alaskan native alaskan native women eighty four point three percent have experienced violence in their lifetime this includes fifty six point one percent who have experienced sexual violence and forty eight point eight percent who have experienced stalking however the most disturbing thing is that according to the same study ninety percent of native american women have experienced violence at the hands of a non tribal member and the only thing that has allowed victims of violence on reservations to get justice is the violence against women's act joining us today from portland oregon to discuss this topic is native writer and award winning journalist jacqueline keeler thank you so much for joining us today jacqueline. thank you for h
the us and they are much much less likely to see any kind of justice according to the government accountability office federal courts refused to prosecute up to sixty seven percent of sexual assault cases on reservations against native american women and it's when a sixteen study by the u.s. department of justice it was found that more than four in five american indian and alaskan native alaskan native women eighty four point three percent have experienced violence in their lifetime this...
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to the federal government accountability office just three years after discovering that a military laboratory had shipped live anthrax to pursue oldies around the world the department of defense still has not developed a plan to evaluate its biological security practices lovely because you know nothing like a little net neutrality with a dash of anthrax as we kick off today's edition of watching the whole x. . forty. three it looks like. it's. as if. you. like you know that i got. this. because. of the watch the hawks i am tyrone for in times have the law listen joining us from new york to discuss net neutrality anthrax and maurice conservative commentator steve malzberg welcome see you hi guys pleasure to be here is always steve always fun i got to throw this out to steve and i got to ask you not taking anything away from the fight of for net neutrality it's been a long time fight but why has our government wasting time suing california when they have yet to reevaluating our biological security procedures you know which clearly failed back to twenty fifteen when the government sent i think o
to the federal government accountability office just three years after discovering that a military laboratory had shipped live anthrax to pursue oldies around the world the department of defense still has not developed a plan to evaluate its biological security practices lovely because you know nothing like a little net neutrality with a dash of anthrax as we kick off today's edition of watching the whole x. . forty. three it looks like. it's. as if. you. like you know that i got. this....
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not on your comfort so much as how quickly passengers can evacuate the plane and the government accountability office will look into lavatories literally are there enough of them and are they big enough and there's support for what's called essential air service meaning airports with fewer than ten thousand in plane minutes per year in rural america not included in the reauthorization restrictions on fees which airlines other than southwest charge for baggage or reservation changes an increase in the three point three billion a year in airport improvement funding and you won't be paying airport fees higher than the present for fifty per ticket and air traffic control won't be privatized what else is up up there let's ask andrew appel bomb staff attorney of players rights org the largest nonprofit airline consumer organization and surely oka from travelers united or which advocates for all of us getting from here to there are however we go welcome i'm glad to be here thank you for having me andrew on the surface this seems like a step forward for the consumer but what if things stay the same i remembe
not on your comfort so much as how quickly passengers can evacuate the plane and the government accountability office will look into lavatories literally are there enough of them and are they big enough and there's support for what's called essential air service meaning airports with fewer than ten thousand in plane minutes per year in rural america not included in the reauthorization restrictions on fees which airlines other than southwest charge for baggage or reservation changes an increase...
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according to the government accountability office far right violent extremists were responsible for 106 killings in the united states. a logical person would say these are serious problems. they are probably not entirely unrelated in terms of the kinds of people that get drawn into them. >> we look at domestic extremism as different. i remember i was being briefed on it. they tried to make it about -- >> right. >> i said what is the group going to go up and talk to some of the white supremacists. >> right. >> and everybody looked at me like i was crazy. one, they have guns, weapon sized and capable. >> right. >> the other part is they vote. they often times overlap. every time we want to designate we can designate and it gives a mandate for investigations. we don't have a central note. we don't have a group we are designating. it makes it harder to one off people that are loosely following and inspired by an idealology. >> and to the topic of nondomestic terrorists, you know, one of the things that programs do is allow information to get out to communities, maybe even to parents, ways t
according to the government accountability office far right violent extremists were responsible for 106 killings in the united states. a logical person would say these are serious problems. they are probably not entirely unrelated in terms of the kinds of people that get drawn into them. >> we look at domestic extremism as different. i remember i was being briefed on it. they tried to make it about -- >> right. >> i said what is the group going to go up and talk to some of the...
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say about that >> well, i did talk to him about that, morgan as a matter of fact, the government accountability office about three weeks left to deal with the protest that oracle put up. oracle saying hey, this is a $10 billion ten year cloud contract. department of defense said they want to award to a single company. they're not comfortable with that in part because there's a feeling in technology that perhaps amazon has positioned itself better than others because of work with the cia to capture some of that oracle saying they want a chance, given their deep government involvement to have a shot at a piece of that. i tried to push mark hurd on the fact that oracle is arguing that oracle's hardware works better with oracle software would oracle still have a problem with all of the contract going to one company if it went to oracle. he didn't quite bite on that one either, given what larry ellison said i think all of the other companies in technology looking to get involved with this big contract that's going to be a case study for somebody in the cloud security they love to talk about government cont
say about that >> well, i did talk to him about that, morgan as a matter of fact, the government accountability office about three weeks left to deal with the protest that oracle put up. oracle saying hey, this is a $10 billion ten year cloud contract. department of defense said they want to award to a single company. they're not comfortable with that in part because there's a feeling in technology that perhaps amazon has positioned itself better than others because of work with the cia...
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taxpayers should we be worried about construction costs which are still unknown, but the government accountability office says we will be billions more than the president stated? you are not in favor? if you are elected, how will you work with a campaign promise? >> the reality is the cost will be huge. a minimum of $25 billion is the price code -- quoted by the president. it could go up to $75 billion. those are funds we could use for priorities at home like improving infrastructure which would create jobs and help people in south-central pennsylvania. will help contractors like enough to get those lucrative contracts, but static structures like a wall or not the most effective way to prevent illegal immigration. we have all kinds of different technological means which can and should be employed along the border. we need to continue to support those who are working on border security. they have an incredibly difficult mission and i want to make sure they are supported and funded and have the training and resources they need. jenelle: how are we going to pay for? mr. perry: cost is important. we would ho
taxpayers should we be worried about construction costs which are still unknown, but the government accountability office says we will be billions more than the president stated? you are not in favor? if you are elected, how will you work with a campaign promise? >> the reality is the cost will be huge. a minimum of $25 billion is the price code -- quoted by the president. it could go up to $75 billion. those are funds we could use for priorities at home like improving infrastructure...
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earlier this month with witnesses from amtrak, the federal railroad administration, the government accountability office and new jersey transit. >> [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. we convened today sent at a critical time for positive train control or ptc implementation. we are approximately three months away from the december 31, 2018, statutory deadline for implementation, and recent reports suggest that some railroads may not meet their legal obligations by the end of the year. specifically, according to the federal railroad administration's most recent quarterly progress report, nine commuter railroads were at risk of not meeting the minimum statutory criteria required to qualify for an extension by the end of the year. the positive train control enforcement and implementation act, passed by congress and signed into law by president obama in october 2015, extended the original deadline of december 31, 2015, amid reports that no railroad could meet the deadline and many railroads were contemplating halting passenger rail service or shipments of essential supplies for agricultural productio
earlier this month with witnesses from amtrak, the federal railroad administration, the government accountability office and new jersey transit. >> [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. we convened today sent at a critical time for positive train control or ptc implementation. we are approximately three months away from the december 31, 2018, statutory deadline for implementation, and recent reports suggest that some railroads may not meet their legal obligations by the end of...
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i am mindful for the need to work with this committee, the government accountability office, the office of inspector general, and others. i will support a workforce committed to mission, principles and accountability. if confirmed, my focus areas will include one achieving result. i've committed to providing leadership, and fulfilling the bure bureau's mission, and performing its constitutional and statutory responsibilities while mitigating risk. maintaining organizational and professional integrity. i pledge to support a statistical agency and culture. grounded in relevance, policy issues, credibility among data users, trust among data providers and independence from improper influences. three, fostering workforce excellence. i will lead efforts to support an engaged and diverse workforce that provides quality products and services. and is recognized for performance. let me provide a personal perspective on data collection. a decade ago i volunteered for service in iraq, to help restore peace and establish rule of law. my duties include strategic planning and establishing a system of
i am mindful for the need to work with this committee, the government accountability office, the office of inspector general, and others. i will support a workforce committed to mission, principles and accountability. if confirmed, my focus areas will include one achieving result. i've committed to providing leadership, and fulfilling the bure bureau's mission, and performing its constitutional and statutory responsibilities while mitigating risk. maintaining organizational and professional...
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the process committing foreign investment in the united states, the government accounting office wentthrough a study about two months ago and we have a little more strength behind the process in terms of where they are allowed to make investments so, there is risk in that there is a risk of doing business with some of these companies that is definitely something that is of grave concern to me. from a cyber standpoint of intellectual property, you do business with these companies and this is my testimony from march. to give an example let's say i have a contract for the industrial control system dia, so i do the contract with jim and jim as an american company, jim has a subcontract with jake that is an american company. then jake does the subcontract for industrial controls but does it with josh's company who happens to be getting their software or some piece of it from the labs. the contract is written in such a way that it precludes me knowing that so that is a concern when i come into dia, my bigger concern may not necessarily be what is taking place on the battle space if i can't
the process committing foreign investment in the united states, the government accounting office wentthrough a study about two months ago and we have a little more strength behind the process in terms of where they are allowed to make investments so, there is risk in that there is a risk of doing business with some of these companies that is definitely something that is of grave concern to me. from a cyber standpoint of intellectual property, you do business with these companies and this is my...
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to damage in wildfires and it could meern the report -- mean the report done by the government accountability office that climate change is costing over $620 billion every year, that those will continue to be ignored. we want a supreme court who is going to follow the law and basically abide by what congress has said and uphold that and that is what the court has said as well. judge kavanaugh, though, said he didn't think the e.p.a. had the authority to regulate air pollution across states. the u.s. supreme court reversed his decision and opinion in a 6-2 decision they concluded that judge kavanaugh had improperly applied his own policy junlts rather than the -- judgments rather than the plain text of the statute written by congress. that is what the supreme court said in reversing him. so i'll say it again. the united states supreme court said judge kavanaugh used his own policy judgments rather than the way the law was written by congress. so yes, i have concern that his views are not in the mainstream of america and of judicial philosophy when it comes to protecting our environment. in another ca
to damage in wildfires and it could meern the report -- mean the report done by the government accountability office that climate change is costing over $620 billion every year, that those will continue to be ignored. we want a supreme court who is going to follow the law and basically abide by what congress has said and uphold that and that is what the court has said as well. judge kavanaugh, though, said he didn't think the e.p.a. had the authority to regulate air pollution across states. the...
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earlier this year the government accountability office says that the agency had made the most progress of any agency when it came to managing information technology. this is the critical task for every federal agency at a time when data theft is rampant. more vulnerabilities and opportunities for cyber crimes crop up every day. americans have made it clear that privacy is paramount and social security cannot fall short when it comes to protecting personal information. on a positive note the agency's disability case processing system has received a positive review from the employees that use the system each day to help people. but to paraphrase president lincoln and senator brown who tells us this often at these hearings, a bath of public opinion is needed to verify it is leading to better service and less waiting. finally, if confirmed, mr. saul will be the first confirmed head of social security since 2013. it's unfortunate there's been a delay and that delay has take an real toll. without a confirmed leader the agency cannot create and execute a long-term vision of how to improve the
earlier this year the government accountability office says that the agency had made the most progress of any agency when it came to managing information technology. this is the critical task for every federal agency at a time when data theft is rampant. more vulnerabilities and opportunities for cyber crimes crop up every day. americans have made it clear that privacy is paramount and social security cannot fall short when it comes to protecting personal information. on a positive note the...
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john pendleton, the director of defense capabilities and management for the government accountability office, i want to welcome our witnesses. it has been almost six months since this committee received testimony from the air force on its current posture and support of the fy-19 budget. i mention that because in the last six months a lot has happened. the nada has been passed with an estimated $16 billion in authorized funding. it didn't get a lot of press, but 87 u.s. senators voted for that bill. very, very bipartisan effort to rebuild our military. the same amount has also been appropriated. the air force has now released it's the air force we need plan. i want to thank the secretary for laying that out with the need to ramp up, madam secretary, to 386 squadrons as well as conduct internal operation and safety review. and the gao has released a number of new reports citing the need for instances of needed change inside the u.s. air force. so there is plenty to talk about today and i want to thank all of my colleagues for being here. with the announcement earlier this year of a document th
john pendleton, the director of defense capabilities and management for the government accountability office, i want to welcome our witnesses. it has been almost six months since this committee received testimony from the air force on its current posture and support of the fy-19 budget. i mention that because in the last six months a lot has happened. the nada has been passed with an estimated $16 billion in authorized funding. it didn't get a lot of press, but 87 u.s. senators voted for that...
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committee heard from officials from amtrak, the federal railroad administration, the government accountability office and new jersey transit. this is just under two hours. >>> good morning, we can been hearing at a critical time for positive train control or ptc implementation. we are three months away from the december 31, 2018 implementation, the deadline for implementation, the report suggests some may not need -- meet by the end of the year. by the the quarterly progress report, nine commuter railroads were at risk of not meeting the minimum statutory criteria required to qualify for an extension by the end of the year. the positive train control enforcement and implementation asked and was signed into law in 2015 was extended from 2015 amid reports that no railroad could meet the deadline and many are halting passenger rail service or shipments of essential supplies for agricultural protection. this committee on a bipartisan basis took action to avert shutdown and set realistic implementation. the law now requires railroads to implement ptc by december 21 2019 but they can apply for an extension
committee heard from officials from amtrak, the federal railroad administration, the government accountability office and new jersey transit. this is just under two hours. >>> good morning, we can been hearing at a critical time for positive train control or ptc implementation. we are three months away from the december 31, 2018 implementation, the deadline for implementation, the report suggests some may not need -- meet by the end of the year. by the the quarterly progress report,...
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we're about three weeks out from the government accountability office's final decision on how that'sng to work out how do you feel about that and given larry ellison's message about how tightly integrated and secure oracle's next generation cloud is, doesn't that support the idea that if they were to pick oracle as a single source that would be a good idea? >> that's great. that was about eight questions at one time. >> i like to do that. >> terms in the first question, how do i feel? it's not important how i feel about it we look at the facts we want them to mac a fair decision, consider all the possibilities and open this up to fair competition. the context of dod is a huge customer of oracles. from an application perspective, most of the services runs on oracle applications and run on the oracle database. so for us, just making sure that this san open, fully thought through. it's very important. it's a lot of money that the taxpayers are paying and we think it should be open and fair. >> finally when you look at this open market, for a big company like oracle with a lot of resourc
we're about three weeks out from the government accountability office's final decision on how that'sng to work out how do you feel about that and given larry ellison's message about how tightly integrated and secure oracle's next generation cloud is, doesn't that support the idea that if they were to pick oracle as a single source that would be a good idea? >> that's great. that was about eight questions at one time. >> i like to do that. >> terms in the first question, how do...
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witnesses include officials from amtrak, the federal railroad administration, the government accountability office, and new jersey transit. this is just under two hours. >>> good morning. we convene today's hearing at a crit carbon monoxidecal time for positive train control or ptc kblmt implementation. we are approximately three months away from the december 3 isth stater to deadline for implementation. according to the federal railroad administration most recently quarterly progress report nine commuter railroads were at risk of not meeting the criteria to qualify for an extension by the end of the year. the act passed by congress and signed into law by president obama in october of 2015 extented the original deadline of december 31st, 2015 amid reports that no railroad could meet the deadline and many were contemplating halting service or shipments for essential supplies. this committee on a bipartisan basis took action to avert a rail shutdown and set a realistic framework for implementation. the law now requires railroads to im implement ptc by december 31st, 2018 but allows a railroad to app
witnesses include officials from amtrak, the federal railroad administration, the government accountability office, and new jersey transit. this is just under two hours. >>> good morning. we convene today's hearing at a crit carbon monoxidecal time for positive train control or ptc kblmt implementation. we are approximately three months away from the december 3 isth stater to deadline for implementation. according to the federal railroad administration most recently quarterly progress...
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susan fleming, critical infrastructure the government accountability office. mr. kevin transport from executive director of new jersey transit and mr. scot naparstek, naparstek and executive vice president and chief operating officer of amtrak. we appreciate you being here. we look forward to hearing what you have to say into interacting with you during question and answers about ask you to confine or oral statements to as close to five minutes as possible and will make sure that your entire statements are included in the permanent hearing record. ms. batory, welcome, please proceed. >> good morning, everyone. chairman thune, ranking member nelson, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today to discuss positive train control ptc systems. secretary and myself has made railroad implementation and fra's top pl priority. all girls are making progress, fra expects most railroads will need to request an alternative schedule to complete testing commenting system certification, act debate all required miles in my interoperability requirements.
susan fleming, critical infrastructure the government accountability office. mr. kevin transport from executive director of new jersey transit and mr. scot naparstek, naparstek and executive vice president and chief operating officer of amtrak. we appreciate you being here. we look forward to hearing what you have to say into interacting with you during question and answers about ask you to confine or oral statements to as close to five minutes as possible and will make sure that your entire...
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batore will lead off followed by susan fleming director of physical infrastructure at the government accountability office. mr. corebet, director of new jersey transit. mr. scott naparstick, executive vice president chief operating officer of amtrack. we appreciate you being here and look forward to what you have to say and to interacting with you during questions and answers and ask if you can confine your oral statements to as close to five minutes as possible and make sure your entire statements are included in the permanent hearing record. mr. batory, welcome, please proceed. >> good morning, everyone. chairman thune, ranking member nelson, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today to discuss positive train control, ptc systems. secretary cha and myself have made railroads' implementtation fra's top priority. while railroads are making progress, fra believes they will need to request an alternative schedule to complete testing, obtain system certification, activate ptc on all required route miles, and meet interoperability requirements. since april 2016, fra has tracked
batore will lead off followed by susan fleming director of physical infrastructure at the government accountability office. mr. corebet, director of new jersey transit. mr. scott naparstick, executive vice president chief operating officer of amtrack. we appreciate you being here and look forward to what you have to say and to interacting with you during questions and answers and ask if you can confine your oral statements to as close to five minutes as possible and make sure your entire...
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say it will increase, but it was down this year according to the statistics from the government accountability officecaller: we're going to have to agree to disagree. host: what is your source? caller: i'm looking at the government website, the white house dot gov website. you can say that trump is going to lie through his teeth, but he gets these numbers -- he can't produce these numbers out of thin air. he gets these numbers from the accounting agency. host: you even heard from the senate republican leader that the debt is going up and he called it very disturbing. but thank you for the call. i think absolutely, the long-term drivers are the spending programs. i support the tax cut, good for economic growth. that i think there's a tension between having tax rates be where i would prefer they be at republicans would prefer they be, and continue to have the spending that we have. we don't seem to be in a good position to get from point a to .oint b we don't have a political constituency big enough to reduce those spending commitments. i think it was somewhat easier, even though we didn't initially se
say it will increase, but it was down this year according to the statistics from the government accountability officecaller: we're going to have to agree to disagree. host: what is your source? caller: i'm looking at the government website, the white house dot gov website. you can say that trump is going to lie through his teeth, but he gets these numbers -- he can't produce these numbers out of thin air. he gets these numbers from the accounting agency. host: you even heard from the senate...
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the honorable ronald batory, followed by susan fleming at the government account ability office, mr. kevin corbett, and executive vice president and coo of amtrak. we look forward to what you have to say. we would ask you if you can to confine your oral statements to as close to five minutes as possible and we will make sure your final statements are included in the records. so, mr. batory, please proceed. mr. batory: good morning everyone. chairman thune, breaking members, thank you for the opportunity to testify today to discuss positive train control, ptc systems. we have made railroad implementation fra's top priority. while railroads of making progress, we suspect most railroads will need to request an alternative schedule to complete testing, obtain system certification, activate ptc on all required route miles, and meet interoperability requirements. since april, 2016 fra has selfed individual implementation on a quarterly basis. based on the most recent reports , ptc systems are in operation on 66% of the freight railroads required route miles. passenger realm -- passenger ra
the honorable ronald batory, followed by susan fleming at the government account ability office, mr. kevin corbett, and executive vice president and coo of amtrak. we look forward to what you have to say. we would ask you if you can to confine your oral statements to as close to five minutes as possible and we will make sure your final statements are included in the records. so, mr. batory, please proceed. mr. batory: good morning everyone. chairman thune, breaking members, thank you for the...
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were just baltimore flooded the streets to demand accountability and when the federal government launched a civil rights investigation and the officers who arrested gray were charged with crimes it looked like some accountability might come. but at the same time another police scandal was brewing. during the chaos of the protest a police officer named wayne jenkins was actively running a drug operation he took prescription drugs that were stolen from looted pharmacies and resold them on the black market but that's not only was doing just. plain jenkins was a sergeant in charge of a powerful unit of plainclothes detectives their job was to take fire arms off the street but this f.b.i. evidence revealed that the officers operated as a gang within the police department profiling residents breaking into homes stealing cash trafficking drugs and looting the city of overtime pay what did they do. what did they do. it was. surrounding don't bad things to people. in two thousand and seventeen eight officers were arrested in one of the worst american police scandals in a generation faultlines returned to baltimore in the midst of that scandal
were just baltimore flooded the streets to demand accountability and when the federal government launched a civil rights investigation and the officers who arrested gray were charged with crimes it looked like some accountability might come. but at the same time another police scandal was brewing. during the chaos of the protest a police officer named wayne jenkins was actively running a drug operation he took prescription drugs that were stolen from looted pharmacies and resold them on the...
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going against baltimore flooded the streets to demand accountability and when the federal government launched a civil rights investigation and the officerswho arrested gray were charged with crimes it looked like some accountability might come. but at the same time another police scandal was brewing. during the chaos of the protest a police officer named wayne jenkins was actively running a drug operation he took prescription drugs that were stolen from looted pharmacies and resold them on the black market but that's not only was doing. them plain jenkins was a sergeant in charge of a powerful unit of plainclothes detectives their job was to take firearms off the street but this f.b.i. evidence revealed that the officers operated as a gang within the police department profiling residents breaking into homes stealing cash trafficking drugs and looting the city of overtime pay what did they do and. what did they do. it was crooked cops around it don't bad things the people. in two thousand and seventeen eight officers were arrested in one of the worst american police scandals in a generation faultlines returned to baltimore in the midst of
going against baltimore flooded the streets to demand accountability and when the federal government launched a civil rights investigation and the officerswho arrested gray were charged with crimes it looked like some accountability might come. but at the same time another police scandal was brewing. during the chaos of the protest a police officer named wayne jenkins was actively running a drug operation he took prescription drugs that were stolen from looted pharmacies and resold them on the...
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were just baltimore flooded the streets to demand accountability and when the federal government launched a civil rights investigation and the officers who arrested gray were charged with crimes it looked like some accountability might cop. but at the same time another police scandal was brewing.
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government that is accountable to the people. i am convinced when we win on november 6 and a new congress takes office in january, we are going to have more accountability that donald trump can handle. [applause] now i want to come here tonight to say two things. first of all, gracias, thank you, because we are 13 days away from a historic midterm election . we are 13 days away from the opportunity for all of the folks who, over the last 18 months, have marched, have protested, have raised their voice against the excesses of this administration, said we are going down the path. 13 days until we can express at the ballot box what we have been feeling, until we can express the right path for this country. i know that, and all of these candidates can vouch, i am sure some of the folks around this room have been the ones who have been the backbone of our democratic efforts. you are the ones making phone envelopes,ing talking to friends about the candidates, getting people involved. so thank you for that. also that youes have been added for so many years -- at it, i imagine we have people here 20 years, 30 40.s, some folks are like k
government that is accountable to the people. i am convinced when we win on november 6 and a new congress takes office in january, we are going to have more accountability that donald trump can handle. [applause] now i want to come here tonight to say two things. first of all, gracias, thank you, because we are 13 days away from a historic midterm election . we are 13 days away from the opportunity for all of the folks who, over the last 18 months, have marched, have protested, have raised...
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ceo said they found 1,000 questionable russian accounts but facebook's recently departed security officer alex stamos says winning will require more government operation. >> the united states could do better. the issue is we have organized foreign groups whose entire desire is to mess with the election. >> reporter: an uphill battle to protect your vote online and off. jo ling kent, menlo park, california. >>> substance abuse and particularly opioid abuse has touched people in every corner of this country, we know that, but tonight we want to focus on the orthodox jewish community where historically the stigma around talking about substance abuse kept people from getting help. as part of our series one nation overdosed we looked at how that's now changing. >> it's a busy morning from this rabbi and his wife aviva. >> did you get your scissor? >> getting their four kids ready for school. >> what time is school today? >> i've had parents come to me at certain times say your kid came in class talking about someone who overdosed. >> reporter: that's because he isn't just a rabbi and a dad. >> have a great day, everybody. >> reporter: he's the gu
ceo said they found 1,000 questionable russian accounts but facebook's recently departed security officer alex stamos says winning will require more government operation. >> the united states could do better. the issue is we have organized foreign groups whose entire desire is to mess with the election. >> reporter: an uphill battle to protect your vote online and off. jo ling kent, menlo park, california. >>> substance abuse and particularly opioid abuse has touched people...
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least 1,000 questionable russian accounts in the last month alone, but facebook's recently departed chief security officer, alex stamos, says winning will require more government cooperation. >> the united states could do better. the real issues that we have organized, foreign groups whose entire desire is to mess with the election. >> reporter: an uphill battle to protect your vote online and off. jo ling kent, nbc news, menlo park, california. >>> it was a terrible scene in northern taiwan sunday afternoon after a high-speed passenger train derailed, killing 18 people and injuring more than 170. here's nbc's lucy kafanov with the latest. >> reporter: the tangled aftermath of a deadly train wreck in northern taiwan. this aerial footage revealing the scale of the disaster, a zigzag of overturned cars and twisted metal. rescue teams used flashlights to scour the wreck for survivors. a government spokesman said some of the victims were crushed to death. the injured were rushed to nearby hospitals as desperate families checked whiteboards for updates. it was carrying more than 360 passengers from a suburb in taipei towards a city on the east coast when it suddenl
least 1,000 questionable russian accounts in the last month alone, but facebook's recently departed chief security officer, alex stamos, says winning will require more government cooperation. >> the united states could do better. the real issues that we have organized, foreign groups whose entire desire is to mess with the election. >> reporter: an uphill battle to protect your vote online and off. jo ling kent, nbc news, menlo park, california. >>> it was a terrible scene...
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accountability at all levels of government. i think israel should have been removed from office and there needs to be change in broward and the fbi as a result of this failure. >> whoever wins the governorship on november 6 lap to work with the federal government and trump. congressman desantis, you featured your children in your campaign ad which you encourage them to build the wall out of put blocks and read a story about the president saying you are fired. do you think president trump is a good role model? mr. desantis: my wife and i were poking fun at ourselves because of the way the campaign is going. article.read the here is what i know. i was very passionate about moving our american an embassy to jerusalem. andrew opposed that. every president for 25 years has promised that on the campaign trail. once in office, they did not do it. donald trump promised and follow through with it. give your word and you follow through with it as an elected official, that was the model he should do. he was right to move the embassy to jerusalem. i was therefore an historic event. andrew did not support that and does not think that's right.
accountability at all levels of government. i think israel should have been removed from office and there needs to be change in broward and the fbi as a result of this failure. >> whoever wins the governorship on november 6 lap to work with the federal government and trump. congressman desantis, you featured your children in your campaign ad which you encourage them to build the wall out of put blocks and read a story about the president saying you are fired. do you think president trump...
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accountability at all levels of government. i think israel should have been removed from office by the governor, and i think there needs to be changeboth broward and in the fbi as a result of this failure. >> whoever wins the governorship on november 6 will have to work with the federal government and with president trump. congressman desantis, you featured your children in a campaign ad in which you were encouraging them to, quote, build a wall out of toy blocks and reading a children's story about the president saying you're fired. do you think president trump is a good role model for the children of florida? >> gentlemanic, my wife and i were poking a little fun at ourselves because of the way the campaign was going and i'm proud of my family though. i don't actually read "the art of the deal" to my son mason, smiles at anything but that's not necessarily his church tea. here's what i know. you know, i was very passionate about moving our american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. andrew opposed that, a couple months said it was a mistake and said we shouldn't recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. every president for 25 yea
accountability at all levels of government. i think israel should have been removed from office by the governor, and i think there needs to be changeboth broward and in the fbi as a result of this failure. >> whoever wins the governorship on november 6 will have to work with the federal government and with president trump. congressman desantis, you featured your children in a campaign ad in which you were encouraging them to, quote, build a wall out of toy blocks and reading a children's...