. >> will you give the states and local municipalitys or grantee the ability to comment or challenge or appeal their risk assessment in the event that they feel that there were things left out or things that were not considered in their risk assessment? >> i think our relationship with our grantees is such and it's been on going that there's an exchange all the time, even as potential grant es are preparing their applications. >> and this one is probably a bit out of the realm of this la hearing, i'm getting from my mayors, from my governor, our disaster loan issue that we have in louisiana, which the vice president of the united states came down to louisiana to did st. bernard center to say that those lones would be forgiven for those plmunicipality, but my of the municipalitys and school boards are not getting loan relief, i don't know if you kkn it but can you advocate on our behalf that the commitment was made and people made decisions based on it and it would be the right thing to do to live up to the commitment to waive the repayment of those disaster loans? >> i'll take a look

>> i think our relationship with our grantees is such and it's been ongoing that there's such an exchange even as they are preparing such abl indications. >> in -- this one is a little bit outside of the realm of this particular hearing but since we've departed from it already, i might as well do it also. i'm getting from my mayors, from my governor, from my school boards, from everyone, a disaster loan issue that we have in louisiana which the vice president of the united states came down to louisiana to say that the disaster loans would be forgiven for those municipalities and many of the school boards and many of the agencies and i don't know if you know about it or comment about it, can you at least advocate on our behalf that the commitment was made, people made decisions based on it, and it would be the right thing to do and come up with a way to repay the disaster loans? >> i'll take a look at that. yes, sir. >> mr. chairman, i would yield back. >> chairman yields back and now recognize the gentleman from texas for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, madam secretary.

i think everyone can agree that if you have a grantee where there's this type of controversy surrounding it, komen was doing its level-best to move to neutral ground, and i will say i was asked to look at options for doing that, some alternatives to do that. i was asked to do that. i looked at it and i did. >> it wasn't your idea, however, you're saying? >> i'm saying that this is long an issue for komen dealing with the controversies of planned parenthood. >> before you got there? >> notice that karen handel in effect refused to answer the question. was defunding planned parenthood your idea? the reason she can't answer that question honestly is she at least for now appears to be keeping her story straight with nancy brinker, the founder and ceo of the komen foundation who the day before the komen foundation reversed its decision had this exchange with our own andrea mitchell. >> why hire a key staff person who is so strongly, fiercely identified against planned parenthood, one of our grantees? >> let me just for the record tell you karen did not have anything to do with this decision.

a key staff person who is so strongly fiercely identified against planned parenthood one of your grantees? >> well, let me just, for the record, telling, karen did not have anything to do with this decision. >> that's right. you heard correctly. that was the head of the komen foundation saying that her vice president for policy had nothing to do with policy. the only way for the komen foundation to save its sinking ship is to start telling the truth when faced with questions like this. >> can you tell us, karen, you know, when susan g. komen reversed its decision last week, they were kind of vague about the reasons. what happened? why did they reverse themselves? >> look, i think you can just see the pressure that was mounting around and, you know, i'm going to always be a professional. i'm not going to go into those details. i think you can ask komen that. >> okay, komen. it's on you. tell us the truth about how you made this decision in the first place and exactly what role karen handel played in that decision, the decision to defund planned parenthood. then tell us the truth about how

some of our past grantees and also the next crop of practitioners and local civic leaders who are really looking to change their home communities by looking abroad or looking to other cities to see what other cities are doing well and how that might be imported back home or translated back home. so the comparative dom particular policy program works primarily in the 25 cities that doug mentioned, but not exclusively in those cities. we really are looking for some of the best practices in education and workforce development, in integration of diverse populations and affordability and quality of life issues in cities and regions and also -- and sustainability, in which encompasses a broad range of things. it's primarily environmental sustainability. the overarching theme which i think is particularly pertinent here in the bay area is regional governance and cooperation where we try to emphasize move each of our cities that they really need to figure out in their broader economic region, not just within their city limits. so how do you coordinate with the communities around you to advance s

support of office, including the web site, which is becoming a major tool for interaction with prop k grantees. the finance administration section deals with budget development, accounting, contract procurement and the needs of the agency, and this year all of the capital financing. you heard earlier about the cp program. we're looking at the issues of long-term debt to support the capital program, and that will keep cynthia quite busy as well. that is a very brief bird's-eye view of the activities that are involved in this year's budget. i would be happy to answer any questions. this is an information item this time. >>commissioner chiu: this is the prof and sa preliminary look ate budget, but when you anticipate to come back before us? >> hopefully next month. i also wanted to take a minute to point out to your question on the cost of the line of credit and so on. that is actually included in the budget discussion. 2.5 million now. we're hoping to reduce that radically with the new line of credit. probably to half. close to that anyway. commissioner wiener: any additional questions or commen

planned parenthood is audited like no other federal grantee in the entire country.esswoman, and we invited komen to come on tonight, a representative, and they declined. there's been this real war on women by the right wing. is this but another example and another casualty of this war on women and war on women's right to choose and to decide what to do with their lives and their bodies. >> i hate using the term war on women because, you know, women are strong. we're capable. we're able to take care of ourselves. but we're not going to allow for the diminution of rights and benefits to women and poor women and young women and women without health insurance who are unemployed should not become the target of this kind of action. >> now people ought to know planned parenthood, what it actually does, 97% of its services includes cancer screenings, birth control, std treatments, sexual health education, et cetera. it's not just about the abortion question. and i think that to have their funding at risk on a -- what appears to be a political announcement more than a real i

spokesperson said while it is regretable when changes in appreciates and policy as effect any of our grantees, we must continue to evolve to best meet the needs of the women we serve and most fully advance our mission. planned parenthood of metropolitan washington saphenous money from komen, but many planned parenthood centers, smaller ones, across the country do. in fact, many of them depend on that money for breast cancer screening and treatment for women who can't a for it. peggy fox, 9 news now. afford it. peggy fox, 9 news now. >> planned parenthood said since the news broke it has pulled in close to a half million dollars for donations for its just launched breast health emergency fund. we need to tell you wusa9 has been a sponsor for komen's race for the cure several years. that relationship has since ended. >>> today in annapolis it was a family touched by tragedy versus the motor vehicle administration. the question, how often is often enough to test older drivers for competency behind the wheel. nathan cransopler, a cyclist was hit by an 83-year-old last year and now his family is f

key staff person who is so strongly, fiercely identified against planned parenthood, one of your granteesfor the record tell you, karen did not have anything to do with this decision. this was decided at the board level and also by our mission, andrea. everything that we get up and do every day is about the mission, to provide women, vulnerable populations, with care, treatment, and screening. and let me just take a step back for a minute. we are not defunding planned parenthood. we have three grants that will go on this year, and they will probably be eligible for the next grant cycle. >> but you've said that this is the one group out of 2,000 grantees, planned parenthood is the only group that comes under the rubric of this new policy, which is to not fund any organization that is under investigation. and your investigation, from congressman sterns, many believe is trumped up. >> but there are other investigations in states, number one. >> they're always the target of an investigation. that's the way -- >> the investigation isn't the only issue, andrea. in 2010, we set about creating ex

if you have a grantee where there is controversy surrounding it. was doing its best to move to neutral ground and i was asked to look at options to that. >> as for planned parenthood today the organization did not comment on karen handel's resignation. instead it released a statement: >> my special comment ahead. first becky bond planned parenthood's largest corporate donor who joins us now from san francisco. does karen handel's resignation change anything? >> i would say it is a very good thing that karen handel is no longer in her job. the susan g. koman is the global leader in breast-cancer research, and we can't have a woman putting her political opinions ahead of who gets screenings for breast cancer. >> first it was about the investigation, and now it was handel's idea have you gotten in your mind straight what this story actually was? >> we know karen handel wasn't able to do this alone. the board either wanted to do this to defund planned parenthood or they let it happen. and there's 140 komen chapters across the country run by great men a

spokesman said, "while it is regretable when changes in priorities and policies affect any of our grantees, we must continue to evolve to best meet the needs of the women we serve and most fully advance our mission." >> i was outraged. reporter: rosemary cutting runs the falls church healthcare center and believes the decision came about because of karen handle, komen's new senior vice president of public policy. she ran unsuccessfully for governor of georgia and reportedly viewed to defund plan the parenthood. >> when you turn your back on that many women, then this does become a war against women. reporter: planned parenthood of metropolitan washington receives no money from komen, but many smaller planned parenthood centers across the country do and they depend on that komen money for breast cancer screenings and treatment for women who don't have insurance and can't afford it. >> clearly this is about caving to an extreme agenda and caving to an extreme anti-choice agenda. so i think it's very unfortunate. reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now. >> virginia congressman jim moran has released

. >> reporter: but she could not explain why planned parenthood alone, out of 2,000 grantees, appeared to be affected by the new rules. today, thousands of messages swamped komen's facebook page, more than 90% of them negative. "your credibility just went into the tank," read one. >> they put themselves into the middle of a political witch- hunt. >> reporter: california senator barbara boxer was one of two dozen democratic senators who sent a letter to komen today urging it to reconsider. >> it certainly is hurting the women across this country, and that's what's so sad, women who count on this screening. >> reporter: one of those women is monique benoit, in orange county, california, laid off and uninsured. she said planned parenthood was one of her only options when she needed a breast exam. >> mammogram showed two spots, and then planned parenthood stepped up and said, here, go for an ultrasound. that eventually led to a needle biopsy which showed one was a cyst and i didn't have to worry about it and the other was a tumor. >> reporter: komen for the cure has long faced pressure fro

distributed based on portion of the fund iing population and th the rest of the money would be awarded to grantees based on risk. you suggestk that t that states expect to receive more money based to be formula funding because the program would be primarily be risk-based. is it your expectation that the jurisdictions that currently receive the bulk of money pursuant to risk assessments would receive the same or even more support under the new program? >> again, it depends. i don't want to be premature in saying how the awards will be given out, but if, unless a high risk jurisdiction somehow becomes a low-risk jurisdiction, that would be the conclusion. >> the budget proposes $650 million to fund important research and development advances in cyber security and explosive and technical and chemical and biological response systems and of course, both chicago and new york have had problems, and how do you see these, and how optimistic are you ha the new programs are going to help rectify those problems? >> well, again, it depends. by focussing the research and development dollars, we get to three or

vice president hwang: as far as a grantee, they would have that permit indefinitely at the time of issuance? >> for the police department, yes. vice president hwang: thank you. >> we can take public comment now. is there any member of the public who wants to speak? please step forward. president garcia: does anyone else intend to speak besides mr. castillo? just two? you may have two minutes, sir. >> mr. castillo was unable to bring a family relative so would like me to translate. president garcia: which gives you four minutes. [speaking in spanish] >> i asked him to speak in one to two sentences at a time. >> good evening, my name is julio castillo. >> i've come here concerning the permit i've applied for. [speaking in spanish] >> concerning this permit that i applied for, that i applied to the city directly. and in the papers that he has, the permit that mr. ascarrunz has seems to be for 24th and mission. and the other one that he has is expired. enkspired december 31, 2010. commissioner fung: say that date again? >> december 31, 2010. [speaking in spanish] >> and the other her mitt he ha

cutting back on the things that we have funded, which did not work, and with the consent of the grantees have discontinued funding for a combined total of nearly 35 projects that did not reach research milestones, or promised to achieve success. and we're investing where we think will have the greatest impact. as an example, given the commercial success of onshore wind, we are not directly fundifund ing onshore wind research. that's getting to be an established technology, but we will focus on offshore wind. onshore wind is a very good news story. the levelized cost of onshore wind's estimated by a number of independent studies, independent department of energy to be about 7 cents a kilowatt hour. it's becoming very competitive with any form of new energy. natural gas is a little bit less, but if you compare it to other forms of new energy for the other capital cost of investments, costs of money, it's next least expensive. we're also committed to physical management and responsibility. as an example, if you look across the department of energy, we have sold programs in the offices of sc

assess gaps, identify and prioritize deployable capabilities, put funding to work quickly and require grantees to regularly report their progress. my written testimony includes a comprehensive list of the operational priorities in our budget. today, i'd like to highlight a few more of them. one, preventing terrorism and enhancing security. this was the founding mission of dhs and remains our top priority today. the fy 2013 budget safeguards the nation's transportation systems through a layered detection system focused on risk-based screening, enhanced targeting and information sharing efforts to interdict threats and dangerous people at the earliest possible point. the budget supports the administration's global supply chain security strategy across air, land and sea modes of transportation. by strengthening efforts to prescreen and evaluate high risk containers before they are shipped to the united states. we also continue our strong support for state and local partners through training, fusion centers and intelligence analysis and information sharing on a wide range of critical homeland secu

based on a portion of the funding, population and has the rest of the money would be awarded to grantees based on risk. you suggest that states would expect to receive less money based on formula funding, because the program would be primarily risk-based. is it your expectation that the jurisdictions that currently receive the bulk of money pursuant to risk assessments would receive the same even more support under the new program? >> again, it depends, and i don't want to be premature in saying how the awards will be given out, but if -- unless a gh

parenthood has not explained why the criteria applied only to planned parenthood and not the other grantees. >>> a baltimore county woman is dead. denise is in the newsroom. >> police believe they have recovered the car that ran over a 68-year-old woman as she crossed the street. she was carrying groceries home from the market when she was hit by a light colored sedan that never stopped. it happened on seven courts drive. investigators say a tip led them to the suspect's vehicle in hartford county. they're still trying to find out who was behind the wheel at the time of the accident. >> so far there are no arrests or citations in the case. >>> updating the breaking news, let's go captain mike perry with details. what's happening. >> we're looking at the cleanup from this four or five-car collision in northeastern baltimore county. the state police and state highway administrations have drug all the vehicles off into the center median area. the tow trucks are hooking up. apparently everyone has been transported to transported -- from the scene to area hospitals. it's caused severe delays and

issued a statement tonight, saying we regret these new policies have impacted some long standing grantees as planned parenthood, but we want to be absolutely clear that our grant making decisions are not about politics. >>> the pentagon announced a marine from redding has been killed in afghanistan. sergeant william stacy was killed yesterday by a roadside bomb while on foot patrol. he was 23 years old, and in his second got tour. friends say he was smart, charismatic and wise beyond his years. >>> the obama administration announced major changes for the war in afghanistan. its goal is to end the major combat there as earlies a next year. that's one year earlier than u.s. forces were scheduled to come home. leon panetta made the announcement. u.s. forces would remain in afghanistan through 2014. a lot of fighting lies ahead. >>> the vfw, is in a battle with medical marijuana proponents. using vfw to mean veterans for weed. he stopped after numerous complaints. but it is still used to support marijuana use. >> we are prisoners as long as it is illegal. this is not the right way to treat ou

what was left unexplained is why the criteria applied only to planned parenthood and not the other grantees. >>> new evidence tonight in a hit-and-run that left a woman dead. jessicas that latest on the information. >> police now have the car that ran over a 68-year-old woman who weeks ago. beverly moore was carrying groceries home when she was hit by a car that never stopped. investigators say attempt led to the suspect vehicle in hartford county. they're still trying to figure out who was driving the car. >> police have not made any arrests in the case. >> a mass -- massive cam camera network. just hours ago the gunman appeared in court. how police used surveillance video to make the arrest. >> police have had these eyes on suspects for weeks before those arrests and the killing apeers to have been hastily planned. in fact the accused getaway driver forgot where he parked his car in the mall garage. >> all four of the men charged with murdering a teenager will stay behind bars. a judge denied their bail. in court, wjz learned more about the surveillance video that police credit with solvi

issued a statement tonight, saying we regret these new policies have impacted some long standing granteesbut we want to be absolutely clear that our grant making decisions are not about politics. >>> the pentagon announced a marine from redding has been killed in afghanistan. sergeant william stacy was killed yesterday by a roadside bomb while on foot patrol. he was 23 years old, and in his second got tour. friends say he was smart, charismatic and wise beyond his years. >>> the obama administration announced major changes for the war in afghanistan. its goal is to end the major combat there as earlies a next year. that's one year earlier than u.s. forces were scheduled to come home. leon panetta made the announcement. u.s. forces would remain in afghanistan through 2014. a lot of fighting lies ahead. >>> the vfw, is in a battle with medical marijuana proponents. using vfw to mean veterans for weed. he stopped after numerous complaints. but it is still used to support marijuana use. >> we are prisoners as long as it is illegal. this is not the right way to treat our heros. >> that i feel

it says, we regret that these new policies have impacted some long-standing grantees, such as planned parenthood, but want to be absolutely clear that our grand-making decision are not about politics. now i know you have been absolutely outraged by this decision. why are you so personally tied to this? and what causes this concern that you have? >> first of all, my mother had a mastectomy. i have been a big booster of komen for years. have walked and run in their races. have mced events locally for them. so to have the premier breast cancer research and breast screening and education nonprofit in this country turning into a political entity is deeply concerning, i think, to all women and men in america who are concerned about breast cancer. >> you even said, if i have the quote correctly, that the komen foundation is becoming a political advocacy group. do you belief they have changed into that? >> i believe that if they want to become a political advocacy group that they should change their status. they have put this new guideline into place that truly makes no sense. if you're under

. >> it was regrettable when policies impacting grantees, but the organization must evolve to meet theds of women. joining me from washington this morning is lau ret ta sanchez. it's great to see you. you are one of a group of california congresswomen who issued a statement about this calling it a right-wing witch hunt. was komen forced to pull funding or is there something giving them an out? >> the reality is that komen for many years has done a good job of raising funds to try to find a cure. they have given some moneys to organizations like planned parenthood to help women detect. so they have had a good relationship. it's a shame to see this break apart. i really think this was driven -- i mean, it's been there for awhile. there have been people in the organization that wanted to go part because of planned parenthoods wider mission. but i do believe that the woman who ran for governor in georgia became the vice president just in the fall for the komen foundation. i think it was probably driven by politics. that woman who ran ran on a basis she would eliminate all grants to planned

my question is, how can the department of common security work with prior year safer grantees to help make sure the new firefighters and first responders that they hired with the federal grant money can keep these employees on and not have to lay them off when we really need them. did they are from mind defense against any other emergency. >> week released the grants and that particular area for do we released the grants in that particular area on a -- we released the grants and that particular area. we have for those grants anf d were made retroactive able to grant a waiver to the cost than they previously have been allowed to do. the reason it is important is because it helps do this. >> it is gun to make a difference. thank you -- it is going to make a difference. >> thank you. i recognize the gentleman from virginia. >> where do we have common ground of? the topic today for me is the 287g task force. when you mentioned earlier that a program might have been in existence for a year and led to one apprehension, you have my full agreement that the program should be reviewed and most

based on the portion of the funding population and that the rest of the money would be awarded to grantees based on risk. you suggest that the state's would expect to receive less money based on a formula funding because the program would be primarily risk based. is it your expectation that the jurisdictions that currently receive the bulk of money pursuant to risk assessment would receive the same or even more support under the new program? >> again, it depends. i do not want to be premature in saying how the awards will be given now but unless a higher risk jurisdiction somehow becomes a low risk, that would be the conclusion. >> the budget proposes $650 million to fund important research and development advances in cybersecurity explosives detecting, and chemical biological response systems. both chicago and new york have had some problems. how do you see -- how optimistic are you that these new technologies that program are going to help rectify those problems? >> again, it depends but by focusing the research and development dollars to three or four areas, with which we plan to do and

out of 2,000 grantees being targeted this way.ng critics is this relates directly to the hiring of this woman from georgia who ran on an anti-planned parenthood, anti-abortion platform for governor and has been very outspoken on this. >> the resignations now are coming in at the komen foundation. >> yes. >> molly williams resigned of this decision was made. she was in charge of helping dispense those funds throughout the country. today, debra anthony, the executive director of the l.a. branch of the komen foundation, resigning. i could see how painful it was for you today, andrea, doing this interview. and watching senator boxer afterwards and her outrage over what's happening here, which does seem purely political. i didn't get any kind of confidence at all in the defensive answers about this not being a political move. >> well, we don't know all the details yet. but certainly they don't seem to stack up. and that's what's so troubling. all seven of the affiliates of the susan g. komen in california have protested about this. pla

only one entity of the 2,000 different grantees gets defunded and it happens to be the same one the religious right has been going after all this time? i think women are not going to stand for ichlt think the explanations are migrating and not -- >> the komen foundation is saying that's not going to be affected. joy-ann reid. wish we had more time. again, we'll be seeing michael bloomberg talking with andrea mitchell at 1:00 p.m. again, he's saying he'll give $250,000 at the moment for planned parenthood. we want to know what you thing about this issue too. please send us a tweet and weigh-in. is this political or the komen board forcing an organizational board policy. tweet us @jansingco. we'll be right back. hello! honey? who's she? downy unstopables. here to shake up your fresh. like a cheerleader on espresso. toss these little scent boosters in before you wash. and the fresh scent will last until you're ready to wash again. [ buzzer ] [ laughs ] [ both sniff ] and this fresh scent will last? it's like you shoved a rainbow up your nose. i should go. downy unstopables. the fresh too feisty

president, she couldn't quite explain why planned parenthood seems to be the only group out of 2000 grantees who seem to be negatively affected by this new policy. now congress is getting in on the fight. we'll have that part ever the story coming up in my next live report in a half-hour. >> delia goncalves reporting live from northwest washington. >>> police are investigating the stabbing of a man who was dressed as a woman in northeast d.c. around 8:00 last night. the man dressed in women's clothing had an altercation with another individual in the 4900 block of east capital street. the suspect allegedly stabbed the victim in the head. he was taken to prince george's county hospital center with the knife still embedded. he is believed to be in critical condition. >>> prince george's county police have arrested a second man in the murder of alexandria activist lenny harris. 20-year-old ivan newman of waldorf is charged with killing harris. another suspect linwood johnson was arrested tuesday. police believe robbery was the motive. the 53-year-old harris' remains were found last week in the

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