harmon's leadership, we would not have made the strides we have. i very much look forward to takingour questions and working with you for years to come. >> thank you. i thank both witnesses for your testimony. secretary, napolitano,wo years ago when you made your first statement before this committee, i pointed out the fact you did not use the rd terrorist or terrorism once. today you used it more than 60 times. is that a reflection of the changing emphasis of the administration or is it just something that happened? >> i think my initial statement before the committee was one of several speeches and it happened to be the one that didn't use the word terrorism. the plain fact of the matter is that i spend the bulk of my time working on counterterrorism related activities. it can be in the tsa wod, the cvp world, it can be with intel and analysis and working with our fusioncenters, the nctc and others. this is a p priority for us. mr. chairman, one area that is really not up to bat today but as a new one and is also one i think we need to watch out

we know that because there is an e-mail, and e-mail from shannon to a matt harmon, employed at cbs, which specifically talks about the voice mail from what she referred to uas "raji." it provides a facts and -- a fax number. we also know this because ms. hughes took handwritten notes of the voice mail and again references the phone number and mrs. ramos's attorney and the lease number. cbs faxes the change of ownership form to her attorney. here is a copy of the fax transmission report. we know that it went through. we see at the bottom that it went through to a phone number. that phone number matches the lawyers fax number. we checked with the state bar records and confirmed that his fax number is the number this letter was faxed to. in october 2009, cbs received the lease termination letter. here is the lease termination letter. can i raise this? the lease termination letter is dated october 2009. it again references the least number and is signed by mrs. ramos. if you look at that signature, it matches all the other signatures we have seen, including the letter to ms. lamorena, which m

republican state senator tom harmon says it's not up to politicians to determine the constitutionality of an initiative. the california supreme court this week agreed to decide if the supporters of a proposition have authority to defend the measure in court when state officials refuse to do so. >> coming up next -- we'll have this story. >> tearing this ship up is going to help build up the battered economy of vallejo. tom vacar, that story still ahead. >>> facebook gets friendly with same-sex couples. the new change made today just for gay men and lesbians. >>> transportation officials are considering installing dozens of freeway meeting lights along highway 101. the metropolitan transportation commission caltranss and the transportation authority of moran are discussing the idea. authorities are considering installing lights on 43 of the county's freeways. the lights are a low cost way to make freeways more efficient. officials say it will take two years to finish an analysis of the plan. >>> the b.a.r.t. board has created a special economy to -- the issue is not on the agenda for th

the only person on the stage not trying to make any sound but trying to harmonize all those signs together. i draw on their talents, their zeal. the efforts they put forth and i think that is really what continues the life of the church. >> when you get together with other bishops, meetings in washington or trips to rome how do you describe the san francisco archdiocese, they may have a particular image of the archdiocese based on media reports but how would you describe the archdiocese to them? >> i would hit first, diversity. many who may be from the heartland don't have enormous diversity. they have more than they used to have but we are on the pacific rim. we have large numbers of filipino catholics, large numbers of latino catholics, other asian countries, vietnam we have mass in san francisco, every sunday in 18 languagethat is not true for many of them maybe in the interior of the u.s., on the coast perhaps, but we differ even from los angeles, los angeles might have 70% of the catholics would be latino, 400 miles north in san francisco, it is 25%. so that it is really -- it really

it rationalizes and harmonizes the zoning and deals with this orphan block.if anything, it will make development there more predictable, more fair, and it really brings the standards that we have developed at length for market and octavia to this last block, and it really helps to protect market street as a transit bicycle pedestrian corridor, so it seems like a very common-sense thing to do, and again, we bring you our wholehearted support for the measure. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. those that would like to speak, please come and line of the pecan -- line up if you can. >> hello, supervisors. i represent the castro area planning. our members and members of other neighborhood groups have been working with the planning department and also some of the developers who are working to build new developments within the zone, over the past year. we wholeheartedly support this, and we believed it is a very sensible and really kind of a modest change to the zoning, but it also kind of completes the process that was begun several years ago in which the commun

age and -- eurozone members by harmonizing the retirement age and the tax policy. >> we want to enter into a competitiveness pact and demonstrate that we intend to gradually grow closer together. >> there was no sign of previous french claims that germany's massive export surplus was partly responsible for the prices. what paris gets out of the deal is a german concession to its long-held campaign for more joint, economic government. >> we will be working together. germany and france, hand in hand, to support to the europe. >> the pact and the plans for more even governments are still in the proposal stage. they will now flesh out the details. >> back to egypt now, where days of protests and violence have brought the economy to a near standstill. some economists say it is costing businesses up to 300 million euros per day. banks are still closed, and many cash machines are empty. there are hardly any factories or shops open, and there is a new trading on the stock market for over a week. the tourism industry is all but dried up. egypt could take a long time to recover from the economi

that would more harmonize with the notching of the building adjoining it. >> you are suggesting notching the corner. it wouldn't be the whole thing. commissioner moore: that is correct. >> mr. smith, i think what commissioner moore is talking about is setting the first level back three or 4 feet away from the property line. >> i think it is to the east. >> i think i

that would more harmonize with the notching of the building adjoining it. >> you are suggesting notching the corner. it wouldn't be the whole thing. commissioner moore: that is correct. >> mr. smith, i think what commissioner moore is talking about is setting the first level back three or 4 feet away from the property line. >> i think it is to the east. >> i think i understand that. what i am pointing out is that there is a deck already there. you are inducing less than what they already have. commissinoner antonini: i still have a question. i am not sure. i guess i had a question. i was looking at some of these renderings. i do not quite see where the change is here on that west side. the one i am looking at here, i do not know if we could put this one up or not. it looks a little bit different. >> if i could answer commissioner suyaya's question, i was pointing out this is a one story deck in this location. if i understand correctly, the motion on the floor would provide a set back here. what i am pointing out is that that is reducing from what they have right now. commissinoner antoni

if this kind of agreement can be made where we can harmonize procedures and intelligence sharing, we can go further but there are issues to work out. host: howdahs sovereignty work? guest: the united states has certain provisions that allows for law enforcement to carry weapons at points of inspection. that is not possible in canada. there has been some loosening of that in recent months and years. we can fingerprint people. you have to have certain reason to believe that something might be wrong to fingerprinting in canada. there is always the issue in north america that we don't want to be the heavy handed big brother and we want to work with the canadiens and the mexicans to harmonize to the extent we can but we may run into constitutional and other sensitivities. host: as far as the ability along the northern border for various areas to connecticut with each other about information on people going back and forth, how well is that communication? guest: right now, they do the best they can. our customs and border protection along with rcmp communicate often. these kinds of arrangem

i also have to echo the thoughts about representative harmon. you will be missed. you have been totally dedicated to this effort and that effort has been producing results in terms of the safety of the american people. and i also have to echo your thoughts about the amount of congressional oversight of this department. we added up the 111th congress and our department testified over 285 times. i testified over 20 times myself. i think that was the most of any cabinet official. that of course requires a lot of preparation and work. we provided over 3900 substantive briefings to different committees of the congress. so chairman king, ranking member thompson, you and i have all discussed this, but that amount of oversight does have impacts. i thought i would just mention that. let me turn now to the subject and the very important subject of today's hearing. there is no question that we have made many important strides in securing our country from terrorism since 9/11, but the threat continues to evolve. in some ways, the threat today may be at its most heightened stat

you can see in the show he harmonizes.d a song called "red is the rose," and, you know, many people feel, you know, that i zone in on my parents. well, there's a reason for that. they're the reason i'm here. my mom was an amazing woman. she's the backbone of my backbone. she was determined that she would give me every opportunity so that i would become what she believed was possible. my father was an extraordinary little man. my mom was only 5'4 ½. my father was only 5'4. >> carolyn: what happened? >> ronan: i know. so there you go. god. god decided there had to be someone big in the family. but both of them had, they were like the yin and the yang. mom was focused on getting educated, doing so many great things. dad was interested in the love of music and wanted me so much to pursue it. believe me, before your audiences ever heard me, the cows in the field heard me. >> carolyn: and you used to sing with your father as well. >> ronan: yeah, we used to sing all the time. and the one thing about, as dad used to say, he said

trying to harmonize taxes and things like that so we do not have these artificial things that would distort the economically most productive thing to do. that would be the way i would think about it. >> one last question. please. >> thank you for the presentation. i think all of us around the table sure that same goal of wanting to create jobs, and that is what most of us ran on or are trying to do. my question is, my frustration as a governor, and i bet we all share this is when i go talk to my job creators and say as governor what can i do to help you grow jobs, their answer is have jobs, i just cannot find the work force that is trained to do those jobs. that cost money. what we're trying to do is look at early heard -- ear childhood education. it children ready to learn across the spectrum since education is one of the places where governors can close the gap between the jobs of are out there and the lack of folks to do the jobs, how do we do that if we not spend more resources? >> you raise an excellent point. i certainly do not want any of us to oversimplify this challenge. i would ma

. >>> and held in san francisco on the last friday of each month with riders gathering at justin harmonplaza. critical mass always ties up traffic on the streets leading to the bay bridge. >>> our storm watch coverage continues. coming up what the city of san francisco is doing to get ready for this arctic blast. >>> and a ruckus night and a stand off going on in the state of wisconsin. what the leaders decided and why some are outraged. >>> and one of them affects almost all of us directly -- >>> a bay area transit agency under fire today. allegations of severe safety allegations that could endanger thousands of passengers. what they are being accused of and their response at 6:00. >>> then this fiery crash that shut down the dun barton bridge had been doused sooner if firefighters had better access to water. but ktvu now uncovers how this is a bigger problem. >>> and our complete bay area coverage continues. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >>> in wisconsin tonight the marathon debate over whether to limit negotiating is over. but it is far from a done deal. after 60 hours of n

. >> by summer, harmon hopes to be back to herself, raising glasses with her girlfriends, surfing wither son and cleaning her own house. but this is something she won't soon forget. >> it's just so kind. >> talk about paying it forward. if you're a woman fighting cancer or you know someone who is, you can find out more about the free housekeeping at cleaningforareason.com. you can also make a donation there, too. >>> if we lived in a bubble, that would be good, but our weather is linked to everyone else in the country. >> temperature is near record setting, actually a side effect, if you will, from all the bitter cold back east. right now clear skies looking from oakland to san francisco. 57 in oakland. you nailed that, raj, when it comes to the weather. take a look here. january rainfall, we didn't much of it when we did have it. only six inches of rain, that's it. below average rain for most of the south bay at this point. meanwhile, temperatures today above average. but we're starting to see things drop down. livermore 58, currently 55 in san mateo. for tonight, mainly clear air wit

jane harmon. now, how many times a week to the agree with her? dad used to that 80-20 rule, 80 percent of the time we are on the same page. 20% of the time we are not. i'm supporting my daughter pro-choice. he caught hell, jack kemp caught hell, and she lost. >> host: you do not believe there should be a pro-life litmus test? >> guest: i don't think there should be a pro-choice on the other side. there really should not be. these did you in trouble. add to this a part in the book. i speak at pro life events all over the country. one of the things i ask when i go out is how many of you would have rather been a note -- aborted? so far 100% of the answers are, no, i'm very happy being alive. 69 percent of abortions again on young girls who profess to believe in god. catholic or protestant, 69 percent. that is a huge percentage. so then the question is, why? in my argument that i make in the book, they are more fearful of mom and dad than they are of the abortionists. you ever get yourself pregnant and don't come home to this house and embarrass this

jane harmon. now how many times do they agree with jane and dads use the 80/20 rule, 80% of the time. maureen and i are in the same page. 20% of the time we are not. i'm supporting my daughter, pro-choice. he caught hell for it. jack kempe caught hell for it and maureen lost. >> host: to be clear you do not believe there should be a pro-life litmus test for republican candidates? >> guest: i don't think there should be a pro-choice litmus test on the other side of it. there shouldn't be these litmus tests get you in trouble. i really tear this apart in the book and give -- i speak of pro-life events all over the country. i am adopted in one of the questions i ask when i go out is how many adoptees are in agreement how many would rather have been aborted? so far 100% of the answers are no i am very happy being alive thank you very much but the reality of it is 69% of abortions are done on young girls who are thus a belief in god. catholic and protestant. 69%. that is a huge percentage. so then the

san francisco, didn't harmon, kron4 news. >> james: pacific gas and electric company says it has and will continue to track and help the rest. they've placed 50,000 ft. of underground cable, there now locking manhole covers that are attached to those underground votes. they develop new software allowing better monitor underground equipment. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. we have a live look this morning at your bay bridge right, was ready to europe. traffic approaching the toll plaza. not a lot to run on.going on. >> james: >> address continues in libya, these pictures are from a high see where thousands are in the street calling for the president to step down. >> reporter: libyan demonstrators ran to the aid of one protestors been shot as the violence escalates. on sunday 25 people were reported killed in clashes between military and mourners at a funeral procession. predictor's calling for the ouster of the longtime rulers say they're more motivated than ever. >> we have suffered over 42 years for god's sake, who can r

he called of butter harmon, not endorse that people will. this fire spread really quickly.of the residence that had to get out of the house. she did not think that this would be arson because of the recent fires. she would like to think it was caused by something else. let's take a listen. >> my guess is a was an accident, there is a stain on the deck, it was chemical anything could happen. maybe someone tossed a match. i don't know. i do like to think it was on purpose. i have no way of knowing. >> reporter: that is right rear at at this point, we really don't know what caused this. they are not sure if it started on the outside or the inside. they do know it was somewhere in the back of the house. we have video, 20-30 minutes ago to show you some of the damage of however looks on the other side. it is pretty sure the up, all you see is some of the beans come structures. arson investigators are planning to come back later and stayed just to take another look. of course because of the fires that happened last week they will try and check and make sure there's anything in co

we will harmonize our current economic and global policy is to improve competitiveness and all memberships increase the competitiveness and member states of the world organization. to defend the euro as a whole if some memberships. it will take time. but we are totally convinced that we will succeed. >> there has been a major financial sector shock concerning some countries in the euro zone. do you feel that confidence is returning? and there are still huge spreads on the debts of some countries. what would you like to see? >> the sense from the banking perspective is that we had a period that was acute and the crisis was truly a cute. the worst case looking for work, because of the commitment and the strength that the euro is going to hold together, is that we will have the ability, but it would be more a chronic as opposed to acute. i do not think that anyone is saying that the volatility in the markets is completely gone, given some of the fiscal issues that the different countries in europe are facing around spending and deficits. there is a chronic issue -- what was an acute issue a y

dodd-frank act, and we are coordinating and consulting closely with international regulators to harmonize oversight of the swaps market and ensure that there is a level field. we have received thousands of comments from the public and had hundreds of meetings which we all post on the web site. for the vast majority of the proposed rulemakings, we have solicited public comment for a period 60 days. one area where the cftc is seeking input from the public relates to the timing and implementation of the various requirements under the rules. public comments will help inform the commission as to what requirements can be met sooner and which can be phased and implemented later. we are also under the act to propose rules along with the other regulators here with regard to margin requirements and the congress recognized there are different levels of risks posted by financial entities and those involving non-financial entities. this was the so-called end user exception from clearing. consistent with this, the proposed rules on the margin requirements from the cftc we believe should focus only on t

we will harmonize our common economic and foreign policies to improve in all member states. to increase the competitiveness of member states in eurozone which are a little behind others. it will be work, and we will have instruments for the eurozone as a whole, to defend the eurozone as a whole if some member states will be equalizers. it will take time but we are totally convinced that we will succeed. >> i'd like to go to you, bob zoellick, others. there's been a major financial sector shock your shocks concerning some countries in the eurozone. do you feel that confidence is returning? still huge spreads on the debt of some countries. do you think they're doing enough? what would you like to see? >> well, i think -- >> go ahead. i hope that -- >> sorry. i think the sense from the banking perspective is that we had a period that was a cute. and the crisis was truly acute. and that the worst-case looking forward because of the commitment and the strength of the euro was going to hold together is that we will have from time to time, i guess we have the ability to have a back

we will harmonize our current economic and global policy is to improve competitiveness and all membershipsto increase the competitiveness and member states of the world organization. to defend the euro as a whole if some memberships. it will take time. but we are totally convinced that we will succeed. >> there has been a major financial sector shock concerning some countries in the euro zone. do you feel that confidence is returning? and there are still huge spreads on the debts of some countries. what would you like to see? >> the sense from the banking perspective is that we had a period that was acute and the crisis was truly acute. the worst case looking for work, because of the commitment and the strength that the euro is going to hold together, is that we will have the ability, but it would be more a chronic as opposed to acute. i do not think that anyone is saying that the volatility in the markets is completely gone, given some of the fiscal issues that the different countries in europe are facing around spending and deficits. there is a chronic issue -- what was an acute issue a

maybe they read harmon wikover's speech where he reported in the history of man the age of oil would be just a blip and he didn't know how long it would last but said how long it lasted was important and the only regard the longer it lasted the more time we'd have to plan an orderly transition to other sources of energy. of course we have done none of that, despite the fact we've known for 31 years of an absolute certainty we're going to get here today because by 1980 we were already 10 years down the other side of hubbard's peak as predicted by m.k. hubbard in 1956. the military has been atuned to this problem much more than any other part of our society and have been wisely pursuing alternative fuels because as we wind down on the available fossil fuels the world will ultimately move to alternative fuels. and the military had several reasons for do this as a very aggressive program, a very wise program and would be chadgic if we were to eliminate the funds for this. they need to move to alternatives for additional reasons, so they can produce on-site to reduce the long supply trail

if we can harmonize regulation in ways that avoid unnecessary repetition -- repetition, these are things we need to do. this is about safety of canadians and about creating -- and creating jobs and economic growth for the canadian economy. [speaking french] on the question of egypt, let me just agree fully with what president obama has said. i do not think there is any doubt from anyone who is watching the situation that transition is occurring and will occur in egypt. the question is what kind of transition this will be and how it will lead. it is up to the egyptian people who will govern them. we want to be short we lean towards a future that is not only more democratic, but a future or that democracy is guided by such values as non- violence, rule of law, and respect for human rights, including the rights of minorities and religious minorities. [speaking french] >> with respect to the security issues and sovereignty issues, obviously canada and the united states are not going to match up perfectly on every measure with respect to how we balance security issues, privacy issues, opennes

trying to harmonize taxes and things like that so we do not have these artificial things that would distort the economically most productive thing to do. that would be the way i would think about it. >> one last question. please. >> thank you for the presentation. i think all of us around the table sure that same goal of wanting to create jobs, and that is what most of us ran on or are trying to do. my question is, my frustration as a governor, and i bet we all share this is when i go talk to my job creators and say as governor what can i do to help you grow jobs, their answer is i have jobs, i just cannot find the work force that is trained to do those jobs. that cost money. what we're trying to do is look at early heard -- early childhood education. it children ready to learn across the spectrum since education is one of the places where governors can close the gap between the jobs of are out there and the lack of folks to do the jobs, how do we do that if we do not spend more resources? >> you raise an excellent point. i certainly do not want any of us to oversimplify this challenge. i w

harmon's point, if ppp is defeated, there will be an election and it will come. it will be a centrist coalition party. with it they are as willing to cozy up to as we will see. [inaudible] >> i am saying is it will not come about because anybody has lost. this was my point. what seems like a loss may not be. if the previous political crisis in pakistan, let's look at that crisis. had the ppp government falls on what would happen? in no-confidence vote. war in midterm election. constitution was in doubt to. that is a huge influence where the street would have asked the military. the military has offered something. there is an improvement. i don't see any change that would bring chaos in that sense. [inaudible] >> even greater unrest. it will be much greater. >> the question was the economy. i don't buy that the program will work and they don't know what to do. there's another slate of hand to push that back in the next we 9 months. you live on until you get to that consensus where they get things that the last minute. there is no guarantee but that is more likely

i would like to give a special shell out to congressman harmon.his is the last time all this will testify before you. i want to thank you. i know my brother, the former mayor, is said to have you leave this congress. i know the woodrow wilson center will be in excellent hands with you at the helm. thank you for your service. [applause] mr. chairman and members of the committee, the markets under the purview of the fcc are dynamic and ever-evolving. but that the cornea to the internet, they are growing at a breakneck speed, all to the benefit of american consumers. for instance, the u.s. leads the world in 4g wireless deployment and adoption. it is the fastest growing segment of the broadband market. the u.s. is also the global leader in the creation and use of mobile applications. in fact, the top 300 free mobile apps enjoyed an average of more than 300 million downloads per day last december. not surprisingly, smartphone -- smartphone sales have outpaced pcs for the first time. last year the private sector invested an estimated $44 billion in new

earlier question, on the capital regulatory side, we have been able to achieve a considerable harmonization of those applied to derivatives as well as other risk exposures. in the payment systems arena, there's an awful lot of interest among other countries because they have seen what can happen when you don't have a transparent market functioning. derivatives are in another set of areas. i think the agencies have collectively got and the level thinkeement -- i don't the agencies have collectively got in the level of agreement we want to see. they are moving in the right direction. it is important to note that each of the other financial centers that people talk about as a growing as the emerging market grows is that the jurisdiction, a member of the financial stability board -- these people are at the table. >> thank you. in "the financial times" article, the enforcement division chief is quoted from one of your sec employees as saying unity -- the municipal bond market has become "a top priority." can you comment on that? >> when we set out to reform our enforcement program worked, one of

harmon's leadership, we would not have made the strides we have. i very much look forward to taking your questions and working with you for years to come. >> thank you. i thank both witnesses for your testimony. secretary, napolitano, two years ago when you made your first statement before this committee, i pointed out the fact you did not use the word terrorist or terrorism once. today you used it more than 60 times. is that a reflection of the changing emphasis of the administration or is it just something that happened? >> i think my initial statement before the committee was one of several speeches and it happened to be the one that didn't use the word terrorism. the plain fact of the matter is that i spend the bulk of my time working on counterterrorism related activities. it can be in the tsa world, the cvp world, it can be with intel and analysis and working with our fusion centers, the nctc and others. this is a top priority for us. mr. chairman, one area that is really not up to bat today but as a new one and is also one i think we need to

you know, trying to harmonize sales taxes and things like that so that we don't have again these artificial thing thalsd distort the economically most productive thing to do. that would be the way i think think about it. >> one last question. >> thank you for the presentation. i think all of us around this table share the same goal of wanting to create jobs and frankly that's what most of us ran on and are trying to do. i know you refer to competitiveness and we know too the people who elected us are excited about this they might think we're on the sports channel. but my question is, my frustration as a governor, and i bet we all share this, is when i go talk to my job creators and say, hey, as governor what can i do to help you grow jobs, their answer nine times out of ten is, hey, i've got jobs. i just can't find the workforce that's trained to do those jobs. and that costs money. so what we're trying to do, vermont has looked at early childhood education, have kids be more ready to learn. but you suggested that it doesn't cost to become more competitive. i asked, since education is one o

dodd-frank act, and we are coordinating and consulting closely with international regulators to harmonize oversight of the swaps market and ensure that there is a level field. we have received thousands of comments from the public and had hundreds of meetings which we all post on the web site. for the vast majority of the proposed rulemakings, we have solicited public comment for a period 60 days. one area where the cftc is seeking input from the public relates to the timing and implementation of the various requirements under the rules. public comments will help inform the commission as to what requirements can be met sooner and which can be phased and implemented later. we re also under theact to propose rules along with the other regulators here with regard to margin requirements and the congress recognized there are diferent levels of risks posted by financial entities and those involving non-financial entities. this was the so-called end user exception from clearing. consistent with this, the proposed rules on the margin requirements from the cftc we believe should focus only on the

if we can harmonize regulations in ways that avoid unnecessary duplication and red tape for business, these are things we need to do. that is what this is all about. it is about the safety of canadians as well as creating jobs and economic growth for the canadian economy. i would do french and then come back to egypt. [speaking french] on the question of egypt, let me just agree fully with what president obama has said. i do not think there is any doubt from anyone who is watching the situation that transition is occurring and will occur in egypt. the question is what kind of transition this will be and how it will lead. it is ultimately up to the egyptian people who will govern them. what we want to be sure is that we lead towards a future that is not simply more democratic, but a future where that democracy is guided with such values as non- violence, rule of law, and respect for human rights, including the rights of minorities and religious minorities. [speaking french] >> with respect to the security issues and sovereignty issues, obviously canada and the united states are not goi

dodd-frank act, and we are coordinating and consulting closely with international regulators to harmonize oversight of the swaps market and ensure that there is a level field. we have received thousands of comments from the publ and had hundreds of meetings whichwe all post on the web site. for the vast majority of the proposed rulemakings, we have solicited public comment for a period 60 days. one area where the cftc is seeking input from the public relates to the timing and implementation of the various requirements under the rules. public comments will help inform the commission as to what requirements can be met sooner and which can be phased and implemented later. we are also under the act to propose rules along with the other regulators here with regard to margin requirements and the congress recognized there are different levels of risks posted by financial entities and those involving non-financial entities. this was the so-called end user exception from clearing. consistent with this, the proposed rules on the margin requirements from the cftc we believe should focus only on the

i think the value-added is the integration intelligence efforts and activities, the harmonization, collection, and analysis to ensure the community is providing the best possible analysis on the difficult issues that the nation faces. i thank you in the distinguish members of the it committee for your support. my colleagues and i look forward to your questions in our discussion. >> i will begin the questions. i want to ask you a couple of questions about the muslim brotherhood. how committed is it to the egyptian-israeli peace agreement? >> that is a hard question to answer, madam chairman, because of the factors i outlined about eity.heterogenous yet that will be one voice in the emerging political mill you in egypt. i think it is also worthy to note that the supreme council of the armed forces has reaffirmed its commitment -- in particular the arab-israel peace treaty. >> to the best of the intelligence community's knowledge, what is the position of the muslim brotherhood on stopping weapons smuggling into gaza? thatain, i don't know there is the stated position of the muslim brotherhood on

it'll improve and harmonize operations at the p.t.o., the patent and trademark office.it'll improve the quality of the patents that are issued. and it will do what virtually every entrepreneur wants: provide more certainty in litigation. particularly legislation will move this nation's patent system a the firns venter to file system. it will make important quality enforcement -- enhancement, rather, mechanisms. it'll provide the p.t.o. with the resources it needs to work through its backlog. the america invents act provides the tools the p.t.o. needs to separate the wheat from the chaff, to help businesses bring new products to market and create jobs. this is interesting because this is a piece of legislation supported by both business and labor, something we all want to see in this chamber. including the national association of manufacturers, the united steelworkers, the united venter capital association, the afl-cio, the associatioassociation of americn universities, and companies representing all sectors of the patent community that have been urging action on patent

if we cannot harmonize regulations in ways that avoid unnecessary duplication and red tape for business, these are things that we need to do. that is what this is all about, the safety of canadians and creating jobs and economic growth for the canadian economy. [speaking french] let me just agree with what president obama said. i don't think there is any doubt from anyone who is watching the situation that transition is occurring and will occur in egypt. the question is, what kind of transition this will be and how it will leave. it is up to the egyptian people to decide who will govern. what we want to be sure is that we lead toward a future that is not simply more democratic, but a future where that democracy is guided by such values as nonviolence, as the rule of law, as respect for human rights, including the rights of minorities and religious minorities. [speaking french] [speaking french] >> with respect to this security and sovereignty issues, obviously canada and the united states are not going to match perfectly on every measure with respect to how we balance security issues, p

if we can harmonize regulations in ways that will avoid unnecessarily -- unnecessary duplication, these are things that we need to do. that is what this is about. it is about the safety of canadians and creating jobs and economic growth for the canadian economy. i will do french and then i will come back to egypt. [speaking french] on the question of egypt, let me just agree fully with what president obama has said. i do not think there is any doubt from anyone who is watching this situation that transition is occurring and will occur in egypt. the question is, what kind of transition this will be and how it will lead? it is up to the egyptian people to decide who will govern them. we want to lean towards a future that is not simply more democratic, but a future where that democracy is guided by such values as non-violence, the rule of law, and respect for human rights, including the rights of minorities and religious minorities. [speaking french] >> with respect to security issues and sovereignty issues, obviously, canada and the united states are not going to match up perfectly on eve

kansas so eloquently pointed out with more limited and booked, health aspects and food production, and harmon took considerations and the need to produce biofuels. it seems unfortunate the ars and in is a budgets are basically flat if not decreasing slightly while we are increasing research budgets and other agencies by as much as 16% for nsf and 18% for doe. in view of these challenges and the steps that you have pointed out, what can the department do to ensure that we continue to get the level of research necessary to answer the questions that i there as well as the questions that will continue to develop along the way? >> senator, i think we are challenged to make sure that our research is focused on matters -- issues that matter. we have identified, i think, for five key areas where there needs to be additional research. i mentioned some of them earlier. you mentioned the issue of energy. that is certainly one of them. global food security is another area that we are focusing. number one, focusing the research dollars we have an doing a better job of leveraging the resources. our view is

if we cannot harmonize regulations in ways that avoid unnecessary duplication and red tape for business, these are things that we need to do. that is what this is all about, the safety of canadians and creating jobs and economic growth for the canadian economy. [speaking french] let me just agree with what president obama said. i don't think there is any doubt from anyone who is watching the situation that transition is occurring and will occur in egypt. the question is, what kind of transition this will be and how it will leave. it is up to the egyptian people to decide who will govern. what we want to be sure is that we lead toward a future that is not simply more democratic, but a future where that democracy is guided by such values as nonviolence, as the rule of law, as respect for human rights, including the rights of minorities and religious minorities. [speaking french] [speaking french] >> with respect to this security and sovereignty issues, obviously canada and the united states are not going to match perfectly on every measure with respect to how we balance security issues, p

implement the dodd-frank act and we're coordinating and consulting closely with international regulators harmonize oversight of the swaps market and insure that there is a level field. we have received thousands of comments from the public and had hundreds of meetings with which we all post on our website. for the vast majority of the proposed rule macking we have solicited public comments for a period of 60 days. one area where the cftc is seeking input from the public relates to timing and implementation of various requirements under the rules. public comments will help inform the commission as to what requirements can be met sooner and which can be phased and be implemented later. we're also under the act, proposed rules along with the other regulators here with regard to margin requirements and the congress recognized that there are different levels of risk posed by transactions between financial entities and those involving nonfinancial entities. this is the so-called end user exception in clearing. proposed rules on margin requirements for the cftc we believe should focus only on transaction