she joined jao in 2002. prior to on joining jao, she worked at the national endowment for democracy international forum for democratic studies. she has an m.a. in national security strategic studies from the united states naval war college and m.a. in international relations from syracuse university and an m.a. in political science from the university of toronto. i now recognize mr. henshaw for his statement. >> thank you very much for holding this hearing on the u.s. refugee program which i will refer to as. usrap. i appreciate the opportunity to address my colleagues. together the department of state, dhs and hhs plan to bring up to 45,000 refugees to the united states through the usrap in fiscal year 2018. the security and welfare of the american people is this administration's top priority. we've instituted additional procedures in the usrap application interview anded ed a adjudication to strengthen our vetting system. we will continue to find ways to make our screening procedures in order to protect th

. >> laura jao a tour guide in beijing for ten years. so she has seen plenty of these.hing definitely got lost in translation. >> i think, it is probably because we don't really use english. >> there are helpful reminders to please wait outside. remember to enjoy the fresh air after you civilized urinating. >> why do you think translations were so bad on so many signs? >> to be honest. i think it is because lots of people lazy. >> lazy. >> yes. directly put it online. translate. and designer may not really know english at all. >> i assume the shoes in there are not actually old? >> new shoes. traditional style. >> how traditional beijing shoes becomes old beijing shoes. >> also how a warning not to step on the growing grass, can become i like your smile, but unlook you put your shoes on my face. >> most of us find this pretty funny. the chinese government find it pretty embarrassing the they have issued the guide. translations how to write everything from sun bathing to ski resort to clothing time, and under construction. so, under the new guidelines. the once widely us

over the years on this from omb and jao. but i just want to make this point. we get about $55 million in interest income every year from the accounts as they are held today. $55 million can go far for rural broadband, for connecting schools and students. we are choosing to forego those dollars. i don't think that makes sense. >> if i may, congressman. if, god forbid, something were to happen to those funds when they were in a private bank account and all of the billions of dollars of universal service funds somehow went away, we would be accountable to congress. and you would be asking me, as leader of this agency, why did you jeopardize taxpayer funds by keeping them in the private bank account when thousands if not millions of americans are depending on those funds. that's a tradeoff i've got to make. >> that's why we need to put this out for comment. >> thank you so much. it is a difficult issue. we've got to deal with it. thank you, madam chair. >> you're welcome. and mr. latta. five minutes. >> thank you very much, madam chairwoman, for today's hearing. t