konyndyk? >> thank you, chairman cardin, thank you, ranking member rubio, and thank you always for joining us senator flake and senator schatz and thank you for the ability to testify for fooun haiyan, known locally in the philippines as typhoon yolanda and thank you very much for your continued support of u.s. humanitarian programs around the world, which every day as they are doing currently in the philippines, are saving many, many lives. chairman cardin, i want to thank you, as well, for the invitation to participate in the event in bowie. it was enjoyable. great to see their deep, deep commitment to helping to the response to this. supertyphoon haiyan was one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall, and the government of the philippines estimates that around 10 million people have been affected, of whom 4 million have been displaced from their homes and roughly 4,000 deaths have so far been confirmed. the devastation and the loss of life is absolutely staggering, and i want to ex

konyndyk? >> thank you, chairman cardin, thank you, ranking member rubio, and thank you also for joining us, senator flake and senator schatz, and thank you for the invitation to testify on the ongoing u.s. government response to typhoon haiyan, known locally in the philippines as typhoon l yolanda. and thank you also very much for your continued support of u.s. humanitarian programs around tht world, which every day, as ams r they're doing currently inou th philippines, are saving many, many lives. chairman cardin, i want to thank you, as well, for the invitation rm participate in the event in bowie.an it was enjoyable. and it was good to see the energy that exists in the filipino-american community and their deep, deep committee to helping with the response to this. s super typhoon haiyan was one of the most powerful storms ever tl make landfall.to and the government of the philippines estimates that around 10 million people have 0 been affected, of whom 4 million have been displaced from the

konyndyk, i wish you safe travels tomorrow.afe mr. marcel, we wish you a speedy return here tomorrow for our yo second hearing this week of the subcommittee. but we thank you both for your r public service, and we will ntee continue our interests, and we y thank you for not only your ngns testimony today but your willingness to keep us informedo as we look at the long-term rebuilding process that's going to be necessary in how the united states plays a role in that, in following up on senator markey's points as to what we should be doing to try to mitigate these types of disasters in the future. and with that the subcommittee will stand adjourned. thanks. >>> president obama spoke today at an event hosted by the "wall street journal." you can see the entire event at c-span.org. here's a little of what he said about partisanship. >> so we're going to have to do it all. in my conversations with the republicans i actually think the divide is not that wide. so what we just have to do is find a pathway where republicans in the house in par

konyndyk. >> thank you, chairman cardin. thank you ranking member rubio and thank you also for joining us senator flake and sender shots. and thank the invitation to desolate on ongoing u.s. government response to typhoon haiyan known locally as typhoon yolanda. and over much for your continued support of u.s. veterans programs around the world everyday as a doing currently in the philippines are saving many lives. chairman cardin, want to thank his will for the invitation to visit yesterday in the event. it was very enjoyable and it's good to see the energy that exists in the filipino americans men and their deep, deep commitment to helping with the response to this. super typhoon haiyan was one the most powerful storms ever to make landfall and the government of the philippines estimates that around 10 million people have been effective of them 4 million have been displaced from their homes and roughly 4000 deaths have so far been confirmed. the devastation and loss of life is staggering, and i want to express my deepest c

konyndyk, wish you safe travels tomorrow. mr. marciel, wish you a speedy return here tomorrow for the second hearing on this subcommittee. we thank you both for your public service. we will continue our interest and thank you -- not only your testimony today, but willingness to keep us informed as we look at the long-term rebuilding process that's going to be necessary in how the united states plays a role in that and following up on senator markey's points as to what we should be doing to try to mitigate these types of disasters in the future. with that, the subcommittee will stand adjourned. thanks. >>> live coverage on cspan3 continues this afternoon with a hearing on the develop pavement of virtual currencies and current potential uses will be. we'll hear how national security issues could be impacted by the currencies. the hearings held by a senate banking subcommittee and starts live 3:30 p.m. eastern. >> also today, remarks from outgoing federal reserve chairman ben bernanke on monetary policy. he'll speak at the national

director konyndyk, could you take us through the recovery phase and best-case scenario from recovery standpoint and worst-case scenario and what resources american and international private, not for profit need to be put together so we can avoid the worst-case scenario? >> absolutely. thank you for that question. first, obviously there is only so much we can speculate because there is still a lot we don't know. we are gathering a lot of information. we are heavily focused on ensuring we get the relief response right. that has been the intense focus the past ten days. we are thinking now about the longer term and what that will look like. i will be traveling out tomorrow. that's going to be a major focus of my trip is exploring more of that. we know some things now. we know, for example, obviously transitional shelter will be an enormous priority. we are providing emergency shelter materials right now, heavy duty plastic sheeting that was shown earlier. that can get period a certain period but obviously not a long-term solution. rubble clearance will be a significant challenge. we are

director konyndyk, could you take us through the next six to nine months as we move into the recovery phase and sort of what's the best case scenario from a recovery standpoint and d what's the worst case scenario and what kinds of resources american and international inten private, not for profit need tot be put together so that we can r avoid the worst case scenario. >> absolutely. and thank you for that question. so first obviously there's onlyc so much we can speculate becausa there's still a lot we don't kn. know. we're gathering a lot ofwe information. we are currently heavily focusey on insuring that we get the e g relief response right. and that has been an intense rl focus for the past ten days. but we are beginning to think about the longer term and what that's going to look like. i will be traveling out tomorrow and that's going to be a major f focus of my trip is exploring more of that.we we know some things now. we know, for example, s transitional shelter will be anr enormous priority. we are providing emergency shelter materials right now. the heavy-duty plastic sheetin