senator lankford: sure. ms.archuleta you have in your , written testimony, you talked through the timeline of how things went. some areas you were very specific. there are of terms that jumped out to me there. let me read this back to you -- as a result of these efforts to resolve our security posture, and april 2015 predated the adoption of the controls. it was detected by our new cyber security tools. opm immediately contacted the department of homeland security and federal bureau of investigation. could you give me definition? is it a week, a month? director archuleta: same day. senator lankford: great. you had the same issue there. you talked about the scope of the intrusion. opm notified congressional leadership. what is our time frame? director archuleta: we have a seven-day requirement which we met. senator lankford: terrific. thank you. the contractor that was involved in this, who was that contractor? what were their assurances that they gave early on during the contracting process to say we will provid

senator lankford: terrific. thank you. the contractor that was involved in this who was that contractor? what were their assurances that they gave early on during the contracting process to say we will provide an sturdy -- security structure? i'm looking for what they said they would do and what they did? director archuleta: i want to be clear that while it could gain access to the network, we don't have any evidence that would suggest the company was directly involved in the intrusion. we haven't identified a pattern that resulted in the compromise of the -- since last year, we have been working in key point and they have taken strides in security its network and have been proactive in meeting additional security controls we have asked them to use to protect all the background data. >>senator lankford: were these things that were consider? director archuleta: i think i understand, but let me be sure. our detection in april detected an intrusion into our system in late 2014. we detected an intrusion in our system in late 2

oklahoma senator james lankford is chair of the hearing. looks like it could be a couple of minutes before it underway. we will have live coverage when it starts here on c-span3. >>> good morning. i want to welcome everyone on today's subcommittee hearing. i look forward to another important discussion regarding the renewable fuel standard and its management. since 2005 daily domestic royal production has nearly doubled. meanwhile other government regulations such as fuel economy standards combined with the recession led to lower demand that anticipated. the increased use of natural gas as lowered the greenhouse emissions. statutorily the epa is required to release the mandated volume by november 30th of the previous year. the epa has not met this deadline since 2009 and we're still waiting epa for the final version of the 2014 volumes even though the year in question has been over for six months. when the announcement was made in november of last year that we would not see a final rule until the calendar was over, the agent cited significa

senator lankford: not in this circle. there are multiple others. there is one word and the scripture says god is near to the broken hearted. and that means in south carolina and all of us too. we need to stop and say god is near and let us knowledge -- acknowledge that he is here. let's pray together. father our nation is in needy of you. our families are broken and people are just angry. god i pray that you allow us and you speak piece to places that need piece. god, our hearts cannot believe a man would be so angry and venomous that he would sit in a church prayer circle and murder people. i can't process that, father. god, i pray that you bring righteousness and justice where it's needed. i pray that you would help us as a community to reach out to people that are that angry and be able to speak your love to people that desperately need it. wrap around families that don't want to understand this day, raise up pastors and leaders and individuals. god, we look to you to that. tell us what is our part. god, i pray for the south carolina delegation,

lankford: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: mr. president i ask unanimous consent to address the senate as if it's morning hour for ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lankford: mr. president the next coupling of days the supreme court will rule on a case that will have long-lasting impact not only on what health care is going on in our country but long-lasting impact on how the law is to be interpreted. this is a law called the patient protection and affordable care act. it is hurried through congress before anyone had time to read it and contained multiple mistakes and contradictions. already this administration has unilaterally changed over 30 times this law to try to make it work including completely rewriting a section about who gets the subsidies and who lives underneath the mandates. the law only says that the states who set up an exchange as state exchange are under those subsidies but also have those mangeds but the admini

senator lankford was elected to the u.s. senate in november. he previously served as a u.s. representative for oklahoma's fifth congressional district. it is 15 minutes. >> well good morning to you. it's my honor to get a chance to be here and yes for cindy and i this is our anniversary. this is number 23. isn't this romantic? i took her to a commencement for our anniversary. a little later tonight we'll be able to have a nice romantic dinner cuddle around the tv and watch weather like everyone else so welcome to oklahoma on that. graduates congratulations to you. it's a very big day for you and your family. so i hope you enjoy and you just take this in and the moments and your able to remember well what happens here. there are a couple moments in your life that you will get free advice from random strangers. this is one of them. if anyone finds out you're graduating, immediately a total stranger will go, great! i have something to tell you. this will happen again when you get married. it'll happen again when you get pregnant. okay, so at that point you just smile, nod. you

. >> senator lankford. >> thank you. we've got a lot to cover to help resolve things for the future and be able to unpack fully what has happened in the past. mr. esser, there are several comments you made on it. what is the most pressing issue that you discovered in the flash report that you have done base odden the vulnerabilities that still exist and what needs to be finished? i'm not asking you to expose publicly vulnerabilities that still exist. i'm asking you, i guess, what on the list need to be addressed and need to be addressed immediately. >> senator, i think one of the most important things that needs to be addressed is the two-factor authentication to access systems. this has been a long standing problem at opm. they have made improvements and implemented in to effect workstation access. but the actual systems that are being used by employees need to be also implemented and required two-factor aweuthenticationauthentication. >> i saw in your report and the chief officer listed the same thing in 2012. the init

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i am a strong supporter of all of the above energies upon - - policy along with senator paul lankford we are the leading producer i don't know where oklahoma is but number two in the production of oil and orange we have a lot of wind resources then certainly a lot of by a resource so this is a huge issue to my state and i do think all of the above policy is part of that. when we look at what it means to my state alone through a - - represents annual economic output in oklahoma the rff help to create 4300 jobs in wisconsin, 4.2 million about what was over 19,000 jobs and and i was a major ethanol and biofuels producer 19.3 billion with 74,000 jobs. i think i could go on but these numbers are important to highlight because the rff is important to our economy so to be sure it is administered correctly. they finally released the rules for the 2014 year although late nobody could say releasing those for 15 but the 14 rules were not timely no doubt and that has created a great amount of disruption but i do want to praise your support and also janet mccabe for her leadership to make that hap

. >> thank you, chairmanage lankford, and ranking member heitkamp and the subcommittee. there are four categories for renewable fuels. these standards apply to producers and importers of gasoline and diesel fuel. on may 29th epa issued a proposal that would establish the standards for years 2014-2016 and the volume of bio mass diesel for 2017. we will finalize the standards by november 30th at which point we will have returned to the statutory time line for issuing the renewable standards. epa recognizes that the delay in issuing the standards for 2014 and 2015 has led to uncertainty in the marketplace chatty this proposal establishes a path for responsible growth in bio fuels and provides the certainty the market place needs to allow the low carbon fuels to develop. congress set annual standard for bio fuel use that increase every year and included tools known as the waiver provisions for the epa to use in the event it determined the statutory volumes could not be met. our recently issued proposal seeks to make sure the growth continues consistent with congressional int

in the agriculture committee or whether it is an issue that is going away anytime soon as senator lankford said we are a recess and obviously trying to finish these years. by finalizing the rule for the marketplace that has a 70. we cannot see this delay. it is incredibly disruptive. thank you mr. chairman. >> this is going to be a more open dialogue. i would mention one thing with my colleagues as far as the congressional intent of the law i would remind everyone especially on the corn-based ethanol if there is anything that is clear in the law it's clear that corn-based ethanol is a decreasing percentage of what is used in the days ahead at about 20 or 22 environment of the number correctly 44% of the ethanol that is used is to be cellulosic. so the corn continues to decrease. it's one of those clear areas and so you have a big challenge that we are not producing in the amount. if i were to recall correctly adding in the cellulosic as well but a bumped up the numbers and capabilities that because the cellulosic technology hasn't come through completely with the switchgrass and what produ

again, i see so many of the amazing people that can do a much better job than i can, so senator lankford, you're actually probably one of the best to come here. >> not in this circle. there are multiple others. let me just say this. just one word and then let's pray together. the scripture says god is near to the broken hearted. and that would match south carolina and all of us today. and so there's a uniqueness to be able to stop for just a moment and say, god is near. let's acknowledge that he's near but ask him to be able to do a work that only he can do across our nation and across what's happened in charleston right now. let's pray together. father, our nation is needy of you. our families are broken and people are just angry. god, i pray that you would allow us as believers in you to be able to speak peace to places that need peace. that you would sweep righteousness into places that desperately need it. god, our hearts cannot believe a man would be so angry and venomous that he would sit in a church prayer circle and murder people. i can't even process that, father. god, i pray th

. >> senator lankford. >> thank you.te frankly, for your past service and for taking this on as a consideration. you've been asked to consider leading an agency right now that has very low no -- morale, that has systemic procurement problems, some recent very bad evaluations and, quite frankly uses wrong metrics in some of the ways they're evaluating some of their own performance. so you have a task to do that is not an easy thing to step into, it's not ab easy a-- an easy assignment. so i want to say thank you for your consideration in walking through this. i want to bounce a couple of things off you for you personally. some of the metrics of evaluating the issue of conduct versus performance metrics and evaluations here whether the goal is to quickly get people through the line or to be able to evaluate for safety checks and such. i think we can do both, but right now we seem to be pushing on the speed side of it rather than the safety seed, and it's almost like we're lulling ourselves back to sleep again on critical i

i appreciate senator lankford partnering with me to work on this legislation in committee and as it has moved to the senate floor. i look forward to continuing working with him as a member of the subcommittee he chairs, the regulatory affairs and federal management subcommittee. i also appreciate that my colleague from michigan, representative huizenga has introduced bipartisan companion legislation in the house of representatives. the federal vehicle repair cost savings act is a bipartisan, commonsense measure that will help save taxpayers money and promote conservation by encouraging federal agencies to use remanufactured auto parts when they are maintaining their fleets of vehicles. in addition to saving money this legislation also supports remanufacturing suppliers and their employees in michigan and across the country. remanufactured parts are usually less expensive than similar parts and have been returned as same-as-new condition using a standardized industrialized process. the united states is the largest producer consumer, and exporter of remanufactured goods. remanufacturing o

i'd also like to thank senators lankford and blunt for joining me in introducing in critical piece of legislation. the regulatory predictability for business growth act will ensure that americans' voices are heard in the rule-making process, providing a crucial planning period for individuals and businesses. i want to give a special thanks to senator lankford and his staff for his leadership on the homeland security and governmental affairs committee regulatory affairs subcommittee. our staffs work closely to make this piece of legislation possible today. for far too long, government bureaucracy has stifled our small businesses' potential and with common sense reforms -- and with commonsense reforms like this bill, we can encourage both innovation and job growth. the regulatory predictability for growth act will decrease regulatory uncertainty and empower montanans and their businesses to grow again p. thank you and i yield back. mr. president, i notice the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the as

lankford: mr.g business with senators permitted to speak up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection. mr. markey: madam president i ask to be able to address the senate for six minutes. the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. markey: thank you, madam president. on thursday, pope francis will officially release an historickencically cal on the -- encyclical to the united states senate on a topic that he feels requires urgent attention. it is an opportunity for the pope to bring together accumulated teachings in a comprehensive way. it will be only pope francis' second papal missive and it has garnered enough attention that the conservative heartland institute traveled to the vatican this spring to respect respectfully inform the pope that there is no global warming crisis. now, earlier this week my colleague, senator inhofe, agreed with the heartland institute and told them that pope francis should stay with his job and we'll stay with ours.

senator lankford of oklahoma and i worked on a bill that would ensure federal agencies use remanufactured auto parts when maintaining their fleets, an idea that will save natural resources and taxpayer dollars while supporting our country's remanufactured parts industry. just two days ago this bill unanimously passed the senate. i worked with senator risch from idaho to help our businesses create the capital they need to grow and create jobs. senator cornyn and senator graham and i created a bipartisan commission to examine our nation's judicial system from the top to the bottom and to make sure that it is working for all americans. senator sullivan and i worked together to introduce a bill to cut excise taxes in small craft distillers a growth industry in michigan, alaska and america. i'm also proud to say the legislation i introduced with senator cassidy from louisiana to provide training for medical professionals to identify victims in human trafficking was also signed into law after it passed the senate as part of a larger bill on human trafficking. i was sent here to represent the pe

oklahoma senator james lankford is chair of the hearing. looks like it could be a couple of minutes before it underway. we will have live coverage when it starts here on c-span3.