or lieberman collins bill comes closest to that, for taking key portions and trying to combine them. still leaves how you deal with the house who's already gone public with what their approach would be. the biggest issue is the one that we were talking about before and that is how far should regulation go versus incentive and who should be regulated. >> we've got about a minute left. phyllis, i'd like to go to you. very people involved in cyber crime appear to be caught and prosecuted. why is that and do we need some form of international crime prevention when it comes to cyber? >> i think we have good news. in the past two years, i believe the fbi and the law enforcement national cooperation along with the public/private sector coalition, my colleagues around the table and the training alliance up in pittsburgh, their work has led to the arrest of a few hundred cyber criminals around the world. i othink that's very important it shows the work that's done through public private collaboratation internationally and it also shows when you can actually put cyber criminal and those doing

senator lieberman and senator collins, senator brown and i have a conference in about five minutes on the postal service, so i am going to be very brief in fact i am going to pose a couple of questions and ask you to respond for the question. the question for mr. dunlap, i was intrigued by your discussion and images of the checkpoint of the future. the concept seems simple enough and that is risk-based screening driven by information that we already collect from the passengers. the use of advanced screening technology, separate lanes for different types of passengers. this kind of checkpoint i think could save travelers countless hours and ultimately increase the travel industry and the local economies. here is my question but given the financial challenge that we face as a nation, what would the checkpoint of the future likely cost taxpayers and where there are programs and technology is in place right now that can be seamlessly integrated into your vision so that's my question to read this one for the record. maybe one more for the record. this would be for all of the witnesses for

operations and military intelligence curricula and as far as congress goes senators joe lieberman and susan collins have been questioning the qualifications of the trainers for a while however representative sue myrick of north carolina she's spoken out against these internal reviews because she thinks they could quote weaken the programs by censoring certain language that is used to object if we identified asymmetrical threats that are present in today's world thankfully it is only one of the only members of congress who opposes this review because rooting out islamophobia in u.s. law enforcement whether it's local or national is of the utmost importance for a counterterrorism efforts despite the fact the white house wanted to keep their involvement quiet overseeing the training process as definitely a step in the right direction and frankly i think we should have been much there. last night los angeles joined other cities across the country that of protesters from their occupy encampments and just like other cities that claim to be encampments were in danger and public safety l.a. mayor antonio j

and that is senators lieberman, collins, carper, and scott brown. these are the points that we made in our letter, and these are points that are going to be incorporated in legislation that i will be introducing this week, legislation that i think is commonsense legislation, legislation that will help us create a business model so that the postal service can be successful, legislation that will save 120,000 jobs. and this is what we wrote in the letter to the homeland security committee. first and foremost -- a lot of people don't know this. people say correctly postal service is having problems because we're in a digital age. first-class mail is going down because people are e-mailing. that's true. second of all, we're in the midst of a recession. many businesses are facing problems. but the most important financial problem facing the post office today are not those issues. they are the issues of accounting approaches which have done great disservice to the postal service. the united states postal service uniquely has been forced to prefund 75 year

anecdotally, last week i told senators lieberman and collins in their committee that our authors continue to find -- officers continue to find four to five guns each day, people who are -- have carry-on bags that are trying to get on the plane. and in the last seven days since that hearing, we've prevented over 30 more guns from being carried into the cabin of an airplane including nine just yesterday, nine in one day. so because risk-based security is focused on reducing the size of the hay stack -- >> let me interrupt you for a conute and ask you, do you

." >> next, we will hear from senators joe lieberman, susan collins, and scott brown.s keeping -- >> -- and secure its financial health into the future. we are introducing this legislation today and planned to market it out before the government will affairs committee meeting next wednesday. five years ago, senator collins and harper left congress in the adoption of postal reform legislation. they have been the real leaders in this area who have devoted a lot of work trying to rescue the postal service. this year, senator brown and i have joined them in proposing this legislation which really is an effort to rescue the u.s. postal service, which needs a fundamental restructuring of the way it meets its obligations to its customers, including individual and business mailers and to its employees. if our legislation is adopted, we are confident that the u.s. postal service, and iconic institution founded in the 18th century along with the country itself, will survive and flourish through the 21st century and beyond. to many people still rely on the postal service for us t

carper: a few moments ago, senators lieberman, collins, and i gathered in the press gallery upstairs to unveil a proposed compromise that is designed to help us help ensure that we have a viable, strong, viable u.s. postal service in this country for the next 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years and longer. and there has been a lot of time spent in debate here over jobs, how are we going to save jobs, how are we going to create jobs in this rough economy that we're moving through. and as it turns out, there are about seven million jobs that flow from the postal service. there is only about 500,000 people that actually work for the postal service these days, but there are another roughly seven million jobs that are associated with the postal service in one way or the other. if we do nothing, the postal service which lost $10 billion last year is on track to lose a couple hundred billion dollars over the next ten years. the postal service will literally go out of business next year. not in ten years, not in five years, but next year. that's a consequence that none of us can look forward to, and we

lieberman. senator collins and senator lieberman, there is a lot of interest. it is just a matter of getting what is out there thought through so that we can act quickly. >> what is the intent of the issa-ross bill if it will not save the postal service? >> from their perspective, is the best way to save being serviced. it wants to put it in a five day environment. they want to give us the overpayment back from the first system. there are some condition no constraints and that involves the network changes. we have more government oversight with network changes. i think we can do these things more quickly if we act on them now. within the bill, the issa bill has a control board and would step in and take over the role from our board of governors. we are saying give us the freedom to act like a business now and we will make sure we get a stronger postal service going forward. we do not need another body. >> you announced that the postal service would extend contracts. are you on your way to arbitration and the deal that "favors" unions? >> our employees do a grea

i was the first one to do it and senator lieberman and senator collins granted a hearing on this. more members, senator rubio is a co-sponsor. we're looking for others. but it's a real issue and people shouldn't be coming here, as you referenced to, in lining their pockets through some type of insider information that enables them to actually take advantage of stock opportunities. that's wrong because the lines we cross here should apply to us as ordinary citizens. >> gretchen: i want to get your thoughts on another topic this morning because in your state of massachusetts, there is a university professor, suffolk university professor, who wants to ban troop donations because he says they would support people who are, quote, killing other human beings. i know that outraged you. >> yeah, to say the least. i can tell you, i've been to afghanistan as a senator and as a soldier very recently. i've seen the look on people's faces who receive them, the soldiers who receive the care packages from people who are friends or family members and i can tell you what, it brings a lot of love an

mccaskill, senator tester, senator collins, senator coburn, senator brown, senator mccain, senator johnson, center portman, senator paul, senator moran, senator lieberman, mr. chairman, on the both of those present, the yeas and5 and the nays are 12 the amendment are not -- is not agreed to. >> thank you very much. i want to offer amendments number 1 -- to strike title 3 involving government-wide government worker compensation. pica reform. let me tell you why i am offering this. fica reform should not be done in postal reform. most employees affected by this are not postal employees. the savings expected from these changes would have very little effect on the postal service deficit. fica has not been reformed in close to 40 years. we need to take a closer look at comprehensive reforms to make sure we get it right and we could include adequate measures to reduce waste. there are complex issues related to the abrupt -- appropriate benefit level that deserve more analysis before we cut benefits. at a hearing i held in july, a witness raised several -- concerns about reducing benefits f reducingica benefits especially at retirement age for a disabled empl

collins. >> no. >> senator brown. >> senator mccain. >> aye. >> senator paul. >> yes. >> senator marin. >> no. >> senator lieberman. >> no. >> on the vote of those present, the yaes are five and the nays are twelve. >> to strike title three regarding fica reform. leme tell you why i am offering this. fica reform should not be done in postal reform. most employees affected by this are not postal employees and the savings expected from the exchange will have very little effect on the postal service's deficit. fica has not been reforming close to 40 years. we neeto look at comprehensive reform to make sure we get it right and we could include adequate measures to reduce waste and fraud. there are complex issues related to the appropriate benefit levels that deserve more analysis before we cut benefits. in a hearing held in july, the witnesses raised serious concerns with reducing fica benefits, particularly at retirement age. employees may not be able to say for a deduction in income because of social security and other savings plan. a group of memberin the house education which has jurisdiction on fica and the house, they are reviewing retirement

collins. >> no. >> senator brown. >> no. >> senator mccain. >> no by proxy. >> senator paul. >> aye. >> senator moran. >> aye. >> senator lieberman. >> no. can i go back -- >> senator mccaskill. >> senator mccaskill is no by proxy. >> senator brown has just appeared. >> underground. ok. -- senator brown. ok. mr. chairman, the yays are two, the nays are seven. on this vote, the yays are six, the nays are 10, and the amendment is not agreed to. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think the senator wanted to be noted that she based her vote on the napoleonic code. [laughter] listen, this amendment -- i do not think we have passed the amendment yet so maybe this will be the first 1. we passed one? there we go. maybe mine will be non- controversial. i would like to ask senator mccaskill to be added as a co- sponsor. my amendment is very straightforward. >> number one? >> eminem number two. -- amendment numbered two. whenever the post to regulatory commission makes recommendations through their advisory process, that the postal service would have to respond in writing and say how they are implementing the recommendations or if they are

collins. >> thank you mr. chairman. first let me say how much i appreciate the hard work of german lieberman, cementer carper, cementer brown, that has brought us here today. it has taken a great deal of hard work but we have developed a bipartisan agreement that has put the postal service to back on a sound financial footing. both bipartisan legislation gives the postal service the authority it needs to restructure, modernize, survive and thrive, and i want to emphasize a point that senator lieberman made. we are not crying wolf here. the postal service literally and will not survive unless comprehensive legislative and administrative reforms are undertaken. absent action the postal service will not be able to meet its payroll a year from now to come together to develop a bipartisan bill in contrast to the approach taken by the house. i also want to make the point that the postal service is absolutely vital to our economy. jobs are at stake. the postal service is the linchpin of a $1.1 trillion mailing industry that in place approximately 8.7 million americans in the fields of diverse as direct mail, printing, paper manufa