will you describe her to me, madame? >> oh, she's most respectful. 10 years in her last place, middle-aged, gray hair, thin. >> and her name? >> dunn. eliza dunn. >> this is clapham. there's the common. >> charming. you have no disagreement with her on wednesday, madame? >> no. that's what makes it all so queer. >> how many servants do you keep? >> two. miss dunn and the house parlor maid annie. >> oh. >> here we are. there's 88. all right, driver! annie. >> hastings, my friend, promise me one thing. >> what's that, poirot? >> never, but never must chief inspector japp hear that i investigated such a case. >> mum is the word, old boy. >> now, annie, this gentleman's a detective. he wants to ask you a few questions. >> here we are, sir. >> ah... well, mademoiselle annie. sit yourself. >> thank you, sir. >> all that you shall tell us will be of the greatest importance, annie. you alone can shed any light on the case. without you, i can do nothing. >> sir, i'm sure i'll tell you anything i can, sir. >> that is good. now...

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. brown: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: i go home every weekend back to northeast ohio, where i live, and and a town cd avon in lorain county. and i want to go home at christmas and i want to be with my three-year-old grandson and my daughters, three daughters and son, but i also think our obligation, as senator durbin said, as the assistant majority leader, is to stay here and get our work done. and get our work done means eextend this payroll tax cut and extend unemployment benefits. if we don't do that, ruining -- frankly, ruining the holiday season for tens of thousands -- tens and dozens of tens of thousands, if you will, ohio ains and illinoisans and north carolinians. if we don't do that, we don't deserve to be able to go home and be with our families. i'm not trying to be a march fur here but i just think it's shameful if a group of people, in order to protect the highes highest-income taxpayers in this country -- those making over a million dollars a year --

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. mr. mccain: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i want to thank the senator from massachusetts for his amendment. he spent a great deal of time in his life serving in the national guard, including spending time in afghanistan recently. he understands the burdens that our national guard men and women bear, and i am very grateful for his careful attention to their needs, and this is clearly an issue that needed to be addressed and we are proud to have it as part of our legislation. so again, my thanks to the senator from massachusetts and also to my friend, chairman levin, for helping making this amendment possible. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. levin: madam president,

thank you, madam speaker.aker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise to encourage my colleagues to give a little something back this season to those who give so much. every year we accumulate thousands of frequent flier miles. mr. barrow: i donated my miles to those who provide free airline miles to soldiers and children. most came from congressional travel and i don't think it's right to use them for myself. what i do know is that there's no better way for us to use ourer miles to help soldiers see their families and to help sick kids. i ask you to donate your congressional miles to those like the fisher house and the children's miracle network and do it this holiday season. with that, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mada

madam clerk, next item, please. >> item 3. hearing to consider that the issuance of a type 20 off-sale beer and wine license to jay esopenko for little vine located at 1541 grant avenue, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the people of the city and county of san francisco. supervisor avalos: very good. thank you. inspector? >> the applicant has filed for a type 20 beer and wine application. this would be a person to person existing license with a new owner and a promise to premise transfer existing license with a new location. the business hours of operation would be tuesday through sunday, a 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. if approved, it would allow for the sale of sale. wine at the current location. there are no letters of support or letters of protest. the recommendation is for approval with conditions. number one, the sale of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. daily. no. 2, no more than 5% of the square footage of the premises will be used for the display of

thank you, madam president. mr. cornyn: madam president? sproeup the senator from texas. -- the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: can i inquire of the chair how much time remains in morning business on our side? the presiding officer: 39 1/2 minutes. mr. cornyn: i'd ask unanimous consent to speak in that remaining period of time, at least senior senator -- at least as much time as i may use. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: thank you. i want to express my appreciation to the senator from maine. this is a fight people have fought for so long that some have become very cynical about whether or not we actually will ever act in a responsible fashion to deal with the runaway debt that our country has -- continues to accrue with about 40 cents out of every dollar being spent today, continues to be spent of borrowed money. and we know that this is not just a theoretical problem. this is very real. when we look at what's happening in europe with countries engaged in a sovereign debt crises that have made pr

madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york rise? the gentlelady is recognized. >> thank you, madam chair. yesterday i spoke with over 8,000 of my constituents during a telephone town hall to talk about the end of the open enrollment period period for medicare. we also talked about the savings they're now receiving as a result of the closing of the legendary prescription drug doughnut hole. more than 2.5 million medicare recipients across the nation have saved $1.5 billion on their prescription drugs this year alone. in new york we had 175 medicare recipients, they received a 50% discount on prescription drugs, totaling over $13 million in savings, an average of $650 per family. mr. hoekstra: yesterday's call -- ms. hochul: yesterday's call is rea minder that -- is a remind that are we have to work hard to protect this absolutely critical program that ensures medical care for our seniors and allows them to live their later years in dignity. as my senior

broun: thank you, madam speaker. today i rise to commemorate the 220th anniversary of the adoption of the bill of rights to our u.s. constitution. some of our most basic freedoms and governing principles are laid out in this precious document. the amendments listed were meant to protect our individual liberty and our private property . they serve as a constant reminder that our nation was meant for its citizens to have liberty with very little government intrusion into their lives. today's modern government has so sadly strayed very far away from the vision that our founding fathers had. when they ratified the bill of rights. it seems like every day we lose a little bit more of our freedom to the ideals of big government and to the standards of socialism. in isiah god says my people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge. we have a tremendous lack of knowledge in this nation about the principles that our founding fathers gave us in the u.s. constitution and the bill of rights. and we are being destroyed because those

madam president, j.p. morgan chase has said this on expiring payroll tax cut and emergency unemployment benefits. the presiding officer: you have consumed ten minutes. mr. conrad: madam president, i would ask unanimous consent for an additional three minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. conrad: i thank the chair and i thank my colleagues. this is what j.p. morgan chase said with respect to the expiring payroll tax cut and emergency unemployment benefits." for 2012, the more important issue is what happens to expiring stimulus measures. together, the payroll tax cut and the emergency unemployment benefits have lifted household disposable income by about $150 billion this year. if they expire as scheduled, consumption growth early next year would be challenged. in our baseline view, the drag from tightening fiscal policy, including expiration of the payroll tax cut and emergency unemployment benefits, could subtract 1.5% to 2% from g.d.p. growth next year." since g.d.p. growth is only forec

supervisor avalos: thank you, madam clerk. >> good morning, supervisors. the associate team leader has filed an application with the california department of control of optional general license, located in the middle of the block. hours of operation daily are 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.. this business is currently operating within action 20 this will allow the applicant to sell beer and spirits at this location. there are more than 50 letters of protest or support. this calls for service from september of 2010 to september of 2033. and the a l u represents -- recommends approval of the conditions. subject to the permission of the hours between at o'clock a.m. and 10:00 p.m. daily. the sale of this bill that spirits showery limited to one area with a shelf space not larger than 4 feet by 6 feet. supervisor avalos: there is a low murmur in the hall that is distracting. if you could keep your conversation to a whisper that is imperceptible to the panel, that would be great. anyone who would like to comment on item number one, please come forward. >> good morni

leahy: thank you, madam president.ave heard some of the people who oppose miss halligan were also some of the same people who opposed an effort in the -- successful effort in the congress to actually protect police officers a few years ago, so i -- i put that in -- i put that in context, and it's probably why so many law enforcement groups support miss halligan, because she stood up for law enforcement, unlike some of the groups we have heard about who oppose her who sought to make the life of police officers more dangerous. be that as it may, we stand at a crossroads today. voting to end the partisan filibuster of this judicial nomination is as important as it was when the senate did so in connection with the nomination of judge mcconnell to the united states district court of rhode island earlier this year. if we allow the partisan filibuster to go forward, then we will be setting a new standard that no nominee can meet if they wish to be confirmed to the d.c. circuit. when i hear republican senators who just a few y

polis: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today to speak in support of computer science education week which started this past sunday, december 4, 2011, and runs through saturday, december 10. this week-long celebration of the teaching and learning of computer science is a call to share information and host activities that will elevate computer science education for children at all levels. in my district in colorado, the computing achievements of 20 young women will be celebrated for the colorado affiliate of the aspirations in computing award on the campus of the university of colorado at boulder. on friday, representatives of computer science education week and the computer science teachers association will be honored at the white house as champions of change which is part of president obama's winning the future initiative. today in harlem, california, -- sorry, today in harlem, new york, a company is launching a new national initiative, tech girls rock, in collaboration with the boys and girls club of

madam clerk, please call the next item, 46. clerk: item 46 was considered by the rules committee at a special meeting thursday december 8 at 1:25 p.m. and forwarded to the board as a committee report, the motion appointing supervisor cohen, term ending june 30, 2012, to the peninsula corridor joint powers board. president chiu: colleague, could we have a motion to excuse supervisor cohen. without objection, she shall be accused. roll call vote on this item. clerk: on item 46, supervisor elsbernd, aye. farrell, aye, kim, aye, mar, aye, mirkarimi, aye, weiner, aye, avalos, aye, campos, aye, president chiu, aye, supervisor chu, aye. there are 10 aye's. president chiu: the motion is approved. items 47. clerk: item 47 through 52 were considered by the rules committee at a special meeting on thursday december 8 at 1:30 and was forwarded to -- were forwarded to the board as committee reports. item 47 is an ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by patricia tanneato against the city and laguna honda hospital for $75,000,

thank you, madam chair. >> thank you. >> thank you, madam chair. separately, in the interest of time because i know we need to get to the panel. the purpose of the hearing today to discuss fukushima and the aftermath and how we can prevent that from happening here, all of that is so important, but i think the real problem is that the -- and i think that we would all agree from whatever reasons, the committee, the commission rather is pretty dysfunctional. i had not been around here as long as some, but, you know, for me in the past ten years this is probably the kind of a unique thing. it should not be a partisan issue, and i don't think it is. the sense that we have democrats and republicans serving on the committee. career staffers are having problems. i am sure there are democrats and republicans to but we do have a real problem. so i would very much like, you know, for -- we are charged with oversight. i would very much like for us to figure out whatever steps we need to do to help solve the problem, and like i say, i think that really is very

thank you, madam chair. >> thank you, madam chair. really quickly in the interest of time because i know we need to get to the piano. but the purpose of the hearing today, to discuss fukushima in the aftermath, how we can prevent that from in here, all of that is so important. but i think the real problem -- and i think we would all agree for whatever reason, the committee -- the commission rather is pretty dysfunctional. and i hadn't been around here as long as some, but for me in the past 10 years, this is probably kind of a unique thing. it shouldn't be a partisan issue. i don't think it is a partisan issue in the sense that we have democrats or republicans serving on the committee. the career staffers are having problems. i'm sure there's democrats and republicans, but we do have a real problem. so i would very much like for -- we are charged with oversight. i would very much like her is to figure out whatever steps we need to do to help solve the problem. and like i said, i think that is really very, very important. for whatever

madam clerk, can you share your announcements? >> all persons attending the meeting are requested to turn off cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit copies of material to the committee, please submit an extra copy for the file. if you wish to submit a speaker card, please put it by the container at the rail in front of you to your left. items recommended out of committee today will go to the full board of supervisors for consideration monday of next week unless another date is indicated. supervisor avalos: thank you. please call item 1. >> item 1, hearing to consider the issuance of a type 42 on sale beer and wine public premises license to james meade -- mead. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. inspector. >> supervisors, good morning. san francisco police department. what is before us today is an application. they are currently licensed with a tight 21. they are now applying for a type 42. if approved, it will allow them to do on-site wine tastings. they will have of sale privilege with onsite wine tastings. kind of a

madam secretary, if i could follow-up on iraq. was there any resolution in your meetings about the fate of the last detainee? >> i can't hear you. >> sorry. i'll repeat it. any resolution in your meetings with the iraq, the state of the last detainee, and asking you both on iran, with the drone crash, the attack on the embassy, the various assassinations, the explosion of the missile factory recently with the iaea finding, is there a risk now that the countries are lurching towards confrontation with iran, and specifically, madam secretary, the senate voted to expand u.s. sanctions to include the iranian central bank. where do you stand on negotiations? thank you. >> well, steven, first, you know, with respect to actions regarding iran, we are very clearly making known our concerns. you know, we submitted a formal request for the return of our lost equipment as we would in any situation to any government around the world given iran's behavior to date, we do not expect them to comply, but we are dealing with all of these provocatio

madam clerk, could you read our special order? >> -- clerk calvillo: public comment for this item will take place during general public comment. president chiu: welcome back, mr. mayor. you could address the board for any item you want to during the first few minutes. mayor lee: i am glad to be back for the last question time of the year. we have been taking important steps to track things in the city, and we are expanding on our apprenticeship programs to make sure we are hiring san franciscans and to refocus on our neighborhood commercial corridors. we have also together put finishing touches on what i call once in a generation projects, like park merced and treasure island, and working together, we have balanced this year's budget in a fiscally responsible way and without compromising our ideals. i want to say to you though that we all just heard the governor released his budget predictions for this year, and as you know, there was $4 billion in revenue that the governor had intended with the state legislature to close. they we

time -- >> madam president? >> madam president ihe yield thu floor.. >> the senator from california. >> how much time do i have? oria >> the senator has threel minute remaining of the w original 30 minutes. >> well thank you very much. >> one moment. >> the senator from michigan.evn >> after the 30 minute expires because we are not going to havv a vote now. there would be additional time should you need it after that 3e minute period.m pr >> ien appreciate it. i may well use it. madam president i've made -- rich reject to the statementn ya just mers that this would make america less safe. 10 years of experience has shown that it has not. after plot has been interrupted. i've served on the intelligence committee for 11 years now.ly we followed this closely. this country is much more safe because things have finally come together with a process that is working. the fbi and the national security division with 10,000 people, 56 fbi officers. military does not have offices to make arrests around this country and his

. >> thank you, madam chairman. is there a difference among the commissioners in how quickly the task force should implement task force recommendations? is anybody able to answer that? what kind of time frame? what kind of brush gets put on these things? >> i will take the first shot at that. much on thee pretty same wavelength. our understanding is pretty common. we want to move forward as aggressively as practical i think we have been moving through the issues as quickly as we can. >> ok, thank you. do you want to volunteer? >> i agree. >> thank you. >> i do believe that the goal of completing everything in five years is a good one. >> the chairman has been public about a five-year goal and we agree that is inappropriate: we support that. i would like to note that the paper did the third of october 2011 provided to the commissioner has a detailed plan. it is a plan to move forward in a number of different areas to do this in a very responsible, response of time. . period. >> why is it felt that the commissioners w

thank you, madam chair. >> according to a rival, senator alexander. >> thank you, madam chairman. to the members of the commission, welcome. i remember the hearing for three new members of the commission. three appointees of president obama and how pleased i was in the president's appointments. two democrats, one republican, but one was a distinguished, and is, prof. at mit. one was a person with broad experience as having had actually operated reactors for the navy. one with broad experience within the energy department. it is not always that republicans and democratic presidents appoint such well qualified people to these positions. i was very pleased by the president's appointments. in the same way, i am extremely troubled by this extraordinary action of having four of the five members of the commission write a letter to the chief of staff of the white house saying that the chairman has undermined the ability of the commission to auction and they're concerned about the health and safety of the american people. some senators say we should talk about safety, and that is what this

cohen: thank you, madam speaker. the senate version of our bill is a bill making a minor change to the american legion. s. 1639, introduced by senator testor of montana is the senate companion of the bill introduced by the former defensiveback from the florida state seminoles, representative altmire of pennsylvania, and he did a great job of getting 432 co-sponsors. that might make this the easiest vote taken. this -- while this is not a major change to the existing charter, it will help the american legion carry out changes under a prose -- process adopted by resolution at the national convention last year. i'm proud to join with them as just about everybody else has in this house an i support the bill and reserve the balance of my time the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. gohmert: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee. mr. cohen: i yield three minutes an seven seconds to the gentleman who represents the -- the former florida state seminole playe

thank you, madam chair. >> thank you. the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. >> i thank you. i just wanted to ask broadly to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, ask a few broad questions of the panel. i want to start by saying by asking whether or not -- whether anyone on the panel would say that fha having as large a role in the mortgage marketplace is a healthy thing? would any of you volunteer to say that? okay. all right. so we're not talking about -- there's not a discussion on the committee about eliminating fha, but there's a discussion about fixing it, and, you know, some of us look at fha and say, well, when fha is playing such a large role in the mortgage marketplace, perhaps there is something severely wrong with the mortgage marketplace; right? which everybody on the panel would think, well, obviously; right? i mean, it's sort of a reality here. you know, to -- you know, with the temporary conforming loan limits being raised, then october 1st, they went back down under law, and then this co

thank you, supervisor wiener. >> thank you, madam chair. i am here on a different item and i wanted to take an opportunity to say a couple of things. thank you too supervisor wiener and his office for the work they have done, and to our labor partners that have worked to identify this as an issue for quite some time. i am proud to be a sponsor of this legislation and i am glad to see there is work in terms of figuring out whether a narrow exemption is appropriate. i do hope that to the extent that there is an exemption that it is as narrow as possible. it is a roddick to see some nonprofits talk about not having to pay prevailing wage. i think that we have to be very careful in how we craft any exception. i think that prevailing wage is something that we should try to aspire to as much as possible and that should be the norm, not the exception. >> we have made to the motion. just a couple of follow ups. in terms of department feedback, i appreciate the opportunity to work with the department to make sure that we're not adversely affecting s

madam chairman. you know, as this has unfolded, i have had contacts from my home state, several customers, several broker dealers, one missing a half million dollars, and absolutely through no fault of their open, and as one kind of tries to pierce the veil here and fir -- figure out what happened, it's incredibly difficult to do. had a chance to read the lengthy article in "the new york times", which has some interesting tidbits in it. one is that i have operated under the assumption that these european trade on european debt were losing money. the assertion in this article is that they made money. this is -- second paragraph from the end, ultimately, the bets corzine placed wound up better than the firm itself. the european debt trades were profitable, though too late for mf global. is that the case, governor corzine were they profitable trades? >> senator, at the time of the bankruptcy on october 30th, they were still positive trades. the positive positions, but they clearly were part of the ingre

ayotte: thank you, madam president. i rise today in support of the national defense authorization act, and in particular i'd like to speak briefly about the detainee provisions contained in the conference report. i have spoken many times over the last few months about this issue, but due to the importance of these issues -- and i think some of the unfortunate mischaracterizations we have heard about the bipartisan compromise that passed this body already overwhelmingly and came out of the armed services committee overwhelmingly, i wanted to come to the floor and make some closing points on this. i'd like to start with this proposition. no member of al qaeda, no terrorist should ever hear the words "you have the right to remain silent." that fundamental principle is at the heart of the issue that we confronted in the armed services committee in addressing the detainee provisions that are contained within the defense authorization report. the central issue is how do we best gather intelligence to protect our country from

reid: madam president. be in a period of morning business. the republicans will control the first 30 minutes, the majority the next 30 minutes. a vote is expected on the cord ray nomination tomorrow morning. madam president, 70 years ago today, the attack on pearl harbor changed our country forever. it also hardened our resolve to become a better, stronger nation, and that we have become. an example is the u.s.s. nevada. the great battleship epitomizes the resiliency of our country. while in the port of oahu, november 7, 1941, the battleship nevada was hit by many bombs and a torpedo. 60 american sailors died. less than a year later, that great battleship returned to service and served valiantly our country during world war ii. today we honor the living pearl harbor veterans for their courage and their sacrifice. here in the senate, we, of course, refer to our medal of honor winner dan inouye, senator akaka and frank lautenberg, all three served in world war ii. we also remember the nearly 2,400 americans w

madam clerk, we have an open item number nine at. we recessed until we could be joined by the mta director. commissioner campos, would you like to introduce this item? commissioner campos: thank you for taking your time to be here. and i know he had a prior meeting. think you for your flexibility in coming to speak with us. for those of you that were here when this item was first requested and for those of you that are new to the board, i want to simply put this in some context. last year i requested a management, operational audit of the mta. at the time that the audit was requested, the mta had not been subject to a management operations audit in 14 years. as of best practice under our rules under the board of supervisors, we want agencies to undergo of management performance of it, at least every eight years. -- we want agencies to undergo management performances at least every eight years. what we have before you is the second phase of the audit. the first phase was conducted by the office of budget and legislative analyst. with

>> madam chair, deputy city attorney here. no, you do not. the new agreement would be lodged with the committee. and if the committee desired to move the new version of the agreement for work, then that would be the vote could you do not have to move to make an amendment. supervisor chu: thank you. colleagues, given the presentation, i think that we certainly got more information today. we certainly have improvements with regards to the amendments, the first three, in addition to that last suggestion. but i would be uncomfortable sitting this item forward to the full board at this time because there are so many moving parts to it, and i prefer we get most of this information solid at the committee before we send it forward. it would also get the budget analyst time to reflect the changes in the budget analyst report, which i think will be useful as we continue to talk about the speed of at the end of the day, we will be able to make improvements through the amendments to change the financial picture for the city and to provide additional guar

. >> thank you, madam chairwoman. i really have reservations about asking you a lot of question, or any for that matter. in my state of missouri, we have approximately 24,000 homeless children, which means, to me at least, there's a certain level of -- some of you kind of mentioned it, and that is you try to stay under the radar. you don't want to be noticed. i'm wondering, as you have struggled, have you met other young people who were in your same situation? and if so, i mean, was there any attempt to to measure each other situation to see if there was a place or a way to get help? any of you at all meet others in your same situation? which even promotes the whole issue, that is probably more severe than disability, they wouldn't want anybody to know, without the actor, ms. rodgers? >> yes. imacs are in a program whether several other groups in my situation. we all connect, like, okay, how did you get here from and did you call other resources that may be turned you down, or that, because we're all in the same situa

>> good morning, madam president, commissioners. further tests sanchez, and i am speaking for myself. i had the privilege of being the adopted goddaughter of jimmy herman in his last years of his life, so i had a very personal relationship with him, and i was privileged to have that. one of the things i wanted to share with you is that people have been talking about a lifetime and the years that they have been trying to bring a new cruise terminal to our report. it is appropriate that you're taking this vote today at city hall, because i remember 22 years ago as a then young staffer for the mayor, one of the first projects that i worked on was a project to develop the scandinavian center at pier 33, a cruise terminal. that was the first iteration of a cruise terminal i was exposed to. i worked on it, actually, with the commissioner's has been, the deputy mayor, at the time. that did not come to fruition. the land lease cruise terminal did not come to fruition. so i am really pleased that we're so close to finally getting this new cr

madam president, thank you for your attention. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: thank you. just a few weeks ago, in november, in communities across our country, our nation's men and women in uniform were honored on veterans day for their service to our nation. i'd like to share a story with my colleagues of one exceptional kansas veteran who is no longer with us but whose story stands as a lasting tribute to the members of our armed forces, whose courage and sacrifice preserves our freedoms. father emil kateman was born in 1916 and served in the diocese of wichita for four years before volunteering for the u.s. army in 1944. during the korean war, he served as a chaplain for the eighth cal have calvary regimen of the first army division. his courageous actions in the korean battlefield saved countless lives as he ran under enemy fire to rescue wounded soldiers. when the father was taken prisoner in 1950, he continued to live out the army chaplain motto -- for god and country. in the bitter cold winter, fa

there we go, right there. >> thank you, madam secretary. would you elaborate how the cut in the budgets affects your department? >> we're still waiting for the f.y.-12 budget. my understanding from the apro rators is that they are near an agreement for us. i think one of the areas that is likely to be most impacted are the grants that we can provide to states and lol fiss -- localties for things like disaster response, first responder training and the like. i have some real concerns about that because states and localities themselves are cutting those budgets and this is a national capacity we need to have, which is to say, if there's a disaster anywhere, be it mother nature, a major earthquake, a hurricane that hits land or a terrorist incident, we need to have that security safety net. but i do think the grants are likely to take a hit. another area that i think hopefullyfully will be restored from the house, the whole area of research. i believe that technology is going to help us solve some of our more difficult problems in the area whe

senator. >> thank you, madam chair. mr.uffy, did you get a chance to hear the testimony of governor corzine and his associates? >> i did. >> was the testimony that you heard consistent with the facts that you have uncovered in your investigation. >> what i can tell you this we were told that by mf global they transferred money from customer segregated accounts to the broker-dealer. i can also tell you that one of our employees was on the call with one of their employees when they said that jon corzine was aware. >> again, it is remarkable. you mentioned lehman brothers and things like this. is this unique, this sort of thing happening? absurdly to this extent, but is a unique in its of? >> yes, it is, for the customer funds. >> you mentioned, you know, customers. how do we differentiate between what is and what is the customer dollars? >> the customer fund would be put in a segregated account, and says would be segregated. >> the money that they discovered. >> there could be money in a lot of other accounts outside. there c