energize his investment it's curious that only this has been brought out anywhere that actually mr corps and remains a managing partner of j.c. flowers' company remains on the one that boards of his they and yet no one's talked about the conflict of interest possible dealings between those two companies etc so you find goldman everywhere and yet of course gary gensler. gary gensler. i mean how how is someone a former crony you can to be who contributed to mr reelection campaign in new jersey and he's supposed to be in charge of regulating it you know a lot of the spin masters from the other side were leaking stories and the rest of the mainstream press are going to get by you guys who are on top of it that the trail has gone cold yeah what i would say to that is if you haven't even taken the bloodhounds out of the kennel how can you say the trails won't call there's been nobody looking after what really happened behind the story again with one exception of this committee which i'm very grateful for but they are not a court of law they can indict anyone they can't force the vehicle back o

for example the use of customer funds repos in the kind of investments they could make if she and mr corps are on a plane or on the phone speaking with gary gensler with part shelton in order to keep the rules as they were to enable them to leverage up the bets and continue basically using our money place part of the at risk to support their bet how important you think they called a connection is oh i think i think in terms of a connection with the existing goldman sachs' company there were a number of transactions that i remember reading a report that a lot of the assets that were sold in the final days of the company were purchased by goldman so there's an involvement there i think what's more interesting in this is not proof of any kind of criminality or whatever but it is kind of an interesting coincidence that almost all the key players involved you can find a connection back to working together at goldman sachs and that's what i mean i guess maybe facts samphire slake an accent ferber. william dudley at the fed who gave the primary dealers status j.c. flowers who hasn't been mentione

apparently withheld at the behest of mr corps i'm critical risk documents before floating a three hundred million dollars bond offering it's all documented i gave everything to congress they have it where's the investigation i can't speak to finra as much as i can speak to the national futures association i'm from the commodity industry that's where i come from the n f a they may be the self regulatory body but by and large they get their funding off of every transaction that occurs and i found them to be very independent as my fact i would say in the commodities industry for the most part there's a fear and a respect of the regulator that's not what i'm seeing at all with the c.c.i. i quite frankly see a larger picture of regulatory capture that i think is damaging the integrity of the u.s. financial system oh yeah well how unusual was it that within one minute of requesting it a transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars was made from m.f. global segregated client funds to j.p. morgan's accounts the money arrived with j.p. morgan within fifteen minutes going to speak. mark excuse me fo

mr. murdoch's news corps, also don't forget the police. the horse was actually a gift from scotland yard to mrs. brooks, a retired service horse and there were questions about whether it seemed that violated police policy as you suggest, a very minor episode suggestive of the way this goes. the way the prime minister rode that very horse on the brooks' ground seems to be only too vivid an illustration of that coziness. >> british prime ministers can last for a decade or 30 years i was just watching a docudrama they can last forever or a stiff breeze can knock them out forever. is david cameron experiencing a stiff breeze or is this just going to do damage. >> if you think back to last summer when this first rereputed, whether this could fracture the coalition. david cameron formed a government in partnership with the liberal democrats a third party as a way of establishing a working majority in parliament. this is a reminder of the embarrassment of the politicians being in bed with the murdoch to be lloyd press and personal ties of mr. came

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 >>> mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the dwight d. eisenhower memorial. in 1999 congress authorized the memorial commission to consider a memorial to our 34th president. that commission is comprised of 12 commissioners including eight members of congress and previously a member of the eisenhower family. as a result of this commission's work in 2002, congress authorized the commission to establish the eisenhower memorial. since that time the national park service has worked closely with the commission to establish the memorial in accordance with both the authorizing legislation and the commemorative works act. in our experience, the subjects of memorials can provoke strong emotional responses because while many may agree on the value of commemorating a particular person or event, they may not all agree on the form that commemoration should take. the direction provided by the congress in the come memive works has ha

corps, lots of people. the motorcade of us going and around and all these dignitaries in various events. at the end of the day, mrs. bush had a press conference at a hotel ballroom. the place was packed. i was taking notes for my humor column. when i thought it was all over, the photographer brought the press corps that had been with mrs. bush up on the stage. maybe two dozen of us. they put me right next to barbara rush, first lady of the united states, for this picture. this is a situation where i know in my mind to say nothing. i knew that in my mind. [laughter] your brain does not always tell the rest of your body what the plan is. there was kind of a quiet moment with these high-powered journalists and this room full of people. i planned to say nothing, but for some reason my mouth came open, and i said to barbara bush, first lady of the united states, who i had never met. i said, a shot at the same supermarket as your son jebb. [laughter] i swear to you. i did shop at the same supermarket but this was before he became governor of florida. but i do not think the first lady was dying to know that. i do not thi

mr. speaker, that the marine corps cannot do what has been asked by the wives. the wives have just asked for one paragraph that clearly states -- and mr. speaker, quite frankly, the marine corps owes this to the families because they came out with this press release that i just read a moment ago in 2000 and indicated that this was pilot error. they have seen all the information that i have accumulated in 10 years and all the families are asking for their children, connie has a little girl named brooks, trish has two boys named michael and matthew. all they're asking is an official letter from the united states marine corps that the children can have, for years to come, and whenever it comes about, the crash on april 8, 2000, in arizona was pilot error . and, mr. speaker, they can say, no, that's not true. i have a letter from the united states marine corps commandant that clearly states that my father was not at fault. and, mr. speaker, i want to thank the -- "the hill" magazine today. i'm sorry that i had to be featured in it, because the most important thing ab

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> if cuts under mr. bush were going to expire, this would solve the problem, republicans would not have to vote for a tax increase, and you guys could march forward. what do you think? >> i could try. adam is a good friend. we work together on this. we work very closely. our committee is bipartisan. we really try to work -- we look at our responsibility as protecting the men and women in uniform and defending the nation and the country. however, i have had many hearings. i have discussed my opinion, he has expressed his. my opinion is that the representative of the armed services committee is to ensure the people have all the training and equipment and what they need to carry out their missions and return home safely. i don't think it comes under my jurisdiction to worry about taxes and revenue. there are people at higher pay grade that worry and work on that. >> given your strong interest in avoiding defense cuts, would you be willing to not vote and let the tax cuts expire? >> like i said, i look at my

corps. we will start with npr. >> thank you, mr. president.raordinarily difficult circumstances in afghanistan in the last few weeks, i wonder what mr. coffin said two years from now to leave it will be better than it is today. and i wonder if you can talk about the pace of withdrawal. whether you see something more gradual or speedier. and mr. prime minister, you and the president take different approaches to economic growth. you have more austerity measures. the president focuses more on stimulus measures. i wonder why you think your approach will create more jobs than the president's. >> first of all, on the afghanistan, i think both david and i understand how difficult this mission is because we have met with families whose sons or daughters or husbands or wives made the ultimate sacrifice. we visit our wounded warriors. we understand the sacrifices they have made their. as i indicated, we have made progress. we are seeing an afghan security force that is getting stronger and more robust and more capable of operating on its own. our goal,

mr. secretary, of the situation as regards the f-35 now? >> the situation for the navy and marine corps as regards the f-35 is because of the -- some of the issues you have identified with concurrency and with the readiness of the aircraft, we have reduced the number of planes that we are going to buy, but we have remained constant in the number of total aircraft that we will buy in the program. 680 aircraft total for the department of the navy. that's 420 for the marine corps including 360 bs and 80 cs for the marines, the remainder "c" variant for the navy. it's a capability that we need. it's a capability that the marine corps does not have a backup plan for. you correctly pointed out that we have bought the carriers from the british then we they retired their carrier. we did that to extend the life of the harrier to make sure we p landing capabilities in place until the arrival in sufficient numbers of the f-35-b. >> thank you. mr. secretary, gerald r. ford cost overruns are $1 billion and i'm not sure how much it is complete. will the navy be asking for legislative relief from the

but also student corps. mr. speaker, one of the things that unemployment numbers reflect is that a lot of young people are out of work. a lot of people who just got out of college still looking for their first job. people wanted to jump right into the work force are having a very tough time. so the student job corps would be a program to put students to work. you know, mr. speaker, there's lots of work to be done around america. we have -- according to the american society of civil engineers, there's $2 trillion worth of maintenance that needs to be done all across america. i'm talking about the roads, the bridges, the transit, all kinds of stuff. there's young people who need intervention. there's tutoring that needs to happen. there are all kinds that needs to happen. between the school improvement corps, the park improvement corps and the student job corps, we will be able to literally hire millions of people. it will be great. it will spur or economy. it will increase aggregate demand and it will give a life

corp? we will starts with rh shapiro of npr. >> thank you, mr. president.en the difficult circumstances in afghanistan from the last few weeks wharks makes you confident that two years from now when the troops leave that it will be better than it is today and i wonder if you can talk about the pace of withdrawal, whether you see something slower or more speedy and mr. prime minister, you and the president take different approaches to economic growth, you stress a more austerity measures the president focuses on stimulus measures. why do you feel your approach creates more jobs. thank you. >> first of all on afghanistan, i think david and i understand how difficult this mission is, because we have met with families whose sons or daughters or husbands or wives made the ultimate sacrifice. we visit our wounded warriors and we understand the sacrifices that they have made there. but, as i indicated, we have made progress. we are seeing an afghan national security force that is getting stronger and more, robust and more capable of operating on its own and our go

mr. livinggood. the vice president from comcast corp.. a friendly reminder. pull the microphone close and make sure the button is clicked and you will be good to go. >> thank you mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee for inviting me to discuss some of the things comcast is doing. i am an engineer working in cyber security and other technical issues every day. i serve as vice president of internet services engineering at comcast. i am in charge of our residential high-speed internet service. i serve on the ftc working group, on the ican advisory committee and i am a member of the board of trustees for the internet society. also an active contributor to the internet task force. at comcast, we take cyber security issues seriously. we know our customers are concerned about security. we want to provide them with the best, fastest internet service as possible. our team devotes significant time, energy, an investment to update and refine our cyber security efforts. one such threat we focus on comes from a malicious software called the bot. it runs on an end us

would include the public school rehabilitation projects, park improvement corps and student jobs corps. mr. speaker, the budget will assist us to be able to responsibly act to reduce our budget deficit but also maintain our domestic priorities. this budget is the right budget and will protect our fragile recovery and invest in our future and i reserve the balance of our time. the chair: the gentleman from california, mr. honda is recognized. mr. honda: to the gentleman from michigan, i would like to allocate a minute and a half. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. conyers: tonight, i want to commend my friend from the other side of the aisle, starting with mr. tom mcclintock of california and those who are with him this evening because what has happened is that we have begun to see that between the leaders and the progressive caucus and those who can't possibly vote for the progressive caucus bill are still finding things that we can agree on. for example, is there anybody on the leader of the other side of the aisle who does not believe that we should not i

mr. romney? >> jon: i'd tell him to go feck himself. that's what i'd say. feck. feck himself. as usual, the white house press corps was practicing what can only be called instigative journalism, like investigative journalism, only instead of investigating, they instigate. they prod the person at the podium with someone else's trash talk to see if they can gin up the fight. it's like a fortune cookie game, but instead of adding in bed to the end of every one of their questions, you just have to add, are you going to take that [bleeped]? let's play. >> on iran, mitt romney went so far to say if you are reelected, iran will get a bomb and the world will change. >> jon: you going to take that [bleeped]? >> democrats have said that republicans on a similar issue are engaged in a war on women. some top republicans say it's more like democrats are engaged in a war for the women's vote. >> mr. president, my question to you is are you going to take that [bleeped]? >> latino voters, some are still disappointed, others upset about a promise you made on immigration reform that has yet to come to pass. >> i guess my question t

there are those events when the corps provides the service when they exceed the capability or not in place prior to the disaster.expired. mr. price? >> thank you, mr. chairman. administrator, i want to focus on the new national preparedness grant proposal. let me lay out just a few questions that i hope can you address. a feature of your budget is the extreme lining of the 16 separate preparedness grant programs and to this new single titled national preparedness grant program. this excludes the emergency management performance grants and the firefighter grants but not much else. i mean you have 16 programs that are consolidated here. you also lay down a couple criteria which will govern your grant making. one is the utilization of a competitive risk based model for making funding decisions. those criteria raise certain issues, i think. because you're consolidating programs here that have had somewhat different,ales and certainly different criteria for funding decisions. the two largest are the state homeland security program and the urban area security initiative. these are two very different programs. one is intended to

mr. obama is facing pressure to put more pressure on iran. >> one is the sanctions and another one is attack the iranian revolutionary guard corps for trying to blow up the saudi ambassador in washington, dc. >> we shouldn't be going to war with anybody. all these problems can be solved diplomatically, saginaw fact everybody is talking about waugh, it's very -- >> yesterday's parliamentary elections in iran appear to favor the ruling claire -- clearics over mahmoud ahmadinejad. >> tone things down when they get out of control with rhetoric, and trying to get everyone to step back from the brink. >> next week president obama and prime minister benjamin netanyahu will peek to -- speak to a pro israel lobbying group. there are bills in congress calling for closer coalition between the out and israel. >> the bay area is hours away from an historic visit by israeli president simone peres. the first time an incumbent israeli president has visited california. the trip will be tech heavy withvisions to google and facebook. peres wants to connect with young people to advance the cause of peace in the middle east. >> the monterey asquare annual anno

mr. chairman. i knew i was very messed up when i got out of the marine corps. it was apparent. people told me. you're not the same person. you're angry. i was drinking and i was depressed. and it was apparent to me i -- and to go back a little bit, in the marine corps my primary m.o.s. was administrative in nature. so i was attached to second battalion, 4th marines, a grunt unit sent to iraq. so i immediately felt like i didn't deserve to get help because i wasn't infantry by trade. so therefore the things that i saw were things that are natural and therefore, you know, just kind of need to suck it up. when i got out of the marine corps, you know, i started seeking treatment at the va and i just felt like i didn't get help because if i admitted there was something wrong with me, there was something wrong with me. and the va though they were there and supportive, they never really said, this is what's going to happen if you continue and you don't get help. you need to get help or if you don't get help you're not going to get this disability check that, you know, you go and spend on booze and th

that mayors know what they're receiving from the corps and what they can show to other contractors if they choose to do a private option for the work? >> mr. chairman, first thing's first. we did something in alabama we never done previously. and that was we looked at the debris mission as a housing milgs. we normally would no not go in and take debris wholesale off a private property and lots. we weren't going to do businesses but in the homes. since this was relatively new to us, we looked to the corps to help manage that. because previously, under the most of the debris management rules, local jurisdictions would not have been able to go on private property and remove a lot of that debris. it would have been almost a case by case basis. so we were looking at one thing -- we knew that housing was going to be our biggest issue. the faster we got debris off those lots, the quicker people could rebuild. it was a new approach. it had not been done before. we had the authorities under staff for that. and we used the corps to help manage that. did it cost more? yes, sir. and we learned from that? yes, sir. are we looking at how to reduce that

to remain and make the navy and marine corps a career so that the diversity at our higher ranks will mirror the ones at our lower ranks. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary. admiral? good to see you, too. and, first, i applaud the decision to fully fund ship and depot maintenance accounts. the navy is taking steps to improve maintenance work on its surface ships so as to mitigate problems in material readiness that has come to light in recent years. admiral, can you talk about some of the -- of these improvements, how these will -- these steps affect ship maintenance work, particul particularly pearl harbor and other shipyard as well. thanks. >> aloha, senator. the biggest change is called the surface management engineering program, surf mep, we reininstituted it into the program. it lays out the key and critical maintenance procedures that need to take place when we bring a surface ship in for maintenance to assure that it gets to its expected service life. it involves going into the tanks, looking at the turbines, the shafts, the shaft seals. those long-term items that you might be tempted not to look at and that we didn't look at in the pas

corps. we'll start with ari shapiro of npr. >> thank you, mr. president.rcumstances in afghanistan from the last few weeks i wonder what makes you confident that two years from now when the last troops leave it will be better than it is today? and i wonder if you could also talk about the pace of withdrawl, whether you see something more gradual or speedier? and mr. prime minister, you and the president take very different approaches to economic growth where you emphasize more austerity measures. the president focuses more on stimulative measures and i wonder whether you could explain your approach is likely to create more jobs than president obama's approach. thank you. >> well, first of all on afghanistan, i think both david and i understand how difficult this mission is because we've met with families whose, whose sons or daughters or husbands or wives made the ultimate sacrifice. we visit our wounded warriors and we understand the sacrifices that they have made there. but, as i indicated, we have made progress. we're seeing an afghan security force get

corp. we're going to start with ari shapiro of npr. >> thank you, mr. president.s, i wonder what makes you confident that in two years from now when the last troops leave it will be better than what it is today and i'm wondering whether you can peak to the rate of withdrawal. i wonder where your approach could create more jobs than president obama's approach. >> well, first of all, i think we understand this approach because we've met with families whose sons or daughters or husbands and wives made the ultimate sacrifice. we visited our wounded warriors and understand the sacrifices that they've made there. but as i indicated, we have made progress. we're seeing an afghan security force that is getting morrow bust and more capable of operating on its own. and our goal, as said in lisbon, is to make sure that over the next two years, the afghan security force continues to improve and enhances capabilities and so we'll be prepared to provide for that country's security when we leave. we also think it's important that there is a political aspect to this, that all of

mr. chairman. chairman levin and ranking member mccain appear before you. because of the active and reserve sailors and civilians and families, the navy and the marine corps remain a vital part of our national security. i'm honored to serve and lead the navy in these challenging times. i thank you for your continued support. i would like to address three points. the navy's response to the nation's security, our enduring tennets and security decisions and how these shaped the budget submission. today, our navy is the force. our global fleet operates from u.s. basis and places around the world to deter aggression and respond to crises and when needed and called upon, to win our nation's wars. if you refer to a chart that i provided in front of you, you can see that on any given day, we have about 50,000 sailors and 145 ships under way with about 100 of the ships deployed overseas. these ships and sailors allow us to influence events abroad because they ensure access to what i refer to the maritime crossroads. these are areas where shipping lanes and our security interests intersect. they indicated on the chart. we can remain forward in the areas because of the fac

corps. we will start with npr. >> thank you, mr. president.es in afghanistan in the last few weeks, i wonder what mr. coffin said two years from now to leave it will be better than it is today. and i wonder if you can talk about the pace of withdrawal. whether you see something more gradual or speedier. and mr. prime minister, you and the president take different approaches to economic growth. you have more austerity measures. the president focuses more on stimulus measures. i wonder why you think your approach will create more jobs than the president's. >> first of all, on the afghanistan, i think both david and i understand how difficult this mission is because we have met with families whose sons or daughters or husbands or wives made the ultimate sacrifice. we visit our wounded warriors. we understand the sacrifices they have made their. as i indicated, we have made progress. we are seeing an afghan security force that is getting stronger and more robust and more capable of operating on its own. our goal, said in lisbon, is to make sure th

corps still provides a service. one that exceeds that capability or one that was not in place prior to the disaster. >> my time has expired. mr. price? >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me lay out a few questions that i hope in the course of walking us through this you can address. a feature of your budget is the streamlining of the 16 separate preparedness grant programs and the single newly titled national preparedness grant program, this excludes the emergency management performance are grants and firefighters grants but not much else. you have 16 programs consolidated here. and you lay down a couple of criteria which will govern your grant-making. one is the utilization of a competitive-risk based model to make these decision and also, requiring grantees to develop and sustain core capabilities and those criteria on the face of it raise certain issues because you're consolidating programs here that that have had somewhat different rationales and different criteria for funding decisions. the two largest are the state homeland security security program and the urban area security initiative. these are two very different progr

national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> president obama and the first lady, mrs. obama, host their sixth state dinner tonight for british prime minister david cameron and his wife. our coverage beginning with their rivals at 6:30 p.m. eastern. we will have live coverage. next, we go to the british prime minister's question time from the house of commons. nick clegg stood in for a premise there cameron. the main topic was the british economy. this is 35 minutes. >> the prime minister, liz kendall. >> mr. speaker, my right hon. friend, the united states station -- the united states is visiting. -- he is visiting the united states. my deepest consol -- condolences for the men who died last tuesday. private anton frenton, private daniel wade and private daniel wilford. these are men of outstanding courage and selflessness. this tragic there will be remembered. this reminds us of what our armed forces enter to guarantee the safety and security of our country. we also id the shocked at the appalling news of the number of afghan bassem -- civilians who were wounded and

mr. gruber. madam speaker, the marine corps shortly after the accident assigned three marines, the day after the accident, on april 8, to fly to arizona and to do the only investigation for the united states marine corps. at the time colonel mike morgan was the lead investigator assisted by colonel ryan radish and also major phil stackhouse. in the report that was the official report for the marine corps of the accident, on page 77, they stated, and i quote, during this investigation we found nothing that we would characterize as negligence delivered pilot era or maintenance/material failure. madam speaker, in this 10-year journey to clear the names of two of these two marine pilots, i reached out to the attorneys. john brow and brooks gruber, their families employed jim furman, an attorney in texas, who himself was a helicopter pilot in vietnam. he's an outstanding attorney and he defended the two pilots when they went and filed suit against bill boeing. in a letter on april 28, 2010, from jim furman to me in this effort to clear the names of john brow and brooks gruber, he wrote, and i quote,

mr. farr: i rise today to honor the 51st anniversary of the peace corps. in just 51 years, peace corps has been unparallel force for peace. listen to the numbers. 139 developing countries have been served. over 200,000 returned peace corps volunteers and four of those are members of congress. and taken together, these volunteers have contributed more than 400,000 years of service in the name of peace. i am proud to be part of these ranks. peace corps changed my life and it continues to change the lives of both those who serve and the communities that are served. in 2012 this call to service doesn't show any sign of slowing down. 9,095 americans are serving in 76 countries, this includes my constituent case rollins of santa cruz who is working in ethiopia, helping women develop honey production and dry fruits projects to help their income. and that's the work of one volunteer. today, i honor case and other peace corps volunteers, past and present. peace, prosperity and friendship, truly your service is more important today than it's ever been. congress must

mr. president, what will you do for women's suffrage?" but banners as i said still show your identity in terms of your profession, be it actress or dentist. so as you're parading you will have your corps of people marching under your banner. your city or state. your alma mater. if your section of the parade is your university. the party other party to which you may belong, be it the democratic or the progressive party. and most importantly, the party to which you belong for suffrage. and this is the national women's party tricolor, although this is from our collection and i'm afraid it's faded a little bit so that purple has become a sort of blue. but it should be the color of kyle's dress. [ laughter ] eggplant. purple, white, and gold. the national women's party colors. and this tricolor is used along with all of these other banners in deliberate combinations of words and color and pageantry that create the women's suffrage -- the physical part of the women's suffrage movement and the picketing part of the women's suffrage movement. and it backs up the words, and it backs up the lobbying. and it creates a visual encounter for the public, and a spectacle for the press, and a way of l

mr. hanson, we appreciate your service and your willingness to come here and to be really honest and candid with us. when i read through your opening statement, when you were discharged in the marine corps, you knew you were not a healthy individual. but at the same time, you did not tell anybody. there was a feeling, i guess, in your own mind. you said it in your opening statement that you felt indestructible. that's because you were in the marine corps and you served, yet you were struggling. you suggested that perhaps everyone should realize that they should get some help and perhaps as an incentive, to have compensation withheld. let me ask you this. do you think if you'd not talk about the v.a., but talk about the military services, do you think the marine corps itself should have briefed you before you were discharged to say, look, it's not being less of a marine if you realize you need help. >> generally i find that persons like yourself are courageous and are willing to give your life for your country. so when it comes to signing on the dotted line that i'm weak and i need help, people won't do it because they say it's a sign of weakness in america. so had you ever thought -- i