mr. rounds: ok. mr. frazee: they found all the lending or supported all the lending. mr. rounds: thank you. mr. kricun, with regard to the financing and so forth that you've used in the past, can you share a little bit about whether or not, like in this particular case, i like the idea of the states really being in charge of the operations and then if we need the financial backing and so forth, we look at the federal level, but i like the idea of block grants. i like the idea of having access to guaranteed loans and so forth. but revenue bonds and so forth. can you talk a little bit about the kind of financing you guys have seen and the success that you've had and what the challenges were? mr. kricun: yes, thank you, senator rounds. so we basically were able to optimize our entire wastewater treatment plant and install new equipment, expressly through the state revolving fund in new jersey. the new jersey environmental infrastructure trust. because the operation and maintenance cost of the new equipment was lower than the old equipment, because less maintenance, because it

and it's sad because i you know i was ready i was raised as a net and one of my going to do now mr round when i get out what am i going to do give me a job at mcdonald's i'll be fifty four years old came down when i was twenty six i was in college i was taking a vote. what am i a good one i'm not going to do now. because what you want more before you come to the penitentiary is not what you're going to be when you were released. this is a country that began with the language of liberty and yet we have more people in prison to tap into that everybody in the world. and. there's no doubt that being rich makes it less likely it will be incarcerated even if something terrible. says. so. on. this is the richest year ever human history the rich are getting richer this evidence are less and these are creators that how plutocrats these or do worse making things happen when they do well and we all well. there's a religion that says they really will benefit there's almost nothing to do with the real world so it completely fails in the real world was the wrong word it's not a failure for the of frac

mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. mr.ders. >> no. >> so you are watching them there on the senate floor. discussing this bill and to vote on bill specifically. the senior capitol hill producer, he is there right now. chadha, what can you tell us about this long night that we are watching unfold? >> this is a key vote here. this is not final passage on the bill. this is an amendment to scare down, skinny repeal of obamacare. they need to have a simple majority to do this, but in the last couple of moments, a couple of senators have voted no. what that does, if all of the other 50 republican senators hold together, they can still pass this amendment which is key to passing the bill. try to incorporate this into the bill, and then have vice president pence break the tie. but they are down to two no right now. that told us a lot, that they might not have the votes for this. if they had the votes, they would have forged ahead in the timely fashion. >> what happens if they don't have a vote? >> if they don't have the votes, tha

mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio? mr. sanders? >> no. >> mr. sasse? mr. schatz? >> no. >> mr. schumer?> no. >> mr. scott? mrs. shaheen? >> no. >> mr. shelby? >> aye. >> miss stabenow? >> no. >> mr. sullivan? >> aye. >> mr. tester? >> no. >> mr. thune? mr. tillis? >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udall. >> no. >> mr. van hollen? >> no. >> mr. warner? >> no. >> ms. warren? >> no. >> mr. whitehouse? >> no. >> mr. wecker? >> aye. >> mr. wyden? >> no. >> mr. young? >> a . >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, barrasso, blunt, bowesman, bury, capito, cassidy, cochran, corker, cornyn, crapo, daines, enzi, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, hoven, inhofe, isackson, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, mcconnell, paul, purdue, portman, ratio, robert, rounds, rubio, scott, shelby, strange, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, young. senators voting in the negative, baldwin, bennett, blumenthal, booker, brown, cantwell, cardin, carper, casey, collins, coons, cortez masto, donnelly, duckworth, durbin, feinstein, franken, gillibrand, harris, hassen, heinrich, h

brexit secretary david davis and the eu's michel barnier outline progress made in their latest round of talks. mrthere remain ‘fundamental‘ disagreements" — and the uk must clarify its position on a number of issues. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. now it's time for meet the author. my guest today is one of the world's most popular crime writers, the rather aptly named karin slaughter. after finding fame with her first novel blindsighted, she's gone on to sell more than 35 million copies of her books, including the will trent and grant county series. her latest book is called the good daughter. it focuses on two sisters whose family is torn apart after a terrifying attack on their home, which leaves their mother dead and both of them damaged in very different ways. years later, the horrors of the past return. karin slaughter, the good daughter links to deadly events, this terrifying attack on the family, and then 28 years later, a shooting in a school, as seen

from his four-day trip to europe he showed no sign of it sunday morning when he fired off a round of tweets. mr. trump defended his face to face meeting with vladamir putin insisting he pressed the russian leader about meddling in the u.s. election. prominent members of the president's own party suggest he didn't press putin hard enough. paula reid is at the white house. >> reporter: the president returned from the g 20 summit saturday, this morning he triumphantly tweeted the trip was a great success. he also shared details about his highly anticipated meeting with russian president vladamir putin. saying he pressed putin twice on russian meddling in our election and that they discussed forming an impenetrable cybersecurity unit. mr. trump acknowledged they did not discuss sanctions and nothing will be done until ukrainian and syrian problems are solved. marco rubio, tweeted, partners with put-in on cybersecurity unit. fellow republicans question the president's approach to putin. senator lindsay graham all. ought 2:15 of meetings, tillerson and trump are ready to forgive and forget when it co

his four day trip to europe, he showed no sign of it sunday morning when he fired off another round of tweets. mr. trump defended his face to face meeting with vladimir putin, insisting he the russian leader about meddling in the election. the prominent members of the president's own party said he didn't press putin hard enough. paula reid is at the white house. >> reporter: the president returned from the g20 summit saturday. this morning he triumphantly tweeted the trip was a great success am he also shared details about his highly anticipated meeting with russian president vladimir putin. saying he pressed putin twice on russian meddling in our election and that they discussed forming an empen trabl cybersecurity unit. but mr. trump acknowledged they did not discuss sanctions and knock will be done until ukrainian and syrian problems are solve. senator rubio responded tweeting partnering with putin on a cybersecurity unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit. fellow republicans questioned the president's approach to putin. senator lindsey graham. >> two hours and 15 minu

secretary david davis and the eu's michel barnier have outlined progress made in their latest round of talks. mrwere still fundamental disagreements over citizens‘ rights. he says the uk needs to clarify its position on a number of issues. two. web places selling drugs and weapons have been closed down by the us justice department. there‘s been a 10% rise in recorded crime in england and wales — the largest annual increase for a decade. in sporty us open champion brooks koepka has a share of the lead. it has been a nightmare start for rory mcilroy, four over par after his first five holes. and tom westley will make his england debut in the third test against south africa, the essex batsman will play at number three after receiving his first call—up. more about those stories just after half past four. an underground website that allowed the sale of drugs and hacking softwa re the sale of drugs and hacking software has been closed down by the united states. the us attorney generaljeff sessions described alphabay as the largest criminal website on the internet. today the us department ofjustice ann

rounds: one last question. do you agree with the f-35 and its fifth generation to abilities are needed for the air wing now and in the future? mr. spencer: yes. sen. rounds: thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chair. mr. spencer, thank you. i am sure if you had a fitbit on for the past couple of weeks, you put on dozens of miles because i have seen you all over the buildings. i appreciate you being so accessible. i want to follow up on the f-35 question and your responses to the questions for the record. there was a question asked about directing a reassessment at the department of navy's total curcumin program for the f-35's. i am not sure what precisely was thought about in terms of a reassessment, but you said review. i think in response to senator rounds's question, you believe it is a very important part of our arsenal. can you talk a little bit about what a review or reassessment would actually yield? mr. spencer: i believe when it comes to a critical weapons platform, there ought to be a continual focus on delivery of the actual aircraft or weapon systems or whatever the case may be whatever we make a d

mr. putin gave the traditional round up press conference. resident trump did not, he sent out a couple advisors. mr. tillerson was briefed after the putin press conference. he had gary cohen and steve mnuchin. this is how the president deals with stuff, we wait to get the tweets to see what he thinks happened, or what he wants us to think he thinks happened. >> how much of an impact will the tweets have as opposed to if he got on the stage and gave a press briefing or spoke with reporters on air force one coming home. >> it would have been more impactful if he came out and took questions, but you know this is kind of the new normal. he communicates through tweets and you wait for the tweets to see exactly where he stands at the moment. i think this is what is to be expected. >> to that end, the president tweeted that the g 20 summit was a great success for the u.s., and plaining that we must fix many of the bad trade deals and it will get done. now i want to listen to what they said about the meetings at the g 20, here it is. >> i think a maj

rounds: one last question. you agree that the f-35 and its fifth generation to abilities are needed for the air wing now and in the future? mr. spencer: yes. sen. rounds: thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chair. mr. spencer, thank you. i am sure if you had a fitbit on for the past couple of weeks, you put on dozens of miles because i have seen you all over the buildings. i appreciate you being so accessible. i want to follow up on the f-35 question and your responses to the questions for the record. there was a question asked about directing a reassessment at the department of neighborly -- department of navy's total procurement program for the f-35's. i am not sure what precisely was thought about in terms of a reassessment, but you said review. i think in response to senator rounds's question, you believe it is a very important part of our arsenal. can you talk a little bit about what you think a review or reassessment would actually yield? mr. spencer: i believe when it comes to a critical weapons platform, there ought to be a continual focus on delivery of the actual aircraft or weapon systems or what

mr. chairman, in the second round, thank you for your patience. >> i now recognize the ranking member from georgia, mr. lewis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. deputy commissioner, has the irs received additional funding to implement the fia recommendation? do you get more money? >> no, sir. the last increase that we had in this area, to be able to implement, and we're really appreciative for, is $90 million that congress appropriated specifically for identity theft, cybersecurity, and customer service at our call centers. >> how have the irs budget reductions impacted your operation? what more could you have done, or accomplished with more money? >> appreciate that question. the -- our infrastructure in the irs is very unique. it's large, it's complex. if you step back and look at all the stuff that happens within that infrastructure, we process over 200 million electronic returns a year, within the irs infrastructure. we have two data centers that operate on a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week basis. we have over 187 million taxpayer accounts on the system. we collect and process all the records for

and then to round off mr johnson's interventions he said that brussels needed to show more subtlety inhink he may need to show. thank you. it is 17 minutes past two. the headlines on bbc news. that will be an inquiry into the blood scandal that left two and a half thousand people dead. a major review into working practices recommends better protections for gig economy workers and an end to cash in hand jobs. foreign secretary borisjohnson inquiries with —— that the european union can go whistle. and in sports. the quarter finals of wimbledon will be against... johanna konta just keeps getting better. she is hoping to reach the semifinals this afternoon. if she does, she will be the first british woman to do so in almost 40 years. and the owners are expected to announce they will activate a great clause in their contract would —— that would cancel the race after 2019. they want a new financial deal. this has been the home of the races 1987. why more stories that have passed. it is believed that women want family—planning and they still don't have access. they are hoping to get more have

i look forward to your questions. >> we will have five minute rounds. mr. evans, before i ask your question, i will give this background. some people have suggested that the government should have to give judicial or even a warned before searching lawfully collected section 702 information, using the u.s. person information, such as name, phone number, or email address, particularly in non-national security investigations. what is the administration's view of whether there is any legal or constitutional reason why this is necessary? what would be the impact of congress decided to add a warrant requirement before agents could conduct these database checks? mr. evans: the executive branch has outlined in several filings and court pleadings that are public what our position on this is. legally speaking, under the statute and fourth amendment of the constitution, a warrant is not required to conduct the queries. the first thing to understanding why that is the case is understanding what a query is. we are not acquiring any new information. we are not conducting

brexit secretary david davis and the eu's michel barnier outline progress made in their latest round of talks. mrs" — and the uk must clarify its position on a number of issues. let's bring you up—to—date with all the latest sports news. thank you. day one at the 146th open golf championship and a good one for some big american names with matt kuchar, brooks koepka and jordan speith all tied for the lead — karthi gnanasegaram has been at royal birkdale for us. well, conditions at royal birkdale have made a one interesting. it is the americans who have fared the best. at the top of the leaderboard on five under par we havejordan spieth, brooks capture and matt kuchar. behind them paul casey and ian porter on three under in the chasing pack. rory mcilroy com pletely chasing pack. rory mcilroy completely changed his day away —— around. he is on one over and may be looking for a change of fortune when the weather changes on friday. we are expecting a lot of rain and wind. it will make conditions tomorrow unpredictable. an amazing start to this year's british open. it is something i did not expect sit

round two of the british open mr. armor himself jordan speith picked up right where he left off yesterday after he shot a 65 yesterday incredible. speith sinks the eagle putt to move to seven under par for the tournament finish the day at six under par still leading the way heading into the weeken. folks the news of the day, is cavs guard kyrie irving he wants out of cleve lap. he has listed four times as preferred landing spots. miami, san antone i don't know, minnesota hopefully not the new york 96 nick. a lot of rumors going around right now my guess is kyrie knows lebron is out next year and he's not waiting around for that to happen. see ya. >> wouldn't want to be. >> i heard four times. i was waiting to hear philadelphia. >> not yet. >> we can make it happen. >> doubtful but phone calls are happening. >> i love the fact we're even talking philadelphia sports. >> it's been awhile, right? >> good thing. >> we need something good. that's for sure. >> absolutely. coming up tonight at 10:00 police accuse a person of

mr davis is in brussels for a second round of formal talks on brexit.y was to "lift the uncertainty" for eu citizens living in the uk and britons living in the eu. a major cyber attack could cost the global economy around $53 billion dollars — according to research by lloyd's of london. that's roughly the same cost as superstorm sandy, the hurricane that hit the east coast of the united states in 2012. sony is in the final stages of buying believed digital according to japanese media. sony will get a majority stake and the transaction is expected to come to a close later this year. lots of stories catching our attention on the business website. this one in particular. the city envoy saying france wants a disruptive brexit, hoping to disrupt london's role. this is according to the city of london envoy to the eu. jeremy browne saying venture parodies seeking destruction, in favour of the hardest brexit to take opportunity to win business for paris. and much more on the business life page, we'll be bringing you some other highlights throughout the programm

applause ] >> again, thank you, and before we get into the question and answer, once again a round of applause for mr. mccollough. >> you know i'm going to have to get a plastic surgeon to wipe the smile off my face in order to do this. before we get into our q and a two quick stories. one is to do research you go to battlefields, presidential homes. and i discover the archivists and librarians there love to talk. as i was visiting a truman library there many years ago to work on a book, all the staff would come up to me unsolicited did you know that so-and-so was here and then listing all the nameious historians. but then they had to me you know who our favorite is, dafbl udmccollough. and david mccollough was here and he was the nicest and appreciative. and i'm enjoying all these stories. so what i did that night before i came in to finish my research, i went out to buy doughnuts for the whole staff because i figured they might say something about me. not in the same breadth as mccollough. but i think we would all agree it's without question david mccollough is one of the most revered of all-time.

we'll have five-minute rounds. mr. evans, before i ask you a question, i'll give this background, because some people have suggested that the government should have to get judicial approval or even a warrant before searching lawfully collected section 702 information using u.s. person information such as name, phone number or e-mail address, particularly in nonnational security investigations. so what is the administration's view about whether there is any legal or constitutional reason why this is necessary and what would be the impact if congress decided to add a warrant requirement before agents could conduct these database checks? >> the executive branch has outlined in several filings what our position is on this as a legal matter, which is that legally speaking under both the statute and the fourth amendment to the constitution, a warrant is not required to conduct these so-called queries. i think the first thing to understanding why that's the case is understanding what a query is. when we talk about a query of

brexit secretary david davis and the eu's michel barnier outline progress made in their latest round of talks. mra number of issues. an update on the market numbers for you. here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. ina in a moment how lucky couple from coventry have hit a £1 million win on the euro millions. the government has scrapped plans to electrify major rail lines in wales and the midlands and another line in the lake district. ministers say developments in technology mean electrification is no longer needed. but local passenger groups and businesses have accused them of betraying rail passengers. with me is lianna etkind from the pressure group the campaign for better transport. what do you make of this decision? this decision is deeply disappointing for passengers. electrification not only leads to more reliable trains, but there is a great deal to clean up our air and ata time great deal to clean up our air and at a time when the government has got targets to meet on climate change and on giving peop

secretary david davis and the eu's michel barnier have outlined progress made in their latest round of talks. mrjustice department allows the shutdown of two dark webwork the places that allowed people to sell illegal drugs and weapons. there's been a 10% rise in recorded crime in england and wales — the largest annual increase for a decade. summer holidays are just around the corner — but parents face higher childcare costs than ever. on average, almost £750 per child over the full six week holiday. it's putting pressure on families already facing higher prices and meagre wage rises. we'll find out how parents are coping. profits at sports direct have plummeted nearly 60%. underlying pre—tax profit fell to £113.7 million — that's less than half what they made last year. the retailer says it's because of the weaker pound — which means it costs more to import goods from abroad. chief executive mike ashley said it had now taken steps to "minimise the short—term impact of currency volatility". the warm weather injune got us out spending in the shops. official stats show that uk retail sales were be

round. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> you will have another opportunity. >> i want to ask you about section 702, provides government the authority to collect communications of foreigners located outside of the united states with the assistance of the american electronic communication service dividers. it is an authority used only for counterterrorism, but counterintelligence purpose as well. if this an authority that the privacy and civil liberties oversight board, a lot of people say it is very essential. i go to you as fbi director to be, one of your key responsibilities will be overseeing investigations of threats to national security. if you are predecessor repeatedly affirmed his support for the value of 702 as a national security tool. in a very general way, could you tell us whether reauthorization of section 702 will remain important to the fbi under your leadership and whether the fbi under your leadership will make sure it uses this national security authority with proper training, execution, oversi

round. >> i am sure i left something out. >> mr. miller, you and i have had private discussions in the past about the free-standing emergency departments that are popping up around parts of the country. and there seems to be a new one popping up every month or so in my state of ohio. this is a topic that i know med pac will be publishing in its june report and be released about a month from now. can you give us a preview? are you allowed to do that. >> i'll do that and go back in history. we talked about this in our june 2016 report and also in our march -- the report we are talking about here. this is the one where we said that we should be collecting claims identified for on and off campus because we're really blind at the moment and kind of analyzing this phenomenon. the commission is very concerned about this. there has been a lot of growth. there is concern that growth is occurring in markets where they're either saturated or relatively high income, not necessarily poor populations. and in june we won't have additional recommen

she was in the second round run off against emmanuel macron. mrhe strongest on boarders. then of course there was the famous muscular handshake between the two in may when they first met. it seemed to go on and on and on. and mr macron said there was no no accident. he had deliberately done this so that he could send a message. he said it was a moment of truth. but on more fundamental matters the men have big differences. emmanuel macron has been critical of donald trump's decision to pull the us out of the paris agreement. the issue came up in the press conference, this was donald trump and emmanuel macron talking, but mr trump's response was curious to say the least. i disagree about the reading we have of the paris agreement. we have disagreements about this accord. and about the decision made by president trump. something could happen with respect to the paris accord, we will see what happen, but we will talk about that over the coming period of time. and if it happen, that will be wonderful, and if it doesn't, that will be ok too. what do you

applause ] >>> again, thank you and before we get into the question and answer, once again, a round of applause for mr. mccullough. >> thank you. >> you know, i'm going to have to get a plastic surgeon to wipe the smile off my face. in order to do this. before we get into the q&a, two quick stories. one is that to do research, you go to historic sites, presidential libraries, battlefields, presidential homes and the archivists and librarians there love to talk.

>>> again, thank you and before we get into the question and answer, once again, a round of applause for mr. mccullough. >> thank you. >> you know, i'm going to have to get a plastic surgeon to wipe the smile off my face. in order to do this. before we get into the q&a, two quick stories. one is that to do research, you go to historic sites, presidential libraries, battlefields, presidential homes and the archivists and librarians there love to talk. as i was visiting the truman library many years ago to work on the book, a staff come up to me and say to me, unsolicited, do you know that so and so was here, so and so and listing all the famous historians but then they said to me, you know who our favorite is? david mccullough! he was here and he was the nicest and said to this me. he was appreciative. i'm enjoying the stories. so what i did was that night before i came in the next day to finish my research, i went out and bought doughnuts for the staff figuring they might say something about me. not in the same breath as david mccullough but in that respect. one other thing, i think we woul

applause ] >> again, thank you, and before we get into the question and answer, once again a round of applause for mr. mccollough. >> you know i'm going to have to get a plastic surgeon to wipe the smile off my face in order to do this. before we get into our q and a two quick stories. one is to do research you go to

secretary david davis and the eu's michel barnier have outlined progress made in their latest round of talks. mrs position on a number of issues. there's been a 10% rise in recorded crime in england and wales, the largest annual increase for a decade. two "dark web" marketplaces selling drugs and weapons are shut down by the the usjustice department. an update on the market numbers for you, here's how london and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. we were hearing from conservationists in zimbabwe that a son of the line named cecil, which was controversially shot in 2015, has also been killed. this lion was called zander and he was shot by a game hunter. it appears he was legal game hunter. it appears he was legal game and could be shot by hunters who pay tens of thousands of pounds to do so. they pay for the staff who protect other wildlife in zimbabwe international park. let's find out a bit more about this. will travers is president of the born free foundation. explained the notion that this can be legally done and what is yo

has called for both sides to "get down to business" this morning, as the next round of negotiating takes place in brussels. mrpean commission's chief negotiator, michel barnier. key issues will include the future rights of eu citizens in the uk and british citizens living in other member states along with the irish border and a financial settlement from the uk. a memorialforest is being dedicated to the victims of the malaysia airlines flight mh17 today, near amsterdam's schipol airport. 298 people died when the plane was shot down over eastern ukraine three years ago. international prosecutors say a russian missile was fired from rebel held territory, which moscow disputes. the duke and duchess of cambridge will travel to poland later today. it's part of a trip that the foreign office hopes will remind eu countries about the strength of their ties to the uk. william and kate will take their children prince george and princess charlotte to warsaw before going on to germany later in the week. here's our royal correspondent, peter hunt. wimbledon wind day, walsall the next. —— one day. for a duke and duchess, t

let's give her a round of applause. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to applaud you for your leadership on this issue. just the awareness of it for the governors is critically important as well as the pledge that we have made to do more in the area of cyber security, and i'm glad you mentioned the girls who code initiative this morning. they are working right now, as we speak on their different projects and we will hear more about them later. in arkansas, you mentioned a workforce and it really ties in as part of our initiative to prepare teachers to teach computer science and stem education and encourage the students to take it. we've had enormous success in that. we mandated to be offered at every school and we retrain teachers. there's a flipside and that's the cyber security. for the first time we have conducted a risk assessment in arkansas. we have looked at a coordinated agency to coordinate that response capability. we are doing the workforce side of it, but if wes or one of you could just speak to the relationship between coding and com

mr. chairman. thanks for holding the hearing. thank you for your testimony and i'm sorry to come late, and i hope i'm not plowing any old round here, but mr. duarte, at a recent house hearing you mentioned that the government needs to do, quote, a better -- needs a better means of communicating with people, referencing the idea to notify those who are on immigrant visas that the time was about to expire and we pushed for this in the past with the 744 bill. i think it's a common-sense approach to alleviate some of the overstay issues that we're facing today, but what is a current process of tracking non-immigrants in the united states, keeping tabs when they travel within this united states and provide a notice that the time is about to expire? >> so we started providing notification to the visa travelers that have overstayed and let them know their authorization of travel under a visa waiver program is now canceled. >> what percentage of those? >> a small percent right now, but we started sending out those e-mail notifications. >> we stamped the passport and we have the admission date until. >> they can printout their i-94 form th

a second formal round of talks opens in brussels this morning. mr quasi kwateng, who was a leave campaigner, and still is, but first, let's talk to sir andrew khan, a former senior civil servant and former senior civil servant and former head of uk trade and investment, that's a government department aiming to increase the number of exporters and investors to the uk and hopefully someone who can give us an insight as to how the negotiations are going to work. hello, thank you very much for talking to us. hello. you are expert in those negotiations, i'm told. give the audience an insight then in what the uk needs to do to make them progress smoothly and reasonably swiftly? well, i think what the uk needs to do is to do what the eu 27, the europeans have already done, which is to be very cleaver about what our objectives are, very clear about what the law is, and very clear about the process. the eu side have done all of that. now, it's easierfor them have done all of that. now, it's easier for them because they're united. the strength of the negotiat

having another round of brac, mr. chairman, won't help us achieve this goal. according to the government accountability office, the last round of brac in 2005 actually cost the american taxpayers $35.1 billion which is 67% more than the original cost estimate. at the same time, the expected save frgs the last round of brac have been reduced by 73%. starting another brac would weaken our capabilities and it would increase our as a rule -- our vulnerability in the face of commital threats to face this nation right now. i want to thank my colleagues who have supported this important amendment in the past for the past two years, and i look forward to having this amendment included in this year's military con -- construction and v.a. appropriations bill. i will yield. >> i wanted to say for the record that i appreciate the gentleman's concern for his district. but i'm not going to oppose the amendment but i want to say that at some point there will need to be a brac, there's a lot of excess capacity in the army and air force. for fiscal year 2018 i can accept this a

mr. firstnet i will take another round later on and let you respond. at this point senator schatz has graciously yielded his time. >> mr. chairman i will be merciful and i will insert the opening statement into the record and just note i am delighted to be working with senator klobuchar on updating the 911 systems which so many of them are still stuck in the analog era. thank you senator schatz for your graciousness and your courtesy. i want mr. poth if you can explain to the committee and a little more detail why at&t's bid offered the best value on public safety. i'm very pleased that firstnet has finally entered into this long-term contract with the private sector partner and this idea of interoperability has bedeviled us forever. it is a devil does as senator warner notes on the armed services committee and our nations military as well and they are finally getting the interoperability of our radios but explain a little more about why you offered the best? >> a process that firstnet undertook since our inception is to understand truly what the public

round. >> oh, so thank you mr. chairman. >> so you will have another opportunity. i want to ask you about 702 that provides government the authority to collect electronic communications of foreigners outside of the united states with the assistance of the american electronic communication service providers, it's an authority used only for counter terrorism, but counter intelligence purposes as well. this is an authority that privacy and civil liberties oversight board, and i won't finish this paragraph, but a lot of people say it's very essential. so i go to you as fbi to-be. one of your key responsibilities will be overseeing investigations into threats to national security, your predecessor repeatedly affirmed his support for 702 as a national security tool. so will you tell us whether section 702 will remain important to you under your leadership and also whether the fbi under your leadership will make sure that it using this national security authority with proper training, execution and oversight to comply with the law and protect the fourth amendment rights?

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round. >> oh. so thank you, mr. chairman. >> you will have another opportunity. >> thank you. >> i want to ask you about section 702, provides government the authority to collect electronic communications of foreigners located outside of the united states with the assistance of the american electronic communications services providers. it's an authority used only for counterterrorism, but counter intelligence purposes, as well. this is an authority that the privacy and civil liberties oversight board, and i won't finish this paragraph, but a lot of people say it's very essential. so i go to you, as fbi director to be, one of your key responsibilities will be overseeing investigations of threats to national security. your predecessor repeatedly affirmed his support for the value of 702 as a national security tool. so just in a very general way, could you tell us whether reauthorization of section 702 will remain important to the fbi under your leadership, and also whether the fbi under your leadership will make sure

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mr. horowitz. then we'll have five-minute rounds for questioning. >> good morning, chairman grassley. ranking member feinstein and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for providing me the opportunity to testify on behalf of the department of justice concerning the foreign agents registration act. the department appreciates the committee's interest in fara. i know the committee already has my written testimony so i won't repeat it here. instead, i'll cover a few key points about the law and its background, how we enforce and administer it, and how the department has responded to last year's report by the justice department's inspector general. fara is a disclosure statute that requires persons in the united states who engage in specified activities as agents of foreign principals to register with the department. the act's purpose is to ensure the american public and our lawmakers know the source of information that is provided at the behest of a foreign principal where that information may be intended to influence u.s. public opinion, policy or laws. the statute finds you

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mr. chairman. if you have a second round, i might have one or two more. >> before i turn to senator markley on the subject, ms. sales, talk about your experience with dhs and the coordination that will be incredibly important between the department of state and dhs. and i think that is a legitimate discussion point. in terms of where are the activities best carried out. >> thank you, senator. in my experience at dhs the, one of the most important areas of international engagement, that there's rule fruit in terms of counter terrorism, is information sharing. it's really critically important for our international allies to tell us if they know about a known or suspected terrorist who might be traveling to the united states. to tell us if they know about something who has a criminal history as long as your forearm trying to travel to the united states. we have made some great strides towards ensuring more effective sharing of that kind of information since 9/11. here in the united states, we have pioneering information sharing. after 9/11, one of the refrains that we constantly heard was the need to