mr. capuano for yielding to the rest of the committee. first of all i want to commend metro link the second largest rail system by size in the country for the outstanding work that they have done in meeting our ptc deadline. i like it that you worked closely with your railroad partners, nsf, union pacific amtrak to make sure that their technologies were inter operable and worked hard to acquire the funds needed to fund the implementation of your system. i want to point out that 85% of the funds that metro link used to fund the rollout were from the state of california and local sources only 15% were federal. ptc is clearly a top priority for me and it really is for the american people. i think when the american people hear that we can prevent train accidents and deaths of people by the implementation of ptc, they are also very frustrated that many railroads are not going to be meeting our deadline. but i will say i'd like to go on record and agree to disagree with chair pan denham that i don't think we should take money from the californi

mr. cep capuano. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> hello, mr. secretary, how are you doing? >> just fine. >> you familiar with major league baseball? >> i've heard of it. >> you familiar with the team called the boston red sox? >> i have. >> so you purport to be an expert in baseball. can you tell me what's wrong with the red sox right now? >> that's a long -- >> no, you refuse to answer that question. i need to know. is it the pitching, the fielding, the hitting? come on, mr. secretary, answer the question? i can't believe -- if you won't answer that question, can you answer me why the republican baseball team can't seem to beat the democrats? come on, mr. secretary, answer the question. you got plenty of time. oh, well, okay, if you refuse to answer the question i guess i'll have to move onto some other areas because i just wanted to show that i guess badgering is not the exclusive realm of some of my colleagues. we can badger too, but it doesn't produce much. >> as a mets fan i'm showing great self-control though. >> mr. secretary, for everybody's sake in your next fsoc r

mr. capuano of massachusetts they were right. i haven't said that a whole lot about my friend, mr. nadler, but he was right. the article goes on to -- goes on, on monday president obama sent congress a two-page letter saying that as commander in chief he had constitutional authority to authorize the strikes which were undertaken with french british and other allies. the article points out that as a presidential candidate who promoted his background as an instructor of constitutional law, mr. obama appeared to adopt a more limited view of executive power when he answered a question about whether a president could order the bombing of iranian nuclear sites without a use of force authorization from congress. in quotes -- then it quotes mr. obama it. says, the president does not -- obama. it says, the president does not have authority under the constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. mr. obama told "the boston globe" in december, 2007. it mentions further down that in "the globe"