mr. scott reconnected with the love och his life nob carolyn [inaudible] and they married. mr. scott assisted carline random with camp work and retreat into american baptist church where he earned the name hugy bear. mr. millen scott leaves his loving wife of 38 years, mrs. carolyn ransom scott, 4 siblings [inaudible] jacklen scott, brenda joyce, [inaudible] as well as [inaudible] a mother in law, mrs. martha ransom and several nieces to chairs cherish his memory. i ask that we close the board meetic in his memory >> thank you supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim >> falloge up on the 9 lives lost in the shooting at [inaudible] methodist church in charleston south carolina, i ask that this board adjourn in the memory of these 9 lifens. [inaudible] ethyl lee lance. depain middleten doctor. [inaudible] daniel simens. sure aunda singleton and miruthompson. the rest i submit >> thank you supervisor kim >> colleagues can we take supervisor kims suggestion without objection? without objection we'll adjourn on behalf thointeeur board >> supervisor mar >> thank you. coll

mr. carolyn said the state passed the requirement for the 25 percent mandatory reduction with the usher supplier for the bosco agency there in month categories in the full range in the 8 percent and per capital to a few in the highest per capital the 36 reduction group and they're assigned a target bans they're residential per capital in july of 2014 in aggregate their needing to achieve the 17 percent reduction statewide 25 percent but in the wholesale service arresting area that is a 17 percent reduction and 8 of the 23 agencies in that lowest per capital are the wholesaler customers reflective of the fact it is not on san francisco with the 17 percent capital there's a number of wholesale agencies and the low use category and again important when we drive how to achieve our savings in fact, from 10 of the agencies met or exceeded from the june to february period and they overall achieved 14 percent so very close to the 17 percent in the past actions going forward >> give us a sense the breakdown like i said there are 8 agencies in the 8 percent category one in the telephone and 8 in the 16 pe

mr. peter spencer was brought out of retirement by carolyn colvin to assume the duties of deputy commissioner after mr. spencers a arrival i gave him a detailed briefing on issues i believed including misleading congress waste and abuse. i further raised employee over time and travel abuse issues. however the most significant issues i raised involved the ssa representations to congress to replace the center when at most part of the data center needed replacement. as an example of this lack of candor, testimony on the record from patrick o'carroll ssa inspector general nationals the competing center replaksment with the national support data center. page three of that testimony notes that ssa representative was monitoring and improving ncc plumbing conditions foundations and monitoring hvac duct work as examples. this was no mistake or misunderstanding. ssa was advised but an in dependent assessor to revise a report to directly address the committee inquiries on construction cost and future use of the ncc. ssa refused to follow the information and chose not to be forth right with congress. at

carolyn clancy, interim undersecretary for health for the department of veterans affairs. mr. michael valentino chief consultant, pharmacy benefits management service, veterans health administration. dr. harold kudler chief consultant, mental health services, veterans health administration. esther randall williamson, director of gao's health care team, and doctor jacqueline maffucci research director for the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. dr. clancy are now recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, mr. chairman coffman, ranking member kuster mbs of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss the overuse of medication and the provision of mental health care to veterans particularly for those at risk of suicide. one of our most important priorities at the agency keep our veterans patients free from harm at all times. i am deeply saddened by the tragic outcome involving a veteran. so the families here today are watching these hearings who have lost a loved one, i want to express my sorrow and regret for your loss. i appreciate you are sharing your exper

carolyn, let me shake your hand. [applause] mr. shavit: i think if we can manage to prove that we can have a respectable civilized debate among us, we will be doing something for our people. ms. glick: i will justt interrupted for i agree. mr. shavit: the third remark is about myself. apart from my beloved wife, children, dear family and friends, there is nothing more secret in my life than the jewish democratic state. whenever i believe in, and whatever my approaches is because of that -- approach is is because of that. i think it is so essential to protect the state of israel that we have managed to sustain. now i shall begin. before we address the two state solution, i think we must address the alternative. the one state solution. i have two or three things to say about that. one, how is it that i go around american campuses fighting bds which promotes a one state solution, and then i go back home and find the top ministers in my government support the one state solution. our enemy -- and carolyn is rightfully so concerned about

mr. king is survived by his children and one of them is joining us today in the audience. rebecca is here with us today. rebecca, can you raise your hand? carolyn his daughter and the roy junior, his son emma five grandchildren , michael, via, joseph, leah, and the roy keane the third, eight great-grandchildren who all are undoubtedly inspired by his dedication and his love for the people in the city and county of san francisco. mr. king was a true warrior. he was a great man and he will be missed. the next in memoriam i have is for another san francisco hero from the western addition, mr. james jerome perry was born on april 3 1917 in texas. in 1939 esther perry's family moved to san francisco reenlisted in the military and served in world war ii. after his service to the united states army mr. perry returned to san francisco where he met and married his wife of 65 years, olivia clark, until her death until 2009. stir. worked various jobs to support his family, eventually becoming the janitorial supervisor at uc hospital the board of education where he actually retired. after his retirement mr. perry helped his son and daughter-in-law develop

mr. kuster. >> i ask all other members wave opening remarks as per the committee custom. no objection so ordered. with that i would like to introduce our panel. on the panel we have dr. carolyn clancy interim undersecretary of health for department of veterans affairs. mr. michael valentino chief consultant pharmacy benefits management service, veterans health administration. dr. harold kudler, chief consultant, mental health services, veterans health administration. mr. randall williamson, director of gao's health care team. and dr. jacqueline maffucci research director for the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. dr. clancy you are now recognized for five minutes. >> good morning chairman, ranking member kuster members, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the overuse of medication for veterans particularly for those at risk of suicide. one of our most important priorities at va is to keep our veteran patients free from harm at all times. i'm deeply saddened by the tragic outcome involving a veteran, so to families here today or watching this hearing who have lost a loved one i want to express my sorrow and regret for your loss. i appreciate you sharing your exper

carolyn clancy. interim undersecretary for health for the department of veterans affairs. mr.onsultant pharmacy benefits management service veterans health administration. dr. harold kudler chief consultant veterans health administration. mr. randall williamson, director of jao's health care team, and dr. jacqueline -- let's see, maffucci. research director for the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america dr. clancy you are now recognized for five minutes. >> good morning chairman kaufmann ranking member cuss ter, members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to discuss the overuse of medication and the provision of mental health care to veterans particularly those at risk of suicide. one of our most important priorities at v.a. is to keep our patients free from harm at all times. i'm deeply saddened by the tragic outcome involving a veteran, so to families here today, or watching this hearing who've lost a loved one, i want to express my sorrow and regret for your loss. i appreciate your sharing your experiences with us, and we will honor your loved ones by learning

mr. turner for five minutes. >> miss choout and miss seymour, i just want to remind you that you are under oath and i have a series of questions that follow on to carolyn maloney's questions. it was reports in the wall street that a company named site teches that related they were involved in discovering

mr. turner for five minutes. >> miss choout and miss seymour, i just want to remind you that you are under oath and i have a series of questions that follow on to carolyn maloney's questions. it was reports in the wall street that a company named site teches that related they were involved in discovering the breach that apparently has been, according to this article, linked to chinese hackers. opm's press secretary said the assertion that site tech was responsible for the institution during a production demonstration is inadequate -- miss seymour, do i have your attention. that assert they were invited in by opm and their equipment was run on opm and their equipment indicated there had been an intrusion of your system and they notified you and your response from opm is it is inaccurate and i believe you asked the question and you said they were not involved and reminding you under oath. anybody want to change their answer. were they involved in the breach. >> no they were not. >> no they were not. >> reminding youer under oath was site tech brought in to runoy scan. >> they were engaged with opm and we were looking at using their tool in our network. w

carolyn ma lonni. and i reserve the balance of my time. . the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. does anyone seek time in opposition? mr. culberson: i wish to seek the time in opposion but i agree with the amendment and -- i would seek unanimous consent to claim the time in opposition, although i am not opposed to the gentleman's amendment. the cir: witht objection. mr. culberson: i believe the gentleman's exactly right. we in the bill have increased funding to reduce the rape kit backlog. this is a vitally important tool that local police departments are using to get these people off the streets as quickly as possie. and accept the gentleman's amendment. there's no punishment severe ough swift enoughor these people and i tnk it's very, vy imrtant that we gethese pe kits handle as qukly as possible. i urge members to suort the gentleman's amendment and i'll yield to my friend. mr. fh: whave worked for ultiple ars on thisatter and we've made some significan progress but more needs to be done. i want to thank the gentlman r his amendment. the committee's made this a very high priority and i tnk the chairmanor his leadersh