mr. collins. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. , mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 3472, a bill to rename the u.s. post office in alden, new york, as the sergeant brett gornewicz memorial post office. it is an honor to sponsor legislation naming a post office in my district after a hometown hero who gave his life serving our country. i also want to take a moment and thank senator gillibrand and her staff for their introducing senate 2056, corresponding senate legislation to rename the post office. naming a postal facility honoring sergeant gornewicz is just a small token of our country's appreciation for a soldier who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedom. in 2006, after being deeply affected by the attacks of 9/11, sergeant gornewicz enlisted in the army reserves following graduation from alden high school. from 2007 to 2008, he deployed to iraq on his first tour and courageously served our country. upon his return home to the united states, sergeant gornewicz enrolled at buffalo state college and obtained h

mr. collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think one is sitting here today, one thing i have tried in this whole process and many of you on this panel, but many of you in the second, third, and fourth rows back, we have talked many times, and yes, the song writer equity act is an issue that we have brought forward. there's other issues that have come before from performers roish to others. i have been consistent that the one thing i feel is that the creator in this process and there is a valuable inherent property right there. i think i applaud the supreme court this morning for inherently seeing that there's a creative property right. now, that does not mean that the broadcasters and i will always get along. probably not, but that's okay. there are things in this debate we can all look at. i was thinking about it just a few minutes ago as i listened to all of you. the one thing i have tried to do in this process is i have had interesting comments, not to me, i heard about it when you go to other places, so yes, it comes bac

mr. damien collins. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i have meetings -- have had meetings with your colleagues and others. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> the convention shows that the parliamentary inquiries of which i was a member was consistently misled to the extent of and knowledge of phone hacking. does the prime minister agree with me that he should be addressed to the victims of the phone hacking and also to the democratic freedom of the free press? >> my honorable friend is absolutely right. we should remember the victims, people who had their privacy racks. we should ensure that cannot happen again. cherish a free and vibrant press in our country. i take full responsibility for y coulson. id always said if those assurances turned out to be wrong, i would apologize fully and frankly to this house of commons. and i do so again today. i am sorry. it was the wrong decision. i am -- i think it is right that we had a public inquiry in this country and it is right that we have proper investigations. ye

mr. collins because of course we have a series of inquiries taking place into what happened in various hospitals and care homes and, indeed, media organizations and i think it's important the government keeps a clear view about how these are being coordinated at how the lessons are being learned. if there is a need for anymore over arching process to be put in place i'm very happy to look at that but at the moment i think led by the home secretary and our colleagues we do have a proper view of what's happening at all of these organizations. >> analysis has shown the labour policy to allocate funding based on house needs actually reduced -- by 85%. why, why should the government scrap it? >> what this government has done is actually to make sure that the public health budgets are properly -- and to deliver the money according to need to the various areas of the country. the only part of the country i am aware, where labour policy is put in place, is in wales where they haven't actually had a health target since about 1989, and were experts are saying people are dying because of the length of time

mr. collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think that one is sitting here today is one thing i have tried in this whole process and many of you on the panel but many of you on the second, third and fourth rows back have been in our offices and we've talked many times and, yes, the songwriter equity act is an issue we brought forward and other issues from performance rights to others and also, i've tried to be very consist tonight what the one thing that i feel is that the creator and this process and former -- there's a valuable inherent property rite there. i think -- i applaud the supreme court this morning for seeing there's a creative property right. that doesn't mean the broadcasters and i will probably get along, probably not. that's okay. there are things in this debate we can all look at as i listened to you will of you and one thing i've tried need in whole process. i've mad interesting comments, not to me, i hear at other places so, yes, it comes back, is that i want to take an arm from one and a leg from another a

mr. collins' line of questioning. federal records act requires e-mails to be part of the record to be printed out. is that correct? >> if the e-mail is a record, it should be printed out in hard copy is the irs policy. >> what your definition of a record? >> the record is the act provides, any record of agency actions or policies. if you just sending e-mails conversing back and forth, those are not records. >> conversing back and forth with regards to what? that's not what your manual says. >> policies or anything that would reveal important agency policies. >> it says specifically, e-mails are records when they are created or received in the transaction of agency business. >> that's correct. so, if we're doing an exactly, having a litigation, all of the information about that exam and that information -- >> what you're saying none of lois lerner's e-mails are part of the agency business. >> she printed hard copy e-mails that have been provided to you. >> hard copy of how many e-mails. >> i have no idea. >> all of the

mr. collins has been accused of assaulting another inmate.ver a verification of that, but the accusation was there. >> brian had a history of aggressive behavior, a history of getting into fights with inmates and staff. he was a convicted sex offender, obviously in jeopardy inside a prison, so i think a lot of his aggressive behavior was a means of protecting himself. >> prison officials allowed us to give collins a small videocamera to record his personal thoughts inside his cell. he gave us a rundown of the numerous disciplinary write-ups that he had taped to his wall. >> this is a battery. this is a battery. this is a battery. all of these are batteries. influence to others, disruptive, temperament, volatile, safety habits, careless, supervision required, constant. >> but what we really wanted from collins was the truth about the fight. >> there are two offenders over there that have been messing with me so i went in their room and hit him one time. actually i -- i hit him here. you have an equilibrium station. right here. you have an eard

mr. collins is recognized. >> madam chairwoman, i appreciate that.ou might want to stay for a moment because we disagreed so we're getting ready to agree wholeheartedly right here. look, he also pointed out some things. i came for some of the questions and going to get to those in a minute. but let me just say if anybody from usaid is here, dod is here, over here watching by camera, the only way is if these were supposed to oversight what is being spent, tell me that they're not getting the metrics to spend money, they are not getting the metrics on how to even evaluate these programs, then maybe it's time to cut the money off. maybe it's just time to say, let's stop. if you can handle this because -- this is the problem i've seen so far, and i'm for being in the military, we've got to rebuild, i've got no problem with that. i have a huge problem with no accountability. the people of the ninth district of georgia do not get it. we'rwe are not spending monopoly money. we're not spending money that just pops out of the air. summaries is free healthier,

mr. collins, kindly esume the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4870 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of defense for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2015, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on wednesday, june 18, 2014, a request for a recorded vote offered by the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. miller, had been postponed and the bill had been read through -- proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed and in the following order. an amendment by mr. gohmert of texas. amendment number 4 by in blumenauer of oregon. amendment by mr. nadler of new york. an amendment by mrs. walorski of indiana. the chair will reduce to two minutes for any electronic vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, on whi

mr. collins, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 4870, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of defense for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2015, and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. frelinghuysen, and the gentleman from indiana, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, as we begin consideration of this important legislation -- the chair: the house is not in order. he house will come to order. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, as we begin consideration of this important legislation, all of us in this chamber want to pay tribute to the men and women of our armed forces, all vol

mr. collins. >> i appreciate that. mr. connolly, you might want to stay here for quite a moment.e are getting ready to agree wholeheartedly. you have pointed out some things -- i came for some of the questions and i will get to those. that me say if anybody from the u.s. a ideas here, -- usaid is way if dod, the only these are supposed oversight what is being spent, tell me they are not getting the metrics to spend money. they are not getting the metrics on how to even evaluate these programs. maybe it is time to cut the money off. maybe it is time to say let's stop. if you cannot handle this. this is the problem i have seen rebuilding. am for i have a huge problem with no accountability. the people of the ninth district of georgia do not get it. we are not spending monopoly money. we are not spending money to just pop out of the air. it is not that. it comes out of my back pocket and yours. is tax dollars. we have a ba system that has problems -- v.a. system that has problems. now we are blowing money and we can he may get metrics so they can do their jobs? are you kidding me? a

mr. collins. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. collins: i thank my representative for her leadership on this important issue. i come to the house floor to speak in support of h.r. 1281, the newborn screening saves lives re-authorization act, which i'm proud to co-sponsor. for the last 50 years, newborn screening services has played an important role. screening for developmental disbilities or diseases at birth can identify treatable diseases early and give a child the opportunity to live a healthy life. i want to thank a leading advocate for newborn screening, jim kelly, who is from new york's 27th district. in 1997, jim and his wife jill founded hunter's hope foundation. shortly after their son hunter was diagnosed. this disease is fatal and tragically cut hunter's life short. the story of hunter kelly and others with developmental diseases could have been different. i urge the house to re-authorize this vital program today. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman

mr. president. ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to honor a great american. president george herbert walker bush, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. as i reflect upon his remarkable life, i am amazed that he has managed to pack so many accomplishments into just 90 short years. in fact, mr. president, today president bush will mark this milestone by doing what he has done on other birthdays so many times. he will jump out of an airplane. or, as barbara bush once put it, he will jump out of a perfectly good airplane. president bush has spent every summer of his life except during the war years at the family home in kennebunkport, maine. a few years ago his neighbors in kennebunkport came together to acquire a navy ship's anchor in his honor. it is a fitting tribute for president bush so often describes walker's point in maine as his anchor to the windward. it is fitting in another way as the navy aviator in world war ii, as a member of congress, as u.n. ambassador, as an

mr. collins asked about local broadcasters. as the satellite technology is adopted in homes, how does the local car dealer reach that market outside the local broadcast stations that you carry? whomever canr or go to a cable company and by sales of theocal channels and with satellite it does not. i would assume u-verse had an ability to buy local ads on cable and if you didn't, you should have. >> because it is a local product, it does of local advertising. as competing with the large media companies that are much larger than we are. more recently we have a new technology that is a bully us to do targeted advertising. it is the new technology leveraging the internet, which is enabling us to target homes, and we are hopeful to grow the local advertising, but historic of 60070 million dollars and advertising his local advertising and very small. >> i wanted to talk now common sense to meet dictates if you have a driving force behind broadband right now is a video. if you have a cheap way to deliver video through satellite as oppo

mr. damian collins at the start of questions to the prime minister, i wish to inform the house how i will be applying the house's rules to any exchanges on mr. coulson's case. i ask the house for some forbearance as it is important for members outside the house that the position is clear. the house will known that mr. coulson has now been convicted of a charge of conspiracy to intercept communications. the court has not yet sentenced mr. coulson for that offense. there has as yet been no verdict with two charges against him on conspiracy to commit criminal cases which are active. they cease to be active when and i quote they are concluded by verdict and sentence. so they apply in this case. at the same time, the house's resolution gives the chair discretion in applying the rules. i have taken appropriate advice as the house would expect and indeed been in receipt of unsolicited advice for which i am, of course, grateful. in the light of all of the circumstances, i have decided, one, to allow reference to mr. coulson's conviction, two, not to allow reference to his sentencing by the court,

mr. collins asked about local broadcasters. satellite technology is adopted in homes. how does a local car dealer reach the market outside of the local broadcast stations that you carry car dealers or whomever can go to the cable company and by some of the vocal available channels and with satellite it doesn't. i would assume the viewers had an ability to buy the local ad on cable as well. if you didn't, you should. >> you're absolutely right. because it is a local product they have local advertising. a directv, the nature of the satellites is kind of nationals of the advertising business grew up as a national business competing with the large media companies who are much larger than we are. they are enabling us to do some targeted advertising. we've done a joint venture with dish. this is a new technology leveraging the internet which is enabling us to target homes and we are hopeful to people to grow the local advertising. but historically it's $70 million of our 600 advertising that is local advertising. >> you may actually have a technology that is helping local br

mr. chairman. >> thank you senator collins. senator murray. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. secretary, general dempsey. thank you all for being here. i'm extremely concerned by the recent developments in iraq. the islamic state in iraq and syria have reportedly captured large amounts of money in weapons from the large territory in iraq and syria. they are active in. they are reportedly committing human rights violations. and potentially restabilizing to our partners in the middle east. importantly they threaten the u.s. and our interests. i know the president has said he's considering a wide range of options in response. i'm glad he's not talking about putting direct combat troops on the ground. what i wanted to ask you today are our iraqi forces capable of pushing the insurgents back. >> i've got a little time under my belt with the iraqi suecurit forces. one of the things that we got to learn but are working to learn it and we don't though yet is what is left of the iraqi security forces? they seem to be holding a line that roughly runs from baka va north of bag dad over t

mr. collins for five minutes. >> i understand this all too well. mr. drakes, i have a question. you keep bringing up the fact that they're not going back to the same afghanistan. what intelligence -- what information would as a rule you believe that they couldn't get spun up in a country that's not changed a whole lot in four, five, six, seven years. what would cause you to believe that? congressman, as a civilian advisor, i do believe that there have been a great number of changes, if just in the last decade alone. i believe that most of the network that is these individuals had when they were a force fighting against the northern alliance no longer skpis. and i also believe that the afghan people have changed. you've seen in the recent elections, this open defiance to kill people. 40 37b9 of the voters were women. >> pointing to an election is a great thing. but also pointing it to a change of hearts, minds and attitudes, you're not getting it there. i believe they may not walk back into the same structure they had before. there's a reason they wanted them. there's a reason th

mr. collins, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i apologize. this is one of those days when everything goes long. again, mr. anderson, i'm air force reserve, i'm a chaplain, i served in the iraq. i have been on the unfortunate end of the door that you opened, and i understand this all too well. the issues that come up for me, and some of this may be follow-up on my colleague who just mentioned, but mr. jacobsen, you brought up before the fact that they're not going back to the same afghanistan that they left, and this they would not have the probable impact they could have had then. what leads you -- what intelligence, what, you know, information, what would have you to believe that they couldn't get spun up quickly in a country that's not changed a lot in 400, 500, 600, 700 years? what would cause you to believe a that? >> congressman, in my experience in afghanistan both as an intelligence office and later on as a civilian adviser, i do believe there have been a great number of changes if just in the last decade alone. for example, i believe

mr. collin peterson, the ranking member, came with the chairman, mr. lucas, from oklahoma. they sat there very succinctly and said they were going to work together. they were asking us to consider working together. we have had lots of bills, lots of appropriators. just the other day, armed services, bipartisan basis, brought us their bill. i'm sure there will be people that fight that also. they'll say those darn republicans just want to ruin this country. they want to go back to the other ages. mr. speaker, not true. in fact, work gets done in our appropriations committee that's work that's done as an example the agriculture committee is done together. to try and address the problems. to try and see what the constituency, people who live in rural america, people who get up early, go to bed late, care about this country, do the things that i think are all american in my mind, including their sons and daughters joining our military and them helping each other, good neighbor, looking out for each other. that's what we are doing. that's what this is. this isn't a debate, have

mr. chairman. >> thanks, senator collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary john dempsey, thank you all for being here. i'm extremely concerned by the recent developments in iraq. the islamic state in iraq and syria have captured large amounts of money and weapons from the large territory in iraq and syria, they're active and they're reportedly committing human rights violations, and as we know, their presence is potentially destabilizing to our partners in the middle east, and they threaten the united states and our interests. i know that the president has said he's considering a wide range of options in response, i'm glad he's not talking about putting direct combat troops on the ground. what i wanted to ask you today, are iraqi security forces incapable of pushing the insurgents back? >> i have a little time under my belt with the iraqi security forces. one of the things we have to learn and we're working to learn it, but we don't know yet is what's left. what is left of the iraqi security forces. they seem to be holding a line that roughly runs

mr. damian collins. >> here, here. >> thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> andy coulson conviction shows that the parliamentary inquiry was consistently misled by -- at the expense of the knowledge of phone hacking. so does the prime minister agree with me that our first concern should be to regress the victims of phone hacking and also to all the democratic freedom of a free press? >> i think my friend is right. the first thing is that we should remember the victims, people who have their privacy wrecked and we should ensure that that cannot happen again. as we do so we must as he says cherish a free and vibrant press in our country. i said yesterday and the sake and today i take full responsibility for employing andy coulson. i did sell the basis of assurances that i received but also the select committee received but i always said if those assurances turned out to be wrong i would apologize full

mr. collins is recognized. >> i do appreciate that. and as much as my good friend we disagree on stuff we're getting ready to awhee whole heartedly right here. look, you all have pointed out some things i came for some other questions and i'm going to get to those in a minute. but let me say if anybody from usaid is here, d.o.d. is here or you're watching by camera, the only way is if these who are supposed to oversight what is being spent tell me that they're not getting the metrics on how to even evaluate the programs, then maybe it's time to cut the money off. maybe it's time to say let's stop. if you can't handle it -- because this is the problem i've seen so far. being in the military we've got to rebuild, we've got to help. i have no problem with that. but i have a huge problem with no accountability. the people of the ninth district of georgia do not get it. we're not spending monopoly money here. we're not spending money that just pops out of the air and somebody says it's free health care, free this. it's not. it comes out of

mr. collins asked about local broadcasters. as the satellite technology is adopted in homes, how does the local car dealer reach that market outside the local broadcast stations that you carry? the car dealer or whomever can go to a cable company and buy some of the local sales of the channels and with satellite it does not. i would assume u-verse had an ability to buy local ads on cable and if you didn't, you should have. >> you are right. u-verse because it is a local products, it does have local advertising. as far as directv is concerned, the nature of the satellites in the sky is kind of national. we grew up as a national business meeting with companies much larger than we are. more recently, we got a new technology that is enabling us to do some target advertising. we have done a joint venture with dish for political advertising. this is a new technology leveraging the internet, which is enabling us to target homes, and we are hopeful to be able to grow the local advertising, but historically, $70 million of our $600 mill

mr. collins because of course we have a series of inquiries taking place into what happened in various hospitals and care homes and, indeed, media organizations and i think it's important the government keeps a clear view about how these are being coordinated at how the lessons are being learned. if there is a need for anymore over arching process to be put in place i'm very happy to look at that but at the moment i think led by the home secretary and our colleagues we do have a proper view of what's happening at all of these organizations. >> analysis has shown the labour policy to allocate funding based on house needs actually reduced -- by 85%. why, why should the government scrap it? >> what this government has done is actually to make sure that the public health budgets are properly -- and to deliver the money according to need to the various areas of the country. the only part of the country i am aware, where labour policy is put in place, is in wales where they haven't actually had a health target since about 1989, and were experts are saying people are dying because of the length of time

mr. collins is recognized. >> madam chairman. i would appreciate that. he might want to stay here for just a moment. we're getting ready to agree whole heartedly right here -- look. you all have pointed out some things. i came for some other questions and i will get to those in a minute but let me just say if anybody from usa id is here, dod is here, or you're watching my camera. the only way is if these who are supposed to oversee what is being spent, tell me that they are not getting the metrics to spend money, they are not getting the metrics on how to even evaluate these programs, then maybe it's time to cut the money off. maybe it's just time to say, let's stop. if you can't handle this because -- this is the problem that i've seen so far and i am for being in the military we've got to rebuild. i've got to problem with that. i have a huge problem with no accountability. the people of the 9th district of georgia do not get it. we're not spending monopoly money here. we're not spending money that just pops out the air and somebody says it's free healt

mr. collins is recognized. >> i appreciate that. are getting ready to disagree wholeheartedly right now because you've pointed out some things anthat i'm going to get to those in a minute but if anybody is here or you're watching by camera the only way is if bees that are supposed oversight is being spent tell me that they are not getting the metrics to spend money. they are not getting the metrics on how to even evaluate these programs created then maybe it's time to cut the money off. maybe it's time to say let's stop if you can't handle this because this is a problem i've seen so far and i'm for being another kerry we've got to help the country. i have no problem with that, but i have a huge problem with no accountability into the people in georgia do not get it. we are not spending monopoly money. we are not spending money that just pops out of the air and somebody says free healthcare, free this. it comes out of our back pocket and its tax dollars. we have this problem we are blowing money and we don't even get the matcher x. c

mr. collins asked about local broadcasters. as satellite technology is adopted in homes, how does the local car dealer reach that market outside of the local broadcast station that you carry? car dealer or whomever can go to a cable company and buy some of the local avails. with satellite, it doesn't. i would assume u-verse had a chance to buy local ads on cable. if you didn't, you have you had have. >> yes, you're absolutely right. u-verse because it's local does have local advertising. as far as directv is concerned, the nature of the satellites in the sky is national so our advertising business grew up as a national business competing with the large media companies who are much larger than we are. more recently we've got a new technology that's enabling us to do some targeted advertising. we've done a joint venture with dish for political advertising. this is a new technology leveraging the internet, which is enabling us to target homes and we're hopeful to be able to grow the local advertising, but historically i think $70

collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call:

mr. collins, for three minutes. mr. collins: i thank the gentleman from michigan for his leadership on this important issue. i come to the house floor tonight to speak in support of the demanding accountability for veterans act, which i'm proud to co-sponsor. you'd think congress wouldn't have to act to demand accountability from the v.a. on behalf of our veterans, but sadly, as everyone knows, that's not the case with the current v.a. the v.a. is supposed to provide service and benefits that all our veterans have earned by protecting our freedom. instead what we have in too many cases is a bunch of bureaucrats in both washington and in the local facilities who seem content to collect a paycheck and not serve the public. enough is enough. the least we should expect is when the inspector general issues a corrective action report about a public health or patient safety problem v.a. employees would be held accountable for fixing it. at the v.a. hospital in buffalo, new york, right outside my district, the improper use of in

collins mentioned it. and mr. waxman mentioned about funding. obviously there is not as much money available here to nih as it used to be. you mentioned a researcher that went to china because he thought they were better opportunities fair and mr. gray mentioned the technical infrastructure you know that we are falling behind. i'm just trying to get a handle on we are constantly told that we are falling behind in the sense that we are not keeping up. is it because of lack of federal funds? is it because we are not investing in labs or technical infrastructure? we used china's hard for me to figure out that really means because china is a communist state run. here we have money for research and research being done by private companies. states kicking in and universities kicking in. is the advantage that china has strictly that they are national government or spending more money? is that the fact that they organize this in a dictatorial fashion. i'm just trying to get, when we say will we continue is that this question of federal dollars or does i

mr. gray, or anyone could answer it. was inantly hear -- it the white paper, dr. collins mentioned and mr. waxman mentioned about funding. in other words, obviously there is not as much money available to nih as there used to be. a researcher who went to china because he thought betterre -- there were opportunities there. mr. gray mentioned the technical infrastructure that we are falling behind. i'm just trying to get a handle. we are constantly told we are falling behind in the sense we are not keeping up. is it because of lack of federal funds? is it because we are not investing in labs or technical infrastructure? china, it is hard for me to figure out what that means because china is a communist state-run, here we have money for research, or research being done by private companies, state ticking in, universities kicking in,. is the advantage that china has to click that their national government or their government is spending more money, or does it go beyond that? does it have to do with the fact that they organize all this in a very dictatorial fashion? -- when trying to get we say

senator collins. >> thank you madam chairwoman. mr.ledgett like many of my colleagues i want to see our intelligence collection laws strengthened to provide more transparency, improve privacy and also to increase oversight. at the same time as many of us have expressed, we need to ensure that we still have the tools that are necessary to help protect our nation from terrorist attacks. i want to follow up on some of the questions that have been raised by senator rockefeller and senator mikulski. under the usa freedom act the would retain the phone records rather than nsa. that's a major major change. now i believe it was mr. cole who pointed out yes but they are our ready saving these data but they are doing so for a completely different purpose than what we are contemplating in this bill. essentially they are doing so for billing purposes for the most part. some experts have warned us that data held in the private sector are at much greater risk of being briefed by hackers, being deliberately used for purposes other than that for which

collins? >> thank you, madam chair. mr. ledgett, like many of my colleagues, i want to see our intelligence collection laws strengthened to provide more transparency, improve privacy, and also to increase oversight. at the same time, as many of us have expressed, we need to ensure that we still have the tools that are necessary to help protect our nation from terrorist attacks. i want to follow up on some of the questions they have been raised by senator rockefeller, and senator mikulski. under the usa freedom act, the private sector would retain the phone records rather than nsa. that's a major, major change. now i believe it was mr. cole who pointed out, yes, but they're already saving these -- this -- these data. but they're doing so for a completely different purpose than what we're contemplating in this bill. ease sectionly, they're doing so for billing purposes, for the most part. some experts have warned us that data held in the private sector are at much greater risk of being breached by hackers, being deliberately

collins. >> thank you. mr.baker, first of all it is good to see you again and i very much appreciate the fact that you gave us some real life examples to contemplate as we attempt to get this right and that is what everybody on this committee wants to do. how long does verizon currently retain call record data for business purposes? >> that is a complex question to answer because we have many different systems for retaining data. i would take the opportunity to say number of witnesses referred to an fcc requirement that we retain for 18 months. >> that was going to be my next question, whether you are retired to retain the data for 18 months. >> the answer is no. the fcc requirements requires us to maintain billing records for 18 months and when their role was enacted in the 1980s, our billing records integrated lot of called detail records. if you remember what telephone bills used to look like, pages and pages. there was a difference between long distance and local. as the system as evolve to most of our cust

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collins. >> thank you. mr. baker, first of all, it's good to see you again. >> it's a pleasure. >> i very much appreciate the fact that you gave us some real life examples to contemplate as we attempt to get this right, and that is what everybody on this committee wants to do. mr. woods, how long does verizon currently retain call record data for business purposes? >> that's a complex question to answer because we have many different systems for retaining data. i would take the opportunity to say a number of witnesses and numbers referred to in fcc requirement we retain for 18 months. >> that was my next question whether you think you are required to retain the data for 18 months? >> the answer is no. that fcc requirement requires us to maintain billing records for 1 months. when that rule was enacted in the 1980s, our billing records integrated a lot of call detail records. if you remember what telephone bills used to look like, there were pages and pages that listed your calls. there used to be a difference b

mr. garcia. thank you all for being here. >> good morning, supervisor. i'm dee willse. i'm here to introduce our director collin bailey. last year he had been here about 5 days. i was really introducing him then. i'm very pleased to tell you he's here a year now and we are thrilled to have him. i want to thank you for your past support and i want to introduce him now as a veteran of the fine arts museum. he will make our report. >> welcome, mr. bailey. >> good morning supervisor. on behalf of the board our president and the staff of the fine arts museum of san francisco i want to thank you board of supervisors and the mayor's budget analyst for this year's budgeting process. i will address budget topics having to do with the fine arts museum and we'll share the museums recent and current activity. we at the museum are pleased with the recommended budget of $17.6 million which is three 3 percent higher than last year. the rise is to increase salaries and capital projects. capital funding projects is proposed to rise this year to $8.1 million in fiscal year 2014-2015. in current year much of the allegiance was addressed