we go to mr. davis, in gentlemen from illinois. >> thank you mr. chairman, and i want to thank the witnesses for their patience. we keep hearing how there's going to be a cloud, and i'm quoting, a cloud over what ever decisions the nlrb or cfpb may make, all the same things will be true according to some people when rules are put forth. we heard that these appointees, their official acts will be void as a matter of law, because again, they did not have the authority to act. professor gerhardt, yhave opine that the president's actions are sound and the appointments are not unprecedented or wreckless and will withstand legal scrutiny, is that correct? >> that is correct, sir. >> so then is it fair to say that in your opinion, these appointees do have authority to act because the appointments were lawful? >> that would be the case i would make, yes. >> so, if the appointments were lawful, can't we dismiss all this hyped talk about these nominations creating a cloud over these agencies' decisions? >> well, there, sir, i might have to slightly disagree

mr. al-davis was still alive. mr. davis is gone. reggie mckenzie is running things. and they said you gave up 17 penalties, so they cut him today. and the nfl salaries, always tough. nothing is guaranteed outside of maybe a year or two. and gone. >>> oil can boyd, real quick. if this sells outside of boston, but he once upon a time was a decent pitcher, won 78 games in his career. now he says he could have won more because every night game, before every night game, he got high and cocaine and pitched that night. that may be one of those oil can boy life in baseball. after you read i was high on cocaine, then what do you care about it oil can? >> well, that's about it, right? >> you were good today, man. >> oh, cool ! >> very good. >> well, you and mom taught me everything i know. [ laughter ] i've been looking everywhere. new blue jeans? oh, don't be crazy, i've got tons of blue jeans. frank! frank! get my jean bin, susie wants my jeans. no she doesn't. here we go. nice and loose. ohhh. those are loose, but i actually just ordered three pairs of this kind. ooooohhhh.

mr. davis: i would like to take a moment before speaking on this measure to respond to the gentleman's remark, my friend, the distinguished gentleman from texas, and ranking member on the subcommittee, we've worked very hard over the last year on the issue of data standardization, correcting flaws in the system, got the first data standardization language in the history of the country enacted that would begin to address issues like that, i would beg to respectfully disagree with the position that the ranking member took on this, talking about the idea of convenience with a casino or adult establishment, as somebody who grew up in interesting circumstances and has done a lot of volunteer work over the last 30 years work folks with challenges, the first question i would ask is, if somebody is in need of assistance, what in the world are they doing using a card to get cash inside of a casino. i'm not impugning anybody's integrity but as somebody who can look across the river from where i live, the

no one could forecast the monumental success that she had, not even mr. davis. no one knew how big she would blow up. >> reporter: how are you going to remember her? >> as an adorable young lady, as cissy's baby. and a great artist. and a very kind and giving person. very sensitive young lady. >> by the way, there will be more of al's conversation with aretha franklin tonight on "dateline" at 10:00, 9:00 central. >>> about that airport surveillance video that shows a woman in ft. lauderdale who leaves behind a $6,500 rolex in the bin and then the guy who comes along looks around and keeps the watch. well, they found the watch. it was on his wrist. he told police he thought it was a gift from god, but that was just the woman's watch and he was placed under arrest. >>> a satellite that keeps an eye on the sun for all of us here on earth has sent back some extraordinary images of sun tornados. the visible churning funnels are dark. they're made of plasma. each one is hundreds of thousands of miles long. the solar dynamics observatory satellite, which captured these

mr. davis is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm very interested in this discussion on both counts, having worked many years in manufacturing before coming to the house of representatives. and i ran into -- first, i'd like to preface my question with i agree with the macro concern that professor hanlon talked about, that a rate reduction overall is certainly more beneficial in the long term. and certainly support that. but i'd like to come back into manufacturing or operations capital investment, a question on trying to balance this out inside of -- or underneath the umbrella of strategy. i worked with many clients. i was discussing earlier three in particular before some of the bonus depreciation issues came out after 9/11. and in subsequent years. where they were very reluctant due to market cycles to make investment in machine tool technology, other systems that would be very helpful to them. this is particularly smaller businesses. under $100 million manufacturing firms. but surprisingly a number of my clients in the fortune

the gentleman from illinois, plchl davis is recognized for -- mr. davis is recognized for five minut minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman, and thank you madam secretary and thank you for the tremendous service you provide for the country. i understand that for the budget the first time, a major focus of homeland security will be grant funded, and will be sustainment of capabilities and just to clarify and just so i can understand, does this mean that you are going to focus more on the sustainment of the capabilities, and will this maybe oversupport new developments? >> it depends, representative. it depends on what a particular community needs. it may need to buy something new, but what we have found in the past is that there was, and there used to be a prohibition of used to being able to pay for the maintenance over time, and so there was a constant emphasis on buying new stuff for lack of a better term. we think now with $35 billion out of the door, there is time to looking at how we maintain those resources as well as purchasing new ones. >> and what yo

gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and thank you madam secretary, for being here and for your testimony. and for the tremendous service that you provide to our country. i understand from the budget that for the first time a major focus of homeland security will be grant funding, will be sustainment of capabilities, and just to clarify, and help me understand, does this mean that you intend to focus more on sustainment of capabilities and will this maybe over support new developments? >> it depends. representative, it depends on you know what a particular community needs. it may need to buy something new, but what we have found in the past is that there was -- there used to be prohibition on being able to pay for maintenance, you know, over time. so there was a cost emphasis on buying new "stuff" for lack of a better term. we think now with $39 billion out the door that's time to look at how we maintain those resources as well as on purchasing new ones. >> what you see, the sustainments, as being transitional,

. >> mr. davis? >> thank you, chairman, and mr. secretary in general for being here and for your service. i want to go back to the sexual assault question for a second, because i don't know if you had as much time, general, to respond to the chain of command issue. and perhaps mr. hugh, you would like the weigh in as well. as you know, there are -- there are a lot of victims and people who are concerned that the chain of command has not allowed victims to have the kind of access to help that perhaps they have needed, particularly in the past. but even today. could you -- could you comment on that a little bit more and why you feel that it does serve best? i would say for myself i think this is a leadership issue. so i think it's very important that leadership take responsibility and accountability. but on the other hand we know that there are quite a number of instances when that has not worked. >> thank you. and i don't disagree with your statement. it absolutely is a leadership issue. it's a commander's issue as we would call it.

president yee: thank you, mr. davis. there's going to be some public speakers that have submitted cards to speak tonight on this issue. i will call your name and you will have two minutes each. kathleen large, just come up to the podium and macy acosta, renee morgan, michael evans, cilia macktodal, rosie paris. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is kathleen marge. in 2002, i stood in this same place to speak in favor of leadership's charter renewal. it is with respect and appreciation for the work of this board and all the educators in the school district that i st

president yee: thank you, mr. davis. there's going to be some public speakers that have submitted cards to speak tonight on this issue. i will call your name and you will have two minutes each. kathleen large, just come up to the podium and macy acosta, renee morgan, michael evans, cilia macktodal, rosie paris. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is kathleen marge. in 2002, i stood in this same place to speak in favor of leadership's charter renewal. it is with respect and appreciation for the work of this board and all the educators in the school district that i stand here again. leadership was a good school in 2002. now, 10 years later, thanks to the support of this board and our district, leadership is an excellent school. it is with a deep love for leadership and for san francisco kids that i have returned to teach at leadership after taking six years off to stay at home with my daughter. my 10th grade english students are reading james baldwin's essay, "a talk to teachers," which they find quite relevant today.

mr. david davis. >> mr. speaker, yesterday it was announced that the french company won the first round of the contest for the 10 million aircraft for india. that disastrous news for thousands of workers up and down the country, particularly in my constituency, even the long relationship between india and britain, given the fact that we did many times more aid to india than france ever did, would he engage in some of the full force of the government attempt to reverse the decision to? >> of course i will do everything i can as i have already to encourage the indians to look at it because it is such a good aircraft. the decision is disappointing but it is about the indians have a sense of making the lowest bid and, therefore, asked to enter into further negotiations. they have not yet awarded the contract. i say to my right honorable friend who i know cares deeply as i did about the people employed in his constituency, we don't do in job losses stemming from this decision and it doesn't root out for any. we m

. >> you were at mr. davis' party and at the grammys.s among those that knew her and saw her, that things were going down hill fast some >> no, all indication were that things were doing great. she just filmed the movie "sparkle," and she filmed a movie where she played jordan sparks' mother and all the feedback from the movie set was she was doing great and was scheduled to perform at clive's party and this felt like a come back for whitney, everyone was saying she was doing better and was terrific in the movie. and everyone was looking forward to seeing her saturday night so this came as a complete shock and contrary to what we are hearing about where whitney was right now. >> and in fact, you did an interview about spa"sparkle" an she talked about how she related to the part. >> i took a lot of my mother's character into this movie. a lot of it. raising me and my two brothers, but me alone, you know, as 19, i signed a record contract and then, boom, it took off. membership m my mom was very, very firm. >> and apparently there's a roug

. >> reporter: mrs. daviss classmates corroborated her son's story and that the school principal called to tell her that the teach letter not substitute at the school again. >> he woke up this morning and he asked if the substitute teacher was going to hurt us. and i told him no. meaning, what? >> come here or come to the school. so i kept him home. >> reporter: prince george's public schools issued this statement, any time an allegation of physical abuse occurs, we immediately contact child protective service. we conducted an internal investigation of the incident and found no signs of physical abuse. we will deal with the substitute teacher appropriately. this afternoon, a representative of prince george's county public schools told met teacher has been dismissed. i asked what that means. i was told he is no longer in the school system as a substitute. this is chris gordon, news4. back to you. >> chris, thank you. >>> remains found in a maryland state park are confirmed to be those of a miss prince george's

the mac well, we're about to go to mr. davis. i might only mention in the case of the nlrb to be function, you only have to do one recess appointment. with that we go to the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm going to thank the witnesses for their patients. we keep hearing about how this ways a cloud and i'm quoting, cloud over whatever decisions the nlrb for the cfpb meme, all the statements will be true according to some people when rules are promulgated. we have heard that these appointees, their official acts will be held as a matter of luck because again they didn't have the authority to act. you have opined that the foundations for the president's actions are sound and the appointments are not unprecedented are reckless and will withstand legal skirt needs. is that correct? >> that is correct, sir. is it fair to say in your opinion these appointees do have authority to act because the president's appointments were lawful? >> that would be the case that would make him a yes. >> so if the appo

. >> the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. davis is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for being here and for your testimony, and for the tremendous service that you provide to our country. i understand from the budget that for the first time a major focus of homeland security will be grant funding will be a sustainment of capability for and just to clarify and help me understand, does this mean that you intend to focus more on sustainment of capabilities and will this may be over support new developments? >> it depends on what a particular community needs. it may need to buy something new, of what we have found in the past is that there used to be a prohibition on being able to pay for maine and over time. there was a constant emphasis on buying new stuff for lack of a better term. we think with $35 billion out the door, it is time to look at how we maintain those resources as well as purchasing new ones. >> would you see the sustainment support as being transitional, or would it be perennial? >> again with respect to the pa

i spoke to mr. daviss down as one would expect him to be and as most of us are, but he's still carrying on. >> she had some very public difficult times in her life. she was working through that, getting back on her feet. how difficult was it for you and the others that really loved her to see her go through what she went through during her lifetime? >> well, we were all aware of her challenges, but i felt she was overcoming them. she looked really great in the movie "sparkle." i saw some of the previews and a lot of the scenes were done in detroit. i thought she really, really looked good, and i was just mentioning it to her people had they seen it and how well she looked. and i thought at that point she had kind of conquered the challenges that were ahead of her. however, looking -- thinking about rather, looking back -- thinking about something that natalie cole said once was how difficult it is sometimes when you have overnight success and the kind of success that whitney did, she had phenomenal overni

we know mr. davis, the music mogul extremely close to whitney houston.g her. tony bennett is here. jimmy january. john boyd. tom hanks just arrived. herbie hancock. darren christ. all of the celebrities are walking the red carpet. we have producers on the red carpet. it appears the event is still on. an event by the way that is supposed to start in just about an hour and a half at 9:00 local time at midnight eastern. and so we are trying to effort some of the video of the red carpet. we are trying to jam our microphones up there to try and get reaction in person because we have been talking a lot about the reaction that is coming in via twitter and facebook and all of the other social media but i have got to say the real super stars of the music industry are in los angeles for the grammies tomorrow and a lot of them attend this it party at this hotel. an annual event and obviously a lot of the people here are shaken and they have an awful lot to say and as soon as we can get some of that sound and reaction in we will, of course, bring it to you. i also q

culberson of texas for today, mrs. davis -- mr. davis of illinois for today and mr. heinrich of new mexico for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> request unanimousen to kent -- consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is croysed. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to speak about a very happy occasion for every member of the arizona delegation. i'm proud to have introduced h.con.res. 100 which invites the entire house of representatives to join with the arizona delegation in commemorating arizona's centennial. for the past 100 years, arizona has stood as a beacon of opportunity for millions of individuals who came to the state to make a better life for themselves and their familyless. mr. quayle: they came to arizona and biment the state we know today, a state with rich diversity, a soaring optimism, driven by an innovati

what is the problem, mr. davis?i can't see through her hair. >> osgood: hair obviously played a large role in the 1988 movie hair spray. it plays a very big role in the lives of many us in real life as well. faith saily has the long and short of it. >> reporter: hair. long, beautiful hair. shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen. scientists aren't even sure why we have hair on our heads. experts all agree hair is anything but superficial. everyone wants it longer, shorter, straighter, curlier, thicker, smoother. >> that's fabulous. i like it a lot. >> reporter: which keeps the nation's 350,000 hairdressers busy. >> i think of hair as being like your halo. my motto is who needs a fur when you grow your own, right? >> it's bold. it's daring. it's like, hey, this is who i am. >> it's the whole image. >> nice and clean. it's nice and soft. >> reporter: celebrity stylist nick arrojo. >> when somebody has a haircut that is spectacular, it is life changing. >> reporter: we caught up with him at the international beauty

mr. davis. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. davis: thank you, madam chairman, and i want to thank the gentleman from new jersey for yielding. h.r. 1173 would eliminate the potential for many of our citizens to be able to afford long-term care that he provides services and other supports -- that provides services and other supports. this is not the solution but instead a faulty and irresponsible policy initiative which will burden people and our health systems. regardless of when individuals may need these services, there's a lack of financing options to help them pay for the services they need, to maintain their health independence and dignity when they lose the capacity to perform basic daily activities without assistance. medicare does provide limited pay, long-term care services. medicaid does cover but pays only for services with people with very limited means. many private long-term care insurance plans are costly and difficult to acquire. and so

i yield to mrs. davis. mrs. davis: mr. speaker, i rise to applaud the final ruling issued by the department of health and human services to include birth control at no cost. the pill changed the world. as some have said, it was one small pill, but one giant leap for womankind. it improved women's health. it reduced infant mortality. it increased a women's earning potential. it empowered families to chart their own course. yet, currently, one in three american women struggle to afford birth control. a woman's right to decide when to start a family is meaningless. if she does not have the means to make a choice. all of these benefits could be denied because of a relatively small amount of money. and that simply is unacceptable. i'm pleased that we are living up to the promises made in the affordable care act and i urge my colleagues to join me in protecting and increasing access to health care for every woman in america. i yield back. mrs. maloney: i rise in support of the president's action and secretary sebelius' action in

mr. chairman. >> thank you, ms. davis. we proceed now to chairman rob whitman of virginia. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. martin, i want to begin with you. i find it interesting in the report you talk about, contract management and deficiencies there with arlington with contract management, specifically in the area of i.t. it appears as though that $5 million spent in i.t. contracts that appear to be wasteful and that haven't produced any results. on page 9 of the report you've said that the i.t. contract management system is not guided by a modernization blueprint and it's duplicative, and costly to maintain. from that b stastandpoint, why u believe that was occurring as well as what are the current efforts to overcome those deficiencies? where are they in this modernization effort to make th there is not duplication? >> thank you, mr. chairman, for the question. and it actually spans both of the reports. we -- the external reviews found that over 5 million that had been spent to try to modernize the i.t. systems really d

not even mr. davis.we almost have it all >> when something like that happens, what happens to that person? it would seem almost like a shock wave. >> i think parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home. they have to leave home prepared, really. she left home with all the right things. she just kind of lost her way along the way somewhere. >> a number of people say she looked dishevelled, seemed disoriented, she wasn't that great the night before she died. when you hear that, does that anger you? >> i think sometimes people speak and don't think all the time. she was having her problems. she was having her challenges. but a lot of people have challenges of all kinds. you have to be more understanding. you cannot define a person on just one thing. you know, you can't just forget all of these wonderful and good things that a person has done just because one thing didn't come off the way you thought it should come off. >> i was looking at some music videos. there's a shot of you in "

cummings and the ranking member of the subcommittee, mr. davis, for their considerable support and assistance and mr. chairman, like you, i will be brief, you and i are the only ones here who have a vote in committee on this matter. the district of columbia special election reform act is subject to legislation i introduced last congress which, with the help of the chairman, was passed without objection by the house committee on oversight and reform and with his help, quickly got to the full house for a vote. final enactment of the bill was prevented not by this house but by an anonymous hold in the senate which fortunately no longer allows such holds in that chamber. this bill is of great importance to the district of columbia, particularly now that the city council is faced with an example of a vacancy that this bill was designed to address and had the bill passed in the senate, the senate could have addressed. however, instead of holding the special election that we are now required to hold on april 3 , the day of the city's primary, the distri

mrs. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i represent san diego, california. which has the dishonor of being home to the highest gas prices in the nation. the most expensive gas in san diego is going for $4.75 a gallon and that hurts my constituents. my friends on the other side of the aisle believe the solution is simple, more production means lower prices. however our nation's oil production is the highest it has been in years. and yet so are gas prices. the conclusion? more drilling does not mean lower prices. independent analysis has pointed to wall street speculators as a culprit for the rise in gas prices. mr. speaker, we have heard this story before. wall streeters gaming markets to make big bucks at the expense of consumers. another culprit, there is truly nothing compete against gasoline. prices will go down when there are alternative fuels and real transportation choices to compete with oil. there are two things that congress can do to relieve the pain at the pump, and innovative 21st century approach to our energy problems and we need to tame the sp

mr. chairman. chairman wilson, ranking member davis, chairman whitman and ranking member cooper and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to present our findings from our review of oversight and management of arlington national cemetery. as you know, we issued our report on the management and oversight of arlington on december 15th of last year. my testimony is based on our report, and i will make two points today. first, i'll discuss the policies and procedures that the current leadership team at arlington put in place to begin to address the deficiencies that became apparent, and i'll identify some of our recommendations to assist in that endeavor and secondly discuss factor that could potentially affect the feasibility and advisability of transferring arlington from the army to the department of veterans affairs. the v.a. here's the bottom line -- i think it is fair to say the current leadership team at arlington has taken many positive steps at the cemetery current leadership team at arlington has taken many positive steps at the cemetery to addr

mr. davis is recognized. >> they key, mr. chairman.i am interested in this discussion have worked in manufacturing for many years before coming to the house representatives. i ran into -- i would like to preface my question, i'll agree with the macro concern that the professor talk about that a rate reduction overall is certainly more beneficial and the long-term and certainly support that, what i would like to come back into manufacturing or airport -- operations capitol manufacturing trying to balance this out in side door dirty the umbrella of the strategy. i work with many clients, discussing earlier three in particular, some of the bus depreciation issues came out after 9/11 and subsequent years were their were reluctant to make investment into machine cool technology and other systems that would be helpful to them. particularly small businesses under $100 billion manufacturing purse, surprisingly in number of my colleagues from the fortune 500 have that same experience and a reluctance based on market cycle, particularly with sha

mrs. davis: but they had to take a haircut recently since they were more subject to the up and downs of the -- ups and downs of the economy than anybody else. people told me, they need more customers walking in the door with money to spend. well, increasing consumer demand is a key part of our recovery but it won't come right away. yet, we can use a more immediate tool to help these businesses grow in the meantime. in the state of the union address, the president mentioned 17 tax cuts for small businesses put money in their pockets soon. tax credits for hiring unemployed americans and for health care costs will incentivize hiring and ensure that the affordable care act is affordable for businesses to implement. an exemption from capital gains tax for small business investment will spur small business spending and hiring, and the american jobs act has a provision which would reduce employers' contribution to the payroll tax for their employees. i support measures like these to encourage the growt

mrs. davis: i share his commitment to increasing college affordability and quality, freezing interest rates on subsidized student loans is something we can do something about right now to help millions of students across the country. failure to act means that seven million students could see their interest rates double to 6.8%. i urge my colleagues to work with the president to make sure that this issue gets the time and attention that it deserves. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> madam speaker i rise today to commend the catch act. mr. olson: this program was implemented in houston and across texas to combat rising rates of childhood obesity. it's no secret that childhood obesity is a growing problem in our country. 18% of elementary schoolchildren are overweight and the

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mr. davis? -- ms. davis?thank you for going out of your way and really talking about the all-in-one element of this strategy, which i think is our people. i think keeping faith with our soldiers marines, and their families remains a top priority. as we think of this process and move forward reducing personnel strength over the next few years, what are we doing to make sure we retain a spectrum of experience and knowledge across services and specialties? within that package, what is your greatest concern? >> let me yield to general dempsey. he has been very involved in how we approach the retention of some of these mid-level officers. >> i will hearken back to my time as chief staff of the army. that is the issue the service chiefs are grappling with, with the secretary's guidance. one of the things we did back in the 90's -- when we separated soldiers, we did so -- i said soldiers but servicemen in general. we were separating them too quickly. we had reduction in force boards that sat specifically to tell peo

mr. speaker, for the sake of our national conscience, also for our natural treasury, it's time to do the smart thing and bring our troops home. don't ask me, ask colonel daniel davis. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. dold, for five minutes. mr. dold: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dold: mr. speaker, small businesses are reluctant to expand today. with so much economic uncertainty, our local job creators don't know if they can afford the risk of hiring a new worker. as a small business owner myself, i know the pressures of meeting a budget and a payroll and for me i employ 100 people and for me that's 100 families. i have to make sure that i can ensure that we can provide health care insurance and other benefits before it's time to hire new workers. mr. speaker, there is 29 million small businesses in our nation. here in this body i believe our goal has to be to create an environment that enables those small businesses to have the confidence to be able to grow and thrive, to be able to add that one new worker and think a

recognize in turn representative susan davis, the ranking member of the military personnel committee, and chairman rob whitman of the oversight investigation subcommittee and mr. jim cooper, the ranking member of the oversight investigation subcommittee for any opening remarks they might wish to make. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the hearing today. general vangiel, i wanted to welcome you. inds you recently took over from general mccoy as the army inspector general. ms. martin and mr. lepore, i look forward to hearing the government accountability assessment of the army's efforts with respect to arlington and ms. condon, welcome back. we've got a chance to see each other quite a bit, and i really appreciate your efforts. arlington national cemetery as we all know is one of the most hallowed grounds of this nation and we must hold it to the highest standards of performance. members of the subcommittee of military personnel in conjunction with the oversight investigation subcommittee are interested in the actions taken by the army to improve its accountable of arlington national cemetery since our hearing in september. ms. condon, i recognize the ha

mr. bryan. >> thank you. churn and wilson, a ranking member davis, chairman whitman and ranking member cooper and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to present our findings from our review of oversight and management of arlington national cemetery. we issue our report on the management and oversight of arlington on december 15th of last year. my testimony is based on our report, and i will make two points today. first i will discuss the policies and procedures the current leadership at arlington has put into place to begin to address these deficiencies that became apparent, and i will identify some of our recommendations to help assist that endeavor and second, i will discuss some factors that could potentially affect the feasibility and advisability of transferring arlington from the army to the department of veterans affairs, the va. here's the bottomline. i think it is fair to say the current leadership team at arlington has taken any positive steps at the cemetery to address the deficiencies and make improvements. the army has made progress in a range of ar

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