mr. joseph free man who has been a c u.s. todian for some 13 years here he had a number of different jobs he worked every where in the system and has the opportunity to help us try to put our best foot forward to the public not only on a day-to-day basis but jumping in when we need help as key members of the emergency response team. please recognize mr. free man on behalf of our c u.s. todians. >> thank you for your fine work and you promise 13 more years, right? >> i just want to say thank you for this moment and i appreciate it. [applause]. >> just a few other items i want to give you a brief update on the north east mission parking plan that you may have heard about there were a couple hearings recently and the small business commission that touched on the north east mission plan so where we are in the process is we brought forth some draft recommendations a couple months ago after many many months of additional data gathering and outreach and analysis we had this community meeting we're continuing to solicit feedback and

mr. joseph gregory fandino, a residents of south florida and a hero who lost his life while serving our nation in vietnam in 1972. last friday on foreign affairs day, joseph was honored by the department of state and the american foreign service association who commem ratesed the colleagues who died -- commemorated the colleagues who died in the line of duty overseas. joseph was one of the first hispanic foreign service despite being told by classmates that he had the wrong kind of ethnic background served the united states valiantly for many years. joseph also served in the air force during the korean war and as a foreign service officer in vietnam, the dominican republic, spain and canada where he worked with large numbers of refugees fleeing cuba. joseph put himself in harm's way, choosing to sacrifice his safety in order to assist others and advance freedom and peace around the world. his commitment to our american ideals, his courage and his good humor during difficult times will be forever remembered. mr. speaker, i'm proud to absolute our heroes. i yield back the balance of my time. the

let's move up to joseph grant who's the deputy tax commission. when th i going to hear from hi. he retired. mr. miller, you have apologized and then you are living. mr. shulman, you are six months out, so can't remember. mr. wilkins, the chief counsel of the irs is not your buddy probably should be here, and then the secretary of the treasury, jacob lew. it went right up there. finally, to catherine who is the white house general counsel eric do any of these folks, yourself included, ever say what was going on and take responsibility? i just not have seen that. my follow-up question will be in regard on how on earth can the irs have proper oversight and management to the implement of the affordable health care act given the current situation looks thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. senator crapo, you are next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you know, there's been a lot of discussion about who knew what and when they knew it. and one of the big questions i have, this is probably for you, mr. george, is it seems that there is an argument being made that there was no political motivatio

with her today is joseph sub two. mr. demarest is the assistant director of cyberdivision at the federal bureau of investigation. in that role he manages over 600 employees dedicated to the investigation of national security and criminal computer intrusions. he joined joined the fbi is a special agent in 1988 and has served in a number of roles for the bureau including as a swat team leader in the new york division, as shift commander for the investigation and as assistant director of the international operations division. i welcome both of the witnesses here and before we ask you to begin your testimonial also welcome the wonderful ranking member who has demonstrated intense interest and commitment to this issue and invite him to make any opening remarks. see most of what i know about cybersecurity threat comes from the white house which is a damning indictment to him. but i've really enjoyed working with our chairman here that i think understands the threat as well as anyone in the congress when it comes to the private

joseph villa. mr. stewart: but she never asked for a lot of attention. her life was a shining example of one filled with faith, hope, and charity. mr. and onal note, mrs. monson have been an inspiration for me and my family. they have served as a model for 14 million mormons around the world. her devotion to faith has touch sod many it will leave a lasting impression on the world. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentlewoman is recognized for ne minute. ms. tie spuss texas i rise to encourage my colleagues to join me as original co-sponsors of the pay as you rate act. the veterans administration currently has more than one million backlog cases and 70% of these have been under review for more than 125 days. for some veterans, like those in southern nevada, the average time to process a claim is close to 500 days and this is just unacceptable. the pay as you rate act will ensure that vet

dom of the press decides host: justin rights in and says -- joseph rights in and says -- the new york times look at what will happen next. mrholder wants to complete the overhaul of department regulations on leak investigations before his tenure is over. a senate adviser who spoke on condition of anonymity because conditions -- because the deliberations are -- jumping down the story, it says -- joseph from connecticut, go ahead. i am concerned that there is so much mayhem going on around attorney-general holder. remember d. mallory flame controversy. valerieembered the flame controversy. i am concerned when people are assuming there was some ulterior mullet here -- a ulterior motive here. --m wondering why are there what are we almost insisting upon the fact that reporters or anyone else who leaks classified somehowion should be another exempt from close scrutiny. i think that this is almost a catch-22 situation. dam it if he does, and damned if he doesn't. if they failed to somehow try to people needs, many to understand it could be very harmful to the national security in that they put a abilityus chill on our to communic

host: joseph once the first one giving shout out to the grand pooh bah mr. scott. can you clarify the revolving door? guest: i love the concept of the revolving door for a lot of reasons. not least of which is it happens a lot and very few know about it. it is when a government worker takes his or her expertise and leaves public service and is hired by a private institution and then uses that access to the government to benefit -- for the profit of private institutions. it is not unusual to see a member of congress or particularly a bureaucrat to let, from, say, the department of defense to leave the department of defense and then get a job with a contract air that makes a defense implement and they mutually profit. this is called the revolving door. there are checks and balances. the government has not just turned a blind eye. they made it a little more difficult to leave public service and enter private service. guest: i hope you do not mind me in themore about -- iron triangle, the lobbyist for the mushroom institute probably worked as a staffer for the committe

mr. speaker. one, i had the honor to participate in the dedication of a headstone on the grave site of our founder and first president, professor joseph carter corbin. the bible says where there is no vision people perish, and all of us who revere and appreciate the history of the university of arkansas at pine bluff owe a debt of gratitude to our fellow alumnus, ms. gladys turner finney, who thought of the idea, did the research and communicated with other alumni across the country and brought the idea to fruition. the final resting place of carter was recently discovered in an unmarked grave in forest holmes cemetery in forest park, illinois, which i represent as a member of congress. professor corbin died january 9, 1911 in pine bluff, arkansas. waldheim erred at the cemetery in forest park near his wife, mary jane corbin, and two sons, john w. corbin and william h. corbin. the cemetery known at that time was waldheim german cemetery located at 863 south des plaines avenue in forest park, illinois. mr. corbin was born in ohio on william and , to susan corbin. he entered ohio university at athens, ohio, in 1850 when he was 17 after

joseph grants, a deputy tax commissioner. we are not going to hear from him. he retired. mr. miller, you have apologize. the you are leaving. you are six months out, so you can remember. esther wilkins, the chief counselor of the irs. he is not here pretty probably should he here. jacob lew, it went right up there. finally, the white house general counsel. do any of these folks ever say what was going on and take responsibility? i have not seen that. my follow-up question will be in regard of how on our can the --is have a limitation of the irs beearth can the then implementation of affordable care act given the current situation. >> thank you. >> there is been a lot of discussion about who knew what and when they knew it. one of the questions i have, for you mr. george, it seems that there is an argument being made that there was no political motivation in these actions. is that a conclusion that you have reached? >> in the review that we conducted thus far, that is the conclusion that we have reached. >> how do you reach that conclusion? >> in this instance, it was as a result of the interviews that were conducted of the

representative joseph crowley responded to german camps opening statement -- chairman camp's opening statement. [video clip] >> i would daresay in the prior administration by mr. shulman and mr. emerson that there was targeting of political entities as well. that past and on both sides. the president has been very forthright and -- very forthright in strongly condemning that kind of action. the chairman and my colleagues, let us get the answers. we can draw our own conclusions. host: we are talking about the ira's case. it was the subject of the house ways and means hearing yesterday on capitol hill. another headline from "the wall will read you a puppet of that in eight seconds. gene from detroit, miss it can -- rom detroit, michigan caller: this seems people ignore the fact that the irs latta says -- the irs law says no -- the 501(c)4 should be exclusively for social programs. it was under eisenhower that one of the commissioners of changed the ruling to "primarily." tea party nor any political party should receive -- should not receive 501(c)4. are they a social program or its political agenda they are pushing forward? of the members of the tea party say t

joseph tweets - guest: we need to get all the facts first. that was another point of contention yesterday. people who were in benghazi or hicks, li and even mr had not seen what was put in and some are not evaluated. looking at the security aspects on the ground, they were bypassed. you're not entitled to your own story when you make a report. you have to get all the facts. ande going to come back bring those two gentlemen in as to why they did not talk to top security people and write a true story about what happened. host: will we see further hearings on this issue? guest: i'm sure we will. host: do you know when? guest: i don't know. host: have their looked at classified documents regarding this? documents thatre were claimed to be classified that or not. down and wey them did so. we looked at materials that talked about how many hits on the supposed video that did not exist but caused the problem. we have looked at those. i have not gone through them all but my fair share, i definitely have. host: walden, new york, republican, go ahead. caller: i would like to ask the watchingative, from the testimony, mr. hicks talked about a standout o

joseph grant as the deputy tax commissioner. we're not going to hear from him. he retired. mr. miller only apologized, and then you are leaving. mr. shulman, you are six months out so kevin member. mr. wilkins, the chief counsel of the irs, he is not here but he probably should be here. in the secretary of the treasury, jacob lew. it went right up there. then finally to the white house general counsel. do any of these folks, and yourself included, ever say what was going on and take responsibility? i just have not seen that. my follow-up question will be in regard on how on earth can the irs have oversight and management to the implement the of for will health care act, given the current situation? thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. mr. crapo, you are next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you know, there's been a lot of discussion about who knew what and when they knew it, and one of the big questions i have, this is probably for you, mr. george, is it seems that there is an argument be made that there was no political motivation in these actions. is that a conclusion that you have reached? >> in the review we have co

mr. johnson. now, please proceed. >> chairman harkin, ranking member alexander and other committee members, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. senator alexander, thank you for introduction. my wife marylin and present denver, josephe and i'm grateful to have their support. if confirmed hoping they can do sacrifice the interests of public service similar to those by you of their members. i appreciate present up on this nomination. there's no higher honor than being considered for the relations board pictures of writes important to nearly everyone, affect them but they're in how people can work on the support families businesses with a big impact on communities and state and local governments. for me these have never been abstract concepts that are fervent in spirit. my brother spent a summer working in a steel mill. i began work at age 14 as a caddie. i worked in a movie theater and got a job at the carnegie library of pittsburgh. for many years i were as local 6471 of the american federation of musicians. i learned firsthand about keeping an open mind regarding labor management issues. at one point my mother is a member of the pittsburgh public school board. my older sister pat, while living at home as a pittsbur