mr. joseph president of the house. i want to recognize them. last but not least certainly one of the more important parts. we have mr. an turney and mr. kelly. please stand. darrek henle from lanar. let me tell you what's happening on phase one in terms of construction. we have over 400 units with development with just over 100 of them being affordable at 80 percent of medium income and block 49 is understand construction and that's rental project. approximately 350 units are under construction today. we hope to have move in next month and perhaps some moving in next month and ground breaking which is another 136 units that you approved recently breaking ground in probably another 4 months. it's very active on the shipyard. here is just a high level summary for the development. the house dath table that is part of why you are conceptual design and your schematic designs. you can see block 48 is mostly comprised of certain building types mostly flats and town homes and a few lots of part of this project within the 404 units. so just more so for t

mr. joseph? you can come up. >> good afternoon commissioners. my name is jerald joseph, i am vice-president of hsn properties. we represent about 400 units in the bayview, one of

mr. joseph? you can come up. >> good afternoon commissioners. my name is jerald joseph, i am vice-president of hsn properties. we represent about 400 units in the bayview, one of which is mariners village with the home association we manage. the board wanted me to come out to say they are in full support of this development for this project. lanar has been a great neighbor and kept us informed and the neighborhood association looks forward for the development of the vacant and abandoned lot across the street which has helped the association residents to support coming up with funds and doing major repairs on this itself. i have been asked to come and let you know that the association along with the other 5 associations i represent in the bayview are 100 percent in support of the development. thank you. >> thank you. >> linda richardson? >> good afternoon president, rosales, commissioners, director and attorney brian. every time we come out here we know to have to push milestone. we also know that you all the key to providing housing in san franc

mr. obama's confidence in joseph clancy is not shaken despite the investigation into two senior agents. they are accused of driving a car into a white house security barrier after a night of drinking last week. the president's spokesman says that he was disappointed to learn about that incident. buy says nobody has higher standards for the secret service than clancy. >>> pal can hol is legal. and there's already talk of a modern-day prohibition. why some say this powdered cocktail is a recipe for trouble. >> teenaged girls get vicious! the brutal beating inside a fast-food restaurant and >>> the approval of a powdered form of alcohol is stirring up controversy. john ramos tells us addiction experts worry it could cause a new wave of nightmares in the emergency room. >> let's see how it looks. >> reporter: mark phillips has created what he thinks has been missing from every good backpacking trip. >> perfect, a cosmopolitan. >> reporter: it's a dehydrated form of booze. he invented it. add water and you get an ounce of liquid alcohol and after some initial problems with labeling, the prod

the body was turned over to the family and was taken to baltimore and identified by joseph, his youngest brother. mrs. booth was there but would not go and look at his son -- her son's remains. the funeral home in baltimore was right across the street from the home in baltimore theaters. there were a number of factors who identified them to their satisfaction. henry clay ford -- harry clay ford, who managed the theater said that is booth, no doubt about it. his future bride asked him, how do you know that is him he said i know him better than i know you. one look told me that was john wilkes booth. a friend of booth said if that is really john, look at the boot. he and i went ice skating and there should be holes in it were skates were affixed. once you looked at the boots, you could see the holes where they screwded in ice skates to the boots at that time. when the weather improved in june of 1869, the family got together and buried him in greenmount cemetery. the grave is not marked but it was well-known to everybody. it was distinguished by a mount for a while. in the next year in 1870, that was t

mr. chaffetz: we welcome joseph p. clancy, the director of the secret service. before i go forward, let me say, the members of the committee, i do not believe the presence of mr. clancy alone is sufficient to achieve the goals of this hearing today. it is the committee's intention to bring forward a series of people in transcribed interviews. we would prefer to have done this a different way. the secret service has refused our ability to do that, but the people involved in these incidents should know they will be invited by this committee both sides will be present for transcribed interviews as we conduct this further. the secret service refuses to let other invited witnesses testify. the committee has questions, when we issued these letters and invitations for these individuals to appear, did they receive those invitations or was the secret service prompted did homeland security become involved? we have a lot of questions about why those individuals who were asked to appear are not sitting here today. we do expect to close the loop of these witnesses in the futu

spontaneous hand clap, today i was watching you, i was washing secret service director joseph clancy, it was like mr. clancy goes on washington but he got a bipartisan bitch slap about his agent's allege ed drunk driving during a white house barrier bomb gestgation investigation. >> it should be punishment, termination, firing, you can't run an agent like this for god's sake or any other agent. >> it was green tie day, this is day we celebrate international day drinking, also known as st. patrick's day. everyone using the tail of a catholic saint to get hammered before noon, in secret service that is known as tuesday. the boys with bangs could build -- badgs badges could build a ra of the white house. >> a lot of thanks to give out here. >> you know what he wants, $8 million to build a fake white house, who is your contractor, what are you? drunk. a few lawmakers doing precommittee tip ling. >> you don't have to earn their trust you are there boss, they are supposed to earn your trust. >> he is he going to to handle the protocol breach? a couple of senior agents crash into the barricades after nippi

the body was turned over to the family and was taken to baltimore and identified by joseph, his youngest brother. mrs. booth was there but would not go and look at her son's remains. the funeral home in baltimore was right across the street from the home in baltimore theaters. there were a number of factors -- there were a number of actors who identified them to their satisfaction. henry clay ford -- harry clay ford, who managed the theater, said that is booth, no doubt about it. his future bride asked him, how do you know that is him? he said, i know him better than i know you. one look told me that was john wilkes booth. a friend of booth said if that is really john, look at the boot. he and i went ice skating and there should be holes in it were skates were affixed. sure enough, once you looked at the boots, you could see the holes where they screwed in ice skates to the boots at that time. this is february of 69. when the weather improved in june of 1869, the family got together and buried him in greenmount cemetery. the grave is not marked but it was well-known to everybody. it was distinguished

the body was turned over to the family and was taken to baltimore and identified by joseph, his youngest brother. mrs. booth was there but would not go and look at his son -- her son's remains. the funeral home in baltimore was right across the street from the home in baltimore theaters. there were a number of factors who identified them to their satisfaction. henry clay ford -- harry clay ford, who managed the theater said that is booth, no doubt about it. his future bride asked him, how do you know that is him he said i know him better than i know you. one look told me that was john wilkes booth. a friend of booth said if that is really john, look at the boot. he and i went ice skating and there should be holes in it were skates were affixed. once you looked at the boots, you could see the holes where they screwded in ice skates to the boots at that time. when the weather improved in june of 1869, the family got together and buried him in greenmount cemetery. the grave is not marked but it was well-known to everybody. it was distinguished by a mount for a while. in the next year in 1870, that was t

mr. bell or someone in his position come before the parole board that everything the nature of the offense just trumps everything. that's not the law. and it's not fair. >> but the widow of joseph says it's more than fair because he's alive while her children's father is not. listen. >> bell he's got a family. he sees his family. he should remain in jail. he should never get out. he deprived my husband of a life with his family. >> and if a court rules in his favor, he would be the first black panther set free after killing a cop. megyn. >> trace gallagher, thank you. we'll be right back.

mr. jones stands 6'4", weighs in at about 295 pounds. he also happens to be an ex con. meanwhile, josepho is still on the phone with his wife. >> my wife tells me she is coming in. i say no, stay in the car. >> at that point she pokes me in the face. >> as simms is using all her foul language and acting out of control, you see a number of other men who are also customers. they're just standing there. everyone seems oblivious. not one of the men in the crowd says a word. not one gets involved. almost everyone's eyes are averted as pristina continues to poke and provoke joseph scarpino. >> i switched the hands on my phone, and i slapped the counter. i said what is wrong with you. what is your problem. just get your pizza, get out of here. and mark jones approaches. >> check you. check you. >> and while mark jones approaches me, my phone rings, but then it hangs up. so i go to redial the phone. and he is like what is the problem? i'm not really paying attention much to what he is doing. >> that's when mr. jones unloads a wicked round house, a blindsiding killer sucker punch that fractures j

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mr. chairman, ranking member tonko, that concludes my state. >> i would like to recognize mayor joseph keegan. i see it is castleton on the hudson. i went to a small technical school down the river. the west point school for wayward boys. >>> good morning mr. chairman and members of the sub committee and my congressmen. i'm joe keegan, the mayor of a charming village a few miles south of albany new york. we're castleton on hudson. we have a population of 1500 of the best people anywhere. we're a member of a nonprofess organization of small rural communities. i got a call from the association monday asking about my availability and i just happened to be traveling back to castleton last night from a trip related to my day job. my village is typical of those that have water supplies in new york. the state of new york has 2305 community water systems. 88 serve pom labs under 3300. all small community water and sewer utilities have to comply with the same as the biggest city with our small rate payer base and we have to eerpt, maintain, and update our base with small budget. my number one concern

joseph. mark, tell us what the firm is. mark: we are a worldwide operator. hello, mr. johnson. we are the largest worldwide operator, multimodal, private operator of public transportation systems and we have a retail on-demand system that includes super shuttle several taxi companies and technology businesses that connect to over 100,000 vehicles around the world. >> it a rollup of buses and taxi companies global in nature. >> we are -- mark: we are in 20 countries. he new york we represent about 5500 vehicles in new york city alone. cory: i am sure you would know how awesome uber is. mark: they have good technology but there are people that would like to see more technology -- competition because they are concerned about business practices. corey: what concerns you the most and what is unique to uber that is not endemic to the transportation business? mark: what is unique? cory: what are they doing worse? mark: they take customers with credit cards, customers with smartphones. they do not take trips later. they only booked trips now. they have a good, clean business model. the

mr. chairman, ranking member tonko that concludes my statement. i'll be happy they answer any questions. >> thank you very much. i would like to recognize mayor joseph keegan mentioned by my ranking member mr. tonko. from upstate new york. i see it's castleton-on-the hudson. and i know the hudson guy. i lived in a small technical school down south on the river. the west point school for wayward boys. that's my alma mater. i know the river and valley real well. welcome and we're glad to have you recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. good morning mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee and my congressman, good morning, congressman tonko. i'm mayor keegan of the castle-on-the hudson. my village is a member of the new york rural water association a nonprofit associate of small and rural communities throughout the state to somewhat responsible for my appearance here today. i got a call from the association on monday asking about my availability and i happened to be traveling back to castleton last night for a trip related to my day job. my village is typical and representative of communities that have water supplies in new york and the rest of

mr. albert turner of marion, alabama. the reverend fred shuttlesworth of birmingham, alabama. reverend joseph l. iversity of alabama a white student. and the reverend jesse douglas of montgomery, alabama. if you approve of this committee, say aye. [ aye ]. >> the committee is now instructed to meet for final instructions in the auditorium of the dexter avenue baptist church just one block away here in the shadow of the capital with our leader dr. king after the benediction has been pronounced. we will now return to our national leaders, mr. james farmer could not be here today because of illness. but we do want mr. jim pitt to tell us where the corps is behind the movement of freedom. mr. pitt. >> i want to bring greetings from jim farmer. and i want to tell you that there are a lot of corps people in the march from all over the country, from as far away as the west coast. as more myself, some of you know i have a little souvenir from alabama, 53 stitches in my head which i got on the freedom ride. but at least i'm alive whereas my friend bill moore is dead. and it is appropriate today to talk ab

mr. chairman, ranking member tonko that concludes my statement. i'll be happy they answer any questions. >> thank you very much. i would like to recognize mayor josepheegan mentioned by my ranking member mr. tonko. i see it's castleton-on-the hudson. i know it. the west point school for wayward boys. my alma mater. i know the river and valley real well. welcome and we're glad to have you recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. good morning mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee and my congressman, good morning, congressman tonko. i'm mayor keegan of the castle-on-the hudson. my village is a member of the new york rural water association a nonprofit associate of small and rural communities throughout the state to somewhat responsible for my appearance here today. i got a call from the association on monday asking about my availability and i happened to be traveling back to castleton last night for a trip related to my day job. my village is typical and representative of communities that have water supplies in new york and the rest of the country. according to the u.s. environmental protection agency the state of new york has 2305 community w

mr. obama to fix what's wrong with the secret service. and repair its image. joseph clancy, a retired secret service veteran called back to duty. as for those failures -- >> there is anger. but then there's a thought of, how do you fix this? how did it go wrong? how do we fix it? >> reporter: the white house fence jumper. that's a preparation issue. that had to hit you right in the gut. >> yes. absolutely. but that particular day, we had a con ver jens of failures. >> reporter: what about the sordid stories? >> it was a lack of discipline. i think a individual lack of discipline. we have to do a better job of mentoring, coaching, teaching, training our people that that is unacceptable. and to the critics in congress who say they wanted an outsider, what say you? >> i'm going to earn their trust. i take things day by day, minute by minute. we need to earn their trust. >> reporter: he admits the failures were devastating. he doesn't believe they reflect the people of his agency. >> i would not have come back if i didn't believe in the men and women of the secret servic

mr. chairman. >> the entire house appropriations committee hearing with secret service head joseph clancy will air in 30 minutes on c-span at 8:00 p.m. eastern time and you can watch the hearing any time on our web site c-span.org. live picture of the u.s. capitol. the senate has finished its work for the day failing to advance the human trafficking billiken. majority leader mitch mcconnell said the senate will stay on the bill until it passes. later in the afternoon freshman republican senator cory gardiner of colorado gave his first senate floor speech. >> mr. president 1893 katharine lee bates made her way up to the slopes of pikes peak and first wrote the words to one of america's greatest patriotic hymns politicizing purple mountain majesty's and amber waves of grain. 100 years ago u.s. mills preserve mountain scenes of exceptional beauty and grandeur of giving to the country the crown jewel of american splendor splendor, rocky mt. national park. for over a century visionaries like john ilec helps to settle the high plains of colorado described by ian frazier is a heroic place and expansive s

mr. obama to fix what's wrong with the secret service and repair its image. josephey, a retired secret service veteran called back to duty. as for those failures -- >> there's anger but then a do you fix this? how did it go wrong and how do we fix it. >> reporter: the white house fence jumper that had to hit you in the gut. >> absolutely. that day we had a convergence of failures. >> reporter: what about that sort of behavior? was it training, a cultural issue, what do you think was the root of those issues. >> individual lack of discipline. also we have to do a better job of mentoring coaching, teaching and train aing our people that this is unacceptable. >> reporter: while clancey admits the failures were devastating he doesn't believe they truly reflect the people of the agency. i wouldn't have come back if i didn't believe in the men and women of the secret service. we all want to fix this and they are working diligently to get this thing back on track. >> reporter: it comes at a highly pressurized moment in washington with congress threatening to block funding

fred shuttlesworth, reverend joseph winger, a white lutheran minister of birmingham, alabama, attorney billings of birmingham alabama rufus lewis of montgomery alabama and mrck drennons of the university of alabama, a white student. if you approve of this committee, say i. the committee is now instructed to meet for final instructions in the auditorium of the dexter avenue baptist church, one block away here in the shadow of the capital where our leader, dr. king, has been pronounced. we will now return to our national leaders. mr. james farmer could not be here today because of illness. but we do want mr. jim pick to tell us -- >> i want to bring greetings from jim farmer. there are a lot of people in the march from all over the country from as far away as the west coast. as for myself, some of you know i have a souvenir from alabama 53 stitches in my head which i got on the freedom ride. but at least i am alive. where is -- whereas one of my friends is dead. it is appropriate today to talk about build more -- bill more because he is the first man who attempted a freedom walk across the highway's of alabama and he was killed in the attempts. that was the

mr. bell or someone in his position come before the parole board that everything the nature of the offense just trumps everything. that's not the law. and it's not fair. >> but the widow of josephys it's more than fair because he's alive while her children's father is not. listen. >> bell he's got a family. he sees his family. he should remain in jail. he should never get out. he deprived my husband of a life with his family. >> and if a court rules in his favor, he would be the first black panther set free after killing a cop. megyn. >> trace gallagher, thank you. we'll be right back.k.k.k.k.k. >>> getting a lot of reaction to the show on facebook.com/thekellyfile and on twitter @megynkelly. lots of reaction to kilmeade. i love him. he makes me look like a genius. that's not nice. although in his defense he goes onto say sports issues and misspells sports. brian has that going for him. thanks for watching everybody. we're still taking your >> good morning. it is friday march the 13th. we start out with a fox news alert. a massive manhunt right now for the person who shot two police officers in ferguson missouri. what we have learned about who is being questioned as the protest

joseph clancy. >> tonight on "q and a" erik larson on his new book, "dead weight. mr. larson: the question gets complicated when you ask why was the ship allowed to enter the irish sea without the detailed warning that could have been provided. this has led to some very interesting speculation as to whether this chip was -- ship was set up for an attack by churchill or someone from the admiralty. it's interesting. i found no smoking memo. leave me, i would have found a smoking memo if it exists. there is nothing from churchill to jackie fisher, or someone else, letting the ship going to the irish sea. nothing like that. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern ann's and pacific. this morning, "usa today" investigative reporter, steve riley, talks about the nation's power grid. and, steve nardizzi, ceo of the wounded we more your project. then, charles schmitz has the latest on yemen. as always, we will take your calls. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning on the sunday, march 29. congress is in recess for the next two weeks marking the start to the passover season. it

mr. bell or someone in his position come before the parole board that everything the nature of the offense just trumps everything. that's not the law. and it's not fair. >> but the widow of joseph than fair because he's alive while her children's father is not. listen. >> bell he's got a family. he sees his family. he should remain in jail. he should never get out. he deprived my husband of a life with his family. >> and if a court rules in his favor, he would be the first black panther set free after killing a cop. megyn. >> trace gallagher, thank you. we'll be right back.k.k.k.k.k. let me talk to you about retirement. a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. sure. you seem knowledgeable professional. would you trust me as your financial advisor? i would. i would indeed. well, let's be clear here. i'm actually a dj. [ dance music plays ] [laughs] no way! i have no financial experience at all. that really is you? if they're not a cfp pro you just don't know. find a certified financial planner professional who's thoroughly vetted at letsmakeaplan.org. cfp -- work with the highest standard. if you haven't heard about the latest sale at hotels.com, then y

mr. chairman. >> and that is part of the hearing that is going on now on capitol hill with joseph clancy. secret service when off duty, and he answered that but clearly not to satisfaction of many on capitol hill. >>> now i want to take you to a little discussion this morning, a texas senator ted cruz fresh off the trip to new hampshire with a pep in his step. the potential presidential candidate met with voters in the first in the nation primary state. this is what he told "morning joe" earlier about that visit. >> the toughest question that every candidate is being asked is how can we trust you. people are so fed up with politicians, frankly in both parties. >> right. >> that sound great on the stump, tell people what they want to hear then go to washington and don't do what they said. so you get a variant of that question over and over and over again. people are cynical and tired of being lied to and looking for someone who will tell them the truth. >> here with me msnbc contributor victoria soto from university of texas and former spokeswoman for president george w. bush. good to see

mr. bell or someone in his position come before the parole board that everything the nature of the offense just trumps everything. that's not the law. and it's not fair. >> but the widow of josephmore than fair because he's alive while her children's father is not. listen. >> bell he's got a family. he sees his family. he should remain in jail. he should never get out. he deprived my husband of a life with his family. >> and if a court rules in his favor, he would be the first black panther set free after killing a cop. megyn. >> trace gallagher, thank you. we'll be right back. i have a cold with terrible chest congestion. better take something. theraflu severe cold doesn't treat chest congestion. really? new alka-seltzer plus day powder rushes relief to your worst cold symptoms plus chest congestion. oh, what a relief it is. here we go! your eyes really are unique. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. that's why there's ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite is a vitamin made just for your eyes from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. ocuvite has a unique formul

mr. kessler these allegations of aged misconduct stemming from the secret service alleged drinking and driving incident. this as director joseph clancy's first big test. how do think he did in those hearings this week? guest: you know, he came across as pathetic. he had all the wrong responses. he started claiming that there was a culture of drinking in the secret service. there isn't. in this case, they went to a party. they should not have gotten into a government car. they should not have gotten into the compound. that is not common among the agent. the agent overall are brave and dedicated. the problem is the culture within the management. the management has this attitude of covering up, of laxness, of corner cutting. and agents who report problems or threats are punished. our retaliated against. and in turn, those who pretend that everything is fine are promoted into management. as one example of the culture of fear, when gunshots were fired at the white house in 2011, a uniformed officer reported that. but then her supervisor said no, it is just a construction site noise. she said later she was afraid to pursue that beca

mr. chairman. >> current reports say the agents nudged the barricades with their car and may not have been drunk. secret service director joseph clancy began to explain that during his testimony. the entire hearing sunday morning at 10:30 eastern. >>> the senate finance committee held a hearing recently on the u.s. tax code. they heard from former senators bob packwood and bill bradley. both of whom were part of the 1986 tax deal under president reagan. this is about two hours. >> today's hearing is about the need for tax reform and what are lessons we with learn from act of 1986. the last successful over haul of the united states tax code. we have before us today two former senators who were key to that effort. i don't know why they call your i don't know why they call you former senators. i think you're always going to be senators to me. i look forward to hearing their thoughts and advice, and i think we all do, during today's hearing. before we engage meaningfully in tax reform we need a clear vision of what we want success to look like. a vision is not a specific system of rates, of deductions or credits. instead a vision

>> i wrote an op-ed when president obama appointed joseph clancy as the director saying these fiascos are going to continue under this director mr. clancy. this incident shows that the culture within the secret service management of covering up and condoning negligence continues. and clancy comes from the same culture. he's a long-time career agent. you can see when he testified on the hill that he was obfuscating on key issues. he was asked whether anyone would be held accountable for issuing a statement claiming that gonzales who was the shooter at the white house had been stopped at the white house gates. and that he was not armed. and clancy said well that was just an error. and that he was asked well how do you know. and he said i really don't know. i don't know because it was a lie. and press about the fact that clancy has gotten rid of several top managers within the secret service. but the inside story is that he's replaced them with managers who come from the same culture. so president obama really is fooling himself and the public by claiming that clancy is going to shake things up. >> and ron, let's talk about that. b

joseph p. clancy, director of the united states secret service. before i go forward, let me say to members of this committee, i do not believe that the presence of mr. clancy alone is sufficient to achieve the goals of this hearing today. it is the committee's intention to bring forward a series of people in transcribed interviews. we would prefer to have done this a different way. the secret service has refused our ability to do that, but the people involved in these incidents should know they'll be invited by this committee, both sides will be present for transcribed interviews as we conduct this further. to our dismay the secret service refuses to let other invited witnesses testify. the committee has questions. when we issued these letters and invitations for these individuals to appear, did they receive those invitations or was the secret service prompted? did homeland security become involved? we have a lot of questions about why those individuals who were asked to appear are not sitting here today. we do expect to close the loop with these witnesses in the future, whether that be at a follow-up hearing, but as i said, it's the intention that

mr. kessler these allegations of aged misconduct stemming from the secret service alleged drinking and driving incident. this as director joseph clancy's first big test. how do think he did in those hearings this week? guest: you know, he came across as pathetic. he had all the wrong responses. he started claiming that there was a culture of drinking in the secret service. there isn't. in this case, they went to a party. they should not have gotten into a government car. they should not have gotten into the compound. that is not common among the agent. the agent overall are brave and dedicated. the problem is the culture within the management. the management has this attitude of covering up, of laxness, of corner cutting. and agents who report problems or threats are punished. our retaliated against. and in turn, those who pretend that everything is fine are promoted into management. as one example of the culture of fear, when gunshots were fired at the white house in 2011, a uniformed officer reported that. but then her supervisor said no, it is just a construction site noise. she said later she was afraid to pursue that beca

mr. condon: president theodore roosevelt had in what historian c is a real blot on his record had basically fired without retirement benefits or anything 160 african american troops in texas. and, senator joseph forekeriker took up their cause and was really loud in protesting president roosevelt's treatment of them. they were sparked by a courta cartoon in the dinner program which looking at it today was pretty racist. but, they got -- president roosevelt said he was not waiting until 10:30 p.m. to give a speech. he wanted to give a speech now. he ripped into the senator and that it was unusual they let the senator respond. he ripped back into the president. they ended up not even servin the coursesg all the courses of the meal and atthey canceled some of the presentations. because it was so ferocious, they realized they have tod to get off the record that year. that was the most surprising event of any dinner. steven scully: george condon white house correspondent and historian for the gridiron club. thank you for being with us. >> this week, c-span is in new hampshire for the road for the white house. today just before noon scott walker at a republican party grassroots workshop. sunday nig

mr. secretary, i would like to thank you for a very interesting and informative session. [applause] secretary foxx: thank you so much. >> following a string of security lapses at the white house, joseph clancy testifies before a subcommittee today. you can see it live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. here is a look. >> senator mcconnell laid out a timeline yesterday that suggested it could be mid april at the earliest before her nomination goes to the floor. is that a timeline the white house would be willing to accept, and if not, what is the alternative, or how do you get her nomination voted on earlier? secretary earnest: this is the responsibility of the united states senate to vote on the president's nominees, and there has not been a legitimate question raised about her aptitude for the office, so the delay is unconscionable. it is unexplained. and, the thing that i will -- that warrants mentioning here is, you will recall, as i pointed out, ms. lynch has been waiting 128 days to get a vote in the senate. the reason that time period has been so long is because the president nominated her back in november for this job, and at that time we saw senator mcconnell himself

joseph p. clancy, director of the united states secret service. before i go forward let me say to members of this committee, i do not believe that the presence of mr. clancy alone is sufficient to achieve the goals of this hearing today. it is the committee's intention to bring forward a series of people in transcribed interviews. we would prefer to have done this a different way. the secret service has refused our ability to do that, but the people involved in these incidents should know they'll be invited by this committee, both sides will be present for transcribed interviews as we conduct this further. the secret service refuses to let other invited witnesses testify. the committee has questions. when we issued these letters and invitations for these individuals to appear did they receive those invitations or was the secret service prompted? did homeland security become involved? we have a lot of confess about why those individuals who were asked to appear are not sitting here today. we do expect to close the loop with these witnesses in the future, whether that be at a follow-up hearing, but as i said, it's the intention that we will most lik

mr. chairman, ranking member tonko, that concludes my statement. >> i would like to recognize mayor josepheying and -- keegan, i.e. see it is castleton on the hudson. i went to a small technical school down south the west point school for wayward boys. i know the river and valley. welcome. >> good morning mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee and my congressman, good morning, congressman tonko. i'm a mayor of a charming village on the banks of the hudson called castleton on the hudson. we have a population of 1,500 people. my village is a member of the new york rural water association, a nonprofit organization of small and rural communities throughout the state to be somewhat responsible. i got a call from the association on monday asking about my vaket and i was traveling from a trip related to my day job. my village is representative of communities that have water supplies in new york and the rest of the country. according to the e.p.a., the state of new york has 2,305 water systems. all of us smaller communities and water and sewer utilities have to comply with the same regulatio

joseph p. clancy director of the united states secret service. before we go forward though let me say the members of this committee do not believe the presence of mr. clancy alone is sufficient to achieve the goals of this hearing today. we would prefer to have done this a different way. the secret service has refused our ability to do that. the people involved in this should know they will be invited by this committee and both sides will be present as we conduct this further. the secret service refuses to let other invited witnesses testify. our committee has questions or we issued these letters of invitations for these individuals to appear, did they received those invitations? or was the secret service prompted and at home and -- did the homeland security become involved? we have a lot of questions about why those individuals who asked to appear are not sitting here today. we do expect to close the loop on these witnesses in the future whether that be a follow-up hearing but it is the intention that we will most likely deuced -- do transcribed interviews to -- through this process. with that said mr. clancy we do appreciate you being here are a