mr. keating: yes. the chair: without objection, the gentleman from maryland. mr. ruppersberger: i reserve as much time as i may consume. first, i support this amendment. the amendment would include a sense of congress language to encourage the director of national intelligence and secretary of homeland security to integrate the intelligence sharing capabilities of fusion centers and leverage participation from all intelligence law enforcement and homeland security agencies to prevent acts of terrorism against the united states. i thank the gentleman for this amendment which is very timely as we approach the 10th anniversary of september 11. the intelligence committee is holding a series of open hearings in order to acknowledge the progress made in the intelligence and national security community since 9/11 and identify areas that need improvement. one area we will explore is federal collaboration with first responders at state and local levels. the bipartisan policy center and former co-chairman of the 9/11 commission, hamilton recently issued a report about our n

mr. keating. first, ron paul didn't want a fence. he was the one who said that if you put a fence up, it only not keeps people out, but it also keeps those who are in from leaving. second point i want to make is about the israeli foreign policy in the middle east. i think ron paul is the only candidates that just don't want to give israel an open key to the candy shop, and we're just not going on with anything that they do. i'm more israel. i recognize israel, and i recognize them as a country. but he is the only one, when he mentioned the rights of the palestinians, he got booed by his own republican counterparts. my thing is, if you just -- if you don't address this and have a broader mind set about, you know, a more fair and balanced approach, that's never, ever going to get solved. i'd like his comments on that. thank you for c-span. host: joshua keating? guest: that's true, and ron paul does have a different policy, especially on aid to israel. we've seen the other candidates trying to positi

mr. keating. >> thank you, mr. chairman. a thank all the members for their service. less than 10 months ago as a district attorney i was investigating a death of a young man, 16-year-old young man whose mutilated body showed up in the town of milton, massachusetts. our investigation took us to north carolina, where this young man had hid himself in the wheel well of a 737 commercial airliner. teachout doubted the plainness landing gear went down as he was approaching boston. damage has incited the transportation security this morning and certainly about the screening checked points and the need to click explosives there. the tsa has said that every commercial airport in the united states receives a security assessment every year, including evaluation of access controls. in 2009, the gao when they were viewing method 87% of the nation's commercial airport had not conduct did any consequent expressions. there is so

mr. keating. first, ron paul didn't want a fenc he was the one who said that if you put a fence up, it only not keeps people out, but it also keeps those who are in from leaving. second point i want to make is about the israeli foreign policy in the middle east. i think ron paul is the only candidates that just don't want to give israel an open key to the candy shop, and we're just not going on with anything that they do. i'm more israel. i recognize israel, and i recognize them as a country. but he is the only one, when he mentioned the rights of the palestinians, he got booed by his own republican counterparts. my thing is, if you just -- if you don't address this and have a broader mind set about,ou know, a more fair and balanced approach, that's never, ever going to get solved. i'd like his comments on that. thank you for c-span. host: joshua keating? guest: that's true, and ron paul does have a different policy, especially on aid to israel. we've seen the other candidates trying to position t

mr. keating. >> thank you, mr. chairman. a thank all the members for their service. less than 10 months ago as a district attorney i was investigating a death of a young man, 16-year-old young man whose mutilated body showed up in the town of milton, massachusetts. our investigation took us to north carolina, where this young man had hid himself in the wheel well of a 737 commercial airliner. teachout doubted the plainness landing gear went down as he was approaching boston. damage has incited the transportation security this morning and certainly about the screening checked points and the need to click explosives there. the tsa has said that every commercial airport in the united states receives a security assessment every year, including evaluation of access controls. in 2009, the gao when they were viewing method 87% of the nation's commercial airport had not conduct did any consequent expressions. there is so much attention on the gate and on the check point there. it seems to me we are wide open on perimeter security. and this major airport in north carolina, th

mr. keating. >> thank you, mr. chairman. a thank all the members for their service. less than 10 months ago as a district attorney iwas investigating a death of a young man, 16-year-old young man whose mutilated body showed up in the town of milton, massachusetts. our investigation took us to north carolina, where this young man had hid himself in the wheel well of a 737 commercial airliner. teachout doubted the plainness landing gear went down as he was approaching boston. damage has incited the transportation security this morning and certainly about the screening checked points and the need to click explosives there. the tsa has said that every commercial airport in the united states receives a security assessment every year, including evaluation of access controls. in 2009, the gao when they were viewing method 87% of the nation's commercial airport had not conduct did any consequent expressio. there is so much attention on the gate andn the check point there. it seems to me we are we open on perimeter security. and this major airport in north carolina, there hav

mr. keating. >> thank you. i thank the panel for their service.s district attorney, i was investigating the death of a 16-year-old young man whose mutilated body showed up in milton, massachusetts, and our investigation led to south carolina where this man hid himself in an airliner and jumped out from the landing gear reaching boston. much has been said about the security and the screening check points and the need to look at explosives there. the tsa said that every commercial airport in the united states receives a security assessment every year including evaluation of perimeter and access controls. however, in 2009 the gao said 87% of the commercial airports had not conducted any consequence assessments or perimeter checks. with so much attention on the gates and check points there, it seems to me we are wide ohm on perimeter security in this major airport of north carolina. there had been -- since this occurred -- repeated breaches on security we're aware of there. i can't imagine that airport is alone. how do you assess our ability in dealin

mr. president, i rise today to bid a fond farewell to a man who's been a fix tour in the united states senate for 33 years, tim owe keating of the senate disbursing office is retiring after more than three decade of service to his country. known to many as a loyal friend and well-liked by everyone he has met in these halls, including most of my colleagues and thousands of senate staffers. he will be greatly missed. tim began his career with the disbursing office in the u.s. senate in 1978. every senate employee becomes familiar with that office early in their tenure because that is the office in charge of the senate payroll. as well as everything relating to an employee's compensation, payroll deductions, retirement, life and health insurance and other benefits. the disbursing office used to be located in the capitol when tim started. in fact, it was located in s. 233, which is now part of the republican leader's office. during tim's early years on the job, staffers and senators alike would line up in the hallways on payday to receive their paychecks. maybe that is how tim became legendary for never forgetting a face or a