mr. keating, my ranking member, we have both worked with fusion centers. sometimes they are given a bit of a bad name and i think that privacy protection peace is important to preserving integrity of the work they are doing to make sure that privacy is protected. so with that i just to give want to focus back to what this hearing is all about, and that is fort hood. my question medical outside of your expertise, your ability to comment, but again in this case i think you have a huge breakdown in information sharing. not only between the fbi and with himself but also with the department of defense. if you can speak to these issues i would like to know how to fix this. first you've got an agent sitting at wf over who sits on this matter for the maximum amount of time possible. looks at the lead on the very last day. and i understand the fbi is swamped. up a lot on their plate. but when you have a major at fort hood who's the subject matter. i think that would take a little higher priority. but they wait until the very last day, and within four hours makes an

mr. keating. saxby three you mr. chairman and as we pause to thank the families of the americans of the last just this week in libya and keep their families and our prayers. it's significant that we come here today and dedication to find pieces of information we can find to determine how better to keep the americans that serve us so well safe as they try to keep us safe so with that mr. chairman think keefer will in today's hearing. three years ago in november 5th, 2009 the nation was shocked by the mass shooting that occurred at the deployment center in fort hood texas. during the shooting 13 lives were lost, 43 individuals were wounded and the lives of so many others were forever changed. it became evident the warning signs existed before the tragedy and should have at a minimum been investigated. they had knowledge of major hasan's potential threat to homeland security. the actions leading up to the massacre by the major species, the sole suspect in the murder should have been stopped on a greater concern on the p

mr. keating. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and as we all pause to think of the families of the four americans who were lost just this week in libya and keep their families in our prayers and thoughts, it is significant that we come here today in dedication to find every piece of information we can find that will determine how better to keep the americans that serve us so well safe as they try to keep us safe. so with that, mr. chairman, i thank you for o holding today's hearing. three years ago on november 5, 2009, the nation was shocked by the maas shooting -- mass shooting that occurred at the army deployment center located at fort hood, texas. during the shooting 13 lives were lost, 43 individuals were wounded, and the lives of so many others were forever changed. it later became evident that the warning signs existed well before the tragedy and should have at a minimum been further investigated. both the fbi, the department of defense had knowledge of major hasan's potential as a threat to homeland security. the actions le

mr. keating, my ranking member, we both worked at fusion centers and sometimes they are given a bad nameand i think privacy protection peace is important to preserving the integrity with the work that they are doing it to make sure privacy interests are protected. so with that, i again want to go back to what this hearing is all about and that is fort hood. now my question may go outside of your expertise or ability to comment, but again in this case, you had a huge breakdown in information sharing not only between the fbi itself but also with the department of defense. if you can speak to these issues i would like to know how to fix those. first you have got an agent sitting in wfo who sits on this matter for the maximum amount of time possible. he looks at the lead of the very last day and i understand the fbi is swamped. they have a lot on their plate that when you have a major at fort hood who is the subject matter, think that would take a little higher priority. they wait until the very last day and within four hours based upon two, e-mails because this analyst doesn't know how to a

mr. keating: as we promote investments that would reduce our dependence on foreign oil and serve as a central part in our fight against climate change, it's essential to remember the spillover of job creation and specialized expr tees. in massachusetts we witnessed firsthand the critical comming development opportunities of renewable energy projects provided to our states. our region has undergone an economic regeneration with the development of cape wind, the first offshore wind farm, from new bedford which will serve as staminging area, to the ferry captain who provides tours of turbines. massachusetts is already recognized as one of the top three states for clean energy. we are home to nearly 5,000 individual clean energy companies and nearly 2% of all massachusetts jobs are now in this field. it's important as we go forward that we not let this void appear and fill it with jobs made in america. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. polis: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. m