mr. menendez: now you are of your organization specifically? mr. foote: excuse me? mr. menendez: are you speaking of your organization specifically? and i am not in a position to comment on the department of justice's group. mr. menendez: i look at all of the agencies that you mentioned, the department of justice, the dea, homeland security, immigration, alcohol, tobacco, and firearm, and i think to myself, that would have to be billions, collectively. and i5 billion dollars -- was one of the architects of the initiative, which i support, what $1.5 billion later, billions between all of our respective agencies and what we have is an opioid epidemic. and so one as a policy maker has to take a step back and say, what is not working? because something is not working. if billions of dollars later is what you see as a spike versus a trend in the other direction, then something is not working. so if i were to say to you, it's not working, what do we need to change, your answer would be? mr. foote: first of all, senator, i think we have in the past few years come to the realiza

mr. menendez: we are facing a critical moment in the history of puerto rico. the island is sinking under a mountain of debt, and i've said it before but it bears repeating. just servicing the government's $72 billion debt swallows 36% of all of the island's revenue. that means that for every dollar puerto rico takes in, they immediately send over a third to bond holders. this is not sustainable for any government, especially one that has been mired in a decade-long recession. and congress is faced with an immediate and serious choice. indeed the decisions we make in the next month will have profound consequences on the people of puerto rico for over a generation. and the stakes are high. we simply have to get it right. i've said from the beginning that any fix needs to provide a clear path to restructuring with an oversight board that represents the people of puerto rico and represents their democratic rights. and if we truly want to help the economic situation on the island, we also need to provide parity and worker tax credits that all three and a half milli

menendez. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you for your service to our country. mr. foote how many agencies are involved in the eradication efforts with perspective mexico's border with us in our efforts to stop interdiction, stop flows, how many agencies are involved? >> u.s. agencies, i hope that's what you asked. the department state coming of the department justice, dea at the eye to a certain extent the department of homeland security is heavily involved. customs border protection immigrations and customs enforcement, homeland security investigations, our military supports some of the border efforts. mexico's military and then we have some ancillary agencies based in mexico city. while their chief focus isn't the border they do peripherally work on it such as atf and u.s. marshals. >> if you had to guess how much money has been spent on interdiction and eradication efforts in mexico since the start of the epidemic that we are experiencing? >> my understanding is 2.50 yen dollars has been appropriated of which approximately 1.5 billion has been obligated or commi

menendez. >> thank you, mr. chair, and i appreciate you having this hearing so we can have a 30,000-foot view of american foreign policy and a chance to real flect on where we are and where we are potentially headed and i appreciate secretary baker and security adviser donilon for being here. i think you both have seen american foreign policy and its challenges from both sides in the last quarter century, pre and post september 11th. and we all know the geopolitical developments that have led us to where we are and the importance of ensuring that foreign policy as exhibited by both of you gentlemen at the table ends at the water's edge. and in that respect when i was chairman of this committee, senator corker and i and other members on both sides worked across the aisle most notably when we gave -- we came back, brought everybody back over labor day weekend in 2014 and drafted and passed an authorization for the use of military force that gave president obama a credible option as he went to the g-20 summit to ge

mr. lynch, i have put forward legislation to senator, menendez and reed have put forward legislation. the uncertainty introduced by newman is a problem we should address. >> i believe, as only member of the enforcement division, i'm the best qualified to talk about this. but that all said, i think the newman decision raises issues that are extraordinarily nuanced and i think i want to be as helpful as i can but i in to get a real appreciation for the considerations that go into how newman effects our enforcement decision and ability to bring insider trading cases is best addressed by someone who has more background than that. i'd be happy to take questions back and get the right person back to you. i think you probably would be better served by hearing from people who more appreciate the nuances how it impacts our enforcement efforts. >> i recognize this isn't the panel that's right on point for that. i'm sensing a certain amount -- i understand this, we've got a vast body of state law with insider trading, ambiguity of no statutory definition of insider tradi trading. i would appreci