mr. palmer, for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, thank you for recognizing.i'm trying to do my job. [ laughter ] >> that's what the taxpayers in alabama expect. >> exactly. mr. volz, the president's budget requested $380 million for the polar follow-on program. having seen the costs overruns and delays faced by the current satellites, i think maybe you can understand our hesitation to fully -- or some of us -- our hesitation to fully fund this program. how exactly are these funds going to be used? >> thank you for the question, sir. the polar follow-on is the third and fourth series of the jpss satellites. the funds for this -- the initial $380 million are primarily to start and to the extent about 85% of those going directly to the instrument providers who have built the instruments for jpss-1 and jpss-2. the benefit of this approach that we've tried to articulate is that we are buying the satellite instruments, which are the highest risk, potentially the highest and most impactful of a satellite system at any time. in a bulk buy. we are buying two at once,

mr. palmer, for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, thank you for recognizing. i'm trying to do my job. [ laughter ] >> that's what the taxpayers in alabama expect. >> exactly. mr. volz, the president budget requested $380 million for the polar follow-on program. having seen the costs overruns and delays faced by the current satellites, i think maybe you can understand our hesitation to fully -- or some of us -- our hesitation to fully fund this program. how exactly are these funds going to be used? >> thank you for the question, sir. the polar follow-on is the third and fourth series of the jpss satellites. the funds for this -- the initial $380 million are primarily to start and to the extent about 85% of those going directly to the instrument providers who have built the instruments for jpss-1 and jpss-2. the benefit of this approach that we've tried to articulate is that we are buying the satellite instruments, which are the highest risk, potentially the highest impactful satellite system at any time. in a bulk buy. we are buying two at once, maximizing the

mr. palmer. >> mr. speaker, the president's ders are nay jor distraction 689 i think dealing with iceis over this administration's agreement with them are on a great every important taps will that will do little to protect i will. they are concerned about seniors than they are about a nuclear about a inaudible question collar armed iran. the weeks following the ootings in san bernandino is indifficult dick cative. they are taking responsibility for their own safety. these americans are creating their own home security. and will not only do little to improve our national security ut do the policies for proithing our whom land. opetion this abuse. and are strainic iran ran. and protect american citizens. mr. speaker, i commend the gentleman from indiana from lead ink this special order. the speaker pro tempore: if i could inquire the balance of our tomorrow the speaker pro tempore: the georgia from indiana has two minutes. >> i appreciate this is to talk about an important issue. concern that they have ab

mr. palmer. this brother right here he did 16 years, man. got out. now he's back.s guy right here, witnessed the change, changes that i've made. >> see the transformation, it's -- whew. breathtaking. >> stop it. [ laughter ] >> wallace will soon need to prove that transformation to a judge. thanks to a new california law, inmates sentenced to life without parole at juveniles now have a chance to be resentenced. wallace has been sent back to county jail from the state prison for just such a resentencing hearing. >> yeah. this is my boy right here. i know him. he's known me from when i first started out doing time and stuff. >> doing the hole. >> this is my big bro right here. mr. mo. >> what they telling about at court? is it looking good? they going to reverse it? >> i don't know. got to wait and see. you know? >> yeah, they should, though. everybody else -- everybody else they god tried under that juvenile thing seems to get reversed. >> well, not everybody. >> prior to any resentencing hearing under the new law, inmates must complete several steps including writi

mr. palmer, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. levine, on june 19th of last year, senator mark warner's office, it may have been 2013, i think it was 2013 -- no, 2014, his office sent a letter to opm questioning the nature of the answering's credit monitoring contract with linville csid. it appears from my records that his office received a reply four days later, on june 23rd. however, when this committee sent a letter requesting information on the contract, the committee didn't receive a response until a month later, which incidentally was 17 days overdue. what i want to know is what accounted for the extended time it took to respond to this committee versus the quick turnaround for senator warner's office. i mean, do we need to ask a senator to send a request for documents so that we can get a timely response for documents? >> thank you for the question, congressman. i would note those prior to my arrival at opm, but i'm aware of what you're inquiring about. with respect to senator warner's letter, if i'm understanding correctly

mr. palmer, for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, thank you for recognizing. i'm trying to do my job. >> that's what the taxpayers in alabama expect. >> exactly. mr. volz, the president budget requested $380 million for the program. having seen the costs overruns and delays faced by the current satellites, and i think maybe you can understand our hesitation to fully or some of us our hesitation to fully funding this program. how exactly are these funds going to be used? >> thank you for the question, sir. the polar follow-on is the third and fourth series of the jpss satellites. the funds for this -- the initial $380 million are primarily to start and to the extent about 85% of those going directly to the instrument providers who have built the instruments for jpss-1 and jpss-2. the benefit of this approach that we've tried to articulate is that we are buying the satellite instruments, which are the highest risk, potentially the highest impactful satellite system at any time. in a bulk buy. we are buying two at once, maximizing the efficiency to the procuremen

mr. palmer, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr.levine, on june 19th of last year senator martin warner's office, it may have been 2013 -- i think it was 2013. no, 2014. his office sent a letter to opm questioning the nature of the agency's credit monitoring contract with gwenville csid. it appears from my records that his office received a reply four days later on june 23rd. however, when this committee sent a letter requesting information on the contract, the committee didn't receive a response until a month later which incidentally was 17 days overdue. now, what i want to know is, is what accounted for the extended time it took to respond to this committee versus the quick turnaround for senator warner's office? i mean, do we need to ask a senator to send a request for documents so that we can get a timely response for documents? >> thank you for the question, congressman. i

mr. palmer, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to thank the witnesses. mr.wner, you mentioned noaa needs a clear policy on what an al lift would drive the satellite life spans. can you expand on that? >> so some background here, if you look at what dod does, they robust analysis on the rely ability of the operational satellites. to noaa's credit on jpss, they do a pretty nice assessment on the availability and reliability. we don't see it on goes. but even to, they need to be real clear on what their policy is on how they determine the life span. so, for instance, i've been doing this a long time looking at n pose for this committee even prior to the dates that congressman perlmutter made. on the polar constellation, we always thought the policy was you have a backup on the ground. and now i'm hearing a backup in orbit. we just need to be clear on what our policy is on ensuring a robust constellation. and noaa is not always clear. they are not always clear. and we need to gha

mr. palmer. rep. palmer: i'm happy to report for the record that my sister does remember my birthday, but my brothers do not. you can have the best technology in the world you can have come a great training, but if employees are negligent, you are still exposing yourself, and i bring this up in the context of an article in the wall street 9, and itck june the iceto the fact that agencies in the memo to employees in 2011 because they had seen an uptick in cyber attacks related to employees using the federal website, theirl server to access personal websites or personal .-mail unfortunately, the labor union filed a grievance and prevented them from doing that, and that's apparently where one of the breaches occurred. my question is, and this would be both for corporations and the federal government, does it make employeesrevent either in the private sector or in the government sector from orng their company servers federal servers to access personal information, their personal websites, e-mails? , it se

mr. palmer. we'll have to work on that birthday. >> i'm happy to report for the record that my sister does remember my birthday but my brothers do not. on that same line, though, you can have the best technology in the world you can have. the right training if employees are negligent in think use of it, you're still exposing yourself. i bring this up in the context of an article that was in "the wall street journal" back june 9th. and it relates to the fact that the immigration, customs enforcement agency had sent a memo to their employees in 2011 because they had seen an uptick in cyberattacks related to employees using the federal server to access their personal websites, or their personal e-mail. unfortunately the labor union filed a grievance and prevented them from doing that and that's apparently where one of the breaches occurred later last year. and my question is, and this would be both for corporations and for the federal government, does it make sense to prevent employees either in the

mr. jesse palmer. >> thanks so much. you know it's a big morning here on "gma." we're joined now by "duck dynasty" stars jep and jessica robertson and their five children including their newest addition, baby son gus. we got to meet last night on their new show "jep and jessica growing the dynasty" here for their first interview since that moment when baby gus is welcomed into the family. >> he's here. oh, baby gus. >> here's your son. >> oh. hi, little mister. oh. >> can i hold him, momma. >> we're all going to hold him. he's so big. what a big boy you are. >> and i want to thank you all so much for -- you guys brought an army. >> we did. we did. >> you got a lot of people, got a lot of kids, congratulations on all the great news that's going on in your lives right now. want to start with baby gus, the newest addition, of course, you just adopted him and wanted to ask you, jessica. i know that of your fourth kid you had some health issues that prevented you from getting pregnant again. what made you decide to adopt seven years later this beautiful little boy? >>

palmer agrees. >> i'm not saying that mr. mr. manzel is guilty any way. we have a number of calls in a short period of time which starts to suggest there may be a pattern here. >> i don't know, it was just four months ago with avon with the incident in these two. we will see what happens in this case. if he thinks there is charges, there is a whole new level of trouble for him that goes way beyond embarrassing pictures of him at a party. >> other news, a sad day in star county. family and friends said bye to a friend that lost a battle of lung disease. his family raised the money to bring him home. bill safos has the story. >> a young man who was teaching english in south korea when he suddenly got sick and passed away. >> he was a good guy. are hurting so hard. >> born in may of 1982 and it didn't take long to see that jerry had a gift, making friends. >> he was good at making friends. everyone was his best friends. >> and at his funeral, many best friends packed into a standing room only church. crowds went on to the street. many passing by wondering if

a helicopter was brought in legal analyst palmer said even though there's no proof evidence might suggest otherwise. >> i'm not saying mr. manziel is guilty in any way there's no hard evidence we have a number of calls in a short period of time which starts to suggest there may be a pattern. >> denise: cleveland 19 will keep you updated. >> a plan to legalize marijuana in ohio could be on the ballot. two senators are traveling state for a marijuana listening tour. they want to know where people stand. other stops in cincinnati, toledo and columbus. >>> a heartbreaking story making national headlines ohio police officer hoped to retire with his k-9 partner. he says the city may not let him do that. the officer is old enough to retire, but his dog is young the 's partner is up for auction. -- the officer's partner is up for auction. >> reporter: the officer says he has spent everyday for the past three years with his partner ajax. >> ajax is a family member, one of my children. >> reporter: this bond could be broken forever. >> it is tearing my wife and i up tremendously. >> reporter: it started when officer hickey decide

mr. palmer, for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, thank you for recognizing. i'm trying to do my job. >> that's what the taxpayers in alabama expect. >> exactly. mr. volz, the president budget requested $380 million for the program. having seen the costs overruns and delays faced by the current satellites, and i think maybe you can understand our hesitation to fully or some of us our hesitation to fully funding this program. how exactly are these funds going to be used? >> thank you for the question, sir. the polar follow-on is the third and fourth series of the jpss satellites. the funds for this -- the initial $380 million are primarily to start and to the extent about 85% of those going directly to the instrument providers who have built the instruments for jpss-1 and jpss-2. the benefit of this approach that we've tried to articulate is that we are buying the satellite instruments, which are the highest risk, potentially the highest impactful satellite system at any time. in a bulk buy. we are buying two at once, maximizing the efficiency to the procuremen