mr. rice: certainly -- mr. chalk: certainly the slower growth in the global economy is weighing on the u.s. it's very hard right now to disentangle that from the effects of the stronger dollar and the effects of the west coast port strike on the trade data. i think we were quite encouraged that the trade data released yesterday was relatively positive. but it's just one data point. i think we are likely to see some weight -- some headwind on the u.s. economy from both weaker growth in the global economy and the trading partners, and also from a stronger dollar. so it is a factor that's feeding into our forecast. i can't tell you how much of our change in forecast is due to that. there's a lot of moves in oil, in the currency and global growth. we don't -- in terms of the boost to oil prices, i think we have been somewhat disappointed by the increase in household consumption that we have expected from a lower oil price. that's still a puzzle, i think that's a puzzle, one that we discuss with our counterpart noti

mr. rice: so you see no targeting take place. you would deny what came out nationally. ms. howard: outside my area of expertise. i can speak to the records production. mr. rice: if someone makes a foia request to the irs, is that personal potentially a target for retaliation? ms. howard: no, sir. mr. rice: ok. so you would deny that there has been any type of retaliation, audits, that type of thing from the irs because of people so-called scrutinizing. ms. howard: the way foia requests come in logged into a system and the folks that work the foia requests have access to the system and rest of the irs has no need for access -- mr. rice: that's not my question. my question is has the iirs participated? ms. howard: i have no direct knowledge of audit side of the house. that's not my area of expertise. mr. rice: but you have knowledge of foia side of things. and you're denying there would be any such retaliation. ms. howard: i have not shared any information with anybody that would be in a positio

mr. rice: as well as the financial sector assessment program and the press conferences on both topics. i am very pleased to introduce to you this morning the managing director of the i.m.f., christine lagarde. immediately to her left is our director for the western hemisphere department, alejandro werner. to her right is the mission chief for the united states, nigel chalk, and immediately to nigel's right is aditya narain who has been intimately involved in the financial sector assessment. ms. lagarde: thank you very much. welcome to this briefing on the united states. by now i spoke you -- i suppose you will have seen our concluding statement and i will briefly summarize our findings and then take your questions. but first of all let me note that this year we have focused a lot of the findings on the financial sector assessment. we do a financial section assessment every five years and all -- in all countries. it's a comprehensive exercise and the overall report what have we call the fsoc wi

mr. rice: i would think if they're on camera, they might be a little more aware of their surroundings. mr. pierce: i do not think a camera will cure fatigue. it will not make you less tired. mr. rice: i suspect that it will -- would be a great increase in safety in terms of change behavior. i want to ask one more question. mr. hart, you said you were looking at phone data the last three weeks, complicated by changes in time zones. how many time zones do you cross in philadelphia on this line? >> mr. hart, i would ask for a quick response. mr. hart: the time zones we're talking about is in the phone system. it's a california based carrier california numbsers in. mr. rice: thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. miss brownlee? ms. brownlee: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. boardman, i wanted to ask -- i feel pretty confident based on you testimony that at least for the northeast corridor that you're going to be able to complete pdc in a timely way by 2015. i wanted to know whether you believe we have

. >> before i recognize mr. rice, let me remind members that we have about 20 members waiting in line with seven still before the gavel, and it is quickly approaching 12:00. if there are any members that would like to submit their questions in writing, this committee would be happy to accommodate them. mr. rice, you're recognized. >> mr. chairman, point of information. >> yes, sir. >> did you just ask that members who may wish to submit their questions in writing, or are you limiting the people to ask questions allowed? >> there is no -- we are not dictating when this committee will adjourn. we're only saying if there are members that would like to, by choice, enter questions in writing, we would certainly accommodate them. >> thank you. >> mr. rice. >> thank you mr. chairman. i'll start with mr. hart. mr. hart, we've talked about a number of safety measures that could be added that would increase safety on these lines and some were cheaper. we talked about the positive train control. we've talked about adding seat b

mr. rice you're recognized. >> mr. chairman, point of information. >> yes, sir. did you just ask that members who may wish to submit their questions in writing, or are you limiting the people to ask questions allowed? >> there is no -- we are not dictating when this committee will adjourn. we're only saying if there are members that would like to by choice, enter questions in writing, we would certainly accommodate them. >> thank you. >> mr. rice. >> thank you mr. chairman. i'll start with mr. hart. mr. hart, we've talked about a number of safety measures that could be added that would increase seafty on these lines and some were cheaper. we talked about the positive train control. we've talked about adding seat belts and having to bulk up the seats. we talk about inward facing cameras among others. between those three which would be the cheapest to implement, do you think? is. >> we don't get into the cost of implementation. we look at what most effectively improves safety. >> thank you, mr. hart. mr. boardman, which do you think would be the the cheapest among

so if they do -- kathleen rice: mr. roth, i've got to tell you i think that's one of the most disturbing things that i've heard here, that airport operators are not doing their due. john roth: and i share your concern, and it's especially concerning given the fact that there are no layers of security. once you have a sida badge, that that means obviously, is concerning if we don't have a better understanding of who these airport workers are. kathleen rice: well, certainly the airport operators have to assume an enormous amount of accountability and responsibility and we have to figure out a better way. thank you, mr. roth and ms. fitzmaurice and ms. grover, and i yield back my time. >> john katko: thank you, ms. rice. the chair now recognizes mr. rogers from alabama for questions he may have. michael "mike" d. rogers: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. roth, and this could be for ms. fitzmaurice, either one, because both of you just made statements that inferred that you don't have access to. ms. fitzmaurice, you made referen

mr. rice, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. feinberg, he may not a been around when all this started but why is the need to create this new system? it seems to me there are so many systems that are similar to those that would be incredibly cheaper and quicker to institute. why did we settle on creating this entire new system? >> i think ptc is actually an overlay of some other systems but if you're referring to some of the technologies we talked about in this committee previously, it's basically a stepping onto that, but it would assist in taking human factors off the table. is one of the most important technologies that we played can be implemented for rail safety. >> mr. kerwin, i'll switch over to you because you know more about the technical aspects. you're a project manager speak with yes sir. >> i know there are gps systems after the two combined for a thousand dollars that will control the motion of a vehicle, right? stop it, started and all that kind of thing. >> and tell you where you're at but is forced into vehicle -

documents say things like video surveillance confirms that as the officers rolled up on the scene, mr. ricehing towards his waist band on the right side as if to pull out a gun potentially, so when you have a dynamic and fluid and ever-changing situation and officers with limited if not incorrect knowledge having been given to them that is the perspective that must be used not 20/20 hindsight. >> mark it has been 200 plus days and a grand jury has not yet been called. that is what i keep hearing over and over from so many people saying why has this not been brought to a grand jury yet. why does the family have to wait so long. what is your reaction to that? >> i agree with the family and i agree with the people not just in the area but really around the country and indeed the world who are saying we need some level of justice. what does justice look like. justice means a thorough investigation. justice means a grand jury. justice means getting to the bottom of this. i read the report. the report is very helpful. it still doesn't answer certain questions for me for example, if you legitimate

mr. katko: thank you, miss rice. i know at least the chairman of the homeland security full committee, mr. mccaul, plans on coming here, making a statement. when he comes we'll give him an opportunity to do sow. he's at another hearing. i'll extend the same courtesy to mr. thompson if he shows up. with respect to other members of the committee, i want to remind you that opening statements may be submitted for the record. we are pleased to have several distinguished witnesses before us today on this important topic. let me remind the witness that is their entire written statements will appear in our record. somebody well familiar to this committee and homeland security as a whole mr. ross, welcome back. thank you for your continuing good work, sir. miss fitsmaurice from the homeland security -- t.s.a., thank you for being here. and ms. grover, thank you for being here as well. i'd like to hear from mr. ross with respect to his opening statement. mr. ross: chairman katko ranking member rice, members of the subcommittee,

mr. katko: thank you, miss rice. i know at least the chairman of the homeland security full committee, mr. mccaul, plans on coming here, making a statement. when he comes we'll give him an opportunity to do so. he's at another hearing. i'll extend the same courtesy to mr. thompson if he shows up. with respect to other members of the committee, i want to remind you that opening statements may be submitted for the record. we are pleased to have several distinguished witnesses before us today on this important topic. let me remind the witness that is their entire written statements will appear in our record. somebody well familiar to this committee and homeland security as a whole mr. roth, welcome back. thank you for your continuing good work, sir. ms. fitzmaurice from the homeland security -- t.s.a., thank you for being here. and ms. grover, thank you for being here as well. i'd like to hear from mr. roth with respect to his opening statement. mr. roth: chairman katko ranking member rice, members of the subcommittee, t

mr. rice, you're recognized. >> mr. chairman, point of information. >> yes, sir. did you just ask that members who may wish to submit their questions in writing, or are you limiting the people to ask questions allowed? >> there is no -- we are not dictating when this committee will adjourn. we're only saying if there are members that would like to, by choice, enter questions in writing, we would certainly accommodate them. >> thank you. >> mr. rice. >> thank you mr. chairman. i'll start with mr. hart. mr. hart, we've talked about a number of safety measures that could be added that would increase seafty on these lines and some were cheaper. we talked about the positive train control. we've talked about adding seat belts and having to bulk up the seats. we talk about inward facing cameras among others. between those three, which would be the cheapest to implement, do you think? >> we don't get into the cost of implementation. we look at what most effectively improves safety. >> thank you, mr. hart. mr. boardman, which do you think would be the the cheapest among th

mr. chair. >> thank you miss rice. mr. lambborn. >> thank you mr. chairman. and i appreciate your leadership in pursuing yet another scandal, basically. here it is june 1st. it's another month and we've got another scandal. it seems like the whole year has been like this. i for one am getting sick and tired of it. mr. williamson, i'd like to ask you for some background in this whole issue. whether we call the contract illegal or improper or noncompliant, what can go wrong when the va doesn't follow the proper procedures as regards to these contracts? mr. williamson. >> are you talking to me? >> yeah. >> oh okay. i thought you were -- >> so from a gao perspective. >> you know, i'm not a lawyer or a -- expert either. and i'm -- in listening to what i've heard today from the va witnesses, i'm a bit confused because on one hand you know, they say there's no impetus and there's no reluctance to go to a fire-based process for non-va care providers. i think there obviously is. otherwise, mr. fry would not have had the difficulty he's had. i think i would want -- i w

. >>> joining me now walter madison, attorney for the family of tamir rice. mr. madison, let me start with you. the family's reaction to this news today? >> well they feel empowered, they feel engaged. they believe they are now part of a system that engagement and they know exactly now what went into it, offers the transparency which will ultimately hopefully lead to legitimacy and the authority that law enforcement officers wield. we have this great divide between the african-americans and law enforcement officers and i can't think of a better way to foster that trust, which will lead to legitimate authority, than to allow them to be engaged and have transparency in a process. >> professor williams i had you on this program a few nights ago. frankly, it did seem something like a hail mary to me. i'm surprised by the speed and definitiveness with which the judge has responded. are you? >> yes. and happily so. six months again, we talked about this on tuesday, more than six months ago tamir rice was killed. we filed affidavits on tuesday and within a couple of day

mr. chairman i thank you again for convening the hearing and i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you, ms. rice. i know mr. mccaul plans to come and make a statement. when he comes we will get the opportunity to do so and extend the same courtesy for mr. thompson if he shows up. we are pleased to have several distinguished witnesses before us. let me remind the witnesses their entire written statement will appear in the report. mr. roth, welcome back. ms. fitzmaurice and ms. grover, thank you for being here. i would like to hear from mr. roth. >> chairman ranking member and members of the subcommittee thank you for inviting me here. federal regulations requires that individuals working in secure airport areas undergo secure background checks and they are required to do so before granting them a badge that allows them unescourted access. that is a terrorism check a finger criminal report check and evidence of authorization to work in the united states. the airports use this and submit to vetting to the tsa through a contractor. once the tsa receives the data it matched it to the terrorist screen

mr. cummings: are you processing for any for secretary rice? ms. barr: no. mr. cummings: all right. thank you. i yield back. mr. chaffetz: i yield to the gentlewoman from the district of columbia for five minutes. ms. norton: i understand, ms. barr, while we have the secretary clinton's, we don't have anything from secretary powell because he didn't save his, is that right? ms. barr: yes, ma'am. nor minority thank you. now, -- ms. norton: thank you. now when we get a chronic problem that keeps coming back, we often set up an officer or another department or another part of government to help us out. so i noticed -- noticed, indeed, in fact, in h.r. 653 there's the creation of a chief foia officer counsel. that would be run jointly by the d.o.j.'s office of information policy and the office of government information. this question is initially for ms. pustay because your office would be tasked to run the office of government and information services. do you support the notion of a chief foia officer's counsel? ms. pustay: i'm not prepared today to answer specific questions about a sp

mr. bowe bergdahl another one of susan rice's great moments of promotion when she said that he served with honor, we turned over five high-level people who are now free to travel to go back to the war. >> well, we have an extension on that. >> we do? >> well what you're talking about is the inevitably after the extension. john? >> i don't even know where to begin because i think i like to go big along with doug for a moment which is if you look at america from afar we've become what pat had warned us about a year ago. we look like a banana republic. we don't make laws the right way anymore. we make them by executive fiat. thank god the court has said to the president, you can't do that. meanwhile, the republicans run congress have done nothing in the six months they've run congress. nothing. i really wonder when is a leader going to step forward and say, enough is enough. here's where america has to go. and i will lead you there. >> can i ask you something just about what we're seeing? >> sure. >> in terms of what is happening on the senate floor right now? i know pat, you guys were watchi

the chair recognizes mr. rice. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr.steinbach, i would ask a couple of questions. how does the intelligence community qualified an elevated threat from online inspire terrorist? we all know how when they raise the threat level but specifically with this online communication, how do you rate, what level the condition and how it rises to something that you really are worried about? >> it's i think a simple question with a complicated answer. there's lots of pieces of austin specificity, whether not have identified willing sympathizers who will do something. a lot of pieces that go into it. many of those factors are present now. >> are there any difficulties -- was the biggest difficulty in terms of being accurate when you're trying to raise the level of a threat? >> as was stated previously, the social media is great because it's out there. social media, its voluminous but it is often. they are trying to weed through the thousands and thousands of individuals on the social media and find all the signals, all although noise

i'm going to -- my colleague from new york, miss rice was hitting on this, mr. williams. i've seen this before. gao puts out 22 recommendations. what exactly is the wait of a gao recommendation? exactly what does that do? >> well you are because the congress is -- we have a report to the congress and the congress provides the leverage we need. and it's formed like this that we have that bring those things to life. >> exactly. and this is why. and, again mr. murray, i can ask about some of these. but i do think -- and i think it was not necessarily a rhetorical question. what we're in is -- and this needs to be fixed. but this is a much broader issue. this is a reform issue. this goes back to the va being all things for all people. not to antagonize my chairman, but this is the va trying to build hospital webs this is the va trying to do everything for everybody. and i've been saying that we need to have that discussion to figure out how do we best leverage both the private sector, the public sector, our promises to our veterans, get quality care and do it in the most cost

miss rice: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for convening this hearing. we have an important question to answer today. how can we do a better job vetting aviation workers? how can we do a better job ensuring that criminals and terrorists can not get a job in one of our airports and gain access to secure areas? clearly if the terrorists were to penetrate an airport in that way, the results could be catastrophic. we have to assume that right now someone is trying to do just that. we have to assume that we can prevent it. we have to keep working together aggressively and proactively to strengthen our security, and stay one step ahead. t.s.a. is responsible for vetting diverse groups of people from the credential program to prechecks to aviation worker programs. aviation workers themselves are a diverse group of people who play many different and important roles within the commercial airport environment. from the person who works the news stand beyond the security checkpoints to the mechanic who has to access to the plane itself to perform his or her duties.

. >> miss rice, new york. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i mean, i hate to say maybe the stress for the poor operators comes from the fact they know they're not going to have the support from the v.a. in getting the callers the help they need. i'd like to take a minute to recognize the work that's being done in my home state in a visn that covers the bronx and manhattan. they specifically reject the prescribe first, diagnose later treatment philosophy that i think is all too often adopted by the v.a. they have taken again what management, but it is. they believe the first thing they do is diagnose the patient before developing a path of treatment. instead of prescribing opiates -- i understand doctors when a patient comes and presents with real pain, you want to take away the pain. i get that that's the doctor's first mode of reaction. but this facility is using alternative approaches such as acupuncture and exercises to relieve pain. veterans who undergo these treatments receive relief from train. the bronx va's approach to treatment shoul

mr. o'rourke you're recognized for five minutes. miss rice you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. mr. williamson i just want to follow up on miss kuster's line of questioning in terms of the va's position that was stated previously that following far would impact a large number of veterans by compromising immediate access to care and our community providers. forgive me if this was already spoken b-but do you share that? >> i share it's very much a concern. again, unless i know more about how a far based system would work for purchase care for nonva providers and i know how long that takes to execute these contracts i can't give you and answer. if i had that i would -- what my concern is it will take a longer period of time to do and in the meantime that veteran the access that that veteran has to that nonva provider is going to be degraded. >> so you have to figure out a way for far not to apply and implement your recommendations. >> i'm listening to the dialogue -- we have to know some facts about how such a system works. >> where

rice. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. stein -- you know when they raise the threat level. but specifically with this online communications, how do you rate what level the communication, how it rises to something that you really are worried about? >> so i think it's a simple question with a complicated answer. there's lots of pieces. the volume. the specificity. whether or not they've identified willing sympathizers who will do something. a lot of pieces go into it. many of those factors are present now. >> so are there any difficulty -- what's the biggest difficulty in terms of being accurate when you are trying to rate the level of a threat? >> so, as mr. hurt started previously, social media is out there. it's voluminous, but there's volume. it's trying to weed through the thousands and thousands of individuals on social media and find the -- all the noise out there, identifying the signals. it's a volume piece. you know looking at social media requires a different business process we do things with. and going from there to finding a credible threat. it's a very difficul

rice. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. steinbach, i want to ask you a couple of questions.ligence community qualify an elevated threat from online-en spired terrorists? we all know when they raise the threat level but specifically with this online communications, how do you rate what the -- what level the community indication, how it rises to something that you really are worried about? >> it's a, i think simple question with a complicated answer. there's a lot of pieces. the volume the specificity whether or not they've identified willing sympathizers who will do something. a lot of pieces that go into it. many of those factors are present now. >> so, are there any difficulty -- what's the biggest difficulty in terms of being accurate when you are trying to rate the level of a threat? >> so, as mr. hurd stated social media's out there, it's develop luminous, it's volume. trying to weave through thousands of individuals on social media and find all of the noise out there identifying the signal. it's a volume piece. you know looking at social media requires a different busin

mr. melber: defined disparate impact. ms. rice: a policy that seems neutral on its face. let me give you an example that is not related. let me give you an example from one of the insurance redlining cases i have worked on. an insurance company says, we will not insure any home valued under $65,000. if the market value of your home is under $65,000, you cannot get insurance with our company. the policy seems neutral on its face. it does not seem to have racial connotations. but if you apply that policy consistently uniformly across-the-board, it has the discriminatory effect of excluding african-american and latino homeowners since a large percentage of african-american and latino homeowners have homes under $65,000. mr. melber: explain how this works as a statutory case. did congress mean to provide this kind of protection even where there is not explicit evidence of individual racial discrimination, and what other ways might the court deal with the ruling? ms. rice: that is a great question, one that was raised during the hearing. it is clear that congress did intend fo

rice family. thank you so much for joining us mr. madison. want to get the family's reaction to this announcement from the judge. >> they're encouraged. their enthusiasm has been renewed. trust has been the touch stone issue here with relationships between african americans and law enforcement. i think the family can see their way out or at least see they're on a path towards justice. >> i want to bring up the specific charges that this judge recommended. we're talking about murder charges perhaps for one of the officers the one who pulled the trigger. and that is timothy lohman. he could face murder manslaughter wreck lastreck lastless homicide. important to note this was just an advisory decision by the judge. these men have not been arrested. the prosecutor really does have control in this case. do you expect the prosecutor to move this case forward? >> well, the historic nature is a wonderful blueprint worthy of emulation throughout all 50 states. what it says it says that the public the people have engaged in a system is. they can see th

joining me now is attorney for the rice family, walter madison. mr.? >> well they're concerned. it's bittersweet. we're moving from -- transitioning from investigative phase to this prosecutorial phase. however, recent events would have the family look at the situation with a very bleak forecast. >> as we talk about the bleak forecast we have this incident coming -- after we've seen a lot of incidents, a string of cases involving young black men. and last month in cleveland, we had officer michael brelo acquitted in the death of two unarmed motorists. grand juries declining to bring charges in cases in missouri and new york. do you fear for your clients that this will happen in cleveland for tamir rice, as well? >> certainly, and it calls for the real need for reform. the grand juries are not designed to be an exculpatory body. individuals do not have a right to go before the grand jury presenting experts witness testimony, defenses that may be available at a trial. grand juries are clearly and exclusively designed to see what information you have to

mr. connolly from virginia was talking able talking about secretary of state condoleezza rice's e-mails and you were testifying your understanding was she used an official account to do e-mails, although you had not ever seen one of those e-mails from her on that account or any other. my information is that secretary rice has not disclosed whether she used a personal e-mail account for official business. she has not disclosed whether she used a private e-mail account for official business and ms. barr, can you confirm or deny? do you know either way on that question? it's a yes or no. i have to hurry, yes or no? do you know? >> secretary rice told us that she did not use personal e-mail for official business. >> well, i'm going to invite my dear friend from south carolina who i know is looking into the question of e-mails of secretaries of state to really delve into whether secretary condoleezza rice used private e-mail accounts for personal business. with that, i yield back. >> recognize the gentleman from south carolina. mr. gowdy. >> ms. barr, you previously testified that the former sec

mr. connolly from virginia was talking able talking about secretary of state condoleezza rice's e-mails and you were testifying your understanding was she used an official account to do e-mails although you had not ever seen one of those e-mails from her on that account or any other. my information is that secretary rice has not disclosed whether she used a personal e-mail account for official business. she has not disclosed whether she used a private e-mail account for official business and ms. barr, can you confirm or deny? do you know either way on that question? it's a yes or no. i have to hurry, yes or no? do you know? >> secretary rice told us that she did not use personal e-mail for official business. >> well, i'm going to invite my dear friend from south carolina who i know is looking into the question of e-mails of secretaries of state to really devil delve into whether secretary condoleezza rice used private e-mail a accounts for personal business. >> recognize the gentleman from south carolina. >> ms. barr you previously testified that the former secretaries e-mail arrangement wi

rice? >> that is not correct. there are two recommendations for arrest for mr. garmback for negligent homicide as well as dereliction of duty. it is interesting you point out their records because we have seen and heard a lot of victim blaming of a 12-year-old child. it is quite puzzling to me because you have -- a 12-year-old can only see the world through its eyes. i hardly doubt the 12-year-old can appreciate the danger of a toy gun. those are adult considerations, adult repercussions. so the more fair criticism would live with these officers who received hundreds of hours of training, they are adults seasoned police veterans. they should have the experience an emotional intelligence to understand the gate, the behavior, the posture of a child. in particular, outside of a recreation center, that weekly has saturday morning programming for adolescent children. not even children, their adolescent children. so that is just a lack of concern and engagement by the officers in that particular community, which ultimately comes right back to the relationship building

mr milissa rehberger with the top stories. the cuyahoga's office in maryland released the report on 12-year-old tamir rice, who was holding a fake gun. >>> joyce mitchell planned on driving two convicts some seven hours away after they escaped from prison. mitchell is accused of helping the two convicts break out of prison. the convicts are still on the loose. back to "lock up." >>> officers rely to manage the 1,500 inmates housed inside the two jail facilities. one might be more bonded than most. >> pinnochio. peanut chili. >> officers run the jail commissary together. >> you sleeping? what are you doing? hose a or hose b? >> we work so well together. >> we need each other. that's it. we need each other. >> if you can have fun at work how nice is that? >> name? >> placenta. >> placenta? >> how long you been running commissary? >> ten years. >> about ten years. >> you 100 years. >> feels like 1 hub. i've been doing commissary, this is my 24th year i believe. >> the king of commissary. i'm the guy. >> while commissary forged a friendship between two officers -- >> can't take me no more -- we got it. can't take me no more? >> i ca

mr. connolly from virginia was talking able talking about secretary of state condoleezza rice's e-mails and you were testifying your understanding was she used an official account to do e-mails had not ever seen one of those e-mails from her on that account or any other. my information is that secretary rice has not disclosed whether she used a personal e-mail account for official business. she has not disclosed whether she used a private e-mail account for official business and ms. barr, can you confirm or deny? do you know either way on that question? it's a yes or no. i have to hurry, yes or no? do you know? >> secretary rice told us that she did not use personal e-mail for official business. >> well, i'm going to invite my dear friend from south carolina who i know is looking into the question of e-mails of secretaries of state to really devil delve into whether secretary condoleezza rice used private e-mail a accounts for personal business. >> recognize the gentleman from south carolina. >> ms. barr you previously testified that the former secretaries e-mail arrangement with herself wa

mr. donovan. he is an outstanding district attorney public servant and will work across the aisle. it is great to have you on board. >> ms. rice? >> as a democrat i would like to welcome my former colleague former da dan donovan. great too you here and looking forward to working with you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> anybody else like to say hi? >> on a more serious topic, yesterday in boston reports are emerging that a man was killed by federal law enforcement officers after lunging at them with a knife. he was being investigated by the boston joint terrorism task force after communicating with and spreading isis propaganda online. non-associates of the man are being arrested as we speak. these cases are a reminder of the dangers posed by individuals radicalized by social media. elton simpson in garland, fired off tweets declaring loyalty to the islamic state and urged others to do the same. since then texas attack the decision to terrorize the prophet mohammed cartoon contest had signaled the event as a target. simpson told followers to follow a 20-year-old british foreign fighter embedded with isis in syria, and one of the g

rice secretary colin powell? >> no, only from secretary clinton. >> all right. that's about my time, mr. chairman, i yield back. thank you. >> i'll now recognize myself for five minutes. ms. howard, the white house on april 15th 2009 sent a directive out, it says from gregory craig, counsel to the president, says, quote, this is a reminder that executive agencies shall consult the white house counsel's office on all document requests. this need to consult with the white house arises with respect to all types of document requests including congressional committee results, judicial subpoenas and foia requests. so my question to you, ms. howard what percentage -- when congress sends you a request for information, what percentage of that do you share with the white house? >> to the extent that i've been involved in responses to congress or responses to foia, we have never shared information with the white house. i became aware of this memo when we were asked for some information to actually demonstrate how many times we had this interaction. it was a foia request. i was curious as to why that we were getting a foia

may god bless the rice family and the church family at clearwater's calvary baptist church. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has yielded. the chair will entertain up to 15 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. johnson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. johnson: mr. speaker today i rise because i'd like to congratulate some very talented individuals in my district the allen american hockey team. i'm proud to represent the city of allen in washington, d.c. and everyone in colin county is lucky because we're able to call the allen americans our home team. they've had a stellar season. they're now on their way of winning their third straight championship. today the allen americans will play the south carolina stingrays in a game three of the kelly cup playoffs. i would like to say to the allen americ

rice. at least the chairman of the homeland security full community plans on coming here and making a statement. he is held up another hearing. hearing. i extend the same courtesy to mr. thompson if he shows up. i i must remind you that opening statements may be submitted for the record. we are pleased to have several distinguished witnesses before us today. the witnesses entire written statement will appear in the record. as someone who is well familiar with this committee welcome back and thank you for your continuing good work. thank you for being here. i would like to hear from mr. roth. >> chairman, ranking member, members, members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today. federal regulations federal regulations require individuals who work in secure areas undergo background checks. required to perform these checks before granting individuals bet is that allow them on escorted access to secure areas. each check includes a security threat assessment including a terrorist check fingerprint-based criminal hacker teefive, or history record check and evidence of the applicant's opposition to work in the us. the airports themselves collect this inform

mr. luntz there. that what's this subject to shoo be about providing more access. but madam secretary may i ask you, are you aware of any republican legislative proposals that rice theumber of uninsured in this country by more than 16 million and make sure that we continue to provide all the benefits of addressing preexisting conditions, keeping your children on the plan, and making sure we focus on prevention? >> i have not seen a proposal that does that. >> i thank you madam secretary. and with that, submitting this full report for the record, think it's worth everybody's reading and we ought to get back to what this committee should be doing, and that's to put americans first and put americans on the road to having the best access, more access, more accessibility and more availability to health care. thank you. >> thank you time for the gentleman expired. we're now going to enter into the two to one phase. two on our side, one of the d side to keep itself equal. mr. buchanan. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you, madam secretary. i appreciate you taking the time this week to give us a call -- give me a call and visit. my biggest concern you made four points. at t