mr. rogers' funds, and mr. y was not happy about that and had his power of attorney withdrawn to put a stop to sharon zachary helping herself to his money. >> sharon also found out that rogers planned to remove her from his will. >> i believe sharon zachary was in a hurry at that time to kill mr. rogers before he could make that change in his will. i believe greed is definitely what drove sharon zachary. >> the dna test results of the blood found on the metal pipe revealed the blood was robert rogers', more proof that it was the murder weapon. 31-year-old sharon zachary was charged with the murder of robert rogers. >> mr. rogers at one point in time even told an attorney that she was the daughter he never had. >> it is ironic that robert rogers, attempting to seek sanctuary for himself, to seek protection from persons who wanted to rob and hurt him, trusted sharon zachary. and it's ironic that this person, in turn, turned on him and became the very thing that he was trying to guard against. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates f

mr. brendan rogers and seat 4 i think between mr. pandy and mr. joiner. >> i think you mentioned everyone. commissioner cohen. >> thank you. good afternoon everyone again. i appreciate you sticking with us through this process. it's actually a really difficult process and my apologies if i come across as being too hard but just by way of background, i'm the daughter of a vietnam veteran and veterans issues in particular is something that's extremely important to me. my father is a, earned a purple heart from being wounded in the war and so the veterans issues are personal as well as extremely critical to the health and life and vitality of our san franciscoans. i have attended many events in support of the veterans community. i have spoken on many different occasions about the contributions that veterans have made to our city and overall to our world. so with that i just wanted to acknowledge every person that's ever signed up to serve our country. it can never be overstated enough to say thank you for your leadership and your service. i also want

mrs. rogers is also incidentally a second generation senturian as her mother ida jane, lived to the age of 103. throughout her life in the past century, mrs. rogers has witnessed some of the most significant moments that have shaped our nation. born during the onset of world war i, mrs. rogers was only 2 years old when america entered the great war sending our dough boys across the atlantic. by the time she was 5 years old, the first radio stations were going on the air in america. prohibition was enacted and women, for the first time, had the right to vote. by her 12th birthday, charles lindhburg had flown across the atlantic ocean and the first motion picture with sound was played in theaters. at the age of 14, she witnessed the beginning of the great depression. just months before turning 25, mrs. rogers learned that the japanese attack on pearl harbor and over the next five years said goodbye to family members and friends as they left south carolina to fight against the axis powers. before he

mr. rogers, mr. rogers was the man just like bill is. >> that's a different tv look.suit jacket. >> casual. >> and it's sunday morning. >> sure. >> someone else, is disagreed. >> local tv news is all about what you weather. >> someone said bill don't do it. >> they'll all comment on kloms. girls get it all the time. you're officially part of the team. >> have a wonderful day be >>> i'm chris wallace. hillary clinton on her way to the democratic presidential nomination. or is she? >> don't you some day want to see a woman president of the united states of america? >> a new firestorm over clinton using a private e-mail account while she was secretary of state. >> it was only last week that we discovered they can't produce all of her e-mails to us because they don't have all of her e-mails. >> we'll discuss the fallout with mike huckabee. a clinton critic since his days as governor of arkansas. and former white house special counsel during the clinton years, lanny davis. then the u.s. moves forward with iran nuclear talks. despite warnings from israeli prime minister net

mr. rogers. rep. rogers: mr.retary, at a time when the budget for other dhs components is going up, the coast guard budget would be reduced, the operations part, by 3%, acquisitions by 17%. the coast guard budget reduced by $238 million from fiscal 2015. at a time when, due to the policy changes with cuba and the caribbean, we are seeing a higher need for cutters to interdict people fleeing cuba . for example, the drug trade continues to thrive in the caribbean. we had a discussion yesterday on this subcommittee with admiral zoocum, a commandant of the coast guard, who says he is lucky now to interdict 20% of the drug crowd coming through the caribbean. i am puzzled why we are proposing substantial cutbacks in operations, and more importantly, acquisitions up by 17% when we need more cutters out there. what can you say about it? sec. johnson: well, as you know chairman, we are in the midst of a recapitalization of the coast guard right now. we have just completed the eighth national security cutter. this request

mr. rogers for any comments. mr. rogers: thank you for being with us this morning. this constitutes the first hearing of this subcommittee. i'm immensely pleased that we finally managed to pass a full year spending bill for the department to support our men and women on the front lines and bolster critical agencies and fund the joint anti-terrorism and law enforcement efforts on our home turf. unquestionably, your organization is a vital piece of this puzzle. the secret service carries out a unique dual mission of protection and investigation. the investigative component of your charge is essential for the financial infrastructure of the country. your mission is to protect our president, his family, and other dignitaries from a host of potential threats. that requires discipline and dexterity, unparalleled skill, and professionalism. unfortunately, service has been beleaguered by a series of embarrassing and unacceptable lapses in security and other missteps. this will not stand. just when we think we have assessed the problems associated with september's white hous

mr. rogers. >> mr. secretary at a time when the budget for other dhs components is going up coast guard budget would be reduced, the operations part, by 3%, acquisitions by 17%. the coast guard budget reduced by $238 million from fiscal '15. at a time when, due to the policy changes with cuba and the caribbean we're seeing a higher need for cutters to interject people fleeing cuba, for example, the drug trade continues to thrive in the caribbean. we had a discussion yesterday on this subcommittee with admiral zoocum, a commandant of the coast guard who says he's lucky now to interject 20% of the drug crowd coming through the caribbean. i'm puzzled why we're proposing substantial cutbacks in operations, and more importantly, acquisitions up by 17% when we need more cutters out there. what can you say about it? >> well, as you know, chairman we're in the midst of a recapitalization of the coast guard right now. we've just completed the eighth national security cutter. this request asks for six more fast r

mr. rogers as the chairman, appointing to others following mr. porter to act as the other two commissioners in the title and rank of commodore, where they will be responsible for the details supplied to the navy in securing it, leaving the secretary of the navy to other duties in the post. this would be a cursory review of the events that took place over the last 12 years -- over the last 2.5 years including the reasons for going to war and the manner that we carry the diplomatic war on, particularly if i left out any military encounters or specifics of those encounters in the northwest by appointment, the politics of congress during the course of these days in the negotiation were going on in europe to the presence of our peace commission starting in 1813 in new jersey with adams in st. petersburg, subsequent to the appointment of jonathan russell and henry clegg. -- henry clay. these matters are more particular and i did not wish to engage your attentions at that time. even as i look upon your fine assembly i noticed a blank faces that indicate

mr. rogers for any comments. mr. rogers: thank you for being with us this morning. this constitutes the first hearing of this subcommittee. i'm immensely pleased that we finally managed to pass a full your spending bill for the department to support our men and women on the front lines and bolster critical agencies and fund the joint anti-terrorism and law enforcement efforts on our home turf. unquestionably, your organization is a vital piece of this. a dual mission of protection and investigation. the investigative component of your charge is essential for the financial infrastructure of the country. your mission is to protect our president, his family, and other dignitaries from a host of potential threats. that requires discipline and dexterity, unparalleled skill and professionalism. unfortunately, service has been beleaguered by a series of embarrassing and on acceptable lapses in security and other missteps. this will not stand. just when we think we have assessed the problems associated with september's white house incident and developed a plan to close exis

mr. rogers. mr. x in the, i believe you are next up -- ms. jackson lee, i believe you are next up. >> this is a committee i hold very dear come a very important response ability and i thank both of you for your astute leadership. let me also think the witnesses for their service. certainly the representative from the gao for providing us a flashlight to be able to ensure and correct and keep the american people secure. let me thank all of those part of the homeland security team, tsa that's my great -- many of you know my great admiration for the officers who put their lives on the line in the nation's airports to save our lives. i want to acknowledge the shooting and the loss of life of tso officer in los angeles -- i went out to los angeles in the last session. let me offer my concern and best wishes for a speedy recovery. let me proceed with a series of points and let me make this point and my colleagues should hear my point. this is a team effort when we talk about securing the airport. i'm causally frustrated and i understand local gover

mr. rogers. if you could talk about your experience with the veterans in the library? >> absolutely, veteran's center at the library came from a state grant. we need to use city resources and city specialty knowledge to kind of leverage that to help veterans. in the library you can imagine librarians are specifically trained at identifying and finding resources based on minimal information. the concept that staff members, we will be staffed by library volunteered backed by staff to help veterans find the services they need. it's outside my role but i was brought in as the staff member there. >> so it's a staff member there? >> yes. >> so this is your full-time work? >> absolutely. >> this is a completely different place, a social service agency that supports veterans and so do you see unique ways that veterans issues are presented to you at the library or to your work with the veterans in the library that gives you a certain percent sec tif? >> absolutely. as you know, many veterans are covering from homelessness or are new to the cilt so people come to the library for

mr. rogers, the gentleman from california, mr. royce, the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry, the gentleman from california, mr. nunez, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. frelinghuysen, the gentlelady from texas, ms. granger the gentleman from california -- the gentlewoman from california, ms. pelosi, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the gentleman from california, mr. becerra, the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley, the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, the jeement maryland ms. edwards the gentleman from new york, mr. engel the gentlewoman from california ms. eshoo the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, the gentlewoman from california, miss susan davis, the gentleman from california mr. schiff, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. bolden. vice president biden: friends of the senate at the direction of that body appoints the following senators and members of the committees on the part of the senate to escort ashraf ghani into the chamber. mr. mcconnell, the senator from texas, mr. cornyn, the senator from utah, mr. hache, the senator from wy

mr. rogers good to have you with us. and mr. fattah, we're going to go ahead and crank it up. this is a particularly appropriate today to have you with us, mr. chairman, because the 9/11 commission has issued its findings this morning and we'll talk a little bit about that today, but we're privileged to have you with us here in front of our subcommittee to present your 2016 budget request. it is a very important complex, critical mission that the fbi has to perform. we have on this subcommittee over the years helped the fbi fulfill its mission, you're the lead agency in domestic anti-terrorism, counterintelligence, national security efforts vital law enforcement effort and as you mentioned the other day, i had -- i knew this instinctively, but you made the connection with me, once criminals got a hold of automobiles and can cross state lines and someone can hold up a bank in three different states in the same day, it suddenly made the role of the fbi in fighting crime very, very important to the congress in the 1920s and '30s. and your role has only grown over the years, and p

mr. rogers as the chairman, appointing to others following mr. porter to act as the other two commissioners in the title and rank of commodore, where they will be responsible for the details supplied to the navy in securing it, leaving the secretary of the navy to other duties in the post. this would be a cursory review of the events that took place over the last 12 years, -- over the last 2.5 years including the reasons for going to war and the manner that we carry the diplomatic war on, particularly if i left out any military encounters or specifics of those encounters in the northwest by appointment, the politics of congress during the course of these days in the negotiation were going on in europe to the presence of our peace commission starting in 1813 in new jersey with adams in st. petersburg subsequent to the appointment of jonathan russell and henry clegg. -- henry clay. these matters are more particular and i did not wish to engage your attentions at that time. even as i look upon your fine assembly i noticed a blank faces that indicate

mr. rogers believes should be done on both defense and domestic. we can make investments in america's future that are fiscally sustained. i urge my colleagues to reject the two republican objective alternatives. and their strategy of selected sequester. the chair: members are reminded to direct the remarks to the chair. gentleman: mr. ross us from pennsylvania. mr. rauf us: i what to think their hard work. with all of the difficulties and complexities in the budget it including inheriting a debt. chairman price and the committee have managed to find a savings of five and a half trillion dollars in budgeting -- in balancing the budget in 10 years. this is not been an easy task. this stands in stark contrast to what the president sent us. the president's irresponsible proposal makes no attempt to balance the budget. it leaves future generations with more debt. his plan proposes returning the deficit, leaving the legacy of staggering debt. were decades americans have been told spending on things that you cannot afford does not matter. the president be

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mr. rogers, said, unrealistic and ill conceived. budget committee democrats the congressional progressive caucus and the congressional black caucus have all put forward alternatives that are far better than these dueling republican budget resolutions. democrats prioritize replacing the sequester, which mr. rogers believes should be done on both the defense and domestic side, so we can make investments in america's future that are fiscally sustainable. i urge my colleagues to reject the two republican budget alternatives and their strategy of selective sequester. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair. the gentleman from georgia. mr. price: he yield three minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. roth must. -- roth moss. mr. rothfus: with all the difficulties, chairman price and the committee have managed to find savings of $5.5 trillion and balance the budget in 10 years all without any new taxes. this budget resolution stands in stark contrast to what the

mr. rogers from kentucky. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. director, welcome. i was looking at your resume your work record. prosecutor. i did that for 11 years, myself, on the state level. state and district level. so i commend you for your education and your experience in that regard. pardon my raspy throat. i have caught it. the chanted rightly said that -- the chairman rightly said that the fbi has a critical mission protecting homeland. frankly, the charge to the fbi has changed dramatically over the last decade or so. when i first came to congress in 1981, we were focused on catching armed robbers and all of that. but now it is such a sophisticated and complicated new charge that you have dealing with counterterrorism, hostile foreign intelligence agencies, espionage, domestic and foreign cyber threats. cyber is a new word. now it is a new challenge. , and of course, the traditional caching of crooks and these in -- crooks and fees -- crooks and thieves in dangerous criminals here at home particularly drug-related. especially prescription pill taxes that

mr. rogers. >> mr.retary, at a time when the budget for other dhs components is going up, coast guard budget would be reduced, the operations part, by 3%, acquisitions by 17%. the coast guard budget reduced by $238 million from fiscal '15. at a time when, due to the policy changes with cuba and the caribbean we're seeing a higher need for cutters to interject people fleeing cuba, for example, the drug trade continues to thrive in the caribbean. we had a discussion yesterday on this subcommittee with admiral zoocum, a commandant of the coast guard, who says he's lucky now to interject 20% of the drug crowd coming through the caribbean. i'm puzzled why we're proposing substantial cutbacks in operations, and more importantly, acquisitions up by 17% when we need more cutters out there. what can you say about it? >> well, as you know, chairman, we're in the midst of a recapitalization of the coast guard right now. we've just completed the eighth national security cutter. this request asks for six more fast r

mr. anthony and rogers i spoke with the gentleman mr. john was absent i want to say cloud force working with the community and offers community space a couple of things i met with someone from cloud fair yesterday and asked on the retail space if they're willing to work with the mayor's office of economic workforce development to look at a small business going in there i'm seeing a needing head i remind we continue to do that with our integrity and i've heard from the gentleman to have a melting i'm sure you'll be open to a meeting potentially are the local trades and the dr as well so i like the project and i move to approve. >> second. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah. i do have questions well, first of all, i want to say wrardz with regard to comments m-2 lout office as a permit use no real reason during the period of time so it was differently to have to change it from pdr to office it explicit make sense so, now an mou for very long m u o allows office mr. ruben i'd like to ask you a question i wanted to know if you have response t

our first panelist is mr. roger congratulation, president and general counsel for the center of equal opportunity. our second panelest is kate kendall. our third panelist is miss sara warblough. our fourth panelist is miss stacy simmons. and our fifth and final panelist for the second panel is miss winnie stockleberg. i'll ask you all to raise your right hand teen swear and affirm that the information you're about to provide to sues true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. is that correct >> thank you. mr. clegg? you have the four. event minutes. >> thank you very much. i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. my name is roger clegg and i'm president and general counsel of the center for equal opportunity which is a nonprofit research education organization that's based in falls church virginia. our chairman is linda chavez and our principal focus is on public policy issues that involve race and ethnicity such as civil rights, bilingual education. miss chavez was once the staff director of t

mr. rogers from kentucky. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. director, welcome. and to your staff.looking at your resume, your work record, prosecutor. i did that for 11 years myself on the state level, state district level. so i commend you for your education and your experience in that regard. pardon my raspy throat. i have caught it. the chairman rightly said that fbi has a critical mission in protecting the homeland. and frankly the charge of -- to the fbi has changed absolutely dramatically over the last decade or so. when i first came to congress in 1981, you know, we were focused on catching the armed robbers and all of that. but now, it is such a sophisticated and complicated new charge that you have dealing with counterterrorism, hostile foreign intelligence agencies, espionage, domestic and foreign cyber threats. cyber is a new word. now it is a new challenge. and then, of course, the traditional catching of crooks and thieves and dangerous criminals here at home, particularly drug related. and especially prescription pill attacks that the cdc says is a national epidemic.

mr. rogers and want to bring this up quickly. a simple question that you might or might not be able to answer. they sanctioned murder torture, rape. cia cash ended up in coffers of al qaeda. that is a problem for congress to help you get the proper funding for your military. that is not your doing all your fault. that that is the fault of the administration and the congress itself because you follow orders in uniform and are there because they selected you to be the service chiefs. we continue to find absolute millions and millions of dollars in afghanistan and get these articles. this is the problem of the american people have because they do read the articles. that does not take away from their respect. not at all. when you cannot sell them we have not done much to help her get infrastructure. we cannot building infrastructure america. spending billions of dollars that is the problem with this debate about whether we have sequestration are not. i asked general campbell last week i was taken aback by his answer. whatever you ans

mr. rogers, wonderful to have you here. corporations have to find a better good in the marketplace.h you. how do we get to that change in fiduciary responsibility? john: i don't think i am alone in believing that finance can be a force for good. tom: it hasn't happened. john: but there is still hope out there. mark carney calls that the tragedy of horizons. it is short-term thinking. when long-term investors have the luxury of time on their side , time is a great advantage. thinking short-term can lead to some very poor investment decisions. it can lead to bad externalities. poor working conditions. those sorts of things. the costs of cleaning that up come back and bound back on these long-term investors, not today, but 10-30 years from now. the future beneficiaries of these long-term investors are going to be paying for the cleanup costs, the externalities downstream. brendan: there should be a price and negotiate away the externalities, but why can we not put a price on them? john: the accounting standards are good at measuring short-term outcomes. if you look at the sustainable a

our first panelist is mr. roger clegg. our second panelist is kate cando. our third panelist is miss seventh ward below. our fourth panelist is miss stacy long simmons. our fifth panelist is ms. winnie steckel berg. i will ask you all to raise your right hand and to swear and affirm that the information you are about to provide is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge. is that correct? mr. clegg? >> thank you very much. i appreciate the opportunity to testify. my name is roger clegg. i'm president of counsel. a nonprofit, research and -- our chairman is linda chavez. our focus is on public policy issues that deal with race and issues. immigration and assimilation. i should add that ms. chavez -- i was once the heavy assistant attorney general in the justice department of civil rights. the points i make in the written testimony that you have about the employment donna -- the employment donna nondesc -- there's a strong presumption to let businesses make a decision. it is not immoral to discriminate based on -- legislation would create many problems

mr. rogers, thank you mr. chairman. and thank you all for being here. secretary carter when we start off with a shamelessly parochial issue, i'm very interested in seeing it maintain the u.s. army depot. do you know who's going to make that decision and win about where the source of repair is going to be made? >> i do not know when that source selection will be made. >> general dempsey, based on open source reporting russia is planning tactical nuclear weapons and the illegally seized territory of crimea. what is your best military advice of how we, as a nation, should respond to that. >> there's several things. i haven't seen it reflected in intelligence. if i had, i would have suggested that we had this conversation in closed session. i'm curious, how much longer do you think it will be before we do provide some sort of response. >> our response is twofold. one is to a diplomatic one, which is to try to get the russians to come back into compliance with the inif treaty. on the military side, it's a two-way street. we ax septembered restrands for the s

mr. rogers. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here. secretary mchugh, good to have you back on the old stomping grounds. again i will stay on sequestration and its impact to our military. the members of this committee understand its implications and how adversely it is affecting our readiness and our ability to meet our challenges the secretary james made reference to in our three object is that the military. in fact i can talk about specific verrocchio examples of its impact on the district is any number of peer can. i've laid off 190 workers right now. i've got part of maxwell air force base. they can talk about specific examples. that is just parochial. we hear from you all regularly about the impact on readiness and capabilities. our colleagues don't understand and you uniquely have been here and you understand how difficult it is to convey to members focused on tax policy or medicare or a telecommunications wealthy are concerned about. so we really count on y'all. that is a southern term by the way. we count on you to help us comm

mr. rogers said timothy keefe for your service to do hour but i want to ask you does anybody know? i have 190 workers right now. they could talk about specific events because i have specific examples. we here regularly about the capabilities but colleagues don't understand and you understand how difficult it is to convey to the tax policy or medicare or telecommunications what we are concerned about. meet count on you to help us communicate that message. i am researcher redundancy for the members to understand the leadership think his is working a pretty well because they're not squealing or the sky is falling. party think it has been difficult for you to convey a specific examples of how this is. >> is important because we can to talking in code. >> give speeches and talk to the think tank and engaged in a way that gets the word out to for the reality of the changes we're facing but obviously we have to do a lot more. the last point is i have said before that we are victims' several success. we came to the congress before sequestration to predict the fax. en there after they read

mr. rogers. we're going to go ahead and crank it up. this is particularly appropriate today to have you with us because the 9/11 commission has issued its findings this morning and we will talk a little about that today. we are privileged to have you with us here in front of our subcommittee to prevent -- to present your 2016 budget request. it a very complex mission that the fbi has to perform. we have, on this subcommittee over the years, helped the fbi be the lead agency in counterterrorism, national security efforts. you mentioned the other day, i knew this instinctively, but you made a connection with me that once criminals got a hold of automobiles and across state lines and some will could hold up a bank in three different states in the same day, it suddenly made the role of the fbi in fighting crime very, very important to the congress in the 1920's and 1930's. and your role has only grown over the years particularly in the growing danger of cybercrime , the ongoing cyber warfare that is taking place invisibly against the united

mr. rogers and i want to bring up something very quickly. and i would ask a very simple question that you might or might not be able to answer. these are articles this past week between casualties and desertion of afghan military shrinking fast. .. hello you cannot sell the heard gen. walsh: i agree with you. we haven't we haven't done much to help with the infrastructure. we can build the infrastructure of america. yet we spend billions of dollars in afghanistan to build its infrastructure. that that is the contradiction that is present in the problem with this debate about whether we have sequestration are we don't have sequestration. i asked general campbell last week were very impressive army general who oversees the military action in afghanistan. i was a little bit taken aback by his answer when i asked him to fund nine more years in afghanistan spending roughly 25 to $50 billion year is worthwhile. you get a chance to say, well, i think i think in three years we give them benchmarks. if if they can't reach as benchmarks when we say we

mr. rogers? >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you all for being here. secretary carter, i want to start with a shamelessly to roek y'all issue. the program is replacing the m 113 vehicle, which is maintained. i'm interested in seeing it. who is going to make that decision and when about where the source of repair is going to be made? >> i do not know when that source selection will be made, but i will find out and make sure we get back to you. >> thank you very much. general dempsey, based on open-source report inging, russia is planning to attack nuclear weapons in crimea. what is your best military advice as to how we as a nation should respond to that? >> well, there's several things. i saw the same open-source report. i haven't seen it reflected in intelligence. if i had, i would have suggested we'd have this conversation in a closed session. there's other things that russia is doing that seem to be provocative in nature, and i think we have to make it very clear that things like their compliance with the treaty that there will be political, diploma

the first panelist is president and general counsel, mr. roger clegg, that of equal opportunity. and then we have kate director for the national center for lesbian rights. the third is sarah the fourth panelist is stacey long simmons director of public policy and government affairs at the national lgbt task force. and our fifth and final panelist for the second panel is winnie executive vice president for external affairs for the center center for american progress and i will ask lotteries right hand and to swear and affirm that the information that you're about to provide to us is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. is that correct? >> yes. >> thank you. good to see you again, you have the floor, sir. >> thank you very much. i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. my name is roger clegg and i am president and general counsel of the center for equal opportunity which is a nonprofit research opportunity organization. our principal focus is on public policy issues that involve race and ethnicity including civil rights and immigration. i should add [in

mr. rogers. >> thank you. i want to talk about this management inclusion program. what was the object i for when y'all set that up. what are you trying to accomplish with this? >> one objective was to improve the efficiency of the tsa lane. reduceing that risk that becomes the attractive target for a terror attack. >> did tsa conduct analysis on the entire screening process which is reduceing it to pre-check vetting by the flip of a coin. >> i don't believe it's pre-check vetting by a flip of the coin. >> we believe and as we looked at the individual component parts and management inclusion total as a system we believe it provides a better security proposition. it's more effective screening based on the analysis that we have done to date. >> maybe i'm confused. my understanding the way management inclusion works is you got somebody with an ipad that taps it and it randomly sends somebody to the pre-check line that's not gone through the application and screening process that the people who paid to be in the pre-check line went through, is that not correct? >> that'

mr. rogers: thank you. thank you both for your special interest in prescription drug abuse. as you know, every day, about 105 americans die from overdose mostly prescription medicine. sadly, as we have taken strides to address the challenge, we have also seen a wise -- rise in heroin use. those people addicted to pain pills are graduating to drugs that are cheaper. i have long advocated a multipronged approach to addressing this unique challenge. of course, research is one of the main prongs of that approach. i am particularly interested in the development of new technologies that will make these drugs more difficult to abuse. we have seen some real progress in the field. effective abuse deterrent technologies that will ensure that patients clearly in need of these therapies can receive treatment, while also ensuring that very powerful addictive medications can be tempered with that cannot be tampered with or abused. what effort -- medications cannot be tampered with or abused. what efforts has nih made in this arena and can you comment on the fruits of those labors? dr. col

our first panelist is mr. roger clay, president and counsel for the equal opportunity. our second panelity is kate kendall from the center for lesbian rights and sarah warbelow. and then stacy long simons director of policy and government affairs at the lbgt task force and our fifth and final panelists for the second panel is winnie stachelberg from the center for american progress. i'll ask you all to raise your right hand and to swear and affirm that the information that you're about to provide to us is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief is that correct? thank you. mr. cleg. good to see you again. you have the floor. seven minutes. >> thank you very much. i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. my name is roger clegg and i'm president and general counsel of the center for equal opportunity which is a nonprofit research and educational organization that is based in falls church virginia. our chairman is linda chavez. and our principal focus is on public policy issues that involve race and ethnicity, such as civil rights, bilingual immigra