we have a little bit of time left i want your final thoughts mr. rossers. >> thank you so much for having me again. prop a which invests in the critical structure for firefighters and paramedics and they have the tools for a worst-case scenario that hits to our our city that's an essential measure when that disaster it's not not george or star child who responses to safety lives our frirz and first responder we need to make sure our water system is functioning and heed the call as a city that's why little mayor the entire board of supervisors the councilmember ferraro that's why the republican party isn't opposing this one we have to pull together as a community and when they identify the issue hey, we've got to get this done we live in a place that's vulnerable and prepare for the worst-case scenario so we're ready to respond quickly and give our firefighters the tools and star child any final thoughts >> yes. this is so important why hadn't the money been budgeted year by year but wyatt wait until 2014 we're going to raise our tax to keep our 6 figure

ross? i-91-year-old man living on the west side of chicago. i hope he is watching today. he might well be. mr. clyde ross was born in mississippi in the 1920's, when mississippi was majority african-american. but the majority of people living in message -- in mississippi could not vote, had no political power, his family being among them. his family had some means, some land. they had horses. they had mules. they had cows. a chicken. all of which was taken from them on a false tax bill. they were reduced to sharecroppers. he spent his childhood in mississippi. his childhood there was people taking things from him and giving them to other people. separate but equal, when you see schools, a black and white university system, remember that african-americans in a state like mississippi were taxed, asked to pledge fealty to the law, to build facilities they could not attend. i am being asked for schools i cannotgo to, pools i visit, libraries i cannot borrow books out of. this is the systemic thunder that mr. ross into her for the first 18 or so years of his life. the senator in mississippi at the

who are the republicans missing here, mr. ross? and there's also the human cost too.eally impact a lot of different cultures across the board in this country if we don't do something? >> the report itself is indicative of the anti-science notion and trajectory of the republican party. it's scary. because it's sort of like the previous studies that show that big maces, mcdonald's big macs lead to obesity. we kind of already know this but we have to keep proving and proving up numbers that ultimately has a very unwelcoming audience. to those people who still need proof of climate change, those people no proof is going to be strong enough. as evidence ed, as you talked about this report was really great and i appreciate it. s about there's already. it spoke spek at a tifly about damage that is going to happen but there's already damage happening. for example, my father is a subsistence fisherman. there's already been a palpable and traceable change in the amount of fish, also the vulnerability to parasites and bacteria that has come as a result of warmer temperatures in

ross? i-91-year-old man living on the west side of chicago. i hope he is watching today. he might well be. mr ross was born in mississippi in the 1920's, when mississippi was majority african-american. but the majority of people living in message -- in mississippi could not vote, had no political power, his family being among them. his family had some means, some land. they had horses. they had mules. they had cows. a chicken. all of which was taken from them on a false tax bill. they were reduced to sharecroppers. he spent his childhood in mississippi. his childhood there was people taking things from him and giving them to other people. separate but equal, when you see schools, a black and white university system, remember that african-americans in a state like mississippi were taxed, asked to pledge fealty to the law, to build facilities they could not attend. i am being asked for schools i cannotgo to, pools i visit, libraries i cannot borrow books out of. this is the systemic thunder that mr. ross into her for the first 18 or so years of his life. the senator in mississippi at the time,

he met his question is for you, mr. ross. with respect to getting out the marrow, how did you decide that you had something new to the day that other biographers didn't? >> well, that is always the challenge of the biography and biographer. i think that also the challenge of the historian -- this is not the last word on rickenbacker sir leigh. he's a very compelling character as they can keep that in idea about. i hope i am on the line and somebody else will pick up this book in 10 or 15 years write another book on the good these are enduring characters who need to be continually re-examined. in answer to your question why did i -- i felt that i had a real ability to get. there were some really worked on academic biographer what really got into some new ground. i felt that he really hadn't taken the next step, which is what do we do with all of this day but they will miss a moment going forward in very finicky, accurate detailed look. i felt he had of law are really hadn't taken that next to to say who was the sky, what was m

so our final witness is mr. ross leiberman. he is the senior vice president of governmental affairs at the american cable association which represents 850 independent cable and broad band operators serving small markets it and rural areas he manages the formation and implementation of the group's initiatives on capitol hill including the fcc. prior to joining them he handled government relations for echo star communication's korgs where he oversaw their filings with the fcc for the 2004 satellite home viewer extension and re-authorization act. he received his b.a. in political science from johns hopkins university. we welcome you. ie each of their written statements will be entered into the record in their entirety. at this time we will ask each of the witnesses to summarize his testimony in five minutes or less. so with that now, we proceed to hear from our witnesses, mr. white. you go first. we will go from my left to right. >> good morning. thank you chairman balkous, ranking member johnson and members of the subcommittee. m

mr. ross, thank you for being here. >> thanks for having any. >> having been there in the middle of the initial international debate over the war in iraq in 2002 and 2003, how do you feel like the international debate is going right now? in terms of the quality of the debate about the very critical security situation in iraq? >> it's very confused. in a way what we're seeing is the epic playing out of the final neocon project in iraq. in a sense what's happening is post-invasion order established by the u.s. after the invasion is collapsing. president maliki was appointed essentially by the u.s. he was chosen by the then-u.s. ambassador who was, himself, a bush appointee. and it's a function of his government the way he's conducted himself that we face this disastrous situation we see in iraq today. it's a confusing situation. it's not at all clear what is the right thing to do. >> in terms of the american side of this debate, obviously this is not an american issue. this is an iraq issue and

so where might mr. ross put his money to work next? here's what he told us back in april.rly looking at southern europe finally, as you know from prior shows, we've been looking at it for quite a while. we think maybe now's finally the time to do something. particularly in a place like greece. liz: that's wilbur ross, one of the smartest billionaire investors around. well, that's how he became a billionaire, he's that smart. adam: the health care sector has been outperforming the s&p 500 so far this year as well as last year. year to date s&p 500 health care index up almost 8% versus a little over 5% for the s&p 500. liz: is the value, is the sector overvalued, or is there a rot more room to run? -- lot more room to run? joining us now, joe hider. let's first explain what you do, because you're looking at names here, and you've hanged to pick out what you feel are four particular names. before we get to them, what is your strategy when you are finding these names? >> well, when we're looking for health care stocks in our portfolio, we're basically looking for stocks with r

our final witness is mr. ross lieberman. he is the senior vice president of governmental affairs at the american cable association, which represents 850 independent cable and broadband operators serving smaller market central areas. he manages the formulation and implementation of the group's strategic initiative on capitol agencies,ith federal including the fcc. prior to that, he handled government relations for echostar communications , where he oversaw their filings with the fcc. he received his ba in political science from johns hopkins jd fromty and his american university, washington college of law. we welcome you. 's writtene witness statements will be entered into the record in their entirety. at this time, we will ask each of their witnesses -- are witnesses to summarize his testimony in five minutes. with that, we proceed to hear from our witnesses. mr. y, you go first. -- mr. white, you go first. >> good morning. thank you. my name is mike white. i am ceo of directv. tonk you for inviting me testify on the propose

i'd like to begin by thanking my colleagues, mr. ross of florida and mr. delainy of maryland, for co-sponsoring this -- delaney of maryland, for co-sponsoring this amendment. this is an amendment that is a bipartisan proposal that has been included in the senate t-hud appropriations bill and the bipartisan energy bill. it was also included in the president's budget and more than 24 separate groups support this amendment. it presents no risk to the federal government, is budget-neutral and actually has the potential to reduce utility costs for h.u.d. up to $7 billion annually. in brief, h.u.d.-assisted properties are generally older stock with inefficient energy and water usage. there are lots of barriers to improving that situation and therefore realizing those savings. under the pilot program proposed by this amendment, an intermediary will contract with h.u.d. or property owners to produce energy and water savings in exchange for a share of those ongoing savings. relying on this contract, the intermediary will raise the capital to pay for energy and wate

our final witness is mr. ross lieberman. he is the senior vice president of governmental affairs at the american cable association, which represents 850 independent cable and broadband operators serving smaller market central areas. he manages the formulation and implementation of the group's strategic initiative on capitol hill and with federal agencies, including the fcc. prior to that, he handled government relations for echostar communications corporation, where he oversaw their filings with the fcc. he received his ba in political science from johns hopkins university and his jd from american university, washington college of law. we welcome you. each of the witness's written statements will be entered into the record in their entirety. at this time, we will ask each of their witnesses -- are witnesses to summarize his testimony in five minutes. with that, we proceed to hear from our witnesses. mr. white, you go first. >> good morning. thank you. my name is mike white. i am ceo of directv. thank you for inviting me to t

the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. ross for five minutes. >> thank you, mr.rman. let me ask real quickly if i can because i know your time is coming to a close here. companies are notified under stage three of the sifi designations that they have been designated as sifi, correct. >> that's correct. >> there is really no other opportunity to be notified other than stage three? >> well the, notification of stage three and there is plenty of time -- >> let me just, there is the sifi designation states, quote in general this analysis, stage two will be based on quantitative and qualitative information available to the council including industry and company specific metrics beyond those analyzed in stage one and any information voluntarily submitted by company. if they're not aware until stage three how do they know to volunteer any information after the the stage two level? >> the, i guess -- >> what i'm betting at almost like a gotcha situation. they don't want to be a sifi if they don't have to be. they would like to work with you. >> companies know if they mee

so our final witness is mr. ross leiberman. he is the senior vice president of governmental affairs at the american cable association which represents 850 independent cable and broadband and phone operators serving small markets it and rural areas. he manages the formation and implementation of the group's initiatives on capitol hill and federal agencies including the fcc. prior to joining them he handled government relations for echo star communications corporation where he oversaw their filings with the fcc for the 2004 satellite home viewer extension and re-authorization act. he received his b.a. in political science from johns hopkins university. and his j.d. from american university, washington college of law. we welcome you. each of the witness's written statements will be entered into the record in their entirety. at this time we will ask each of the witnesses to summarize his testimony in five minutes or less. so with that now we proceed to hear from our witnesses. mr. white. you go first. we will go from my left to rig

>> yeah, i certainly agree with mr. ross.o bring our corporate tax rate in the u.s. down, and not clearly in europe as well. i'm afraid we're not going to see that in the u.s. any time soon. maybe 2017, but not any time soon. >> even then. >> yeah. >> bring it back to europe. we were just talking in the break, when you actually compared europe to japan and said actually you struggled to find anything to get you excited about europe right now. just fill that out a bit for us. >> yeah, so i mean, i'm not bearish or in the sense that i don't think europe's going to go back into recession any time soon, but i don't think you'll see a huge acceleration there either. in the first quarter, they grew less than 1% at an annual yized rate. here in the second quarter, maybe more like 1.5%, but it's slow numbers. reminds you of japan in the '90s or even 2000s, very slow inflation rates there. what the ecb has done is good on the margin, but it's not a silver bullet. hard to see acceleration going on there. >> the region's banking system

mr. ross, i was impressed by your introduction and i agree that it was as smooth as silk and i was left also to wonder is he optimistic or is he not optimistic? because you were optimistic assuming that there would be a smooth political transition, a smooth security transition. that there would be continued reform, which means governance, corruption, et cetera and also that donor fatigue could be managed, which are some real big ifs. and then when it came to the mining industry you mentioned the tremendous challenge in infrastructure. so i wonder, could you give us a little bit more of an impression, perhaps. are you relatively optimistic or are you pessimistic when it comes to the ability of a country that is not that far away from a civil war and the war against the taliban when the insurgency is still there and has come back in force over the last few years. what is your real sentiment. and you talk about the mining industry and the $3 trillion that were mentioned, potential. you said it co

surprising allegation from the head of nato greenpeace didn't mince words when reacting to chief ross mrs claim that it's taking orders from the kremlin as part of a plot to support the e.u. governments find out exactly what was said on our websites. also there japan may have failed to score during their latest world cup match but their friends have left a lasting impression on brazil by keeping the stadiums spotlessly clean get the full story on artsy dot com. well compared to the japanese fans the reputation of russian supporters couldn't be lower there are reports of the displayed neo nazi banners during their side's opening world cup match in brazil and some have speculated this could lead to the national scene being the ducted points by fee for our season exodus of skin investigates the origins of russian football hooliganism and what it's like now. showing support for your team in russia could mean this this. or this. when it was your first mobile call them in one thousand nine hundred eighty s. when spotlight was playing cisco in moscow we had a huge fight red blue warriors came up

mr. tony ross and rachel ali. if you could in writing respond to me about what the policy decisions were that drove the advertisement, and do you know if this is unprecedented? have we advertised for these escorts in the past? if not, why not, and if now, why now? >> i would have to see it. >> i yield back, but i would like those answers in writing. can i have a commitment to get them? >> i always believe in responding to congress. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and i want to thank mr. secretary, honorable fugate, mr. vatello, for your testimony here today. it's been very enlightening, and i want to thank you for your thoughtful approach to really handling a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, very complex crisis. there are a lot of moving parts he here. i was glad to hear about the diplomatic component to what you're doing in terms of reaching out to salvador, honduras, guatemala. my question is a logistical one similar to the one mr. vella raised, which is, what exactly do you anticipate in terms of the logistical ch

ross. i disagree with sally retro a retroactively before saying mrs.ton is forestalling being treated like a candidate. she's also treated like she's running for something right now. in that light, i want to play you one more bite causing controversy on twitter right now where mrs. clinton talks about the clinton family finances and paid speeches that she and her husband have been giving since -- he's been giving since he left office and she's been given since leaving secretary of state. >> we came out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt. we had no money when we got there. we struggled to piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for chelsea's education. it was not easy. >> it is certainly true that clintons didn't have any great riches to speak of when they went to the white house or when they came out of the white house but to suggest they were scraping things together after the clinton presidency, i wonder if that might be a little tone deaf. >> i think we play the rest of the clip and she catches herself a little bit in

mr. sopko. >> thank you very much. en,rman ross lay tin ranking moib deutsch, members of subcommittee it's a pleasure to be here today to discuss my of reconstruction efforts in afghanistan. today's hearing is very timely. are inre well aware, we the midst of a pivot al year in ongoingtan, the military, political and economic transition will undoubtedly shape afghanistan's future for many years to come. for instance this week's electionial runoff could result in the first peaceful democratic transition a presidential power in afghanistan's history. like wise just a few weeks ago president announced his plan to reduce our military presence approximately 10,000 troops by the end of 2014, and by the of 2016 the u.s. presence in afghanistan will be reduced to a normal embassy operation. in kabul, with a small security office.ce these events may lead many to that thely assume reconstruction effort is also coming to an end. in fact it is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. due to previous commitments made by the united states

ross, abc news, washington. >>> the president begins his four-day europe trip with a stop in poland today. mr.s expected to urge european leaders to keep up pressure on russia. over a threatening moving in ukraine. the president may see russian president vladimir putin when the two travel to normandy for the 70th anniversary of d-day. they are scheduled to attend a lunch and ceremony on friday to mark the occasion. >>> a freak 15-minute sandstorm roared in to teheran and killed four people. it created utter chaos. within moments, a wall of wind-driven dust darkened the sky and sent temperatures plunging 25 degrees. the sand uprooted trees, knocked out power and crippled air traffic until rain washed it away. >>> the search resumes this morning for a missing hiker in phoenix after it got too hot to keep looking. temperatures shot up to 110 degrees yesterday forcing crews to call off the search for eric fernandez. the 23-year-old from washington state vanished during a solo hike on camel back mountain. police found his car along with receipts for water and hydration backpack but no signal from h

mr. pryor: thank you madam chairwoman. before i start, i'd like to ask unanimous consent that bob ross and colette pollard be granted floor privileges during the rrgs of h.r. 4660. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: madam president, today i want to rise in support of the fy 15 agriculture appropriations bill. i know that senator blunt, the ranking member, is on his way over. we were just in another subcommittee hearing, and we were asking questions and whatnot, so he's on his way over. but before i say anything else i just want to thank senator blunt, because he has been great in terms of a great partner to work with, and he has really just been outstanding. he knows this stuff, he works hard, he knows how to work the system. he's been great and he's one of those guys that you can trust and he's very bipartisan, and if we had more folks like senator blunt around here, we'd get a lot more done. he's really doing great work for the country by doing what he's doing. this is a commonsense and a bipartisan bin bill. it did pass unanimously coming out of the full committee, the appropriations committee last mon

mr. warfield and the representative from pandora deal foundl, the xm in its construct the pay structure for the pre-1972 artists. i would just say listening to be radio before coming here, i heard diana ross. i think she has some music pre-1972. i was going to use it in one of the venues in this area. apparently they said something about national tour, and apparently they felt very confident it would be standing room only. these artist's are still attractive, ringing in crowds. we still love their music. i would appreciate it. >> we have not taken a position .n the pre-1972 what i would say, our members who are participating, i would argue most of them who are paying those fees in the digital arena, they are now looking for ways to avoid that. we have concerns whether there may be unintended consequences as a result of it. we are studying that issue, but we have not taken a position to oppose the bill. >> great. would you continue to study it for me, because i think your insight will be important to a lot of the members? >> yes, ma'am. >> your opinion? >> we would support the position of the u.s. copyright office, which would suggest full federalization, which would mean not only do consu

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mr. welcomes, he said it was you. he said implicit spots will for collecting the documents, we asked who was responsible for the rosses, and he said it was tom and jennifer, and he identified you as the chief arson. in the six months you were there, this is a huge story. a huge player in this took the fifth. it is in the news everyday. you are telling us you do not have any inclination that a bunch of lois lerner's e-mails were lost? >> i did not know they were missing and unrecoverable and that there had been a laptop crash. >> when you did learn, what was the day that the white house counsel's office learned weird we were told last night that he knew in february there was a problem and he knew in march there were lost e-mails. he did not tell us that the end of march. someone at the white house learned in april, but we did not learn until june when they sent a letter and we can half ago go. when did the white house counsel's office learned that there were lost e-mails? >> so i just got there -- >> i understand. >> i was not there in april. i have seen the same letter that you have seen. >> do you know the date? >> i