mr. shapiro with respect to his nominee to be a governor of the u.s. postal service. let me say postal service and united states are very fortunate that a man of his judgments and capabilities is willing to serve in this capacity. i am delighted that he is willing to do this. we will benefit enormously from his wisdom, experience command the hard work that i no he will do. mr. shapiro was far too modest in describing his accomplishments in guiding giant eagle from what started as a very small chain with several other families and has become a very large business employing tens of thousands of people and really doing great work. in addition, david has served on numerous corporate and university boards from which he has developed a terrific range of experiences and really acquired great knowledge about so many different business activities and models. his philanthropic work has been absolutely terrific and very important, especially in western pennsylvania and beyond. i just think that david shapiro represents the best of pennsylvania and pittsburgh has to offer this co

mr. shapiro it would double the size and read that a real opportunity here to strengthen the postal service. i want to thank both of the nominees and hopefully we can call him governor shapiro. with the accord to hearing from you. >> thank you senator carter. please rise and raise your right hand to use through the testimony is the truth of whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? please be seated. vice admiral, admiral neffenger for us of the coast guard 34 years of service to held key leadership positions and served as the sector commander from 2008 through 2010 with the coast guard district for coast guard operations to help secure 1500 miles of u.s.-canada border with the commander through the deep water horizon oil spill in the gulf of mexico. >> thank you mr. chairman i have an opening statement. good morning to members of the committee i am privileged to be here before u.s. the nominee as the head of the tsa i am honored by his call to service his secretary johnson has given strong leadership to the department. with a 30,000 members of the artillery that i have been pri

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mr. shapiro i'll tell you right off the bat, the solution for the post office and the fiscal solutions for this country will not be easy. so i want to thank you for again coming here, for your testimony your willingness to serve. i want to thank you for being an example of a great american. someone serving your community and your state and your nation by doing what mirn americans do, aspiring building something successfully, with adversity. unfortunately, in today's society, we bee moniz and demo going people trying hard, we need to celebrate that success and i celebrate it with you and i appreciate your willingness to serve and i thank your wife for being by your side here in this service. so again, look forward to moving this nomination through as quickly as possible so we can get the board of governors operating under regular order. you are answered prehearing questions submitted by the hearing and without objection this information together with my written opening statement will be made part of the hearing record with the financial hearing be made available for public inspection. this

shapiro president and ceo. ted henderson is our guest on "the communicators." mr. henderson, what is capital bell? capitol bells? >> guest: so capitol bell is the a company that makes apps for congress. we make apps to help congressmen and their staff work better and work better for their constituents. >> host: where'd you come up with the name in. >> guest: well, our first app is called capitol bells, and it's connected to the bells that are all around the capitol campus that ring out when votes are starting and there's quorum calls and whenever there's any activity on the floor of the house or the senate. >> host: and what's another app that you've come up with? >> guest: our newest app that we released last month is a new way for congressmen and their staffs and those who work on the hill to get those vote alerts, but it also lets them discreetly discuss work and life on capitol hill. >> host: discreetly. >> guest: discreetly. so you can log in, just using location. you don't have to share any perm -- >> host: much like yikyak? >> guest: but you're able to create an identity, you can create ali