mr. skinner? >> i agree with admiral allen, as a matter of fact, i thin cledou s gotillhat was itas brought out and dusted off, and i think that started the ball rolling for getting the bill that we now have through the congress so paris. so fast. quite frankly, i thk the whole concept was ve uty fortto bri tgethhe eruon within government so that they can work better together to not only protect or prevent another terrorist attack, b alsoo depilendn aby span ve a terrorist attack should one occur. so it brought together these different elements that would sit under one roof, one leadership with one common prt ed,ov a is to peven mitigate against natural -- terrorist attack, but also natural disasters. here's my concern. yo know, my bias having been part of a small company that got bought by a larger conglomerate thh mngceged, i'go faalral understand that. but i also understand when you go into the larger organization, so much of your effort is directed toward, basically, feeding the beast. you kno

mr. skinner. they have far more hands-on ioperience with this topic than reedovmn y i lieve shows that by partisanship indeed try partisanship is possible. we had a good deed going during my nine terms in e house, and our gislive eforyu idld ina rlt d special times. well over ten yearsgo, my goodness how time flies, i join you, mr. chairman, in a little band o legilators who foa holacioma ns tftth/. what we had in mind was far less ambitious than the plan ultimately sketched out by then white house chief of staff andy card. as ircwe nionero thnce ae to enac into law as a 2004 intelligence reform act. by the way, yes, we were the big 40 long th pete hoekstra but i sorsw id 9% hee that two of the atthy bill passed. >> i want a note from this perspective that the women in their room laughed at that. [laughter] sth ste e mr carper lghed. coming through. i always thought of you as the fab four. >> back to the homeland bill -- [laughter] i remember th onc ewhi ancearonded to embrace it because that woul

mr. skinner, d you have a reaction to the questions? would be hard to add to what was just said. >> it was a pretty good answer. >> i do recall that during some reviews with the department we are always looking for emerging address -- emerging threats. they would find other ways to smuggle illegal items onto airplanes, so i know they are always looking at what they are going to do next now that we have identified this technique. as far as strategic assessments, i am not aware of that occurring, but it does not mean it was not occurring. we talk about the evolving threats. this is not just a dhs responsibility. this is a government responsibility, and we have to rely very heavily on what is going on outside of government, dealing with what is going on now and now outside our systems, so people have those expectations. this is dhs responsibility for a sole responsibility. i think it would be a big mistake just to focus on dhs. >> i want to go through that exercise you were talking about with the coast guard. i assume you are talking about

mr. skinner from the cdc.he says that they are optimistic about dealing with this outbreak, but they still just don't know entirely what strain it is. >> in the past when we've seen these outbreaks and were able to do really good contract tracing as well as perform, you know, good infection control and health care facilities, these outbreaks have a tendency to, you know, sort of stamp themselves out, if you will. if we can get in and sort of stop the chain of transmission. >> so this ultimately is about disease control for the cdc. as you mentioned, rod, they have a permanent team of epidemiologists but they're sending more in. the ministry of health are trying to figure out what they dealering with and if this can spread. >> that means it's much more complicated than throwing a tarp on it. they have to investigate where it came from and i suppose much like the movie back 15 years ago which was scary enough as it is. now, some of the larger populated cities, the capital and the bigger cities, what's going on t

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mr. skinner actually has been in parliament since 1994 and has been on this committee for 16 years. so the committee is has the responsibility as an economic and monetary policies for the eu taxation and competition policies, free movement of capital, banks, insurance, pension funds, international monetary and financial systems. so they're here meeting with a number of our regulators and also continuing to build those relationships. peter and i had a chance to meet a few weeks ago as part of the legislative dialogue and we're looking forward to continuing to build those relationships as we know we are in a one-world market space for financial services and very pleased that you're able to join us here today. so thank you. >> thank you for that and welcome to our guests. we could have orchestrated a little more fireworks for you but we're doing business as usual here. >> thank you for being here and your service. as i'm looking at your account and your reporting that cfpb is solely accountable for protecting consumers of financial products and services, and you go into some of the fai

mr. skinner in particular seems ho e hal problems, for instan, in tsa. the turnover there is great and has been, and it seems as though it's a prt ofhth workers have problems. can you make any expressions on that and the problem and th changeales ceaul i tsa? >> senator, this is something we did not or threet i have never studied with regards t tsa. i was well aware of the turnover issues there, and weidsc wh whe private meetings. one of the problems that we've observed with regards to tsa is just the pure nature of its work. it's very tedious, hard work. and ople's ctnsn al met.e n secondly, it's there is, there was -- when we talk about the leadership, you know, this is the leadership up and down the chain of command. a oleshensvidualirs and people's expectations of their leaders were not being met. but as to actually come up with empirical information or a conclusi as twhhere highrntemori dn -r l when i was the ig, we nver completed a study in that area. be. >> thank you. thank you very mu, mr. chairman. >> thanks, senator akaka. um, this has been a v

mr. skinner more than any of us can answer why the systems are working. your there were things i was able to stop. in one of them is they were going to test satellites to accomplish certain homeland security missions over the continental united states, and that worries me because i did not think the guidelines were specific enough. the office was discontinued, which i thought was a very good outcome. >> thank you, congresswoman harman. this week the national journal poll released information that almost two-thirds of respondents said the government and businesses should not be allowed to share cyber security information because it would hurt liberties. you said the need to protect personal information in the event of a cyber attacked. could we please discuss the importance of including robust privacy and civil liberty as safeguards in any legislation considered on the senate floor? >> i think it is very important. what the final legislation should look at, i do not know, but it is the same point the security of liberty were not a zero sum game, and we hav

mr. peter skinner both from the u.k.. he also serves on the economic monetary affairs committee, and had a chance to meet sharon for the first time a while ago but she is the first from britain and the chair to chair the committee and i believe to do that as well it's been chair since 2009, and then mr. skinner has been in the parliament since 94 and has been on the committee for 16 years. so the committee has the responsibility to economic and monetary policy for the e.u. for the policies, the movement of capital and regulation financial services such as banks, insurance, pension funds, asset management, financial systems. so, they are here meeting with them and a member of the regulators and also continuing to build those relationships peter and i had a chance to meet in copenhagen a few weeks ago as part of the transatlantic legislative dialogue, and we are looking forward to continuing to build those relationships as we know we are in a one world markets space for financial markets after a pleased that you were able t

mr. dennis skinner. >> can he tell us whether he came to his present opinion before or after -- >> i did not speak with him. >> i completely disagree with my friend. there has never been a better time that they should be minding their business and not ours. it is the right time to have a debate about which powers wish to bring back before a referendum. >> the honorable lady makes a powerful point. while there may be opportunities because of the neat that they have, i think respecting the fact they are fighting a fire in the eurozone, which benefits us if they can deal with those banks and problems. the right time to consider institutional change is as treaties come through. >> sir stewart bell. >> the prime minister has referred to the national interest and a brief discussion iran. implantorts of is that how the european union -- >> the argument i would make is that that was an agreement that was come to route human enemy -- unanimity. that is what we've done in terms of syria and iran and eventually in terms of libya. cooperating. that is what we've done about burma and sanctions. >> mr

mr. dennis skinner. >> c heell ete cao pntpi er -- >> did not speak with him ie. there has never bn a better time that they should be minding their business and not os. babohiowwi re.cfo the honorle lady makes a powerful point. eheayopuns beethatty hainkpeghe faheehta n thro, hbenefits us if they can deal with those banks and problems. the ghme cde treshr s stewart bell. >> the prime minister has referred to the national n.mptsftnd arief dss thoe european union -- >> the argument i would make is that that was aneeme tha em -unanimity. that is what we've done in terms ter oia and iran and eveuall peng burma and sanctions. >>r. simon owthth or seemnfgst his party had a manifesto as did the liberaloc. ret le there is no provision for any other referendum. mi,rgecicsi w op >>ths important point. we said no further passes of por fr briin to us. sweulefth le market in energy and services. we haverittenafrdr thoniod hiha l yea htonk ofutn an europe and how we take the british people with us and that is exactly what i'moing. her avch the big difference is access informati

mr. dennis skinner. >> can he tell us whether he came to his present opinion before or after -- >> i did not speak with him. >> i completely disagree with my friend. there has never been a better time that they should be minding their business and not ours. it is the right time to have a debate about which powers wish to bring back before a referendum. >> the honorable lady makes a powerful point. while there may be opportunities because of the neat that they have, i think respecting the fact they are fighting a fire in the eurozone, which benefits us if they can deal with those banks and problems. the right time to consider institutional change is as treaties come through. >> sir stewart bell. >> the prime minister has referred to the national interest and a brief discussion on the imports of iran. is that how the european union -- act to assist the british national interest? >> the argument i would make is that that was an agreement that was come to route human enemy -- unanimity. that is what we've done in terms of syria and iran and eventually in terms of libya. i'm all for cooperati