mr. sullivan and mr. whitfield and myself and others have either sponsored or co-sponsored this legislation. we want strong air quality regulations. we want those rules enforced, but we don't want an e.p.a. that continues to go stronger and stronger and stronger regardless of the economic consequences. now, mr. whitfield, tomorrow, is going to offer an amendment that replaces the proposed cross-state air transport rule with the cair regulation that the bush administration promulgated back in the early 2000's and wants a study or delay of the proposed boiler mact, while we have a little more time to implement that. and he also has at my suggestion put in that amendment, that we should use real monitored data as opposed to e.p.a. modeled data. how unique. let's use what is happening in the real world. this monitoring versus modeling doesn't mean the e.p.a. can't use models. we understand you have to be able to model the environment and the effects, but can use real data to put in your model, not projected o

mr. sullivan has had a distinguished cracked rear at the secret service.he began his career as a special agent in 1983. he has held many positions including deputy agent in charge of the counterfeit division, special agent in charge of vice- presidential protection commission and also in charge of human resources and training, protective operations, and finally, and deputy director of the secret service. during his work with the office of protective operations, he managed all directives of the agency managing 2300 employees. he has been the recipient of numerous awards. most recently, he was awarded a distinguished presidential rank award. your entire written statement will appear in the record. we look forward to your comments. >> good afternoon, and thank you, chairman. distinguished members of the committee. i am pleased to appear before you today to discuss the investigative and protective mission and challenges of 2012. i would like to thank all of the members for the work you have done over the years to make sure that we from mind of employees have t

mr. sullivan, and the very hard work done by mr. whitfield in the energy and commerce committee of this so-called train act, t-r-a-i-n. and don't ask me what the acronym means. it's an entity we will put in place and look at both the costs as well as the benefits for dealing with the issue of regulation. now, my friend from fort lauderdale regaled us in the rules committee when we were marking this up a couple days ago about the time he spent in los angeles, and he told a story about awakening and not being able to open his eyes because the air pollution was so great in los angeles and he may have shared that with our colleagues on the house floor as he did in the rules committee. i don't know. i didn't follow the debate that closely. i was in another meeting. i have to say i live in los angeles today and i represent the los angeles basin, and i'm a republican and i'm a republican who likes to breathe clean air and i'm a republican who likes to drink safe water. i don't have, as a goal, as a priority the obliteration of air quality

mr. sullivan is recognized for two minutes for an opening statement. >> thank you mr. chairman. this is a critical hearing to examine solyndra's representation on its financial status to this committee and the department of energy. mr. harrison on july 212 came to my office to meet with me, and i quote from your meeting request to my office to discuss the solyndra's continue success in the global marketplace. i guess a lot can change in five weeks. in our meeting you like to me about the financial health of your come for me because just five weeks later your company was bankrupt. what happened? today i want to know how you are now bankrupt company got 535 million taxpayer-funded loan guarantee from doe and they also want to know how your chief financial officer mr. stover, dupe to the obama administration and others on the financial health of your company? the american people deserve answers because they footed the bill. did you know when you are meeting with me and other members that your company would be bankrupt five weeks after your business? as a longtime critic of the soly

mr. sullivan is recognized for five minutes. >> i appreciate you hold in this. mr. silver, on january 9, a 2009, the credit committee found the deal to be premature and stopped all further work. an e-mail sent by a d.o.e. a few days later stated that it was the unanimous decision not to engage in further discussions with solyndra at this time. yet on january 26, 2009, after the obama administration came in, a staffer notes in an e-mail that d.o.e. has decided to restart the approval process. what prompted this decision? >> since i was not there, i can only give you my review of the record. when the first credits committee remanded the debt, they said, we have specific questions we need answered before we can take this application up. the career staff went to work answering those questions and when they had been resolved, brought the transaction forward again. >> this was about two weeks before the stimulus was signed into law. did that have something to do that? >> not to my knowledge, no. >> secretary directed d.o.e. to accelerate the process. is that right? >> i d

mr. sullivan is recognized for five minutes. >> i appreciate you hold in this. mr. silver, on january 9, a 2009, the credit committee found the deal to be premature and stopped all further work. an e-mail sent by a d.o.e. a few days later stated that it was the unanimous decision not to engage in further discussions with solyndra at this time. yet on january 26, 2009, after the obama administration came in, a staffer notes in an e-mail that d.o.e. has decided to restart the approval process. what prompted this decision? >> since i was not there, i can only give you my review of the record. when the first credits committee remanded the debt, they said, we have specific questions we need answered before we can take this application up. the career staff went to work answering those questions and when they had been resolved, brought the transaction forward again. >> this was about two weeks before the stimulus was signed into law. did that have something to do that? >> not to my knowledge, no. >> secretary directed d.o.e. to accelerate the process. is that right? >> i d

mr. sullivan is saying, look, let's make an economic analysis before you actually impose these regulations. see what it's going to do, how is it going to hurt the individual consumer, and how is it going to hurt the ability of people to get a job? if you're going to shut down in some instanceness up to 1/3 to 1/2 of power plants because they're either coal emission power plants or because they've got boiler change issues have to be dealt with, then what happens? you're talking about people's jobs getting laid off. you know, when it comes to coal-powered plants, there's some places where the majority of the electricity in the midwest, for instance, is coal-powered. if you're going to shut down coal-powered plants to make them retool for new regulations, which, here's an interesting thought, they've already retooled to put scrubbers on these things three or four times, it's another set of retooling on top of the retooling before the retooling of the other retooling, then had they get to this thing and they -- finally at some point the guy's going to say, my gosh, i think i've had about all t

mr. sullivan is recognized for two minutes for an opening statement. >> this is a critical hearing to examine solyndra's representation at the department of energy. mr. harrison, on july 21, you came to my office to meet with me to discuss solyndra's continued success in the global marketplace. a lot can change in five weeks. you lied to me about the financial health of your company. five weeks later your company was bankrupt. what happened? today, i would like to know how your bankrupt company got $5.35 million in loan guarantees from d.o.e.. i would like to know how your chief financial officers act, mr. stover, duped the obama administration about the health of your company? review know your company would be bankrupt five weeks after your hill this its? as a longtime critic of the solyndra -- hill visits? >> we are complete with our opening statements. we will move to allow witnesses. it is my. mr. stover and mr. harrison will rely on their constitutional right not to testify. this should be personally exercise before the members as we have done in the past. we have requested mr. harrison

mr. chairman. thank you, director sullivan for being here today. mr. chairman, you are right. i've got is a writeup of the that i've had a lot of interaction with the men and women in the secret service, and they are by far some of the best and most professional people that i don't have the privilege to be around. and so i just want to say thank you for running such a great organization and the people in the secret service are just tremendous. >> thank you, congressman. >> in your testimony you raise the concern of the widespread use of the internet has led to a lot of the proliferation of computer related crimes that have been targeting our nation's financial infrastructure, and yet affected virtually every sector of the american economy. how is the secret service dealing with that threat, and other any as you think might be able to be strengthened? >> i can i go back to the modeling of with our electronic crime task force where we bring everybody together, and what we try to do is try to stay one step ahead of the technology. you know, these people that we are up against tha

mr. chairman, thank you for holding this hearing today. i apologize for my tardy arrival. due to sullivan and all of the members of the public. let me say at the outset, we thank you for participating in this hearing today and for and lightning not just us but the public in general about the important work of the secret service and to review some of the challenges that you have had in the past. this is a critical time for the secret service as the campaign season for 2012 for the presidency begins to heat up. in the last presidential election candidate barack obama reportedly received a record number of threats requiring him to get secret service protection earlier in the campaign cycle than any candidate in the history of the country. we now face a diverse array of threats from terrorist groups, low wolves, deranged individuals and others we may not even know about. we have learned that dramatically last january when our friend and colleague gabriel difference was shot and six people killed in tucson, arizona. it was sure to be an eventual election year. all the resources and support it