mr. taylor, mr. wood, both of you, thank you for being here and representing the view of a border patrol agent who is no longer worried about his status as a broader -- border patrol agent. thank you for your testimony. i appreciate it. it was valuable to all of us there. let's see -- blah, blah, blah. if there's no further business, then without objection, the hearing is adjourned. thank you again. [gavel] >> mr. chairman? [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the jobs story on wireless is frankly a bigger one for the impact on the economy at large as opposed to microeconomic question of whether or not a given set of carriers -- >> sure. >> -- builds out. >> the president's chief technology officer, aneesh chopra joins us at 8 eastern on the communicators on c-span2. >> tonight

mr. taylor, a founding member of the national association of former troll rigid border patrol officers. we invite mr. jean would, of former border patrol agent -- mr. gene wood, who will be introduced by mr. pearce, if you like to take a few minutes to do it justice. >> members of the subcommittee, thanks for allowing me to be here on the dais with you today. i like to introduce some of my -- my friend and constituent, gene wood of new mexico. he served in sectors in san diego, california. i look forward to his testimony in the witnesses here. i welcome him from new mexico. >> i also want to recognize tim chilton, a fifth generation cattleman whose land practices have won awards. his family ranches 50 miles southwest of tucson and it includes four miles of border as well as, is the first and ensure? the first time i've gone right today. i understand it you're the author of the gao report we have been referencing throughout this case. mr. chaffetz. >> is customary to swear and all witnesses. please rise and raise your right hands. do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and the w

mr. taylor, the advisors, as well as the introduction of drones should be seen as a major escalation from the nato side? >> well, i hesitate the word "major" but i think an important one and a great signal to the rebel movement. and i think it will lead to improvements over time. particularly the drones. i think they will make a big difference. >> lehrer: okay, gentlemen, thank you both very much. >> woodruff: still to come on the "newshour": dueling fixes for medicare; treatments for autism; a behind the scenes account of the b.p. oil spill and gripping images from the gulf coast disaster. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holman: police in indonesia arrested 19 people today leading to the discovery of five large bombs. they were found and defused in a town outside jakarta buried under a gas pipeline near a catholic church. authorities said the explosives had been set to detonate by cell phone at 9:00 am tomorrow when good friday services would be taking place. in japan, another earthquake sent a new scare through the eastern part of the country. the epicenter

mr. taylor, a founding member of the national association of former troll rigid border patrol officers. we invite mr. jean would, of former border patrol agent -- mr. gene wood, who will be introduced by mr pearce, if you like to take a few minutes to do it justice. >> members of the subcommittee, thanks for allowing me to be here on the dais with you today. i like to introduce some of my -- my friend and constituent, gene wood of new mexico. he served in sectors in san diego, california. i look forward to his testimony in the witnesses here. i welcome him from new mexico. >> i also want to recognize tim chilton, a fifth generation cattleman whose land practices have won awards. his family ranches 50 miles southwest of tucson and it includes four miles of border as well as, is the first and ensure? the first time i've gone right today. i understand itou're the author of the gao report we have been referencing throughout this case. mr. chaffetz. >> is customary to swear and all witnesses. please rise and raise your right hands. do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and the whol

mr. taylor and mr. wood, thank you for being here representing the view of a border patrol eat who is no longer worried about his status as a border patrol agent. thank you for your testimony very, very much. i appreciate it. it was especially valuable to all of us there. if there's no further business, then without objection, this hearing is adjourned. thank you again. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> coming up at 4 eastern this afternoon, going to georgetown university law center for a discussio

mr. president, and i will close with this. it's an op-ed that was written by gary becker, george p. shultz, former secretaries of -- he was secretary of three things, including treasury; and john taylor, who is a stanford economics professor. they wrote this op-ed in the "wall street journal." i'll just quote two short paragraphs. they start out by saying "wanted: a strategy for economic growth, full employment and deficit reduction all without inflation." they say "experience shows how to get there. credible actions that reduce the rapid growth of federal spending and debt will raise economic growth and lower the unemployment rate, higher private investment, not more government purchases, is the surest way to increase prosperity. when private investment is high, unemployment is low. above all, they say, the federal government needs a credible and transparent budget strategy. it's time for a game changeer, a budget action that will stop the recent discretionary spending binge before it gets entrenched in government agencies." and they conclude by saying "we need to lay out a path for total federal government spending growth for the next year and later years that will gradually bring