mr. wolf: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that during further consideration of h.r. 4660 in the committee of the whole, pursuant to house resolution 585, each amendment other than pro forma amendments addressed in this order shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, two, each amendment shall not be subject to amendment except by the chair and ranking minority members of the committees, each may offer one pro forma amendment to an amendment for the purpose of debate and the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations and the subcommittee on commerce, justice, science and related agencies thereof may offer pro forma amendments to the bill at any point in the reading for the purpose of debate. but that no other pro forma amendment to the bill be in order. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the gentleman's request? earing none, so ordered. pursuant to house resolution 585, and rule 18, the chair declares

mr. wolf: continue to reserve. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. fattah: i seek to strike the last word. i want to yield to the gentleman to speak on the question of hemp. the chair: the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank the gentleman from pennsylvania, as well the gentlelady oregon, the gentleman from kentucky. i'm very pleased to support both this amendment as well as a very similar one along with representatives massie, blumenauer, bonamici and barr. thanks them for their leadership. on a very commonsense issue that helps my home state of colorado. last year i was thrilled to be part of a successful effort to pass an amendment to the farm bill that allows colonels like colorado state university in -- colleges like colorado state university in my district to cultivate hemp for academic and agricultural research purposes. in no other instance can i think of urgent emails and texts that i've got from farmer

mr. wolf: i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: point of order is reserved. the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for five minutes. mr. cicilline: thank you, madam chair. i thank and acknowledge the work of chairman wolf and our ranking member fattah for their exhaustive work on this appropriations bill. madam chair in an effort to drive innovation and regional collaboration, the america competes re-authorization act of 2010 established a regional innovation program within the economic development administration. this program is intended to encourage and support the development of regional innovation strategies including regional innovation clusters in science and research. for the past few years the president has consistently requested $25 million to fund the regional innovation strategies program and the program has provided $10 million funding in the fiscal year 2014 omnibus appropriation bill passed by this chamber a few months ago. funding for the regional innovation program supports the economic development

mr. wolf: sure. mr. grayson: the author of this amendment, me, is open to whatever ameliorating amendments the gentleman may offer. mr. wolf: that's probably not a bad idea. let me turn to mr. goodlatte, chairman of the full judiciary committee. mr. goodlatte: i have reservations about this that are very significant. i oppose this amendment very strongly in its current form. all private prison contracts provide for guaranteed population. without this the contracts -- contractors would operate at a significant risk which could only be addressed by significantly raising their corpting cost and such language would adversely impact competition. would they be willing to propose a 1,000-bed facility without a guarantee in lack of competition would likely result in higher costs. but here's the thing, the federal bureau of prisons has both prisons operated by the government and pris that they privately contract for. there's never an intans where they're going to house somebody just for the purpose of meeting the

rogers, and the chairman of the commerce, justice, science appropriations committee, mr. wolf and ranking member mr. fattah for working with me on this issue. finally i'd like to thank mr. wolf for the years he's devoted to public service over the course of his very distinguished career. thank you, madam chair, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. wolf: i strike the requisite number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. wolf: i accept the amendment, i think it's a good amendment. i congratulate the gentlelady from arizona and urge a yes vote. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. fattah: strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fattah: i rise in support this of this amendment with the chairman. i do note this review is taking place at a number of university bus none of these investigations have concluded and we don't know the exact facts but we do know that young people on college campuses

mr. wolf: i rise in opposition to this amendment. the bill before the house includes for the e.d.a. $5 million to facilitate relocation to the united states jobs currently being done overseas. if you have an iphone it's made in china. g.e. has moved plants off of the united states to china. this is to -- in order to fund to enable e.d.a. to help work with american businesses to bring back, to repatriate their manufacturing activities back to the united states. also, and it does not support any project in my district, but it does support projects in some very, very poor districts throughout the united states. these are areas that are struggling and so because of that, sometimes e.d.a. is only a lifeline, a path to more economic sustainability. so i oppose the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for fi

mr. wolf: mr. chairman, i move hat the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the motion is adopted. accordingly the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. hairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 4660 directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 4660 and has come to no resolution thereon. he house will be in order. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 604, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 47

i want to thank mr. wolf and mr. fattah for their courtesies and i ask that the engel amendment be supported. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. fattah: i seek to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. fattah: so, i want to thank the gentleman for bringing this amendment forward. it's so very important that our country move aggressively in this area. as you travel around the world you see other countries doing so much more in terms of renewable energy and utilizing cleaner energy sources. in ireland it's wind energy, in france there's nuclear and in israel you have solar along the dead sea. morocco has one of the largest solar operations. one of the things that our government can do to save money , as was mentioned in the last discussion about the need to save money, is that we could be moving to a different type of fuel and we also could be improving the cir

speaker, -- mr. wolf: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. resolution electing certain members to certain standing committees of the house of representatives. mr. wolf: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the reading is dispensed with. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. wolf: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the further consideration of h.r. 4660 and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. so ordered. pursuant to house resolution 585 and rule 18

mr. wolf: and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, ordered. pursuant to house resolution 5 5 and rule 18 -- 585 and rule 18, the chair the claires the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 4660. the chair appoints the gentlewoman from missouri, ms. wagner, to preside over the ommittee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 4660, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriationers in departments of commerce and justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2015, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the first ime. the gentleman from virginia, mr. wolf, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fattah, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virgi

smith, i'm going to -- since mr. wolf up obama care, i did want to ask you about that as well. not, you know, on the health care side or the legitimate social policy side, but as a matter of the economy, is obama care a drag on the economy or a boost to the me? >> well, i think the obama care affect on the economy over a period of time will be largely neutral when it's caused people like small business people and for that matter fedex to do for 100,000 of our employees and their families is to change the structure of our health care so there's much more patient involvement, higher deductibles, higher co-pays. so that will offset to some degree the increased transfers to the people that did not have health care. i think overall it will be relatively neutral in the short-term, longer term maybe more problematic. >> mr. smith, mr. wolf, we're going to have to leave it there. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you. >> up next, president obama threatens more sanctions against russia and defends his foreign policy

mr. wolf: mr. chairman, i move the committee do now rise and report the bill back to the house with sundry amendments with the recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and the bill as amended do pass. the chair: the motion that the committee rise. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 4660 and reports the bill back to the house with sunry amendments adopted in the committee of the whole with a recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bill as amended do pass. under house resolution 585, the previous question is ordered. is a separate vote demanded on any amendment reported from the committee of the whole? if not, the chair will put them engross. the question is on the adoption of the amendments. so many as are in favor say a

smith, mr. wolf, we have to leave it there.hank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> up next, president obama threatens more sanctions against russia and defends his foreign policy. our sunday group will take up that conversation. >>> russian leadership must know that if they continue to destabilize eastern ukraine and disrupt this month's presidential election, we'll move quickly on additional steps including further sanctions that will impose greater cost. >> president obama after a meeting with german chancellor merkel promising tougher economic sanctions if russia does not change course in the ukraine. we're back now with the panel. the violence, i think it's fair to say is increasing in easternure crane with dozens killed in the last couple days and ukrainian forces try to oust pro russian separatist who seized government buildings and russian president putin calling that a criminal act. it seems we're headed bit by bit towards a showdown. >> it does. it does not appear the sanctions imposed so

mr. wolf, thank you for your leadership, for your courage, when mr. smith talks about going to chinese prison number one, i know that you led the way there. today, the tiananmen mothers bravely keep up their calls for tie log and their supporters worldwide join the demands that the chinese government provide an honest accounting of the crackdown, stop persecution of the families of the demonstrators and allow the families to mourn publicly without interference. only one nobel peace prize laureate who is imprisoned. he and his wife remain in prison for trying to secure their basic rights. wed that -- we had the privilege of being asked by the family, some of us, to go to norway when the received the nobel prize. there was an empty chair because the chinese government would not allow him out of prison to go to receive the nobel prize and so we joined some members that were selected to be part of the delegation. that was one of the great honors of our lives, i think we all agree that it was. we're not here today just to acknowledge history. we are here t

mr. wolf's attendance record was spotless the entire time he served on the task force. i am here to speak against todd david. as you can see from the handout, mr. david has missed 46% of absences from the last 13 meetings and as david campos said, we are considering reappointment and evaluating incumbents. the question is are they doing their job? mr. david is not. he's been absent nearly 50% of the time. with all due respect to supervisor tang, [speaker not understood] as a lawyer, the issue with disagreements to the city attorney's interpretation of the ordinance, vis-a-vis the city charter is a red herring. first, interpretations of roberts rules of order is hard to get [speaker not understood]. second, the city has settled over 21 million in payments paid out over the last six years to settle various lawsuits involving discrimination and wrongful termination that involved a quote-unquote advice from the city attorney [speaker not understood] proved to be mistaken. even though the city attorney [speaker not understood] makes mistakes in interpretation of the law. thi

you have mr. wolfe, mr. rumold and vice-chair fischer who can meet that criterion.m stepping aside because after 12 years it is time to allow in some new energy and new ideas. you have that -- you have that in ali winston. i am on the spj society of professional journalists freedom of information committee, and i fully support the nominations of mr. winston and mr. rumold to those seats. thank you. >>> kerry brockton, member of the board of league of women voters. i'm speaking now as a citizen of san francisco. i've also spoken quite a bit about maintaining diversity in san francisco and in our city government. the charter also encourages this as well as the best government practices. what i have observed today in sitting through this particular rules committee agenda item is that out of the 13 candidates for the 11 seats you have 10 candidates who are white male. i know diversity is lacking in the city of san francisco now, but i don't think we've come to that. where our task force would be predominantly white men. while there is some representation of the lgbt com

obviously chairman wolf and mr. fatah are at the witness table and prepared today. i want to give the same opportunity to the ranking member of the committee, mrs. slaughter for any opening statements she may have. you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i understand that cjs is going to be open rule. it's going to ask for an open rule, are you not? which is wonderful and we're happy to hear that, i have no discussion on that part of it, i do want to take this opportunity to tell mr. wolf, who i've served with since i first got here, he's made a wonderful difference here, mr. wolf. the things that you champions, and the things you do, and you will be sorely missed. the kind of advocacy you do is unfortunately not universal. thank you for standing up for the good people all these years. >> i'm delighted that both of you are here, and a few minutes ago, i spoke with you about how important your testimony is before the rules committee, both of you represent not just $51 billion worth of american taxpayer spending but really the opportunity to -- for you to brin

i didn't live and i had a letter signed by one of members including mr. wolf and nancy pelosi. 100 democrats, republicans, presented it to them and the chinese official with whom i was meeting looked at it and laughed. he said the fix is in. sure enough, in june, late me i should say, as a matter fact, -- late me i should say. on a late friday president clinton took his executive order to rip it in half and said it's no longer operative. we lost the ability to pass msn removal and the chinese government got away with murder. as i said earlier with regards to dr. yang, a few years later the butcher of beijing was at the white house being -- full military honors. like you said he should've been sent to the hague to prosecution for crimes against humanity and was treated and carried around on a pillow. i say all this because now we have a situation where in december we had five daughters sit where you said, all of their dads are being tortured in china, and they said we are appealing to beijing, let our fathers go. then they turned around and said our appeal is t

mr. wolf, you have made a wonderful difference here. you will be sorely missed. the advocacy you do is unfortunately not universally loved. >> thank you very much. i think a few minutes ago, as i greeted you, i spoke about how important your testimony is before the rules committee. justof you represent not $51 billion of american taxpayer spending but really the opportunity for you to bring your hard work, the work you have done to this committee and presented in such a way that we cannot just understand that --erstand the priorities understand that but understand the priorities. normally you come to for full rules committee. anything you have in writing will be entered into the record. i like to yield time to the gentleman from virginia. if you could pull the michael city appeared you're on tv. -- if you could pull the mike closer to you. if you are on tv. >> [indiscernible] -- including increased funding by the fbi to continue counterterrorist programs and to prevent and investigate cyber .n

mr. wolf's attendance record was spotless the entire time he served on the task force. i am here to speak against todd david. as you can see from the handout, mr. david has missed 46% of absences from the last 13 meetings and as david campos said, we are considering reappointment and evaluating incumbents. the question is are they doing their job? mr. david is not. he's been absent nearly 50% of the time. with all due respect to supervisor tang, [speaker not understood] as a lawyer,

mr. wolf recommend from the five committees of jurisdiction republican and democrat. the speaker his the jurisdiction. he may want to bring someone from outside to function in a special role. i am okay with that as well. i just want answers and peace for the families. is there a difference tone the select committee and they are able to look at anything. are they limited on what they can ask for in like the judiciary committee. can they go anywhere they want to go in the investigation? >> they will be defined in the legislation that passes. if you want to do it right, you will have to give them free reign. i would underscore, governor, the house committee has looked at this and a lot of the work has been done. and the september intelligence committee put out a thorough report. even the redakted part of the thorough. and a lot of the work was done and in some cases pulling things together and running down leads that were stopped because of jurisdiction issues. you have to have the subpeona power and i would like to so who ever in charge to bring charges directly in fede

mr. wolf: thank you, mr. chairman. we have now spent more than 15 hours debating and amending this bipartisan bill and i appreciate mr. fattah's help in it that sufficiently and responsibly funds federal programs that provide for safety and economic well being this legislation ensures that our laws are enforced, that our businesses have the tools needed to succeed, and that uncertainty doesn't hinder progress. this bill already provides targeted increases for counterterrorism and cybersecurity, fights the scourge of drug abuse and bolsters american scientific innovation and manufacturing. this is almost -- also a landmark bill for reducing violence against women. it strengthens services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking by funding above the current level and above the president's request for these programs. in addition, it increases funding for victim assistance programs that will address human trafficking. after amendments, the bill includes $41 million for the community response teams to

i turn you over to mr. wolf blitzer. >>> new al qaeda threats.oolgirls are kidnappe vowing to sell them into slavery. >>> and arresting dozens of terrorists accused of plotting attacks. >>> wildfires exploding out of control. more than 1,000 are forced from their homes as scorching heat causes high flames in oklahoma. and ukrainian troops crack down on

mr. wolfcommended they would be drawn from the five committees of jurisdiction, republican and democrat, the fact of the matter the speaker has the jurisdiction. he may want to bring someone from outside to function in a special role. i'm okay with that as well. i want the answers. i want some piece for these families. >> is there a difference between the select committee, obviously they are able to look at anything? are they limited in any way as to what they can ask for unlike let's say the judiciary committee or the intelligence committee. can they go anywhere they want to go in the investigation? >> well, that will be defined in the legislation that passes, but if you want do it right, you'll have to give them pretty much a free reign, and governor i would underscore, a lot of the work has already been done. the senate intelligence committee put out aujjfs report was pretty thorough, even the redacted portion was pretty thorough. a lot of the work has been done and in fact in some cases it

i turn you over to mr. wolf blitzer. >>> new al qaeda threats. more sdochoolgirls are kidnappe vowing to sell them into slavery. >>> and arresting dozens of terrorists accused of plotting attacks. >>> wildfires exploding out of control. more than 1,000 are forced from their homes as scorching heat causes high flames in oklahoma. and ukrainian troops crack down on pro-russian separatists as leaders warn of an all-out war. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> another savage terrorist and a major bust of an al qaeda cell right on the heels of a u.s. warning that al qaeda's affiliate groups are graining strength right now. eight more nigerian school girls have been kidnapped by a vicious islamist group, even as its leader boasts that he's going to sell 200 more young victims into slavery. and sued dee arabia says it has arrested dozens of people who plan to carry out attacks and assassinations. we have full coverage of these and other stories, including the bloody fighting in u krekraine. our correspondents are standing by here and a

i actually took my name off of the request from mr. wolf and i thought we could handle this manner in regular order. four committees proceeded to investigate the matter. i'm the senior member of the -- chief investigative panel of congress. i've been through many investigations. i've never in my life seen the stone walling -- stonewalling, i've never seen the contempt for congress displayed by this administration and then last week to make a mockery of the entire system we saw from an outside party getting information that four committees of congress had never received and requested. i have never seen anything like this. why are we doing this? the other side has brought this. the administration has brought this upon themselves. let me ask a fundamental question. what difference does it make? what difference does it make? i want you to tell that to the state department employees who every day go to work, sometimes put their life at risk. four american officials were killed, murdered and no one's been held accountable. no one's been brought t

mr. chairman. >> we're delighted you're here with us today. you need to come up here more often. >> i want to add to the accolade s for chairman wolf, he's been a friend for the last ten years, we'll miss you, frank and can i ask a question about the title iii bill. mr. hastings made the point, we will reach a point where our ability to co travel with russia to the space station will be exhausted and will we have a way of moving our personnel back and forth from what's been a significant investment made by the subcommittee over the years by the space station. clearly precedes my tenure in congress it's a significant investment. and we want to see our scientists continue to participate in that endeavor. >> we may have a problem. the administrator did not feel we would have a problem. if you look at the comment from the russians in the last two weeks, they are going to cut off 2020. we do rely on the russians that should not be there. >> we have funded these programs at a high level, and it could be a problem. the rocket was cancel led. he believes they can work this out. it's important to russia as it is to us. if you believe what the russians

mr. wolf: her husband and american citizens are seeking to draw attention to her plight and her 18-month-old son who languishes in jail with her. she's 18 month -- she's eight months pregnant and her sentence of death by hanging is being delayed until she gives birth. the clock is ticking. congressman trent franks has sought to shine a bright light on this injustice. today, senators are urging secretary of state john kerry to provide political asylum to miriam. we should act to save this innocent woman's life. president obama should appeal for her release and offer her safe haven here in the united states. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one hin and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> three years ago, my nephew, lance corporal marine harry lu was a victim of military hazing while stationed in afgha

i actually took my name off of the request from mr. wolf and i thought we could handle this manner in regular order. four committees proceeded to investigate the matter. i'm the senior member of the -- chief investigative panel of congress. i've been through many investigations. i've never in my life seen the stone walling -- stonewalling, i've never seen the contempt for congress displayed by this administration and then last week to make a mockery of the entire system we saw from an outside party getting information that four committees of congress had never received and requested. i have never seen anything like this. why are we doing this? the other side has brought this. the administration has brought this upon themselves. let me ask a fundamental question. what difference does it make? what difference does it make? i want you to tell that to the state department employees who every day go to work, sometimes put their life at risk. four american officials were killed, murdered and no one's been held accountable. no one's been brought t

mr. wolf: thank you, mr. speaker. this month marks the 20th anniversary of the rwandan genocide, which a million rished in a horrific 100-day span while the world stood idly by. as has been documented in print and film, including samantha reports ivetting book, of the vy license and the targeting of innocence received and yet the american foreign policy apparatus was largely conseemed, not with stemming the bloodshed, but rather than avoiding the use of genocide, lessen a response and so many people died. of course, there is the now notorious negligence of the of the united nations which led to a catastrophic failure on the part of the international community. kofi annan, then head of the u.n. peacekeeping, was receiving on-the-ground intelligence for a canadian general about the impending tragedy and yet he repeatedly refused to authorize the general to seize known weapon caches until it was too late. what horrors could have been prevented? fast forward a few years ago. president clinton traveled to the airport in rw

. >> i want to associate my remarks with those of mr. wolf. i think you're hearing tonight a frustration of the members here because we do have an article 1 authority to ask the questions. but our frustration is rooted in the fact that while we conduct the necessary oversight as part of our article 1 responsibility we continue to hear of a wait list and know that there are wait lists. and we are held accountable for that from our constituents. it's kind of a remarkable process that our constituents hold us responsible for a wait list created by the administration. and that's probably fair. because we have to excute our responsibility. we have the privilege of living outside the beltway and working inside the beltway so we do hear stories from within our own community that are personal. we hear of delays and in medical care. i had a gold star mom who came up to me memorial day she believes that her son took his life because of a lack of timely mental health care. and that's a real story within our community. that is the frustration because whil

wolf. >>> good afternoon, mr. chair and members of the council. my name is bruce wolf.ave two items. they're independent of each other. first item is, as you may or may not know, i was the person with disability that was appointed to the sunshine ordinance task force and was not reappointed in 2012, and that led to about sick months or so of the body not able to meet because the law requires a person with disability. and that was unfortunate because i reapplied twice and was denied twice for reappointment. so, justice was not served for that period of time. since then, a colleague of mine that i know well, bruce oka, has been serving and he equally has been very good there. now it's appointment time to come up again, and mr. oka is not applying. i would gladly step aside if someone else was interested in doing it, but i feel incumbent upon filling that role so that the body can do its work. and i'm very interested in open government and that kind of work as it is. it's part of kind of the work i do in my regular job. so, i have applied again. i just wanted you to be awa

mr. bleacher that wolf did all the more bizarre. it sounds like they're not backing down, what do you think? >> well, yes and no, i thought he said something that was very much in a conciliatory vein. he said the reason we have not filed a lawsuit is we want to give shelly a chance to negotiate. that is what she has done. she has gotten apparently this phenomenal price from steve ballmer. i think what everybody needs to do is kiss and make up. sell the team, no meeting next tuesday, all the owners walk away rich and happy. >> let me play the sound bite they're talking about. >> we have an option of filing it before tuesday or we have an option of filing it after tuesday. there is no detriment to our filing it either way. so we'll make that decision. we haven't made it yet. we did not want to interfere. be very candid with you. we did not want to interfere with mrs. sterling's efforts to sell, to try to arrange for a sale of the team. >> so jeff, you're saying basically -- if the sale is done to ballmer they're just going to go along

wolf. >> there was an article recently, i don't know if you saw it, mr. secretary, the national secretary wrote an article entitled, who broke veterans affairs? they went back through the history and say this has been going on, delays, bureaucratic nightmares forever, if you will. inluting while you were the secretary of veterans affairs. you must have been so frustrated, yourself. >> there are two different kinds of delays. there is a waiting list to get a disability rating. >> there was a waiting list when you were there as well. >> actually when we came in, it was 270 days. we got it shaved to about 160 days. >> which is still too long. >> it's still too long. the standard is 125 days but there's a real large number of veterans that are queueing up for disability -- >> mr. secretary -- >> i'll say that in my own defense and defense of the current administration. there are more and more veterans showing up there. what the current problem is not for a disability rating, it's for medical care. >> secretary, you're being very diplomatic. i remember when yo

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mr. ambassador, about those four observers? >> well, actually, wolfkrainian translator is the second team to go missing this week or to be missing this week. there's another team that was picked up on monday outside of donetsk and has been missing for five days. there were 11 picked up wednesday and later released that evening and another four plus their translator last night. this is obviously unacceptable and outrageous that these international observers who are there to provide an impartial view of what's happening on the ground to help facilitate deescalation of conflict who aren't taking sides in any way that these international observers are being detained is really outrageous. >> so basically what i hear you saying, there are eight osce observers plus one translator now being held in captivity. is that right? >> yes. in two separate groups. that's right. >> are any of them americans? >> none of this -- none of those two groups is american. >> who took them, do you know? >> you know, the osce is working very hard on the ground obviously. the dep