. >> mrs. adams, you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. chair. the program has been ongoing since 2007. is that what i heard? >> the validation research study has been ongoing since 2007. >> since 2007. and i heard you say there was no system out there that you could use that was validated or availab available. is that correct? >> we are unaware of any behavioral bill based program t has been rigorously validated, yes. >> what about israel's program? >> we have not located any study that rigorously tests that. >> did they study it? >> we are not provided any information -- >> did you ask? >> yes. >> and they have said they would not provide it? >> we have not been -- they didn't say they wouldn't provide it. >> so, it is maybe the way you asked for it? i'm trying to determine, since 2007 you have been doing a study and you can't give us a cost-benefit analysis, we're four years out and when you say there is no other program out there, there are some out there, i believe. r. dedominica, are there similar programs? >> there are similar programs for

mrs. adams, you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chair. the program, mr. willis, has been ongoing since 2007, is that what i heard? >> the validation research study has been ongoing since 2007. >> validation research study since 2007, and i heard you say there was no system out there that you could use that was valid ated or available, is that correct? -- validated or available, is that correct? >> we are not aware of a behavioral screening program that's been used that has been rigorously validated, yes. >> what about israel's program? >> we have not located any study that rigorously tests that. >> do they study it? >> we're not provided any information. >> did you ask? >> yes. >> and they have said they would not provide it? >> we've not been -- they didn't say they wouldn't provide it. >> so it's maybe the way you were asked or the way you asked for it, maybe. i'm trying to determine, since 2007 you've been doing the study. we don't have anything validated. you can't give us a cost benefit analysis. we're four years out. and when you say there is no oth

mrs. adams, you are recognized. >> thank you. the program has been ongoing since 2007, is that what i heard? >> the validation research has been ongoing since 2007. >> validation research study since 2007. i heard you say there was no system out there that you could use that was validated or available? is that correct? >> we are unaware of any behavior-based screening program that's used -- that has been rigorously validated, yes. >> what about israel's program? >> we have not located any study that rigorously tests that. >> did they study it? >> we are not provided any information -- >> did you ask? >> yes. >> and they said they would not provide it? >> they didn't say they wouldn't provide it. >> okay. so it's maybe the way you asked for it, maybe. i'm trying to determine since '07, you can't give up a cost-benefit analysis. we are four years out. when you say there is no other programs out there. there are some out there, i believe, mr. didomencia, is there programs out there? >> there are similar programs -- excuse me. there

mr. chairman. >> thank you, ms. edwards. we've been joined by congressman from florida, ms. adams. you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair. mr. willis, earlier you said that there had been 71,000 referrals, and you made a distinction that the behavior leading to arrest. how many of those were arrested? >> of the 71,000? >> yes. >> um, that's the random selection method. >> correct. >> of that 71,000 referred in the random selection, nine arrests were made. >> nine? >> yes. >> and then the other method? >> using spot? 23,000 and a little bit were referred and 151 were arrested. >> and the types of arrests? >> um, i don't have the nature of the arrests in the data that we looked at. >> so it could have been belligerence or anything of that matter. >> some of them were for prohibited items that were on them at the time, others could have been through outstanding warrants or something of that nature, ma'am. >> do you think that i have an appearance or would i be a target for spot? i mean, every time i go through the airport, i get pulled aside and searched. and the r

mr. adams said the $400 billion was less than half of that and about 7% of what the administration had projected spending on the military over the next 12 years. it goes on to say military grown at an inflation-adjusted average of 7% a year in the decade since the terrorists attack of 2001. the rate is nearly 12% a year before adjusting for inflation including the wars in iraq and afghanistan. tuesday congress set the base budget to $530 billion. unless pentagon reduces some of the duties it planned to expand, it could still face difficulties. they've already done a lot of the easier things in programs, said one analyst. back to your telephone calls. springfield, ohio. this is charlotte, republican. good morning. caller: good morning. i think they should support the military. host: so increase or stay at about the same size? caller: well, if they need an increase, they need it. i think that obama, he's just not capable of running the country. i'm sorry, but you don't talk about your president,

mr. adamssaid 400 request is up 7% of what the administration projected spending in the military over 12 years. military spending has grown at an inflation adjusted average of 7% a year since the attacks in 2001. the rate is nearly 12% a year before adjusting for inflation including the costs of wars in iraq and afghanistan. in passing the compromise, they cut the base budget to 530, and unless they reduce the duties they plan to expand, there could be difficulties. they have done the easy things of cutting programs suggested one analyst. springfield, ohio, charlotte, a rom. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i think that they should support the military. >> host: are you saying to increase or stay at about the same size? >> caller: well, if they need an increase, they need it. >> host: all right. >> caller: i think obama, he is just not capable of running the country. i'm sorry, but you don't talk about your president, but i think he's about the worst president we've ever had. >> host: tha

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mr. bush was elected president. so today she shares a distinction with abigail adams, and that is she was both the wife of the president and the mother of a president. the bushes continue to live happily. mr. bush is still jumping out of airplanes on his birthday. mrs. bush has had some health issues but she's still pretty well. and i'd like to conclude my comments by actually reading this last paragraph from the book. so i said, barbara pierce bush remains an enigma but few would argue with her celebritity her popularity or influence she used her considerable energies to improve in a lot of americans in the area of literacy is a testament of her white house tenure and she has certainly earned the title first lady of literacy. she became the public face of the george h.w. administration with constant travel, participation in ceremonial events and speeches. she used the white house podium effectively to articulate her views and concern. she was a perceptive politician who knew how to work a crowd or bend an arm if necessary. during her busy public life, she made a number of comments that might have tarnished her image b

i have requested that cheryl adams be present, but i know that susan in charles sullivan have been the advising attorneys on this. >> and hopefully mr. sullivan gets out of jury duty rather quickly. thank you. any other questions, colleagues? then i think we should open this up for public comment. thank you, mr. yarne. we have a number of speakers, so we are going to limit them for two minutes. [reading names and organizations] >> hello, my name is a million. i am at the international high school. i think that if you're thinking about restoring a neighborhood, you should get to know in first. my dad's friend robert pander lives there. ♪ >> ♪ i see trees of green i see the blue form -- from me to you and i think to myself, what a wonderful world ♪ >> ok. >> ♪ i see skies of blue and i think to myself, what a wonderful world ♪ ♪ the colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky ♪ [bell] i see friends shaking hands i love you ♪ ♪ ♪ and i think to myself ♪ [bell] supervisor mar: thank you, a media, for the creative use of your time and for dedicating it to mr. pander. >> i had planned to talk about some of the environmental impacts, but si

she shares said distinction with abigail adams that she was the wife of the president and the mother of the president. the bushes continued to live happily and mr. bush is still jumping out of airplanes and mrs. bush has had health issues but is still pretty well and i would like to conclude my comments by reading the last paragraph from the book. >> barbara pierce bush remains an enigma and few would argue with her celebrity, popularity or influence. schuster considerable energies to improve the lot of americans in the area of the other six days of receipt is said testament to her tenure and she has earned the title first lady. she became a public face of the george h. to ehud frustration wisconsin travel and ceremonial events using the podium effectively to articulate and was a perceptive politician who knew how to work or been to arm of necessary and during her busy public life she made comments that could tarnish her image but with us service to bush and her family and country while there was the ebb and flow hers is a life well lived befitting many. thank you very much. if you have any questions i will be more than happy to answer them. [a

mr. grassley: i ask that the calling of the -- no a quorum has not been called. i would ask unanimous consent that adam r0ollof of my staff be allowed on the floor during this period of time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: madam president, we're all in kind of pins and needles wondering what the president is going to say today in his speech on the budget at george washington university. i hope he comes with a strong program to get the budget deficit down because presidential leadership will really help us get the job done. but congress can do it on its own. it's going to be a lot easier if we know we're working with the president instead of against the president. and i hope the president's remarks today reflect the fact that elections have consequences, and the consequence of the last election was a very strong message to washington that we ought to get spending down and government ought to be smaller. and anticipating what he says, i want to make some remarks. and my anticipation is based upon things that have already been said from the white house by staff of the direction th