mrs. fleming about how the board can participate without coming to all the meetings i don't think that is going to be valuable we need a little information earlier and maybe an opportunity for discussion that is exploratory to come to the members of the citizens advisory committee either in a invites way or maybe a whole or, however, we want to do that and approach the questions so they're not coming out to vote open the spending bill i want to say we can talk about that later but awhile we're talking about the peace members i think this is the process is much more greater than i appreciate all you've done the committee members to make that better for our community and district. >> thank you, ms. casco note the arrival of the commissioner and we're on the sb one approval the funds for the scald 2015-2016 which was moved and seconded on march 10 we'll need a report commissioner vice president haney. >> yes. so we heard the recommendations around the first reading from the peace and the peace there were a nuke of comments in february related to specific line items that are reflected in the

mr. fleming, kevin fleming is in the hospital suffering from gunshot wounds today. that is the latest near n.s.a. headquarters. brad bell reporting. leon: thank you, brad. today, the u.s. pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 28% in the next five years is part of a treaty expected to be finalized by december stemming from a climate conference in beijing last year. the white house says the plan will involve new fuel economy standards and energy efficiency measures for appliances and for billings. the news comes in the midst of extreme temperatures in an arc ti ka. yesterday's high temperature there, all time record high of 63 degrees antarctica. as our temperatures get warmer here cherry blossoms will start popping out along the tidal basin. metro says it will suspend track work so folks can get out there and see the flowers. national park service expects them to hit bloom 2 1/2 weeks from today. alison: almost there. weather is shaping up to be pretty nice. doug: used to be two steps forward and two steps back. now we're going three steps forward and one s

mr. fleming. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. fleming: i rise in support of h.r. 2. as a family physician who's been in private practice since 1982, i've seen a lot of things happen with medicare. and this idea of sustained growth rate, or sustainable growth rate, s.g.r., that came up in 1997 a republican idea, is not only flawed, it's idiotic. it requires physicians to control throughout the country the entire volume of services that are provided, something that is absolutely impossible to do. it actually has had the opposite effect that was desired and actually increased the amount of activity because of the loss of the economic foundations that make a system work. now, what this repeal of s.g.r. will do is, number one, it will actually show what the cost of this is. we've been hiding it like a shell game for years with temporary patches that last, oh maybe a year, sometimes less. not only will this balance or pay for itself in the second decade, but it actually begins to lower that cost even in the first decade and it does it u

mr. chairman. >> thank you. dr. fleming. >> thank you mr. chairman and i want to thank our panel of service chiefs in your thank you for your service and all the critical work you are doing. i particularly want to cite secretary james and chairman welsh as well because you have put a nuclear triad in enterprise of such a high priority level that so important and i'm very concerned about our bombers and their b-52s and the fact that you have the strike by them -- strike bomber in your site. i really appreciate that. it's so important. i want to ask a general question and i'm not sure who is best qualified to answer this but it may more be the chairman question for the budget committee. but we are talking about oco used to supplement beyond those caps. the question many of us have is how much of that or in what way can that be used in useful ways beyond just the underlying purpose of oco? secretary? >> i don't claim any particular expertise but i can provide a response at lease from the army perspective. based on some of the articles i have re

fleming, thank you mr. chairman and secretary carter and dempsey, thank you for coming forward today. the president said his goal is to destroy isis. he has submitted a proposed aumf. in the aumf it says a limitation is no enduring offensive ground combat offenses and that suggests no boots on the ground, sort of a colloquial expression, and can you tell us about wars america has won with peace without substantial ground forces in relation to the foe? >> excuse me. i'm sorry. i'm not a historian so i'm not sure i can answer your question from a historical point of view. i can give a logical answer and a common sense answer to the boots on the ground question as it applies to a campaign like the one against isil. and it has to do with the -- who sustains the victory after isis is defeated, because we seek the lasting defeat of isil -- >> well if i can interrupt -- >> if i can respond, because who wins the territory after it is won back and that is our strategy otherwise we have boots on the ground for a long

fleming. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to thank and congratulate our panel of service chiefs and secretaries today. thank you for your service at this critical time in history and all the great work you're doing. i want to site secretary james and general -- chairman walsh as well, because -- welsh, i'm sorry. because you have put our nuclear triad and our nuclear enterprise at such a high priority level that's so important, and i'm very concerned about our bombers, our b-52s, and the fact that you have the long range strike bomber in your sights. i really appreciate that. that's so important. i'm going to ask a general question, and i'm not sure who is best qualified to answer this, this really may be -- may more be a chairman question for the budget committee. we're talking about oco used to supplement and get beyond those caps. the question many of us have is, in what way can that be used in useful ways, beyond just the underlying purpose of oko? >> i don't claim any particular expertise, but i can provide a resp

fleming, thank you mr. chairman and secretary carter and dempsey thank you for coming forward today. the president said his goal is to destroy isis. he has submitted a proposed aumf. in the aumf it says a limitation is no enduring offensive ground combat offenses and that suggests no boots on the ground sort of a cole oak weal -- colloquial expression, and can you tell us about wars america has won with peace without substantial ground forces in relation to the foe? >> excuse me. i'm sorry. i'm not a historian so i'm not sure i can answer your question from a historical point of view. i can give a logical answer and a common sense answer to the boots on the ground question as it applies to a campaign like the one against isil. and it has to do with the -- who sustains the victory after isis is defeated, because we seek the lasting defeat of isil -- >> well if i can interrupt -- >> if i can respond, because who wins the territory after it is won back and that is our strategy otherwise we have boots on the gr

fleming? >> thank you, mr. chairman. and secretary carter chairman dempsey, thank you for your service and thank you for coming for us today. you know the president has said that he -- his goal is to destroy isis. he has submitted a proposed aumf. in the aumf it says a limitation is no enduring offensive ground combat operations. that suggests no significant boots on the ground, sort of a colloquial expression that we use about that. so my question to both of you gentlemen is, can you give examples of wars america has won with sustained success and peace, without substantial ground forces in relations to the foe? >> excuse me. i'm sorry. i'm not a historian so i'm not sure i can answer your question from a historical point of view. i can give a logical answer and a commonsense answer to the boots on the ground question as it applies to a campaign like the one against isil. and it has to do with the -- who sustains the victory after isil is defeated. because we seek not only the defeat of isil but we seek the lasting -- >