first of all, mrs. terry and mr. hyer my prayers and condolences goes to your son, your cousin and family. special agent furcelli, in your statement you expressed extreme from us twrags the u.s. tone's office in phoenix. you said that they gaveozens of firearms, traffickers a pass. you also testified that they allowed criminals to walk free, and you indicated that they declined most of the cases, most of your cases and this was at least one factor wch led to the debacle and perhaps the necessity of operation of fast d furious, is that correct? >> yes, sir. i strongly believe that. >> those are strong allegations. i want to ask about specific cases you cite. first you talk about the 2007 case of victor ravela who trafficked 50 caliber rifles to the mexican cartels one of which was used to kill a mexican military commander. the u.s. marshall david gonzalez said at the time this case was made one of our highest priorities because of the nature of the crime but you say the assistant u.s. attorney in phoenix wouldn't pros

first of all, mrs. terry and mr. hyer my prayers and condolences goes to your son, your cousin and family. special agent furcelli, in your statement you expressed extreme from us twrags the u.s. tone's office in phoenix. you said that they gave dozens of firearms, traffickers a pass. you also testified that they allowed criminals to walk free, and you indicated that they declined most of the cases, most of your cases and this was at least one factor which led to the debacle and perhaps the necessity of operation of fast and furious, is that correct? >> yes, sir. i strongly believe that. >> those are strong allegations. i want to ask about specific cases you cite. first you talk about the 2007 case of victor ravela who trafficked 50 caliber rifles to the mexican cartels one of which was used to kill a mexican military commander. the u.s. marshall david gonzalez said at the time this case was made one of our highest priorities because of the nature of the crime but you say the assistant u.s. attorney in phoenix wouldn'

first of all, mrs. terry and mr. hyer my prayers and condolences goes to your son, your cousin and family. special agent furcelli, in your statement you expressed extreme from us twrags the u.s. tone's office in phoenix. you said that they gave dozens of firearms, traffickers a pass. you also testified that they allowed criminals to walk free, and you indicated that they declined most of the cases, most of your cases and this was at least one factor which led to the debacle and perhaps the necessity of operation of fast and furious, is that correct? >> yes, sir. i strongly believe that. >> those are strong allegations. i want to ask about specific cases you cite. first you talk about the 2007 casef victor ravela who trafficked 50 caliber rifles to the mexican cartels one of which was used to kill a mexican military commander. the u.s. marshall david gonzalez id at the time this case was made one of our highest priorities because of the nature of the crime but you say the assistant u.s. attorney in phoenix wouldn't pr

mrs. josefien terry, the mother of the late agent. mr. s the cousin of the late border agent terry. we would like to enter deuce his father who is unable to be here today, content terry, his stepmother, and older brother kent terry, j.r., and his older sister. our thoughts are with agent terry and his family as they continue to mourn the up timely passing of their loved one. the remaining witnesses are mr. john dodson, a special agent in the phoenix field division of the alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. mr. olindo "lee" casa is special agent of the phoenix field division, and mr. peter forcelli is the bureau of alcohol, gabbing, and firearms. ladies and gentlemen, all witnesses are to be sworn in order to testify. would you please rise to take the oath? raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please be seated. ..ll witnesses answered in the a

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mr. terry: thank you, mr. speaker. and i have during my tenure here voted twice to empower our military to take action. the first time was with afghanistan, and the president came to the congress and made a powerful case that it was in our national security interest to do so, and i supported that. . then with iraq, the president came to congress, spent a significant amount of time providing evidence, making a case that there was a national security interest. this time however, itas a surprise to me and most of my colleagues that this mission was occurring. there's been no attempt to define what the national security interests are, the united states interest in this military action. and so without that, i can't look my constituents in the eye and tell them why we are in libya right now. and active in military strikes against that nation state. so, the one constitutional power that congress has explicitly is the pursestrings. we are exercising that right. i support that effort to hold -- pull tse strings tight and let's

mr. terry: mr. chairman, since the founding of the republic, our patent system has been based on the premise that an inventor is entitled to a patent for their work and not simply the first person to file a patent application. indeed article 1, section 8, clause 8 of the constitution specifically states that to promote the progress of science and useful arts, congress shall have the power to secure to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. nowhere does it say filers have that right. under no rule of construction or interpretation can this clause mean anything other than what it says. and, mr. chairman, i find it comforting to know that certainly i'm not alone in my concern over the constitutionality over first to file. none other than chief justice of the united states supreme court john roberts recently wrote in an opinion joined by six of his fellow supreme court justices that, quote, since 1790, the patent has operated on the premise that rights in

terry: thank you, mr. speaker. and i have during my tenure here voted twice to empower our military to take action. the first time was with afghanistan, and the president came to the congress and made a powerful case that it was in our national security interest to do so, and i supported that. . then with iraq, the president came to congress, spent a significant amount of time providing evidence, making a case that there was a national security interest. this time however, it was a surprise to me and most of my colleagues that this mission was occurring. there's been no attempt to define what the national security interests are, the united states interest in this military action. and so without that, i can't look my constituents in the eye and tell them why we are in libya right now. and active in military strikes against that nation state. so, the one constitutional power that congress has explicitly is the pursestrings. we are exercising that right. i support that effort to hold -- pull those strings tight and le

terry: thank you, mr. speaker.ring my tenure here voted twice to empower our litary to take aion. the first time was with afghanistan, and the president came to the congress and made a powerful case that it was in our national security interest to do so, and i supported that. . then with iraq, the president came to congress, spent a significant amount of time providing evidence, making a case that there was a national security interest. this time however, it was a surprise to me and most of my colleagues that this mission was occurring. there's been no attempt to define what the national security interests are, the united states interest in this military action. and so without that, i can't look my constituents in the eye and tell them why we are in libya right now. and active in military strikes against that nation state. so, the one constitutional power that congress has explicitly is the pursestrings. we are exercising that right. i support that effort to hold -- pull those strings tight and let's stop the flow

. >> mr. terry, you're recognized. >> thank you. the follow-up on that, have you read the grid act or the oposal othe draft? >> so as it's written now, my assumption is you don't support it. is that accurate you wouldn't support it as written? >> i applaud the committee for taking initiative. >> i've got a short time. yes or no? >> i support parts of it, not the entire -- >> the jurisdictional part you have a problem with? >> with the vulnerabilities being unnecessary, that's correct. >> mr. lawson, same question. >> we support narrow authority with the federal government with regard to imminent cyber threats. that's where we are. >> so that's a no? okay. i appreciate that. i just think we have more work to do than i anticipated before this hring. mr. cramer, i want to spend the rest of the time with you. do you keep track, was there reporting of hacking attempts to your -- to your office or any office that you know of? >> just so we're clear, i'm a former assistant secretary, and i'm testifying in capacity here. >> all right. >> so

mr. terry: we will do it then. and with one million barrels per day going to our country's need of about 19 million barrels per day makes us more energy secure. so what we hear from the e.p.a. in the minority is they will do everything they can to stop fossil fuels, even though this is a fossil fuel economy, yes, we need all of the above, but to stop all fossil fuels creates national insecurity, making us more dependent on foreign oil, sending more of our financial resources and jobs overseas and that's what we need to stop and that's what this bill takes a large step towards doing. now, the e.p.a. has made it impossible for new exploration off the coast of alaska by continually changing the rules. the e.p.a. has even testified before our committee that there is no anticipated human health risk at issue. and we still have been waiting six years and counting for this permit to be issued. let's make it clear. bureaucratic delays are blocking energy development. while the e.p.a.'s regional office has granted air permi

terry: thank you, mr. speaker. and i have during my tenure here voted twice to empower our military to take action. the first time was with afghanistan, and the president came to the congress and made a powerful case that it was in our national security interest to do so, and i supported that. . then with iraq, the president came to congress, spent a significant amount of time providing evidence, making a case that there was a national security interest. this time however, it was a surprise to me and most of my colleagues that this mission was occurring. there's been no attempt to define what the national security interests are, the united states interest in this military action. and so without that, i can't look my constituents in the eye and tell them why we are in libya right now. and active in military strikes against that nation state. so, the one constitutional power that congress has explicitly is the pursestrings. we are exercising that right. i support that effort to hold -- pull those strings tight and le

. >> thank you, mr. terry. once again, thank you all so much for your concern and leadership on this issue, and we will continue to work with you as we move forward. unless you all want to stay and hear the other panel, we'll let you go on to your other activities. so thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> at this time, i'd like to call up our second panel, which includes the honorable patricia hoffman, who is the assistant secretary office of electricity delivery and energy reliability at the department of energy, and we have the honorable paul stockton, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and america's security affairs at the u.s. department of defense, and we have mr. joseph mcclellan who is the director of office of electric reliability at ferc. so welcome to the hearing, and thank you all for taking time to be with us and to give us your expertise and thoughts on this issue. so, at this time, ms. hoffman, i will recognize you for a five-minute opening statement. and i would

mr. terry, would you like to make an option statement? >> today we have three panels of witnesses, and on the first panel we have two members of congress, the honorable trent franks of arizona, and mr. jim langovin of rhode island. we appreate both of you being here very much, and mr. franks i'll recognize you for a five-minute option statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good afternoon to you, sir, and to chairman -- to ranking members rush and waxman and the rest of the fellow members on the committee. i believe the subject of today's hearing is one of profound implication and importance. consequently, i hope the members will feel inclined to read my written testimony. i ank you again for allowing me to testify he today. mr. chairman, in our technological advancement we've captured the electron and transported its utility into almost every business, home and industrial endeavor tlohroughou the industrialized world. we've grown profoundly dependent on electricity and incute ramentes. we find among our greatest strengths an unsettling vul

the chair appoints the gentleman from nebraska, mr. terry to preside over the committee 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. 2055, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for military construction, the department of veterans' affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2012, an for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the first time they have gentleman from texas, mr. culberson, and the gentleman from georgia, mr. bishop, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: mr. chairman, it's my privilege to lay out tonight for the house for consideration the appropriations bill for the -- for military construction and veterans affairs that my good friend, mr. sanford bishop of georgia, we have worked together arm in arm to make sure our men and women in uniform have everything they need to do their squob. we

go to the gentleman from arizona. >> mrs. terry and family, i am deeply sorry. as a father, i don't know, i can just feel that pain. and i hope what i say next does not aggravate that in advance. okay? for the law enforcement folks, when you first heard about the shootings of congressman gabrielle giffords, was there a level of anxiety from atf that one of the weapons might trace back to operations of fast and furious? >> yes, sir. >> yes, sir. >> where did this anxiety come from and from whom specifically? >> sir, i received a phone call from my public information officer who was a friend o mine who said that there was concn from chainf command that the gun was hopefully not a fast and furious gun. >> i would like to add every time there's a shoong, whether mrs. giffords or anybody, any time there was a shooting in the general phoenix area or even arizona, we are fearful it might be one of these firearms. >> this happen time and time again when there was u.s. embassy personnel killed in juarez, mexico. fear spread through the division. >> i am feeling like i am

. >> mr. terry, you're recognized. >> thank you. the follow-up on that, have you read the grid act or the proposal of the draft? >> so as it's written now, my assumption is you don't support it. is that accurate you wouldn't support it as written? >> i applaud the committee for taking initiative. >> i've got a short time. yes or no? >> i support parts of it, not the entire -- >> the jurisdictional part you have a problem with? >> with the vulnerabilities being unnecessary, that's correct. >> mr. lawson, same question. >> we support narrow authority with the federal government with regard to imminent cyber threats. that's where we are. >> so that's a no? okay. i appreciate that. i just think we have more work to do than i anticipated before this hearing. mr. cramer, i want to spend the rest of the time with you. do you keep track, was there reporting of hacking attempts to your -- to your office or any office that you know of? >> just so we're clear, i'm a former assistant secretary, and i'm testifying in capacity here. >> all right.

jason terri. mr. fourth quarter. part of 1 15-2 dallas run.ds left. mavs by 1. going to dirk. dirk goes right and scores. dallas up 3. 14 seconds left. miami going for the quick 2 wad t oss-er to the hoop. don't foul. heat down 1 9 seconds left. after couple free throw last chance for miami wade las lasts handle. safety. miller desperation 3 for the tie. air ball. mavs hold on to even the series 86-83 the final. >> this is the finals. leave it out there. like i said earlier in the seri i tnk everyby ishillg. hav beenlayi on e hi lev fo8r 9onths s everybody has a little something going and this is the finals. you have to go out there and compete and try the best for your team. >>reporter: game 5 is thursday night in dallas. warriors moving quickly to build a coaching staff one day after hiring mark jackson as head coach. added mike malone as assistant. malone as defensive specialist. spent last year on the bench in new orleans. jackson was broadcasting the finals tonight over on abc 7. spent few minutes today talking about the new job with the

terry. the man calls himself mr.seconds left and driving and stumbling and somehow hits. dallas is up three and 14 seconds left. miami goes for the quick two. heat down one and nine seconds left. after a couple of free throws and wade lost it. saves to mike miller and desperation 3 for the tie and air ball. the mavs hold on to even the series 86-83 the final. >> this is the finals. you are going to leave it out there. like i said earlier in the series, i think everybody since june we have been playing at the high level for eight, nine months. so everybody has a little something going on and this is the finals. you have to go out there and compete and try your best for your team. >> game five is thursday night. we will have it here on abc7. new warriors coach mark jackson has no coaching experience. today he hired the long-time nba assistant mike malone to his staff. and jackson talked about why he wanted the warriors' job. >> inspired, intense,en newsed --en newsed changing the culture, the passion of the best fans i

mrs. jane roberts. ms. darlene miller and her guest, ms. terry lee strauss. aheen. the honorable austin goolsby and his wife, mrs. robin goolsby. ms. lisa budmoon and her husband, mr. mark kastoler. mr. doug hickey and his wife, ms. dawn ross. ms. susan eisenhower and her guest, mr. bucky clarkson. the honorable senator daniel coates and his wife, mrs. marcia coates. the honorable representative schultz and her husband, mr. steven schultz. mr. david billings and his wife, ms. rebecca goodhart. mr. norman and his guest, ms. patricia lindbergh. mr. -- mr. volker bouffler. >> you are also performing. are you nervous? >> no, a bit nervous but i'm looking very much forward to the event. >> will you play vaugner? >> not tonight. she likes classical music. >> what german composers will you play? >> beethoven, hendle. >> are there any challenges? >> might be, but these are not things that you worry about. >> how many? >> about 30. but we perform in different groups. >> normally you would have others with you? >> we are 180. do you have a name for that? a symphony? >>

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mr. bryson is nominated to be the next secretary of commerce. second, terri garcia of florida is nominated to be deputy secretary for the department of commerce. that sound like number one and number two. much of the conversation today is going to focus on mr. bryson and in fact, running an extremely large utility company california for a very long time. that background to me is more important than other. on the other hand, some have raised concerns about mr. bryson six he says that environmental organizations this time used tactics such as suing mr. bryson and has come to me and also having policies that don't necessarily comport with some help by others on the committee. others have raised concern about his support for a 2009 proposal to cap emissions, which was a possession widely held in the utility industry, wait the universally held in the utility industry. but it was a bill but opposed. that said, need to tell you had a very productive and positive meeting with mr. bryson last week when he visited my office. and i have great respect for his desire to s

mr. brewer authorized it. >> no one seems to know who authorized this. border agent brian terry, drew, was murdered back in december of 2010. considering the atf is part of the justice department, does anyone buy that holder wasn't aware of the program when agent terry was murdered or even before? >> reporter: you know, i've been on the phone talking to some of these atf agents today. i've talked to them over the weekend. it's really hard for them to imagine that holder wasn't at least briefed about it. this was a major operation, anderson. and quite frankly, up in the disastrous death of brian terry, this they thought was going to be a big hit or a home run for them. they were going to arrest cartel members. that would have required a lot of approval. a lot of approval for overtime just to do the surveillance, wiretaps, surveillance video being done, all that requires approval up the chain all way into the department of justice. and to the boots on the ground it's unimaginable that high up people in the department of justice, including holder himself, at least didn't know about

mr. chairman. i assume y'all are investigating various crimes that were associated with these guns, that aside from the tragic murder of agent terry, are there any other american law enforcement officers or citizens who have died as a result of this program? >> congressman, i can't accept the premise of the question, i don't know that any particular murder could be attributed to this program. i think that assumes a lot of facts, and i'm not equipped to deal with that. so i can't answer the question. >> you heard the testimony of the agents saying that there was some sort of strategy that we would allow guns to move up chain of command with the rather nebulous goal of snaring a drug cartel. are you aware, is this the strategy, and if so, can you tell me in any rational basis how the means we used justified the ends when we quit following the guns when they changed hands the first time. there was no cooperation with the mexican authorities, and it just seems like once they did the first talk, they went away. >> one thing i heard loud and clear from the agents' testimony today was that the people with whom they disagreed on the strat

therefore i, terry suewell, the representive of the district, do hereby recognize mrs. tucker for her numerous contributions to the life of those in the seventh congressional district and state of alabama and our nation. i ask those present to join me in honoring her and commending her for her many achievements throughout this nation. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? without objection, the the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. i first again want to congratulate those dallas mavericks for winning the nba championship and also to rise in opposition to the republican plan to end medicare. ms. johnson: the republican budget replaces medicare with an underfunded voucher system that eliminates the guaranteed medicare benefit for everyone under the age of 55. in dallas and north texas region, the republican plan would increase the out-of-pocket costs of health care coverage by over $6,000 per year for 630,000 indi

mr. chairman it's difficult to answer your question. >> i want the answer. >> i do not know the answer and the inspector general is reviewing the matter. >> terry stanley wantsys it wants the same. the inspector general is investigating and more hearings are to come. >> sharyl attkisson in washington this morning, thanks. >>> let's make the turn and get a little weather. marysol castro with anoth thanks so much. that's your latest weather. over to erica. >> mary, thanks. >>> a preservation group has a new list of places of historical value that can't survive without your help. taryn winter brill has more. >> if your family vacation includes visiting some historic destinations you may want to add a few places we're about to show you. coltrane's music it would be a fantastic thing. >> and just like the coltrane home, most of the sites don't get a lot of visitors. however this year, the national trust created a brand new category putting the entire city of charleston, south carolina, on lock status because tourism has actually been on the rise. a new cruise ship terminal could threaten the city's historic waterfront, the irony that tourism could hurt a city. in

mr. chairman. i assume y'all are investigating various crimes that were associated with these guns, that aside from the tragic murder of agent terry, are there any other american law enforcement officers or citizens who have died as a result of this program? >> congressman, i can't accept the premise of the question, i don't know that any particular murder could be attributed to this program. i think that assumes a lot of facts, and i'm not equipped to deal with that. so i can't answer the question. >> you heard the testimony of the agents saying that there was some sort of strategy that we would allow guns to move up chain of command with the rather nebulous goal of snaring a drug cartel. are you aware, is this the strategy, and if so, can you tell me in any rational basis how the means we used justified the ends when we quit following the guns when they changed hands the first time. there was no cooperation with the mexican authorities, and it just seems like once they did the first talk, they went away. >> one thing i heard loud and clear from the agents' testimony today was that the people with whom they disagreed on the strat

but i want to for a moment go back to mrs. terry. you know, i often say right now i am preparing to do a eulogy saturday, one of the things i am thinking about as i sat here, i do believe part of life is death, but also part of death is life. and what i mean by that is that, you know, we can't fully understand why somebody would leave us so young. particularly somebody like your son, your relative, who was so full of courage and the fact that he was willing to basically die for his country. we cannot always understand it. and i think we all struggle with it, particularly when it is a young person. but i can say this, that i believe deep in my heart that some kind of way out of his death will come life. in other words, the mere fact that we're here right now, mr. hell yard, talking about this, the mere fact that this was not something that just shoved under the rug and moving on, the mere fact that there are probably already changes being made to this program, and i think it was you that said you wished you could -- you wished you cou