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it is my understanding that only ms. hill and ms. gannon will be providing oral statements for the panel, so we will begin with ms. hill and move onto ms. gannon. gentlemen, you will be invited to join in. a number of years ago -- i think i was in the senate, so within the last 12 years -- i was on an amtrak train heading north, home, something i do almost every day. i ran into one of my former colleagues from the house of representatives, i believe it was john miller, and i said, "what are you doing these days?" i think he said he worked at the state department, and his principal focus was human trafficking. i don't know if he is someone you ever worked with or knew -- there you go -- but anyway, he said it was a big issue. he said even then -- something i ought to think about and focus on as well. i thought about it for a while. feel free to summarize as you wish, and at least one of you may have a video for us to see as well. judge hill. >> thank you very much, chairman carper, ranking member chiesa, members of the committee. the

i was struck, ms. hill, when i heard you testify about the numbers from 2012, that these were improvements on the past with 950 arrests, 281 convictions,, and a million dollars in forfeiture. that struck me as fairly small given some of the estimates of what the problem is here. how big is this problem in our country, that obviously is a horrific criminal problem, but those numbers, looking at a state attorney general perspective, i am glad that you are working hard to prove them, but i was really struck by given the size of the united states and given the issues that we have heard about this morning. -- excuse me, this afternoon. >> good data it remains a challenge in this area. there are a number of efforts in the department of justice and other places to get good data. one caution i would give with regard to the data that i gave. i am confident that that underestimates what is actually occurring across the united states, and the reason for that is because prosecutors and judges may not choose to prosecut

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ms. robinson, we played that earlier this week when you were on the hill. i can hear your voice.an, just as a mother, given your perspective, can you react to waking up this morning and hearing the news, 13 people shot, including a 3-year-old. >> my heart is so heavy. i have been crying all day. and praying all day for the families, because i know how they feel. and there's no words that can describe the feeling of losing a loved one or a loved one being shot, like i said, like animals on the street. and there is a big problem in america. in chicago, definitely. and as well as america. >> and i thank you for coming on. i wanted to have the discussion with you. there's so much talk, especially when we talk chicago, about gang versus gun. and i read an interview that you did with a chicago tv station after dino was killed. and you didn't deny, you know, that dino was probably a gang member. you talked about, you know, being pulled in two different directions. you know this better than anyone. do you think in chicago, is it a gang problem or is it a gun problem? >> it's bigger than

ms. mills having interviewed -- prior to the first testimony on the hill. i think the 10th of october. i was concerned because i had run a major organization.a couple of them. best presented to witnesses to represent the organization on the hill. it was very early in the process as far as what had happened. there were many unknowns and i was concerned about her level of experience.i expressed that to ms. mills. that was it. >> you do not believe you gave her an appropriate heads-up? >> no. with respect to the independent piece, it never had an impact. >> did you want to comment on that? >> there are two issues running here. admiral mullen has clearly explained what he did and why. it had nothing to do with the arb. the republican text which you cited is an error. it had nothing to do with testimony by cheryl mills. the third point is that i believed from the beginning of the arb, since we were to report to the secretary, that it was my obligation as chairman to talk to the secretary through the chief of staff about our progress, about where we were going, about the timing of the report

ms. mills having therviewed -- prior to .irst testimony on the hill i think the 10th of october.i was concerned because i had run a major organization. it was very early in the process as far as what had happened. there were many unknowns and i was concerned about her level of experience. that was it. >> you do not believe you gave her an appropriate heads-up? >> no. with respect to the independent piece, it never had an impact. >> did you want to comment on that? >> there are two issues running here. admiral mullen has clearly explained what he did and why. it had nothing to do with the arb. the republican text which you cited is an error. it had nothing to do with testimony by cheryl mills. ie third point is that believed from the beginning of the arb, since we were to report to the secretary, that it was my obligation as chairman to talk to the secretary to the secretary through the chief of staff about our progress, about where we were going, about the timing of the report. are expert stations were with respect to the timing of conclusion. all of which i believed was in full

hill. i'm sure if ms. speier were asked on not voting for that, did vote for. it needs to be fixed. we cannot have the men and women who would like to serve members of congress find themselves working for a deadbeat employer. that's real. it in the act. it was in the act from the senate so maybe we in the house can say we can fix it but it is there. now come in the act is implementation that has a lot of bureaucracy. including state exchanges. the anticipation was that all states would quickly come together and want to have state exchanges i want to have the subsidies that came with it. but i believe what we've seen is a legitimate disagreement between states that did not want to have a limited subsidy that will probably be faced down or out and leave them holding the bag with all the regulations that come with a federal program. more important, this committee has held a series of hearings, and i think the chairman, both the chairmen, on the implementation problem databases, privacy and so on. these are not intended to kill an existing law. their intent to make it clear that if it i

hill. thank you very much, mr. president. i look forward to the remarks of my colleague, senator baldwin. ms. baldwin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. ms. baldwin: progress for the american people. some of my colleagues other side of the aisle here in the u.s. senate have voiced support for a responsible approach and rejected this path. for that, i applaud their independence. but some here in the senate are committed to playing the same political games offered by the house. and here are the rules of the games that they are playing: crisis to crisis governing, uncertainty for our economy, and for families and businesses, economic insecurity. instead of working together across the party aisle to create jobs and move our economy forward, a minority of extremists are intent on threatening our economic recovery with brinksmanship, meant to appeal to a narrow political interests, namely, their own. instead of working together to pass a responsible budget that invests in the middle class, this political game calls for locking in the sequester cuts and putting up a roadblock to economic gro