greenblatt serves as an executive board member of the national association of manufacturers and as chairman of the board above the national alliance for jobs and innovation and other regional manufacturers to america also member of the commission on manufacturing competitiveness as well as the governors international advisory council. we welcome you here, mr. greenblatt. please proceed. >> thank you, chairman whitehouse, senator hatch, members of the subcommittee on crime and terrorism. thank you for this focus on the critical challenge of trade secret theft and the opportunity to justify today. as you mentioned my name is drew greenblatt. i'm the president of marlin steel, based in baltimore city, a leading manufacturer of custom our baskets and wider forms and sheet metal fabrications. we make everything in the u.s.a. i'm very proud to report that we also export to 36 countries and my favorite country that we export to is china. we cater to the automotive and medical and pharmaceutical industries. on here for three reasons. number one, trade secrets are important not just for manufacturer

and also for your leadership as president of the national association of attorneys general. also like to recognize district attorney henry garza for his services as the president of the national district attorneys association and i want to thank the leadership teams and professional staff and the dedicated members of both organizations for the outstanding work that people form every day and for all that you've done to bring us together for this really important symposium, the reduction of crime. as staunch advocate for the rule of law and as champions of the cause of justice that drive the efforts of local prosecutors and state authorities across america, you have to remarkable organizations have for decades provided indispensable leadership and guidance in advancing our dialogue about criminal justice issues. to the work of the national attorneys general training and research institutes, the important events just like this one and through gatherings like nagg and conferences i attend earlier this year. you routinely bring innovators, public servants and law enforcement lead

greenblat served as executive board member of the national association of manufacturers and chairman of the boards of both national for jobs and innovation and regional manufacturing institute of maryland. he's also a member of the maryland commission on manufacturing competitiveness as well as the govern's international advisory council and we welcome you here. please proceed. >> thank you, chairman whitehouse and senator hatch, members of the subcommittee on crime and terrorism. thank you for this the focus on this critical challenge of trade secret theft and the opportunity to testify today. as you mentioned, my name is drew greenblatt, the president of marlin steel, we're a leading manufacturer of wire forms and sheet mellal fabrications and make everything in the usa. i'm proud to report we also export to 36 countries and my favorite country we export to is china. we cater to the automotive and medical and pharmaceutical industries. i'm here for three reasons. noub one, trade secrets are important not just for manufacturers that are big but also for small manufacturers like mysel

of electrical distributors, national association of home builders, national electrical contractors association, national retail federation, national rural electric co-op association, retail industry leaders association, chief metal air conditioning contractors, wind stream corporation, exxo communication, and i could go on and on. these are mainstream businesses on main street that support this bill because they are getting ripped off, so what can we do about it? we know why it's happening and that's because there is a global demand for copper, especially from china and india, and higher prices encourage thieves to steal copper and other metals. now, we all know that the vast majority of scrap metal dealers are legitimate and law-abiding. they don't want to buy a stolen property. i have worked extensively with the scrap metal industry in my legislation. we have made some changes that they have suggested in order to improve the effectiveness of the bill and lessen the burden on scrap metal dealers wherever possible. but given the scale of the problem, i believe we have to take strong steps to f

in today's cover story, the national restaurant association is feeling the heat over asking one of its exhibitors to leave. the reason, she brought her ten-day old newborn to the trade show. at the national restaurant association annual trade show in chicago, security asked kristin osbourne, sole marketing person for minnesota's four daughters vineyard and winery to leave because she'd brought her ten-day old newborn. "there wasn't an option. he has to be with me because he feeds every hour and as for why not send someone else, that's offensive. this is my job." the nra doesn't permit children younger that 16, because as the n-r-a's sue hensley said in a statement and told us, cooking equipment there is dangerous. "knives, cooking demonstrations and other things that are not appropriate for children." but osborne, says she was nowhere near knives, or stoves or cooking demonstrations. the nra disputes that. osborne says she was talking about how to use i-pads for marketing. "i wouldn't dream of putting my kids in any danger." "couldn't some sort of accomodation have been made? no. it's

additionally, they are working closely with the national association of security council new's to develop a national lesson plan to establish a basic and natural training program for them to ensure that standards are consistent across the nation. these efforts will further standardize the training they receive and provide great capability to validate training in facilities with rapid adjustments to account for changes in threat and technological advancements. to ensure high performance in the workforce, fps law enforcement personnel conduct post-inspection to monitor vendor compliance and countermeasure effectiveness. additionally, vendor personnel files are altered periodically to validate that they reflect compliance and contract requirements. to supplement this current partnered withe science and technology to develop a post-tracking system. this system will be capable of integrating an individual's the timeand tracking or position in training and certification records in real time. we expect the first iteration of the system to begin testing within 12 months. continuously strive to fu

the international union of painters and allied trades, the national governs association, the national asphalt paving association. the national association of clean water agencies. it goes on and a few more just in case you were interested, the national ready mix concrete association, the national rural electric cooperative association, the national stone, sand and gravel association, the santa clara water district, the nature conservancy, the texas department of transportation, the united association of plumbers and pipefitters, the u.s. society of dams, the u.s. chamber of commerce, the vinyl institute, the water resources coalition, the waterways council, inc. i ask unanimous consent that i may place in the record the entire list of these supporters. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: to those of you who are living to this list it did include the u.s. chamber of commerce, it did include the afl-cio transportation trades, which is so encouraging, the national national governors association and i will read this one. the nation's governors applaud congress for reachi

chamber of commerce, and this morning on behalf of the council on competitiveness, the national associationhe organization for international investment and the chamber we are pleased to kick off what we hope will become an annual week of spotlighting the nation's public infrastructure that serves as the physical platform for our economy. in the fall of last year, a man challenged two organizations; the chamber and the council, to work together to raise the profile of the nation's infrastructure issues, to recruit new ceos and top-level voices to the cause and to generate more interest among the business community for addressing the challenges we will discuss today and throughout the week. little did i know that a year later we would be here today ii national and regional media campaign involving a steering committee that unified business, labor and think tanks. paul uracy is the president. paul, thanks to your vision, your dedication to maintaining, modernizing and expanding our roads, rails, rivers, runways, airways and water pipes and your ability to put the chamber and the council toget

we need the national association to volume. the only way to eliminate racism from football is for each and every member, from owners to players on the field have a responsibility as well. we must all adopt zero tolerance. not just talk about it, but really adopt zero tolerance. >> enrique has been presented to the media. the 44-year-old won two elite titles in his playing days, and he takes over as coach in he finished without any silverware this season. something that cost his former coach his job. >> i'm here to win, to play well and win and make fans excited again. to make sure we all work in the same direction. it will be the titles we win that will determine how well i fit here. >> the count down to the cold cup in brazil. one of the big surprises at the world cup was pakistan, and now they're using their success to raise awareness of the flight of the 1.5 million street kids currently leaving in their country included a 13-0 win against neighbors india. >> when i was on the street no one cared for me, even my own family.

there are many other supporters of law enforcement, including the international association of chiefs of police, the national sheriffs association, major county sheriffs associations, and the national association of police organizations. so every single democratic senator supports it. for reasons i still don't understand, the bill is being blocked on the republican side. not a single republican cosponsor has stepped forward. i can't understand this, mr. president. this has never been a partisan issue. it shouldn't be a partisan issue. we're doing this to protect the lives of police officers. police officers don't respond when they're called and say, well, wait a minute ... we have to decide whether we're being called by a republican or a democrat. police officers respond when they're called. senator grassley and i developed a bipartisan reauthorization that included improvements to the program. now, one important change is that agencies are now given a grant preference for purchasing vests thoovests that are uniqued to women officers. there are far more women as police officers today than they were even when

also for your leadership as president of the national association of attorney generals. like to recognize district attorney henry garza for his service as president of the national district attorneys association. i want to thank the leadership team, the professional staff and the dedicated members of both organizations for the really outstanding work that you perform everyday and for all that you done to bring us together for this really important symposium on the reduction of crime. as staunch volunteerings -- advocates for the rule of law, state authorities across america, you are two really remarkable organizations have for decades provided leadership and guidance in advancing our dialogue about criminal justice issue. through the work of the national attorneys general training and through gatherings like nad. you routinely bring innovators, public servants leaders together to address what are the most pressing public safety challenges of our time. it's a privilege for me to help open this critical forum and to stand with all yet again as we share knowledge and experti

that is the national association of theater owners. gold award.make the most money, we love you and we give you a crown and we give you some of it. i won because i had "young frankenstein" and "blazing saddles" in the same year and the theater owners had never been happier. i had never been happier because i had made two different crazy, brief movies and the people loved it. they went for it. tavis: was that part of your deal with gene wilder? >> he was in the corner somewhere curled up writing something on a yellow paper. i said what are you doing and he said i have an idea for a movie. i said tell me about it. he said it is not ready yet. i said tell me about it. he said well, what if the grandson of frankenstein, dr. he was fighting for his dignity. dead tissue, making monsters and all. he wants to put that straight. thato the movie would be he has to go back to transylvania for some reason to sell the estate and he realizes, my god, it could work. he reads the note and the things that he is in the laboratory and he is infused with this feeling

talk to folks in new york city and portland and use the guidelines that's the national association of traffic officials we're fortunate we have enough resources from smart sources from other cities >> you know thank you. i neglected to call one person mr. bonner i apologize. i meant to call you up and it got away so my apologies i'll give you an opportunity with the company that's creating that project >> thank you supervisor wiener thank you very much supervisors for holding this important hearing. i think the most important thing to us is that we get this right. this is an hugely important development we've been spending times with the community folks and others we believe in nodding we getting got it right as you know, we voted for an entitlement process which means we went to community meetings tens of meets, if you will, with the commissions and a variety of department heads here and came up with plan that's a conceptual plan the blue print how to move forward. it was signed by the appropriate people and came up up to the board of supervisors and side board of supervisors gave it

[inaudible conversations] >> the national association of attorneys general and the national district orneys association hosting the first day of tear two-day symposium on crime reduction. live coverage here on c-span2. a as you may have heard, the organizers now taking about a 15 minute break. when they resume, we'll hear a panel discussion on the collateral consequences of criminal convictions and the impact on recidivism rates. l also a look at what some state legislatures are doing to address the issue. also here in washington today the senate will be returning at two eastern with work this afternoon on several of president obama's nominees including nancy more ritz to be a judge on the tenth circuit court of appeals and peter selfridge as chief of protocol at the state department. watch live coverage here on c-span2 when members gavel back in today at two eastern. >>> while we wait for this symposium on crime reduction to resume, we'll show you remarks from attorney general eric holder who kicked things off at the event this morning. he spoke for about 15 minutes. >> good morning.

his remarks came at a meeting of the national association of attorneys general and the national districtttorney's association. this is 15 minutes. >> good morning. you are right jb we have to stop in those backrooms you know. i want to thank attorney general van hollen for that kind introduction. it sounds like i can't hold a job the way he describes it. also for your leadership as president of the national association of attorneys general i'd also like to recognize district attorney henry garza for his service as president of the national district attorney's association. i want to thank the leadership teams the professional staffs and the dedicated members of both organizations for the outstanding work you perform every day and all you've done to bring us together for this really important symposium on the reduction of crime. a staunch advocates for the rule of law and his champions of the cause of justice that drives the efforts of local prosecutors and state authorities across america be your two remarkable organizations have for deck is provided indispensable leadership and guidance

finances and if you're still stuck, you can go to a financial planning organization or the national association of personal financial advisers. >> one of the questions that always comes up is how are they compensated? you look at those kind of skeptically, are they making money because they are pushing me a particular product. >> they could be paid an hourly rate, a flat fee or be paid a commission based on the securities they sale ell or the could be paid a commission. >> do they have to tell me whether i ask them or not? >> they should tell you if you ask them, but you can also go to the security and exchange website and look up a form avv part two. in that, they have to list their fee structure. >> personally, i just have my money in a fund because that's something warren buffett has been preaching. >> something that tracks the s&p 500. what's the difference between doing that -- >> a lot of people take that approach, but when the market is not doing well, in a weak market, sometimes, you want someone who knows something about picking stocks. as you get more assets, you may not want to just

the standards were drawn up in 2010 by the national governors association, and leaders of state education departments. >> your turn. >> the idea was to nationalize standards what they should be taught in the arts, math and science. the hope is common core would bedder prepare for higher education, critical thinking solving and analyst call skills are at the heart of common core. it includes a national testing program, instead of the current system, in which states choose from a wide variety of standardized tests. >> meant to shape is the way your children think. >> h amend protest rally outside the state capitol, also this week in indiana, the state's board of education overwhelmedly decided to replace the common core requirements. this makes indiana the first state to walk away from common core, after originally adopting it. more states think follow indiana, when asked about that, secretary of education said. >> they absolutely have is the right to do this, this is a state led effort, always has been, and whatever indiana decides we want to work with them to make sure the students have a

, national association of home builders, national retail federation, u.s. telecom association and about a dozen other businesses and organizations. it has the support of the major city police chiefs, the major county sheriffs, the national sheriffs, the fraternal order of police and the national association of police organizations. i would ask my friends that represent the scrap metal dealers to look at this coalition and to ask yourself is this really worth it, over $100 requirement for writing a check? is it really worth it to oppose this when buildings are blowing up and critical infrastructure is being broken into and one of the bus -- busiest airports in the country is having problems? is it really worth it to oppose a bill that has strong bipartisan support? i don't think it is. i think that the interests of the consumers of this country, the interests of businesses in this country and the interests of law enforcement should trump, that that's what should matter in this chamber. i hope my colleagues will look at this again and look at really the bare m

and according to the national association of drug court professionals, the drug court approach reduces crime by as much as 45% compared to traditional sentencing options. in fact, the available data indicate that nationwide 75% of drug courts graduate -- excuse me, drug courts graduates remain arrest-free at least two years after leaving the program and reduction in crime have been maintained for at a minimum three years and in many cases over 14 years. in addition to reducing crime, drug courts save money. as reported by the national association of drug court professionals, for every $1 invested in drug courts, taxpayers save as much as $27 when compared to the historic approach to these problems. this substantial savings comes from avoiding criminal costs, reduced prison costs and reduced recidivism and allocated utilization, all develop we know that vast sums of money every year in this country. and they restore families. according to statistics, family reunification rates for drug owe fenders are 50% higher for drug court participants. people struggling through addiction can become

a survey by national association association of convenience stores.. finds consumer optimism about the economy fell to the lowest level of the year as gas prices surge according to jeff lenard of the nacs. "traditionally, gas prices peak about this time, about the second week in may and that is after a long, complex series of handovers to summer blend fuels. that took place a little earlier this year. prices peaked at the end of april. they're coming down now. things are looking good. you have to be a little concerned about ukraine or nigeria and their impact on gas prices, let along other issues, but things are looking good gas price wise." a gallon of unleaded sells on average for $3.64. that is 2 cents less than a week ago, but 7 cents higher than at this time last year. "traditionally, gas prices peak about this time, about the second week in may and that is after a long, complex series of handovers to summer blend fuels. that took place a little earlier this year. prices peaked at the end of april. they're coming down now. things are looking good.

we are proud member of the national association of manufactures. we average about 40 members -- in employees in the national association of manufacture and we have 12,000 members. i'm also the co-founder and chairman of the national alliance for job innovation. both are working hard to drink than the protection of trade secrets and intellectual property rights. we want to level the playing field for manufactures then businesses throughout the united states. trade secrets are more important than ever. they include things like drawings proprietary manufacturing processing software formulas. all of these things are very valuable to the n town. now it can be done on a thumb drive and it can be sold to governments or chinese companies across the world. these cyber inkurgss are very threatening to us. we have lasers in our factory and robots. if they can hack into our system, they can manipulate our economy and hurt our employees, that would be devastating to us. the thing i'm most proud about, we've gone without a safety incident. if some kmchinese hack

workingally, fps is closely with the national association of security companies to develop a lesson s to ensureo' standards are consistent across the nation. these efforts will further standardize the training pso's received and will facilitate rapid adjustments to training to inshore input of technological investments. andonduct post inspections integrated covert test activities to monitor compliance and countermeasure effectiveness. additionally, the vendor is no files are audited. are likely to ensure that the training records reflect compliance. to supplement this, fps has partnered with science and technology to develop a prototype post tracking system. the system will be capable of authenticating an individual pso and certification records in real time. we expect to begin tests within 12 months. tocontinuously strive further enhance, integrate, and transform our organization to meet the challenges of an evolving threat landscape and are committed to closing out outstanding government accountability office recommendations with regard to fps operations. fps has implemented a progr

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, national association of credit unions and also p.c.e.i., american insurance associations, all -- many of whom say -- the chair: the question is ofed by general leave. mr. garrett: which in part states, all 50 states have strong and comprehensive anti- discriminatory regulatory regimes including a long list of enforcement tools, there is no evidence that these regimes re insufficient. furthermore, they state that they do not allege -- furthermore, they say under dispair rat impact theory -- durnedis par rat impact theory theory, ate impact this could increase cost and undermine the availability of credit throughout the economy. in the end, mr. speaker, what we were intending to do here is allow the continue for the justice department to proceed with when there is evidence of intentional discrimination but when there's no evidence whatsoever, when it's purely on statistics, it should not proceed under this theory of law. with that, if there's no other speakers, i'll yield back. the chair: the gentleman yooleds back. the question is on the -- >> i move to strike the last word. the chair:

when the first federal gun law was debated in the 1930s, the national rhythm association testified about it. and asked, do you think there's any constitutional problem, they said we haven't given any thought to that question. it's a very different time. >> that all changed. >> it's changed for sure. >> in the 1970s when the nra in fact mission. >> that's right. the nra has been around for a long time. it was started by veterans of the civil war, civil war officers who were worried that the union troops had shown poor marksmanship. it was really to train people to shoot. it became a sportsman's organization, and in the 1970s, a backlash against liberal 1960s, the nra changed its mission. got taken over by what's referred as the revolt in cincinnati. a new activist group took over the organization, put in new leadership and it became a constitutional crusade about the second amendment and against all gun laws as we know. >> and ironically back then, chief justice berger referred to individual rights to own guns as a fraud. but that changed as the n ra started lobbying and this became much

financial planning association and one of the trade organizations for financial advisers or the national association of personal financial advisers. >> one of the questions that come up is how are they compensated? are they making money just because they're pushing me a particular product? >> they make money in different ways and that's a very important question to ask to know how they're compensated. they can be paid an hourly rate, a flat fee or a commission based on the securities they sell or the products they sell or they can be paid a combination of a fee and a commission. >> do they have to tell me all that? do i they have to tell me if i ask them or not? >> you can go to the securities and exchange website and look them up and look for something called a form adv part 2, in that they have to list their fee structure. >> one question i always have, personally i put my money in index funds and that's what warren buffett has been preaching of and he's even suggested going a vanguard fund. what's the difference between doing that and finding a financial adviser? what benefit is it? >> when the m

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a bipartisan coalition of groups including the national governors association and the council of chief school officers with money from the gates foundation hired a private company to help write and research what would become the nation's first common core standards. enter barack obama's signature education proposal. >> with the race to the top fund we will reward states that come together and adopt a common set of standards and assessments. >> race to the top worked with carrots rather than sticks, dangling tons of federal money in front of states that adopted the obama administration's education guidelines. and while common core wasn't required, states knew adopting the standards would help them get that money. oh, and one more thing, teacher evaluations would be tied to students meeting these new standards. as of today 44 states plus the district of columbia have adopted the common core standards. but very few parents in those states know the long checkered history of national standards. the way common core has been introduced into most people's homes is in the form of a stressed out

it's supported by the credit union national association, the national association of federal credit union the california and nevada credit union leagues, as well as the american bar association. what this bill does is to ensure that there's parity in the treatment of trust accounts covered by the national credit union share insurance fund and by the federal deposit insurance corporation, the fdic. the financial services committee has heard the testimony of credit unions from west virginia to texas that, and i'm going going to quote here, there's no public policy reason for insurance purposes to distinguish credit union interests on lawyer trust accounts from those insured by the fdi crmbs. it is essential for the ncua's share insurance fund to be treated identically in order to maintain parity between the two federal insurance programs. unquote. specifically, the bill amends the federal credit union act to through share ss insurance coverage be provided when a credit union member holds funds on behalf of a nonmember n an iolta or other account. currently the national credit union administ

i'm very pleased to welcome you to the headquarters of the national association of manufacturers. i'm jay timmons, i'm the president and ceo here. and for those of you who are not familiar with the nam, we represent manufacturers of all sizes and all sectors from the world's largest multi-nationals to small and medium size manufacturers all up and down main streets all across america. and we're the voice for 12 million men and women who make things in the united states. so today is day two of infrastructure week. it started off very strongly yesterday with a full day's worth of programs, and our guest speaker was a speaker at an event i was at last night. so he's been very involved with infrastructure week. we've seen representatives from the business community from organized labor, think tanks and others in this very collaborative effort to demonstrate the urgency of infrastructure improvements and how that urgency is really uniting diverse interests. be so for manufacturers, infrastructure is really a competitiveness issue. it matters in every step of the production process from

national association of convenience stores. the national automobile dealers association.f those entities paying for speeches from hillary clinton. what we don't know necessarily is how much each of them paid. in some cases you don't know who the payers are at all. hillary clinton spoke at my alma mater, colgate university, a great school, by the way, i tried to call colgate to find out how much she was paidnd who she was paid by. they told me that donors pick up the tab for her speech but they wouldn't say which donors and how much. so it is possible here to put anonymous money directly into the pocket of a future possible presidential candidate, guys. >> sounds like you need to call your alumni network there at colgate. >> it was not me. i didn't pay for the speech. >>> let's dig deeper now into the ethical questions these huge speaking fees might raise. >> joining us, cnbc contributor larry kudlow who's raring to go. richard gronski. a lot of this is about the timing as well. bernanke just left office. when you left the new york state legislature, there was a time perio

>> reporter: sterling had no comment even as the national basketball association upped the ante announcing after a meeting of its finance and advisory commission that it will pursue terminating his ownership. the committee unanimously agreed to move forward expeditiously. his ex-girlfriend appeared in public again wearing her signature advisor shielding her face. her attorney announced that it was not stiviano who released the recording but a friend. the attorney said the conversation was recording legally in stiviano' condo. >> meanwhile the president of the naacp's los angeles chapter has resigned over a decision to give sterling an award for promoting civil rights. leon jenkins reversed that decision shortly after the scandal broke last weekend but critics say he should not have made that decision in the first place due to allegations of discrimination in sterling's past. >>> 4:32 now. some developing news out of hawaii where the death of a woman out of santa rosa is now under investigation. 20-year-old patricia ravalisa died in a zipline accident in maui. she was an employee of the zip

his remarks came at a meeting of the national association of attorneys general and the national district attorneys association. this is 15 minutes. [applause] >> well, good morning. we have to stop meeting in back rooms. i wanted thank attorney general for that kind introduction. it sounds almost like i can hold the job the way you describe all of that. and also for your lead as president of the national association of attorneys general i would like to recognize district attorney garza for his services, president of the national district attorneys association, and i wanted thank the team's, the professional staff and the dedicated members of both organizations for the really outstanding or did you perform every day, for all that you have done to bring us together for this really import a symposium on the reduction of crime. has staunch advocates for the rule of law and as champions of the cause of justice that drives the efforts of local prosecutors and state authorities across america, you are to really remarkable organizations that have decades of indispensable guidance about criminal-

. >> and with endorsements from the chamber of commerce, national right to life and the mining association i'm the true conservative in this race. >> seriously. >> lindsey graham is not a true conservative. >> that is his candidate bill connor. what makes him think he can take on graham. >> i'm endorsed by the facebook tea party 16,000 people throughout the nation and the grandparent rights association. >> seriously? >> yes. >> there really is say grandparents rights association? >> there is. >> do they judge by how many butterscotch candies or nickles they give to grandkids over the years? >> you'll have to ask them. >> i'll be damned bill connor is the most conserve active man in the race case closed. >> the most conservative is lee bright. >> who the (bleep) is lee bright? >> the beef, the full patty. >> he is running to the right of connor who is running to the right of graham. >> he has been endorsed by the gun owners of america. >> with these conservative voices it looked like a old time conservative endorsement off. >> the national mining association is significant. >> taxpayer hero

also for your leadership as president of the national association of attorney generals. like to recognize district attorney henry garza for his service as president of the national district attorneys association. i want to thank the leadership team, the professional staff and the dedicated members of both organizations for the really outstanding work that you perform everyday and for all that you done to bring us together for this really important symposium on the reduction of crime. as staunch volunteerings -- advocates for the rule of law, state authorities across america, you are two really remarkable organizations have for decades provided leadership and guidance in advancing our dialogue about criminal justice issue. through the work of the national attorneys general training and through gatherings like nad.