thousand nine hundred ninety one yes we declare illegal all of the creeds and decisions by the state emergency committee in the us and in the western world yeltsin was seen as a reformer and a leader who could compromise he was embraced as a friend and told he was treated as a peer and when he died in two thousand and seven some of the warmest eulogies came from western leaders he stood up for freedom and democracy and openness we really believe that russia couldn't go back to communism or back further to extreme rationalism or praise from abroad yes. but yeltsin sharpest critics were in the new country that he hoped to bring into being russia in theory yeltsin supported a market economy but the reality was western inspired shock therapy and crony capitalism russia's economy went to. freefall and the russian ruble had to be devalued choice during his time in office for millions of russians this was yet another time of troubles. yeltsin played a critical role in ending communist rule the us president he ordered the army to tackle mutinous parliament even granting constitutional reforms that extended his

i have been asked to serve on the state code committee, the access committee, which is the disable access committee, and the emergency preparedness committee. i have been asked to be vice chairman of that committee for the california building association. i've also been asked to be a board member for the county building officials for california. i'm asking for your permission or approval to do this under the charter requirements. most of the committee meetings are held via teleconference. there's a general meeting held once a year were all the committees meet in conference and that is a one day to two-day conference in business meeting. vice president mar: any other questions or comments from the commissioners? >> is this an annual request? >> the appointments are annual appointments, yes. commissioner lee: who requests these appointments for you? is it a state official that invites you to these committees? >> usually at the conference is you are asked by various members of the committee if you would be willing to serve on the committee. vice president mar: an action item. commissioner walker: i think we need public

state of emergency in the black community. a state of emergency or in any other community, we will use new york as an example for the committee service society indicated, when you look at african-americans and latino men under the age of 30, on any one given day, 50% of african-american men in the city of new york are unemployed, 40% of latinos. if that's not a state of emergency i don't know what is. and yet malcolm said, you suffer peacefully. it's almost like to paint ain't happening. there's no outcry. it's a state of emergency without urgency. a part of it has to do yes with the war on drugs but has do with a larger fact of american life. and that is coming off the civil rights movement. yes, they brought the drugs in because i remember in youngstown, ohio, people were rebelling and organizing and one day, you know, brothers on the street corner, all of a sudden the most ardent militants on the street corner. they had in fact put the revolution to sleep. but there's something else was going on. i talk about the unemployment. the fact of the matter is there was a backlash against the civil rights movement. is a backlash a

emergency authority? >> yes. >> in your testimony before the committee in may, you stated you were not required to make a formal d.c. ration of your decision to use emergency authority. i can read the whole plan, but in the interests of time, why did you choose to keep secret the fact that you were transferring to yourself functions vested in the commission? >> the commission was fully aware that i was exercising my emergency authority. i did not keep that secret. i did not make a formal decoration because that is not part of the process. the commission was briefed three times a kay by the staff -- or the staff was briefed three times a day about all the action being taken. they were being provided with situation reports at the outset of the incident produced at least three times a day. i spoke with them at least once a day and generally as much as time allowed in the initial part of the incident. there was a tremendous amount of communication to my colleagues. they were fully aware of all decision taken by the agency and ultimately by me. >> i would like to ask each of the our forecommissioners, when did you f

committees and zoos across the world talking about global conservation. what was emerging that wanted to bring to you is over half of the populations of the united states, -- we have an opportunity to really advance the conservation conversation, with these visitors. this is part of a growing in the bidding partnership, with a local and regional governments. people like you. this is an important action that we can make. thank you for your support. >> thank you for your important work that you are doing at the zoo. >> and is there any public comment on this item? public comment is closed. >> as the parks and recreation department. i would like to introduce the executive director who is here to tell you about the parks and recreation -- the parks and recreation center. we are thrilled about the partnership, and this is a critical and instrumental partner for the program offerings to kids and adults. >> let me introduce this item for you today. i want to finish on a high note with another presentation to the department. this is something that we talk about a few years ago. we will continue to raise funding, and we collaborate together to create this request.

emergency authority? >> of course. >> mr. chairman, in your testimony before the house energy and commerce committee, you stated you were not required to make a formal declaration of your decision to use emergency authority under section 3 a of the organization plan and -- i can read the whole plan, but in that interest time, why did you choose to keep secret the fact you were transferring to yourself functions tested in the commission? >> the commission was fully aware i was exercising my emergency authorities. i did not keep that secret. i did not make a formal declaration because it's not part of the process. the commission was briefed three times a day by the staff. they were provided with situation reports on the outset of the incident and produced at least three times a day. i spoke at least once a day generally as much as time allowed in the initial part of the incident. there was a tremendous amount of communication to my colleagues. they were fully aware of all the decisions being taken by the agency and my role as chairman. >> i would like to ask each of the commissioners, when did you first learned the chairman had taken

emergency management at the state and local level. welcome, administrator. you may proceed with your testimony. >>thank you, members of the committee. i have submitted written testimony. i will proceed with a brief statement. i think senator shelby sum up really the structural issues we are faced with with the flood insurance program. one of the things i would like to emphasize here is, as the program exists now, it is unlikely we can retire the $18 billion debt. that will substantially increase in either a large scale hurricane or tsunami event. i think we do a much better job with river flooding and how to make a determination of how to manage that risk, but in these large-scale events, there are issues that produce high vulnerabilities that are not addressed in the current system. how do we address that risk? i think one of the issues that we see and we agree with, this risk should be better shared with the private sector versus strictly looking at a taxpayer- run system. i believe there are policies that could be moved to the private sector, there are incentives we could use. i also think there are going to be those policies tha

stated before this committee in the past, ds continues to provide the most secure environment possible. i must reiterate that the scope and scale of our responsibility and authorities have grown immensely in response to emerging threats and security incidents. resources are necessary if we are to meet the requirement of securing a diplomatic facilities in iraq, pakistan, sudan, yemen, mexico, and other dangerous locations worldwide. the department now operates diplomatic missions and places in the past we would likely closed the post and evacuated all personnel. however, the need to conduct diplomacy in the post-9/11 environment is essential to our nation's security. to me are challenges, personnel and resources have grown and evolved. we are engaged in a recruitment campaign. we have increased or outreach to colleges and universities. as a result of more ambitious recruitment efforts, we have reduced our vacancy rate. and this expansion has changed the requirements for training our people. training has progressed tremendously in the past several years. the review of training that accurately reflects the success of our training directorate despite the challenges we face. to ensure that the personnel we deploy

stated before this committee in the past, ds continues to provide the most secure environment possible. i must reiterate that the scope and scale of our responsibility and authorities have grown immensely in response to emerging threats and security incidents. resources are necessary if we are to meet the requirement of securing a diplomatic facilities in iraq, pakistan, sudan, yemen, mexico, and other dangerous locations worldwide. the department now operates diplomatic missions and places in the past we would likely closed the post and evacuated all personnel. however, the need to conduct diplomacy in the post-9/11 environment is essential to our nation's security. to me are challenges, personnel and resources have grown and evolved. we are engaged in a recruitment campaign. we have increased or outreach to colleges and universities. as a result of more ambitious recruitment efforts, we have reduced our vacancy rate. and this expansion has changed the requirements for training our people. training has progressed tremendously in the past several years. the review of training that accurately reflects the success of our training directorate despite the challenges we face. to ensure that the personnel we deploy

emergency management at the state and local level, including serving as a long term firefighter. welcome administrator fugate. you may proceed with your testimony. >> thank you chairman johnson and ranking member and members of the committee, i have submitted written testimony if it pleases the chairman, we'll submit that for the record. and i'll proceed with a brief statement. i think senator shelby summed up really the structural issues we are faced with the flood insurance program. one of the things i would like to emphasize here is as the program exists now, it is unlikely we can retire the $18 billion debt. i also see the risk that would substantially increase in either a large-scale hurricane or tsunami event. we do a much better job with rivering flooding and making the determination in how to manage that risk. but in these larger scale events, there are structural issues within the flood insurance program that produce high vulnerabilities that are not addressed in the current system. how do we address that risk? i think one of the issues we see and we agree with, this risk should be better shared with the private sector versus strictly looking at a taxpayer-run system. i believe there are policies that could be mo

committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, section 202-d of the national emergency act provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless prior to the anniversary date of its declaration the president publishes in the federal register and transmits to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. in accordance with this provision, i have sent to the federal register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the person balkans emergency is to continue in effect beyond june 25th, 2011. the crisis constituted by the actions of persons engaged in or assisting sponsoring, or supporting extremist violence in the republic of macedonia and elsewhere in the western balkans region or ii, act obstructing implementation of the dayton accords in bosnia, united states security council -- united nations security council resolution, and kosovo in the framework agreement of 2001 in macedonia that led to the declaration of a national emergency on june 26th, 2001. the acts of extremist violence and obst