u.s. chamber of commerce. i appreciate the opportunity to testify today on behalf of hundreds of thousands of main street businesses that the chamber remits. we support sound consumer protection regulation that have fraudulent actors and ensure consumers have clear and precise disclosures about financial products. we want to ensure that the bureau takes a targeted approach for regulation and enforcement without making sweeping policies that impose due publictive burdenses on small businesses and prevents them from getting the credit they need to create the jobs we need in this country. i'll lay out our concerns in two general baskets. first, you know, we have concerns of small business that are subject to the cfpb's regulation and other oversight because they engage in one of the ten activities laid out in the law. they could be regulated by the bureau. all these businesses are subject to oversight by the ftc. it's important to point out these are not businesses that have been heretofore unregulated. overlap an

u.s. chamber of commerce in which they polled small businesses about what they're going to do with regard to job creation this next year. 64% of them said they were not going to add to their pay yols. -- payrolls. of the businesses that responded to that survey, half of them said the reason for that is economic uncertainty. economic uncertainty because of washington, d.c., policies and this administration's economic record which has had a job-crushing agenda since the day they came into office. and so i am delighted to welcome them to the debate about jobs after 2 1/2 years of being missing in action. >> when the president came to office, unemployment rate in this country was 7.8%. now it's 9.2% unemployment. millions and millions of americans looking for work and can't find someone to employ them. a lot of that has to do with the regulations coming out of washington. in this past month alone in the month of july, the 31 days of july, there have been approximately 300 new expensive regulations coming out of washington. 10 of those are major regulations in terms of impact which means they h

u.s. chamber of commerce's has expressed some concerns about hampering business with regard to the cyber plan. there's also been concerns expressed about privacy issues. where do you stand on both of those of france? >> guest: i think both are very legitimate. if we take action to the government that makes our business less competitive, we will not have been doing the economy or the country any favors and at the same time, the government takes actions that significantly affects our individual privacy rights in the name of cybersecurity, then we also would have changed the essential fabric of our freedoms. so it is a little bit like sum up the screening mechanisms that we have gone through in the last decade ago we are going to have to work our way as the country a country through it, understanding we will have some risks in cybersecurity but at the same time we can't leave ourselves open and vulnerable and exposed to malicious actors in cyberspace. so we need to work with privacy folks. we need to work with business. we need to work for the high-tech community to take the steps i am talking a

u.s. chamber of commerce has expressed concerns about hamper being business with regard to the plan, there's also been concerns expressed about privacy issues. where do you stand on both those fronts? >> guest: i think both are very legitimate concerns. if we take action through the government that makes our business less competitive, we will not have been doing the economy or the country any favors. and at the same time if government takes action that significantly effects our individual privacy rights in the name of cybersecurity, then we also will have changed the essential fabric of our freedoms. and so it's a little bit like some of the screening mechanisms that we've gone through in the last decade. we're going to have to work our way as a country through it understanding we'll accept some risk in cybersecurity, but the same time we can't leave ourselves just open and vulnerable and exposed to malicious actors in cyberspace. so we need to work with privacy folks, we need to work with business, we need to work with the high-tech community to take these steps i'm talking about understand

u.s. chamber of commerce back in one thousand nine hundred eighty s. and he said in an interview that i found in a very popular magazine from the late one nine hundred twenty s. the best public servant is the worst one nobody's ever said it quite that bluntly since said that you can find echoes and i do in the book i find appose of this remark right up to the present day i mean conservatives say this sort of thing all the time you don't want competent people in government you don't want because if you if government works if you have smart people in government people who know what they're doing and government works for the public will trust government then you know you won't have the cynicism you won't you know things things will work and then you have the democrats will be looked at you know that it's there if people find out the government programs work the democrats will get elected so for the last thirty years since reagan republicans have been busy running government. good name right into the ground irene inept bureaucrats corporate cronies to get

u.s. chamber of commerce and the koch brothers they were the ones channeling money into the selection. of the chamber of commerce was the biggest donor and they gave ninety four percent of their money to climate deniers to people who have some alternative physics and chemistry but the paper rock that shared not science is just by radio walks you know a kind of lysenkoism that's sort of creeping through our political culture. so you know i suppose that's one reason we're you know out there a lying down in front of the white house you know we have to figure out some other currency to work in because we're never going off the money for the moment that currency is our priorities our books our spirit our creativity all that we can muster in the four or five minutes we have left. i'd like to get into the kind of how we got here i i think that your book the age of missing information is is in many ways metal all of this underlies it and over wraps that and talk to us this was a very odd book. i found the largest cable t.v. system in the world at the time with the early ninety's this was fairfa

u.s. conference of mayors has joined the afl-cio and interesting enough the u.s. chamber of commercen support of increasing the gas tax. but if they don't want to do that, they can do innovative financing programs. bonding, and loan programs and incentivize us to put up the money. what we can't do is continue to diter in the way that they've done around the debt and the deficit. what we can't do is put our head in the sand and not acknowledge the fact that the economy -- the best way to give a shot in the arm to the economy is to put people back to work to pay taxes and generate the revenues that we need right now. in our cities we don't have the luxury to engage in the kind of debates that you've seen where democrats won't address entitlements and republicans won't close tax leap hols or raise some taxes on the wealthy. we can do all of that in a way that the simpson-bowles have kind of created a frame wok for. we can do it in a way that incentivizes localities to put up their own money. what we can't do is to continue to debate this without acting on the need to put people back to

u.s. chamber of commerce tom donohue supports the extension of the gas tax, supports a robust reauthorizationdo the mayors of america, both democrat and republican. we will be there knocking on their doors and reminding them that it was the people in our cities that elected them to the u.s. congress, and that they've got to engage in vigorous efforts to put people back to work, get off of this dithering that we saw around the deficit and, really, do something to put people back to work. we as an example, a plan put forward to create more than a million jobs where cities and counties put up their own money. they would just loan against what the federal government could provide. we'd pay them back. it's a great way to provide more than 1 million jobs over the next six years. doesn't cost a lot of money to it federal government. there are things they could do to put people back to work, and, yes, we're going to have to get business, labor, a broad coalition of people in the state, do your job, u.s. congress. and work to put people back to work. >> mayormayor, good luck as you continue this crusa

u.s. chamber of commerce. looking back at the national security advancement since the september 11th at tax as we approach the ten year anniversary. back to live coverage on c-span2 from the u.s. chamber of commerce. >> i guess i'd start with anyone that wants to answer this and looking out five to ten years, what are the issues in the ring of the public and private partnership with there is dan in your office or the structures in your office, help from the national standpoint and organization are they changing or do they need to, what are they going to look like ten years from now? i mean, al commodores is the first private sector office and began with fema office and linda from the odni and north, has a private sector office. is that a good thing or -- >> i think they started a trend is the good news. as you say and i think we set the stage very well for going forward, so what i would hope is that we can -- i will call it a perfect those trusted traveler programs, those trusted shipper programs that help expe

u.s. chamber of commerce to accenture to lockheed martin have all agreed to do their part to help veterans get back in the workforce. the bottom line is this -- we still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do to get folks the economic security and opportunity they deserve. and that begins with connecting americans looking for work, including our veterans, with employers looking to hire. over the last few years, another generation of young veterans has learned that the challenges don't end in kandahar or baghdad. they continue right here at home. today we're saying to our veterans, you fought for us, and now we're fighting for you. but the jobs and opportunities that you need to keep your families strong and keep america competitive in the 21st century, and at a time when there's so much work to be done in this country, we need everyone's help to do it. so thank you. god bless you. god bless all our services, and god bless the united states of america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ♪ >> standard & poor

u.s. chamber of commerce hosts a conference on homeland security since 9/11. janet napolitano will be one of the speakers at that conference. live coverage begins at 9:00 eastern time on c-span 2. next on c-span, "washington journal" live with your phone calls. the brookings institution host a discussion about the new congressional deficit-reduction committee. later, the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies looks at non-violent political movements. in about 45 minutes, michael tanner on reducing the federal deficit. deficit.

u.s. chamber of commerce. the national association of development organizations. the national association of truck stop organizers. and, many more. i had to do that. this day has been hard to reach and it is because of your advocacy working with all of us, that we have gotten to this point. i will begin my statement. i want to say thank you to my friend and colleague for insuring that our differences on many other issues never got in the way of working toward a bipartisan transportation bill. we see life differently in many areas, but where we can come together, we do, and this is one area we believe is absolutely necessary for our states and the united states to be strong and competitive. we share a deep commitment to our infrastructure. one of the most impassioned moments i have seen on this committee is one the senator talk about what happened when there was a piece of infrastructure that started to fall apart in oklahoma, and the consequences of that. all of the senators on this committee had been instrumental in getting this bill into action. senator max bauc

u.s. chamber of commerce in which they polled small businesses about what they are going to do with regard to job creation in the next year. 64% said they would not add to their payrolls. 12% said they would cut jobs this next year. of the businesses or responded to the survey, half of them said the reason was economic uncertainty. economic uncertainty because of washington d.c. policies and this is administration oppose the economic record, which has had a job-crushing agenda since the day they came into office. i am delighted to welcome them to the debate about jobs after two and a half years of being missing in action. >> when the president came to office, the unemployment rate was 7.8%. now it's 9.2% unemployment. millions and millions of americans looking for work and cannot find someone to employ them. a lot of that has to do with regulations coming out of washington. in the past month, the july, there have been approximately 300 new expensive regulations coming out of washington. 10 of those are major regulations in terms of an impact, which means they have an impact of over $100 mi

u.s. chamber of commerce to accenture to lockheed martin have all agreed to do their part to help get veterans back into the workforce. the bottom line is this, we still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do to give them the economic security they deserve. that begins with connecting americans looking for work, including our veterans with employers looking to hire. over the last few years, another generation of young veterans has learned that the challenges don't end in kandahar or baghdad. they continue right here at home. today, we're saying to our veterans, you fought for us, and now we're fighting for you, for the jobs and opportunities that you need to keep your families strong and keep america competitive in the 21st century. at a time when there's so much work to be done in this country, we need everyone's help to do it. so thank you. god bless you. god bless all our services and god bless the united states of america. [ applause ] >> president obama wrapping up his remarks this morning at the washington navy yard. bottom line here, the biggest thing to come out of the address t

u.s. chamber of commerce, republican business friendly organization supports as well. y haven't gotten the traction, the support to get groups like that behind them on capitol hill to push some of these things. and so they say, look, we are trying to work with business. but every time we too something they might like, like push these trade deals, they are not getting any traction from speaker boehner in the republican-led house to actually move forward on these kinds of things. so, that's the other big problem for this president. it's unlikely that the republican-led house as well as the senate that nominally is led by the democrats and harry reid but, as you know, mitch mcconnell has great power with the filibuster and other weapons to slow the president's agenda. too hard to pass these things. >> juan: very quickly though, what about lowering the corporate tax rates, personal tax rate? why aren't we talking about lowering the tax rates at this point, doing something in exchange like getting rid of the deductions, closing loopholes but lowering tax rates? wouldn't that

u.s. chamber of commerce, this is an hour. >> okay. now we're going to get into the meat of our discussion, our panel. as you can see, we have quite a big pam here, and the intent is to really have a dialogue with the audience. two ways to do that. i'll ask a series of questions to prompt discussion, but feel free to ask questions. there's also index cards and pads of paper on your table, and if you prefer to do that, just hand it to matthew -- raise your hand -- or will, who is around here too, and they'll bring the questions up to me as well. two ways to do it. you have the bios, but i'll introduce the panelists briefly if i may. first of all, commissioner ralph basham. he's one the most distinguished and diverse backgrounds in law enforcement and homeland security. over the course of his 38 year career in federal law enforcement he servedded in leadership positions at four of the eight operational components in what is now the u.s. department of homeland security, most recently, he served as the commissioner of customs and border pro

u.s. chamber of commerce and richard trumka president of the afl-cio.they practically held hands during their testimony. they were so close together on the way we need to take immediate action to reauthorize this nation's transportation system, so i look forward to this hearing. i look forward to our markup. we are working together on a date before we get out of town here on this summer recess. pray to god all the other things fall into place that we know we have hanging over us but again my deepest thanks and i call on senator inhofe. >> thank you adam chairwoman. i want to put in an editorial from the oklahoman in the record. i think it is very, very good. let me start by commending chairman boxer. as he says we have had a lot of differences in the past, but this one area we don't really have differences. we recognize this is what we are supposed to doing up here and her leadership and dedication and willingness to work together has made this possible and i say the same thing for senator baucus and the rest of the committee. i know senator sessions ha

u.s. chamber of commerce saying this bill is far from perfect, but it's a good first step in terms of fiscal discipline. that's probably a feeling that others feel as well, sort of a sigh of relief. and, in fact, our own peter barnes from the fox business network just spoke to gene sperling a few moments ago and said what do you think about the senate vote, and he said better than the alternative. that tells us this is not a celebration here at the white house. they know this process was pretty messy, that this was 'em embarrassing in some respects for both parties as this brag dragged on and we came to the edge of default. but the president is still thankful that this is over, this chapter. but now the hard work begins of not just following through as bret has been talking about on the second wave of spending cuts, potential tax changes by this supercommittee on capitol hill making sure they actually are held accountable, but also get canning this economy going well, getting it going again as well, shannon. shannon: and we understand the president is now coming to the podium. we're going to

u.s. chamber of commerce to accenture to lockheed martin have all agreed to do their part to help veterans get back in the workforce. the bottom line is this. we still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do to give folks the economic security and opportunity they deserve. and that begins with connecting americans looking for work including our veterans with employers looking to hire. over the last few years, another generation of young veterans has learned that the challenges don't end in kandahar or baghdad. they continue right here at home. today we're saying to our veterans you fought for us and now we're fighting for you. for the jobs and opportunities that you need to keep your family strong and to keep america competitive in the 21th century. and at a time when there is so much work to be done in this country. we need everyone's help to do it. so thank you. god bless you. and god bless all other services. and god bless the united states of america. >> president barack obama there at the washington navy yard pledging this, saying, "you fought for us and now we're fighting for y

u.s. chamber of commerce, the president and ceo of the chamber. earlier today, the chamber held their annual labor day briefing for reporters. thomas donahue started the briefing. he started talking about a number of things that chamber wants to see congress to get done in terms of job creation. you also heard from martin regalia, the chief economist for the u.s. chamber. the briefing from earlier today is 90 minutes. .> good morning, everybody thomas downey has some remarks to make -- thomas downey you has some remarks to make. >> thank you. we look forward to your latest economic forecast and as you know, martin is one of the best in the business. you may not agree with him all the time, but at least you understand what he's talking about. we're going to hear from randy johnson. he gets to deal with the easy issues at the chamber, like health care and labor relations and all of the topics were parties seem to agree all the time. it will be interesting to hear what he has to say about the three new regulations that were issued at the nrld as the

u.s. chamber of commerce saying when you look at health care reform implementation and the dodd-frank financialthat could really, this could end up being a small step, a drop in the bucket, if you will, compared to some of that implementation. take a look at this from the chamber of commerce, their numbers. health care reform will create 159 new agencies, commissions, panels and other bodies. the dodd-frank bill will create 447 required or suggested rulemaking, new regulations. cass sunstein basically said, look, if this new initiative is a drop in the bucket, i want a piece of ha bucket, jenna. [laughter] jenna: you rightly point out, two sides to the story. truth probably somewhere in between, and we'll wait to see more of the details, ed. thank you very much. ed henry. >> reporter: thanks. jon: well, there are some signs of trouble for the president's plans to be reelected. new polls show president obama in a near dead heat with four separate republican presidential candidates. according to the gallup poll, president obama trails mitt romney. he's tied with rick perry who just announced and

u.s. chamber of commerce to accenture to lockheed martin have all agreed to do their part to help veteransk force. the bottom line is this: we still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do to give folks the economic security and opportunity they deserve. and that begins with connecting americans looking for work -- including our veterans -- with employers looking to hire. over the last few years, another generation of young veterans has learned that the challenges don't end in kandahar or baghdad, they continue right here at home. today we're saying to our veterans, you fought for us, and now we're fighting for you. for the jobs and opportunities that you need to keep your family strong and to keep america competitive in the 21st century. and at a time when there's so much work to be done in this country, we need everyone's help to do it. so thank you, god bless you, god bless all our services, and god bless the united states of america. [applause] jenna: the president wrapping up some comments just on the economy in general on this very important jobs day where we have a new unemplo

u.s. chamber of commerce on homeland security since 9/11. he panel looks ahead to the future of homeland security. following a discussion former pennsylvania governor and the first secretary of homeland security tom ridge delivers closing remarks. >> are they changing, do they need to? what are they going to look like 10 years from now? l your office is the purse private sector and we have linda millis from the odni private-sector office and we have northcom has a private-sector office. is that a good thing? >> we are starting a trend and that is the good news. as you say and i think we have set the stage here very well for going forward, so what i would hope is that we can, i will call it perfect those trusted traveler programs, those trusted shipper programs. all of those things that help expedite commerce and the movement of people, so when i was asked, what do you do? i would use the example of saying to people, you travel, right? everyone here gets on an airplane. what would you rather have? what do you want to have security or do you wa

u.s. chamber of commerce for its annual labor day briefing. live coverage under way at 10:00 a.m. eastern. now, remarks by attorney general eric holder at a government emergency responders conference on communications technology. his remarks are 10 minutes. >> thank you. good morning. thank you for those kind words and especially for your outstanding leadership. it is a pleasure to stand with you this morning and to join you in welcoming so many of our colleagues and critical partners to this important conference. i like to recognize the great work are co-sponsors from the department of defense and homeland security have done to bring such a wide range of stakeholders together. from two federal partners to researchers and for line practitioners. each of you is an essential part of the response. each of you has a perspective that will enrich and enhance our understanding of the issues at the center of this. as you move through the agenda, each of you have not only the power about the opportunity to strengthen our nation's ability to prevent, respond to, and to recover from critical

u.s. chamber of commerce. then i will yield to senator murphy for introduction. >> it is my pleasure to introduce a teresa miller. i commend her for her work in the insurance division. she joined in 2008, bringing a background of policy issues, having worked as -- she oversees a staff of 100 and a budget of $10 million. the division protect consumers by licensing companies and agents to make sure insurers are financially sound, reviewing violations of insurance law. she has been -- she is done a superb job of bringing diverse parties to the table. i am delighted you're here to share in sight. -- your inisights. >> your statements will be made a part of the record. if you could do them in five to seven minutes. >> thank you. ranking members of the committee, i am pleased to be here to discuss the oversight of health insurance premiums. as the cost of health insurance continues to rise, policy makers have raised questions about the extent to which these increases are justified and could adversely affect consumer

u.s. chamber of commerce. at the end of september, will save about 1 million jobs. in part today's remarks from the rose garden will be a precursor to the president's economic and jobs creation plan that he'll talk about next week. this transportation bill faces a fight in congress. the democratically controlled senate is ready to extend the bill for two years at a cost of $109 billion. but the gop-controlled house wants a six-year extension and they want it completely paid for with money already coming in in the form of gasoline taxes. this all likely will play into a larger battle on the hill this fall. the president wanting more spending. he says to help lift the economy. and republicans, including top senate gop leader mitch mcconnell, arguing that more spending is making the debt and economic situation worse. senator mcconnell said in texas yesterday, quote, if government spending worked, we'd be in a boom. he, meaning the president, cannot figure this out. he needs to quit what he's doing. the white hous

u.s. chamber of commerce, at least that's what i read anyway. yeah, that's right. i'll yield to senator murphy for purposes of an introduction. >> i thank you, mr. chair. it's my pleasure to introduce terry is a mill -- teresa miller, department of business services, ?urnses division joining the division in 2008 bringing a background in legislative and policy issues, previously worked as legislative director for former oregon governor. as insurance administer, oversees a staff of 1,000 and works in small groups and individual markets, a division that protects consumers and agents making sure insurers are sound, reviewing policies for consumer protections. she has done a great job of bringing diverse parties to the table and taking oregon forward baseed on a strong rate review. delighted you are here to share your insights. welcome. >> thank you, senator murphy, and welcome, ms. miller. we'll start with mr. dicken and go across. your statements will be part of the record in their entirety. sum up five to seven minutes, we'd appreciate that. mr. dicken, welcome, and p

u.s. chamber of commerce has expressed concerns about hampering business with regard to the cyber plan. there's also been concerns expressed about privacy issues. where do you stand on both of those fronts? >> i think both are legitimate concerns. if we take action through the government, that makes our business less competitive. we will not have been doing the economy or the country any favors. and at the same time, if the government takes action that significantly affects our individual privacy rights in the name of cybersecurity, then we'll also have changed the essential fabric of our freedoms. and so it's a little bit like some of the screening mechanisms that we've gone through in the last decade, we're quick to have to work our way as a country through it. understanding that we'll accept some risk in cybersecurity. but at the same time, we can't leave ourselves open and vulnerable and exposed. we need to work with privacy folks, we need to work with business and the high-tech community to take these steps i'm talking about. i understanding it's not a final answer. but to try to in

u.s. house of representatives. we join with partners in the environmental community like the blue/green alliance and with the business community, including the u.s. chamber of commerce in pointing out the house proposal locks in failure for six years. in effect, it gives up on america. likewise, we join with others in praising your political courage and focus on maintaining a foundation for the future which is is illustrated by your partisan proposal. i want to emphasize to have the necessary economic impact, investments must be made through the existing core program and highway trust fund and there must be a commitment that in the short falls do not result in less investment that is made. liuna welcomes investments and believes that properly structured mechanisms such as the infrastructure bank could provide a valuable supplement. but we believe some of the prooh -- proposals are years away from creating a significant number of jobs. like many others, we also believe there must be greater transparency. we've all heard about the bridge to nowhere. we must remember that there are plenty of bridges to somewhere that are deficient or obsolete. in fact, four years after

u.s. chamber of commerce. i will yield to senator murphy for purposes of introduction. >> it is my pleasure to introduce to resell miller from the insurance division administrator and i commend her for her work in the consumer business services insurance division. she joined the division in 2008 and brought a background in policy issues having previously worked as director of the governor. as insurance administrator, she has a staff of 100 and a budget of $10 billion. they protect insurers and making sure they are financially sound and investigating potential violations of insurance law. she had done a superb job of bringing diverse parties to the table. . they have a strong rate review process which preceded the affordable care act. thank you for being here. >> thank you, senator murphy, and welcome miss miller. your statements will be made a part of the record in their entirety. if you can sum up and 5-7 minutes, we would appreciate it. >> thank you. i am pleased to be here today to discuss the state oversigh

u.s. came up -- chamber of commerce for their labor debriding. it gets underway at 10:00 eastern. coming up this hour, a look at new government regulations that the white house is considering daniel mitchelldaniel of the daniel mitchelldaniel of the cato

u.s. chamber of commerce has expressed concerns about tampering business with regard to the cyber plan. there were concerns expressed about privacy issues. where do you stand? >> of both are legitimate concerns. if we take action through the government that makes our business less competitive, we will not have been doing them any favors. that the government takes action that the the the the only affect our individual privacy rights, -- action and that affects our individual privacy rights, it will affect the fabric of our freedom. we are going to have to work our way as a country through its. we will accept some risk. we cannot leave ourselves open and vulnerable and exposed. we need to work with business. we need to work with the high- tech community to take these steps. it is that a final answer. we're trying to increase our general level of cyber security around the country. >> do you see it as an economic threat as well? >> it is clearly an economic threat. various people use these gigantic numbers about how much stuff has been stolen from industry. it is intellectual property that i

u.s. chamber of commerce in which they pulled small business about what they will do with regard to job creation this next year. 64% said they would not add to their payrolls. 12% said they were going to cut jobs, and of the businesses who responded to the survey, half of them said the reason for that as economic uncertainty because of washington, d.c., policies and this day they came into office. i am delighted to welcome him to the debate about jobs after two and a half years of being missing in action. >> when the president came to office, unemployment rate in this country was 7.8%. now, it is 9.2% unemployment. millions of americans looking for work and cannot find someone to employ them. a lot of that has to do with regulations coming out of washington. in the past month alone, the 31 days of july, there have been approximately 300 new expensive regulations coming out of washington. 10 of those are major regulations in terms of impact, which means they have an impact over -- of over $100 million. the total impact has been almost $10 billion of expenses when you look at these hundreds of mil

u.s. chamber of commerce. >> next, and conversation with brigadier-general cosentino about afghanistan. the council. -- barbara slavin hosted the council. >> good afternoon. on behalf of our president and the director of our south asian center, i would like to welcome you to what will be very interesting discussion this afternoon. the south asia center, which was launched in 2009, has quickly become a central forum for policy makers, members of congress, and both european and south asian leaders. the center focuses on the greater south asia region, which includes the gulf, iran, afghanistan, and central asia. the center's establishment in the last two years has become a central point of this course on issues related to afghanistan. with the onset of the drawdown of u.s. and isaf forces in afghanistan and the deadline for a full transition to take place by 2014, many questions remain about the afghan security forces' ability to effectively take on operations to ensure long-term stability and success. we are pleased robert kadhir general cosentino, the deputy commander general of the miss

u.s. chamber of commerce. at least that's what i read any way. and our -- i will yield to senator murphy. >> it's my pleasure to interviews teresa miller, oregon's insurance administrator and i commend her for her work for leading oregon's insurance division. she joined the division in 2008, bringing a background in legislative and policy issues previously having worked as legislative director for oregon's former governor. she oversees staff of 100 and budget of $10 million. the division protects consumers by licensing insurance companies and agents making sure insurers are financially sound, reviewing policies and investigating violations of insurance law. she has done a great job of bringing diverse parties to the table and of taking oregon forward based on a strong rate review statute which preceded congress' passage of the affordable care act. delighted that you are here to share your insights. welcome. >> we'll start with mr. dicken and then go across. your statements will be made a part of the record in their enentirety and sum up in five t

u.s. chamber of commerce to lockheed martin have all agreed to do their part to help veterans get back in e workforce. the bottom line is this -- we still have a long way to go, a lot of work to do to get folks the economic security and opportunity they deserve. that begins with connecting americans looking for work, including our veterans, with employers looking to hire. over the last few years, another generation of young veterans has learned that the challenges don't end in kandahar or baghdad. they continue right here at home. today we are saying to our veterans, you fought for us and now we are fighting for you, for the jobs and opportunities that you need to keep your family strong and to keep america competitive in the 21st century. at a time when there is so much work to be done in this country, we need everyone's help to do it. so thank you, god bless you, god bless all our services, and god bless the united states of america. [applause] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> so in washington today, the center for retirement security at boston college holding their annual conference. we will bring you

u.s. chamber of commerce now come and tell you about what's coming up this afternoon here on c-span2. the head of the transportation security administration, john pistole, will participate in a panel discussion on aviation security. the event is part of the airline pilots associations 57th air safety forum. that's coming up live at 1:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. and all this month watch booktv in primetime on c-span2. >> congressional leaders recently appointed members to serve on the deficit reduction committee created as part of the compromise to raise the debt ceiling. this afternoon live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, the brookings institution host a discussion looking at the committee's prospects for success. i law, the 12 member group is required to improve -- approve a plan to cut $1.5 billion in federal deficits over 10 years. also live on c-span later today, the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies hosts a discussion examining the dynamics that lead to nonviolent movements. that's at 6 p.m. eastern. >> u they continue to write on issues regarding pakista

pushback from not just the chamber of commerce the table communications company and technology companies are not fans of the sort of system that fans of the sort of system that the u.s. proposal and the proposals on the hill would set out to kind of require certain parts of the critical infrastructure to evaluate the systems and kind of report back on that. and i'm wondering what, how the white house is managing the industry concerns on this. >> i think there's a couple things. we said we've rolled out the proposed legislation this is the beginning of the dialogue and by no means the end of the bye all. second coming as we work with the private-sector, not only the white house but also the department and agencies that have the sector specifically committing feedback with a sector and shaping what is it that we really need to do and what are the things they need i don't know that i would characterize the private-sector response of the pushback. there's concerns about -- to make one person characterized it became out with guns blazing. some of the folks getting feedback on capitol hill discard the significance to respect think the majority of people i talk to say ther

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u.s. exporters have lost market share to competing nations during the same period according to the american chamber of commerceion as the top consumer of the world's goods and services, a growing chinese class of consumers that offers u.s. export is exciting trade and investment opportunity has come about. likewise, the u.s. states and territories stand ready to encourage and facilitate business investment in this country. u.s. affiliate's of foreign companies employee 5.6 million people in 2010, supporting an annual payroll of $408.5 billion, with an average salary per u.s. employee of about $73,000, which is 33% higher than the average compensation level for domestic based company's. through ongoing dialogue and interaction, whether in the large venues like this for them or more intimate one-on-one discussions, we must strive to develop mutually beneficial long-term relationships between the u.s. states and territories and chinese provinces through trade and investment opportunities. in the best of those opportunities should capture not only traditional business to business relationships, but also a travel,

chamber of commerce agrees with the unions this case. if we set up an infrastructure bank that wasn't controlled by pork it might be able to attract some more building of factors in the u.sake -- tack stories in the. is i wouldn't make light of that >> sean: wasn't it the same policy the stimulus and the son of stimulus. i guess this is the great, great grandson of stimulus and none worked. >> i would say no and no. and i somewhat disagree with that third thing you said. the original recovery act is passed at a time when the private second for is in free fall. it is more controversial, because it involves mover government than most people are comfortable with it is not designed to be sustained that the government would be the primary driver of recovery, absolutely not. it is just that there was no way to have the private sector leading the recovery when we are declining at the fastest rate in our life times. fast forward to now, in december, the president pass ing a tax bipartisan -- passing a tax bipartisan bill last december that is about investment incentive, payroll tax cut, 150 million workers. things that are going to leverage the private sector. >> sean: you can't