john walsh and his wife did not take that as an answer. they spoke to many of us here the chamber, but actually those of us on the subcommittee and committee at that time and challenged us to try and find a way to make it possible that we could have a seamless web between the federal government, the state government and local government when the question was a missing child. and the strength and persistence of that couple, combined with others who joined them around the country was extraordinary at that time. it seems so commonplace now for us to talk about the 25 anniversary of the center. it seems so commonplace of hundreds of thousands of children being reported missing yearly and the fact that there was almost a collective shrug of the shoulders at that time saying it is a terrible tragedy, but there's nothing we can do about it. it seems so commonplace now that when a child is missing, with all of the various laws that have followed after the creation of the national center for missing and exploited children that almost instantly, you

walsh to yourself on december 30, mr. walsh writes and i quote, "ken lewis is going to call you to reaffirm the understanding you have. ken may also raise his favorite perrenial issue, that is, the richmond supervisory team on same page as the board. richmond staff was on our call today but prior to the call, it sounds like they may have threatened a little more than ideal our need to get rid of dividend and fast. i told price systems will be making joint determinations." my question is to your knowledge do you think that mr. lewis's interaction with the supervisory team at the richmond fed threatened or coerced in any way mr. louis? >> well, the federal reserve in general throughout last year was concerned about bank of america's capital, particularly its tangible common equity, and the federal reserve bank of richmond, supervisor of bank of america was interested in having bank of america increase their capital, perhaps while reducing dividends through other measures. at various points there was some confusion i think a

the bill provides $3225 million, an increase for the adam walsh act. with respect to border security, the bill has $1.5 billion, 30% increase over fiscal year 2009. these funds will be used to address firearms and narcotics trafficking between the united states and mexico, an issue that every member of this body has concern and we are pleased to provide these increases. for the second chance act, the bill includes $114 million to develop and implement evidence-based strategies and programs at the federal and state levels to reduce resiffedism and future cost of incarceration. i compliment the committee for the good job they have done with the second chance act and other legislation they are considering. and we are looking forward and appreciate the opportunity to cooperate with them on the funding side. the initiative across the department of justice is increased investments in law enforcement and prosecution for which the bill provides $155 million and that's an increase of $65 million over fiscal 2009. for scat which the president proposed to elimina

good patient at-bat by jones, the first walsh for hernandez.th the -- and nick markakis will stand in with the bases full. nick has struck out and grod out against hernandez independence with the fielders choice, roberts the double, joins the walk -- andino with the fielder's choice, roberts the double, and jones the walk. >> jim: markakis is very much like not a switch hitter, but much like one of my former teammates, kenny singleton. and kenny always trusted the umpire to know the strike zone. when gets called on out on balls off the plate, it from your traits him, but that is reali. some guys have bigger strike zones than others. >> gary: markakis has one grand slam this year, 2 for 7. that's a borderline strike. once he established that, it is more difficult to hit. >> gary: orioles with a chance to get to hernandez. bull pens is stirring for the mets. 0-1. markakis will take that one y outside. 1-1. hernandez will continue to do the same thing with the bases loaded that he's done with nobody on. same ki

the honorable patricia walsh, who is it has had a distinguished legal career. see served in the d.c. circuit, serving as chief judge until 1991. she was also the judge with the international criminal tribunal and was a member of the president's commission on intelligence capability regarding weapons of mass destruction. she clerked for judge frank and received a b.a. from the connecticut college of women. as a hutchinson is a former colleague of ours and on this committee who served with distinction as a member. in 1982, reagan appointed him the united states attorney. he represented the third district of arkansas until president bush appointed him as administrator of the drug enforcement administration. in 2003, he was confirmed by the senate to be the first undersecretary of the department of homeland security. he served in this office until 2005. andrew grossman is the heritage foundation senior legal policy analyst. he was a writer and analyst, current limiting to a program in foreign policy and legal affairs. he is a graduate of the george mason university

walsh in the next panel. he has a very interesting transition that i would commend you to explore this further to get large amounts of wind out of the dakotas into chicago. and one of the issues he's talking about is cost allocation across 2 regions. i am suggesting that congress needs to look at an entire structure of planning and cost allocation that is initially deferred to the states and the states should ultimately solve that problem, but if they can't, the pressure should be there to allow the federal government to step in if necessary. >> thank you. i was the author in 1992 of the wholesale transmission access provisions in the energy policy act that for the first time gave the ferc the ability to open nondiscriminatory access to wholesale transmission lines so there could be more competition in that area. they build upon that new law that i created and issued a generic quarter 888-which is a historic order based on my 1992 law. i am very sensitive to this issue but i don't think we should curtail some

i'm so glad to see judge walsh. he's been in judiciary so many times. and our former colleague, ira hutchison, we're glad to have him back. grossman is always on the case. mr. wisener, you're a relative newcomer here. it's no secret. we're going to decide how we resolve this situation. thank you for your indulgence, chairman nadler. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in the interest of proceeding to our witnesses and mindful of our busy schedule, i would ask that other members submit their statements for the record. without objection all members have five legislative days for optimism. without the chair will be authorized to declare a recess of the hearing which we will only do in case of votes on the floor. as we ask questions of our witnesses the chair will recognizes members in the order of their majority in the subcommittee and providing that the members present when his or her turn arrives. members not present will be recognized after the other members have had the opportunity to ask their questions. the chair reserves the right to accommodate members lat

lummis: he got jessica's law and adam walsh safety act passed into state law. our representative on the steering committee, greg harper of mississippi is an attorney with a child who he has brought to share his unique health concerns with us. and we have all learned a lot from him. and of course, our policy committee representative, jason chaffetz, who is a former division one football player at brigham young university and a dear colleague of ours. and two wonderful freshmen who are plowing new ground, the very first vietnamese american to serve in the united states congress, congressman cao, escaped from vietnam. lost his nirm in katrina and fought to bring telecommunications to the residents. we boast the youngest member of this, aaron shock, illinois state republic and a member of congress, with whom we are privileged to serve. i thank the gentleman for joining me this evening. i thank our speaker, the gentleman from virginia, who was very patient with his fellow freshmen colleagues from the other party and look forward to the opportunity to have a bipartis

i am so glad to see judge walsh. he has been in judiciary so many times, and our former colleague, asa hutchinson. we are happy to see him back. grossman it is always on the case, mr. wizner. you are a relative newcomer here but we welcome you and it is no secret that what we are going to see and do here today is going to be information for everybody to help decide how we resolve this situation. thank you for your indulgence mr. chairman. >> thank you mr. chairman. in the interest of proceeding to our witnesses and mindful of their busy schedules i would ask members submit their statements for the record. without objection all members have five legislative days to submit-- the chair will be efforts to declare a recess of the hearing which we do in the case of those on the floor. as well as questions the sure will recognize members in the order of seniority on the subcommittee alternating between majority and minority providing. members or not present when their term begins will be recognized after the other members h

walsh from itc in the next panel and he has a very interesting transmission project that i would commend you to explore this with him further because he's in the midwest trying to get large amounts of wind out of the dakotas into the chicago area and i think one of his issues he's talking about is cost allocation across two regions. so what i'm suggesting ultimately is that congress needs to look at an entire structure of planning, siding and cost allocation that is initially deferred to the states, and i would say that the states should, in fact, ultimately solve that problem, but if they can't, then the pressure should be there to allow the federal government to step in if necessary. >> you know, thank you, mr. wellinghoff. you know, i was the author in 1992 of the wholesale transmission access provisions in the energy policy act that for the very first time gave the ferc the ability to force utilities to stop blocking requests for open and non-discriminatory access to wholesale transmission line so there could be more competition in the area. the ferc then builds upon the new law that