rudy hernandez received the medal of honor on april 12th, 1952 whitehouse from president truman. if i could deaf your health -- if i could get your help in introducing mr. fruity hernandez. thank you for your service to our country. -- if i if it were held in introducing fat-free mr. rudy hernandez. -- i would like your help in introducing mr. rudy hernandez. >> nancy pelosi said, "for different from a thank you for your interest to the area. the many fifth contribution from left to itself felt fifth of a future. with and if america will have to our culture and for a fee of 5 ref info for tonight from line are on a table of hispanic immigrants. fifth family and community are making america more americans. this is the essence of our history, to honor that character of america fifth we must path comprehensive for for immigration reform. president obama established three filler for economic growth and job creation. health care reform that provides quality affordable health care for all. energy independence and for the creation of new green jobs and education for all of our children.

>> very instructive, the whitehouse and treasury. we work very well together but i would say that began with me working with secretary paulson in 2008 that we shared ideologies in general. but from the standpoint of this bill, our cooperation with the lighthouse and the treasury department and other agencies, the fdic and shapiro of the sec has been very constructive and i am very pleased with the relationship we had. the other thing i learned, i thought i knew it but i've been able to tell others. public opinion is powerful. we got a better bill this year than i had out of the committee last year because last year frankie was spepgd all the time -- spending all the time in healthcare and there was no focus on this bill from the general public. the big interests won more of the fights than i wanted them to. this year with healthcare having been done, all of this happened in the public arena and we got a stronger bill at every point, a stronger bill in the senate, so it does reinforce my view if we can get public opinion focused, it w

. >> and finally, senator whitehouse. >> welcome, general clapper. here is the bitter end. i like to go back to security. a lot like ask you about five topic areas. the first is the information that the public has about cyber security. are you comfortable that the public is adequately aware of this scope and severity of the cyber security threat that the country faces? >> candidly, no, sir. i do not think that there is a general appreciation for the potential threat there. i think there is widespread knowledge in the cyber community, meaning the cyber industries, if you will. i think that there is a less acute awareness help their -- out there and what i call the civil infrastructure, but the general public is not aware of the potential threat, no. >> the reason that i ask that is it is difficult in a democracy to legislate in an area where the public is not adequately aware of the threat. i hope that as we go forward in the pieces of legislation out there that you will help us bring to the attention -- you said that we'd do have classified here, in an area where it does no

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we are so pleased to have you here at the whitehouse at the launch of the national hiv/aids strate. is such an important day, and it is important that we put this day in context. it has been 30 years since the hiv/aids epidemic first hit our country, and it has been 20 years since passage of their ryan white care act, and at this important marker in our history, we think it is imperative that we refocus our attention on the issue of hiv/aids and what we have to do in the united states to address this issue appropriately. it is also important to keep in mind wht this means for individuals, and for all of the statistics there is a human face behind them. we know that 1.1 million people are living with hiv in the united states. we know that 56,000 people are infected every year, and every nine and a half minutes, and that is one of the statistics when you say it, i always have to doublecheck it because it is so stunning. every nine and a half minutes someone is it that you-- infected with hiv and for that ason during the campaign for of president obama promised that as a nation, domest

senator whitehouse? >> i yield to chairman levin. >> let me ask you first about the information-sharing. used to you believe obstacles remain to adequate information sharing. our investigations and recent terrorist attacks reveal that the cia one not share its database with the dod, or with the nsa and a the watts center physic cannot allow certain personal to access the other databases. can you comment on that question and information-sharing among agencies? >> it continues to be a problem. it is better than it was, better than before 9/11, but needs improvement. nsa is understandably conscientious about the protection of potential data on u.s. persons, are very sensitive about compliance. that is one inhibitor to collaborative, full sharing. it is an area i intend to work on it, if confirmed he. >> you said you will achieve progress of the discipline application of incentives, both for words and consequences for information-sharing. what do we just need a directive by executive order? why do we need in