having with one entity or another. what i get to is that the president did have an opportunity to talk with chancellor merkel today, and their conversation was focused on the situation inside of syria and they shared a deep concern about the increase in violence there. they also had an opportunity to discuss the situation in ukraine as well. and continued violation of ukraine s territorial integrity by the russians. but i don t have more detailed readout of the conversation to share beyond. josh, thanks. [inaudible] the president is aware of the crash in hoboken. just received a detailed briefing at this point, fsk is still in its early stage of that investigation is being led by the national transportation safety board. i know that the federal railroad administration is involved as well, and has personnel on site. they are collecting as much information about what happened as they can. the president will be updated on that situation as they learn more. i m not aware of a
[inaudible conversations] .. before i begin this hearing i want to take a few minutes to recognize the subcommittee on crime, terrorism, homeland security investigation and caroline lynccarolinelynch aften capitol hill she decided to move back to her home state of arizona to be closer to her family and pursue their next steps in her career. needless to say we are very sad to see her go. during her time she worked for representative john shadegg and then asked the council of the public policy committee. in 2006, caroline came to work for the judiciary committee and in 2008 became keith davies co. chief counsel of the crime subcommittee. the committee caroline has had an enormous impact on the reform of the criminal national security wall. wall. few people have done as much to promote the safety. caroline has overseen the drafting negotiation and passage of critical legislation regarding the foreign intelligence sur
conversations] .. i want to recognize the homeland security and investigations, caroline lynch. after 15 years working on capitol hill, caroline has decided to move the back to her home state of arizona to be close to her family and to pursue the next steps of her career. we are very sad to see caroline go. during her time in washington, dc, caroline works for john ofdegg in this chief counsel house republican policy committee. she came to work for the house judiciary committee and in 2008, she became chief counsel of the judiciary s crime subcommittee. she has had an enormous impact on criminal and national security laws. few people in washington have done as much to promote the safety of our community. caroline has overseen the drafting safety. caroline has overseen the drafting negotiation and passage of critical legislation regarding the foreign intelligence surveillance act, the electronic communications privacy act and the most sweeping set of reforms the government
facilities. the secretary will meet with the appropriations committee. the house passed a bill looking at the ba secretary, giving him more flexibility at ba facilities. v.a. facilities. we want to get your reaction in the first 45 minutes. to the actions that took place yesterday and what should be done overall about it. here s your chance to call and give your thoughts. (202) 585-3880 four democrats. (202) 585-3881 for republicans. .ndependents, (202) 585-3882 a special line for veterans to give their thoughts. (202) 585-3883 you can post on our facebook page. 50 posts so far. can e-mail us, too. joining us on the phone to give us the latest concerning the announcements yesterday and what happens going forward is leo shane with the military times. he s a congressional reporter for that publication. thanks for joining us. caller: thanks for having me back. host: what has been the reaction on capitol hill to the actions late yesterday?d movement heid not folks on capitol hi
wayperson standing in the of making progress. that would be the speaker of the house. i know in his heart his intentions are good. we just hope that we will see before the one year is out from the senate bill some son of life, some sign of intention, some bill that can come to the floor. scheduledis and even on a bill that could possibly take us to conference. it is clear that their intention is to do nothing and that is totally unacceptable. we have a bill, 200 cosponsors, hr 15, including three republicans. many more republicans told us they would go for the bill. give us a vote, mr. speaker. the votes are there. give us a vote. in another display of industry and dash of indifference to the needs of the people, republicans are proposing to take food out of the mouths of our chosen once again. the agriculture budget would overrule doctors so that schoolchildren will eat fewer fruits and vegetables and admit moms and babies get more potatoes. potatoes are not a bad thing. it