Today we will consider the nomination of admiral david pacoski to become the next administrator of the National Transportation administration. Having spent 32 years in the coast guard, the admiral is an exceptionally wellqualified nominee to become the next tsa administrator. His extensive leadership experience ranges from serving as commander of the coast guard pacific area and Coast Guard Defense sources west where he was in charge of all coast guard operations in the western hemisphere to becoming the 26th vice commandant of the u. S. Coast guard in 2009 where he served as second in command, chief operating officer and component Acquisition Executive of the coast guard. The admirals nomination to become tsa administrator comes at an important time. Security threats remain a persistent challenge and the tsa is not only tax canned with protecting them from attack but ensuring the movement of people and commerce in an efficient manner. Since creation of this committee in response to th
Today we will consider the nomination of admiral david pacoski to become the next administrator of the National Transportation administration. Having spent 32 years in the coast guard, the admiral is an exceptionally wellqualified nominee to become the next tsa administrator. His extensive leadership experience ranges from serving as commander of the coast guard pacific area and Coast Guard Defense sources west where he was in charge of all coast guard operations in the western hemisphere to becoming the 26th vice commandant of the u. S. Coast guard in 2009 where he served as second in command, chief operating officer and component Acquisition Executive of the coast guard. The admirals nomination to become tsa administrator comes at an important time. Security threats remain a persistent challenge and the tsa is not only tax canned with protecting them from attack but ensuring the movement of people and commerce in an efficient manner. Since creation of this committee in response to th
Activities committee used to hold its hearings. In 1939 there was a man in harold s. Johnson who testified. In the height of the red scare, he denied he was a member of the communist party and went on to give an impassioned statement aret how american negroes patriotic americans. That those who seek a change in arepolicy or way of life not against the government itself. That man was my grandfather. [applause] know theiront history are bound to repeat it. Thank you all for participating in this very important mission. Thank you for service to your country, to your countries in this effort. We, at the department of Homeland Security, look forward to continue to work with you on this very important project. Thank you all very much. [applause] mr. Secretary, unlikely openingday pitches, today you through a 100 mile an hour fastball right on the plate. Write down the plate. Right down the plate. Thank you very much. [applause] cincinnati. Com writes that Governor John Kasich is taking a bre
Just worked through the budget at the Committee Level to be on the floor people can talk a good game but the fact of the matter is with sequester the house budget cuts below sequester on discretionary nondefense spending by 300 million. It is going to be devastating if the budget like that goes through it and the House Republicans are willing to support that that nobody should ignore of with the value of support with this board and a family is to have got it already. I have heard speeches about how critical our deficit is and how we have to address our deficit a pair of senators who said it is critical to invest more in National Security. Close to address National Security or close to address legal research, zero. The two primary operating principle of both budgets is that every tax loophole is sacred come and Everything Else comes 2nd and it is very frustrating to sit here and here you testify in such good faith and heres that prospects for progress and know how many people this illne
65. By 2030 that number will have grown by 30 million. And by 2050, that number will have grown by 40 million. So as you can see, the percentage of the old old as you in the orange and yellow boxes in this chart grows very quickly. Again, if you think back to the chart in terms of the amount of per capita spending that increases as people age you see we are looking at a growing number of individuals who, in fact, will be the most expensive portion of the Medicare Program. At the same time we have fewer young people coming in and we have fewer people that are paying payroll taxes to essentially support the program. And, of course, among those who are the most costly and juliet touched on this issue, are those who are dual ebl jiblligible. But Rising Health care costs is also an issue for the beneficiary. As juliet pointed out, as a population theyre not all living in palm beach. They are relatively low income population. Health status and chronic conditions are also significant drivers