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For them to go fix their problem. Im an advocate for industry upping their game having the capability to tell the government something is going on. These are areas i like to really talk about what is going on in this domain and when you look at it, in the internet, our nation is the one that created the internet. We were the first to do this. We ought to be the first to secure it. Thank you, chairman. Thank you very much, general. Mr. Clarke. Good morning, chairman mccain, Ranking Member reed, m...

Regarding the Security Checks. We will not cut corners. The Security Check requirements were developed in the inner agency with the consultation and expertise of the fbi, our dhs partners, and the Intelligence Community partners and the security regime was set up with all that input. And i have heard no discussion of making any cuts to it for any reason. I would like to point out that the grant grants of Refugee Status are discretionary so that if there is a doubt, the case is referred for furth...

Spend those fees on and if you use fees to expand dramatically the number of refugees from syria or other places in the middle east, that does tend to drain the money, does it not, ms. Strike, that you would otherwise have for other needs of your agency . Yes, sir. In order to reprioritize fee funding to the Refugee Funding Program in fy 16 that will come out of other uscis priorities. Follow up on this question, mr. Bartlett, if we go to 100,000, are you aware of how many of those over the 75,0...

Then it said it planned to accept a floor of 85,000 refugees and at least 100,000 next year. Once here with Refugee Status those individuals can claim any job and collect any federal welfare benefit. Recent statistics from the department of health and Human Services office of Refugee Resettlement indicate that 75 of refugees receive food stamps and more than half receive Free Health Care and cash benefits. For refugees from the middle east the numbers are even higher. More than 90 of recent midd...

Families do not have their checks expire, forcing them to redo many of those screenings, when individual parts of the test expire while theyre waiting for other parts to be completed. And third, keeping families updated about their status. Frequently a large familys resettlement will be delayed because a Single Family member is waiting to be approved. Those are common sense straightforward methods of reforming the screening process so that it takes weeks, not years to reach conclusion. And i thi...

I dont think any of you are being told your resources are going to increase when you have more refugees. So at the most fundamental level, im trying to figure out how you absorb this within the current rate of funding that you have without something giving. One of those things that may give could be the very important thing that we all have an obligation to ensure, and that is the safety and security of the homeland. There is going to be handoff between the various agencies. How do we make sure ...

[sirens] again, looking at the outside of the cathedral of st. Matthew the apostle earlier today where the annual rent mass was helpless Supreme Court justices, many of whom you saw there. The Supreme Courts term officially begins tomorrow. Some of the cases they face this term have to do with abortion, health care, labor unions, and immigration. You can look for those cases is here on cspan when they happen. With the Supreme Courts new cases. Es landmark that exports the human cases and constit...

We have closed captioning. Thank you. All right. Well convene the Mayors Disability Council for friday september 18, 2015. Im cochair chip supanich and asking harriet wong to read the introduction. Good afternoon, welcome to the Mayors Disability Council, this friday, september 18, 2015. In city hall. City hall is available to provide wheelchairs and access. Wheelchair access at the polk street is provided via a wheelchair lift. Assistive listening device are available and our meeting is opening...

We have closed captioning. Thank you. All right. Well convene the Mayors Disability Council for friday september 18, 2015. Im cochair chip supanich and asking harriet wong to read the introduction. Good afternoon, welcome to the Mayors Disability Council, this friday, september 18, 2015. In city hall. City hall is available to provide wheelchairs and access. Wheelchair access at the polk street is provided via a wheelchair lift. Assistive listening device are available and our meeting is opening...

Fund if its insufficient to cover sfmtas expenditures for Transportation Services to the warriors project, then the warriors will be responsibility to comply with eir mitigations tr2b and t18. Motion by supervisor tang without objection. Colleagues we have the underlying item no. 2 as amended by both amendments. Motion to accept the item with full recommendation to the december 8th board of supervisors meet. Ing so moved. Motion by both supervisor tang and supervisor mar, well take it without ob...