Together, is in the responsibilities of the bureau of overseas buildings operations. To the degree that we continue to build facilities that meet all diplomating securities concerns, thats what they need to soon off. In addition to understanding that, we not add cost or add time to schedules in a way that would also jeopardize security. And we have committed to not doing that. But they havent signed off yet or have signed off . We have the support at the highest levels of dip le mlomat securi Diplomatic Security. They have signed off on our documents describing the process and how we are going to go about it. Could you get those documents to us . Could i give you that assignment to get those documents to us. Yes. I would also like, if ive could, a number of members mentioned the document request. I would look to convey, both personally and professionally, that i take seriously the role of this committee and of congressional committee. It was a vast request. We are working to collect th
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] today the House Oversight Committee Examining the ghazi attacks. Then the Foreign Relation Committee holding a confrontation confirmation hearing and a look at schedule changes due to go into effect october 1. Hearinge Oversight Committee hearing testimony. Reviewountability chairman and admiral mike mullen both testified. Hours. Just over two the committee will come to order. The Oversight Committee exists to secure two fundamentals. Americans have the right to know the money washington takes from them is well spent. Americans deserve an effective government that works for them. Our duty is to protect these rights. Our responsibility is to hold government accountable to for what they know is important for how they decide. Our job is to work in partnership with watchdogs to deliver the facts to the American People and bring reform to the bureaucracy. This is our mission. Con
My colleagues to speak more in depth on the intelligence front. I would say operationally, what you are suggesting, that the program ought to have a heightened scrutiny on iraqis is in fact what happens. This was a chronology and when the United States government announced a largescale resettlement of iraqis in 2007, we immediately looked at what we should be doing in light of this particular population which was different, in nationality we had not been resettling a great deal. We looked at enhancements which could bring on board that would address this new population and thats when we created the partnership with d. O. De. Later was this in 2007 . Will yes, later when we identified a new partnership with the counterterrorism center, that was initially focused on iraqi applicants but we learned by doing and we learned about the heightened level of checks and then we expanded to applicants of all nationalities. We use the Iraqi Program to raise the bar across the board for other nation
Mr. Petri i move to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 961. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 1961, a bill to amend title 46, United States code to extend the exemption from the fire retardant materials requirement for vessels operating wiin the boundary line. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. Petri and the gentleman from maryland, mr. Coupling cummings, each will control 20 minutes. Mr. Petri i ask that members may have five legislative days to include extraneous material on h. R. 1961 the speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Petri i yield myself such time as i may consume. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Petri h. R. 1961 renews the exemption for the delta queen from certain coast guard requirements adopted decades after the vessel was bill. The delta queen is a paddlewheel river boat and was built in 1926. It operated in california until 1947, then carried tourists up and down the mi
Were closing their doors five years ago, plants like this were closing their doors. Manufacturing,f the Auto Industry was flatlining. Its own standing on feet and made smart decisions, andalan will tell you if gm chrysler had gone down, suppliers would go down, dealers would have gone down. All of that wouldve had a propellant had a profound impact on ford. I refuse to let that happen. We work with labor and management. Everybody put some skin in the game. We bet on the american worker. Today that that has paid off because the american Auto Industry has come roaring back. [applause] the big three are all profitable hiring new workers, not just building more cars. You are building better cars and trucks. Look at what is going on at the plant. F1 50 is built tougher and more fuel efficient than ever. [applause] you have trouble making them fast enough. You had to bring on a third shift of 900 workers to keep up with demand. [applause] invested 1. 1 billion in this plant, pretty new worke