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Officials from the state an Energy Department where i capitol hill today to testify on the nuclear deal with iran. The hearing held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee focused on october 2015 testing of two Ballistic Missile by iran and the u. S. Ability to enforce keeper visions of the agreement. This is two and half hour. Would like to thank our witnesses for being here. We know senators that are here at the moment, others will be joining. This hearing is the first Public Meeting the com...

It in no way diminishes, as as i said the task of counter proliferation, of preventing acquisition of technology. I look forward to addressing any concerns or questions you have about these two central roles in my bureau. Or any other topic. Thank you thank you again for this opportunity. Thank you very much. Thank you chairman corker, Ranking Member, and Ranking Members of the committee. It is a great honor to testify before this committee and to have the opportunity to discuss the role of the ...

Information the program collects has been valuable and ineffective in protecting the National Security. The program is operated under a statute that was publicly debated and the text of the statute outlines the basic structure of the program. The operation of the section 702 program has been subject to judicial oversight and extensive andrnal supervision, the board is found no indication of intentional abuse. Outside of this fundamental core, certain aspects of the section 702 program do raise t...

Understanding that we are doing our kids and grandchildren a great disservice if we dont own up to the infrastructure problems we have right now and we work with the governors around the country to move forward on this issue. So mr. Chairman thank you very much. Snack thank you senator. Let me make this comment. We are very proud to have all of you here. We had some al masai think so the full panel was not here but i appreciate very much your coming. Its important i believe when i look at this p...

And local governments have the tools they need. This is a very important topic. We learn a lot when we got involved with Hurricane Center recovery and we are taking the larynx that we derive from that and trying to build into more of our programs routine resilient construction. For instance we found that stoplights needed to be waged in the ground deeper to be more resilient. And when that local leaders in my state are working hard to address whether its new york city or projects to improve side...

That is why we sent you to grow america act last year and why we will send you a new and improved grow america act this year. We certainly know that the grow america act is not the only approach to solving the infrastructure and mobility challenges of the future. We look forward to fully engaging this committee and with others on both sides of the aisle to chart this path together. But we believe there are some essential principles that any bill must have. First were going to need a substantiall...

Great big mansion if we have the resources to build a hut. And i think that our system right now really needs a substantial injection of a longterm bill but also substantial growth to counteract the cumulative effect of the shortterm measures in the recent past. And one followup real quickly on that specific point. Is there a version of that proposal you are talking about that doesnt have the big tax increase on successful folks as part of it . Because going back to the spirit of my comments, im...

Theres much that we can learn from this 13year experience in how to take a more comprehensive approach, and to recognize while kinetic actions have a value all of their own certainly and thats blatantly obvious, nonkinetic actions do as well. We can do much better at that than what we have done. Thank you. General matt is my time is up, but do you have any you want to add . Very quickly senator i would point out we have to improve the process assuming there is a process. Ive been unable to ident...

Again, to do it in a way thats environmentally sensitive. I think we can get that done and actually move the ball forward a bit. Thank you mr. Chairman. En in light of the fact we have governs standing governors standing by. We will wait for them. Thank you. This is an incredibly issue for new york state. Mas mass tras it nearly 8. 5 Million People bride the buses and trains in the city. Would you agree that it is important for them to receive money through the trust fund if congress were to cut...

Do. Thank you. Thank you senator. Thank you. We will recognize now senator rounds for his first introduction to this committee and how delighted we are to have him serving on the committee. Thank you mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, thanks for the opportunity to visit with you just a little bit today. Coming from south dakota it strikes me that in our home state, were between 800 and 9 900,000 accept during the time of the Sturgis Rally and then we bump up considerably. It seems like as a former may...