Come together to address a serious challenge. We all took an oath to protect the nation and its interests but to do so we must Work Together. I know everyone on this Committee Takes the isil threat seriously. Everyone at this table does as well. We encourage a serious debate. I ask you to pass the president s amf because it provides the authority and flex wage and recurrent campaign and because it will demonstrate to our men and women in uniform that all of us stand behind them. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Distinguished members of this committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. Let me add my personal thoughts and prayers to those at the loss of folks on that helicopter. A reminder to us that those who serve put themselves at risk in training and combat. We will work to which were those survivors their family members will be well cared for. The committee will join in. I appreciate the opportunity to be here today. I just returned yesterday from a trip to the middl
A significant threat to the infrastructure and Information Systems of u. S. Facilities. So i would like you to answer, do you support the quick adoption of the twoperson security rodeo staff recommended . The commission decided not to go forward with that at this time. Why . It was a commission decision. Why . Was the vote . Im not sure. No recall what the vote was. Does anyone recall what the vote was not to go forward with this . That you remember. Madam chair, the specific issue was that the staff had not completed the costbenefit analysis to assess whether any of the twoperson room was appropriate corrective legislation we dont have an answer to what the vote less. I dont recall if. Does anybody five people, its done a lot of people, 32, 41 . Of voting against. And review the . Voted against. How did you vote . I believe i voted against. How did you vote . I dont recall. I completely this is a big and important issue. And this business of a costbenefit analysis when youre dealing w
Moved forward, we can now report there are a total of 92 crew members that have been identified as having some level of involvement. That means other participating in the cheating or knowing something about it and the standing of and reporting it. In an abundance of caution as we follow these new leads we have temporarily decertified these 92 crew members, and there are no longer on alert at this time. Lieutenantgeneral wilson and just a few minutes will discuss police held is rearranging his impact what i want to reassure his that i remain confident to our bases last week even more confident in this safety, reliability, effectiveness of the Nuclear Mission. I remain this way for basically the same reasons as i reported to all of you two weeks ago. The differences i went and saw it for myself one week ago. Just to recap, there are multiple checks and balances in the system, and there are a variety of ways that we ensure the reliability and safety, not the least of which is the fact tha
Documents from our committee. However, there is simply no constitutional basis that this is applicable to the documents in question. Finally i note excessive travel is of concern. Im going to ask you about your travel. Its been difficult to schedule oversight hearings because one or the other is somewhere in the world. Im mist satisfied as to why the travel records provided to me are marked nonpublic. I plan to ask questions about the lack of transparency. And scheduling of your travels. During a period where reactors are closing due to adverse safety regulations. The nrcs role is a strong safety regulator has never been more important. However, im concerned that whistle blowers who have raised safety and other concerns within the nrc have been ignored. So those are issues of deep concern to me. I have to ask you about all of them. I look forward to hearing your open and complete answers. I would turn to my Ranking Member. Thank you for convening todays hearing. I also want to thank ou
The woman told her life story. Why she was on the roof and why she was going to jump. I want to emphasize that then officer mcmahon was able to establish and maintain a rapport with her and the issues and homeless and wanted to end her life as others looked on at the christa hotel. Throughout the conversation the woman told the officer that she didnt want to live anymore. And wanted to jump. And assessing that situation, then officer mcmahon now Sergeant Mcmahon realized this would not go well, and edged closer to the woman. On this narrow fire escape on a building that was built in 1926. During that course of that conversation, the woman began to edge to the very end of the fire escape and suddenly jumped. Officer mcmahon with both arms grabbed her around the upper torso and helderhelder held suspended over the sidewalk on tenderloin. And he kept holding on to her as officer dags and Sergeant Ryan step on the fire escape and assisted Sergeant Mcmahon to bring the woman into the buildi