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Would be the first to point out that irony that, like our infrastructure, all of us are getting older and in need of repair from time to time. Cr q was one very importantr mess t however, he wanted to be with you today to share. And that is to thank each of you for coming to washington and to visit with your members of congress. Hes been to the hill many times himself over the past year, and hes worked hard to share with lawmakers the stark facts and a sense of urgency. Hes explained how were in...

Actually awarded for the grants and do you work with the cyber center at Homeland Security at the nddk to on how these grants are distributed or the technology that theyre developing there . Explain a little bit how that process works. Id have to go back and ask staff. Most of what we see with states using our funds ren hansment in their centers. Id have to go back and ask. I know we have work to expand eligibility on what grants can do but theres also within the cyber world still a lot to be de...

Because it got wiped out. We need to move beyond that. We have to look at not just Building Back to what we always looked at cost benefit analysis and make investments. This gives us the ability to move beyond just looking at one set of criteria. It seems that your mitigation effort has to be focused on the actual hazard. In this budget youre looking at additional funds for Hazard Mitigation but i would certainly want to know that is based on the actual hazard itself and mitigate both the hazard...

I use experience you know, i have no idea whatsoever. And pozner suggested, i think i picked that up go and do empirical research. Why doesnt the government do it . Commissions tried to do it. Doesnt know where to begin. There are so many statutes. I think, Justice Breyer the very difficulty and unmanageability of the enterprise suggests it is not what congress had in mind. What congress had in mind was identifying classes of offenses that judges are confident involve serious potential risks of ...

Here. Let me begin with a topic that the chairwoman is familiar with, Cyber Security, particularly the faa. I had the privilege really of watching the chairman work and superb job of pending the intelligence bill and no one knows more and more thought 68 about the issue than senator collins, but i understand that within the faa there is a huge need to protect the system from Cyber Incidents and intrusions. But that there is organization in the air Traffic Organization that basically has to borro...

When we were forced to leave we didnt orb our children became without any education, without school. So a congregation we care a lot about education as dominican. We start opening kindergartens. So we had 135 children in one of the kindergartens, we handed one of the classes we hand them papers to draw on the paper. Amazingly, most of the children they draw back home their hometowns. They draw some their beds church homes, that they relate back home. When we asked them why did you do that . They...

Misdemeanors. So here is my ask. We want to work with you to restore this relationship. We have replaced secure communities with a new program for the benefit of Public Safety, but i need a partner. Those in this room and governors and mayors and county commissions and so forth, we have done our part to end the controversial secure communities program. And now i ask that you and others get with your city attorney, your city council, you are Police Commissioner your chief, get a hold of the polic...

There are people who struggle towards something more than being just a secondclass citizen, and know that there is justice on your side. Here is what i asked. We have eliminated through our executive actions, one of our executive actions, the secure communities program. This was controversial legally and politically, and we replaced it with a new program called the priority enforcement program. In my view, working together with mayors, governors Sheriffs Police chiefs, so that we can focus our r...

Department of transportation. The administration is proposing 94 billion in mandatory and Discretionary Spending for the department of transportation in his school year 2016. Included is proposed a six years 478 billion Service Transportation reauthorization paid for by a onetime 14 tax on the repatriation of the foreign parents foreign earns. While i support a repatriation proposal and am completely open to using some of the resulting funds for our infrastructure the president s budget is based...

Cusp of an Energy Revolution. Putsob Energy Revolution energy front and center as a way to increase the economy, drive revenues to balance the budget. We know that we need to do that with smart policy and resisting the necessary regulations. We have a lot of efforts at the chamber. Our Regulatory Reform initiative. One thing that we do not talk about as often is the fact that we can produce a lot of energy in this country, but we have to be able to move it. Moving it is going to require a lot in...