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On the republican proposal. You can also send us a tweet or go to facebook. Com cpsnspan. We will get your thoughts here in just a minute. I want to begin with the chairman of the Budget Committee , republican from georgia. Yesterday holding a news conference. [video clip] it gets to balance within 10 years without raising tax. We responsibly lay out a plan for a healthy economy. One that opens the doors for people will, not subjects into the ditch to washington, d. C. We say in strength and med...

Manual only says that sensitive but unclassified data cant be emailed outside the i. R. S. Network. But it says nothing about an outright prohibition. In other words its bad practice, but its not prohibited. And it clearly didnt stop lois lerner from lurning the tshfrom returning the confidence of the American People. As i said at the offset, congress has a responsibility to protect taxpayers, just avoiding a repeat of past failures cannot be our ambition. So lets put commonsense safeguards if p...

Its rare that a freshman from the Minority Party gets to chair a committee proceeding like this. But, you know, who says the race go earth not to the swift . First of all, i really appreciate all of you coming here, and i appreciate your willingness to serve on the president s review group. The work that youve done has been very helpful, and im confident that it will do a lot to frame this important discussion as we move forward. The importance of these issues cant be overstated. One of the thin...

Welcome. There are many meanings of transparency. Im not going to get into all of them today, but im sure there will be many different aspects. Their widely divergent opinions on the successes of the Obama Administration and i hope to explore some of those today. President obama made a number of promises when he was running for president. A number are Still Available on change. Gov. During the course of the administration, new issues came up. Everything from Campaign Finance disclosure to dealin...

President obama, fema, the rest of the administrations team working hand in glove with their state team. In this case there was really a team. As i like to say there is no i in the word team. I should have the army corps of engineers has been particular in responding to Hurricane Sandy. Over the years, funded by a series of storm protection projects in maryland are polite, robust and strong, healthy systems. These types of projects criticized at the time by some on my opinion because they perfor...

Chair man of the House Veterans Affairs committee. Youre watching live coverage on cspan 3. After hearing from myself, chairman blumenthal and acting Ranking Member heller, id like to ask all other Committee Members to waive their Opening Statements. There is going to be an opportunity for remarks following testimony today. Hearing no objections so order. Its an honor for me to be here this afternoon with so many dav members and i thank you all for coming to the hill once again. Due to the hard ...

Serviceconnected disability compensation, safe and High Quality Health Care and prompt access to earned benefits. It demands that in dealing with the department of Veterans Affairs, veterans be treated with the dignity and professionalism that is earned through Honorable Service to our nation. The need for oversight is crucial. But it is the need for accountability that is paramount. Speaking directly to th must set the example. True leaders lay out clear expectations, putst others in positions ...

Particular request . I take issue with the premise of the question. We moved as soon as we received a request from the government of the philippines. This has been a tragically developing situation, obviously. It, we mistake about moved as quickly as we could in the wake of the terrible storm. Why not send the amphibious ships . We are not ruling out any capability. Nearest is in japan right now. I am not ruling out the possibility that they could be moved to the philippines. Have a significant ...

Intelligence threats, cyber terrorism, and edward snowden. This is a little more than an hour. This is a list you do of accomplishments of a man and i have to recite them but i will go really fast. He was a white house fellow and he had the experience of working with the National Security council with such deadheads as Henry Kissinger whats the generals name . General brent snowcroft. He had three major positions in the senate including being the Administrative Assistant chief of staff, Internat...

You and knows not to ask questions so thank you. Out will make today about the Intelligence Community. Some threats and challenges. Id have to talk about the snowden controversy. I would like to talk about the way forward and invite some questions. Connecticut has produced its fair share of heroes. When i was in washington, i was invited to the cia to speak to groups and do orientations and explain what the Intelligence Community does. Outside of the headquarters is in an auditorium and that sta...