This hearing of the subcommittee on investigations will come to order. Welcome, everyone. Thank you for being here. My colleagues who are here especially the witnesses who have joined us. This hearing is about a culture of cover up. Its a culture of cover up that the coast guard has spawned and sustained for decades. It has discouraged and deterred victims and survivors of sexual abuse from coming forward. It has denied them justice and it has failed to protect them from retaliation and reprisal when they have stood up and spoken out. It has denied them justice and it has failed to protect them from ret for years, this culture enabled Sexual Misconduct to occur despite evidence of widespread, unaddressed and egregious violations of basic norms. We want to make sure that there is not only transparency but also accountability going forward. This culture has continued to refuse accountability. The type of accountability that comes from naming names and Holding Wrongdoers Accountable. This
Information with regard to the question of premium cigars and how they are or are not sold to children. That was a part of what we are trying to do. And we are reviewing that. And we are in the middle of that process now. Having said that, as we are in that process, a part of your question was the recognition of small employers. And that is something that will be taken into consideration no matter where the rule ends, its something i think is very important that we do as we think about implementation. And so wherever the rule making comes out, as we are in a process. But i do want to recognize the point that youve made, which is making implementation for small employers and small institutions possible, whatever it is. Its something we consider a real priority and something we believe no matter where you are we can work on as part of the implementation. The proposed deeming rule has been under consideration for more than a year. Regulatory uncertainty is exceptionally challenging for Sm
Today we will consider the nomination of admiral david pacoski to become the next administrator of the National Transportation administration. Having spent 32 years in the coast guard, the admiral is an exceptionally wellqualified nominee to become the next tsa administrator. His extensive leadership experience ranges from serving as commander of the coast guard pacific area and Coast Guard Defense sources west where he was in charge of all coast guard operations in the western hemisphere to becoming the 26th vice commandant of the u. S. Coast guard in 2009 where he served as second in command, chief operating officer and component Acquisition Executive of the coast guard. The admirals nomination to become tsa administrator comes at an important time. Security threats remain a persistent challenge and the tsa is not only tax canned with protecting them from attack but ensuring the movement of people and commerce in an efficient manner. Since creation of this committee in response to th
Today we will consider the nomination of admiral david pacoski to become the next administrator of the National Transportation administration. Having spent 32 years in the coast guard, the admiral is an exceptionally wellqualified nominee to become the next tsa administrator. His extensive leadership experience ranges from serving as commander of the coast guard pacific area and Coast Guard Defense sources west where he was in charge of all coast guard operations in the western hemisphere to becoming the 26th vice commandant of the u. S. Coast guard in 2009 where he served as second in command, chief operating officer and component Acquisition Executive of the coast guard. The admirals nomination to become tsa administrator comes at an important time. Security threats remain a persistent challenge and the tsa is not only tax canned with protecting them from attack but ensuring the movement of people and commerce in an efficient manner. Since creation of this committee in response to th
Record Floyd Mayweather wins the richest fight in boxing history. Developments in yemen to tell you about sources in the port city of aden told al jazeera that arab special forces are there assisting fighters loyal to adou Rabbo Mansour hadi. These are exclusive pictures are what is said to be those Ground Troops. Pro hadi Officials Say fort special forces have landed, calling it a reconnaissance mission. However, saudi arabia has denied that its troops entered aden and now a spokesman for yemens southern Popular Resistance said fighters battling houthis around aden airport are all yemenese and are not arab special forces. I assure you if troops were brought into aden from the sea we would have confirmed it through the Daily Briefing as was the practice during the Operation Resolve storm. All operations are open. The coalition will not spare effort backing the resistance and achieve positive outcomes on the ground. I reiterate today no troop landings were made into yemen. That was a sa