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Extension. If the president signed that . The im not sure that anybody knows what the outcome of the situation is going to be. We saw the speaker of the house going on television over the weekend to declare that he is certainly comfortable with not funding the department of Homeland Security. I am not sure what kind of an of general mlss leads to that conclusion. And im not sure that its in the best interest of the vote tabulation that i can see. But yet he said that its on the left. And i think that does raise some questions about whether or not this new governing public and majority in congr...

Inequality. If you look at what actually happened to people, a lot of what matters, they are aftertax income and weve had substantial tax cuts in middleclass families, make tax cuts permanent that are worth thousands of dollars a year, had additional tax cuts for the areas like the itc and Child Tax Credit and on top of that you have the Affordable Care act. When you take all that into account, the policies of this administration have substantially reduced income inequality relative to what you otherwise would have had. In terms of the underlying trend in the economy i think that challenge is ...

[inaudible conversations] good morning. The committee will come to order. Welcome one and all. On monday september 16 a horrible tragedy unfolded in the navy yard in washington d. C. A very troubled individual took 12 lives in a senseless act of violence. The circumstances that led to this tragedy are multidimensional. The issues raised by this tragedy such as the adequacy of our gun laws and the quality of Mental Health care are outside the purview of this committee. But as we have learned more about aaron alexis a number of my colleagues and i have been asking each other why such a troubled ...

The others were clearly a miss take. Mistake. Congratulations. Thank you for doing double duty here in the last six months in taking this on. To our colleagues who were good enough to find a way supporting a confirmed director, i thank you for your support. As the acting director, miss kaplan oversees the office of federal investigative services. The office responsible for ensuring that the federal government has a work force that is worthy of public trust by investigating and reviewing applications for security clearances. And by performing background checks to determine whether a person is s...

Not be letting when we give them the Good Housekeeping seal of approval, which is what this security clearance is, that ought to mean something. And if they breach it, that ought for something that we consider very serious with very serious consequences. And so i applaud your work. I would like to know how many have actually been discharged or disciplined for either lying on applications. Obviously they wouldnt get the clearance. But not reporting after the fact. Mr. Chairman, again, thank you for the time. Thanks. Those were tough questions. Senator mccaskill. I think one of the most revealin...