All of the all of the dialogue here, and i think that whatever we have to know some facts first about how such a system would work and then where can you get those facts from . What . Where can you get those facts from . Well, first of all, for the care thats given, and by the way, pc3, if 80 of the veterans used the pc3 network of providers, it would solve a lot of your problem. But they dont. Very minute number currently use it for a lot of reasons. In any case you think thats the answer . That could be one of the answers here . Well, its one of the answers, certainly it is. It is. But for every other form of care, then have you this issue of whats f. A. R. Based and whether were doing this illegally or not. But the remedy has to be, once you know the answer to the question and get some clarity, not only on the accessible care issue, but also the cost, because i think that the impact on the Acquisition Workforce in va would be be potentially quite a bit more in terms of having to hir
Good morning. President trump has made improving the nations infrastructure a top priority and this committee is continuing its effort to highlight the nations infrastructure it is critical to the nations prosperity pie as members of this committee as the driver of the nations economy this committee has a long history of working together and a bipartisan way and i would continue that tradition. To have sweeping jurisdiction of the nations infrastructure focusing on the needs of Water Systems in indonesia this committees purview. Fin other western states are highlighting the name needs to prevent catastrophic flooding earlier this month more than 180,000 people were evacuated in california because storms cause serious damage to the oldest and in the United States potential threat concerned of state officials and People Living downstream any future Severe Weather events could make this even more critical ended is raising questions of the readiness of our infrastructure. Diem said levys a
Already at the bottom. Have we done things to make it more difficult . Weve got look, if people want to vote i believe aside from the online and all that stuff, lets go back, i dont know a lot of folks that have more than two weeks to vote a different mobile voting sites,sites, different locations whether it is the school, church, whatever. We are given two weeks. Can you give more . Absolutely. That increase Voter Participation . I dont know. I think when that was implemented we will get a bigger Voter Participation. Today 50 percent of all those that are cast i done during the early vote. I have not seen the numbers go up significantly. They are about the same. They voting ethical stay the same. There is a generational gap between 1st and 2nd time voters and the parents. If your parents are religious not going to church, theres, is a strong likelihood that your going to go to church. That kind of gives me the impetus to go undeveloped that voting is. Im going to go out that way im no
Guest it would be information on threats and risks, basically on threat signatures, potential attackers that would help a company if it chose to do so defend itself better. Its not going to be privacy data. Well, thats the hope. Probably not. But its a good first step, and i think if you talk to some of the sponsors, they would tell you, you know, we know its just a first step, we know we have to do more, but we can get agreement on this, and it builds consensus on the hill to bring forward on cybersecurity. Host well, lets bring in tim starks of politico who covers cybersecurity for that organization to. Hi, jim. You mentioned there was the real deal waiting in congress. What would that look like . What are Things Congress hasnt done it should be doing once they finish this bill, even if they dont finish this bill . Guest they have to think about dhs, its authorities, what are its roles. Dhs has this grand mission to defend the nations cyberspace, but they have neither authorities or
Good evening, everybody. Thank you for being here tonight to discuss for the 2nd time the va Inspector Generals final report entitled an appropriate use of position and misuse of Relocation Program and incentives. We are holding a 2nd hearing tonight because the witnesses we had requested to appear before this committee at the hearing on 21 october chose not to attend or blocked by the department of Veterans Affairs from attending. Their failure to appear let us to unanimously vote on an issue subpoenas to compel their testimony, something we have never done before. The five individuals we issued subpoenas to her danny pommel, diana reubens kimberly graves, robert mckendrick, antoine waller. As we learned at our last hearing, the ig report plays out the alleged abuse of the relocation expense and permanent change of station programs costing hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money. And how they apparently inappropriately use the positions of authority to put their own persona