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Good morning to all. And the committee will come to order. Before we begin today, i want to assure everyone that you did not accidentally walk in to a meeting of the energy and Natural Resources committee, which i used to chair. Our friend max bachus is off to do an outstanding job in china and this is still the Senate Committee on finance, with a storied history. Now, in the storied department, i learned recently that senator hatch was an outstanding basketball player in high school. And ive learned through my sources that he had a great onehanded set shot. Hes even in the Baldwin High School...

Number one sea port in north america for the importation of fresh fruit bananas, and juice, concentrate. If you had a banana this morning for breakfast it probably came through the port of wilmington. Our nickname is top banana. The top banana port. Port of wilmington isnt just important for the state of delaware, it serves as a key economic engine in new castle county, its also a key port for the entire United States. So protecting our ports, safeguarding our Economic Opportunity is responsibility that we take very seriously. As the Government Accountability office and other experts have note...

Authority. Releasing Authority Means you can go out with a message that youre the commanding general, second marine division. You dont give those, that authority away, and thats why i brought up that point that whoever signs that, basically the secretary, the way i understand it is concurring with all those decisions that are made. Its on his or her watch, correct me if im wrong. If its signed for general hickey by one of the staff yes, this is the official comments. Okay. All right. In terms of your role and i think its very, very important to go back to how would you even be more pro active ...

To meaningfully deescalate the crisis and provide an opportunity to move forward diplomatically. It has to recognize the results of the election and engage directly with the government of ukraine. It needs to completely withdraw its military forces from the border area, stop the flow of militants and weapons across the border, exercise influence among armed separatists, renounce violence, resolve their differences peacefully and, of course, in terms of what it cant do, no military intervention. If russia takes these steps its equally important that ukraine respond in an appropriate manner. The...

Up next on c span 3, a hearing on Port Security. After that, senator al franken introduces legislation that taelts to prevent companies and government organizations from tracking a persons location on their smart phones wow their consent. Later, a forum on Cyber Security from bloomberg government. Discusses syria civil war. The look at the growing phenomenon of children illegally entering the u. S. Without their parents. Well talk to usa today reporter alan gomez. U. S. Customs and Transportation Security Administration officials testified about Port Security issues, including cargo screening....