The subcommittee is meeting today to examine defense in depth strategy and its effect on local communities. I recognize myself for an opening statement. Id like to thank chief mark morgan testifying now before congress for the first time as the new chief of Border Patrol. Im sure you will be spending frequent visits the our subcommittee as we discuss very important questions related to Border Security. Things like what does a secure border hook like. What are the right tools and strategies to achieve a secure border and how do we measure success or failure. I want to focus on the second question. Specifically the unintenses consequences that live along the border including my constituents. In the early 1990s they were out matched in all aspect of illegal activity. Both between and at the port of entry. Yet despite having a smaller Border Patrol at the time agents apprehended millions of people. Border patrols response to this activity lead to operations hold the line and gate keeper th
The subcommittee is meeting today to examine defense in depth strategy and its effect on local communities. I recognize myself for an opening statement. Id like to thank chief mark morgan testifying now before congress for the first time as the new chief of Border Patrol. Im sure you will be spending frequent visits the our subcommittee as we discuss very important questions related to Border Security. Things like what does a secure border hook like. What are the right tools and strategies to achieve a secure border and how do we measure success or failure. I want to focus on the second question. Specifically the unintenses consequences that live along the border including my constituents. In the early 1990s they were out matched in all aspect of illegal activity. Both between and at the port of entry. Yet despite having a smaller Border Patrol at the time agents apprehended millions of people. Border patrols response to this activity lead to operations hold the line and gate keeper th
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the renewable fuel standard committee. I am continued to continuing oversight until we find the solution to what has become this deeply flawed program. In 2005, congress established the rfs with the goal of reducing our nations independence on foreign oil and lowers Greenhouse Gas by demanding that biofuels be blended with other fuels until 2022. After that time, they will have bide latitude to decide the volume of biofuels that must be blended into the gas link supply. It has changed dramatically since 2005 and 2007 revision. Demand for oil is lower, due to sluggish Economic Growth and fuel standards. Given the Oil Production, the u. S. Imports much less oil than initially forecasted. In 2005, 2007, we were importing 60 of our oil. Now, it is 27 . I have worked to determine the structure and viability of the rfs to achieve its goals. I have tried to understand the rfs through the eyes of the epa and appreciate how difficult it is for the agency to
Flights after 50 years. This is al jazeera live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. This morning there is an intense debate over private, security and government overreach. A federal judge ordered apple to help the f. B. I. Hack into a phone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. As Hermela Aregawi reports, apple is saying no. In a letter to customers this morning,al. He c. E. O. Tim cook calls the court order chilling, saying the judge is asking the tech giant to hack its own users. The court is ordering apple to disable the password on sayed farooks iphone. The f. B. I. Hasnt been able to get into the phone as he investigates the San Bernardino shootings. Farook used the phone as an employee of the county health department. It wipes the data on the phone after 10 incorrect tries, disable it would law the f. B. I. To try tens of millions of password combinations without losing data inside. James comey has stated several times that encryption is making it difficult for the agency
The pentagon and taiwan say beijing put surface to air missiles on a dispute island and it happened as president obama was meeting with south asian world. Welcome to your world. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters, chinas foreign minister says the western media is hyping the issue but does not deny the presence of the missiles. Its been detected on woody island. They are claiming the island and china is building on it. Reporter chinas response bears scrutiny. The foreign minister in a statement said western media was hiving or manufacturing stories, but did not deny that the ad took place, as they say, two surface to missile batteries has been deployed on the island. Translation i hope that media everywhere, including those in western countries will bring your attention to the lighthouses that we have built on some of the islands in in the South China Sea. Which have been very useful in ensuring the safety of the pagers in those water passengers in those water. Reporter china said it had i