it is not on the calendar today. this is wednesday. is it going to pass through the senate by monday so 150,000 workers do not lose their assistance? if you are serious about trade and want to ignore the workers, you are going to have a tough time, but let me move to another issue, because i think there are other things. how are we going to focus on the issue in china. they continue to be long on promises and short on performance. it practically did not come off when a president who was here president hu was here. it practically did not come off. it seems to me the chinese serve very clever in hong they have moved around, but the chinese audit s authority has the of ability to check how much money is being spent. that is helpful, but it does not piracy. it does not affect whether the software used is legal or not you re a good or not. what do we need to do to help you enforce the good words that come out of phase jane? they are nice words, but we would like to know how we
maritime transportation i want to welcome all of our members and congratulate ranking member. i can t tell you how thrilled i am that you have that position rick and i have a long time working relationship. we are going to be off to aúbúbb great start and will be a greatb session working together and i certainly look forward to working with all the members of the committee. the subcommittee on the coast guard maritime transportation is meeting guard commandant and national incident for the oil spill. the bp deepwater horizon spill was unprecedented in its size and duration. elected tremendous natural and economic disaster on its weight. the joint coast guard and part of interior investigation into the cause of the explosion and sinking of the deepwater horizon as well as the failure of the blowout preventer to contain the spill is still ongoing. the subcommittee will examine the findings of these officials investigation once it is complete. while we await findings of the in
right way. i also sat on the appropriations committee and there are prioriti priorities. one thing of the costs are in the area of technology. i represent n.s.a. there is a lot of technology and we always have to keep,with other countries that are using technology against us. we have to stay ahead of the curve. another issue is space. one of the main reasons we are the most powerful country in the in the world and have freedom and liberty is because we control the skies. when sputnik came out years ago the concern was russia with control the skies. we put a man on the moon and as a result of research that put us on a level that we were experts in the field and continue to be but we re starting to slip. china is budget money into improve their military and space program. they are going to go to the moon again and talking about partnering with russia. satellites help us take pictures and a lot of what we do. we have to be prepared. i don t know what the gentleman was talking ab