Penthouse and the roofdeck to make that house better suitable for the neighborhood thank you for your consideration thank you. Good afternoon commissioner president wu and commissioner and members of the public im jim lynch my own reside on the street we speak as a resident of noah valley in my lifetime ill lived in the neighborhood and attended noah valley and worked in Retail Establishment prior to coming and resident of 31 years at the Police Department after the marriage we resided in noah valley we raised our children you, however, in 1985 we couldnt afford the plan and purchased a home in daily city we reasonable finally to return to noah city ive observed the transformation of the neighborhood from a thrilling and affordable middleclass neighborhood because of the good weather noah is a good city, however, were concerned theres a trend toward building resident that are excessive in scale and mass the project on duncan is a prime example and many of us are concerned such 1r789 wi
Message back to congress and it was please give us the resources and the funding we need to do this job. Do not cut our legs from under us. So we cant continue to say we appreciate your service and work, but yet we will not give them the resources that they need to do the job. So undersecretary taylor, you mentioned that not fully funding the department of Homeland Security would have a crippling effect on Homeland Security, could you explain how if the department of Homeland Security is not provided with the fullyear funding, efforts to prevent foreign fighters and their travel would be affected, since that seems to be a great concern on the other side, how not funding the department will impact that ability. Sir, i think the secretary has made and i have tried to make here today is working under the c. R. Flexibility and investing the threats as they evolve over time and the Grant Funding and our ability to respond to add money to the secret service for additional protection and thos
Of the department. Cybersecurity is a complex mission for the department and requires a wide range of talent at all levels. Given the urgent nature of d. H. S. s recoupment recruitment efforts, its essential that department have this strategy in place. Secondly, the bill requires the Department Access the readiness and capabilities of its work force to meet its cybersecurity mission. Lastly, the urgent need to fill Critical National Security Missions often leads to an overreliance on contractors. To encourage students to come to work for the government is a vital in this vital arena, this legislation also directs d. H. S. To develop a plan to create a Cybersecurity Fellowship Program. Under such a program, d. H. S. Would pay Promising Students tuition in exchange for a commitment to serve for a fixed period of time at the department in a cybersecurity position. For all these reasons, i urge my colleagues to vote for h. R. 2952, and i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro temp
In iraq, we were there on the ground collecting so we had data bases to use. The concern is in syria, the lack of our footprint on our ground in syria, that the data bases wont have the information we need. It is not the lack of process, it is the lack of information. And is there ways that you could suggest we go about trying to get this information . I just dont think you can go and get it. You are talking about a country that is a failed state. It does not have any infrastructure so to speak so all of the data sets, the police, the Intel Services that you would go and seek that exist dont exist. And that raises grave concern as being able to do proper background checks of the individuals coming into the country. Yes. All right. Now, mr. Taylor, thank you for your testimony as well. And as a member as chairman of the subcommittee on transportation and i look forward to working together for the Mutual Benefit of everybody. And looking at your written transmission and so i can better u
The end of the fiscal year. With that i yield back. I thank the Ranking Member. Pleased to have three distinguished witnesses before us today to discuss this important topic. First, the honorable francis taylor. Became the undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at the u. S. Department of Homeland Security in april 2014. Hes held a variety of senior level positions over his 35year career in government service. Most recently undersecretary taylor served as the assistant secretary of state for Diplomatic Security and director of foreign missions. Thank you, sir, for being here today. Next we have the honorable nicholas rasmussen, sworn in as director of the National Counterterrorism center in december of 2014. He previously served as nctcs Deputy Director since june of 2012, prior to returning to nctc he served with the National Security Council Staff as special assistant to the president , and senior director for counterterrorism. Thank you, sir. And last but not least, Michael Ste