Extension. If the president signed that . The im not sure that anybody knows what the outcome of the situation is going to be. We saw the speaker of the house going on television over the weekend to declare that he is certainly comfortable with not funding the department of Homeland Security. I am not sure what kind of an of general mlss leads to that conclusion. And im not sure that its in the best interest of the vote tabulation that i can see. But yet he said that its on the left. And i think that does raise some questions about whether or not this new governing public and majority in congress is committed to actually being responsible in acting at the best interest to get one of the things he said at the end of last year was one of his goals was to make sure that Republican Leadership didnt appear scary to the american people. He was setting the bar really low. It looks like right now they are prepared to wiggle underneath the bar. We are going to see what should emerge as a plan f
Inequality. If you look at what actually happened to people, a lot of what matters, they are aftertax income and weve had substantial tax cuts in middleclass families, make tax cuts permanent that are worth thousands of dollars a year, had additional tax cuts for the areas like the itc and Child Tax Credit and on top of that you have the Affordable Care act. When you take all that into account, the policies of this administration have substantially reduced income inequality relative to what you otherwise would have had. In terms of the underlying trend in the economy i think that challenge is to with this and their dynamics, technology, education, globalization institutional changes, declining value of the minimum wage, all of those factors i think our continuing you know to create an underlying challenge to inequality and thats what were proposing all the steps we are for minimum wage to education to shaping globalization in terms are good for American Workers and the American Economy
[inaudible conversations] good morning. The committee will come to order. Welcome one and all. On monday september 16 a horrible tragedy unfolded in the navy yard in washington d. C. A very troubled individual took 12 lives in a senseless act of violence. The circumstances that led to this tragedy are multidimensional. The issues raised by this tragedy such as the adequacy of our gun laws and the quality of Mental Health care are outside the purview of this committee. But as we have learned more about aaron alexis a number of my colleagues and i have been asking each other why such a troubled unstable individual possessed a security clearance from the United States government. Why was he originally granted a security parents when he did not disclose his arrest record on his application . Why did the investigator responsible for looking into that arrest rights quote retaliated by deflating someones tires instead of disclosing alexis had shot those tires. We also wonder how such violence
The others were clearly a miss take. Mistake. Congratulations. Thank you for doing double duty here in the last six months in taking this on. To our colleagues who were good enough to find a way supporting a confirmed director, i thank you for your support. As the acting director, miss kaplan oversees the office of federal investigative services. The office responsible for ensuring that the federal government has a work force that is worthy of public trust by investigating and reviewing applications for security clearances. And by performing background checks to determine whether a person is suitable for employment by the federal government or federal contractor. Acting director kaplan, thank you for your testimony, for your leadership and good luck in what lies ahead. Letti, brianess is preoletti a special Security Director at the office of director of National Intelligence. Hes held this position since may of 2013 after serving at the Central Intelligence agency from 1981 to 2013. As
Not be letting when we give them the Good Housekeeping seal of approval, which is what this security clearance is, that ought to mean something. And if they breach it, that ought for something that we consider very serious with very serious consequences. And so i applaud your work. I would like to know how many have actually been discharged or disciplined for either lying on applications. Obviously they wouldnt get the clearance. But not reporting after the fact. Mr. Chairman, again, thank you for the time. Thanks. Those were tough questions. Senator mccaskill. I think one of the most revealing things this morning is the realization that while an arrest report may be part of a background check, there is not a requirement that the underlying Police Report be obtained. And i tell you why this is a shocking revelation. Like senator ayotte, im a former prosecutor, and the vast majority of cases that would review a mental disturbance will not have a disposition. The criminal Justice System