a government commission found that the u.s. government has lost nearly $60 billion on projects in afghanistan and iraq because of waste and fraud. a senate homeland security subcommittee investigates ways to improve overseas contracting procedures. that s next on c-span3. then the group citizens against government waste releases its annual report on federal earmark spending. later, remarks from alec baldwin at the national press club. jury selection began this week in the retrial of former major league pitcher roger clemens charged by federal prosecutors with knowingly lying to congress in february 2008 on performance-enhancing drug use in baseball. let me read to you what his wife said in her affidavit. i, laura pettitte do depose and state in 1999 or 2000, andy told me he had had a conversation with roger clemens in which roger admitted to him using human growth hormones. mr. clemens, once again, i remind you, you are under oath. you have said your conversation wit
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national police week. and i challenge those here on capitol hill to face me face to face and tell me there was nothing you could have done to have stopped my husband s death. thank you. suzanne verge. okay. danelle williams. good afternoon. my name is danelle williams. i live in austin, texas. my sister, carol ann harris, lived in austin, texas. on july 25th, 1994, she was in her own home. she was asleep. around 3:45 in the morning, a young man by the name of timothy franks, he was 19 years old. he walked up on her porch. he made just enough noise for her to get up and go to this door. when she headed toward the door, he opened fire. she never opened the door. she took two bullets and died on the other side. i am honored to be here today with the 32. we are going to congress. we re going to demand that they change this law. those of you at home, if you go on to bradycampaign.org, see what you can do to help us. the people in congress, this hasn t happened to them. they do
abusers, drug allotment and accountability systems to ensure against loss and diversion of controlled substances. some have questioned whether the q quota system needs to be re-evaluated we do not believe that doing so is an appropriate way to address concerns with prescription drug abuse. further restrictions of the quota system could hinder access to medical therapies for the parents who rely on them. for example, there are drugs designed for attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactive disorder in the quota system that are currently on the fda s drug shortage list. thus, we are concerned if congress starts to tip the balance in the quota system it could actually have unintended consequences on the patients who need these medications. gpha has also been participating in the pharmaceutical distribution security alliance or the pdsa to develop a consensus technology model for increasing the security of the drug supply chain in the united states. as part of thi