Delisted is controlled by the Supreme Leader khomeini. It was designated in 2013 as the known as the eiko a group of companies, includes Gray Investment company, a couple of banks, and their investment arm which is the investment arm on the tehran stock exchange. This eiko was listed under an executive order which was not a Nuclear Related sanction but it was a sanction addressing deceptive financial practices and the risk they posed to the integrity of the International Financial system. In 2013, the u. S. Treasury designated them, along with 37 subsidiaries, stating that they continue to generate and control massive off the books investments shielded from the view of the iranian people and international regulators. Weve also talked about the amount of money that will be freed up to iran. Its been characterize being between 100 billion to 250 billion. Secretary lew spent time at the hearing last week talking about how it may be around 55 billion or so, not 100 billion. Whats the purpo
Thank you for being here today, mr. Secretary. Thank you for coming today. Bringing you cast of thousands. Youve got a lot of support here today. Big budget, big support. Were proud to have secretary mcdonald be here today. We were proud to have in order danny, doctor, thanks. Ronald waters. Laverne counsel. Ed murray. We appreciate all of you. With all that support, mr. Secretary, im sure youre going to do a great job. Ill make my Opening Statement and then turn to blumenthal then to your testimony. I dont want you to feel compelled by any fiveminute light. I want you to say what youve got to say. I understand the average Attention Span of the United States senator is about nine minutes. After that we all start blinking. Speaking for myself. Thats selfimposed limitation. Thank you very much, mr. Secretary, for being here today. Were looking forward to discussing the 182 billion budgetary appropriation. It would be an 8. 9 increase. Should it be adopted, medical funding would increase
Wednesday morning a house subcommittee hears from attorney general Loretta Lynch on the justice departments 2017 budget request. Thats live at 10 30 a. M. On cspan 3. Homeland security secretary jeh johnson returns to capitol hill to talk about his departments Budget Proposal for the 2017 year and the Senate Homeland security subcommittee hearing live tomorrow on cspan 3 at 2 15 p. M. Eastern. I am trying still to decide which candidate to support. Im trying to decide between the governors who have executive experience or some of the other candidates like ted cruz and marco rubio. The most important issue to me is national service. There are more than 5 million Young Americans that are ready to step forward and serve t country for a year with americans like the peace corps and youth build. Veterans affair secretary Robert Mcdonald will testify outcan loined the budget request for his department. He was followed by a panel of veteran Services Organization representatives with their take
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But what could be more pressing than to make sure our veterans receive the care that they need and deserve . Thank you, mr. Chairman. Other members will be filtering back. But i would like to hear from the acting secretary now. And customarily, we give five minutes, but youll have more time. This is a serious discussion, and we want you to have the time you need to make your case, and we want the members here to have the time they need to ask you the questions. All right, senator burr suggested maybe we should wait a few minutes to make sure all the members come back. Lets take a very quick recess here. Okay. Lets reconvene, and senator, i think were up to you and your Opening Statement. Thank you, senator chairman sanders and Ranking Member burr for convening another very important hearing to address the issues at the v. A. Its critical that we continue to have these oversight hearings to do everything we can to hold v. A. s feet to the fire and make sure that accountability is there.