Committee on Homeland Security will come to order. Hearommittee is meeting to from the administrator of the transportation security administration, david michalski. For leading a workforce of a approximately 60,000 employees. The Security Operations in nearly 450 airports throughout the u. S. , the federal air marshal service, and shared security for highways, railroads, ports, mass transit systems and pipelines. I recognize myself for an opening statement. Tsas meeting to discuss role in keeping our Transportation System secure. Before we begin, i would like to welcome and Bank Administrator david but housekeeper ski for joining us this morning. To discuss a range of important topics. Committee have just been briefed in a classified setting by the dhs Inspector General and the administrator about specific vulnerabilities to our Aviation Security. Quite frankly, i think i speak for all of us when i say that we found that briefing disturbing. We need to do more to confront the growing t
For the russian government did not happen, at least to my knowledge, and not with me. We now know, of course, that neither of these statements is true. Shortly after the attorney general made the first comment, Washington Post reported that he met with the Russian Ambassador at least twice during the campaign. In the past month weve also learned that the attorney general must have been very much aware of a continuing exchange of information between the Trump Campaign and the russian government. And charging documents unsealed last month, George Papadopoulos, a foreignpolicy advisor to the Trump Campaign, admits to Extensive Communications with russian contacts. At a march 31, 2016, meeting of the campaigns National Security advisory committee, attended by candidate trump, and chaired by senator sessions, mr. Papadopoulos stated in some and in substance that he had connections that could help arrange a meeting between then candidate trump and president putin. It does not matter and has
Interference during the 2016 election after reports that President Trump was considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller. Mr. Rosen stein Office Capitol hill to testify on the budget request for the department of justice in place of attorney general Jeff Sessions and was appearing that same day before the Senate Intelligence committee as part of the russia investigation. The subcommittee hearing is just over two hours. The committ the committee will come to order. Mr. Deputy attorney general, welcome to the justice and science appropriations subcommittee which we will be examining the defendant of justis fiscal year 2018 budget request. I am pleased to welcome you here to your first hearing before the subcommittee, and im grateful that you and attorney general sessions have brought new, desperately needed leadership to the dog. Your input is helpful and necessary as we review the Spending Priorities for the Justice Department in order to ensure the National Security and Law Enfor
Now on cspan a. Review of the 2018 federal budget from the money the president requested to what congress, who holds the purse strings, ultimately decides. Joining us from capital gal nancy, senior correspondental now correspondentent for bloomberg. Nancy, tell us what the president requested for 2018, and what were his Top Priorities . The president stuck with the overall number in the law, the budget control act, requesting basically a little bit over 1 trillion. 1. 1 trillion as the law allows for. Within that number he really departed from the budget control act numbers, and he requested a lot more for defense programs. About 54 billion for security related programs. And covers that with an equal amount of cuts in nondefense spending, 54 billion. So thats a violation of the budget control act there. But more than that, its very politically unpopular. Yes, numbers really members really like the defense spending increase, but they dont like taking it out of nondefense programs agricu
Now on cspan a. Review of the 2018 federal budget from the money the president requested to what congress, who holds the purse strings, ultimately decides. Joining us from capital gal nancy, senior correspondental now correspondentent for bloomberg. Nancy, tell us what the president requested for 2018, and what were his Top Priorities . The president stuck with the overall number in the law, the budget control act, requesting basically a little bit over 1 trillion. 1. 1 trillion as the law allows for. Within that number he really departed from the budget control act numbers, and he requested a lot more for defense programs. About 54 billion for security related programs. And covers that with an equal amount of cuts in nondefense spending, 54 billion. So thats a violation of the budget control act there. But more than that, its very politically unpopular. Yes, numbers really members really like the defense spending increase, but they dont like taking it out of nondefense programs agricu