Good morning, this hearing is called to order. The title of this hearing is congressional oversight in the face of executive branch and media suppression, and in particular case study of the crossfire hurricane, corrupt investigation. Ill add that. The hearing is actually quite a bit broader than that. But well certainly focus on that. I became chairman of this committee in january of 2015 and will complete my sixyear term at the end of this month. We can all be proud of the more than 100 piece of legislation we worked on together as a committee that became law. The other than more than 200 bills we passed out of committee, although not signed into law, can still serve as the basis for future legislation. Our committee and subcommittees also have broad oversight jurisdiction, and responsibilities that we have not ignored. We investigated and exposed problems within the Va Health Care system, human trafficking, National Security leaks, and systemic violations of the hatch act within the
Have not told you is not a single political leader supported the movement. Matt won the crusade for voters. And naacp down. Elected leadership down. Nobody anywhere supported it so we asked the city council would you at least put the measure on the ballot so that the people can decide whether they want it or not. Would you allow the people to vote on it, and they didnt do that. At the time i think tim kaine was the mayor of the city, and i said, tim, can you work something out to at least put it on the ballot that people decide it . He said i can only get four votes. I cant get five votes, the majority to do it. Now with that, so what we had to do was to go out and get the people to sign the petition, and if you get the percentage of numbers of people to sign the petition, then it can go on the ballot, so we were able to get about 15,000 signatures to make certain that it had gone on the ballot, and even though the entirety of the leadership was against it, when the people voted, 80 of
Provider. Now deputy secretary of John Sullivan testifies about reorganization plans. My question for you is, is there an ability to keep some of these important entities like the Global Engagement specifically from being weakened by a hiring freeze or other reorganizations that could lead to it having more difficult time carrying out its mportant responsibility . We would certainly entertain that. I think that the threats we talked about do present a National Security threat to the United States of america and ertainly that would qualify. Its more important than ever. I thank you for that. Like you to do is to get back to me on that and see why they have not mea a request. On the reorganization in general, like you to do i know an opportunity to speak about the this. The many entities that you now have oversight over in your role as deputy. The military financing. I think fmf is a critical component. That was to be reduced by 19 by 2017. With 95 of the request allocated to just four c
Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome the National Direct their of the freedom are youill stop encouraged . Are you feeling it . You understand now why we pulled and invited people to participate, at least for me, incredibly encouraging to hear and see and feel and reach out and touched the actual people who carry the very burdens that we ourselves carry and our own hearts and minds. So thank you for those remarks. Making it happen. As the senator just told us. It is a different animal. It is a different skill set. We want quick results. We want fast, urgent, immediate results. He know what . Sometimes the longterm results take a longer game. A longer perspective they had just one congressional cycle. One is election cycle. Next presentation is going to come from a gentleman that understands that intrinsically. The United States senate is a complicated body. The personalities involved are sometimes elaborate personalities. The rules themselves are nuanced and intricate. The poli
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Tonight, another case of drunken air rage. This time involving this Asian American heartthrob on a flight to San Francisco. Andria borba and what we are learning from korean media tonight. Reporter well, his name is bobby ken. He is a star in korea and used to perform in San Francisco underground clubs. Korean television station ytp says he was on a flight from seoul to sfo yesterday when five hours into the flight, he allegedly got very drunk and started screaming in the cay bin. That lasted about an hour. He also allegedly sexually harassed a Flight Attendant by wrapping his arm around her waist. The fbi questioned bobby after the plane landed at sfo. Tonight, Korean Airlines has filed a complaint against him. He could face charges in the u. S. And korea. Now the singers publicist says he was upset because he got an economy seat though he paid for business. For now, he will return to korea for police questioning. Andria borba,