Back to work we start with boeing, and the safety scandal over the 737 max. The plane maker has agreed to pay 2. 5 billion to settle us criminal charges that it hid information from safety officials about the design of the aircraft. 500 million of that will go to the families of the 346 People Killed in two crashes in ethiopia and indonesia. Prosecutors say boeing put profits ahead of honesty, as katie silver explains. They accuse boeing of one count of conspiring to defraud the United States, and that is because they allege that two pilots from boeing deliberately lied and tried to cover up information about exactly how their Safety Systems function. So we have heard from the justice department. They say that the company put profit over candour. They say they we re over candour. They say they were fraudulent and deceptive, engaging in half truths and a cover up. Of this 200 billion pay out, we expect the vast majority of that to go to airlines, about 1. 8 billion, as well as 500 milli
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14 grant cycle. 100 million was appropriated for the program this year. Applications came in on may 23rd. The field reviews, as the admiral mentioned, we work very closely with the coast guard. We have a twotiered review process. Captains of the port work with the port area and the local and State Government through area Maritime Security committees to prioritize projects. Those applications are under that field review right now and will be referred for a National Panel review here at the Headquarters Level later this month and then we expect to announce awards by the end of july. And so ill close by saying that we look forward to the continuing dialogue about how we can continue to make these investments in the most effective and efficient way possible. We think they have made a real difference and i look forward to answering any questions you may have. Good, thanks. Nice job. Steve, please proceed. Thank you, welcome. Good morning, chairman carper, Ranking Member coburn, distinguishe
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Of policy each of you play a Critical Role and youve got to work to the. So do we. Were always happy to have you with us. Youve done a whole lot of work in this area, were grateful for that and be looking to you for further help. Again thanks to everyone for coming. As dr. Coburn knows were going to start voting in a little bit. And were going to do one of those deals that we perfected where voting starts, maybe hell go vote the first time, and when hes voted hell come back and ill go vote and then well just swap back and forth. Hopefully well be able to keep going and make it all work and be done in a punctual way. But its important were happy that you here. Let me just now turn to dr. Coburn just to thank him for insisting that we have this hearing and make this a priority. Thank you, mr. Chairman. First of all welcome to all of you. This is an interesting area for us to be talking about. Sitting on the intelligence committee, our threats are greater, not less, in terms of risk. And