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given an opportunity to help try to change the direction of the country. i believe that s not just an opportunity but an obligation and we are focused and committed to focus on the economy as well as getting people back to work to strengthen the middle class. joining in what my colleagues have said there is a lot of work up there to be done. i m optimistic. we have the rules of the senate that allows us to do it. it gives us follow those rules. i m also lost the sick there are a lot of things beyond the keystone pipeline that there is tremendous agreement on if we can just get to that work and i believe the new majority leader is absolutely committed to see that we get this work done. lots of legislation like senator barrasso just said for more american energy and things that produce good jobs to take care of families in ways that families would like to be able to take care of themselves and frankly the president is going to engage one way or another. the last four ye ....
out of. if you could perhaps speak to that issue, protecting and hardening it to our terrorism s. thank you for the question, chairman smith. i will defer to my colleagues specifically in relation to power africa and those engagements. i can tell you the recognition that we encounter from energy companies and energy agencies, ministries in our international engagements to an ever-increasing degree recognize the importance of protecting infrastructure. one of the things the department of energy does is to enter into cooperative engagements with key international partners. we do this at their expense, at the expense of the host country to help them identify older abilities, vulnerabilities. plan their systems so there is resilience to in the threats, at all hazards approach whether one is talking about severe weather, cyber attack or physical attack. we have found that this is an area where the united states is in a position to add tremendous amount of value from our ....
are pose a high risk for terrorist financing, or perhaps the weak spot may be with the other federal regulators, that the other federal regulators aren t focussing and emphasizing on whether or not these banks are in compliance with the counterterrorist financing regulations under the bsa. but it seems to me it s unacceptable, two banks, if you look at the actual orders issued, only two banks where i could find references in those orders to threats regarding terrorists claims. yes, sir. in that light as we look at our partners throughout the world, we have relationships with him, many of whom we give tens or hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign aid, it s always of concern to me of how we are not honored by our relationships with our partners and particularly in this situation that s so critical for the national security and for theirs as well. to what extent, what would you advise us as a congress in going forward and how we could put greater pressure on these ....
saying how delighted i am to have made my very first trip out of europe, as the very first also european commissioner for immigration, here in the united states of america. europe and the united states are longstanding allies and partners. we share the same fundamental values. freedom. peace. democracy. our joint meeting here yesterday and today is another concrete example of how together we can be more effective in upholding and defending our common values. needless to say, the relations between the european union and the united states in the justice and the home affairs area reflect the strategic character of our partnership. not surprisingly, our meeting this morning with attorney general eric holder and his team was very successful. very positive. very friendly. and very productive. i also had a very fruitful meeting yesterday with the homeland security secretary, jeh johnson, which helped make the day s meeting very a success. today, as was said before, we discusse ....