Times. If it were yours and korea. Those of you were watching from around the world its monday the twenty fourth here in seoul find a job when they do so much for joining us. We begin this evening in the hague where in about an hour from now the Third Nuclear Security Summit will officially kick off as a leader of the most recent two thousand twelve summit host nation has to bach and is expected to give remarks at the opening session will be bringing you live coverage of the president s speech at eleven pm korean time but first the staff but the wrath of the president talked packing day and the netherlands for bilateral talks with dutch Prime Minister Michael Wright said any summit with her chinese counterpart to thinking we can apply for president ial Office Correspondent is time to indicate that you can have it this time ago with the best leader iga chain and agony. I love me back and back an economic hike and i didnt get elected the market trading partner why do you. Agent. Welcome
That are still taking place. The issue has been settled. The epa does have the Authority Bill in. The Supreme Court has said so twice. That matter believe should now be put to rest. Given that fact the agency has decided properly in my view that it should act now to reduce Carbon Emissions improve the quality of our air protect the health of our people and is part of an effort to address Global Climate change. The United States Climate Change is not just environmental issue or an economic issue. Climate change also has very real implications for our National Security and those concerns must be an important part of any discussion that takes place. My hope, however, is that the primary focus will be on the substance of the proposed rule and not epa brought authority to promulgate. That being said, it is clear that the act as it now stands is an imperfect tool to address the unique challenges that Climate Change presents. Congressional action and leaders would be a preferable approach, bu
We will have Opening Statements limited to five minutes each followed by introduction and swearing in of witnesses followed by testimony of witnesses. I know that a Ranking Member sessions will be joining us late. I would like to thank him and members of the subcommittee in our witnesses for being here today to assess faugh. The Environmental Protection agency. All of them solve contentious environmental problems during their ten years working for republican president s. Now we are banding together to bring attention to the biggest and are meant to travel Climate Change paper. In a New York Times oped written last year that i would like to enter into the record without objection, these former administrator stated, we have a message that transcends political affiliation. The United States must move now on the substantive steps to curb Climate Change they are for in a large choir of voices. The climate declaration as signed by more than 750 companies, including name place American Brands
Systems. 28 of the 33 oecd countries have territorialtype tax systems. Is it accurate that a u. S. Corporation is at a disadvantage . Doctor, if you could, i brief answer because i want to recognize senator grassley. Yes. We develop neutrality. It does not matter where the dollars go but who owns what. And its clear of the manifestation that u. S. Firms arent good owners because of taxation of assets around the world. And its better to be domiciled somewhere else. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, heres what id like to do with my five questions. I want to ask mr. Stack a question, let him think about it 4 1 2 minutes, led him read a statement. Colleagues, at this point, we have had a vote called i think its the consensus of the members that well have to break because here in. Well get as far as we can. Senator. Mr. Stack, this is a question id like to have you think about. The treasury has recently informed me it has finally begun work on a report mandated by the american job creation act to st
Lot of this, in the shorm term, 1 going to come out of readiness. Id know as a reporter, i find it a little bit difficult to attract readiness across the floor so large that does so many different things. What does that really mean. If theyre going to have to face cut ins readiness, how does that translate into the real world and what should we be looking for in terms of maybe a red flag over the next few years. What should we be looking for. Readiness is a tough thing to understand. We know what it means when the force is not ready and not able to do the job that it needs to do. I always thought of the operations account when i worked on the appropriations committee. It was kind of like a black hole. You put money in, but youre not quite sure what comes out on the other end. I think it was gordon england who described it as this great river of money that flous through the pentagon that they dont know what its for. As far as readiness, how you track it, its a very tough thing to do. If