The. We were first told about it a week and a half ago and told very specifically that the whistleblower did not want to get any of this information out. They didnt want it to leak out, so there were only a few potential groups of people that would have known about this complaint. Is. Too people within the Inspector Generals Office and the whistleblower and whoever that was whistleblower gave this information to. So what im trying to ascertain, how it would run in the Mainstream Media. They have the basics of it it involved the president of the United States talking to a foreign leader. So, did anybody, you or anybody in your office leak this to the Washington Post or nbc news . Ranking member, i lead the Intelligence Community we know how to keep a secret. As far as how that got into the press i really dont know. I know its all over the place. Its been reported by different media for the past several weeks. Where they get their information from i dont know. So it was not from the Inte
By representative candice miller. This is an hour. I now call to order the committee on administration for todays hearing on the u. S. Capitol police. And the record will remain open for five legislative days so members might submit any materials to include. Quorum is present so we might proceed. Were meeting today to hear from the new u. S. Capitol chief of police matt verderosa. And as a committee, we want to congratulate you on your appointment and looking forward to continuing to work with you shoulder to shoulder. So we appreciate you coming. Hes going to be talking of course today about his vision, his direction for the Capitol Police moving forward. Some of the specific items we hope to discuss today include the Capitol Police Budget Priorities and recent security events and actions taken and the Capitol Police initiatives current and future. The Capitol Police is a Law Enforcement with a unique mission. Charged with protecting and serving the u. S. Capitol, the seat of the nati
His proposal for reforming the federal budget process. The Veterans Affairs undersecretary for health testified at a house hearing today about his departments efforts to improve veterans access to health care and reduce wait times. Congressman jeff miller chairs the committee. Thiss just over two hours. Hearing will come to order. Would you like to welcome everyone to todays hearing entitled, a continued assessment of delays in veterans access to health care. This hearing marks two years since this committee exposed the wait time scandal that has gripped the Department Since 2014. Im proud of the work that we have done in those two years, particularly digging into the actions of bureaucrats who whose selfinterest were put ahead with the veterans they were charged with assisting. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the efforts that va has taken to improve access to care for veterans and to identify where serious issues still exist. Based on the bipartisan work of this committee, g
I would simply say that from personal observation, i was in bud a pest in 1994 when the agreement was signed that the russians have violated, so im very alive to the the possibility that we had then and i think still need to stick up for of independent ukraine able to find its own way politically and economically is the only thing i would say. In the first instance it is terribly important that that occurment and occur. And the other thing i will say is that nobody should mistake that ukraine is a very important country to us. It is not a nato ally and i just want to make the point that as far as nato allies are concerned, that raises a whole other set of issues that i hope anyone who is considering encroaching upon a nato ally takes very seriously. Well i hope so too. Ill be traveling to that region shortly and talking with some of those folks about it. Thank you for doing that. Thank you all for being here, mr. Secretary. Welcome back general dempsey. Youre going to miss us when your
Im actively working with the chairman and our colleagues on this committee to reintroduce legislation from the last session to tackle the problem of improper payments to dead people. Unfortunately we have more work ahead. Last week the Social Security Inspector General released a report stating that 6. 5 Million People have active Social Security numbers who based on the Social Security own records would be more than 112 years old. I think maybe in our country weve had just a handful of people actually live that long. Now were told it could be 6. 5 million. Im not sure where they are, but they are out there. Maybe not. In fact in 2000 the records reviewed by the Inspector General showed living individuals with active social securities born before the civil war and only 35 people worldwide are 112 and old. And were here about the Social Security administration about Accurate Information about who is alive or dead and however that what should be an extremely concerning to us is that an i