And how often does that task force meet?

Just because I am curious when you talk about planning for events like the pope's visit, the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, who is the lead in charge of command and control for those kinds of events? Is it the Secret Service?

What criteria are used in determining that designation?

And will this be the first official meeting you have had with all of the former Directors?

the Secret Service has a proud history and tradition, and has enjoyed the respect of the American public.

Thank you once again, Chairman Coffman, for holding this hearing and for your hard work and leadership of the subcommittee on oversight and investigations.

I am not talking about bringing the Army Corps in on this project, I am talking about whether the VA should be in the business of building hospitals at all.

I share across the aisle here the shock and on behalf of all of the veterans and all of the taxpayers outside of the great state of Colorado, not only is this a tragedy because of the request that you are coming forward to ask for a…

I feel that we can do better by our veterans without building the Taj Mahal, and with all due respect to Aurora, Colorado.

Cyber security is an ever growing threat and problem.

But based on your exchange with Senator Hoeven, it sounded like those options to report to the Office of Inspector General or Professional Responsibility in the Secret Service office were not what you were suggesting should have happened…

I, certainly, am a supporter of whistleblower protections. I think they are very important.

Can you describe the differences between the uniformed officers and the agents that most of the public see?

It is that coordination that I am really interested in and trying to get at...

when we passed the America Invents Act in 2011, one of the selling points was that that was supposed to expedite the patent process.

the resources are there; we need to use them for innovation and to keep the patent system moving.

In your statement, you point out that you have created an inspection hotline for employees to report misconduct.

That kind of cooperation between the Secret Service and local law enforcement and State efforts I think is very important.