mr. upton: mr. chairman, i would yield -- i might ask a parliamentary inquiry, how much side has both sides used so far? the chair: both sides have 24 minutes remaining. mr. upton: i would yield three minutes to the chairman of the energy and power subcommittee, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for three minutes. mr. whitfield: thank you very much. i'm delighted we have this opportunity today to debate this important legislation. over the last two years, the environmental protection agency has been the most aggressive agency representing environmental causes in many, many years. today we have an opportunity to try to stop their unprecedented power grab. even the longest serving member of this house, the distinguished democrat from michigan, mr. john dingell, whom we all respect and admire, said it would be a glorious mess, if peampt ever tried to regulate greenhouse gases. carbon dioxide, one of the things they're trying to regulate, is

mr. calvert. mr. calvert, no. mr. aiken. mr. aiken no. mr. cole. mr. cole, no. mr. price. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock. no. mr. chafitz, no. mr. stutzman, no. mr. lankford, no. mrs. black, no. mr. ribble, no. mr. flores. mr. flores, no. mr. mulvaney. mr. mulvaney, no. mr. huelscamp. no. mr. young, mr. young no. mr. omash. mr. omash, no. mr. okita, no. mr. guinta, no. mr. woodall. no. mr. garrett. mr. garrett. no. mr. van hollen. mr. van hallen, aye. mrs. schwartz, aye. mrs. kaptor, aye. mr. doggett, aye. mr. blumenhauer, aye. mr. mccollum, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascrell, aye. mr. honda. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan. mrs. wallacer man schultz, aye. mrs. moore. mrs. moore, aye. mrs. castor. mrs. castor aye. mr. schuler. mr. schulerer, aye. mr. tonko, aye. mrs. bass. mrs. bass, aye. chairman ryan. >> no. >> chairman ryan, no. >> anyone else wish to vote or change their vote? the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 15, the nos are 22. >> there being 15 ayes and 22 no, sir, the amendment is not agreed to. sunday the possible 2012 g.o.p. candidates. that

mr. ryan: mr. chairma at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the distinguished chairman of the house republican conference, the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. hensarling: mr. chaian, earlier this week "usa today" reported that we have the fewest participants in our work force than at any time in 30 years, and my democratic colleagues announce their plan to increase taxes $1.5 trillion on our economy, much of it on our small businesses. e congressional budget office has announced that medicare is going broke in 2020, and my democratic colleagues aounce their plan to double down on the rationing of health care for our seniors. the congressional budget office -- the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravenges of the rules of the house. the sergeant at arms will restore order to the gallery. the gentleman may proceed. mr. hensarling: mr. chairman, the congressional budget office has announced th

mr. brooks: mr. speaker, as the record reflects i have not referred to any particular -- the chair: does the gentleman ask for unanimous consent? mr. brooks: i ask for unanimous consent to strike the particular use of one word that the folks from the other side of the aisle have objected to. mr. ellison: does the gentleman withdraw his word or not? the chair: is there objection to the request? mr. brooks: that one word. the chair: without objection, the words are withdrawn. the gentleman from alabama may proceed. mr. brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. ladies and gentlemen of america, we all know what we are talking about here. and we all know what the definitional terms are. and i'm more than happy to resume this discussion off the house floor, but for whatever reason i'm not permitted to use one word. having said that, you can look at this chart and you can see the kind of deficit that is we have sustained over the last four years. and the threat that this poses to the united states of america . now, t

mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds simply to say, if he read that c.b.o. letter a little letter it would say that medicare is on such an unsustainable path that it cannot sustain itself where it is. we are making comparisons to futures that are not going to exist. the greatest threat to medicare is the status quo. the president yesterday said he wants this unelected board of bureaucrats to cut $1 trillion out of medicare. we don't want to see that happen. with that, mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the distinguished chairman of the appropriations committee, the gentleman from kentucky. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding. i just rise today to commend chairman ryan and this effort to craft a sustainable and responsible budget proposal. this budget represents a valiant effort to effect real change in the way washington spends real taxpayer dollars. this couples tangible cuts with the entitlement reform necessary to

mr. upton: -- mr. shimkus: i do. my colleague said that's the only way to reduce demand, that's not the only way. we move to increase supply. you know what happens when you increase supply? you increase jobs. look what we can do. we can open up the o.c.s., thousands and thousands of jobs to be created by oil and gas exploration. look what we can do, hundreds of years of supply of coal and turn it into liquid fuel and bring the oil sands from canada down. we can be independent on transportation fuels. we cannot be, based upon allowing the e.p.a. to price carbon. the only way my colleagues want to get us from driving less is to make gasoline so high that no one can drive. that's ok when you live in major metro areas, but when you live in rural southern illinois where you have to drive long distances to get to school, to get to a hospital, to get to church, every time you raise the price of gasoline, it hurts the poor and the middle class of rural america. so my col -- colleague is just wrong and i reserve. the chair: t

mr. ryan: mr. chairman, at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the distinguished chairman of the house republican conference, the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. hensarling: mr. chairman, earlier this week "usa today" reported that we have the fewest participants in our work force than at any time in 30 years, and my democratic colleagues announce their plan to increase taxes $1.5 trillion on our economy, much of it on our small businesses. the congressional budget office has announced that medicare is going broke in 2020, and my demoatic colleagues announce their plan to double down on the rationing of health care for our seniors. e congressional budget office -- the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravenges of the rules of the house. the sergeant at arms will restore order to the gallery. the gentleman may proceed. mr. hensarling: mr. chairman, the congressional budget office has announce

mr. inhofe: mr. president, i know that we're rotating back and forth. right only one on the floor -- i'm the only one on the floor requesting time. i ask unanimous consent that i be recognized for let's say 15 minutes. i probably won't use that much time. but i ask to use that. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: mr. president, let me -- first of all in response to what the senator from texas talked about, this is very significant. i happen to be maybe one of the few who voted against the last three extensions that were requested. these one-week extensions, that's no way to run government, i understand that. this one is different. i rejoiced when i saw that we had an opportunity to pass a one-week extension that would do three things, number one, substantial cuts, not these imaginary things that we've been talking about. and, number two, continue the funding for what we must do in israel for the end of this fiscal year. and most importantly, and i say this as the second-ranking memb

mr. cantor: mr. speaker, we are -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will comto order. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, we are committed to getting our fiscal -- the spker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will come to order. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, we are committed to getting our fiscal house in order and keep the government functioning. therefore members should keep their schedules for this weekend as flexible as possible and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: i thank the majority -- m hoyer: i ank the majority leader for yielding, i share his sue we ought to keep the government running fonot only the sake of our economy but for the sake of all those that rely on the federal government. my friend has made the observation in the past that shutting down the government and i believe the speaker made the same observation, was not a national policy for us to pursue. i ask the geleman because i believe that the resolution that we will be considering will not either pass the senate nor be s

mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as we debate the future course of government spending, we need to be honest with the people of this country about the current fiscal state of affairs. america averages now trillion-dollar deficits. we borrow nearly 40 cents of every dollar we spend. given the fiscal clout that hangs over our country, it is reckless to assume we can live pain-free forever. sooner or later something has to give. to give families and business confidence that their future won't be plagued by inflation, higher taxes and higher interest rates, our majority vowed to move forcefully to cut spending. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the gentleman may proceed. mr. cantor: we madclear that only by putting federal speing on a sustainable trajectory could we create the coitions necessary for growth and job creation. during r three -- three months in the majority, we have delivered on our promise. six weeks ago after 47 hou of debate, we passed h.r.

mr. kirk: mr. president, i note that under the blunt legislation, we would correct a growing problem in the united states with gas prices. right now, for example, in the chicagoland area, gas prices total about $4.14 a gallon. i'm sure in missouri, it's probably quite high. mr. blunt: well,

mr. duffy? inspector duffy: this was over the council approval, and i heard the eyebrows comment about the cost. certainly, four bathrooms, a kitchen and bathroom remodeling, it seems a lot. again, if you were going to do the job right, maybe not so much that he wants to do that in his building, typically, in these types of buildings, we would see maybe and lower-cost because they are probably not the high- and finishes -- high-end finishes, but it is in the realm of possibilities. regarding been noticed it, we did get a complaint, and we went with my district building inspector, mr. green, and we did see some work being done on the ground for that did have a number on the door, 104, and there was something that had been removed, and that was obviously not in the scope of the permit, and that is why we issued a notice of violation. they were then to comply with the notice of violation. i do not believe that that permit is under appeal. there were some wallace and finishes that were removed. pres

mr. speaker, mrs. speaker, the house has passed h.r. 1 which would protect these military families and keep the government operating while making reductions in spending. as we wait for action on that legislation from the senate, our troops and their families hang in the balance. we cannot allow this washington process to threaten the operational readiness of our military and dishonor the service of our soldiers. our men and women in uniform are bravely putting themselves in harm's way in service to our country. we cannot let them down. we owe this to our troops. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker. both sides here have agreed to serious budget cuts. mr. carnahan: it will cost jobs and hurt seniors. because democrats are fighting to stop the republican extreme cuts, republicans are threatening to shu

mr. mrs. kennedy lowered beautiful on television and even more beautiful and the glossy "life" magazine covers. practically every week one or more of the kennedys think of the brothers and the sisters and a brother in law and the sister-in-law were portrayed. as typical of pop culture icons, they reflect the times in which they live to become a wince has which they live. and television comes on the scene, this photo is from the famous devore from valentine's day 1962. joshi took him through the white house, showed that -- showed all the rooms she did not read from cue cards but had this in her brain. all of the portraits and pagers and furniture and restore a further she one -- one and every award and then show is recorded in the center around the world to the extent we could get it behind the iron curtain and kennedy made a cameo appearance and said it is a symbol of american history. when we were first country 200 years ago there was a star in russia and an emperor and taking. if you're stil

mr. kerry: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be added as a cosponsor to senate 724. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kerry: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to proceed for 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president, reserving the right to object, and i don't intend to object, but i'm just wondering if the senator from massachusetts would be willing to amend his request to allow subsequent republican speakers to also have 15 minutes to make their remarks? so if the senator would agree to amend that, i will not object. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: this is a critically important issue. i think a lot of us all want to speak. i just want to make sure that -- i have been presiding and waiting for some time as well. i hope that we don't start rearranging all the rules here so we all get a fair chance to speak. the presiding officer: is there objection to the requ

mr. shuster: yes. mr. costello: mr. chairman, there is no question at least from legal counsel that we have talked to that it would absolutely affect current regulations and those that are pending right now under consideration. so i would ask the gentleman, i believe i understand his intent. if he would consider withdrawing the amendment, working with the chairman of the full committee and the subcommittee, myself and mr. rahall as we go into conference. i yield to the gentleman for an answer. mr. shuster: i appreciate the gentleman. that is my intent is to strengthen this again. this does strengthen the law because it will give it judicial review. at this point i'm not willing to withdraw the amendment. mr. costello: you are not willing --? mr. shuster: not willing to withdraw. mr. costello: i thank the gentleman and we continue to oppose the gentleman's amendment and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. shuster: -- the chair: gentleman has 15 second

mr. lazard to read the spirits of officer suguitan. >> on saturday generate 23, 2010 at 1721 hours, ms. johnson phoned the police to report that her roommate, mr. smith, was suffering from psychological problems, had been drinking, and was taking medication. in her request for the police, this johnson indicated mr. smith was not known to carry weapons and that she wanted vice from officers on how to deal with mr. smith. she needed assistance based on his behavior. officers brodericks suguitan and samuel fung arrived at the scene within four minutes. officer suguitan and fung were met by the woman outside of her porch. officer suguitan observed at the front door of the residence was open and stepped inside. officer suguitan noticed mr. smith and mr. rios, an additional roommate, were standing face to face having a conversation. both men were approximately 7 feet in front of officer suguitan. officer suguitan looked at both men and stated, how are you doing, we are here to help. mr. smith a

mr. miller: mr. speaker, one year ago today a massive explosion ripped through the two-mile area of upper big branch mine in west virginia. it bent railroad tracks like pretzels and killed 29 miners. it layed bare the loopholes in mine safety laws. it allows operators, like massey energy, to violate rules repeatedly and with impunity. in fact, the upper big branch mine was allowed to remain open though it had been ordered to stop operations 51 times in the previous year because of severe safety hazards. after the disaster, there were proclamations made from both sides of the aisle about taking meaningful action to honor the victims so something like this will never happen again. however, standing here a year later miners still face many of the same dangers they did on the morning before the tragedy in west virginia. unscrupulous mine operators are still gaming the system by clogging it with thousands of appeals as a way to avoid paying strong penalties. miners are still paralyzed with fear of speakin

mr. patrk hallen nan. i hope, too, they're ready for very robust and direct questions. these officials will address ongoing discrepancies and issues relating to the 2010 army inspector general's investigation into misconduc at arlington. i anticipate a number of members from other committees may wish to participate. therefore, absent any objections i ask for unanimous consent they be allowed to participate and also be provided with an opportunity to ask questions. before he we get started with testimony, i'd like to share a story with you that highlights why i'm absolutely committed to addressing this issue. it's a story about an american hero who has dedicated his life to our nation and to others who serve. his name is paul buca. in 1970, army captain paulbuca received the medal of honor in vietnam. captain buca distinguished himself by risking his life to save the lives of his fellow wounded soldiers. captain buca's story is the reminder of the thousands of other brave men and women in

mr. garrett. >> mr. chairman, i moved pursuant to clause one that the community authorized the chairman to authorize such motions as may be necessary to get a conference with the senate of the current resolution of the budget. >> without objection so ordered. recognize the to the man from new jersey one more time. >> finally i ask unanimous consent that stat be authorized to make technical conforming corrections and calculate the remaining elements required in the resolution prior to the filing of the resolution. >> without objection so ordered. that concludes today's business. this committee stands adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> wrapping up this day long session working on federal spending for next fiscal year, 2012, there could be a vote on this next week on the h

mr. rand and mr. hammond, i find it so strange and out of the ordinary that if our republican colleagues of mine are attacks aarp today as retribution for health rorm, it will be more than happy as mr. stark suggested to stand with you when they created the medicare drug benefit. i want unanimous consent to insert in the record a list of quotes from my republican colleagues when mma was passed. mr. rand, i don't believe you were at aarp at that time, but mr. hammond -- >> without objection, the gentleman's time -- >> mr. mr. chairman, you took more than 50 minutes. i went to vote, and when i came back, you still were asking questions. you took at least 15 minutes. >> the gentleman's time expired. mr. johnson is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you all for being here. >> the health care bill cuts medicare advantage by $206 billion. those cuts are going to result in millions of seniors no longer selecting medicare advantage coverage either because the plans are no longer

mr. rand and mr. hammond, i find it so strange and out of the ordinary that if our republican colleagues of mine are attacks aarp today as retribution for health reform, it will be more than happy as mr. stark suggested to stand with you when they created the medicare drug benefit. i want unanimous consent to insert in the record a list of quotes from my republican colleagues when mma was passed. mr. rand, i don't believe you were at aarp at that time, but mr. hammond -- >> without objection, the gentleman's time -- >> mr. mr. chairman, you took more than 50 minutes. i went to vote, and when i came back, you still were asking questions. you took at least 15 minutes. >> the gentleman's time expired. mr. johnson is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you all for being here. >> the health care bill cuts medicare advantage by $206 billion. those cuts are going to result in millions of seniors no longer selecting medicare advantage coverage either because the plans are no long

mr. walden: mr. chairman -- mr. speaker, i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. goodlatte: i thank the chairman for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. goodlatte: to the gentleman from washington, i will tell him that yesterday this house voted to cut government spending and keep the government open. today this house will vote to cut government regulations and keep the internet open. that's what this is all about. let me add that to the gentleman from pennsylvania who said that all the f.c.c. is making two simple promises, here they are. 200 pages, single spaced, small print, to make two simple promises to keep the internet open. guess what? the internet is open now. and we have laws to protect keeping the internet open now. they are called antitrust laws. and if they need to be modif

mrs. kidd had on the office of the first lady from our renowned celebrity when engagement and the support of cultural institutions. this is about an hour. >> go thank you for so much reporting this series together, for the very nice introduction. thank you to mary and felicia as well. done and i were chatting just beforehand that it's appropriate to talk about jacqueline kennedy at a historical study such as his because his jacqueline kennedy who kicked off the movement to have historical society for our branches of government. so it was the widest at the very first historical society founded by mrs. kennedy in 1961, and then the capitol historical society followed one year later in 1962, and then 1974 the supremes as we call them, the u.s. supreme court historic society was founded in 1974. we are grateful to these associations because they are very helpful as you can imagine keeping alive the history of these three very important branches of our government. so welcome to all of you today

mr. cantor: mr. speaker, we are -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, we are committed to getting our fiscal -- the spker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will come to order. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, we are committed to getting our fiscal house in order and keep the government functioning. therefore members should keep their schedules for this weekend as flexible as possible and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: i thank the majority -- m hoyer: i thank the majority leader for yielding, i share his sue we ought to keep the government running fonot only the sake of our economy but for the sake of all those that rely on the federal government. my friend has made the observation in the past that shutting down the government and i believe the speaker made the same observation, was not a national policy for us to pursue. i ask the gentleman because i believe that the resolution that we will be considering will not either pass the senate no

mr. burton: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for 30 minutes and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burton: thank you. mr. speaker, you know a while ago one of my colleagues was down here talking about the obamacare and what a problem it was going to cause for this country from a financial standpoint as well as causing rationing of health care and a whole host of other things. but what i want to do right now is bring to the attention of my colleagues and anybody else that's paying attention a decision that was just made by u.s. district judge rosemary collier that affects everybody on social security who wants to have a health care plan besides medicare. and i'm going to read you an op-ed that was in "the washington examiner" and also "the wall street journal" that i think every single american ought to be aware of because it has wide-ranging -- a wide-ranging impact on everybody in this country. and here's what it says.

richard rothman, mr. john lowell, mrs. mari hunter and mr. jay lee for your service and your advocacy on the committee and for your interest in applying again. it's really great to see new applicants, mr. ivey, i've seen your application, super impressed, congratulations on your upcoming graduation to berkeley. that is an immense accomplishment and to already be so involved in pedestrian safety issues and working, i think that's really important and in the future i would love to support you, particularly as someone who could represent public health organizations. i do think it's really important that our representatives live and walk in the city and county of san francisco. it's something that on a daily level i think that you just cannot take that experience away. representing our residents. but i think that it is really important for us to work very closely with our public health organizations, with our injury and trauma centers to figure out how we can more effectively address this issue. which also is a huge budgetary impact on the city a

mr. rand and mr. hammond, i find it so strange and out of the ordinary that if our republican colleagues of mine are attacks aarp today as retribution for health reform, it will be more than happy as mr. stark suggested to stand with you when they created the medicare drug benefit. i want unanimous consent to insert in the record a list of quotes from my republican colleagues when mma was passed. mr. rand, i don't believe you were at aarp at that time, but mr. hammond -- >> without objection, the gentleman's time -- >> mr. mr. chairman, you took more than 50 minutes. i went to vote, and when i came back, you still were asking questions. you took at least 15 minutes. >> the gentleman's time expired. mr. johnson is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you all for being here. >> the health care bill cuts medicare advantage by $206 billion. those cuts are going to result in millions of seniors no longer selecting medicare advantage coverage either because the plans are no long

mr. chairman, and congratulations to you as you convened the first of what i hope are many oversight hearings to make sure that we are paying attention to the kind of oversight we need to engage in on the science and technology committee on behalf of the taxpayers. i'd like to say that i too am disappointed that tsa is not here today, wasn't able to provide a would've. i think you lost an important opportunity to inform the congress and the public why they believe the s.p.o.t. program is worthy of our support. and i hope they will cooperate with this committee and the congress in the future. and i hope it's not terribly distracting as we get to the witnesses. i don't want anyone of them to be identified as tsa. i know it's a confusing for me a beer. let me just say in the opening i think each one of us has had an experience that instinctively sensing that something about a situation of a person is wrong or is worrying. police officer, immigration officers, transportation security officers

mr. cantor: mr. speaker, we are -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, we are committed to getting our fiscal -- the spker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will come to order. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, we are committed to getting our fiscal house in order and keep the government functioning. therefore members should keep their schedules for this weekend as flexible as possible and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: i thank the majority -- m hoyer: i thank the majority leader for yielding, i share his sue we ought to keep the government running fonot only the sake of our economy but for the sake of all those that rely on the federal government. my friend has made the observation in the past that shutting down the government and i believe the speaker made the same observation, was not a national policy for us to pursue. i ask the gentleman because i believe that the resolution that we will be considering will not either pass the senate no

mr. lungren: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on house administration be discharged from further consideration of house concurrent resolution 33 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 33, concurrent resolution permitting the use of the rotunda of the capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemorationf the days of remembrance of victims of the holocaust. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to consideration of the concurrent resolution? without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and the mion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. lungren: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on s.j.s remain 8, h.res. 197 and h.con.res. 33. the speaker pro tem

mr. castro. one doctor. should i call you dr. castro? the pay. how about mr. vargas? all right. i'm going to just give a short introduction for each of you. we are happy you are here. we appreciate your presence in testimony. daniel castro is a senior analyst with the information technology and innovation foundation specializing in information technology policy. his research interests include itt, that's one of mine, privacy, the commerce, government, electronic voting information, security and accessibility. he has experience in private nonprofit and government sectors. before joining the information technology and innovation foundation mr. castro worked as an anti analyst at gao. is that correct? all right. and we studied and audited id security and management controls at various government agencies. he has a master's degree in foreign service from tourist town university and a master's degree in information security technology management from carnegie-mellon university, two very fine u

i'd say mr. boyd, thank you for your service. i think the motion to move mr. boyd forward with recommendation for seat one and continue seat 13 to the call of the chair. without hearing from someone in person, it's a little bit challenging. supervisor kim: we'll hear from the department, yes, please. >> yeah, i just wanted to add, i think alice wanted to extends to all of you a statement. maybe i could read that. supervisor kim: we actually have the statement, so -- >> well, alice has been on our board for many years. she served and is currently serving her third term as board president. she's a staff research associate at ucsf working on person care assistance and issues. unfortunately, she apologized for not being able to be here today, but she's been a great asset to our board and continues to be, so i'd also like to add, of course, that she has the full support of staff and her fellow board members. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. is there any issue, if we do continue this item, in terms of meetings or quorum? i know that she chairs the task committe

mr. franken: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. franken: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted to ashley white of my staff for the duration of consideration of the pending bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. franken: mr. president, i rise today to talk about a matter that's very important to our country, to minnesota, and to me, science, technology, engineering and mathematics education or stem education for short. as i've traveled around minnesota, i've heard from many of our high-tech businesses that they fear our students won't be ready to take on the jobs waiting for them when they -- when they graduate, and as a result, these jobs will go unfilled and our economy will founder. this is not just true in minnesota, of course, but across the country. in pennsylvania, the presiding officer's state and everywhere in our nation. that's why i'm addressing our need for a well-trained stem wo

mr. baucus: mr. president, my colleague from new jersey has proposed what i think is a very reasonable amendment to the revenue provision of the repeal of the 1099 provision, and i -- i accept it, and i plan to support it. i think it's a very good amendment. one of the key provisions in the affordable care act is a tax credit that will be available to millions of middle and low-income americans to madam chairman health insurance if their employer doesn't make health insurance available. that's a credit that goes to middle and low-income americans. the provision that will pay for a feinstein repeal will increase -- a 1099 repeal will increase the amount that many americans have to pay at the end of the year if they receive a credit to purchase their health insurance and their income ends up being higher than the income on which their credit was based. i share senator menendez' concern that this is going to cause an undue problem, undue burden. this could increase premiums on people paying health insur

mr. miller: mr. speaker, one year ago this house overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation that would have prevented children from being abused in classrooms, but unfortunately it never became law. in the years since then, children have suffered and been abused in school and parents have felt completely helpless. the 2009 government accountability office told our committee of the shocking wave of abuse by untrained school staff that were misusing emergency interventions. most of these victims were children with disabilities. some were 3 and 4 years old. in some cases children died. restraints seclusion should be used only as a last resort by trained professionals but the g.a.o. found that was not the case. this is an unacceptable and yet it is a reality for too many children across the country. a media report out yesterday highlights these horrific abuses continued through this past year. in chicago a 4-year-old boy's wrists were taped together because he refused to take a nap and didn't wash his

mr. poe: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds a quorum is not present and make a point of order a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. mr. cicilline: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, our house chaplain, father dam coughlin, is retiring his -- father daniel coughlin, is

officer suguitan noticed mr. smith and mr. rios, an additional roommate, were standing face to face having a conversation. both men were approximately 7 feet in front of officer suguitan. officer suguitan looked at both men and stated, how are you doing, we are here to help. mr. smith and mr. rios both faced officer suguitan. immediately, officer suguitan realized mr. smith's and were behind his back and concealed from officer. officer suguitan directed mr. smith to "show me your hands." instantly, officer suguitan here's what he believes is an item quickly being taken out of a sheaf, and without notice, mr. smith raises a large machete above his head and in close proximity to officer suguitan. officer suguitan, fear for his life, draws his department farm, and that close proximity begins to rapidly backup. mr. smith begins to advance on officer suguitan. of a suguitan continues to back up, but begin to officer fong and mr. johnson in the doorway. nor were they aware of it at this moment that their lives were in danger. office

mr. bachus, for one minute for making an opening statement. >> thank you. what you just heard from the gentlelady from new york is sort of what i think the press is also, that's their message. and their message is that this is all about politics. we don't like consumer protection. nothing could be further from the truth. in fact, my bill is for a commission which is what this house passed. this is what we passed in dodd-frank. it was changed in conference to allow one person to run the agency with total discretion. and what we are advancing is not politics. it's the way government has always functioned, and that's not one person with unbridled authority. you've also come and let me say this, professor warren has done a great job of really fooling the national media into thinking oh, this can easily be appealed. nothing could be further from the truth. sean duffy has introduced a bill which is as important as will i am introducing, which tells you that you can even appeal a ruling unless t

mr. woodall: i yield mself 15 seconds to say to my friend from virginia about whom i say regularly back home as a reputation -- i'm sorry, maryland. we have virginia on my mind toda pardon me, mr. hoyer. r friend from virginia. mr. hoyer: virginia's a good state. mr. woodall: i tell sfokes back home has a great reputation for fair dealings. tremendously disappointed by that characterization of the bill. i'd like to yield five minutes to the bill sponr to set the record straight on what thbill is. mr. hoyer: i thank you f his obrvation and regret he thought it was a mischaracterization because i thought it was accurate. thank you very much. the speaker prtempore: the gentleman from arkansas is recognized for five minutes. mr. womack: thank you, mr. speaker. thanks to the gentleman for yielding. yes, there's been a lot of conversation in washington about thprospect of a government shutdown. while i realize there are some in this congress who might prefer that option, i am not one of them. l

and, mr. klosson, mr. bowers? >> i checked with a colleague, and my understanding is we haven't lost any ex-pats in afghanistan. we have had national employees who have been held and things like that, but not lost any any-pats. >> and mr. bowers? >> we have lost staff in the past. most of our casualties lately have been natural causes due to avalanches and airplane crashes. >> but i'm talking about violence. i mean, being killed. >> no. our, our rate of ability to stay safe there is remainingly high right now. >> and this question would be relevant to you, ms. cole, i assume. >> i mean, we have staff, obviously, on the ground in afghanistan, and we've not taken any casualties. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. mr. tiefer, commissioner tiefer. >> thank you, chairman shays. i, preparing for this hearing and this day is a learning experience for me. i, with trepidation, mentioned to my students that there's such a thing as grants in the legal world, and i don't know enough to really teach it to them. i'll know a

mr. ryan: mr. chairman, at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the distinguished chairman of the house republican conference, the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. hensarling: mr. chairman, earlier this week "usa today" reported that we have the fewest participants in our work force than at any time in 30 years, and my democratic colleagues announce their plan to increase taxes $1.5 trillion on our economy, much of it on our small businesses. the congressional budget office has announced that medicare is going broke in 2020, and my democratic colleagues announce their plan to double down on the rationing of health care for our seniors. the congressional budget office -- the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravenges of the rules of the house. the sergeant at arms will restore order to the gallery. the gentleman may proceed. mr. hensarling: mr. chairman, the congressional budget office has anno

walker are very heavily that mr ouattara as a country and governance moving forward will be tainted to an extent by the fact that he is a supporter of the west he is controlled and he will deal with the west far kindly than any other leader would otherwise do better i think mr blago found himself in a lot of trouble going as far back as two thousand when he came into power not to mention in two thousand and two when he refused to get mr ouattara to engage in the political machine in that country and of course the subsequent civil war that we had did not play in his favor more so most recently when he had the elections which were otherwise certified by international commission that he did lose i think the writing was on the wall and the rest is history so i think for all the intentions of the the french taking part in this equation and supporting mr ouattara and getting involved in the politics i think it's for the right reasons i mean to send a signal to mr gbagbo that he lost the election b. that is controversial because mr wagner was said all right that he won those elections fran