mr. mcdonnell: thank you. mr. leigh: yes. mr. alonso: no. ms. tidwell: yes. >> i was going to make the same observation. parts of this are already there. it is augmenting it a little bit to get what is not there included. mr. pilpel: if we are not able to edit, i would not include it in this way. mr. mcdonnell: ok. thank you. ms. mondejar: included in the body of the report. maybe at the last sentence. -- edit the last sentence. mr. mcdonnell: your response but the break for editing. ok. thank you. on mr. pilpel's? everyone take a moment to read this suggestion. >> the question you're going to call is all or nothing? mr. mcdonnell: that is correct. mr. pilpel: -- mr. schreiber: no. ms. mondejar: the question is to include it all or not? um -- yes. ms. lam: no. ms. melara: no, because most of it is already included in the report and some of the things that were not, i think we did not vote on them. mr. leigh: i am going to say yes. on the whole, i think it is fine. i appreciate member pilpel's attempts to respond to the issues we had. ms. tidwell

mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i would say to the gentleman, it's not true. we don't want to exclude anybody from the benefits and he knows that. it was simply a matter of new language inserted by the senate that really -- we don't want to deny those benefits to anyone. we want everyone to have the benefits and not exclude some by specifically identifying others. and the gentleman knows that. it's unfair to characterize anything we're trying to do to exclude people from benefits when they are subject to domestic abuse. all of us care about those victims. i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank -- mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman for his observations. we have a difference of opinion. on whether or not they want to exclude people. because the senate bill was inclusive and every woman member , republican, of the united states senate voted for it. everyone. that was the difference between the two bills. those who were included and a more specific group that are now included, which we think they ought to be, but we

mr. mcdonnell: thank you. mr. alonso: did we add clinton heights -- clarington heights? not the whole thing? park merced? mr. mcdonnell: ok. we are not attempting to create an exhaustive list. this is one that does not need as a vacation. district 8. -- need justification. district 8. >> i would combine diamond heights. mr. mcdonnell: you would combine? >> just diamond heights. mr. mcdonnell: ok. mr. leigh: i would strike open house and lgbt community center. mr. mcdonnell: removing them from this list. any additions? mr. pilpel: i am looking at it. it is changing. >> i withdraw the comment. mr. mcdonnell: ok. so, we have -- can -- >> can i suggest eureka valley? ms. tidwell: i just deleted eureka valley. some of those are encompassed with what the other neighborhoods are. mr. pilpel: i don't think i agree with that. i think eureka valley is in district 8. >> adding eureka valley. mr. mcdonnell: there is no need to create an exhaustive list. mr. pilpel: ok. all right. mr. mcdonnell: any other additions? moving the

mr. emblig, who will give a neutral, as he put it "dry presentation," you would want someone from the majority to go there and make the presentation? is that what you are suggesting? >> no. >> who do you think should do it? >> well, we objected to any one from the commission. >> well, if we're going to send someone, mr. wagner, so if you object to mr. emblig. >> i don't think it's fair, respectfully commissioner to put it back on us who is the best person to advocate your position to the board in the process? >> we're giving you an opportunity to weigh in on how we should present this to the board. if you are going to object to mr. emblig and have no other suggestion, that is fine. but i'm giving you that opportunity and if you decline it, that is fine. >> then i would respectfully suspect that the director, mr. sancroix explain the procedures and the commission's position to the board. ultimately as mr. emblig said, there is a perception issue and the ethics commission, i believe should

. >> mr. wagner, with all due respect, we didn't ignore it and, in fact we talked about at t at some length and is dueded that under and/or too collateral to address and it's in the record. the board can look at it. i frankly think this language accurately reflects what we decided. again, if you have specific words that you think are inaccurate, you can point them out. but i certainly don't think this should come out. this is simply a reflection of what we decided. we're not making any judgment calls as to in this paragraph as to whether or not the mayor's testimony was otherwise credible. >> may i add something? >> yes, commissioner liu? >> in addition i also think it's important to remember that chair hur during that meeting, whichever date that that was that we discussed our request for additional evidence and testimony, that chair hur pointed out that perjury charges are not and were not before us. our commission was not asked to pursue charges of perjury against the mayor. your request to

mr. wiener. and i have concerns here with all the hundreds of illegal evictions that are going on at parkmerced that were enabled by violations in sunshine case 1148. mr. wiener's been charged by the sunshine task force with misdemeanors, along with david chiu, malia cohen, and eric mar. for scott wiener to go ahead and legally block sunshine from the sunshine ordinance, and sunshine task force, from operation, is anathema to good government. and you know that, mr. wiener. shame on you. the playing illegal games to cover up your own prosecution due to official misconduct in sunshine case 11048 is good cause for your recall. there are others in office who need to go as well, and i've mentioned this as the ethics commission, i've mentioned this at the board of supervisors, before you went out on break. i call out to san francisco, and i'm speaking to the television audience at this point, to please organize saturday morning meetings in your home so we can organize the whole city quickly in

mr. wieghart. >> mr. president, in 1980 you promised the american people -- in your campaign -- a balanced budget by 1983. biggerow had more and deficits in the 4 years you've been in office. mr. president, do you have a secret plan to balance the budget sometime in a second term, and if so, would you lay out that plan for us tonight? the president. >> i have a plan -- not a secret plan. as a matter of fact, it is the economic recovery program that we presented when i took office in 1981. it is true that earlier, working with some very prominent economists, i had come up, during the campaign, with an economic program that i thought could rectify the great problems confronting us -- the double-digit inflation, the high tax rates that i think were hurting the economy, the stagflation that we were undergoing. before even the election day, something that none of those economists had even predicted had happened, that the economy was so worsened that i was openly saying that what we had thought on the basis of

mr. poe: mr. speaker, the united states granted pakistan major nonnato ally status to help us fight al qaeda and the taliban. this status gives special foreign aid and defense benefits such as expedited arms sales process. pakistan has proved its no friend to america. pakistan said no when we asked it to go after the terrorist havens. pakistan twice tipped off terrorists making i.e.d.'s that kill americans. pakistan's intelligence arm, the isi, helped the network, a designated foreign terrorist organization, to attack our embassy. pakistan arrested and convicted the doctor who helped us locate osama bin laden, the world's number one terrorist. i believe some of the money that we have given them goes to the taliban, but pakistan has given us no reason to trust them. they are a disloyal ally. a benedict arnold friend. i have introduced h.r. 6391 to strip pakistan of its major nonnato ally status. we don't need to pay pakistan to betray us. they will do it for free. that's just the way it is. the spe

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, that is an example of the dysfunction and inability and unwillingness to compromise of which mr. ornstein and mr. mann spoke. i now yield to my friend from new york, mr. tonko. mr. tonko: i thank minority whip hoyer who has led us so expertly well on this floor. you cite the many failings of this do-nothing republican congress. it is tragic that we will leave home -- for home now and not get the work of the people done and will not respond to the needs of america. that is such an unjust outcome. we know that a middle-class tax cut has been passed in the senate. the president said he would sign it. we need that measure. we need that measure done so as to provide for confidence in the american economy. what we need right now is that sort of boost, that booster shot can do a lot for growing sales for businesses out there. the aggregate demand for goods and services driven by relief for the middle class via a tax cut is important. the violence against women act that was re-author

mr. romney there, mitt romney there, republican presidential candidate with one of his sons. it's a rally for hispanic voters. nationwide, mr. romney trails president obama by 45 points among latino voters, but this event that you see live here is part of a concerted push by the romney campaign to try to make up some of that enormous gap. it's part of him appearing with his spanish-speaking son there, his youngest son there, craig. now, as you know, we are not in the business of airing raw candidate stump speeches at rallies during campaign season. it's because they are repetitive and because if we started just airing all the stump speeches, a, you would think that you've heard it all before, but also, it would be all that we did for months. we are going to monitor mr. romney's remarks tonight in miami. we'll bring these remarks to you if he says anything that is beyond his standard stump speech or if he makes any news about what's going on in today's headlines. but the fact that mitt rom

speaker -- mr. speaker -- mr. speaker, this month marks the 40th anniversary of the expulsion of asians from uganda by idi amin. they came to this country with nothing but the clothes on their backs but they picked themselves up and soon integrated themselves into the fabric of britain. will my right honorable friend the prime minister join me in commending this community and also the conservative government of the time which had the courageous decision to let them in, notwithstanding the enormous opposition in the house and in the country at large? >> i think my honorable friend is absolutely right to raise this, the asians who have come from kenya and uganda have made an extraordinary contribution to this country and it was an absolutely right decision to welcome them here as happens in the 1970's and those that opposed it i believe were profoundly wrong and i would also say to him who is from that background, what an incredible achievement it is for someone from that background within one generation to come to

mr. denham: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2903, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. denham: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. denham: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the exchange of letters between the committee on transportation and infrastructure and the committee on homeland security be included in the congressional record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. denham: h.r. 2903, the fema re-authorization act, would re-authorize fema and make important reforms that will save money and speed up disaster recovery. it keeps fema funding at current levels, it fully complies with the house budget rules and includes bipartisan provisions passed by the house last congress. this legislation is a product of key members working together to produce

mr. mccain: mr. president, it's with a heavy heart that i rise today to speak about the horrific attack yesterday on the u.s. consulate in been gaza that killed -- benghazi that killed four american citizens. the two confirmed thus far among the dead are slawn smith, an air force veteran turned information management officer and ambassador chris stevens, one of america's finest and bravest foreign service officers. i didn't know sean smith, i know he's a great american who served his country, but i had gotten to know chris stevens quite well. and ambassador chris stevens' death, the libyan people have lost a champion and believer in the peaceful aspirations of their democratic revolution. the american people have lost a selfless and dedicated servant of our interests and our values, and i have lost a friend. my thoughts and prayers today are with chris' family and the loved ones of his fallen colleagues. my god grant them comfort in their time of grief. our most urge vent -- urgent order of business

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, this bill is not as complicated as my good friend from ohio tries to make it appear to be. now i recognize and we have had conversations on this when the bill was introduced and i respect his opinion, but i respectively disagree with his opinion and his arguments. there's nothing wrong with that. we are americans and we can do that in america. but i want to -- and the gentleman, what i heard him saying is what if, and what would be an ideal world. we would like to have an ideal world, but let's talk about reality at that time. we were forced into the second world war. germany, of course, had started that war with the blitz krieg into poland and japan started expanding and they were going into the pacific and they attacked us on december 7, 1941. whether we liked it or not, we were in a war for survival. no question about that. that is simply the facts and in the process of carriering out that war and let me say that war is absolutely unpredictable because if you are logically

mr. watt: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 6215 which is necessary to correct a technical error in the trade mation delusion revision act of 2006 -- trademark delusion revision act of 2006 which had a trademark to be a bar from the trademark delusion claims. the concept of dilution -- massachusetts was the first state to erect a dilution statute in 1937. the purpose is to protect the value and unique of the plaintiff's trademark without requiring evidence about the likelihood of confusion. over 50 years after the passage of the massachusetts statute, the 1996 federal trademark dilution act provided nationwide injunctive relief, quote, begins a use that causes dilution of the distinctive quality of the famous trademark, closed quote. in 2003, however, the supreme court in mosley vs. victoria secret catalog, inc. considered whether proof of injury to the economic value of a famous mark, that is actual dilution, is required to obtain relief under trademark dilution act. the court decided that ev

mr. campbell used his experience in the energy generation field to guide community choice aggregation to the creation of the clean power sf program and for those who have been working on this for so many years they know that -- i think all of us recognize that taking that job was a very courageous ookt on the part of mr. campbell. he crafted several proposals to ensure that the program had technical assistance and service provider in order to launch. he lead the negotiating team to acquire contracts for energy supply as well as back office services, critical launching to the program. he lead countless meetings between the puc and community advocates and the commission and reflected not only what we needed to see as a city agency and address the needs and concerns outlined by the advocates. mr. campbell's monthly updates to this body were instrumental in letting us know what was happening and we especially appreciate the fact that he always took the feedback into consideration and we would

basically mr. johnson, he was actually filmed on video, for reckless driving and he deliberately swerved side to side, causing the vehicle to roll over and he was booked into the main jail and these are his charges, 594a vandalism over 5,000. the other thing that kind of disturbs me about that is that was a 16,000 pound vehicle -- truck. let me go on. so basically mr. johnson failed to appear for numerous hearings after i called him and told him that he would have some municipal code violations. only after a letter on may 10, informing mr. johnson that he needed to appear or his application would not be processed, he did appear. i informed him at that time he was in violation of the municipal police codes. and i'd like to show you which codes those are. i'll put those on as well. first one is going to be just a section that says that he must complete a set of fingerprints by the police department for his application. the second one is the municipal police code 3004a which basically states within fo

mr. sablan: mr. speaker, i ask you to join me in celebrating the 60th anniversary of mount karma school and the proud record serving students in the northern mariana islands from their elementary through high school years. since opening the doors the school has constantly expanded, added new facilities, state-of-the-art information technology and a standards base curriculum with accreditation from the western association of schools and colleges. the school has cultivated some of our island's most notable business, government leaders. as doctors, car mechanics, cooks, carpenters, teachers and business executives, the school's alumni are outstanding pillars in our community. the school has evolved into an institution whose name is synonymous with excellence in our community. i offer my congratulations to all those who have been affiliated with the school over the past 60 years. teachers, staff, students, alumni and parents. i have every confidence that the next 60 years will be marked with the same acc

mr. holt: i thank mr. markey. mr. chairman, this legislation is drafted so broadly that it's likely to cause real damage. it would prevent the interior department from issuing nearly any new regulation under the surface mining control and reclamation act. the bill would prevent the interior department from undertaking any of a number of actions that is considering to ensure that mining operations are safe for the workers and for the public and for our environment. i filed an amendment to narrow the scope of this title, but the majority would not make it in order. furthermore, h.r. 3409 would completely paralyze the office of surface mining, which is responsible for protecting the citizens and the workers and we should not limit this agency when it comes to worker safety. it would threaten -- this bill would threaten public health by blocking the critical clean air act regulations that limits dangerous pollutants, as i said earlier, including mercury in the air that we breathe. this is an irresponsible bill. it is unne

mr. wagner, with all due respect, we didn't ignore it and, in fact we talked about at t at some length and is dueded that under and/or too collateral to address and it's in the record. the board can look at it. i frankly think this language accurately reflects what we decided. again, if you have specific words that you think are inaccurate, you can point them out. but i certainly don't think this should come out. this is simply a reflection of what we decided. we're not making any judgment calls as to in this paragraph as to whether or not the mayor's testimony was otherwise credible. >> may i add something? >> yes, commissioner liu? >> in addition i also think it's important to remember that chair hur during that meeting, whichever date that that was that we discussed our request for additional evidence and testimony, that chair hur pointed out that perjury charges are not and were not before us. our commission was not asked to pursue charges of perjury against the mayor. your request to

mr. hemblig, let me put you on the spot, do you have a viewpoint in light of mr. wagner's comments? >> i think mr. wagner raises a good point, mainly on a perception issue. what i believe the board is seeking and what i felt i could do without putting myself in a conflict situation is simply report to the board what this commission did and what findings it made. essentially reiterating the written document. the board wants someone there to be able to make that presentation and answer questions. i don't think there is an ideal solution to who that right person should be. if it were the chair, it would be awkward, because the chair is the one dissenter from the decision. if it one member of four-person majority, that would be awkward, because that person may be asked questions to speak for the entire majority and not feel comfortable doing that. if it were me, there is some awkwardness with the legal advice that i might be called upon to present to the board and what i hope to be a very dry

we consider mr. kipnis because he had three years in a row based upon our findings originally regarding his driving requirements so it wasn't an issue where he had one bad year, he had an issue of three bad years so we had to move for the egregious behavior versus you had one bad year, let's see if we can work on it. >> but at this point, it's been found that it's been one bad year. isn't that what's in the record, only 2009 was -- >> correct, the hearing officer only found 2009. >> with that information and with that finding, would that change if you were to go back and start over and taking as true the decision by the hearing officer that it's only one bad year, would that then suggest to the department that maybe he should receive an admonishment rather than a revocation? >> well, not necessarily because we don't necessarily do the admonishment anymore, we will impose stiff penalties, so at a bare minimum even today if mr. kipnis had this issue and had no other issue with us, we would let him know

finally, mr. chairman, mr. moore testified that he permly interpreted the instructions from representative waters when she told him no specific assistance to one unitedded. he took that to mean he was only, only to refrain from working on one united matters that day and that day only. the record is clear that representative waters met and instructed otherwise. further, the chief counsel of the financial service committee testified that mr. moore told her that his office had a conflict of interest, and they were stepping back from the one united issue. it is our conclusion and recommendation that moore understood the instructions and directions from representative waters. given that representative waters believes disclosure is important and that she, herself, believes that mr. moore would have nope of her husband's investments in one united bank, we found mr. moore's denial incredible, in doubt of the testimony's credibility generally. indeed, we found other inconsistencies between mr. moore's testimony on other

mr. sacrum? speaker: a couple of the commissioners want a specialized interest in this act taken by the commission on a prior date for the purposes of determining whether you were interested in requesting an update on follow-up actions by the mayor so the thought expressed was that possibly a follow-up letter would be drafted and sent. the staff took the liberty in drafting a letter for the commissioners to consider and edit provided you even decide to send one. speaker: any comments on the commissioners? mr.: i think we should send the letter and i think we have comments about the specifics of the not we at least have a voice set on typewriter. commissioner: i would add to the letter which the staff did a very fine job of but i think i would add in the last paragraph after what's written language to this effect. alternatively i request you advice the commission as to the reasons why you decline to take any action in respect to miss g o /ph* go /phezs conduct. speaker: commissioner southe

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may ve five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks a include extraneous materials on h.r. 5959, as amended, currently under consideration. the spear pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: and, mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, america and its allies continue to face national security threats from foreign nations, spies and terrorist organitions. our national security agencies must be able to conduct surveillance of foreign terrorists and others so we can stop them before they disable our defenses, carry out a plot against our country or kill innocent americans. in 1978 congress enacted the foreign intelligence surveillance act to protect for the domestic collection of foreign intelligence to protect americans' civil liberties, they made fisa courts. if the government needs to collect domestic information for national sec

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection, so ordered. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, as we enter the final stages of this election cycle, the american people have a choice for change, promoting women to government with the expanded freedom or big government with power to politicians. a key issue is job creation. i support the bipartisan initiatives of john f. kennedy and ronald reagan of cutting taxes which enables the private sector to create jobs. president obama has enacted failed policies of borrow, tax and spend, producing 43 months of unemployment over 8%. new jobs could be created with an all-of-the-above energy policy, but president obama promised skyrocketing energy costs, doubling gas prices. beater course would be to develop the keystone pipeline with our number one ally, canada. the contrast on national defense is clear. we should stand for peace through strength that ronald reagan, p

., mr. kipnis is out driving on a busy friday and a saturday night where he's yelling at people and trying to keep it together and trying to keep a record at the same time, and honestly, you know, ultimately we have no objections to the weigh bills that were flagged being thrown out because in the worst case scenario, there would still be 80 weigh bills for that year even if those were all thrown out. >> i count 28 findings of mileage overlaps, duplicate dates, etc., it seems to be more than just a couple of mistakes. >> for a one-year period for a driver, it's not that unusual, and again, we believe that a system of progressive discipline should have been used here if it was a matter of not keeping good records, if it's sloppy bookkeeping but the department has really failed to show any additional evidence, and throwing in the arguments that some weigh bills were too pristine or handwriting looks different from this date to that date is really pushing the envelope and actually, i think it l

>> yes. >> mr. league? >> yes. -- mr. leeg -- leigh. >> yes. >> no. >> i will look at the deviations. >> thank you. >> can i make a comment while at the look at the numbers? >> sure. i think the pop lore initially had either ben the four blocks between two and five as a way to clean the lines. so since those are not submitted as part of a neighborhood, i would suggest we look there to the extent we still have a population issue. >> ok. >> mr. chair, we have the deviation. it is negative 4.997%. >> are you comfortable? >> i'm comfortable. >> thank you. thanks for that exercise. let's visit now the less again attempting to move fairly swiftly through each of these considerations. let's go to the question of d-60 border, at the same time we will secondarly visit the maria manner. >> i don't know where they are continue may affect it. if you can tell us where they are. >> sure. give us the other two. so we will look out -- so the next -- the next one is between districts 10 and 9. bart line we would align to. this is an area

>> okay *, thank you. >> mr. murray, we can take your rebuttal now. >> i wonder if you could call the building management to see if they can set up an overflow room for people waiting in the hall. thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. just really briefly, again, mr. kipnis had two opportunities, we had two hearings, mr. shamis, his statement, i mean while he says he's not sure, he can't remember 2009, he had two opportunity tos bring mr. shamis to a hearing, he could have roughening -- broukt him to the 2010 or 2011 hearing to discuss his driving record. >> please, it's not your turn. >> and as far as when we're looking at -- when we look at the weigh bills, we have to look at every single thing, and mr. leon's job is to determine all the discrepancies and the issues involved with all of them. by pointing out to you the handwriting, we weren't pointing out mr. kipnis' key strokes or anything of that sort, we were just looking at, there is a naked eye difference between his cursive and his print and it calls int

mr. reid: mr. president, this month i joined more than 52 million latinos in nevada and across the country to celebrate hispanic heritage month. each year hispanic heritage month is an opportunity to honor the contributions of the population that is so important to our national identity, a community that has contributed to our country's progress for centuries. we see those contributions in every i facet of the our society -- on the battlefield and in the boardroom, in the courtroom and the classroom, at the art gallery and in the recording studio, and on the playing field. in nevada, hispanic influence is evident. the name of our state, snow-capped las vegas. today more than a quarter of nevada's population is hispanic. nationwide, latinos are expected to make up 60% of the population in the coming decades. to ensure our country thrives, we need to make sure its hispanic population thrives as well. those why president obama and democrats in congress have fought for the policies that are making hisp

mr. hemblig representing the commission before the board, i think this is a thorny issue, as the commissioners are aware, we initially filed a motion to or may be aware we filed a motion in civil court to have the city attorney's office disqualified from the case and the ethics commission of its own accord determined to hire outside counsel and did so. throughout this process to my one another mr. hemblig has been representing both the commission and the board simultaneously. now that the commission by vote of 4-1 has decided to move forward with the mayor's efforts to remove the sheriff or at least find that he engaged in official misconduct, it occurs to me or seems to me that the commission takes on a prosecutorial role in trying to convince members of board of the mayor's position, at least as reflected in counts 4 and 5. so that you now have the same attorney, who is now taking on a prosecutorial role advising the decision-maker, and i think that raises a conflict of interest and we

mr. hastings: mr. chairman, i advise my friend that i am prepared to close if the gentleman will yield back his time, i'll be prepared to close. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: continue to reserve the balance of my time. we have no other people to talk. mr. hastings: mr. chairman, i have -- i am prepared to close if the gentleman is prepared to yield back. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. chairman. among the many flaws in the legislation is a provision waiving compliance with the national environmental policy act of 1969, nepa. nepa has been under attack by the republicans for years. most famously former chairman led an effort before leaving congress. nepa stands for two very simple principles. the first is the federal government should think before it acts. and the second is that the federal government should listen to the american people before it acts. nepa does not dictate outcome, it requires federal agencies to gather information, consider a

mr. wagner, so if you object to mr. emblig. >> i don't think it's fair, respectfully commissioner to put it back on us who is the best person to advocate your position to the board in the process? >> we're giving you an opportunity to weigh in on how we should present this to the board. if you are going to object to mr. emblig and have no other suggestion, that is fine. but i'm giving you that opportunity and if you decline it, that is fine. >> then i would respectfully suspect that the director, mr. sancroix explain the procedures and the commission's position to the board. ultimately as mr. emblig said, there is a perception issue and the ethics commission, i believe should take every action that it possibly can to avoid the perception of impropriety and to avoid the appearance of conflict. so that is why i raised the issue and i think that the director making the presentation would alleviate that concern, because the director is not counsel for the commission or the board. >> i am a li

mr. kelly to accrue sick pay during the term of his contract and we have agreed on a salary, which is the same as that that mr. harrington is being paid. and it's probably the shortest, simplest, easiest to understand extract that i have seen for any purpose. any comments or questions from the commission? >> yes, you said 5 year? >> yes. >> it says 2015 here. 3 years. >> it should not. that's an error. >> so, i don't know if i have the final version: >> i wasn't involved in the contract negotiations, but, i presume the 5 years relate to the provietions in section 5 that provides for an extension to 2017 after certain intervening events. but, because i wasn't involved, i'm assuming harlan and beth [inaudible]. reviewed and understood that. >> that is not what we agreed to. we agreed to a 5 year term with a 2 year opener, which gives us the option of making adjustments depending on the n aa contract. >> the only thing about that, if you read section 5 where it says if, by september 22015,..

mr. mr. hastings: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 5544. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 773 and rule 18, the chair di declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 5544. the chair appoints the gentleman from idaho, mr. simpson, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 5544 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to authorize an expedite a land exchange involving national forest system land in the district of the superior national forest and certain other national forest system land in the state of minnesota that has limited recreational and conservation resources and lands owned by the state of minnesota in trust for the public school system t

mr. brooks. is there any other members of the public that would like to speak? seeing none and public comment is closed and thank you mr. brook for mentioning all of the advocates involved over the years. if you look at what happened over the years the advocacy was really instrumental and making it clear there is interest in this, and i think in all of us share the concern that making sure that the people who participate in the program are people that want to be in it, and you know along the lines of what commissioner avalos was saying that we also need to take advantage of some of the publicity that has gotten to begin the process of letting people who are interested and let us know they're interested. i certainly is one that is interested of being a customer of this program. i heard that indirectly that supervisor elsbernd told the chamber of commerce he might be interested in being a customer as well, so i think there are a number of people that want to add themselves to that list, but

mr. hinojosa: mr. speaker, mr. speaker, i rise to strongly oppose h.r. 6429, the republican stem proposal, before the house today under suspension of the rules. as the ranking member of the subcommittee on higher education and work force and vice chair of the congressional hispanic caucus, i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, i urge my colleagues to join me and members of the congressional hispanic caucus, the congressional black caucus, and the asian american caucus, in strongly opposing this republican stem proposal, misguided legislation that would curtail legal immigration to the united states. as a proud co-sponsor of this bill, i support this legislation because it would allow advanced stem graduates to remain in the united states and contribute to our nation's scientific discovery and technological innovation, increasing our nation's global competitiveness. this bill reduces backlogs for stem degree recipients by retaining critical talent and creating a new green card category for persons with ad

mr. mr. franks: i thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, nearly four years ago, barack obama was swept into office by the strength of his rhetoric, but the profound difference between mr. obama's rhetoric and the reality americans have actually lived under in his presidency is something every american has a profound responsibility to understand. mr. obama's rhetoric on jobs and the economy four years ago was, quote, we have to have a president who understands the essence of the american dream is a good job, unquote. but the reality under mr. obama's presidency is the highest sustained unemployment since the great depression. the percentage of people participating in america's labor market under this presidency has fallen to 63.5%. that is the lowest rate since jimmy carter was president 31 years ago. manufacturing unemployment has fall ton its lowest levels since 1941. the number of unemployed americans eclipsed 15 million for the first time in history. the number of people forced to work part time for economic reasons eclipsed eig

mr. dreier: absolutely. mr. boustany: thank you for organizing this round of speeches tonight to talk thbt -- about this crucial piece of legislation we need to pass. what it will do, it ensures a level playing field for u.s. workers, u.s. formers, employers, who are competing for business in russia. now we all know that until russia came into the united states it was a difficult police station to get access for businesses. not just large company bus small and mid size firms. i believe it's vital for taos grant russia permanent normalized trade relations by removing them if the jackson-van eck provisions. with if we don't approve their pntr, russia could deny the united states some of the concessions they've made to join the w.t.o. and we wouldn't be able to challenge that through the w.t.o.'s dispute resolution system. this is critically important especially if we talk about small and mid sized firms in manufacturing that want to export. they need that kind of rules based system to work with them. otherwise the

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, the house isn't in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize lance of center county, pennsylvania. this week on september 13, 2012, lance will be honored as the 2012 recipient of the navy league of central pennsylvania, lieutenant michael p. murphy's distinguished citizen award. the navy league of central pennsylvania is an organization designed to enhance challenges facing today's armed forces as well as advocating for the men and women who serve. the lieutenant michael p. murphy distinguished citizen award is given to a nonactive duty person who has character, distinguished military or civilian service and stature, draw wholesome comparison for which the council tries to promote. lance, chairman of the group

mr. brooks. >> good afternoon, chair. i'm patrick -- shaw, here as a private citizen today to support bruce wolfe, who's clearly the most qualified of the two candidates, given that the third candidate, ms. forsley, is a city employee, should not even be considered by this committee for this appointment. to support a false claim that the sunshine task force had engaged in official misconduct and had undermined transparency in government mr. wiener failed to provide evidence and presented misinformation at least four times during the board's full meeting on may 22nd. wiener wrongly claimed the task force had exempted itself from the san francisco charter, wrongly claimed the task force had said how dare you, sunshinelight us end quote when the task force never claimed such thing. wiener claimed he asked for a, quote, audit, in compliance with this ordinance when in fact he had asked for a survey. wiener also inflated the average number of times city employees had to attend hearings to reso

speaker, mr. speaker, mr. speaker, this month, this month marks the 40th anniversary of the expulsion of patients in uganda by idi amin. they came to this country of with nothing but the clothes on their backs as they pick themselves up and soon integrated themselves into britain. will my right honorable friend, the prime minister, join me in committee this community and also the conservative government, which had the courageous decision to let them in notwithstanding the enormous amount of proposition both in the house and in the country at large? >> i think my honorable friend is absolutely right to raise this. the asians have come from kenya and uganda have made an extraordinary contribution to this country, and he was absolutely right decision to welcome them here as happened in the 1970s, and those who oppose it i believe were profoundly wrong. and i would also say to him who is actually from that background what incredible achievement is for someone from that background to get with one generation to come

mr. reid: mr. president, i couldn't hear the number. what was it? the presiding officer: the yeas are 84 and the nays are 8. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. order in the chamber, please. mr. reid: on behalf of senator murray i call substitute amendment 2789 to the attention of the chair. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the bill. the clerk: calendar number 476, a bill to require the secretary of veterans' affairs various to establish a veterans job corps and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid for mrs. murray proposes amendment number 2489. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: i have now, mr. president, a first-degree perfecting amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: t

mr. kyl: mr. president, reserving the right to object, i appreciate the majority leader's attempt to put several of these items together. i would note our side has only had a little over an hour to work this through our membership. there is one objection i'll need to interpose here. but i would encourage the majority leader to meet with senator mcconnell when he is available so that they can continue to try to work on this as a potential way to proceed. but at this time, on behalf of senator john mccain, i'll interpose an objection. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the majority leader. mr. reid: everyone within the sound of my voice should understand that again we shouldn't be surprised, i guess, even though there had been all of this focus on senator paul, that he was holding everything up, that's really not the way it is. he's not holding everything up. it's the republicans. all of this has been cleared on my side. and it's really unfortunate. we'll continue to work to reach an agreeme