mr. carter: mr. chairman, at this time i yield atches time as he -- as much time as he may consume to mr. rodgers from the great state of -- rogers from kentucky, a former great prosecutor for the great state of kentucky. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding the time. mr. chairman, i rise in support of this bill. first, i'd like to thank our colleagues for their careful consideration yesterday of the military construction, veterans appropriations bill which as you know passed overwhelmingly in the house. there were only four members who voted against that bill. and i'd like to ask all of the supporters of those bills, that bill, to continue on this bill today. a very conscientious piece of legislation that i believe can and should pass this body on a bipartisan basis. the bill before you, as the chairman and ranking member have said, provides $38.9 billion for the department. in such austere budget times, this bill rightly prioritizes spe

carter as well. mr. lujan: i went back to my small place to make a sandwich and saw this amendment come on the floor and i had to hurry back. everyone is tired because it's so late, madam chair. it's midnight. under the dark of night here we have an amendment that i hope the talk shows are paying attention and watching tonight and i hope that dreamers across america are watching their televisions because if not, they're going to be reading about this in the morning. at a time when as congressman gutierrez described, we're coming together as a congress and as a nation to try to get comprehensive immigration reform adopted, at a time when we should be concentrating our efforts on going after those criminals that are doing bad, bad things, when the chamber of commerce of the united states and faith-based organizations, churches across america, on sundays and saturdays an even on bible study on wednesdays are talking about the importance of respecting our friends and neighbors, especially those young people,

mr. carter: i will yield. mr. garrett: i agree we should add confidence to the travelers but i ask the gentleman from texas, what confidence can we veff sr. in a program that by its own admission says they have not foiled a single terrorist plot, by its own admission says they are screening people after they get off the train instead of before they get on, by its own admission says the programs are not mandatory, which means when you go to a rail station and see them there, if you were a true terrorist you would say i'm not going to go in that line, i'm going over in that line. mr. carter: reclaiming my time, i listened to what you said before and you don't need to be repetitive, i understand your concerns and quite honestly they're valid concerns and i will as chairman of this committee with the assistance of mr. price look into the arguments you have made, but at this time i cannot accept your amendment. i don't need to hear the arguments a second time to accept your amendment. i am opposed to this amendment. i

we're celebrating the 35th anniversary mr. carter naming this the most but we're celebrating over a one hundred and 60 years of our struggles and 1 hundred and 60 years of overwhelming the issues and the successes we have here today. when i first come into office when i ran at that time, there was only one member of the board of supervisors who was asian today, we have 5 and we have a asian mayor and we live across the bay from another asian mayor from oakland. we represent the diversity. but for the triumph of all of you i want to take a moment and remember that we're here to think about the impact of the artists. with you have been stashing not only a vision you're telling the story. and see i want to thank our awe suffering leaders. i want to thank the organizations that that impacted us the asian week foundation and thank you for impacting our communities. and to those of you who have been the final lift for our lifetime achievement awards (calling names). actually all of you guys are getting the lifetime achievement award

for beyonce's mrs. carter's world tour. looks stick thin compared to an actual picture of her in the dress on the right. which one do you prefer? i like the one on the right. i'm richard lui and this is "early today" we hope just four first stop of the day on nbc. >>> leading the news this morning, in "the new york times" immigrants reach beyond the legal barrier for a reunion. three young immigrants known as dreamers hold an emotional reunion between steel bars at the mexican border with their parents who were deported from the u.s. in 2007. very emotional there. >>> and on nbcnews.com, leaked secrets posed a risk for booz allen where secrecy means billions. booz is the company where edward snowden worked for less than three months, but the company's main business is protecting government secrets. this week could cost them a bundle going forward. >>> topping our news -- a total of 71 is potential jurors in the george zimmerman trial have so far been dismissed. by tuesday's end, attorneys questioned 14 jurors in person. but

mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to the motion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. carter: mr. speaker, this is a good bill. it's a strong bill. this bill focuses on securing the homeland, protecting our citizens against terrorist acts like the one that we experienced in boston, and we talked about it for the last three days. mr. speaker, this motion is unnecessary. this bill specifically addresses the events in boston by the following. adding an additional 1,600 c.d.p. officers, increasing funding for watch listing for the third year in a row. increasing visa enforcement. increasing first responder grants by $400 million for a total of $2.5 billion, more than adequate funding to help equip and train first responders. doubling the amount for bomb prevention. and the bill already has more than $30 million in predisaster mitigation grants. this bill was constructed in a bipartisan fashion. having unanimous support at the subcommittee and committee levels. and has earned praise from both sides o

but mrs. carter was seen doing it publicly. it was something that would -- that became publicly known. in terms of how she handled the job of being first lady, she was probably one of the most professional. it has been common since the 1930s for first ladies to have a professional staff usually consisting of a press secretary, scheduler, maybe a social secretary, speechwriters, but rosslyn carter took it to a new level of professionalism. she actually designed a hollis e plan for her east wing office -- four -- she actually designed a policy plan for her east wing office. she was very active in some tough areas. she was tough and having to deal with mental health, mental disability. education. and she took it seriously. that also drew a lot of scrutiny at that time when i think people were not quite ready for another activist first lady. and she got a lot of criticism for that. but i think she did a great job in terms of being a partner in that presidency. when you have a one term presidency that sales at the end, it's kind of

mr. carter: mr. chairman, 9 years ago this thursday -- 69 years ago this thursday more than 9,000 allied soldiers were killed or wounded during the d-day invasion in normandy, france. that operation as well as the sacrifice of so many brave individuals serves as a sobering reminder that freedom and security are, in fact, not free. it's this solemn commitment to both freedom and security that i respectfully present to the people's house the fiscal year 2014 appropriations bill for the department of homeland ecurity. similar to our subcommittee's work over the past three fiscal years, this bill demonstrates how we can fund vital security programs and enforce the law, while also reducing discretionary spending overall. so this bill is about our security and fiscal priorities and getting them right. the president's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal for d.h.s. presents a budget for our frontline homeland security agencies. diminishing their operational work force, and undermining mission capabilities. the

i love the fact that this tour is called the mrs. carter world tour. she's letting the world know that she's married to jay-z. i wish i could be mrs. carter. she's living the life. i love beyonce. she's a bad mamajama. >> i hate when think think you have to be totally independent or in your marriage. there is the best of both words. >> kristin and kendra g, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> okay. >> this little girl owes her life to a mystery woman with just one arm. we're going to tell you her story and other good news across the country. but first -- a bio mechanicist and musician redefine how athletes train. both are visionaries in their respective fields here's dr. sanjay gupta with a preview of this week's "next list." >>> this weeks on "the next list," two extraordinary innovators changing the game in heir respective fields. jim richards is a biomechanicists. >> the whole thing of what we're doing is to accelerate how they do their jobs we would hope would have effect on the long-term longevity. we're doing what other sports haven

carter show. there it is. it is flowing, it is beautiful. absolutely stunning. looks wonderful on her. a bet of a stir with her fans anyway because of the sketch that the fashion house created for her. so that's what -- they're calling this an artist rendition. >> and they made her look real skinny. >> made her look like a stick figure. legs and arms are super long. her waist is teeny tiny. she has none of her assets which she has in real life. >> assets. >> if you create a sketch. show me a real stick figure. i want to see pencil writings. all over it. this looks like a picture. >> not to mention she looks better -- >> in person. >> -- in reality than in the sketch. >> fans are upset. roberto cavalli, said fans are overreacting. they're saying it's just a sketch. it's not a photo. therefore it was not meant to be stylized. it was just an artistic vision. and i get that, but at the same time, it really does look like a picture. >> does look like a picture. >> also, miley cyrus, rumors flowing around that she is getting cozy with justin bieber. apparently there's

she is currently performing her mrs. carter show world tour in the u.k. ticket sales are so high the tour is now expected to take in more than $100 million. put a ring on that? >>> another bump in the road for the keystone pipeline. a former transcanada employee speaks out on what he calls shoddy practices at the company controversial and highly politicized keystone xl pipeline. he testified to a canadian senate committee there is a culture of noncompliance that ignores legally required regulations. if true, that is certainly not good news for canada or the ultimate future of the keystone pipeline. joining me is the man behind the allegations, former transcanada engineer evan bokes. welcome to the show. >> thanks for having me on. melissa: why are you coming forward with this now? you have known about a lot of these details for the better part of six years. so why come out now? >> well, it's not about now. this has been a very slow progression. the, for instance the first tile he talked to the regulator was in march 2007 ven. so, this has been a long time

mr. carter: i move the committee now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion the committee rise. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the aye vs. it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having under consideration 2217 directs me to report it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 2217 and has come to no resolution thereon. the chair: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 10:00 a.m. today. live coverage of the house here on c-span when members return at 10:00 a.m. eastern today. for more on this, we spoke with a capitol hill reporter. >> tim starks joins us from capitol hill. what does it say about those who wrote the bill? >> homeland security is still one of

but mrs. carter was seen doing it publicly. it was something that would -- that became publicly known. in terms of how she handled the job of being first lady, she was probably one of the most professional. it has been common since the 1930s for first ladies to have a professional staff usually consisting of a press secretary, scheduler, maybe a social secretary, speechwriters, but rosslyn carter took it to a new level of professionalism. she actually designed a hollis e plan for her east wing office -- four -- she actually designed a policy plan for her east wing office. she was very active in some tough areas. she was active in having to deal with mental health, mental disability. education. and she took it seriously. that also drew a lot of scrutiny at that time when i think people were not quite ready for another activist first lady. and she got a lot of criticism for that. but i think she did a great job in terms of being a partner in that presidency. when you have a one term presidency that sales at the end, it's kind of

that's right, during her mrs. carter world tours l.a. stop next month you can help style beyonce. bids right now are $11,500, proceeds benefit beyonce's charity to end hunger. that's pretty nice. >> that's nice. i'm glad to hear she's doing it for charity. we were teasing, you can pay to work for me. just a little more of the story. >> and that's "what's trending today." >> thank you, al. >>> more doctors are raising the issue of when to start a family with some of their older female patients. nbc's mara schiavocampo has more on the story. >> good morning, savannah. thanks to advances in fertility and gains in the workplace, many women are having children later in life but some doctors worry they may be wait too long late and are making a point to talk to their patients, not just about general health but also fertility. callie irwin loves being a mom. but this all happened sooner than she planned. the 37-year-old wanted to put off parenting until a fateful visit with her obgyn who advised her not to delay starting a family. >> he gave me a real kick in the pants. i think i was a l

but mrs. carter was seen doing it publicly. it was something that would -- that became publicly known. in terms of how she handled the job of being first lady, she was probably one of the most professional. it has been common since the 1930s for first ladies to have a professional staff usually consisting of a press secretary, scheduler, maybe a social secretary, speechwriters, but rosslyn carter took it to a new level of professionalism. she actually designed a hollis e plan for her east wing office -- four -- she actually designed for her east wing office. she was very active in some tough areas. she was tough and having to deal with mental health, mental disability. .ducation and she took it seriously. that also drew a lot of scrutiny at that time when i think people were not quite ready for another activist first lady. and she got a lot of criticism for that. but i think she did a great job in terms of being a partner in that presidency. when you have a one term presidency that sales at the end, it's kind of hard to say tha

rohan and mr. fungi discuss this project to make sure local businesses get a part of this project. in september 2008, mr. fungi met with our association to discuss the opportunity to unbundling the project and our chance to participate .in 2008 there were more financial management seminars; in 2009, the former president of our association sent a letter to nathaniel ford [sounds like] suggesting unbundling and making sure we get part of the action. forward to 2011, 2012, we had meet and greets with the potential bidders. and then in 2012 october the other shoe drops; we learned the package would be rebound the; we felt awash with the realization that this was not an average. we have a project that is low local participation. >> we have additional possibilities for local businesses? >> again, the public contract code requires doing at least one half of one percent; to the extent that there is work to be done that is below that threshold, there is potential for the contractor to engage firms to do tha

that's right, during her mrs. carter world tours l.a. stop next month you can help style beyonce. bids right now are $11,500, proceeds benefit beyonce's charity to end hunger. that's pretty nice. >> that's nice. i'm glad to hear she's doing it for charity. we were teasing, you can pay to work for me. just a little more of the story. >> and that's "what's trending today." >> thank you, al. >> we move on to health news. >>> more doctors are raising the issue of when to start a family with some of their older female patients. nbc's mara schiavocampo has more on the story. >> good morning, savannah. thanks to advances in fertility and gains in the workplace, many women are having children later in life but some doctors worry they may be waiting too late and are making a point to talk to their patients, not just about general health but also fertility. callie irwin loves being a mom. but this all happened sooner than she planned. the 37-year-old wanted to put off parenting until a fateful visit with her obgyn who advised her not to delay starting a family. >> he gave me a real kick in

. >> reporter: mr. president, will you use u.s. military assets to in any way intercept mr. snowden? >> pelley: and paul lopez put his life on hold to fight for his country. carter evans reports 69 years later he's gone back in time to live his dream. captioning sponsored by captioning sponsored by cbs with scott p this is the "cbs evening news"

. >> reporter: mr. president, will you use u.s. military assets to in any way intercept mr. snowden? >> pelley: and paul lopez put his life on hold to fight for his country. carter evans reports 69 years later he's gone back in time to live his dream. captioning sponsored by captioning sponsored by cbs with scott p this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. >> pelley: good evening. a nation of immigrants tonight is one step closer to creating a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants who are living here illegally. the senate this afternoon approved a sweeping overhaul of immigration laws. by a vote of 68-32. 14 republicans joined every democrat in voting yes. in addition to offering the hope of citizenship, the senate bill would also flood the mexican border with thousands of new federal agents. nancy cordes is at the capitol for us tonight. nancy? >> reporter: scott, no one could have predicted this a year ago. the last serious attempt at comprehensive immigration reform went down in flames six years ago. but that was before a president

mr. secretary, thank you for being with us again. it's an honor to have you here. >> thank you so much. glad to be with you, rachel. >> the pentagon says it is eager to enforce these civil rights rulings so it can stop discriminating against some service members and their families. do you think it is unusual to have the pentagon speaking to clearly and so quickly on this matter? >> i think it is good that they spoke clearly. i do think that the efficiency that is within the pentagon will see to it that the rules are carried out as they should be carried out. i also believe that it would be a good idea if the civilian side took a hint from the pentagon in terms of the efficiency of carrying out the many rules and regulations that effect people that shouldn't negatively. i think there are over 1,000 of them within the federal government now. so it would seem to me that it would be very good for the white house to send some orders out to each of the cabinet members with daytime charts on them that say i want to report as to what it is y

cameront province, mr. paused in reflection. with nato forces you to withdraw by next year, peace talks -- due year, peaceby next talks are an important topic. >> artillery thundered across nottingham on saturday. --general nick carter said peace talks have taken place a decade ago. back in 2002 he said the taliban was on the run. if we had been very president, -- prescient, we might have spotted that a final bill -- political solution would have involved getting all afghans to sit at the table. a resurgent taliban has launched a series of deadly attacks in recent months. it could have been so different. >> i've always known that once you beat the enemy, you have to talk to him, even if it's just to explain the new rules and regulations. to have to talk to them. the fact that they excluded the taliban from the bonn conference was a serious mistake. >> general carter and his newspaper interview says he is optimistic for the future of afghanistan trade he believes there will be talks eventually. showitain's -- britons the returnci

revealed that rare has not yet made up his mind on snowden's asylum application it is impossible for mr edward snowden to actually leave the sherif mansour international airport which is based here in moscow and the u.s. government has read. his passport which means that he neither can get a russian visa to actually leave the airport nor can he if the are radically bly any tickets to have vanno or appledore so however as the story develops now the vinous well young president nicolas maduro will arrive in moscow on monday and that there are some speculations that his upcoming visit may actually resolve the situation in a way and meanwhile the whistleblowers father believes that snowden would return to america under certain conditions on those terms in a letter to the u.s. attorney general that he snowden says his son should not be detained before trial or subjected to a gag order he also declared that his son should be allowed to choose where the court proceedings will take place with the snow to admits that he hasn't spoken to edward since april and insists that while the x. cia contrac

revealed that rare has not yet made up his mind on snowden's asylum application it is impossible for mr edward snowden to actually leave the share much of our international airport which is based here in moscow and the us government has. his passport which means that he neither can get a russian visa to actually leave the airport nor can he if the are radically bly any tickets to have vanno or appledore so however as the story develops now even a swell young president nicolas maduro will arrive in moscow on monday and that there are some speculations that his upcoming visit may actually resolve the situation in a way meanwhile the whistleblowers father believes that snowden would return to america under certain conditions on those terms in a letter to the u.s. attorney general when he snowden says his son should not be detained before trial or subjected to a gagging order he also declared that his son should be allowed to choose where the court proceedings will take place where you know the snowden admits that he hasn't spoken to edward since april and insists that while the ex cia cont

this is mr. hull, and he apparently has decided that it's time to retire. carter hull is his name, according to at least one report. >>brian: he seems elated about it. >>gretchen: one day after sarah murnaghan was put on the waiting list for a lung, another child was put on the list. kathleen sebelius was ordered to put an 11-year-old on the list. javier has cystic fibrosis. the lawyer representing both families says you can expect more lawsuits. the board overseeing transplants holding an emergency meeting. >>> hollywood mourning the loss of esther williams who died in her sleep yesterday at her l.a. home. the swimming champion turned actress was one of the shimmering stars. technicolor water phaou kals of the 1960's. williams was -- i have no idea. that's -- she was 91 years old. >>steve: let's tell you a little bit about this. last time we joined you yesterday morning at this time, we told you all about how it appeared that the federal government was monitoring everybody who has a verizon phone. now as it turns out they're phopb toerg everybody in the --

mr. chairman, that's the worst record than president jimmy carter. we must do better. that's why we are here today to consider an offshore energy and jobs act. this legislation puts us back on the right path. one that will open new areas to deprilling, one that will create $-- drilling, one that will create 1.2 million american jobs, one that will lower energy prices and one that will generate $1.5 billion in new revenue to the federal government. but it's not only energy jobs that will be created. it's associated industries like manufacturing, boating, transportation and service industries like hotels and restaurants. they, too, will also benefit. this legislation requires the administration to implement a new five-year leasing plan that includes areas with the most oil and natural gas such as the mid-atlantic and alaska and off southern california. it's not a drill everywhere plan but rather a drill smart plan that focuses on those areas where the greatest potential lies. it would also require specific lease sales to be held off the south carolina and virginia. the l

we know at least the name of one in the irs targeting scandal, his name is carter hull. an irs lawyer works in d.c. he gave the directive to employees in cincinnati and however, we don't know who gave the order to mr. hull. now, we're one minute from the opening bell on wall street. look who is here? ladies and gentlemen, meredith whitney, author of the new book "fate of the states". i want to start with the markets. seems we've turned the corner, bad news for the markets means bad news. >> the markets come so far so fast. it's interesting when you look at economists and forecasters, they say that things happened in a compressed period of time. the outlooks for the year happened in the first six months of the year, they're never recalibrating and how can it extend into the next six months. i think it can and we're taking a breather. >> okay. >> absolutely, because, number one, there aren't many other places to invest in the world so the u.s. benefits from flow of funds. number two, if the u.s. economy is really turning around. we don't see that in new york, but definitel

mr. larsen: thank you, madam chair. reserve the plns of the time. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: at this time i yield two minutes to my friend and colleague the gentleman from ohio, mr. bridenstine. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. bridenstine: thank you, madam chair. i rise in support of amendments number 116 and 158 in the en bloc package. my first amendment requires the department of defense to annually assess military and security developments involving the russian federation. to be quite frank the obama administration's so called reset policy with russia is in shambles. moscow has been intransigent on iran, continues to supply syria with weapons, occupies georgia, has repeatedly threatened -- has repeatedly threatened our nato allies with nuclear strikes and continually seeks to undermine the political independence of former soviet satellite states. vladimir putin announced plans to spend about $750 billion to modernize the russian military. the putin buildup envisions modernized and robust nucl

mr. snowden is not in ecuadorian territory, and whenever he makes it to ecuadorian soil, if he makes it, we will have to proceed with that request. of course, the first ones who we would ask an opinion to would be the united states, as we did with the assange case with england. we are going to listen to everyone, but we will have to make a decision based on our sovereignty. we will take into account what this country, the united states, has to say. >> well, president correa also acknowledged the potentially damaging economic consequences for what he called an extremely vulnerable ecuador in confronting the united states over snowden. we have to act with responsibility and respect towards the u.s., he said, but also with respect for the truth. matthew chance, cnn, quito, ecuador. >>> and this weekend, former president jimmy carter's hosting a human rights conference at the carter center. in an exclusive interview, he opened up about what he thinks about edward snowden and the government's