. >> jon: here here, committee chair mr. rogers, really, you're mr. rogers? well, won't you spy on my neighbor. finally, a hero emerges. someone without is willing to stand up and say look, we made this frankenstein monitor-- monster and it is our responsibility to rein him in and control him, or perhaps he'll go the other way and suggest yes, we know about it and it's all good. >> i would argue that maybe the fact that we haven't had any complaints come forward with any specificity, arguing that their privacy has been violated clearly indicates in ten years, clearly indicates that something must be doing right, somebody must be doing something exactly right. >> jon: yes, ladies and gentlemen, i give you the chairman of the house intelligence committee airtight logic for why this can't a big deal, because for ten years no one specifically complained that they were being surveiled without their knowledge. >> you can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated, right? >> jon: of course you can't have your privacy violated if you don'

rogers had subjected the euro into a source of peace. this has tainted the sample. the forty nine year old with an oppressive mold part in ross coleman has pleaded not guilty. such an impulse buy back my he gave evidence he told a jury he brought the number of registered items including the sample to the post office of the evening in question somebody said during his time in the building. kevin rudd has placed a box in his jacket he had no idea what it contains what he said it smelled rotten at less cost he said mr rogers said shown talking to nobody to die old and scared no one as he zips down his jacket and placed the box inside. jurors were shown cctv footage taken at the post office showing mr might be driving into and out of the ads there. an internal camera and sorting office chilled the two men meeting under ninety cross examination by defence counsel much and given this to my knee was adamant that he had not tasty bite him in the jacket itself. the case continues in the morning rte news. common circuit criminal court. instinctive

rogers thank you for your report. i'm not sure what the measure is for entity regarding the mta >> it would require public hearings and require on engaged analysis evaluating the mta services and the appropriation for the transportation fund that would be priority tied to mitigate the prosecutors that l have been identified in the entity analysis and establish an inspection general and limit the fair increases in the customer price index and establish the 18 and under not be charged. there was a number of items on there it's a draft charter amendment >> and we'll see that. >> we'll bring things for discussion prior to the finalizing for the voter. >> i'd like to see that. there's a lot of adversarial parts on that. >> thank you. >> commissioner moore. >> i have a question regarding third street and alcoholic liquor license. i'm unaware of people growing wine in san francisco but it might be new >> yeah. there was introduced. i have a feeling it's more not for a vineyard >> is commissioner borden. >> people grew grapes

rogers is from the planning department. >> i'm ms. rogers the planning department approved this and the main focus on the planning commissions effort is the epic report coming out annual this is the change for the controller's office. >> thank you colleague any questions or comments seeing none. mississippi anyone who wishes to speak public commitment is clotted. can i get an approval without objection madam clerk, any other business before this >> that concludes our business for today. >> okay. we're adjourned. >> good afternoon and welcome to the october 28, 2013 meeting of the san francisco /kphaul business commission. the meeting is called to order at 2:03 pm. we'll conduct a roll call attendance. commissioner adams, dooley, white. >> here. >> ortiz-cartagena. >> here. >> riley. >> white. >> here. >> we have two commissioners absent but we do have a quorum. item two, general public comment. anybody here that would like to make a comment pertaining to any items that are not on today's agenda. seeing none, public comment is closing.

rogers is from the planning department. >> i'm ms. rogers the planning department approved this and the main focus on the planning commissions effort is the epic report coming out annual this is the change for the controller's office. >> thank you

rogers is from the planning department. >> i'm ms. rogers the planning department approved this and the main focus on the planning commissions effort is the epic report coming out annual this is the change for the controller's office. >> thank you colleague any questions or comments seeing none. mississippi anyone who wishes to speak public commitment is clotted. can i get an approval without objection madam clerk, any other business before this >> that concludes our business for today. >> okay. we're adjourned. >> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isola

i loved what mr. roger said. he said his mom always said after tragedies, look to the helpers has the helpers after crisis, you will see the love of god. i do not know if we can understand the question except god does not cause the stuff. he comes in and pushes back his sleeves and says we have some healing to do here. tavis: it is hard to ugbir ignoe that issue. what is your take on this notion of the explosion of guns and our society?

i loved what mr. roger said. he said his mom always said after tragedies, look to the helpers has the helpers after crisis, you will see the love of god. i do not know if we can understand the question except god does not cause the stuff. he comes in and pushes back his sleeves and says we have some healing to do here. tavis: it is hard to ugbir ignoe that issue. what is your take on this notion of the explosion of guns and our society? >> it is madness. it is apocalyptically crazy to me. it is one thing to say to the children today's afternoon town that there is meaning, there is love, there is resurrection, there is repair, and we always hold onto hope. what do we say one year later w hen not one piece of legislation has changed to make it harder for people with mental disorders to get guns? because of the nra and the tea party, and the force and the pressure of the right, the far right, not one lot has changed -- law has changed. i asked a priest friend, is there meaning here? and he said not yet. with this gu

rogers is from the planning department. >> i'm ms. rogers the planning department approved this and the main focus on the planning commissions effort is the epic report coming out annual this is the change for the controller's office. >> thank you colleague any questions or comments seeing none. mississippi anyone who wishes to speak public commitment is clotted. can i get an approval without objection madam clerk, any other business before this >> that concludes our business for today. >> okay. we're adjourned. >> the regular meeting of the san francisco ethics commission is called to order. >> king? >> here. >> andrews. >> here and commissioner hur said that he will be here, seeing that we have a quorum we will start and he will be a few minutes late and commissioner hayon will be excused and to welcome mr. king as the newest commissioner and hopefully, you will find it interesting and enjoyable. thank you, mr. chair, it is a great pleasure to be on this commission, and i have followed your activities over the years. and i look forw

rogers is from the planning department. >> i'm ms. rogers the planning department approved this and the main focus on the planning commissions effort is the epic report coming out annual this is the change for the controller's office. >> thank you colleague any questions or comments seeing none. mississippi anyone who wishes to speak public commitment is clotted. can i get an approval without objection madam clerk, any other business before this >> that concludes our business for today. >> okay. we're adjourned. >> there are kids and families ever were. it is really an extraordinary playground. it has got a little something for everyone. it is aesthetically billion. it is completely accessible. you can see how excited people are for this playground. it is very special. >> on opening day in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children can be seen swinging, gliding, swinging, exploring, digging, hanging, jumping, and even making drumming sounds. this major renovation was possible with the generous donation of more than

mr rogers saying that beijing's appetite is not regional it's properly worldwide. china is trying to secure natural resources all over the world africa south america central asia jim itself said that beijing success is built on washington's failures what do you think. well certainly if you look around the world you will certainly see there's a lot of truth to that the chinese have more or less. their all over africa there by plantations and everything else america's got very little presence in africa now time is making inroads in the middle east is going to get a lot of oil from iran going forward it looks as though china may even start getting oil from iraq you know america says that they were a liberated iraq in the end it may be the chinese who get the oil tiny's look around the world they see what's happening over the next few decades they're going to be big shortages of oil and many other things developing the chinese like capitalist are trying to secure future supplies while they can get them in their cheap when other people are not rushing in to buy them and

who better to represent rock royalty than mr. roger's altra, founder and lead singer of the who, 100 million albums sold, kennedy center honoree, and a member of the rock and roll hall of fame. an icon on both sides of the atlantic. not only for his music but for all he has done to give back. roger was instrumental in starting the teenage cancer trust series in london, and effort to build hospital wards for kids with cancer. and he is now extended that work to the united states with the team cancer american effort. let me also express my deepest appreciation to lucien grange, ceo of universal records who brought roger here making this occasion much more special. we have asked roger to play a song or two and first he will perform his arrangement ofben e. kings'. " stand by me," which he chose to illustrate the enduring relationship between the united states and the united kingdom. ladies and gentlemen, roger daltrey. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> when the night has come and the land is dark and on the -- and the moon is the only light you

who better to represent rock royalty than mr. roger's altra, founder and lead singer of the sold,00 million albums kennedy center honoree, and a member of the rock and roll hall of fame. an icon on both sides of the atlantic. not only for his music but for all he has done to give back. roger was instrumental in starting the teenage cancer trust series in london, and effort to build hospital wards for kids with cancer. and he is now extended that work to the united states with the team cancer american effort. let me also express my deepest appreciation to lucien grange, ceo of universal records who brought roger here making this occasion much more special. we have asked roger to play a song or two and first he will perform his arrangement of ben me," gs'. " stand by which he chose to illustrate the enduring relationship between the united states and the united kingdom. ladies and gentlemen, roger daltrey. [applause] ♪ ♪ when the night has come and the land is dark -- and the moon is the only light you will see afraidn't be no

i loved what mr. roger said. he said his mom always said after tragedies, look to the helpers has the helpers after crisis, you will see the love of god. i do not know if we can understand the question except god does not cause the stuff. he comes in and pushes back his sleeves and says we have some healing to do here. tavis: it is hard to ugbir ignoe that issue. what is your take on this notion of the explosion of guns and our society?

. >> you're the director today in your mr. rogers sweater! >> listen. >> it said, folks, he needs to show you his crocs. he was bragging about wearing crocs! >> it's so early in the morning. they sit in my office and i don't wear my dress shoes in the office and i had these when i had a backyard and a home. i brought them up from atlanta. someone on twitter said you should let your dog keep it! >> all of the conversation is about twitter. >> all of the conversation. people will not stop talking about twitter. one way to put it that really sums it up is few. that was the tweet from the pop banker at goldman sachs who handled this initial public offering because it all went incredibly smoothly. twitter's first day of trading at the new york stock exchange was glitch-free and reminded folks of the dot com bubble when so many tech stocks soared without earning a profit. twitter says they have 230 million users. they were priced at 26 bucks a share but then when the stock opened around 10:45 yesterday morning it skyrocketed to $45.10 a share. at o

one of the most anticipated moments in the night went to mr. kenny rogers, old school favorite who was honored with the willie nelson lifetime achievement award. >> a lot of big names. >> let's check the forecast now with meteorologist christina loren. >> chicken sounds good right now. good morning to you. we've got a good looking day shaping up. you're getting your day started having breakfast and coffee. it's not as cold out there to start the day and the reason why we have this blanket of high mid level clouds. some low clouds as well. we expect more of those to develop and move in throughout the next couple hours. what this will led to is a really pretty sunrise. we're going to show you those. so i want to show you what we are expecting from the clouds. stop the clock on future cast at 9:00 a.m. mostly cloudy. between about 1:00, 2:00 we'll see sunny skies. it's going to be nice. just a little lingering cloud cover in the south bay. we have a front on the way. the temperatures are going to be cooler by about 10 degrees in san francisco with

there is also bipartisan demand for us to end the sequester as mr. rogers has said. sequestration and i quote is unrealistic, ill-conceived discretionary cuts must be brought to an end. the cbo has repeatedly noticed noted the sequester will cost our economy an estimated 800,000 more jobs than 2014 alone. so i think it bears repeating, could you please share cbo's analysis on the overall impact sequestration on jobs and economic growth for 2013 and what you think the impact will be for 2014 if sequestration remains in place? >> congresswoman i think quoting from a letter from congressman van hollen a couple of months ago we said that if the automatic spending reductions specified in the budget control act including both the effects on discretionary spending and the sequestration mandatory spending those reductions were eliminated that would increase real gdp by 610 of a% in the fourth quarter of 2014 and would raise full-time equivalent employment by 800,000 people by the fourth quarter of 2014. >> i thank you very much mr. elmendorf and i really thank you for a test

as mr. rogers has said, sequestration, and i quote, is unrealistic, ill conceived, discretionary cuts must be brought to an end. as cbo has repeatedly noted the sequester will cost our economy an estimated 800,000 more jobs in 2014 alone. so i think it bears repeating, could you please share cbo's analysis on the jefr all impact of sequestration on job and economic growth for 2013 and what you think the impact will be for 2014 if sequestration remains in place? >> so congresswoman, i think the things that -- let me quote from a letter we wrote to congressman van holland a couple months ago. we said that if the automatic spending reductions specified in the budget control act including both the effects on discretionairy spending and the mandatory spending, those reductions were eliminated that would increase real gdp by .6% by the fourth quarter of 2014 and would raise full time equivalent employment by 800,000 people by the fourth quarter of 2014. >> i thank you very much. and i really thank

so i'm hopeful -- and i know mr. rogers and is and senator mikulski, chairs of the appropriations committee, hoped they'd get a number early on. that's why the 22nd would have been a preferable date so that is a day we can mark bills. obviously if there is no agreement on the 302-a, as the gentleman knows, very difficult to try to bring those bills together in a conference because they're so far apart. so i'm very hopeful that the majority leader will use his good offices to urge resolution of the budget conference differences and a report out as soon as possible so that we can get to that process. the gentleman, i'm sure, shares my view that the shutting down of government is extraordinarily disruptive, both to the general public and to those who work for the federal government. so that it would be incumbent upon us, i think, to try to get out of this gridlock on the budget process that we've been in. so i would urge him to exercise whatever -- and he has substantial influence to try to get us to a resolution of thi

. >> gentleman from the great state of michigan, mr. rogers. >> thank you. thank you, madame secretary for being here. short time, get through some questions here, if i can. is it your testimony that every night to try to increase the functionality of the system you're hot swapping codes? my understanding between 2:00 and 4:00, write new code, put it into the system, yes or no? >> clearly, i am not hot swapping code. there is a technical team -- >> you are in charge of the operation that hot swaps code on functionality. you're trying to improve the functionality, yes? that happens every night, yes? >> no, i don't think it does happen every night. it happens periodically during the hours of 1:00 and 5:00, but it is not a nightly feature. >> great. has each piece of that code that's been introduced in the system been security tested? >> that's my understanding, yes, sir. and the testing -- >> each piece of that code has been tested? yes or no? >> i don't know, but i can tell you that security -- >> that's a much safer answer, trust me. >> security is an ongoin

. >> i love to have dinner with mr. rogers. >> after labor day and before memorial day it's the sweater. >> if you would like to send sweater to joseph, send a bright color or a texture. take care of yourself and your family and know your worth and you will inherit the earth. >> richard simmons, this has been fantastic. >> festive. >> i love it. >> this was a great segment. as we go to break, can you sing? ♪ will you are with a group of people that are fabulous and they make you want to shot ♪ hallelujah ♪ ♪ watch the gravy and the pumpkin pie ♪ >> have you been in the parade before? [ male announcer ] welcome back all the sweet things your family loves with 0-calorie monk fruit in the raw. it's made with the natural, vine-ripened sweetness of fruit, so you can serve up deliciously sweet treats without all the sugar. raw natural sweetness, raw natural success. >> thanksgiving might be the best holiday we have here in america, but we ache a sharp nose dive into black friday, a powerful remind they're we are no

. >>> mr. rogers once asked, won't you be my neighbor? the tech industry's asking the same thing and spending money to convince you. is of a better future, >>> this veterans day we honor our men and women of the armed services. so many who fought for the country feel neglected by the department of veteran affairs. cnbc's brian sullivan reports. >> outraged his treatment. >> reporter: as a sister begged and pleaded to get help for her brother, army veteran joseph petite, who took his own life, she says as a result of being overmedicated. >> took over 20 pills a day as prescribed. >> reporter: which caused him to hallucinate. they found him several, several hours later in the bathroom where he had committed suicide. >> we have a specific instance in atlanta where there were suicides that happened, drug overdoses that happened within the facility. and these individuals actually got bonuses. >> the v.a. told us it has been, quote, strengthening the facility's mental health program with initiating new procedures for supervised urine drug scree

roger ailes to promote did i diversity. our very own maria molina hosted the ceremony and joins us about the inspiring event and the program. good morning. >> good morning good to see you anna. the ailes of princess graduation is a graduation. one time take a moment to celebrate our future. and that's not something we take for granted around here. the ailes of princess program provides a life changing opportunity to four individuals every year who learn the business from the ground up with a mentor by their side. this year's graduation was especially inspiring because the theme was about breaking barriers. >> would have you ever thought, looking 10 years ago, that this is where you would be? >> no, definitely not. just from the struggles of coming from a single parent household. the oldest of three. you are seeing the hard work my mom put into it. i try to take the determination and hard working and selflessness that she had and bring that to my career. >> be the first of anything. i didn't run for that. i ran to represent

mr. king led the fight for the naming of the site after ms. rogers. it's an honor to be here and an honor to really have known ms. rogers and know when i'm making decisions at the board of supervisors i want to also know what ms. rogers do. if i do that i won't be politically correct and she was about that. you i'm happy to share in this occasion. i want to bring up the mayor >> thank you all so much for sharing with us on this occasion. >> well, thank you supervisor it's often said i just wanted to share my personal appreciation for everybody that's here we need to keep together closely. this is another a example of what we can do. just imagine i've got to thank mary helene rogers when they pointed out out that young would woman in the crowd that's another way of thanking the rogers family. but just think imagine if the asian and the african-american community got together on more projects what we could accomplish. this was what was behind the selling con valley and the experience of the city together to provide leadership on housing so that one hund

so i'm hopeful -- and i know mr. rogers and is and senator mikulski, chairs of the appropriations committee, hoped they'd get a number early on. that's why the 22nd would have been a preferable date so that is a day we can mark bills. obviously if there is no agreement on the 302-a, as the gentleman knows, very difficult to try to bring those bills together in a conference because they're so far apart. so i'm very hopeful that the majority leader will use his good offices to urge resolution of the budget conference differences and a report out as soon as possible so that we can get to that process. the gentleman, i'm sure, shares my view that the shutting down of government is extraordinarily disruptive, both to the general public and to those who work for the federal government. so that it would be incumbent upon us, i think, to try to get out of this gridlock on the budget process that we've been in. so i would urge him to exercise whatever -- and he has substantial influence to try to get us to a resolution of thi

mr. rogers: one person contacted me, their premium went up $200 a month. another family's premiums are going up $740 a month. the president promised from the beginning, quote, if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period, closed quote. but that's turned out not to be the case and he knew it all along. obamacare has many flaws but forcing people off their current plans when they were promised they could keep them is really starting to hit home now. that's why i strongly support h.r. 3350, to keep your health insurance plan act. the legislation would allow health care plans on the individual market to remain available so people could have the option to keep their current health insurance if they want to. i still believe the best path forward is to get rid of obamacare, but for now, we should support this bill to help our hardworking americans keep their health insurance. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recog

. >> gentleman from the great state of michigan, mr. rogers. >> thank you. thank you, madame secretary for being here. short time, get through some questions here, if i can. is it your testimony that every night to try to increase the functionality of the system you're hot swapping codes? my understanding between 2:00 and 4:00, write new code, put it into the system, yes or no? >> clearly, i am not hot swapping code. there is a technical team -- >> you are in charge of the operation that hot swaps code on functionality. you're trying to improve the functionality, yes? that happens every night, yes? >> no, i don't think it does happen every night. it happens periodically during the hours of 1:00 and 5:00, but it is not a nightly feature. >> great. has each piece of that code that's been introduced in the system been security tested? >> that's my understanding, yes, sir. and the testing -- >> each piece of that code has been tested? yes or no? >> i don't know, but i can tell you that security -- >> that's a much safer answer, trust me. >> security is an ongoin

mr. rogers: i anticipate that h.r. 3381 will be considered in the house in the near future. i recommend that members wishing to review the classified annex contact the committee's director of security to arrange a time and date of that viewing. this will assure the availability of committee staff to assist members who design assistance during the review of these classified materials. i urge interested members to review these materials in order to better understand the committee's recommendations. the classified annex to the committee's report contains recommendations on the budget for fiscal year 2014 and related classified information that cannot be disclosed publicly. it is important that members keep in mind the requirements of clause 13 of house rule 23, which permits access to classified information by only those members of the house who have signed the oath provided in the rule. if the committee staff can administer the oath and it will be sent to the clerk's office. the committee rule requires that members agree in writing to a nondisclosure agreement. the agreement i

mr. chairman, thanks very much for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> you're supposed to know all the top secrets going on. you're the chairman of the intelligence committee. did you know that for months and months and months, the u.s. was engaged in secret talks with the iranians? >> there was no formal notification certainly that i received and my understanding is that neither did the senate, which is concerning. >> why wouldn't they -- they share a lot of the most sensitive secrets, classified information, with the chairman of the house intelligence committee, the ranking member as well, as well as the senate intelligence committee. >> we have full access to every classified program, every covert action program, as we should in our role for oversight. it was concerning that they didn't believe it was important enough to do this, and that just raises questions about what did they prearrange prior to the p-5 plus 1. it raises -- this is why you don't want to do this. it raises unnece

gentlelady, cathy morris rogers. >> thank you, mr. chairman. although we were told repeatedly that if you liked your health insurance plan you would be able to keep it, we're now being told by the government that they have determined many existing plans to be lousy, subpar. in reality, this law is becoming quickly less about helping americans purchase affordable coverage and more about compelling millions of americans into a struggling medicaid program. in my home state of washington, 90% of enroll ees will be in medicaid. 16,000 of them coming into a program they were already eligible for. colorado, 89%, kentucky, two thirds, maryland, 97%. this is -- these are states already struggling with budgets, wondering how they are going to cover medicaid, which is as we all know for the most vulnerable population. isn't it true, that in states like washington, they are going to have new unexpected costs associated with a dramatic influx into medicaid? >> congresswoman, the medicaid expansion provision of the affordable care act is -- >> are states goi

based on the planning department's recommendation mr. williams tells me that i have a one and a hundred chance of being successful. does he know something i don't? am i wasting my time here? i trust the commission will render a fair decision based on the facts. that's why i am here. clearly that recommendation does not take into account the additional materials submitted on november 4. these additional materials identified two significant areas of the planning code which are being violated. one, the developer cannot use section 134 to justify two buildings on the lot. that section requires that in order to have two buildings on any lot the adjoining lot on each side must also be two lots and both must have two buildings at each one. there is only one true lot adjoining the subject property and that is only one building. therefore the subject lot is precluded from having two buildings. this rule is confirm the in the interpretation sections of the code. under code section 718 the zoning for the area in question primarily commercial. there

gentlelady, cathy morris rogers. >> thank you, mr. chairman. although we were told repeatedly that if you liked your health insurance plan you would be able to keep it, we're now being told by the government that they have determined many existing plans to be lousy, subpar. in reality, this law is becoming quickly less about helping americans purchase affordable coverage and more about compelling millions of americans into a struggling medicaid program. in my home state of washington, 90% of enroll ees will be in medicaid. 16,000 of them coming into a program they were already eligible for. colorado, 89%, kentucky, two thirds, maryland, 97%. this is -- these are states already struggling with budgets, wondering how they are going to cover medicaid, which is as we all know for the most vulnerable population. isn't it true, that in states like washington, they are going to have new unexpected costs associated with a dramatic influx into medicaid? >> congresswoman, the medicaid expansion provision of the affordable care act is -- >> are states goi

>> roger, the president is on board. the body is on board. and mrs. kennedy is on board. >> reporter: with that air force one took off signaling its departure and long standing secret service code on this terrible day seemed so fitting, angle is airborne. martin savidge, cnn. >> incredible to hear those recordings. coming up, whatever happened to lee harvey oswald's wife. the new life that she made for herself. >>> later, the fascinating story of jackie kennedy's pink suit and where it is now, when we continue. time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) or you are ready for retirement, we'll help you get there. discover card. hey! so i'm looking at my bill, and my fico® credit score's on here. yeah, you've got our discover it card, so you get your fico® score on your monthly statements now, for free! that's ni

>> roger asked about california 36, and i'm curious. you know, on paper it ought to be a toss-up, but your candidate doesn't seem to have caught fire. is it time to go back to the recruiting drawing board there? >> we are fully engage and intend to win california 36. >> what's going on? >> well, stay tuned. [laughter] >> do you know what california 36 -- >> stay tuned. >> can i ask you one sort of longer-term thing -- >> i thought you said that was the last question. >> yeah, i know. you know reporters lie. [laughter] karl rove also this week was talking about sort of the overarching trends confronting republicans, and i take your point that your job is to elect republicans to the house. one of the things he said was that the country's becoming less white as there's a rise in the latino and african-american population. he says until those populations economically rise, they're going to, you're going to have a more democratic electorate. do you worry not in your specific alley, but just more generally about the fate of your party? >> sur

i would like to turn to my friend from texas, representative roger williams. mr. williams: in our nation's 237 years, over 25 million men and women have served in the armed forces. they wear the uniform, defend our homeland and protect their fellow friend and most importantly, they honor the oath to support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic. mr. speaker, the first amendment of the constitution states congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. freedom of religion is how we live our faith not just where we attend worship services. all those stationed domestically can attend religious services and for troops overseas who can't walk off base to attend a service, there are military chaplains that facilitate services for them. . . but it duvent just cover worship services, it covers exercise of religion. sadly in the last few years, attacks on crenity come to light. soldiers are being told they can't associate themselves with christian groups. those

hesaid so, mr. ryan says doesn't like the sequester, mr. cantor says he doesn't like the sequester and hal rogers has said it is unworkable and inadvisable. mustudget conference rearrange the sequester's severe cuts. this is an opportunity for to replace the sequester with a sensible approach that allows congress to look at our budget priorities and long-term goals. if we do so, it will be the most important stimulus of our economy that this congress could take. mr. speaker, i hope that chairman ryan will set his -- aside and embrace the approach that his colleagues are recognizing is the only realistic path toward a compromise by this committee. to do so could usher in a historic agreement to achieve real fiscal responsibility for america for years to come. leadershipryan's will result in that objective. i yield back the balance of my time. >> a typical day would begin with her coming in in the morning, probably around 9:00 and she would come in toting a straw bag in each hand filled with some of the things you see on her desk that she had

mr. ryan says he doesn't like the sequester. mr. cantor, the majority leader, says he doesn't like the sequester. and hal rogers says it's an rkable and this is opportunity to replace the sequester with a sensible approach that permits congress to look stratidgically at our budget priorities -- strategically at our budget priorities and long-term fiscal goal. if we do so it will the most important stimulus of our economy, job-creating action that this congress could take. mr. speaker, i hope that chairman ryan will set his flawed budget aside and instead embrace the approach that many of his republican colleagues are already recognizing is the only realistic path toward a compromised -- compromise by this committee. to do so could usher in an historic agreement to achieve real fiscal responsibility for america for years to come. i hope mr. ryan's leadership will result in that objective. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minu