mr. holden of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1620, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. holden, and a member opposed, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. holden: thank you, mr. chairman. the manager's amendment contains the following provision, it prohibits entities with ongoing tarp obligations from participating in the program. it mandates that funds provided by the legislation shall be used to supplement and not to supplant other energy efficiency funding. it says that no report has to be filed with the comptroller general regardling the extent to which funds provided by the legislation that are used to support commercial or industrial energy measures. it prohibits any additions to direct spending with respect to the legislation. it forbids funds from being used to purchase personal property, including manufactured homes but allows funds to be used for modifications to manufactured homes. . it prohibits regulations regarding a home labeling prog

the chair appointments the gentleman from colorado, mr. azar, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of ths$? 5s for the consideration of h.r. 4785 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to amend the miscellaneous rural development provisions of the farm security and rural investment act of 2002 to authorize the secretary of agriculture to make loans to certain entities that will use the funds to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures involving structural improvements and investments in cost-effective commercial off-the-shelf technologies to reduce home energy use. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. general debate shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on agriculture and the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce. the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. holden, the gentlem

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, mr. chair. i conquer with supervisors elsbernd and chair avalos. the consideration i would give this is that a letter was handed it me just a little while ago before this board meeting by mrs. chong. i don't want to divorce the fact that we all know her in a business capacity. we have to try to separate our personal relationships from the fact that there is a professional code that we must abide by. in that particular letter that i just saw evokes information that i think is worthy of the consideration act committee, which is why i will support this to go back, but only in the instance that is high bar is now presented back to anybody who wants to provide an alternative to this particular decision that has been rendered by the budget committee. at this stage i don't see what could upset or change that particular decision. something would then have to be advanced to make us think twice, and i don't know what that something would look like at this point. supervisor chiu: supervisor mar? supervisor mar: i'm just trying to think. so one option is lettin

so having that said, ten minutes the chair recognizes mr. wilson of south carolina. >> thank you mr. chair and thanks for being here today. i share the concerns of congressman forbes. your testimony is that the joint forces command decision was made for several odd hock among senior dod officials. i know they have reviewed documents that outline their military rational for the decision, knowing that there's been documentation, considered, i request those print and electronic used as basis for the military decisions to be provided to the committee. additionally my question is to secretary carter. the national guard and reserve. forces have been instrumental on the global war of terrorism. i know how successful and capable guard and reserve are. i served both for 38 years and have four soonns. but guard reserve faces still shortages of proper equipment for use in theater. how are the proposed acquisition reforms going to e foekt the guard and reserve? >> it will effect the procurement of equipment in respective of the customer, but i think the

mr. burgess, each will criminal 20 minutes. the chair yeck nices the -- recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i ask that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pallone: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: i rise in strong support of h.r. 2408, the scler dermaresearch and aware -- the scleroderma research and awareness act. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burgess: h.r. 2408 would expand research and education for scleroderma. there are an estimated 300,000 people in the united states who have this disease the exact causes are still unknown but scientists an investigators in a wide v

. >> if i may, mr. chair, not to take anything away from the good work that ms. miller does.i think it's important for us since we have general fund money involved to be clear about this. supervisor mirkarimi: i think it's absolutely consistent with the larger discussions of our budget limitations. would you like to make a motion? >> a motion to continue to the next meeting. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. any public comment on this item? ok. public comment is closed. motion seconded and approved. this will be continued at the next meeting. next item, please? >> item 11. adjournment. supervisor mirkarimi: excellent. thank you. everybody. thank you very much. we look forward to seeing you in february. the meeting will be announced shortly. have a good weekend. i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get t

>> i'll defer to the department, mr. chair, but i can tell you there is no termination provision like this in that kemper agreement. >> now we have a dollar amount based on what the standards -- the dollar amount versus actually standards of how we're going to do the maintenance of the courses. >> that's my understanding. and our only point is that we agree that the city should be obligated to maintain the course up to the pga standards, but the city should not be penalized if they become more efficient. >> one other point we talked about yesterday. you said the city cannot drop below this number. but that's not accurate. if the city chose to, it absolutely could. what would happen is we could go to arbitration and the manager if they

mr. davis for his remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes -- mr. tanner: yield him two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes mr. davis. mr. davis: thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me thank the manager for the time. i rise in strong support of this resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the passage of legislation that created real estate investment trusses. i happen to come from the city of chicago and i represent downtown chicago. of course it is an investment opportunity not only in chicago but all over america for individuals to make use of this opportunity. so for the last 50 years they have had that opportunity. i look to see it continue to grow and development and i appreciate the opportunity to say that i think real estate investment trusses -- trusts are very important to the economy of our country and i strongly support this resolution. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes mr. tanner from tennessee. the gentleman from ohio. mr. tiberi: i continue

. >> good afternoon, mr. chair, members of the board. i am with the streets division. this proposal currently before you on the consent calendar is to exactly what the gentleman has asked for. right now the terminal is on 25th between portrero and hampshire. it is shared by the number 10 and the 33. the proposal is to relocate it to a one-bus zone/terminal on 24th street on the east side of the street. that will separate the two buses from intermingling with each other and also shorten the turnaround time at the southern terminus of the route by three blocks. it will make the run more efficient and minimize the impacts that were just mentioned. i was asked by staff to expedite this item and put it on today's calendar, and sure they want to implement it as soon as approved. >> one of the questions is about additional service that might be provided there. do you have any thoughts on that? >> in terms of additional service or changes, there are no plans for that. >> but just to be clear, other than the port-a--pointy, this change is what he and his names are asking us for

. >> mr. chair and commissioners, thank yofistsyou. the important and exciting for the commission to be taking on this issue and to be thinking hothrough how to play a role. it cannot be done unless everyone across the country is part of the moving forward. i often say that i think the public has already decided that compehensive immigration reform is necessary, but it's only a matter of time until congress catches up. after explaining my own connection, i want to give you a snapshot of what's been happening in the last few years to put some of this discussion into context. my own connections with a name like giovagnoli are third generation battalion. i'm not even sure what generation on my mother's side in terms of scotch irish dutch immigrants from virginia to missouri. i never really thought about immigration much growing up. my grandfather was italian. i was aware he had a different life from me. and very grateful for the opportunities that he give us. my father was the youngest child growing up in the depression. all they wanted t

mr. bilbray, leech control 20 minutes -- each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. driehaus: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. driehaus: thank you, mr. speaker. i now yield as much time as he may consume to the author of the legislation, the representative from pennsylvania, mr. critz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. critz: i ask permission to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. critz: mr. speaker, thank you, mr. chairman, for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 5605 which would rename the facility of the united states postal service in uniontown, pennsylvania, after its most famous son, george c. marshall jr. most notable for the marshall plan, he was born on december 31, 1880 in the coal hills of southwestern pennsylvania. marshall was commissioned as a s

>> thank you, mr. chair. only agree with one of finding and that is there was no actuarial evaluation of the specific proposal. it is important to correct a mistake in the grand jury report. the date of what we would call the swap, the point at which our largest union would resume payment of their own employee pension contributions, 7.5%, is july 1, 2011. that is significant. we cannot agree to have this. we did not agree to do so because we were anticipating a large number of retirements and we did not want to give people an incentive to stick around to draw an increased pension after a race. -- after a raise. we did have about double the number of retirements that we normally have in any year, largely because the expirationÑi of the sick leave at cash out program and a large number of people choosing to retire. for those reasons, that is important because it actually goes into the city's strategy with the second employees payment wages. as you have heard, the actuaries to sell 4.5% wage increase -- assume 4

>> no, mr. chair. supervisor campos: thank you very much. i think that this was the shortest rules committee meeting in quite some time. thank you for your attention. supervisor campos: the morning, everyone, and welcome to the august 5, 2010 meeting of the board of supervisors rules committee. i'm the chair of the committee. i'm joined by vice chairman, supervisor alioto-pier, and by committee member, supervisor mar. are want to thank the staff from sfgtv for covering the meeting today. -- i want to thank the staff. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> please make sure to turn on cellular phones and pagers. completed speaker cards and parts of documents being submitted or the far up -- before the file should be submitted to the clerk. supervisor campos: thank you very much. please call item one. and item one, motion approving the mayor's nomination for the appointment of john newlin to the entertainment commission for the term ending july 1, 2013. supervisor campos: please call item two as well. >> item two, motion rejecting the ma

mr. johnson, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee. mr. tanner: thank you, madam speaker. i'd like to ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. tanner: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. tanner: this bill is an extension of two very important provisions of the ticket to work act of 1999 which basically helps disabled americans return to work when and if they can. this has been a bipartisan team effort. i was pleased to work on with mr. johnson sometime ago. the bill has no direct spending and complies with pay-as-you-go rules. and with those few remarks, i'd ask unanimous consent that my statement be submitted to the record in its entirety. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. johnson: did you submit your remarks to the record? ok. ma

mr. hastings, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from the virgin islands. mrs. christensen: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i again ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. christensen: thank you. mr. speaker, one of the greatest exercises of tribal sovereignty is the ability of a tribe to determine its tribal membership. this measure would allow a texas tribe to determine the blood quantum requirement for membership in that tribe. my colleague, congressman reyes of texas, introduced h.r. 5811 to restore the tribe's right to determine its own membership requirements by debleating a blood quantum requirement specified in a 1987 law. passage of this legislation would extend to the tribe the same sovereignty rights as all other indian tribes. the ability to determine who is and who is not a member of that tribe. this

mr. hastings, each will control 20 minutes. the chair are recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i request five legislative days in which members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. miller: i yield myself such time as i may -- i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the gentleman from california. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i rise in support of senate amendment to h.r. 3940, amendment addresses two issues, the political status, education, in guam and to adjustment of the minimum wage schedules for two other pacific territories, the american samoa and the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands. current law increases the minimum wage by 50 cents per year until they reach the

. >> mr. chair, my time is up. i also ask mr. chairman to put in the records several studies that have been very supportive of the bipartisan tax bill particularly that done by the manufacturing alliance. brookings association and the heritage foundation. they would be just short summarys if we can put that in. >> without objection and i want to commend you and senator greg for coming up with, really, a very thoughtful tax reform proposal. i mean to say quickly if i could, senator energysen. it's clear we'll have to cut spending as a share of the economy. also clear to me, we cannot afford to make permanent all the of the tax cuts that are currently in the code that kind of jumps out at you. that what we need is tax reform. the tax codes now, 8500 pages long and it was never designed with competitiveness in behind. the world has changed. since the tax code was written. and if we don't write a new tax code that relates to the reality we confront today that we're in a fully competitive global environment and write a tax code with t

mr. chair, i was a little uncomfortable about the last exchange about the e-mail on two reasons. one, it is very clear that mr. coates wants to steer clear on this side of the deliberate process privilege. if you're making representations to him about when and -- what an e-mail may or may not say, adding he would be more comfortable having a document in hand to know whether to know -- k he would be more comfortable having the document in hand to know whether or not it was one thing or the other and to ensure his compliance to be on the side of the deliberate process privilege. it would be in our interest for him to make sure that he sees the document before testifying about it so that he does not make any assumptions about the content. >> so the record is clear, the document was not in front of you. i was talking about reading off of an index provided by the did is awash -- by the judicial watch index. we have not yet received that. >> if there's any question that you feel uncomfortable with, please raise your hand and let us know if we're bringing you into an area where we feel -

mr. jones, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. critz: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume and ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on the resolution under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. critz: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of house concurrent resolution 319, recognizing the anniversary of the tragic shootings that occurred at fort hood, texas, on november 5, 2009. i'm grateful to my colleague from texas, mr. carter, for his work in authoring this resolution. mr. speaker, last november, a gunman opened fire at the soldier readiness processing center at fort hood where military and civilian personnel had recently returned from deployment or were preparing to go overseas. this was an event that saddened every american, and it is important that we as a nation remember those killed and injured and honor those who responded to assist the

mr. speaker, the media select committee chaired by your honorable friend, said, "the evidence we find makes it inconceivable that no one else at the news of the world, bar mr. goodman, was aware of the activity of phone hacking." what does the prime minister -- deputy prime minister know that the select committee does not know? >> the police now need to decide whether, in the light of the new allegations that have been made, there is new evidence which requires further investigation. that is what the police are there for. i want them to get on with appier that is what i expect they should do. honestly, i am not going to take any lessons from a party that spent all its time in office back fighting against each other through leaks in the press, a party of the dodgy dossier, of party of cash for bridges, of -- of a party of cash for peerages, of damien mcbride. let's have a little bit of consistency on this, shall we? >> jack straw. >> so, mr. speaker, when the police have uncovered 2978 mobile telephone numbers of potential victims, the new york times has named his own honorable friend as a p

. >> madam chair, mr. president, that was without objection. commissioner chiu: the two versions will be sent to land use committee. madam clerk, are there any in memoriams for today? today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals -- on behalf dufty of behalf, the late sgt margin anthony lugo, the late mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. [roll called] >> mr. yee? >> present. >> ms. kim? >> here. >> thank you. president kim: if you'd like, please join news the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance recited] president kim: frank you. first on the agendas is approval of minutes for the meeting of august 24, 2010. may i have a motion? >> so move. >> second. president kim: are there any corrections? roll call, please. >> thank you. [roll call] president kim: next is a presentation by superintendent garcia. >> yes. thank you. first of all, if you didn't catch it on the news yesterday, i think we have a lot to celebrate this year. not only

in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended -- mr. chaffetz: madam chair, i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman asking for the yeas and nays. the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise, remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? >> i rise to move the house suspend the rules and agree to s. 3397 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: senate 3397, an act to amend the controlled substances act, provide for taskback disposal of controlled substances in certain instances and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from washington, mr. inslee and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. pitts, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes t

. >> madam chair, mr. president, that was without objection. commissioner chiu: the two versions will be sent to land use committee. madam clerk, are there any in memoriams for today? today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals -- on behalf dufty of behalf, the late sgt margin anthony lugo, the late mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons,

. >> madam chair, mr. president, that was without objection. commissioner chiu: the two versions will be sent to land use committee. madam clerk, are there any in memoriams for today? today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals -- on behalf dufty of behalf, the late sgt margin anthony lugo, the late mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor avalos: mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to speak during the proceedings, please present cards to myself and if your presenting documents, please include copies for the file. items presented here will appear september 28, 2010, unless otherwise stated. supervisor avalos: great, thank you. please call item no. 1. >> item #1, resolution retroactively approving the grant agreementsan francisco and the non-profit institute on aging to provide case management, linkage

so i went to rivet the point. >> thank you very much, mr. chair.rt when we have a space holder for this program in our budget plan. it's very hopeful and recognizes the fact that this needs to be a contract honored. >> and i've committed to the senator on this matter and tend to absolutely keep that commitment. you know, there are these issues better in each of our state are critically important. i have an issue in my state that i want to raise as well because we have a federal working group that is considering options in dealing with the crisis in my stay. the crisis is in the devils lake basin. we have of late that is, 30 feet in the last 17 years. and is a lake that is three times the size of the district of columbia. and there's nothing else like it anywhere in the country. they have a runaway lake that is gone from 49,000 acres to 180,000 acres. and it is now six speed from an uncontrolled release. as this after going up to 30 feet in the last 17 years. going up three and a half feet last year, went up over two feet this year. were now within

mr. bishop, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from the northern mariana islands. mr. sablan: madam speaker, i request five legislative days during which members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material on house resolution 1564 into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sablan: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sablan: madam speaker, i rise today in support of house resolution 1564 which celebrates michigan technological university for 125 years of leadership and service in higher education. michigan technological university was originally chartered as michigan school of minds in 1885 and later renamed the michigan college of mining and technology. the college was founded in response to the needs of the copper industry in michigan's upper peninsula. in 1964, as the school continued to expand its academic program and student body, it became michigan technological university. michigan tech students and alumni

so i went to rivet the point. >> thank you very much, mr. chair. and i appreciate your support when we have a space holder for this program in our budget plan. it's very hopeful and recognizes the fact that this needs to be a contract honored. >> and i've committed to the senator on this matter and tend to absolutely keep that commitment. you know, there are these issues better in each of our state are critically important. i have an issue in my state that i want to raise as well because we have a federal working group that is considering options in dealing with the crisis in my stay. the crisis is in the devils lake basin. we have of late that is, 30 feet in the last 17 years. and it is a lake that is three times the size of the district of columbia. and there's nothing else like it anywhere in the country. they have a runaway lake that is gone from 49,000 acres to 180,000 acres. and it is now six speed from an uncontrolled release. as this after going up to 30 feet in the last 17 years. going up three and a half feet last year, went up over two f

. >> madam chair, mr. president, that was without objection. commissioner chiu: the two versions will be sent to land use committee. madam clerk, are there any in memoriams for today? today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals -- on behalf dufty of behalf, the late sgt margin anthony lugo, the late mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. >> welcome to culture wire. did you know the city of san francisco has an art collection consisting of 3500 objects? the collection ranges from painting and public buildings to murals, and from bronze busts in city halls, to cite specific structures. at this time, many of the large works are in desperate need of repair, and a long-term innovative solution is needed to make sure these public treasures will be cared for. >> the story of the arts commission program begins with ruth fromstein. 2010 marks her 50th year as an art dealer. at the helm of the county, she had represented some of the most notable o

. >> madam chair, mr. president, that was without objection. commissioner chiu: the two versions will be sent to land use committee. madam clerk, are there any in memoriams for today? today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individuals -- on behalf dufty of behalf, the late sgt margin anthony lugo, the late mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. >> welcome to "culture wire." i'm your host meg. for years, free jazz concerts have been providing entertainment in downtown san francisco. people pay local musicians to perform for lunchtime crowds. the goal is not just entertainth. people in plazas are trying to create neighborhoods. what began as a forum for performers who were paid by passing the hat has become a program that provides wide exposure and more than 500 paid gigs annually for local musicians. from july through september, people in plazas produces almost 300 free performances in the lunchtime hour. the mission of people in plazas generate

mr. coble, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee. mr. cohen: thank you, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the resolution under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cohen: and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: mr. speaker, house reuss united states 1614 expressing the sense of the house of representatives that law enforcement dogs deserve to be recognize for their service. federal, state, local and military law enforcement agencies work with service dogs to perform a variety of tasks to prevent and solve crimes and keep the public safe. they search for victims in avalanches, collapsed buildings and people missing in the wilderness. service dogs are used to capture escaped defenders from crime scenes. they search for items anduality lies the evidence thrown away by suspects. they're trained to search through cars, buildings and learn m

mr. whitfield, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. pallone: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: i rise today in strong support of h.r. 2923, the combat methamphetamine act of 2010. h.r. 2923 is designed to respond to problems that the drug enforcement agency has identified in the implementation of the combat methamphetamine epidemic act of 2006. that 2006 law required retail sellers of products to file a self-certification attesting they have trained their personnel about the law and its requirements. according to d.e.a., thousands of sellers have not self-certified and this legislation is designed to improve compliance of the 2006 law and will provide d.e.a. with enforcement tools like civil fines. i want to commend representative gordon as well

born. >> thank you very much mr. chair, and i would like to start by asking mr. bter a question. you testified that the federal reserve and les the bank of new york but i thank you meant the entire federal reserve board was aware the run-up to a the lehman brothers bankruptcy that lehman brothers was systemically important and that it would -- its failure would have systemic negative effect, is that correct? >> that's, correct. >> and you also said that that one of the things that too where aware of was that its failure would cause disruptions in the derivatives markets, is that correct? >> yes. >> further disruptions in the derivatives markets when the lehman -- lehman brothers failed? >> yes. >> for those disruptions? >> well, i'm probably not the best person being a lawyer to describe them for you, commissioner born, but i understand that there were problems with netting arrangements. some of those problems occurred also because of what we were trying to deal with during this most of trenary week. remember september 16th we had problems with ig's2 so it's hard to say what was

. >> thank you, thank you mr. chair. sn>> questions, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. sharfstein, i want to talk to you about both -- both preventing fo-bourne illness and also quickly identifying them and removing them. obviously it's in all of our interests to prevent these illnesses from occurring in the first place, and i think that would be your top priority as well. is that main focus of the new egg rule. >> correct. >> as well. preventing the salmonella from getting in the eggs. and -- and by the way, i just wanted to clarify, it's not uncommon for salmonella to be inside the eggs, correct? it's not just on the shell of the eggs. >> yeah, i think it's well understood that one of the major roots of transmission is through the chicken into the egg. >> okay. and so -- so one thing that struck me with the previous panel testifying is they think it's -- despite all of the other issues the large piles of manure and et cetera, they think it's in part, because of contaminated feed. do these new egg rules address the feed issue? >> the new egg rules do help with the feed

mr. hoekstra, each will control 30 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas. . gentleman from texas. mr. reyes: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to include extraneous material on this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. reyes: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: jarkt. mr. reyes: i'm proud to rise in support of my motion to concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 2701. this bill has been a long time coming. it has been almost six years since an intelligence authorization bill has been signed into law. year after year, the intelligence committees have marked up authorization bills and tried to get them enacted and year after year, these efforts have fallen short. authorization bills are critical to the smooth functioning of the intelligence community. with an innovative and aggressive adversaries and the intelligence community needs the flexibility to adapt. but the authorities and institutions of the intelligence community are to a large extent set by statute. o

mr. kennedy, rhode island, ms. jackson lee, texas. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house the following message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, section 202-d of the national emergencies act provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency prior to the anniversary date of the declaration. the president publishes in the federal register and transmits to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. in accordance to this provision, i have sent the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit or support terrorism is to continue in effect beyond september 23, 2010. the crisis constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the terrorist attacks on september 11, 2001, and new york

mr. christopher hard he's the vice chair of the ntsb were waiting for the official said bruno's and their view of what happened last night as they gathered the microphone to talk to reporters. while we wait long to begin to think they are beginning to listen now? all right we are waiting for them to get the order of the appearance by the various officials will gather there. interesting and that christopher hart said it was amazing scene of destruction. we certainly have been showing the pictures and on the right side of your screen you can see when of the homes that one up in flames. he said a section of the pipeline at the whole on to the streets. that tells him the magnitude of the explosion trade again we were talking last out about how quickly the fire spread to the trinity and that explosion of is the reason why. the ntsb will not be looking at who's to blame or liability but will be looking at the operation and maintenance and history of the pipeline how was installed, what safeguards are in place and mr. hart will also be looking at the human factor. the operators, training whether