mr green how some countries some edu members have been experiencing a serious debt crisis recently how efficiently has the e.u. financial authorities tackled this crisis in your opinion. well when we look at the financial challenges today it's not simply a question of the financial system there's also now the questions of potential debt issues for certain countries there's also major trade imbalances and there's major currency fluctuations so the fact is it's not just one challenge as multiple challenges and so what is important is that you get all the different people together to identify and come up with solutions to this combination of challenges that you can't do that simply through new regulations there's no way you can come up with a big book that will deal with these issues what we really need is the right mindset and the right mindset is to get not only the key governments around the table but the key private sector actors and the key experts actually come up with a set of principles to address these issues in a better way and that's part of what we'll try to do it doubles the

well mr green why did the global risks two thousand and eleven research paper single out widening economic disparities as a major global risk over the next decade. well we we noted two major over overarching trends one very much is this issue of economic disparity because if you have a growing economic disparity within a country you have reduced social cohesion and for a country just like a family to get through a crisis they need to come together they need to work together and trust one another now we've seen for example in places like screen that have high a sense of social cohesion when they went through a major financial crisis or in the early one nine hundred ninety s. they got through it quite well because they actually work together and if we look around the world as we look to confront these challenges it's important if societies are pulled together and one of the indicators of that is whether or not there is growing or less than economic disparity another big challenge at the global level though is the inadequacies of the global governance system to actually identify and address t

mr. green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. green: thank you, madam speaker. i thank my colleague from the rules committee for allowing me to speak. i ask unanimous consent to place my full statement in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. green: i rise in strong opposition to this rule on h.r. 2, patient's rights repeal. just yesterday the congressional budget office said that this repeal would cost $230 billion in additional federal debt. it's amazing this is our first major piece of legislation and the republicans are already adding to the national debt. the issue facing our country is jobs. instead of repealing health care, we should be bringing up a jobs bill like the china currency reform. where is that bill on the floor with the new majority? let me tell you what this bill will do. at least in texas we will see tragedy happen. 161,000 young adults will lose their insurance coverage through their parents' health car

mr. green: thank you, madam speaker. i thank my colleague from the rules committee for allowing me to speak. i ask unanimous consent to place my full statement in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. green: i rise in strong opposition to this rule on h.r. 2, patient's rights repeal. just yesterday the congressional budget office said that this repeal would cost $230 billion in additional federal debt. it's amazing this is our first major piece of legislation and the republicans are already adding to the national debt. the issue facing our country is jobs. instead of repealing health care, we should be bringing up a jobs bill like the china currency reform. where is that bill on the floor with the new majority? let me tell you what this bill will do. at least in texas we will see tragedy happen. 161,000 young adults will lose their insurance coverage through their parents' health care plan. that's only in texas. 2.8 million texans who have medicare coverage will be forced to pay co-pays now for prev

mr. green: thank you, madam speaker. i thank my colleaguerom the rules committee for allowing me to speak. i ask unanimous consent to place my full statement in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. green: i rise in strong opposition to this rule on h.r. 2, patient's rights repeal. just yesterday the congressional budget office said that this repeal would cost $230 billion in additional federal debt. it's amazing this is our first major piece of legislation and the republicans are already adding to the national debt. the issue facing our country is jobs. instead of repealing health care, we should be bringing up a jobs bill like the china currency reform. where is that bill on the floor with the new majority? let me tell you what this bill will do. at least in texas we will see tragedy happen. 161,000 young adults will lose their insurance coverage through their parents' health carelan. that's only in texas. 2.8 million texans who have medicare coverage will be forced to pay co-pays now for preventi

mr. bun green: -- mr. lungren: today is a moment us day. we are all here as new members of congress on the cus of of a new era in -- on the cusp of a new era of america's political life. i find it interesting that yesterday we were sworn in and voted on a rule enhancing -- on the rules package, today we begin with the reading of the constitution. the constitution establishes our framework of government, it enshrines as our fundamental law the proper role of government. mr. speaker, as we promised in our pledge to america, today's reading was an affirmation of our commitment to return this government back to its proper role. a smaller, less costly, more accountable one. mr. speaker, the resolution before us introduced by my colleague from oregon is extremely important to today's affirmation and it is no dent that this is our first piece of legislative business in this, the 112th congress. this legislation is significant because along with our other activities here on the house floor this week, this bill committing ourselveses to a more respo

goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from texas, mr. green. mr. green: if a president shall not have been chosen for the time fixed at the beginning of his term or the president-elect shall have failed to qualify, the vice president elect shall act as president until the president shall have qualified and the congress may by law for the case written where in neither a president elects or vice president shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as president or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a president or vice president shall have qualified. mr. good lat: i yield to the gentleman from virginia, mr. hurt. mr. hurt: section 4, the congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the house of representatives may choose a president whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the senate may choose a vice president whenever the right of choice shall have devolved u

mr. green's legacy.h as his belly dancer party, 12-year-old ebb ebony suffered a fear fatal asthma attack. >> nobody cared. >> reporter: years of unrepaired water leaks, she says, turned her home into a toxic pit full of the asthma-causing mold. >> they ignored it. they ignored everything i said to them. >> reporter: ebony may never walk or talk again, and while the housing authority denied any wrong doing or responsible, it settled out of court for $9.6 million. >> you go from looking at your 12-year-old dancing, talking and to the next day, got a trach, a feeding tube and you can't hear here say anything. >> reporter: last fall, after a series of newspaper exposes on gone's mismanagement, wasteful spending and personal financial trouble, green was forced out of his $300,000 a year job that had made him a man about town, running the country's fourth largest public housing authority. green would not talk with us, but his lawyer says the belly dancers were part of a diversity program. and green told our s

mr. al green, texas. mrs. christensen, virgin islands. ms. woolsey, california. ms. kaptur, ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. poe, january 26, five minutes. mr. jones, january 26, five minutes. mr. fortenberry, today, five minutes. mr. pence, today, five minutes. mr. tom graves, today, five minutes. mr. mcclintock, today, five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to take mr. mcdermott's place. the

goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from texas, mr. green. mr. green: if a president shall not have been chosen for the time fixed at the beginning of his term or the president-elect shall have failed to qualify, the vice president elect shall act as president until the president shall have qualified and the congress may by law for the case written where in neither a president elects or vice president shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as president or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a president or vice president shall have qualified. mr. good lat: i yield to the gentleman from virginia, mr. hurt. mr. hurt: section 4, the congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the house of representatives may choose a president whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the senate may choose a vice president whenever the right of choice shall have devolved u

>> i want to get at this issue that mr. green raised about private security contractors. you are dependent on private security to do their job. is that accurate? >> if the decree was amended, that could have had a dramatic impact. there may have been a massive exodus of implementing partners of $8 out of the country if they could not have private security, right? >> that is correct. certain of the firms would not continue to operate in afghanistan without proper security measures. they would just pack up and go. the mission would come to an end without the necessary security. >> it affects some of our programs. some were done through partners that do not use security partners and some are through government entities. it would affect not all are -- all of our mission. >> these contractors, whether they are u.s., third country for locals, do they significantly affect the life, will redeem, and property of persons -- can they affect the life, liberty and property of private persons? >> are they there to protect the life, liberty, it and property of persons? significantly aff

mr. green: thank you, madam speaker.gue from the rules committee for allowing me to speak. i ask unanimous consent to place my full statement in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. green: i rise in strong opposition to this rule on h.r. 2, patient's rights repeal. just yesterday the congressional budget office said that this repeal would cost $230 billion in additional federal debt. it's amazing this is our first major piece of legislation and the republicans are already adng to the national debt. the issue facing our country is jobs. instead of repealing health care, we should be bringing up a jobs bill like the china currency reform. where is that bill on the floor with the new majority? let me tell you what this bill will do. at least in texas we will see tragedy happen. 161,000 young adults will lose their insurance coverage through their parents' heath care plan. that's only in texas. 2.8 million texans who have medicare coverage will be forced to pay co-pays now for preventive surgeries, lik

goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from texas, mr. green. mr. green: if a president shall not have been chosen for te time fixed at the beginning of his term or the president-elect shall have failed to qualify, the vice president elect shall act as president until the president shalhave qualified and the congress may by law for the case written where in neither a president elects or vice president shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as president or the manner in whicone who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accdingly until a president or vice president shall have qualified. mr. good lat: i yield to the gentleman from virginia, mr. hurt. mr. hurt: section 4, the congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the house of representatives may choose a president whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the senate may choose a vice president whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon the

the gentleman from texas, mr. green. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you. i want to thank the president for his message last night and i especially would like to focus on one aspect of the message. the president indicated to us that sitting together was important. it has great symbolism and it's a positive thing. but he also indicated to us that this is not the final step in the process. sitting together can never, never replace working together. so it is what we do today, last night he said tomorrow, sitting together tonight is important, he indicated, but working together tomorrow, this is where we have to focus obvious energies and efforts. we must work together. and if we're going to work together to fulfill what i believe is a great challenge and that is america first, make america number one, if we're going to make america first, america number one, we absolutely are have to focus on education. education is important because the jobs as we go forward will require much more education than we have been allowed to have and have good jobs in the past. we

mr. green: i want to respond. if that constitution means anything, it shows that as members of the house and senate, the legislative branch, it's not our job to decide constitutionality. my opinion is as important as yours. it's the nine people on the supreme court that the constitution gives that authority to. i think the health care law is constitutional because all those companies serve all of our states. it's across state lines. the commerce clause works that way. hiding behind the constitution, we read it here on the floor. this bill will be constitutional because social security is constitutional, mandatory insurance in our states are constitutional. you can have that argument but it doesn't do any good. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. upton: i yield one minute to the gentleman from new hampshire, mr. guinta. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. guinta: i rise to add my voice to those calls for the repeal of last year's misguided overhaul of the health care syst

mr. green: thank you, madam speaker. i thank my colleague from the rules committee for allowing me to speak. i ask unanimous consent to place my full statement in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. green: i rise in strong opposition to this rule on h.r. 2, patient's rights repeal. just yesterday the congressional budget office said that this repeal would cost $230 billion in additional federal debt. it's amazing this is our first major piece of legislation and the republicans are already adding to the national debt. the issue facing our country is jobs. instead of repealing health care, we should be bringing up a jobs bill like the china currency reform. where is that bill on the floor with the new majority? let me tell you what this bill will do. at least in texas we will see tragedy happen. 161,000 young adults will lose their insurance coverage through their parents' health care plan. that's only in texas. 2.8 million texans who have medicare coverage will be forced to pay co-pays now for prev

mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. as a member of congress from texas, i supported the health care reform law proudly. texas has some of the highest rates of uninsured in the united states. 26% of our texans are uninsured, 6.4 million residents compared with the national average of only 16.7%. only 16.7%. over the past eight

in addition, the findings about the tree said they play a small role in adding to the green space. mr harvey is trying to say that the removal is very significant. in conclusion, please consider that mr. hardy removed two sidewalk trees as well as trees on his property in order to build his home. we feel that it is unfair and inconsistent to deny the same thing granted to mr. hardy. we request that you deny the repeal and reinstate the permit to remove the trees. thank you. >> the reason why is that2 been disabled and therefore when i come back home from grocery or have dinner or even for therapies sometimes, i find it it to bba it difficult job. there are many people with dogs off leash we don't need a -- there are many people dogs off leash. i need a change to improvedt;qy quality of life. here, we are facing a very important issue and life. who is more important, to have the trees there or the life according to myself. this is the only thing i would like to say and take into consideration the fact that i will plant a new tree as soon as i have the garage. mr. hardy is very unsympa

mr. green: madam speaker, today we are one and we are resolute.use we understand that there really is but one race and that is the human race. we are one because as dr. king put it, all of humanity was created by one common creator to live in harmony from a base black to a treble white, we ar one and we are resolute. we are resolute in our belief that one day our friend, our sister will return to the floor of this congress, to this hall, and she will stand at this podium and she will be welcomed by her colleagues as she returns and takes a rightful place in the halls of the congress of the united states of america. we are one and we are resolute because we believe that an innocent baby was taken from us and that innocent baby, though she is not with us in the physical, she will forever be th us in the spiritual as long as we remember who she was and never forget that we cannot allow the innocent to betolen from us without our taking the time to pause and be grateful for the time that we hadith the innocent. we are one a we are resolute. but we mus

thier, i want to get at this issue of the, that my colleague, mr. green, raised about the karzai degree and private security contractors in afghanistan. if i understand right, your money partners are very dependent on private security to go out and do their job, is that accurate? >> absolutely. >> from what i've read in the press if the decree as originally written or amended multiple times, that could have had a dramatic impact on -- in other words, there may have been a mass exodus or implementing partners of aid dollars out of the country if they can't have security, private security, right? >> yes, that's correct. there are certain of the firms would not continue to operate in afghanistan without, without oper security -- proper security measures. >> they would just pack up and go. your mission would come, largely, to an end in afghanistan without that necessary security. >> um, it certainly effects some of our programs. some are done through implementing partners who don't use private security contractors, and some are are through government entities

mr. green: madam speaker, today we are one and we are resolute.erstand that there really is but one race and that is the human race. we are one because as dr. king put it, all of humanity was created by one common creator to live in harmony from a base black to a treble white, we are one and we are resolute. we are resolute in our belief that one day our friend, our sister will return to the floor of this congress, to this hall, and she will stand at this podium and she will be welcomed by her colleagues as she returns and takes a rightful place in the halls of the congress of the united states of america. we are one and we are resolute because we believe that an innocent baby was taken from us and that innocent baby, though she is not with us in the physical, she will forever be with us in the spiritual as long as we remember who she was and never forget that we cannot allow the innocent to be stolen from us without our taking the time to pause and be grateful for the time that we had with the innocent. we are one and we are resolute. but we must

mr. green: madam speaker, today we are one and we are resolute. we are one because we understand that there really is but one race and that is the human race. we are one because as dr. king put it, all of humanity was created by one common creator to live in harmony from a base black to a treble white, we are one and we are resolute. we are resolute in our belief that one day our friend, our sister will return to the floor of this congress, to this hall, and she will stand at this podium and she will be welcomed by her colleagues as she returns and takes a rightful place in the halls of the congress of the united states of america. we are one and we are resolute because we believe that an innocent baby was taken from us and that innocent baby, though she is not with us in the physical, she will forever be with us in the spiritual as long as we remember who she was and never forget that we cannot allow the innocent to be stolen from us without our taking the time to pause and be grateful for the time that we had with the innocent. we are one and we

>> i want to get at this issue that mr. green raised about private security contractors. you are dependent on private security to do their job. is that accurate? >> if the decree was amended, that could have had a dramatic impact. there may have been a massive exodus of implementing partners of $8 out of the country if they could not have private security, right? >> that is correct. certain of the firms would not continue to operate in afghanistan without proper security measures. they would just pack up and go. the mission would come to an end without the necessary security. >> it affects some of our programs. some were done through partners that do not use security partners and some are through government entities. it would affect not all are -- all of our mission. >> these contractors, whether they are u.s., third country for locals, do they significantly affect the life, will redeem, and property of persons -- can they affect the life, liberty and property of private persons? >> are they there to protect the life, liberty, it and property of persons? significantly aff

>> i want to get at this issue that mr. green raised about private security contractors. you are dependent on private security to do their job. is that accurate? >> if the decree was amended, that could have had a dramatic impact. there may have been a massive exodus of implementing partners of $8 out of the country if they could not have private security, right? >> that is correct. certain of the firms would not continue to operate in afghanistan without proper security measures. they would just pack up and go. the mission would come to an end without the necessary security. >> it affects some of our programs. some were done through ptners that do not use security partners and some are through government entities. it would affect not all are -- all of our mission. >> these contractors, whether they are u.s., third country for locals, do they significantly affect the life, will redeem, and operty of persons -- can they affect the life, liberty and property of private persons? >> are they there to protect the life, liberty, it and property of persons? significantly affect

mr. green: madam speaker, today we are one and we are resolute. we are one because we understand that there reay is but one race and that is the human race. we are one because as dr. king put it, all of humanity was created by one common creator to live in harmony from a base black to a treble white, we are one and we are resolute. we are resolute in our belief that one day our friend, our sister will return to the floor of this congress, to this hall, and she will stand at this podium and she will be welcomed by her colleagues as she returns and takes a rightful place in the halls of the congress of the united states of america. we are one and we are resolute because we believe that an innocent baby was taken from us and that innocent baby, thoug she is not with us in the physical, she will forever be with us in the spiritual as long as we remember who she was and never forget that we cannot allow the innocent to be stolen from us withouour taking the time to pause and be grateful for the time that we had with the innocent. we are one and we are

they are going to think this mr. green is wonderful. we cannot change our energy think for 50 years. he had not wanted to do this. the men at shell oil is completely right. we have to do this a little bit. we need our oil here in america. host: on the website, al jazeera is reporting that thousands have protested in jordan in the last few days. you probably heard about the yemen protests. one caller talked about the age, the young people in egypt. if you go to the cia world fact book, you can find out a couple of things. their military is construction only. it is between 18 and 30 years. it is all male. they have an obligation of from 12 to 36 months of conscripted military service. then when it comes to the age of the egyptians, it is a young country. the average age in egypt according to the cia world fact book is 24 years old. there is a population of about 80 million. tom in annapolis, you are on the beair. caller: the print is caller was looking for any reason to criticize the president -- the previous caller was looking for any re

james lick purchased this and left two green houses and subsequently purchased by mr. crocker and donated to dol golden gate bride and erected in 1879 and by the hammer works in dublin ireland. >> there is an exception to the rule. >> you're right and the stones from the abbey and now dispersed and line the path. >> right. there is an older building there but never got put back together. >> this building had 33 tons of glass in it. it was recently rebuilt and one of the reasons it had to be rebuilt these moderns are much more knowledgeable than the people in the 1800's and we knee w knew wo seal up the windows and all the building we did made it rot and it needed ventilation and had to undo the work that was done and back to the original design and expensive project and $20 million plus but it's a gorgeous building. woody can tell us about carville. >> this is the last in fact carville house. it was a community of discarded streetcars, horse pulled cars, various modes of transportation that were made obsolete by electric streetcars so cars were dumped out in the beach

including gabrielle hernandez, and the family of 9-year-old christina taylor-green, the youngest victim in the shooting. mrs. , ken dra baker and zachary davis, the business partners got a recovery act loan to open the penny ice creamery in august wex caught them today just before they left to join the first lady. >> we feel humble that had we're the ones that they decided to invite and there is a lot of hard working meshes out there. >> and they will attend a reception prior to the state of the union address. >> major cuts in social services remain by the santa clara board today, trying to close a $55 kblinl budget gap. social services took a $6 million look. and there is the meeting one worker voted in favor of cutting management positions to save more front line workers and wore a bra outside of the shirt suggesting they're top heavy. >> the body speaks to the top. knees ache and feet aches z this is experts of the body startling them there needs to be reductions. and we need a reduction. >> officials say these are due to state and federal spending cuts. >> and there still no sign of a missing 4-year-old

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green. here from his three hundred it's a fine day so mr densher business area in the early twentieth century it was. originally known as the crown and anchor public house. drinking. democrats at least at the spot not far from here. in. the good old english pub everyone loves me including possibly. visited london six times in the year. eleven allegedly lenin and stalin for the first time inside this the swiss mosque library just down the road these three can have a lot of strength elsewhere. and i think you believe you see them ensconced say this is a very leftist sort of area and we have we have a lot of tourists coming in just because of that side. there's a new story but then fishnets telling the bullshit claim and so to spill it in nineteen or five i don't wake many feet legs and p.c. using them to still believe that. the cultural center pushkin house was founded in one nine hundred fifty six everything ok today in notting hill and moved to this new venue in bloomsbury square in two thousand and six now they have over four hundred members or friends as they're called and every month they

green has, in addition to whatever yellow has. centralized dispatch for customer service to satisfy mr heinicke, so the customer gets the nearest have regardless of company, integrated with safety. when you go in january, mr. finch was stabbed on state street. -- a year ago in january, mr. finch was stabbed on state street. bulletin's go out late. -- buletins go out late. i spoke to the assistant director about it. she is aware of it. what happens? nothing. you guys will have to address this. may i take one more minute? chairperson nolan: not really. we all have seen the petition. >> there is one further development. chairperson nolan: what is the further development? >> there has been a law that will come into effect in january, and the law would prohibit, apparently, in chris hayashi's opinion, the retention of certain data recorded in the cast -- in the cabs, visual and audio of passengers. we need to make sure it does what it says it is going to do and that you folks plugged in on it. you may need to go to sacramento to straighten that lot out. chairperson nolan: thank you. that does answer my question. >> very toronto followed

green. dress him from his three hundred sixty five's today so mr densher business area in the early twentieth century it was. originally known as the crown and public house. drank here. to the spot not far from here. in london. the good old english pub everyone loves an include ing possibly. visited london six times in the year. eleven allegedly lenin stalin for the first time inside this these two it must library just down the road he's frequent have a lot of strength elsewhere. and i think you believe you still are so this is a very leftist sort of area and we have we have a lot of tourists coming in just because of that sign. however there's a new story than first meets talent at the bullshit congress and so just filling in nineteen or five i don't make me feel any sympathy is enough to still believe that today. the cultural center pushkin house was founded in one nine hundred fifty six a routine that catered in notting hill and moved to this new bag in bloomsbury square in two thousand and six now they have over four hundred members or friends as they're called and every month they have a

e*trade player class will paying for the green products they're getting and it might be a nice thing to segue to mr. perle. >> thank you very much. good afternoon. once the independent rate study is completed, what staff does this takes the information and compares it to information, industry trends, that kind of thing. this develops a rate proposal for this commission. there is a residential side and the commercial side that i will look at. we work on this project to make sure that the policy priorities were taken into account. what you will see on the next couple of slides provide high- quality services promoting and green sustainable city and expanding our to occasions as well as investing in our community. looking at the policy initiatives and focusing on our sustainability, resources conservation, asset management, the investments, looking at the redevelopment which is pertinent to the retail rate as well as work force development, we wanted to make sure that all of these things were on the table. on the retail side on the reach of residential side, the goalie had was wanted to make sure what