. >> thank you, madam chair. the lra has been pillaging central africa for a generation now, and under the sadistic joseph kony, that could exist for one reason. to kill and capture and to resupply for the next blunder. there is no other reason for its being, for the lord's resistant army's existence. and this savagery has landed kony and his lra on u.s. terrorism list. and his targets our children. and 70,000 girls and boys have been abducted. and i must say it's good to see evelyn here and we appreciate her efforts on behalf of other abducted girls and boys, but one boy told how he is forced to kill eight other children, the victims were surrounded in a circle, children were forced to take turns bashing them with a bat in a collective kill. now, if this is not a crime against humanity, i don't know what is. and it was orchestrated by kony. and with these whores in mind, congress passed legislation to counter the lra threat. we pressed the administration to be bold, to develop a plan to help apprehend or remove

. >> madam chair, members of the committee, based on our analysis, as shown in table two of page 5 of our report, we estimate that the total not to exceed amount for this second one-year auction time, for september 1, 2011 through august 31, 2012, should be increased by $27,800,000. that is over two -- $2 million more than the increased amount. this would result in a total not to exceed needed amount of $70.3 million, instead of the total requested amount of $75,580,000 under the proposed resolution. therefore, as stated on page 6 of our report, we recommend that you amend the resolution to increase the requested increase the amount by $2,720,000. likewise, increase the total requested not to exceed amount of $75,580,000 by $2,720,000. we recommend that you approve the resolution as amended. supervisor chu: thank you. if we do not have comments, let's open this up for public comment. any members of the public who wish to speak on item number one? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take the budget analysts recommendation? we will do that without objection. to the

thank you, madame chair. supervisor chu: thank you, a supervisor.elieve that we have karen, from dph. >> i also serve as the department's representative as appointed by the board of supervisors. i am encouraged by the supervisor talking about the original ordinance of 2009, which ask for these specific improvements. all -- it also asked for this tax force. -- task force. i was a part of that meeting held in the community, which had community input. that meeting greatly informed our decision on how to create criteria. people really spoke out about creating projects that builds capacity in the community and had the potential to last beyond three years. also, the discussion, of course, was focused on health and how we can improve ad smut and other diseases. it was a great process in which there was a lot of input and terrific work that came out of this funding. we used as much existing infrastructure as possible to expand this, that way these projects would not become stranded. i can give you a short example of how these projects work. my department, l

ford very. >> thank you, madam chair. -- mr. ford antenberry. >> thank you madam chair. we need to make sure that our efforts are not piecemeal. we have requested through a number of hearings the reappointment of a special envoy to the great lakes region. ambassador yamamoto, you said that we continue to take that under advisement. we have gone this direction before, but can you explain, if you are resistant as to why this has not happened, or are there other concerns that we may not be aware of? >> we had this special envoy who did a special job -- a fantastic job. after that, the issue is to assess where do we go from here. we heard loud and clear from the congress that a special envoy is needed. >> how long has the position been vacant? >> over a year now. a year-and-a-half. >> again, given the heightened intensity of these measures, i think this is an appropriate time to revisit this question with a certain sense of urgency. let's return as well to gain a broader understanding of the other international partners involved here. specifically in military operations. we

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, madame chair.reference to public comment, it is an incorrect representation of supervisor maxwell. she very much facilitated the shutdown of the power plants so that it could then be processed. fortunately, supervisor cohen is here, but supervisor maxwell did a hell of a lot of work in the community. this is not accurate, what i heard. supervisor maxwell does deserve a lot of the credit. supervisor chu: thank you. i would like to thank the department for bringing this item forward. given the community outreach that we have heard, including the members of the public that have come to testify, given that there were areas that we talked about back in 2009 and the fact that we have multiple budgets, it includes expenditures in these areas. i am not to take -- not inclined survey at this time. this will be sent to the full committee before we take action. and the closing remarks? supervisor cohen: no, you have succinctly articulated my position. supervisor chu: is there a motion to send this for were su

madam chair, thank you for the time.i think there's a lot of challenges and i appreciate the hearing today. >> thank you very much, mr. mack for your leadership on this issues. mr. angle is the ranking member of the subcommittee on western hemisphere and he is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, madam chairwoman. thank you for holding this important hearing today. as ranking member of the western hemisphere subcommittee, i'm well aware personally of your long-standing interest in the region and i believe it is good that under your leadership committee paying close attention to the issues which impact our friends south of the border. today's hearing focuses on security and emerging threats and latin america and the caribbean. these are important topics in this committee is right to focus on them. only tuesday we learned that the elements of the iranian government tried to hire mexican drug criminals to murder the saudi ambassador. but the work of the dea and fbi along with the improved security cooperatio

. >> good morning, madame chair and members. i want to speak in support of the uses of this settlement. it recommends projects that have some hope of going beyond the three years that we have to spend the money. this way we are not relying on one time projects. this will be ongoing and helpful to the community. in terms of getting these power plants closed, i do endorse this project and i thank you for your consideration. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. my name is the douglasyap. i would like to thank the supervisor for delivering the $1 million to this neighborhood. we have to give her credit for the differing the goods. i thought that it was interesting that in this discussion, we were talking about cutting. i have not seen any community developments in the rich neighborhoods. i question why we need them in a low-cost neighborhoods. this is the experience, in detroit, michigan, for they were at such a low level that they were forced to stop community gardens in detroit. hopefully this is not what will

cassidy for five minutes. >> may i begin by wishing madam chair a happy 29th birthday. [laughter] >> i thank the chair very much. >> mr. whyte, did i hear you say that you don't think if the law passes that there would be an increase in internet gambling in the united states? >> offices hooley significant increase. >> i have to wonder why the google ads are purchased i was looking at the minnesota vikings versus the football team and all of a sudden on the sidebar i have all sorts of things about minnesota, did i want to get vacation, and i want to do this or that, now why is somebody buying that, number one, and number two, my intuition i think you're wrong there's a large settlement recently on which google is paying the federal government for running advertisements for overseas pharmacies so that tells me somebody thought google was an effective enough advertiser to purchase the overseas pharmacies. why would that not yield a significant increase in gambling? >> certainly we may very well be wrong and i think that's one of the reasons we are calling certainly for the

thank you, madam chair. >> thank you, congressman. do you have a longer statement for the record. >> i'll put it in the record. >> without objection. >> thank you. >> senator baucus, delighted you can be here. heavy is the hat who wears the crown of the committees, but we welcome you. thank you for being here. >> thawfng very much for -- thank you very much for holding this hearing. i'd like to welcome buzz from north eastern montana. he'll be on the second panel, the exact person we need who has been around a good number of years, several generations, lots of common sense experience, a lot of rise and ebbs and flows of rivers in montana. let me just say a couple thicks about this subject. i'll open it up by saying madam chair and others, i have for years, years worked very hard to convince the army corp. of engineers to change their master manual in the other direction. army corp. engineer studies show and have shown for a long time that the economic value of the upstream space of montana, especially, is about ten times the economic

burton. >> thank you, madam chair. i certainly want to personally welcome you, madam secretary, and want to commend you for the outstanding leadership that you've demonstrated not only in your capacity as the president's chief negotiator and just about anything and everything that goes on in the world, but to certainly thank you for the services that you've given to our country. deeply appreciate the opportunities that i've had in dialoguing with you, and some of the issues that are important and the needs of our country. just one question, madam chair -- madam secretary. and maybe i'm being simplistic in trying to unravel or trying to understand a little further about the challenges that are before us as far as pakistan and afghanistan is concerned. there are 12 million pashtuns living in afghanistan, a couple of million use becks, a up to l of -- a couple of million tezzics. seems to me there's no such thing as an afghan because there are so many tribes that make up the country of afghanistan. and right on the border

markey: i request the yeas and nays, madam chair. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from massachusetts will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number five printed in house report 112-244. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number five printed in house report 112-244, offered by mr. rush of illinois. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 241, the gentleman from illinois, mr. rush, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. rush: madam speaker, my amendment simply provides federal enforcement authority so that if the e.p.a. administrate determines that it is in violation of a state coal combustion residuals permit program and the state is not taking appropriate action to enforce such permit program with respect to such structure

. >> good morning, madam chair and esteemed colleagues. i am with painters and allied trades, district council 16, local union 913 of dry wall painters and finishers. the district council covers painters, dry wall finishers, glaser's, and for lawyers. all of our collective bargaining agreements with sub contractors required 20% of the hours to be performed by apprentices. i stand in front of you in support of this pla and encourage you to get this project done so we have no interruptions in the workforce and we get this fantastic project finished on time and on budget with the highly skilled craftsmen and women who belong to our trade and getting paid a decent wage with health care and attention. thank you for your time. supervisor kim: thank you. is there any other public comment? >> there is one more. supervisor kim: if there is any more public comment, please line up. >> good morning. on behalf of the labor local 61, over 3000 members in the city and county of san francisco, on the apprentice, i do not think we have any problem. we have

the do>> madam chair and memberf the committee, there is nothing in the agreement that legally fines of the study to be done. i understand miss williams stated that part agrees they will do the study, but you are reproving a 10-year agreement and there is nothing legally binding it. our reading of the agreement means there is nothing legally binding that there would be this study. after the study, bart has to agree to the amount, and the amount can be done without board of supervisors oversight. it could go down. as you point out, it is very low now. the 5 percent signed is not even based on an actual, it is based on another agreement with mta pays bart 5 percent signed factor. it is not based on any objective cost data. i guess my concern is i believe the board should maintain fiscal oversight over this agreement, and i think my recommendations would make that happen. supervisor chu: thank you. why don't we open this up for public comment. any members of the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, this item is closed. we have this item before us. it sounds like

supervisor chu: thank you very much. >> madam chair, members of the committee, as we point

louis freeh could not be here today, madam chair. he has a statement that states in part addressing the growing that they can mutate as rapidly as internet-based gambling operated outside of the countries, challenging in and of itself or federal law enforcement. he goes on to say online poker stands apart because it became millions of americans play at home but friends and family or even charity fundraisers. unlike most games played against other players other than the house for bias on the side of practice skills. it is also not defined in other statutes. clarifying which online games are illegal also creates an opportunity to establish a strict and transparent regulatory regime for online poker that allows adult consumers to play safely and securely while ensuring accountability to tax and law enforcement authorities. madam chair, i would request unanimous consent to introduce ester free's statement into the record. >> without objections ordered. >> thank you, madam chair. ms. abfab recognized a wonderful title can internet be effe

and madam chair. with that, the minutes are approved.

take no, madam chair. we already implemented -- you have already recommended that we approve the legislation. commissioner chu: thank you. if there are no further questions, we took this up last week, i will open it up for public comment. any members of the public wishing to comment on item number one? cnn, it is closed. a motion by supervisor mirkarimi to send this forward with recommendations. we will do that without objection. item number two . >wo. >> item number two, interconnection agreements and renewable energy generating facilities. pratt commissionecommissioner cu very much. on this item we have lory mitchell. >> we're here to discuss the interconnection agreements for two solar projects. one is alone dictated a china health department annt. these agreements are based on a contract approved by the california public utilities commission. they are subject to board approval because the agreements are likely to exceed 10 years. the city is limited and making changes to these agreements. on november 1

madam chair, thank you for the time.r three minutes. >> thank you very much, madam chairwoman, thank you for holding this important hearing today. as the ranking member of the western hemisphere subcommittee, i'm aware of your long standing interest in the region and it's good and the committee is paying close attention to the issues that affect our friends south of the border. today's hearing focuses on security and emerging threats in latin america and the caribbean. these are important topics, and this committee is right to focus on them. tuesday, we learn the elements of the iranian government tried to hire mexican drug criminals to murder the saudi ambassador. with work of dea, fbi, and cooperation of the mexican government, we app e prehennedded perpetrators before they carried out the terrible plot. we spent time expanding coordination with mexico, colombia, and others in the region interrupting a drug and crime flow through the caribbean and central america and keeping a close eye on the relationship between vene

>> madam chair, i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> madam chair, h.r. 2250 will reduce regulatory burdens for job creators and extend the time frame for the e.p.a. to issue its rules for boilers and incinerators. mr. griffith: considering they are considering an aggressive regulatory regime in these areas and doing so within its existing budget, additional funding should not be needed. while the c.b.o.'s rules may require to score legislation in a vacuum, in the real world there is no reason taxpayers should be forced to hand over more money when asking an agency merely to do its job. any cost of commonsense regulations in this area, as our legislation proposes, can certainly be covered by the agency's existing budget that has increased greatly over the last several years, and that budget is funding its current regulatory efforts. . no new funding is authorized by the regulation, i do not believe any new funding is necessary and i encourage my colleagues to vote no on this amen

in thank you, madam chair, and welcome to both of you. you both agree work. with a good -- you both do great work. with the help of the chair, i was the sponsor of and accountability act. we were run around for a number of years trying to get support in congress and the president signed it. and now from what i understand, the president is placing a robust series of sanctions and penalties on the syrian regime has ever -- as a direct result of this accountability act. does the administration require additional tools from congress to place additional sanctions on syria's assets? if so, why can we do? whether remaining pressure points? >> congressman, thank you very much and thank you for your leadership along with the chair and the other members of this committee on bringing for the syrian accountability act. we have implemented almost all the sanctions listed in an in that act. i can walk you through what has occurred most recently. there was an executive order signed blocking the property of this syrian government, banning new investments or supporting the ser

. >> madam chair, we met in closed session to look at pending claims involving the city and we will move items 5, 6, and seven to the board with recommendations. >> this is seconded. we have the motion to not disclosed. we would be moving these items forward with the recommendation. >> thank you so much. and is there any other item on the agenda? >> there are no further matters. >> because there are no further items, we are adjourned. >> i am the director of visual arts programming at intersection for the arts. intersection for the arts is based in san francisco and has always been an organization that looks at larger social political issues through the lens of practice, and we are here today at our exhibition of "chico and chang." the original inspiration was drawn from a restaurant chain in new york city. half of their menu is -- what struck me was the graphic pictures and a man in a hat on a rig truck carrying take that time is containers and in the black sea to representation of a mexican guy wearing a sombrero and caring a somali horn. it struck me that these two large, very subvers

thorntonberry. >> thank you, madam chair. we have to make sure our presence in the region is not peace meal, and we requested through a number of hearings the reappointment to the great lakes reason, and ambassador, you said we'll continue to make that under advisement. we've gone this direction before, but can you explain if you are resistant as to are why this has not happened, or are there other concerns we nay not be aware of? >> you know, we had the special envoy who did a fantastic job, and i think after that the issue is to assess where do we go from here? we heard loud and clear a special enjoy is needed, and we're taking that -- >> how long has the position been vacant though? >> i think -- >> it's been some time. >> over a year now, a year now. >> well, again, given the heightened intensity of these issues, i think this is the proposal time to revisit this question with a certain sense of urgency. let's return also to gain a broader understanding who are the other international partners involved here. specifically i

waxman: madam chair, i request a roll call vote. the chair: the gentleman from california requests a roll call. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18 all proceedings offered by the gentleman from california will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. waxman: madam chair, i wish to offer the amendment, it's a number 16. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: -- the chair: does the chair understand that the gentleman from california will be the designee of the person who is sponsor of the amendment, number 16? mr. waxman: yes. the chair: thank you for the clarification. the clerk: amendment number 16 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. waxman of california. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. waxman: thank you very much. madam chair this amendment was going to be off -- madam chair, this amendment was going to be offered by mr. markey, he strongly supports it, and i want to offer it in his place. manufacturing facilities and other

. >> madame chair, i don't believe it is proper for a person to identify. >> we were just checking that. i want to caution all of the speakers that slander for any of these staff members is inappropriate. if you would like to make your comments as general as possible, don't use names, personnel. >> please forgive me. i'm hoping paul revere can be a better school and the principal there can show a little more consideration with the students as far as the parents. things she has done two her parents and brutalize their children. i am just a concerned parent, and i want to see something better in the school. >> [speaking spanish] [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, my name is adam. i am the father of a girl out paul revere. >> [speaking spanish] >> i had the same situation with the principle at that school, there is no communication. and unfortunately with the issue of going to the bathroom during class. >> [speaking spanish] >> unfortunately because of what i mentioned about the bathroom, kids not being allowed to go the bathroom during class hours, and my daughter had an accident

[roll call] madame chair, you do have a quorum. director kim: 90. are there any communications today? >> not that i know. >> thank you. please call item four. >> item four is board of directors meeting new business. i know of none. director kim: great. please call item 5. >> item 5, executive director's report. >> good morning. add this one report that we continue our outreach efforts to the community and organizations interested in learning about our projects and interested in internships opportunities. most recently, we presented,girls, inc., an organization that works with girls and they teach them about science and technology and ask them to come in. the girls were very interested and learned a lot. we have asked our contracting team to keep my mind for future internship opportunities. we continue to pursue the sides of avarice. in addition, last night, we met with the association of women in construction, took them on an extensive tour of our construction site. tonight, we will be meeting with turner construction, a group of professional women