mr. murphy, and mr. addigan. >> my name is lerees. i do volunteer work for california child care in san francisco. in 2002, they hired me to be the program manager for lakers said. the reason they did is in 2001 the had brought an administrative complaint through the water board against the city of san francisco and around the lake, with regard to beneficial uses around the lake, linked to lower in water levels. this is an ongoing complaint. i am involved with it as a volunteer. as the program manager for lake merced, i joined an organization that started around 1999 the consisted of more than 30 stakeholder organizations, including this agency and other representatives of rec and park, for example. the city council supervisor member -- it was quite a large group of stockholders. we monthly had meetings and work on issues related to lake merced. we raise the money to improve lake merced. in the year 2006, we discussed with these agencies the potential of a puc taking over the management responsibility. we have also been engaged in a m

mr. murphy, for five minutes. mr. murphy: thank you, madam speaker. a few months ago the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, addressed a joint session of congress in this very chamber. he was welcomed by members with a standing ovation. several times during his speech congress responded with applause. when a person in the gallery attempted to disrupt his speech, the entire house stood and applauded to show support for the prime minister over the disruption. the prime minister noted that people can speak out in a democracy that supports free speech. we all know what happens when citizens challenge their government in syria, iran, and libya and other repressive countries. the prime minister clearly laid out his concerns for the middle east, support for a two-state solution, and a clear and unequivocal message against iran's nuclear weapons development, and following his speech the joint session of congress gave the prime minister a closing standing ovation. now, recently new york sometimes columnist, thomas friedman, commented on congress' res

tim murphy also notes today an instance where mr. gingrich was caught transferring money for a scholarship program he set up for inner city students known as the abraham lincoln opportunity fund. gingrich was caught transferring money from that fund to his own political action committee. newt gingrich was getting people to donate money under that guise and taking that money for his biography. now that he's running for president, going after poor people, specifically going after poor kids has become a centerpiece of his campaign. >> in very poor neighborhoods you have to literally reestablish the dignity of work. i will tell you, personally, i believe the kids could mop the floor and clean out the bathroom and get paid for it and it would be okay. they'd be dramatically less expensive than unionized janitors. and you'd begin to reestablish the dignity of work. >> and they're delicious. make poor kids work as janitors. mr. gingrich now trying to appear more compassionate about this by making clear while it would be okay for poor kids t

mr. murphy. once again, eisenhower was out of commission for weeks. for the middle east the timing could not have been worse. by the time ike returned to the white house on july 15th, 1956, john foster dulles had decided to withdraw the american offer of aid to the aswan dam project largely because congress was opposed to it. on july 19th, 1956, important date, dulles, in of 12 minute meeting, obtained eisenhower's assent to a decision to withdraw the offer of aid to as one. ike was not on top of the issue. his recovery from surgery had been difficult. he was plagued with depression. that afternoon dulles afford the egyptian ambassador of the decision. dollars told friends that the united states had made, quote, a big chess move and that nasser was now, quote, in a hell of a spot. a week later retaliation, nasser nationalized the suez canal company. saying he would use its profits to build the aswan dam. the british and french had controlled that company for decades. two thirds of the oil for western europe came through the canal. now the united state

mr. murphy, is recognized. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to introduce today's guest chaplain, father brian teaston in bridgeville, pennsylvania. since the house first used a chaplin, it was elected by congress in 1989, it has been tradition for prayer to open the house daily proceedings and i thank the office of the chape lane for allowing -- chaplain for allowing the pastor to have the opportunity to continue this tradition and lead us in pray prayer. pastor teason joined the bridgeville community in april, 2011, along with his wife, and has been a driving force in improving the community since the moment he stepped foot in southwestern pennsylvania. during pastor teason's tenure he has seen his parish grow in size which can be attributed to the exceptional work he has done in leading his church. he's also been elected president of the bridgeville minister's association where he leads bridge shl area churches and nonprofit organizations in community outreach events. he also serves as the christian education director of the southwe

mr. murphy, for five minutes. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. speaker. last week the giant home improvement chain, lowe's, decided to pull their ads from a new show called "all-american muslim." it depicts five muslim families and shows how faith affects their lives and families. it is aptly titled because it shows muslim families to show exactly where they are in this situation and millions like them around the nation. they're american. they face problems just like the rest of us. the only difference is that they worship at a different church. now, lowe's pulled these ads because one right-wing anti-muslim group in florida said the show hides the, quote, true agenda of islam, which according to this group, is to destroy america. now, this anti-muslim bigotry isn't new. we are learned about the creep of shari'ah law or a peaceful mosque is being run out of a community or radical pastor is burning the koran on television. but it's one thing when a fringe group or radical unhinged pastor is doing it. it's quite another when a fortune 100 company is endorsi

law that would have said that if mrs. murphy bedroom out, that she could not discriminate. he has a longer history of pro civil rights activity. >> let me ask you about the relationship between barry goldwater and john kennedy. both can to the senate together in 1952. >> they had affection for each other. when barry goldwater was rising in the early 1960's, he was very much compared to john kennedy. this handsome, charismatic guy. there was a famous store they talked about campaigning together and writing the same campaign trail and debating each other lincoln and douglas style. this is often taken as a testament of this old civil time. i suspect that john kennedy was speaking cynically and thinking if he could get this guy on a platform and forced into mouth his what were then unpopular views, i can wipe the floor with him. >> history changed in dallas on november 22, 1963 following the assassination of president kennedy. senator barry goldwater said this. >> he was a very decent fellow. he is the kind of an antagonist that i h

mr. murphy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. murphy: families are doing christmas, planning budgets, we're being asked to do a budget here, congress needs to be doing more than rehashing this again. we immediate to be dealing with unemployment, the deficit and not just spend manager time over two months. we're telling families to accept $166 instead of $1,000 of for that $166, that's about a week and a half of groceries for a family of four. for the same family of four, we're talking about 12 months of gas bills, 11 months of diapers, 10 electric utility bills, nine months of baby formula, eight months of cable, seven months of autoinsurance, five months of gasoline, three student loan bills and one mortgage payment for your house. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina. mr. towns: it is my pleasure to yield -- mr. clyburn: it is my pleasure to yield to the gentleman from missouri for two minutes. mr. cleaver: thank you, mr. chairman. i sat in my office and listened to this debate and the one thi

mr. murphy: i speak on behalf of the medicare beneficiaries and thousands of physicians who take care of them. we need to finally fix the flawed medicare sustainable growth rate formula. since 2003, physicians have been dealing with the uncertainty that comes with scheduled annual rate reductions. they are staring at a 28% reduction and $28,000 per year per physician. if this were to happen, this would happen at the worst possible time. there would be a lot of physicians who couldn't take medicare patients any longer and would have to lay off workers where we have 9% unemployment in connecticut. this is unacceptable and we have to do something about it. over the next several weeks, let's fix this once and for all and stand together and put an end and give security for america's seniors and physicians. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mica: mr. speaker and my colleagues, it's time for the other bod

mr. murphy. >> thank you. looking forward to the testimony today we have learned a lot of lessons over the past decade about the difference between unilateral action and multilateral action, and with the cooperation and willingness of turkey and the arab league to join with us in whole or in part in some of the actions to put pressure on the regime looking forward to the comments today from our witness as to how we can move forward with partners in seeking an outcome that's best for the region and best for the people of syria and the united states. thank you very much mr. chairman. >> i will now introduce our distinguished witness here this morning. frederick off is the special coordinator for the regional affairs. return to the government service in 2009 to lead the special envoy for middle east peace efforts to achieve syrian, israeli and lebanese peace agreements and to advise the secretary of state and other senior u.s. officials on the political and security issues. since early 2010 he has coordinated the

high put them could not think they can reach up >> barbara murphy's son, has severe learning disabilities health issues in the few months and mrscynthia roder class a tremendous price progress >> cynthia roder is set high goals for johnny and he has reached the goals over a mound overwhelmed, >> murphy says mrs. cynthia roder excellent works tirelessly with her students those who come to class and those who are homebound stays in touch with families and never seems to be exhausted >> she called me up before school started wanting to know my expectations i almost did not have an answer had never been asked that before so i was completely in all of her and how happy she was becoming >> i did not know how she does this. it is exhausted four different curriculums to of the day >> @ she is still smiling so happy passionate about what i do gives me happiness to see them down but at the moment we have all been waiting for on behalf of st. to exhibit university congratulating you check for $1,000 at on behalf of wgn certificate and congratulations for being wgn teacher of the month >> cynthia roder asked we not forget to mention her te

. >> barbara murphy son johnny has severe learning disabilities and myriad congenital health issues. in a few months he has been in mrsroeder's class he has made tremendous progress. >> she has set up for johnny and he is reaching his goal. >> it was barbara murphy who nominated her for a teacher of the month honors. >> i am overwhelmed. it was really kind of one mom to do this. i am overwhelmed. it's a really good honor. >> murphy says mrs. schroeder is a paragon of excellence. she works tirelessly with her students those who come to class and those who are homebound. she gets good results, stays in touch with the families and it never seems to be exhausted. >> she called me up before school even started. she wanted to know my expectations of her and i am most and have an answer because i never been asked that before. i am completely and all of her and how happy she is all the time. i don't know how she does it. it's exhausting. she is going to four different curriculum's throughout the day. it's hard. she is still smiling. >> i'm just passionate about what i'd do. it gives me pleasure to see growth. >> on behalf of

snyder said the surgery would have taken place hours earlier if the patient had been plain mrs. murphynce again, eisenhower was out of commission for weeks. for the middle east, the timing could not have been worse. by the time he returned to the white house on july 15th, 1956, john foster dulles had decided to withdraw the american offer to the aswan dam project largely because congress was opposed to it. on july 19th, 1956 dulles and a 12 minute meeting obtained eisenhower's descent to the decision to withdraw the offer of aid to aswan dam. he was not on top of the issue. his recovery from surgery was difficult he had been plagued with bouts of depression. that afternoon dulles informed the egyptian ambassador to the next day the proudly told some friends that the united states had made, "a big move and that nasser was now, quote, in a hell of a spot. a weak leader in retaliation, the nationalized the canal company saying he would use its profits to build the aswan dam. the british and french control the company for decades. two-thirds from western europe came through the canal and n

mr. murphy, at my high school, but he didn't help any. >> was there any, any outreach, did you do that you in an environment where, if you could go to someone at the school and say, we need help, we have this situation, and i just want to talk to someone? did any of you feel there was any avenue, any means available for you to do this? >> i personally didn't reach out, because i did what any authorities going after my parents. >> yes, ma'am. be back i can have on school help but we had a coordinator, she is here today, she helps, she is helping with a few hundred families, helping them with food, places to stay, making sure they keep up with their education but if it wasn't for her, i would still be staying at a motel, and my grades would still be horrible. at my school we don't have any one on campus really that helps, but most, there's a lot of kids there. we had a program that everyone got to come and have a free lunch and stuff. we had hundreds and hundreds of kids there that came because they were homeless. and there's nothing, no one in the school to the. but most of kids don't want

snyder said the surgery would have taken place hours earlier if the patient had been plain mrs. murphynce again, eisenhower was out of commission for weeks. for the middle east, the timing could not have been worse. by the time he returned to the white house on july 15th, 1956, john foster dulles had decided to withdraw the american offer to the aswan dam project largely because congress was opposed to it. on july 19th, 1956 dulles and a 12 minute meeting obtained eisenhower's descent to the decision to withdraw the offer of aid to aswan dam. he was not on top of the issue. his recovery from surgery was difficult he had been plagued with bouts of depression. that afternoon dulles informed the egyptian ambassador to the next day the proudly told some friends that the united states had made, "a big move and that nasser was now, quote, in a hell of a spot. a weak leader in retaliation, the nationalized the canal company saying he would use its profits to build the aswan dam. the british and french control the company for decades. two-thirds from western europe came through the canal and n

snyder said the surgery would have taken place hours earlier if the patient had been plain mrs. murphynce again, eisenhower was out of commission for weeks. for the middle east, the timing could not have been worse. by the time he returned to the white house on july 15th, 1956, john foster dulles had decided to withdraw the american offer to the aswan dam project largely because congress was opposed to it. on july 19th, 1956 dulles and a 12 minute meeting obtained eisenhower's descent to the decision to withdraw the offer of aid to aswan dam. he was not on top of the issue. his recovery from surgery was difficult he had been plagued with bouts of depression. that afternoon dulles informed the egyptian ambassador to the next day the proudly told some friends that the united states had made, "a big move and that nasser was now, quote, in a hell of a spot. a weak leader in retaliation, the nationalized the canal company saying he would use its profits to build the aswan dam. the british and french control the company for decades. two-thirds from western europe came through the canal and n

here now republican congressman tim murphy of pennsylvania, the pittsburgh area he joins us from a state where the latest quinnipiac college poll shows mroint as head of mitt romney. welcome, thanks for coming what do you make of these results? he's out in starting block, 20 points in your state head of romney? >> what has helped newt for a long time he has talked issues. that has stood out. so many of the other republican candidates have talked issues but spent time sniping at each other where they have a lot of commonality with the white house all attacking republicans. what they ought to be doing is showing the difference between the republican and democrat white house. what newt does is generate a lot of ideas. i worked with him on health care policy. he's a thoughtful person who does generate a lot of ideas. you can't get new voters until you get new ideas. that has been part of his drew. >> other members of congress say that i worked -- say they worked with him too and didn't have a great experience. >> every up with of these candidates bring something to the table, experience, credibility, ideas. newt does a lot of that. now, in

and eddie murphy being eddie murphy, and a new congressman, said, well, mr. chairman, how should i feel? about sugar subsidies? and the chairman said it doesn't matter because if you support sugar subsidies, we are going to get you money from the confectioners and the bakers. and if you oppose sugar subsidies, we are going to get you money from the cane growers and weight growers. there are folks on every side of the issue, mr. speaker, in this town. and so whenever there is an issue that's a contentious issue, you can call in one side, you can call in the other, and you can hear both sides of the argument. folks who are experts, folks who have been working on these issues for decade after decade after decade. well, when the federal tax bill for america's businesses, mr. speaker, is $10 billion, $10 billion, it doesn't take much of an investment in lobby -- lobbying for special exemptions in the tax code to make that a let me go back and look at corporate income taxes over time. corporations don't pay taxes. corporations do not pay taxes. consumers pay taxes.