mr. mathisson. mr. mathisson votes no. mr. butterfield. mr. butterfield votes aye. mr. barrow. mr. barrow votes aye. miss matsui votes aye. mrs. christianson votes aye. miss kaston votes aye. >> mr. upton votes no. >> mr. gingry votes no. >> mr. murphy. mr. murphy votes no. >> other members wishing to vote? none? the clerk will report the tally. mr. chairman, on that vote there were 14 ayes and 36 nays. ask that mr. stern record it. >> mr. sterns votes no. >> any other members? okay, the clerk now will -- >> mr. chairman u there were 14 ayes and 37 nays. >> 14 ayes and 37 nays, the vote is not agreed to. the next is on the dingle amendment. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. barton, mr. sterns. mr. sterns votes no. mr. whit field? mr. whit field votes no. >> mr. shim kiss votes no. mr. pits. mr. pits votes no. there is bono mac. there is bono mac votes no. mr. walden votes no. mr. terry. mr. terry votes no. mr. rogers. mrs. mi rick. mrs. mi rick votes no. mr. sullivan. mr. sullivan votes no. mr. murphy votes no. mr. burgess votes no. mrs. n. mr. bill gray votes no. mr. bass. mr.

mr. garamendi: mr. speaker, mr. speaker, i thank you for the opportunity to present this amendment, this amendment will not kill the bill, nor send it back to committee. but it is an amendment that's important to every representative in this house. if you care about the 10th amendment and you care about the ability of your state to set its own policies -- >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. mr. fware men dee: mr. speaker. every member in this house should be paying attention to this bill. we read the constitution the first day of this congress. the 10th amendment guarantees that the states have the ability to take care of their own water systems and many other issues that pertain to the states. this bill, this bill overrides state law in california. this bill sets aside numerous states law -- state laws in california this bill overrides 150 years of california water law, set in place by the legislature, the governors and by the courts of california and the

mr. hoyer: mr. van hollen, in fact not for political gamesmanship, want to vote to restrain and eliminate their cola, this year, they have an opportunity to do that segregated from any other issue on the previous question. i would urge members if they want to cap congressional salaries next year at current levels, they vote against the previous question when it is called. i yield back to my friend. mr. van hollen: i thank mr. hoyer. with respect to the two bills that are subject of this rule, we are going to have more time to debate them later. i would just say to my friend from georgia, mr. woodall, that the american people would love to be able to wish away inflation. i came from a hearing in the budget committee, i'm sure the chairman of the federal reserve would like to wish away inflation. what the gentleman's proposing is that we put together a budget that, unfortunately, would get more and more misleading over time. a baseline for our budget, because it would simply wish away inflation. with

mr. terry: mr. speaker, i rise dish first want to mention this to my friend from new jersey, that we have several bills including keystone x.l. sitting over in the senate, that will create tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of jobs. but yet harry reid does not seem that he would like to bring those to the floor. so we're doing our job here. now, this bill today is about creating really a new environment for job creation and recognizing the human suffrage that has occurred in the central valley. i've visited out there almost two years ago and it seemed the level of employment and the human impact of this federal mandate upon california under the endangered species act, what we've seen, and i don't know about the court case where it really raised some serious issues regarding the credibility behind the rule itself, but what i do know is this federal impact, if i could have an additional 30 seconds. mr. bishop: yield an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: recognized. mr. terry:

mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to the motion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. mr. ryan: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ryan: i have good news. good news from my friend for -- for my friend from iowa. this isn't necessary. it's already done. c.b.o. -- the congressional budget office already prepares these macroanalysis any time we consider legislation affecting these programs. more to the point, mr. speaker, if you want to get the kind of detailed analysis on how policy changes affect medicare and social security beneficiaries, that is done by the trustees, by the actuaries at c.m.s. and h.r.s. -- h.h.s. and at social security, at s.s.a. not by the c.b.o. but the other part of the good news is they do that as well. so what is good for us is that we do not need to pass this, it's u

mr. gingrey: mr. chairman, i think the gentleman is yielding to me again asking me a specific question and i want to respond to my friend. and you know, the point i will make to him is that we can work together. we absolutely can. mr. chairman, we have discussed this with mr. pallone and i have done so personally as i know my physician colleagues on energy and commerce, mr. burgess, had a conversation with mr. pallone and we can work together. but we have to remove this failed program first because of that looming deadline of october 1, 2012, where we'll get sued if we don't have a program. so glad to work with the gentleman. mr. green: mr. chairman, i'm going to -- may i address the chair? mr. chairman, i ask that i be extended the courtesy that the gentleman from georgia received when he received an additional five minutes. i don't need an additional five minutes. i would like to continue this dialogue. the chair: is the gentleman requesting unanimous consent? mr. green: i ask unanimous consent to c

mr. stockman. >> thank you, gentlemen. did you have previous relationships with the board members? >> i did not have previous relationships with the board members, no. >> no in. >> no. >> what about governor corzine? did you know him personally? >> i didn't -- know mr. cornize personally but had worked at goldman sachs a number of years prior. >> you said a few minutes ago that you did your job, that you reported information to the board to mr. cornize. mr. roseman also said that you did your job, you reported the information. it looks on its face, my colleague, mr. pierce, i have a disstra d district that many, many people lost thousands of dollars. farmers and ranchers. it almost looks like they took mr. roseman out and replaced mr. roseman with the "yes" man. does it look that way to you? mr. roseman, would you comment at all? you gave them information that they didn't like so they replaced you with someone that would give them information that they liked? >> can i -- i've answered tha

mr. bass votes no. mr. gingry. mr. ska lis. mr. ska lis votes no. mr. lata votes no. mrs. mcmorris rogers. mrs. mcmorris rogers votes no. mr. harper. mr. harper votes no. mr. lance. mr. lance votes no. mr. cassidy. mr. cassidy votes no. mr. guthrie. mr. guthrie votes no. mr. oleson. mr. oleson votes no. mr. mckinley. mr. mckinley votes no. mr. gardener. mr. gardener votes no. mr. pock peo votes no. mr. kin singer. mr. kin singer votes no. mr. griffith. mr. griffith votes no. mr. waxman. mr. waxman votes aye. mr. dingle. mr. dingle votes no. mr. marky. mr. marky votes aye. mr. towns. mr. towns votes aye. mr. paloan? >> mr. paloan votes aye. mr. rush votes aye. mr. engle votes aye. >> mr. green votes no. mr. duget votes no. mr. caps votes aye. mr. doyle. mr. doyle votes no. mr. shekowsky votes aye. mr. congal ez votes no. mr. insly votes no. ms. baldwin. mr. ross. mr. ross

mr. stockman, in a march of 2011 memo to the board you highlighted some market risks associated with terms under the heading of late market risks you identify liquidity risks associated with potential hair cuts from mf global's counterparties. one scenario in that report requires if that scenario were to play out the company would have to come up with seven sixty-one million additional dollars. are you a ring familiar with this memo? >> yes, sir. >> do you agree with the conclusions that you reached in that memo about the market risk and liquidity risks associated with european arty and trades? >> that is a fair representation of distressed market conditions that we should analyze. >> and in october you produced a document which we call break the glass scenarios and in this particular document you said forget scenario one hand 2 and we are now in a different environment so you outlined additional scenario and additional liquidity requirements that are needed based on additional scenarios.

. >> good afternoon mr. chairman and mr. co-chairman and thank you for the opportunity to speak with all of you today. i want to begin by thanking the congressional executive commission on china and all the members and staff today for the fabulous work that you're doing on behalf of the united states. it is real service to our country to have such scrutiny of the chinese government's human rights record. as international pro bono legal counsel to imprisoned chinese lawyer, i want to provide you with a brief overview of his case and my explanation as to why his continued detention violates both chinese and international law. i will also rx on why although mr. gau is only one of chinese prisoners of conscious, his case is a bellweather that deserves especially close attention. gau was a prominent chinese lawyer who ran afoul of the government after he took on politically sensitive cases, particularly those of religious minority groups. in 2005 the government shut down his law firm. in august of 2006 the authorities arrested mr

mr. bilirakis: mr. chairman, i'd like to yield two minutes to the distinguished chairman from washington, mr. hastings. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. hastings: the gentleman's amendment will conduct this economic impact study only for the eastern gulf of mexico, o.c.s. area as defined in the bill. i understand and appreciate the gentleman's interest in protecting the multiple use of the o.c.s. and i join him in that interest. for decades tourism fishing oil and gas drilling have been compatible in the gulf of mexico, and there's no reason that the new areas opened up under this bill would not operate in the same way. while i understand the interest of the gentleman to have this study for those areas in the eastern gulf of mexico, i wish that he could have expanded this study to jobs that could have been created by new drilling and the support that comes with that activity. and while that's not embodied in the gentleman's amendment, i will only have to think because you're h

mr. polis: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman for yielding me the 30 minutes and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. polis: thank you. i'd like to begin by acknowledging the service of david dreier to this house of representatives and to this country. there will be many more opportunities prior to his departure to acknowledge his work for his country. but our chairman today announced that he will be retiring at the end of this session. chairman dreier said, quote, we all know that this institution has a low approval rating and the american people are asking for a change in congress. so i'm announcing today that i will leave congress at the end of the year. i would like to reassure my chairman that the change that the american people had in mind was not in fact his retirement. that will be a tremendous loss to this body. david dreier is a proud constitutionalist, swb -- institutionalist, somebody who has capably served this body, has be

mr. pitts: mr. chairman, this amendment would simply ignore the millions of dollars that have been spent by this administration to reach the same conclusion that so many unbiased analysts have said for year the class program is unworkable. causing a liability for the potential beneficiary and the taxpayers alike. this amendment would promote reckless governing that maintains a failed program for further meddling. the class program has done nothing to decrease medicaid spending. and its inclusion in the patient protection and affordable care act was a budget gimmick. a budget gimmick that will cost the american taxpayers $80 billion over the next 10 years. alternative policies such as the long-term care partnership program which was signed into law by president bush have decreased medicaid spending and deterred americans from making medicaid their primary payer of long-term care services. that program alone has done more for medicaid spending than class ever will. we can and should do more to decreas

mr. brashov, it's mr. littleton from the bank again. i'm sorry. mr. brashov stepped out for a moment. but i'll make sure that i give him the message. yes, of course i'm sure ! you're welcome. good-bye. - you're going to have to talk to him sooner or later. - i know. but not until i figure out what to do. what are you going to do ? i mean, about us ? i don't understand. - which one of us are you going to let go ? - we need to know, mr. brashov. is it jamal ? where is jamal ? - we haven't seen him. - but he isn't sick. we think he's out looking for another job. is he the one you're firing ? believe me, i don't want to let anyone go. i'm trying to come up with a solution. i just haven't thought of one yet. - i have another idea. - what is it ? - you know my senior citizen's group ? - who could forget them ? well, they hold a bingo tournament every thursday at noon, and i was thinking-- no ! no more old people. victor, you sound just like your banker. forget the gray hair and keep an open mind. what's your idea, jess ? tomorrow's the day they have lunch a

mr. fleming: mr. speaker president obama's mandate on abortion-inducing drugs and contraceptive services hat not gone away, i repeat not gone away. it has not been settled. there is no compromise. the administration's assault on the first amendment continues. the deeply-held beliefs of people are still under attack. let's be clear. the president remains as determined as ever to force insurance companies and their customers to pay for services which define the moral fiber of their beings and contrary to religious beliefs and sacred teachings. despite what you have heard no rules have changed. there has been no accommodation. president obama is simply hoping to cover this issue with a smokescene to push it pass election day so he can still get his way. this congress needs to act and act right now to put in conscience protections that the administration cannot violate. we need to safeguard our religious liberties against these attacks by the obama administration. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: an

mr. ryan: mr. speaker, mr. chairman, i want to begin by thanking my friend, chris van hollen, the ranking member of the budget committee. this is a collaborative effort, it's a bipartisan effort. it's not that often we have a chance to do this. mr. chairman, let me begin by saying i yield myself two minutes. the chair: the gentleman virginia tech. mr. ryan: i want to first say i want to thank the gentleman from maryland, for his collaborative effort. we believe whenever we can find the opportunity to reach across the aisle and work in a bipartisan fashion to go after wasteful spending, we should do that. that's what this effort's all about. i also want to thank some of our staff who put a lot of -- mr. chairman -- the chair: the house will be in order. the gentleman from wisconsin may proceed. mr. ryan: i also want to thank the staffer who put a lot of work in this. paul, nicole and john on the majority side. i want to thank tom, gale, and ellen for their hard work on the minority side. chairman dreier at the r

mr. attorney general, did mr. melson, the director of atf ever raise the issues of gun walking or the conduct of fast and furious? >> no. >> do you think he should bring significant issues to your attention? >> sure. that's one of the responsibilities they have. i hope they feel free to bring to my attention issues like that. >> you are surprised that mr. nelson or anyone else at atf raised concerns about fast and furious to your attention? >> i'm disappointed in not only mr. nelson but other people within the department who were seized with this knowledge and who did not bring it to my attention and who have admitted they made mistakes in not bringing to my attention or the dpu it you attorney general's attention that the fact that these existed in these operations. >> you have held or has anybody hels mr. nelson accountable for not bringing those to your attention? >> he made the dermenttion. we agreed it would be better for him to leave atf for -- allow t allow him to get a fresh start as well. >> thank you. >>

mr. -- mr. cummings: our federal employees safeguard our food supply, ensure that seniors receive social security checks and hunt down terrorists like osama bin laden. they carry out each and every federal program. service and nashe -- program, service, and initialtive congress has created. despite the critical nature of the services federal workers provide, the majority believes their pay should be frozen for yet another year, that their benefits should be slashed an the size of the federal work force should be slashed even though it is smaller now than it was under presidents reagan and george h.w. bush. federal workers have already made tremendous sacrifices to address the nation's budget deficits. the two-year pay freeze to which they are currently subject will save taxpayers $60 billion. further, federal workers face the possibility of layoffs and furloughs in coming years as automatic spending reductions mandated by the budget control act of 2011 reduce agency budgets for salaries. the onl

mr. chairman, that we are dealing with fast and furious. but i also think we've got to make sure that we're fast and accurate. as accurate as we can possibly be. i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. i might note, for the record, that the -- the delivery of the february 4th occurred only after i threatened a criminal referral for its inaccuracy. it was at that point that we began getting some cooperation and not before. with that we recognize the -- >> mr. chairman, our view i dis. we think the provision of that february 4th material was done voluntarily. not under coercion. >> threat of criminal prosecution isn't coercion. it's the fact that we were given false information. >> that was not -- >> and it was subject already to a subpoena. cooperation subject to a subpoena by this committee's standards, we asked for things long before we issued a subpoena. we were told no. we issued at a subpoena and we were at the level of going next before we got there. so i appreciate that everyone on

mr. reid, mr. speaker, all i can ask is that this body continues to put pressure upon the senate, and particularly the senate majority leader, mr. reid, to do the right thing. it doesn't matter if you pass the bills we send over to you, mr. reid. it's about bringing them up on the senate floor, debate them, let the american people see where you stand on the issues. and at the end of the day, whether you vote for it or against it, at least the american people have seen you in action. the other thing the senate can do is they can always amend any measure that we send over there. and send it back to us. not to say we always have the best idea, but i believe that the senate, brothers and sisters in the senate, could have some good ideas. attach them back. amend our bills. send it back to us for us to consider. even go to conversation if necessary. all we are asking is the united states senate to take action on things that we, in the house, have passed. many in a very bipartisan way. many in a very bipa

mr. mann zuleo. mr. manzullo: mr. speaker, we have something interesting going on in this administration and it's called who's in charge. at one time, we believed that the national highway transportation safety agency, as part of.was in charge of regulating the corporate average fuel economy standards. in fact, it's always been that way. then all of a sudden e.p.a. gets involved and gets its nose under the tent and because of emissions, we will get involved. and the california resources board says no, no, no. in california, these are the standards. we have the automobile manufacturers taking a look at what agency is in control if any, and what they have to follow, although they have been forced to follow the standards that have been set down by the e.p.a. to have this amazing 54.5 miles per gallon fuel economy for model years beginning in 2017. in the district that i'm proud to represent, chrysler has a plant that is going to house the body shop for the new dodge dart. i saw that automobile at the auto show here in wa

mr. lewis: mr. speaker, our capitol hill community has endured a great loss this week with the passing of our dear friend frank curbing. frank passed away early monday morning after a year-long battle with cancer. he was 59 years old. frank cushing left his mark on public policy after 30 years of public service in the house and the senate. for those people who understand just how important fine staff are to our ability in the house and the senate to more effectively serve our public, i know of no public servant who has greater respect in this community, indeed around the country, than frank cushing. we will be holding a memorial service commemorating frank's work on our behalf next monday at 3:00 p.m.. the details regarding that service will be in the revised congressional record. i urge all members who know and love frank cushing to come together and focus upon his service. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> as

[shouting] >> mr. -- mr., can i join the prime ministers in paying tribute to her majesty, the queen, as we celebrate a time of jubilee. her dedication to the country and the public service is an inspiration and honor to us all. we all look forward to the official celebration later this year. which will enable us to celebrate both her majesty and our country. mr. speaker, on the day the prime minister completed his nhs listening exercise, he said this, some of the people who work in the nhs were skeptical of our changes. today, we are taking people with us. [laughter] and it is, and it is in that series of unity that we -- [laughter] might he think he failed? >> today, 95% of the country is covered by general practitioners who not only our support our reforms, they are implementing our reforms. [shouting] and just, and just come and just today -- >> order. the house must calm down. we have a long way to go. lets you the answer. the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. and just today, 50 foundation trust

mr. hastings: mr. speaker -- mr. chairman, i am very pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from colorado, mr. lamborn. the chair: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for three minutes. mr. lamborn: thank you, mr. chairman, and i thank the chairman of the committee, doc hastings. i rise in support of h.r. 3408. this legislation does three vital things. it will open up land in the west to oil shale development, open up one of our most promising areas for energy development in the united states, the arctic national wildlife refuge, and increase offshore production as well. these provisions will create hundreds of thousands of american jobs and ensure the continued production of new domestic increases in our energy security and decrease our reliance on foreign oil, a goal the administration has professed to support time and time again. oil shale is one of the most promising new sources of american-made energy. the u.s. geological survey estimates that the western united states holds more than 1.5 trillion

mr. poe: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, recently in one of new york's neighborhoods gunshots rang out. one of nypd's finest, police officer kevin brennan, quickly responded to the call. when he arrived at the scene with his partners they recognized a familiar face, it was outlaw gang member, luis "baby" ortiz. brennan gave the suspect a chance to turn himself over to the police by yelling, stop, police. but ortiz took off running in the darkness of the night. officer brennan cornered ortiz in the hallway, rather than give up he shot officer brennan point-blank in the head. ortiz was trying to flea the scene of the shooting so -- flee the scene of the shooting so fast he ran out of one of his shoes and left it at the crime scene. the police commissioner said he may have tried to fire a second shot into officer brennan's head. obviously ortiz has a total disr

mr. cantor: mr. speaker, again the question has to do with the gentleman and his side and the president's insistence that somehow the math requires us to raise taxes on small business men and women. we don't believe that. we don't believe that we ought to let tax rates go up and create a tax hike on the small businesspeople of this country. because, number one that exacerbates the challenge that we are already dealing with in trying to get this economy growing, and number two, it will put more money into the hands of washington to begin to start spending that money without paying down the debt. 7 the gentleman knows very well -- the gentleman knows very well our commitment to make sure we get our fiscal house in order. he knows very well we believe we got to fix the problem and not go in and ask the small business men and women to pay more taxes to dig a hole deeper. we believe you ought to fix the problem, stop taking small business money away from the men and women who make it, and let them continu

mr. cardin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland is recognized. mr. cardin: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, i take this time to urge my colleagues to let us proceed on the reauthorization of the surface transportation act, s. 1813. this is a critically important bill that i'm proud to be on two committees that have had jurisdiction over this bill, the environment and public works committee, where senator boxer and senator inhofe have worked together to bring out a bill that received the unanimous support of our committee. i also serve on the senate finance committee, where senator baucus and senator hatch have worked together so that we have the sufficient revenues in order to be able to finance the reauthorization bill during its two-year reauthorization. this bill is so important to our country. first, it gives predictability to our state and local governments. it gives pr

>> i'm not aware of mr. meehan's -- mr. charlton's testimony. >> it's his testimony that he declined to prosecute those case. just so you know, the other facts i've been able to glean is that the kevin carvel, a doj criminal division gang unit supervisor in september 2009 called it a semidormant investigation. gun traffic investigation by atf. and in 2012 jason moinsteen called it a case from years earlier. which in my mind suggests that it was not something which was current. >> wide receiver was dormant and then was brought back to life -- >> i want to know why. that's a pretty good question. because do you know -- who's laura gwynn? >> i'm not sure. i don't know. >> let me tell you who laura gwynn is going back. apparently laura gwynn was an attorney from maine justice who was sent by lonny brewer to prosecute gun cases. and around 2009, september of 2009, she was sent to arizona to prosecute gun cases. in her e-mail of september 2nd, 2009, she talks -- she sends an e-mail to jim trusty in the united states department of

mr. chairman members of the subcommittee, good morning. my name is richard cantore. i've lead a credit policy group and they share the credit policy committee which are dryly responsible for the review and approval of moody's rating methodology. thank you for this opportunity to address you today. long before the collapse of mf global you that was particularly reliant on customers and other party confidence. r rating reflected our view that mf global credit profile has speculative characteristics compared to other reading credits. in fact several years moody spewed mf global is one of the risk is credits among all u.s. banks and securities firms. today i will describe the rating action moody stood before am a globals bankruptcy which was brought on by the revelation the customer assets were missing. but first would be helpful to briefly explain the meaning of moody's credit rating and the indicators we use to communicate to the market the possible direction of those ratings. moody's credi

>> mr. parmalee, you stated that the 10-k was the first time you learned of the off-balance-sheet come is that a correct statement? >> yes, sir. we did not have advanced notice. >> did you know about the off-balance itm's? >> i learned about the off-balance sheet i.t. ends later on. the team was aware. i didn't learn about those until probably the october time frame. >> mr. cantor, did your company nobody off the balance sheets are tms? >> yes. so you did read the 10-k? >> i said just before been a kind of interesting, if you're getting a lot of money to read to you think would actually we did. i guess the reason i'm asking this is because honestly the off-balance-sheet thing bothers me to know them. in fact, that neither you couldn't possibly know. i guess let me ask very quick question, mr. cantor, mr. parmalee interdicted you know about it before, the off-balance-sheet? >> no. >> okay. so there's no way you could have done. which i understand that political off-balance-sheet. i get that.

mr. black, mr. wenger, mr. wicker, do you support programs so that you can exploit vulnerable workers? >> so that we could exploit? >> exploit vulnerable workers. one of the criticisms expressed by mr. goldstein was that the various programs rely on vulnerable workers. i'm trying to ask your position on vulnerable workers and how your particular program does not rely on vulnerable workers, if that's the case. that's the case. how do you empower your workers to the program you envision for us to try and solve this problem? >> well, mr. chairman, no, we do not support anything that exploits vulnerable workers. >> how would they be empowered by the program you support? >> i think it creates a lot of opportunity in the marketplace. i think the portabilities, some of the things you were discussing earlier, being able to compete is an excellent step for us to take. >> mr. wenger? >> yes, no. we don't -- the interesting thing is if you're worried about workers being taken advantage of, give them a document so they can

mr. clyde beck. >> number one, mr. speaker,. >> tran one. i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in sending our deepest condolences to family and friends of senior aircraftman ryan tomlin from two squadron raf regiment. it's clear from the tributes paid by his raf colleagues he was a determined young man with immense potential. is service and sacrifice to our nation will never be forgotten. >> here, here. >> members of the house will also have seen reports that talented and respected foreign correspondent for the sunday times has been killed from the bombing in syria. this is a desperate and sad reminder of the risks that journalists take to inform the world of what is happening as the dreadful events in syria. our thoughts should be with her family and friends. i had meetings with others in addition to my duties in the south i shall of further such meetings later today. >> mr. clyde beck. [inaudible] can he explain why since the election there's been a cut in over 4000 in the numb

mr. chairman, my time expired. i seek unanimous consent to let mr. terry respond since he's an attorney from nebraska. >> i object. >> the gentleman's time has expired. are there other members who wish to speak? >> the gentleman from texas mr. gonzalez. >> let me ask counsel a question. does even -- doesn't the concept of eminent domain contemplate a taking, an appropriation? >> yes. >> i mean that's the whole basis of eminent domain. there is a governmental purpose or interest that trumps the private property rights of a citizen. >> there's a balance within those compensation but that is a component. >> we can get into compensation forever on that. but it is still a taking. so if you have a pipeline deep in the ground, it is still considered a taking, right? of a private property owner's land. and i just want to make sure that we're -- we know what we're dealing with. secondly, doesn't the power of eminent domain belong to a governmental entity but it can be assigned to the private secto

mr. thornberry say the president wanted $400 billion before the strategic cut was taken place. if your discussions with the president and looking at the strategy, at anytime has the president ever voiced to you the fact that he thought this $487 billion of cuts was too much? >> i think the president understood that this was not going to be easy and that there would be risks involved in doing that. >> i understand that. that's not my question. did the president ever voice to you the fact that he felt this $487 billion in cuts was too much? >> he felt as i did, the congress and the president had gone forward with this budget control act when we were obligated to fulfill it. >> you disagree with that figure, i disagree with that figure. had the president disagree with that figure, could he not have put any of those cuts back in the budget that he has just presented to congress? >> i think the president shared your concern, which is what do we do about reducing the deficit? and that was the o

mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in the south i shall of further such meetings later today. >> according to revenue and customs, some families earning just 30,000 a year will lose over 1000 pounds a year in tax credits. before the election the current pensions secretary said our low income parents would lose tax credits. did he mislead the public? >> whether we have done is increased tax credits for the lowest paid people in our country. we've actually lifted over a million low-paid people out of income tax altogether by raising the personal allowance. i think if he is worried about taxation issues he should have a word with his candidate for the mayor of london and ask if you will pay his taxes. >> mark reckless. >> many irish people were moved by what the prime minister said about bloody sunday. with is becoming increasingly clear that eurozone support for ireland is conditional on them saying yes

next to amanda, mr. wade henderson. mr. henderson is the president and ceo of the leadership conference. formerly known as the leadership conference on civil and human rights and he heads up the education fund. and prior to these roles, mr. anderson was the washington bureau director of the naacp. finally, i'd like to invite senator paul to introduce the last witness. >> i would like to welcome today elmer thomas, principal of madison central high school in richmond, kentucky. he's the vice president of the kentucky association of secondary school principals. he this year was the kentucky principal of the year. and he has spent time working in his school on focus and finish program which identifies struggling seniors and has career certification and work study programs. we're very happy to have principal elmer thomas with us here today. >> thank you very much. thank you all for being here for this very important discussion. mr. hess and mr. sherm i'm told may have to leave early, around 11:30. we appreciate you being here a

mr. chairman. >> recognize gentleman mr. terry. >> thank you, and i guess i'm one like step, submit items for the record. so, mr. chairman, i ask you for record a memorandum from the u.s. state department, mr. keith dennis, dated june 22, 2011, and on the issue that my friend from san antonio, a little further south, mentioned, it is on the record from the state department's review of this pipeline that eliminating transportation constraints from cushing to houston would not affect midwestern kirms in fact help crude prices decline considering that the transportation is consistent, reliable and less expensive. let's keep in mind that what we're talking about is around 700,000 barrels initially going up to 1 million barrels that would completely offset the need for us to send tankers to venezuela and fill up with their heavy crude and ship it up here. it defies logic -- >> i might just say without objection. >> thank you. i submit that. so i'll put it up here. but it simply defies logic to

mr. nelson's second in command, william hoover, also told the committee staff he did not know of the gun walking tactics in fast and furious. he said it was his firm belief, that's a quote "firm belief" that the strategic and tactical decisions in this decision" were born and raised in fee mphoenix. did the head of atf or his deputy ever warn you that gun walking was occurring? >> no, i never got that from either mr. nelson or from mr. hoover. >> i want to, i want to go back over this chart again because it's really important for members to have an understanding here. you've got, you've got the u.s. attorney in arizona, the atf, i think with the atf, mr. hoover, mr. nelson, atf didn't report anything to the deputy attorney general, the u.s. attorney and for the district of arizona didn't put any information through to the deputy attorney general. so what i want to know is, all of this talk about resignation, what we're really devaluing the whole concept of asking a top level official to r

mr. beers, you know mr. wulf's statement about some of the things that had been done in the last month or so? >> yes, i do, sir. i want to -- >> we had removed the impediments in the program so that could go forward, and we had begun looking at the training requirements in order to take the people who were hired who may not have adequate training for that position that they are in. but lastly, the other thing that we need to focus on here is we have to define what it is we, in fact, expect from our inspectors when they are doing the final site authorization inspections and when they are doing compliance inspections. david? >> i would add that we're very excited about the progress we've made in the past couple of months on the reviews of the tier 1 site security plan. i believe the progress we've made and the statistics are moving as well. we've made a commitment to move forward on the site security plans and conduct outreach and give reviews of the lower -- >> i know you gave numbers. i only gave five minute

[shouting] >> mr. -- mr.speaker, can i join the prime ministers in paying tribute to her majesty, the queen, as we celebrate a time of jubilee. her dedication to the country and the public service is an inspiration and honor to us all. we all look forward to the official celebration later this year. which will enable us to celebrate both her majesty and our country. mr. speaker, on the day the prime minister completed his nhs listening exercise, he said this, some of the people who work in the nhs were skeptical of our changes. today, we are taking people with us. [laughter] and it is, and it is in that series of unity that we -- [laughter] might he think he failed? >> today, 95% of the country is covered by general practitioners who not only our support our reforms, they are implementing our reforms. [shouting] and just, and just come and just today -- >> order. the house must calm down. we have a long way to go. lets you the answer. the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. and just today, 50 foundatio

mr. wulf, both of you should know the committee takes seriously pressure, intimidation or retaliation because of your testimony today while we continue to investigate these important issues. in other words, we really do appreciate this internal memo. i think it's been very, very helpful. and we want to ensure those who came forward are not penalized for that. please let my committee staff right away if you have any concerns, retaliation, intimidation of congressional witnesses is illegal and will not be tolerated. mr. beers, i trust and ensure you are in agreement with me that no retaliation should be retaliated, and we will hold you and any other white house officials accountable to that. with that, i yield to the ranking member from texas, mr. green for five minutes for the purpose of offering his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for ordering the hearing today. undersecretary beers requested an internal memo on the status of cfats program and approved recommendations in 20

mr. akaka: mr. president, i rise today to urge -- the presiding officer: senator, the senate is now in a quorum call. mr. akaka: oh. mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection, it is rescinded. mr. mr. akaka: mr. president, i ask to speak before the senate for about ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. akaka: thank you, mr. president. and i rise today to urge my colleagues to oppose the blunt amendment which would lead to devastating health outcomes for over 20 million women across our country. just two weeks ago, i applauded the obama administration's decision to require health insurance plans to provide coverage of f.d.a. approved contraception needed for women's health care without co-pays beginning this august. the final rule issued by the department of health and human services was a tremendous step toward improving the health of our nation's women and their families, a step that was long overdue and one made with due r

mr. johnson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. johnson: mr. president, i have five -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call, senator. mr. johnson: i ask -- to* dispense with the quorum call. the presiding without objection. mr. johnson: mr. president, i have five unanimous consent requests for committees to meet tduring today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. johnson: i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. johnson: mr. president, i also ask unanimous consent that following my statement, the banking committee's ranking member be recognized, followed by senator menendez of new jersey and that all time be consumed be counted towards the postcloture time. the pre

>> thank you, mr. terry. mr. doyle, my friend from pennsylvania, my neighbor also known as chairman of the steel caucus, i'm as committed as you are to making sure we do all we do to emphasize american manufacturing. i also want to review this issue with you, and i pledge to review this. as you also point out, however, a private company has a right to purchase things wherever it is. if there's any federal dollars in this, i know i support the issue in the past, buy american when it is american dollars. for military equipment or other things. we stand shoulder to shoulder with that. i want to continue to work with you and get to the bottom as well. i yield back to mr. terry. >> will the gentleman yield. >> yeah. >> recognize the gentleman from pittsburgh, mr. doyle. >> i agree with everything my friend from louisiana said. we know the pipe is sitting on the property and they want to use it in the pipeline. i understand that. they have every right to. it's a private company. they can buy it wherever they want. that

mr. langerman? >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. secretary general, thank you for being here today. your testimony and your tireless service to our nation. we're all grateful. i want to focus on two important areas in the budget and priorities for me. virginia class submarine and i also want to talk about cybersecurity. mr. secretary, as you know, the virginia class submarine is a model procurement program and we're only now beginning to reap the rewards of an aggressive cost management effort and a consistent two-boat per year funding level. the proposed delay of one of these subs from fy-14 to outside could disrupt these gains and incur extra costs. how did the department come to this decision and how does the department propose to mitigate the military risks, the monetary costs and the work force challenges generated by the shift? obviously the virginia class submarine is a program that has come in on time and under budget because of the efficiencies that we gain from block buys and stab

mr. nelson's interview was seven months ago. a direct quote from you, mr. chairman, on a roger hitchcock show, you said, "atf people and justice people are telling us this goes all the way to the very top. it goes all the way to the atf and the director and the office of the attorney general. this is the approved plan that you know is basically at the highest levels of the obama appointees." if those are allegation that's you're going to make, then it will be important to have mr. nelson come in here and testify as part of that instead of blocking his testimony and continuing to make those assertions which now apparently are obviously not correct. >> i appreciate the gentleman giving roger hitchcock a plug. the fact is that those allegations were made with a number of other false allegations. i might note for the record that we were given statements, allegations that the atf director was viewing on closed circuit internet connection the actual purchases being made. after receiving testimo

[shouting] >> mr. -- mr.speaker, can i join the prime ministers in paying tribute to her majesty, the queen, as we celebrate a time of jubilee. her dedication to the country and the public service is an inspiration and honor to us all. we all look forward to the official celebration later this year. which will enable us to celrate both her majesty and our country. mr. speaker, on the day the prime minister completed his nhs listening exercise, he said this, some of the people who work in te nhs were skeptical of our changes. today, we are taking people with us. [laughter] and it is, and it is in that series of unity that we -- [laughter] might he think he failed? >> today, 95% of the country is covered by general practitioners who not only our support our reforms, they are implementing our reforms. [shouting] and just, and just come and just today -- >> order. the house must calm down. we have a long way to go. lets you the answer. the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. and just today, 50 foundation t

mr. cleaver: -- mr. clay: i join my colleagues in support of h.r. 3247 and thank my colleague for introducing this legislation. and the legislation will name the postal facility in town and country commons in cresterfield, missouri, after lance corporate matthew p. pathenos. h.r. 3247 was introduced by my colleague representative akin and has the support of the entire missouri delegation, including myself. the bill was introduced on october 24 of last year and was considered by and reported from the oversight committee by voice vote shortly photographer on november 3, 2011. tragically, on february 2, 2007, lance corporate -- lance corporal pathenos was killed while conducting operations in al anbar province, iraq. described as a disciplined and patriotic jelt he served his country proudly. in recognition of his dedication to his country, mr. speaker, i ask my colleagues to join me in commemorating the life of this brave marine by supporting the passage of h.r. 3247 and i reserve the balance of my time. s

mr. terry for the purposes of offering an amendment in the nature of a substitute. >> mr. chairman, i appreciate you bringing up the amendment and the nature of a substitute. i introduce 3548 -- >> if the gentleman will suspend, call up the amendment. >> call up the amendment. >> clerk will report the amendment. >> amendment in the nature of the substitute to hr 3538 offered by mr. terry of nebraska. >> without objection reading of amendment is dispensed with, gentleman recognized for five minutes in support of his amendment and the amendment will be circulated. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i introduced 3548 in december last year. through the committee's vetting good ideas and suggestion i want to incorporate in my bill. the changes are relatively simple but i want to walk my colleague through them. the first in section 3, specifically the amendment in the nature of a substitute clarifies that ferc must issue the permit without additional conditions. ferc often issues with conditions and i