mr. griffin, is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. attorney general for being here today. i want to ask you, if you're familiar with the homestead case that deals with disability law. are you prepared to speak about that today? >> well, i'm not an expert on it, but -- >> okay. let me ask you a few questions about it. in my state, we have a number of homes, institutions, for the developmentally disabled. and around the country, there have been a number of lawsuits against some of these homes alleging violations of civil rights. and in some instances, these lawsuits are filed with the view that the homestead case contemplates a -- a structure where the institutions sort of are phased out and that individuals who are disabled, intellectually disabled, developmentally disabled, well, those individuals will moved into more community-based care. my state has been, in arkansas, has been the subject for some of these lawsuits. first of all, i wanted to ask you, do you believe that the homestead case requires a movement away from institutional

mr. griffin, your remarks regarding the cold war, the taxes from the cold war being turned internally, obviously ring very pertinent, given the war on terror today. drone strikes on american citizens abroad, extraditions to foreign countries, the patriot act and all of this. do you feel that we are headed towards the same kind of -- another watergate within the next decade or so, given all of this -- all of these extreme measures being used that had been used against al qaeda seemingly being turned inward against american citizens now, drones being used by police officers, some of the heavy-handed tactics against the occupy protesters perhaps. do you feel that the same conclusion of forces are coming to a head to bring the same results as they did after the cold war in vietnam? >> wow, what a question. i don't feel very comfortable predicting the future. some people, after all, think a kind of watergate did occur in the bush two administration and wasn't prosecuted. but the political elements that were part of watergate, domestic political elements, nixon taking on his political enemies in a ver

mr. griffin, is recognize. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. attorney general, for being here today. i want to ask you if you're familiar with the olmstead case that deals with disability law. are you, are you prepared to speak about that today? >> i mean i'm not an expert on it. >> let me ask you a few questions about it. in my state we have a number of homes, institutions for the development disabled. and around the country there've been a number of lawsuits against some of these homes alleging violations of civil rights. and in some instances these lawsuits are filed with the view that the olmstead case contemplates a structure where the institutions sort of our phased out, and that individuals who are disabled, intellectually disabled, development elite disabled, with those individuals are moved into more community-based care. my state in arkansas has been the subject of some of these lawsuits. football, i want to ask you, do you believe that the olmstead case requires a movement away from from institutional care for the developmentally dis

mr. griffin. that spot i have at 3:00, can you push that up to now. >> very good, sir.okes are the exclusive province of men. i think there are plenty of women who think that stuff is funny. my mother thought fart jokes were hilarious. there was no joke i could make to my mother that was too offensive. i can actually remember at least at least one time my mother told me something that, whoa. >> reporter: we'll bleep out whatever we need to bleep out. >> i can't even tell you the sorry. that's how bad it is. >> reporter: with nothing goes at home but not in public... >> i was maybe like seven years old and i said to the waitress, hey, lady, can i have another coke. my parents got all up in arms. so disrespectful what you just said. i said, what fred flintstone calls women lady all the time. >> reporter: it was fred flintstone that got macfarlane drawing in the first place. >> i was about two years old when i first started drawing recognizable characters. i would see fred flintstone on television and i would try and, you know, with my stubby two-year-old baby carrot finge

mr. griffin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. griffin: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in strong support of h.r. 4480, the domestic energy and jobs act. a package of seven bills that taken together will create jobs and make america more energy independent. there are a number of provisions but among them the bill reforms and streamlines the energy permitting process bisetting firm timelines for legal challenges and limiting the duration of injunctions. this provision is critical because it addresses all the red tape, the washington red tape, and the constant waving of lawsuits by radical environmentalists that have -- wave of lawsuits by radical environmentalist it's that prevented many energy products from ever getting off the ground. too often activist washington lawyers come between the american people and abundant affordable energy. with this bill, we are fighting back. according to the u.s. chamber of commerce's project -- no project report, energy permitting reform could unleash investment to the tune of $3.4 trillion in eco

mr. griffin of arkansas for today and mr. schilling of illinois for today.peaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, the crisis in syria is getting worse and worse and worse. i join with the united nations, but i ask that the arab league and nato raise their voices to remove women and children and elderly and the disabled and the sick from this onslaught of violence. i ask the head of russia, mr. putin, does he have a heart? is he going to continue on the basis of ego and collaboration determine that he allows the violence against the syrian people to continue? i ask my christian friends in syria as well to join with the world of humanity to stop the violence against women and children. it is time now. mr. speaker, i change to another topic very quickly and say that one vote, one person. the voter i.d. law doesn't allow that and t

mr. griffin is recognized? thank you mr. chairman, thank you mr. attorney general. i want to ask you if you are familiar with the olmstead case. it deals with disability law. are you prepared to talk about it today? >> i am not an expert on it. >> okay. let me ask you a few questions. in my state, we have a number of homes, institutions, for the developmentally disabled. around the country, there have been a number of lawsuits against some of these homes, alleging violations of civil rights. in some instances, these lawsuits are filed with the view that the olmstead case contemplates a structure where the institutions are phased out, and that individuals who are disabled, intellectually disabled, developmentally disabled, those individuals are moved into more community-based care. >> my state has been, in arkansas, has been the subject of some of these lawsuits. first of all, i wanted to ask, do you believe that the olmstead case requires a movement away from the institutional care for the developmentally disabled, or do you believe that these inst

mr. griffin is not te only small business owner who has had problems with this tax credit, this big promise by the president. jeffrey birdall, an accountant from allentown, pennsylvania, talk to the associated press about this very issue. he described the calculations required for the tax credit as mind-numbing. people pass laws here. i wonder if they read them, understand the implications. i believe they don't. he describes what this president touts as mind-numbing and pointed out that for many of his clients, this accountant's clients, he said the money they received from the tax credit was offset by the money that they had to pay their accountants to just try to figure out if they could receive any of these credits. in the same a.p. article, terry guiterrez from raleigh, north carolina, stated in some cases, he said the tax credit is more hassle than it's worth. more hassle than it's worth. and the g.a.o., the government accountability office, confirmed these experiences in their report. they found many small businesses are deterred from claiming the credit. why? because like so much tha

griffin. >> she is not here. >> i'm trying to reach mr. schulov. oh, he's not in? >> in the course of investigating the dvnf, drew uncovered yet another veterans charity called the national veterans foundation that takes donations but uses a small percentage to help veterans. the connection you ask? well, both veterans charities use that same fundraising company, quadriga art. and now he's uncovered another charity. a group that's supposed to help animals that has another money connection to that same direct mail organization quadriga art. here's drew. >> reporter: the needs of the local spca was great. abandoned dogs and cats need the help and the money to help them was running out. so in 2005, what seemed like a great opportunity came knocking. a private fundraising company proposed a major expansion. montreal's spca would become the canadian spca and quadriga art would send fundraising mailers across all of canada. the deal was done and the money started rolling in. but there was a big problem. practically every dollar that came in according to montreal's spca's

griffin was making his major league debut in the first, postie, welcome to the bigs. tenth home run of the season, 2 or giants. mr. perfect game, matt cain, gave up a run in the first and through stenstrong innings, gets session sed disfor a strikeout. the rookie went six innings, striking out four and allowing three hits in the sixth, oakland had two on for smith. this is called foul but the replay appears to shot i kicked up chicago so should be a fair ball. a's manager not happy. smith, popping up in foul territory to end the inning. cabrera with a fun running catch. the a's had another chance in the eighth and josh reddick hits into a double play and looked like oakland would fall short again but with two on and kuo out in the ninth. full count on rookie derek norris, comes through with his first major league home run a three run shot, the a's avoid the sweep by walking off with a 4-2 victory. >> something i'll never forget. a great feeling. a.j. battled today. pitched phenomenal. couldn't ask for a better start from him. and a tough at-bat but got a good pitch and put it out of the park to get us the victory

there was senator griffin who was then i believe the whip and that's mr. nixon there. and... c-span: gerry ford. >> guest: gerry ford. he was at that time in the house. and there's hugh scott who was the minority leader at that time. c-span: that carl albert. i can't... i'm looking at this -- oh, here? it is, right here. speaker of the house?"çñ?ñ? >> guest: i believe that's carl albert i can't tell exactly from here but i believe that's right. c-span: what do you remember about this period? >> guest: about the period when mr. nixon was president? c-span: and when you possibly were in this office and those gentlemen were in the leadership. >> guest: well, that was before the problems arose with regard to watergate. nixon was a president whom i liked because he understood how to work with congress. he had been in both houses and i had a very fond feeling for mr. nixon although he later had problems and i prepared at that time to be active in the impeachment trial which never finally occurred. c-span: another picture of senator mansfield. what was his style compared to yours as

mr. chairman my oldest son griffin is 12 and this is his first day of summer vacation but he wanted to seee for that? >> he will join us at the conference at the conclusion. thank you to the members of subcommittee purpose of pleasure to be here today in an extreme honor to be seated next to my friend and colleague ambassador verveer as well as before the next panel, good friend as well dr. cerf. they are going to be outstanding witnesses. first, please let me allowed to dispense quickly and emphatically any doubts internationally about the bipartisan resolve of the united states to resist efforts to expand the i.t.'s authority over internet matters. summa i.t. officials has dismissed their concerns over this issue as mere election-year policies and nothing could be further from the truth as evidenced by ambassador verveer's testimony as well as recent statements from the white house, executive branch agencies, democratic and republican members of congress, my friend and colleague at the fcc chairman julius genachowski. we are unified on the substantive arguments and always have been. seco

griffin, i expect you to brief your dad on the hearing. make sure he's set straight. knows where he's heading. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm going to recognize the woman from the virgin islands. >> thank you. i ask anonymous consent on behalf of ranking member to insert the new york times editorial into the record. >> without objection. they recognize gentleman from ohio, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and mr. ambassador and mr. commission. thank you for your testimony today. it is very enlight ening. and how everyone not only in the body across the nation truly believe that we want to make sure that we keep our internet free and away from more a regulation than it's the best to have been developed the way it has from the ground up. from private industry and without government regulation. if i could, mr. commissioners, i'd like to ask a couple of questions briefly. i think i'd like to go back to the whole question as to i know there have been a lot of question as to businesses and business regulation what could happen out there. but the chairman has conducted hearings on security that have been insightfu

mr. chairman, if i'm reading this correctly, they never spent nearly $120,000 per job, but actually spent considerably less, about $4000 per training, is that correct? >> that is correct, congresman griffincan you detail the types of skills provided in these training programs and how you believe they will assist trainees to keep a job or get a job if they do not have one? absolutely. we take applicants from where they -- where the clients want them to be. there is some basic i.t. order basic adult literacy -- but for the most of them, because we put a targeted concentration on industry recognized credentials, they are getting credentials that the industry is saying that they need. that is why they are staying longer in training, and that is why it is costing us a little more. for many of our participants, that means things like getting the entry-level credentials they need and getting a higher level conventional as well. >> how does the roughly 4000 $4000 per worker, how does it compare the cost of being associated with unemployment? >> is definitely a savings in many ways. they are not on unemployment, they are not on any other government subsidies. they are also productive members of t