. >> elegance is the rule at palazzo antinori, the family home in florence.ince the family's wines must be sampled often to ensure quality control, every lunch at the palazzo is a kind of business lunch. the marchese, his wife, francesca, their daughters and sons-in-law, and the grandchildren all may have a say. >> any family arguments at this table? >> [laughs] >> come on, secrets. i want secrets revealed here. >> yes, sometimes we start with an argument, but after three or four glasses of wine... >> everything disappears. >> this palazzo has been in the family since 1506, both the headquarters of the business and also the residence of the family. >> when an antinori wishes to seek solace or a place for quiet contemplation or even a place to confess his earthly sins, it's hardly difficult. just leave the palazzo antinori and, traffic notwithstanding, cross the piazza antinori, and within minutes, arrive at the capella antinori, the antinori family chapel, where they might visit the tomb of alessandro antinori, one of the founders of the dynasty, and perhaps

. >> elegance is the rule at palazzo antinori, the family home in florence.e family's wines must be sampled often to ensure quality control, every lunch at the palazzo is a kind of business lunch. the marchese, his wife, francesca, their daughters and sons-in-law, and the grandchildren all may have a say. >> any family arguments at this table? >> [laughs] >> come on, secrets. i want secrets revealed here. >> yes, sometimes we start with an argument, but after three or four glasses of wine... >> everything disappears. >> this palazzo has been in the family since 1506, both the headquarters of the business and also the residence of the family. >> when an antinori wishes to seek solace or a place for quiet contemplation or even a place to confess his earthly sins, it's hardly difficult. just leave the palazzo antinori and, traffic notwithstanding, cross the piazza antinori, and within minutes, arrive at the capella antinori, the antinori family chapel, where they might visit the tomb of alessandro antinori, one of the founders of the dynasty, and perhaps a nod t

contemporary counts describe the building as a palazzo. with no extraordinary features in a classed class simple as you can see. washington never lived in the white house, he lived a cornerstone before he passed away in 1799. subsequent presidents moved in and made it their own. the third president of the united states and second to live in the white house, thomas jefferson in office from 1801 to 1809 appointed benjamin as the first surveyor of public buildings to expedite the completion of the federal city. it was just taverns and hotels and the white house and the upcoming capital building. jefferson having his own interests in architecture as seen through his many renovations at the university of virginia and virginia state capital and his own ideas for the white house. he had a personal goal of developing public buildings and creating a city in his life town rather than the unpaid landscape that was washington in the early 19th century. his first duties were to finish the south wing of the capital and work on the president's house and

. >> well, congressman palazzo, i agree with the importance of getting a modification to the iran, north korea and syria nonproliferation act for the purpose you indicate. and it's clear that that's going to be required. it's clear that sooner is better than later. the administration has been studying the options are just how to modify it. and we'll certainly be working closely with the congress to get that issue resolved. i expect that there will be some more specific statement forthcoming in the future. but we clearly recognize the need, and we recognize it sooner is better than later. >> in the near future, can a possible timeline? >> i don't want to put a timeline on it, but i know a lot of attention is going to it in the administration. it's obviously not mainly my domain, but i expect that there will be close interaction with the congress on how to fix this, and that it will happen soon. >> so you'll definitely carry back our concerns? >> i will carry back -- >> sooner rather than later? >> i will carry back that concern. let me add, by the way, to your comment on the science cente

palazzo. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. holdren, i kind of agree on the comments you've been saying on stem education in light of less than 15% of americans actually pursued stem where other countries such as china, more than 50% of their youth are pursuing stem education. mississippi actually recognizes the global implication of this and through public and private contributions we recently opened a $30 million infinity science center to excite young people to consider studies in stem education in, and it ties in very well with the affiliation with nasa's stennis space center in the role of science, math and exploration across history. now my first question is as you're probably aware, in order to continue buying seats on the russian soyuz spacecraft, to ferry u.s. astronauts to the u.s. space station and to keep iss operational, the iran, north coria, syria, and the non-proliferation act must be extended beyond the current 2016 expiration date. late last year the house passed a bill enabling the reliance through 2020 and t

palazzo, for the question. mr. tom young does chair the independent review team who is charged with looking over the entire noaa portfolio, and yes, it is a late afternoon. and his co-chair is retired air force general tom mormon, and the rest of the panel, we can provide you the names and they are experienced space professionals. their charge is to look at any and all aspects of budget, management h, technical formulation that continue to or detract from the mission assurance in the satellite programs, as cess these assess provide both findings and recommendations. they brief me directly. they write their repot. their reports are not redacted by someone before reaching the noaa administrator, and nor as i understand it at least in any way redacted before they come to this committee or any other committees of this chamber and your colleagues on the other side of the hill whether verbally or written. >> well, thank you. i yield back. mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. i recognize the gentleman from california, mr

. >> back at the palazzo apartment complex, paquiao's wife arrived to join her husband in l.a. along with their children, manny jr., michael, queen elizabeth and princess. >> date! >> we are very happy that we are together here and we are going to watch the fight with manny and pray for him and the support is always there. >> it's strawberry. >> strawberry? you like strawberries? you like strawberries? >> he needs his family. they are longing for attention. it is very important to be together. >> how about coffee from queeny? >> coffee? >> he is a good dad. good father. >> where is michael? thank you. >> he's a good partner. a good friend. my best friend. my king. he's the best. yeah. i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. massmutual. we'll help you

. >> well, congressman palazzo, i agree with the importance of getting a modification to the iran, north korean and syria non-proliferation act for the purpose you indicate. and it's clear that that's going to be required. it's clear that sooner is better than later. the administration has been studying the options for just how to modify it, and we'll certainly be working closely with the congress to get that issue resolved. i expect that there will be some more specific statement forthcoming in the future, but we clearly recognize the need, and we recognize that sooner is better than later. >> in the near future? a possible timeline? >> i don't want to put a timeline on it, but i know a lot of attention is going to it in the administration. it's, obviously, not mainly my domain, but i expect that there will be a close interaction with the congress on how to fix this, and it will happen soon. >> so you'll definitely carry back our concern? >> i will carry back that concern. and let me just add, by the way, to your comment on the science center in mississippi, i've been enormously impress

palazzo: this is no small effort but it shows our support from those affected by the single largest man-made disaster in history. i am proud to be part of this landmark legislation. i want to thank those who worked hard to make this happen, from my gulf coast colleagues, house leadership to local leaders, business and conservation groups. there were so many who said this could not be done in an election with so much competing for time on the legislative calendar, but we knew how important it was to pass this bill. we did not give up because we knew that restoring and replenishing the gulf coast is more than just a responsible decision. it is the right thing to do. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dold: mr. speaker, as people in the united states evaluate what happened this past weekend in the presidential election in egypt, i have a simple message. we shouldn't deceive ourselves. at a time when w