ms. jackson's question. i would like to figure out how soon we can put something on the calendar. >> we would be happy to do that, commissioner. in terms of the discussion, at that will be part of the discussion on the tent. that is a big part of that day, set aside for the source systems improvement program. -- sewer system improvement program. >> i think we have to find out from city college. there is quite the turmoil going on there. would this be one of the campus's they might be closing? am i not supposed to talk about that? >> they have difficulties, but they are committed to the southeast campus. >> we have us a dean. we have not had a dean and quite a while. he is the dean. we will not have two deans over there. we are working it, baby. southeast will be open, they are committed to the college. you do not have to worry about that. i am not all of the trustees' meetings to make sure business is being taken care of. >> knowing that you are around, there would be no doubt in my mind. president moran: an

ms. jackson? >> good afternoon. i do not think i can beat that. but, i was not at your last -- i was not at your last meeting and i was told that the workshop was going on and that they would not be coming in place until maybe 2019. i came for two weeks, became ill. today i said to myself that i cannot just sit at home and not come here and not tell you all that this is unacceptable for us to continue to work, for those at digesters to go in. we were told 10 years ago that those were coming in. this is what is going on and it would not happen in another community. no other community would allow this to go on. you would not allow it to happen in your neighborhood. what i hear is that from all the money being spent, one of the reasons that the venture was passed was because the first time it went on the ballot, at that time i told the director i would not support it. i was a member different homeowner groups in san francisco and it failed. when she came back to miss jackson, because of earthquakes coming, we would not have water. i said -- ok, i wil

ms. jackson-lee. >> for the record, i will indicate that many times as usual, judiciary committee is engaged in a markup so i thank you for your courtesies. i'm happier to be able to welcome mr. barber as a new member of the committee. and it is important to note that he comes from the state of arizona and has had an important predecessor miss giffords and brings to this committee a commitment and concern about securitying the homeland and i think it is efl extremely important to add to our western presence and mr. barber you are welcomed and thank you so very much for your service to this country. >> thank you. >> let me indicate i always start by indicating that on 9/11 tso officers were not in place. we lost thousands of lives. it i is as i listen to our witnesses today, many of you may have taken some mode of transportation and many of you may have flown. and all of the critiquie ining not take away the value of the officers. i will be listening on solutions it is the key of what we must proceed on. we must match their determination with our vi vigilence. he established legislation and i

ms. jackson will then be free of to focus on a more personal every day decision making to will also remain in control of the children's family allowance. early in the de paris tweeted together we stand divided we fall. the statement goes on to say if approved by the judge miss jackson feels she will better enjoy the pleasures of raising the children without the stress of managing such a large staff. also the judge in this case has ordered a probate court investigator to have full access to the kids unannounced even at school to question how the past week has affected them if at all. alliance with interviewing miss jackson action could be taken. giveaways and from the weather center giving everybody we are here and san francisco their head in down of course is high was 78. down from the average high of 85 beds when the summer like * return to the bay area. honewsgirl the guys scream. since the first vessel more than 30 years ago ordered as a result of its 8 78 t of fresh garlic and define all the info about this year's festival on our web site at cbs sf dot com. the gunmen still less. garli

ms. jackson lee: i am glad, i thank the gentleman from michigan, and i thank this house, reminded of the declaration of independence that calls upon this great nation to pursue life and liberty with certain inalienable rights. as i paraphrase it. i don't know what the answer is to my friends on the other side . i don't know what the answer is to those who are languishing in the state of texas, when we have our governor rejecting medicaid and politicizing it by in fact, in the obamacare plan the federal government fought to expand medicaid. he says in repeating that the gun to our head has been removed. certainly a personal statement by this governor. i ask him whether or not he has asked 357,000 young people in the state of texas who actually are on insurance plans because of this bill, i wonder has he asked the three million children that have benefited in the state of texas since 2010? boys and girls like these little ones who are seeing doctors now for the first time. what next is the question? maybe this little one who needs to have doctors' appointments. i'd like to know, has he res

ms. jackson-lee. what i'm arciguing for is sanctions for poor performance and the threat of having contracts revoked is a very powerful threat. business model can't really survive if you stand a good chance of losing the very thing that brings in revenue. so that's the model. it's not total privatization in any sense. the tsa would still be the regulator and it may be that the need for sanctions should be stronger in the event of contractor malperformance. >> let me just say that those airports that have private contractors, i work harmoniously with them and certainly those are in place. but expansion of the program, i think, is questionable even to the extent of having sanctions but i appreciate your clarification. i think all of us collectively at this hearing, mr. chairman, are committed to securing the homeland and making tsa the most effective agency that it can be, along with our flight crew, both our pilots and our flight attendants who are on the frontlines of any airline that is traveling and

ms. jackson lee: address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: thank you, madam speaker. we have just finished part of the debate for legislation that wants to repeal the affordable care act. i rise today as we conclude and begin to look toward the conclusion of the debate tomorrow, to make a public appeal. when the 1965 medicare law was written, it was written to save lives. we have statistics that recognize that prior to medicare, americans were living 60 years and under. it was well documented that we've extended the lives of senior citizens through medicare. now the affordable care act seeks to extend the lives of the sickest of the sick, to extend the lives of children with pre-existing diseases, to extend the lives of individuals who would not have access to insurance or those families who have been thrown into poverty because of catastrophic illnesses or an accident. we can do better. this bill is a premise of allowing and providing for all americans to be insured. this bill cries out for republicans and democrats to work toget

ms. jackson in a week. week her children mentioned in a letter over property dispute that katherine jackson had a mini stroke. the family says she's recovering in arizona with family. jermaine jackson wrote that his mother was following doctor's orders to rest. >>> using toxic drugs to fight cancer could be a thing of the past. instead, the body itself would fight off tumors with the help of a personalized vaccine. scientists in canada are working on the research. the personalizeded vaccine is created by mixing the patient's tumor cells with a virus. scientists say it works on mice. they're hoping to begin clinical trials on people sometime next year. >>> when news 4 at 4:00 returns, a start in the high profile case involving a former chicago police officer. >>> what led a pilot to land his plane on the side of a busy highway. >>> a single engine plane carrying four people ran out of gas and landed on an interstate. it happened late last night on i-15 in escondido, california. police say a driver later clip

ms. jackson in a week. tell nbc news katherine jackson recently suffered a mild stroke and is with family in arizona. jermaine jackson wrote that his mother is following doctor's orders to arrest and stay away from the phone. >>> a disabled veteran with shocking allegations of abuse at [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go? friends, donors, campaign supporters, special interest groups where did the obama stimulus money go? solyndra: 500 million taxpayer dollars. bankrupt. so where did the obama stimulus money go? windmills from china. electric cars from finland 79% of the 2.1 billion in stimulus grants awarded through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. seconds. ♪ >> more than 10,000 people gathered in aurora, colorado, to honor the victims of friday's mass shooting. 12 people died. among them a navy sailor, an air force reservist and two young men who died shielding their girlfriends from bullets. fathers, sons, daughters, each with th

ms. jackson. >> i think t.j.he was slurring her words and using language and phrases she never used before. so the judge in the -- i guess an abundance of caution said you're the guardian tonight. if katherine comes in here and is of sound mind, he could reappoint her tomorrow. we're going to be back in court tomorrow or the day after. it's a very temporary situation. >> t.j. testified. he spoke with katherine jackson on the phone last night. he didn't sound right. here is what he said. quote, i have never heard my grandmother talk like that. she wasn't sharp. the pauses, choice of vocabulary. she has not used phrases like that before. >> jackson is saying some of the kids kidnapped katherine jackson in an attempt to control the estate. paris jackson was tweeting out these desperate tweets. i haven't talked to my grandmother in nine days. where's my grandmother? so they're making it seem like katherine was being held against her will. then you've got jermaine saying that's not true. mother is fine. mother was ord

ms. jackson lee: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, we all came together prayerfully last week as a tragedy in aurora, colorado, took place. the state of texas has a relationship with colorado. we probably will have won territory some time ago but i rise today to extend my sympathy to congressman perlmutter and the entire congressional staff, congressional delegation in colorado, both house and senate. and i also rise to offer sympathy to the victims and those fallen, families, innocent, babies, children that were injured. and i reach out to say this. tell the n.r.a. to come and sit down with all of us, that this congress can work in an effective manner, that we can begin to look at issues such as buying 6,000 rounds of ammunition on the internet. not against the second amendment, but the fact that the internet sellers did not even have to give notice that one person was buying 6,000 rounds of ammunition, there's no federal law on that issue. there's not even a federal law to give notice on that issue. we can find common groun

ms. sheila jackson lee. >> thank you. i thank you to the chair and the ranking member. welcome, director morton. thank you for your service and as well let me offer my concern for the officers who were involved in an incident of violence, to their families, and those who were impacted and to their families and your organization. we must always look to thanking those who are on the front lines for us, and i want to make sure i do so. i believe the work you've been doing is very important, but i never come to an immigration hearing, whether it is judiciary that i serve for however long and here in homeland security, and i call both assignments a privilege. what this country needs is real comprehensive immigration reform so that we're not confusing and juxtaposing benefits and the right opportunity for those who want to immigrate to this country and enforcement -- particularly enforcement against those who would want to do us harm. secure communities certainly has its failures and its value. i think it's important that we try to determine what lessons we have learned and h

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, these are task that is we often -- tasks that we often do not finet welcoming. i find this morning to pay tribute to a public servant among us, someone who served this house as a staff person, a chief of staff in my office, i rise this morning to pay tribute to cath lean wilkes whose memorial service will be held this afternoon, july 24, 1:30 p.m. at the alfred baptist church in alexandria, virginia. kathy died suddenly last saturday. the good news is that so many of her friends were able to fly in as i was able to do from houston and to be with her in those waning hours. . one would ask the question why and there is no explanation. for someone so full of life, so ready to serve, so willing to help, to lose their life so suddenly. even as she was so active the week of her death. kathy had a wonderful history. coming from ohio, touching down in pennsylvania, in houston, in washington, d.c. how often can what we call a civilian touch the lives of so many states and so many peop

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker. it saddens me today to rise to pay tribute to the late james lightfoot, pastor of the mount zion missionary baptist church in houston, texas. who lost his life just a few days ago. i am delighted that i had the opportunity to visit pastor lightfoot in his church on their 44th anniversary. it was an exciting time and he looked forward to the celebrating of the 44th year of his pastoral leadership of that great church that he started in 1968. i'm gratified to salute this distinguished gentleman and distinguished american for he used faith in a way of service, not only to his parishioners and those of whom he led as a shepherd, but to those outside those bricks and mortar. he concentrated on the philosophy, on philosophy and ministry. that was his concentration at southwestern seminary. he was -- he completed a master in education at texas southern university. he own as master of divinity from the heist graduate school of theology. a houston graduate in austin presbyterian, the interest

ms. jackson lee: i am glad, i thank the gentleman from michigan, and i thank this house, reminded of thedeclaration of independence that calls upon this great nation to pursue life and liberty with certain inalienable rights. as i paraphrase it. i don't know what the answer is to my friends on the other side . i don't know what the answer is to those who are languishing in the state of texas, when we have our governor rejecting medicaid and politicizing it by in fact, in the obamacare plan the federal government fought to expand medicaid. he says in repeating that the gun to our head has been removed. certainly a personal statement by this governor. i ask him whether or not he has asked 357,000 young people in the state of texas who actually are on insurance plans because of this bill, i wonder has he asked the three million children that have benefited in the state of texas since 2010? boys and girls like these little ones who are seeing doctors now for the first time. what next is the question? maybe this little one who needs to have doctors' appointments. i'd like to know, has he resp

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman. i say to my good friend on the other side of the aisle there could be common ground about the exporting of mineral exploration. many of us would look to this as a positive strategy for creating jobs. i think it is important to say to my friends that in fact this bill is not even coming to the floor of the house today. it is not even going to be debated today. so that is one fracture. if we talk about creating jobs. but another fracture is, of course, that we are substituting this legislation that might, if it was bipartisan, be able to move forward on creating jobs, for wasting time and casting votes and debating on the affordable care act, an act that has already proven it has saved lives, provided coverage for small businesses, exempted businesses under 50 persons, allowing them to have insurance, close the doughnut hole on the prescription drug benefit and save billions of dollars. here in this legislation, of course, one of the challenges that i

ms. jackson lee of texas for july 16 through july 20, and mrs. sewell of alabama for july 17 and july 18. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request are granted. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until noon on monday, next, for important hour debate. than the present's request. live coverage of the u.s. house members return next week, here on c-span. >> it was about those men and women who are almost mortally injured in war who, because of the huge advances that have been made in medical trauma treatment in the last 10 years, they are being saved, an incredible number of them. almost everybody who falls on the battlefield is being saved. i wanted to write about what life was like for these people. i really started out with the question, having seen some people who were prett

ms. jackson lee, in texas we don't have an income tax. we are proud of it and if any public official advocates an income tax, they are a former public official. republican, democrat or independent. so, our main source of revenues property taxes and the sales tax business collect sales tax we have a pretty good system i believe that has been worked on for a great number of years as to the exception and who pays and how it is collected. i think states ought to have the right to collect a sales tax and the federal government shouldn't prevent them from having a sales tax. the states' rights issues as you mentioned governor. we have heard the stories about best buy so this weekend i went to a vast body in houston texas and talked to the folks that learned their, first of all unfortunately 50 best buy stores have gone out of business this year. one of the reasons they said they are competing with someone that is not in texas and they pointed out the fact that customers come in and get free advice about all these electronic gizmos i know nothin

ms. jackson lee, in texas we don't have an income tax. we are proud of it and if any public official advocates an income tax, they are a former public official. republican, democrat or independent. so, our main source of revenues property taxes and the sales tax business collect sales tax we have a pretty good system i believe that has been worked on for a great number of years as to the exception and who pays and how it is collected. i think states ought to have the right to collect a sales tax and the federal government shouldn't prevent them from having a sales tax. the states' rights issues as you mentioned governor. we have heard the stories about best buy so this weekend i went to a vast body in houston texas and talked to the folks that learned their, first of all unfortunately 50 best buy stores have gone out of business this year. one of the reasons they said they are competing with someone that is not in texas and they pointed out the fact that customers come in and get free advice about all these electronic gizmos i know nothin

ms. jackson lee of texas between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. today and mr. reyes of texas for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. hastings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, we have had an extensive debate today on the floor centered around american energy and american jobs. and it is interesting in how this discussion has unfolded over time. many times we on this side of the aisle are accused of repeating over and over and over different issues. and i suppose to a certain extent, that is true. but one of the reasons why this effort is done on a regular basis is because the genius of our founding fathers was such that they created a government where there was division of powers. and we all know that, the three branches of government. but the genius of our founding fathers was even greater than that in the fact that they gave the legis

ms. jackson lee: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to congratulate our hometown university, rice university, for their 100 year celebration. a university known for advancing education in the arts, humanities, and sciences. it is a leading university and has been ranked among the top 20 universities in the united states by the "u.s. news and world report" every year since the ranking began in 1983. as a former member of the house science committee, i'm reminded of their great work in nanotechnology, space, cellular technology, bioinformation, and energy and health, and their collaboration with the johnson space center. i'm also delighted that they have decided in their years past to eliminate the bar against african-american students and open the opportunities of a grand education to latinos and african-americans and young people have a last name such as quidier. they have a bright light in dr. roland smith who has led the effort on diverse filing their campus, and i was delighted to come and join them in honoring the hono

ms. jackson lee of texas for today, and mr. rush of illinois for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the chair will entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kaptur: madam speaker, i rise today to draw attention to how campaign superpacs are contributing unlimited campaign spending which shifts enormous political power to the superwealthy, ruled by those who truly threaten our republic and harm representative republic. look at this cartoon. shows how the superpacs really have a stranglehold on the politics of this country. with the citizens united ruling by the supreme court, they threw away decades of legal precedence governing campaign contributions and the result has been a growing stranglehold by the money barons in our political process. the american people know it and they know wher' not doing anything about it. at a minimum we should demand greater transparency of who actually is

ms. jackson lee of texas for today and july 17. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? ms. ros-lehtinen: -- >> mr. speaker, i -- ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorr returns here on c-span. >> denied on c-span, the house armed services committee considers the affect on sequestration on the defense budget and unemployment. and the age of farmers and ranchers affected by drought conditions. later, an entity with the goldman sacks ceo. -- an interview with the goldman sacks ceo. military contractors warned of job layoffs due to automatic budget cuts known as sequestration. $110 billion of defense budget cuts are scheduled for the start of 2013. this is two hours and 15 minutes. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

ms. jackson lee of texas from 1:00 p.m. today through july 26. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma rise? mr. lankford: i move that we adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands in adjournment until colorado. here on c-span when members come back in thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. the first weekend in august, visit the kentucky city named for louis the 16th on book tv and american history to be. >> we have been collecting since 1884 and we have amassed over 128 years if the nominal collection. everybody has heard of the lewis and clark expedition. what many people do not realize is that the expedition has deep roots here in louisville and kentucky. many historians believe this is the only verify animal artifacts from the expedition. the horn of a big sheet. we know from information that william clark provided and family t

ms. jackson lee. what i'm arguing for is performance contracting with strong incentives, but also sanctions for poor performance. and the threat of having contracts revoked is a very powerful threat. a business model can't really survive if you stand a good chance of losing the very thing that brings in revenue. so that's the model. it's not total privatization in if any sense. the tsa would still be the regulator, and it may be that the need for sanctions should be stronger in the event of contractor malperformance. >> let me just say those airports that have private contractors, i work harmoniously with them and, certainly, those are in place. but an expansion of the program, i think, is questionable even to the extent of having sanctions. but i appreciate your clarification. i think all of us collectively at this hearing, mr. chairman, are committed to securing the homeland and making tsa the most effective agency that it can be along with our flight crew, both our pilots and our flight attendants