i am mr. cole from the san francisco police department. the applicant filed with the california department of alcohol beverage control. this is general theater for license for 450 post street, second floor. this license is transferred from 533 sutter street second floor where the business previously operated. it has capacity of 211 patrons and 6:00 p.m. to -- for the purposes of the hearing the california department of california beverage control seeks determination as approval or denial of this license. from the time period of october 2011 to october 201256 police calls for service. from the same time period there were approximately four police reports generated. this premise is located in plot 166 and 67 police reports for the area. it's located in an high crime area and in the census track listed. it's in an undue concentration area. there are no records of protest with the california department of alcohol beverage control and there are no record of letters of support with the california department of alcoholic beverage control and as w

luke, the speaker refers to mr. cole as one of his greatest personal supporters. but mr. peaker boehner's talking points to shreds and he's done it publicly. >> quite a development. thomas cole is former chairman of the nrc seat, che did a few years ago, which is really the wing of the house republican conference in charge of getting, what, house republicans elected to congress. so for him to come out and take this position shows you that there is an appetite, at least among some very prominent republicans, that perhaps go down this road and allow for an increase in tax rates. what i found interesting is after that, there is a race amongst a lot of other republicans to sort of come out and slam tom cole's, robert of idaho saying tom cole is part of the problem. the outgoing member, the nrc, head of of the nrc, pete sessions saying, there's no appetite for that type of talk. what's interesting, martin, if you go back to 2010, the last lame duck, speaker boehner actually stepped in it when he was on "face the nation" and he said i would accept if it was the only thing i coul

i am mr. cole from the san francisco police department.

discussion here, i'm wondering whether or not given some of the comments that have been made, i know by mr. cole, tom cole, your former chairman of the campaign committee, republican campaign committee, and others, and the president's comments that i don't see scheduled but would urge consideration, mr. leader, of the senate passed bill which will assure 98% of americans that they will not receive a tax increase on january 1. i don't see that on your list. i'm wondering if the majority leader could comment on whether it is possible for us to take up that senate bill to give assurance to the 9 % of the people who -- 98% of the people who will be affected by that bill. i yield to my friend. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman and in direct response to the gentleman's question. it is not the intention of the majority leader to bring forward to the floor that bill for several reasons. first of all, madam speaker, the notion of increasing tax rates in an economy that still is struggling, where we have entirely too many americans out of work, is something anathema to a job creating future. secondly, mad

discussion here, i'm wondering whether or not given some of the comments that have been made, i know by mr. coletom cole, your former chairman of the campaign committee, republican campaign committee, and others, and the president's comments that i don't see scheduled but would urge consideration, mr. leader, of the senate passed bill which will assure 98% of americans that they will not receive a tax increase on january 1. i don't see that on your list. i'm wondering if the majority leader could comment on whether it is possible for us to take up that senate bill to give assurance to the 9 % of the people who -- 98% of the people who will be affected by that bill. i yield to my friend. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman and in direct response to the gentleman's question. it is not the intention of the majority leader to bring forward to the floor that bill for several reasons. first of all, madam speaker, the notion of increasing tax rates in an economy that still is struggling, where we have entirely too many americans out of work, is something anathema to a job creating future. secondly, madam

mrs. perry is the sponsor for. she's the sponsor for the u.s.s. cole and i want to welcome you, lee perry, here this morning and thank you for all you've done and supporting your husband and his marvelous career. thank you, ms. perry. (applause) >> our speaker this morning, the former secretary of defense william perry, i first met when he was the deputy secretary of defense, and he and mrs. perry came to korea where i was the c5j5 and i was assigned to escort them around. and i had a lot of those kinds of duties while i was assigned to korea. but it was the most pleasant experience i had and i say that honestly, to get to know these two people. and he then became our secretary of defense. and many of us that have served thought that he was one of the best secretary of defenses we've ever had. he's currently a senior fellow at the hoover institute and a freeman foley institute of international studies. he is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at stanford university and serves as co-director of the nuclear risk reduction initiative and preventiv

cole. i run sunset and produce festivals in the city and consider myself an ombudsmen and speaking for the entertainment community. i listened to mr. meeko comments and i appreciate the work he did with the community meetings. i do want to refute a couple of his assertions. one western soma is not the most intensive concentration entertainment in the city. it's the eastern mission district and nor club openings are happening there because of this process and several have left and the paradise lounge has sat vacant in anticipation of what is happening. i don't know anyone that wants to open the vacant spaces and bring jobs to the area because of this uncertainty hanging over the head. when you have this uncertainty why would you want to build a business in that neighborhood? the other thing i would like to refute is that this whole idea that these residents didn't move into underneath a run way. slims is the best example of this. the folks that moved next to slims night club knew it was there since the 80's producing live music 689. it's one of the renowned music halls in san francisco and the one neighbor created thousands dollars

cole" bombing. instead, the commission learned he'd ordered the development of a long-range plan to eliminate bin laden. >> thank you very much. secretary powell. >> mrirman, president bush and all of us on his team knew that terrorism would be a major concern for us. he wanted a they areorough strategy to go after al qaeda. >> he made clear to us that he did not want to respond to al qaeda one attack at a time. he told me he was tired of swatting flies. the president says i have no hesitancy about going after him, but i didn't feel that sense of urgency, and my blood was not nearly as boiling. >> every morning that summer bush received a president's daily brief or pdb outlining security threats to the united states. >> isn't it a fact dr. rice that the august 6th pdb warned against possible attacks in this country and i ask you whether you rm the title of that pdb. >> i believe the title was bin laden determined to attack inside the united states. now, the pdb -- >> thank you. >> no -- >> i will get -- >> i would like to finish my point here. >> i didn't know there was a point. >> you asked me whether or not it warned of attacks. >> i asked you what

mr. yarmuth: i'm confident there are more republicans like congressman tom cole who have come to the real sargse that ewe can and must provide security for middle class families immediately. as my democratic colleagues and i have been say, that's easy. we should pass the senate bill to extend the current tax rates for middle class and small businesses. too often in washington we confuse principles and policies. certainly the difference between asking the wealthy by raising their tax rate and cutting out tax breaks can't be too different. i urge my colleagues to bring the senate bill to the floor for a vote. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> i ask permission to address the house to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> every year the sixth grade class does a project to raise awareness of the community. they chose to help an 18-year army veteran critically injured in afghanistan on july 9 of this year while trying to rescue fellow soldiers. mr. courtney: he's now back home, had six separate

congressman tom cole of oklahoma, a veteran in the house of representatives, urged his caucus to pass the senate's legislation keeping taxes low for those making less than $250,000 a year. mr president, that would pass by an overwhelming margin --. all the speak has to do is let it come up for a vote. i would bet a lot of his republicans would vote for t i would bet a majority of his republicans would vote for it. virtually every democrat would vote for it. they only need 218. there's 485 members in the house. and we also noted yesterday that republican congressman tim scott of south carolina, who is noted for his conservatism, admitted yesterday that if the speaker brought our bill to a vote, it would surely pass. so it's time for house republican leadership -- it's time they listened to the will of the american people -- independents, democrats, and republicans. and also the advice of reasonable members of their own caucus. the way out of this standoff is clear. i'm sorry, mr. president. yet we're left wondering how long republicans will force middle-class families to wait and worry. unfortunately, resolving the standoff won't eliminate every conflict over the fiscal fut