mr. franklin, do you want to come up and say a few words. >> i will just mention, for scott wiener the sponsor of this ordinance. the supervisor is carrying the ordinance as a request for council after they deliberated on this topic and passed the resolution looking at changing their enact their bylaws and guidelines to be able to function. mayling from the department of the environment provides staff support for the council and a little bit of background on the orbs >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm mayling wei from the department. i think this is in your packet, the resolution to council? good. i brought copies in case. the council pass aid resolution earlier this year requesting some amends and also a meeting schedule to lineup with their bylaws and some longstanding vacancies they have had on the council. they have had two seats vacant for a long time and they want to see all of their members be voting members. in the past all of the members were voting members and this will be changing back to early yes council membership make-up. so i'm happy to answer any questions you have and also i

mr. franklin who i only saw a few weeks ago and was incredibly kind to me, was billy crystal's killers proof-- killer spoof of joe franklin. it was wonderful. this guy was way out front and yet an immense grace from a different time and place. >> as you said, terrible surprise. we had him in the office a few weeks ago. >> he let a full wife. very cool. joe franklin, strong to the end. >> treasury secretary jack lew has been speaking to reporters in brussels a few weeks ago. he says the u.s. must be prepared to do more forr aggression. bill, looks like we're talking about more sanctions. interest rates in russia are at 17%. how much longer can vladimir putin ride this out? >> is still us ample reserves. he has lost 100-some-odd billion. he can still hold out. we need to have more concerted action with europe. we had the new foreign minister of the euro zone a week ago saying that she wanted to lift some of the sanctions. the baltic countries oppose this. you really need more commonality between the united states and to really the eurozone. if you don't, they are not going to work. sanctions t

mr. franklin -- jones sorry. zero-tolerance sexual assault policy have the same force of law? >> in terms of policy, yes. policy, yes. it is restating of the standard in the commission's policy. so so reinforcing. >> for your private contractors of not adopted willingly. willingly. you have to negotiate that into a contract's. >> when you say private contractors. >> for the tension. >> we don't do detention, if you we will. we only hold individuals with the amount of time necessary to process them and transport them. in extenuating circumstances to five. >> does anyone on the panel have an answer to back. >> if you're referring to immigration detention facilities, that's right. regulations require that apply where detention facility contract is assigned to a renewed its. the regulations do not have a clause about requiring them to be adopted. >> or contractors don't just comply with that until they are required to. >> well, a number of contractors of already been adopting prior to the contract negotiation for the technically standards and legally binding on those detention fac

franklin roosevelt. >> no. that's truman. mr.ruman. >> truman. >> the buck stops here. >> not the bus, the buck. >> come on! cut it out. >> harry -- >> truman. >> harry truman. >> yes, that's what i just said i swear. >> who said the buck stops here? >> i don't know. >> huh? >> i don't know. >> the buck stops here. who said that? >> truman. >> the president. >> oh, my god. i feel stupid. >> well, this certainly comes as a shock to me. >> who did harry truman bomb do you remember that? >> no. >> japan. speak softly and carry a big -- >> that's really tempting but i don't want to be around here much longer. >> speak softly and carry a big -- >> frame. >> speak softly and carry a big -- >> stick. >> excellent. who said that? >> roosevelt. >> which one? >> teddy. >> very good. >> that's exactly who i mean. >> carry a big stick. oh [ bleep ]. >> put a quarter in the square jar. >> i don't remember. >> teddy roosevelt. >> what are you so mad about? >> there's nothing to fear but -- >> fear itself. >> who said that? >> i just did. >> th

mr. franklin agro vice president of csx transportation. mr. dave brown as i mentioned earlier is the chief operating officer genessee wyoming wrote services, which serves south dakota. mr. bill johnson is the former director report miami and former chair of the florida ports council. ms. michelle teal is the multi-mobile director of the missouri department of transportation and we have mr. chris strong who is here on behalf of the fertilizer institute where he serves as president. thank you so much for being here. we look forward to hearing from you and will start on my left you're right with mr. lenegro. >> good morning mr. chairman, mr. ranking member and members of the committee. i'm franklin lenegro at csx and chairman of the aar ptc interoperability committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear today. i'm here to represent as well as the rail industry and safety is the highest priority of every american railroad in preserving the safety of our workers communities where we operate and the safety of rail passengers and the overriding f

no better president than roosevelt were the heroes like franklin roosevelt or churchill the villain is really good like william randolph hearst mrs. a cinquain if you like of american newspapers so was joe kennedy and charles lindbergh and a man called the father charles to is the inventor of hate radio. yet avast listenership and he was against fdr with foreign policy also wicked anti-semites like henry ford who would issue a daily newspaper praising isolationism draw his distribution deals you could pick one up in the show room and spiteful stuff how the jews were running the country down then people like walt disney was anti-semitic and he welcomed people to hollywood and all the other moguls would pass. to the with these personalities it should be remembered that history is made up of personalities and strong personalities to make an enormous difference there are socio-economic movements that take place but in the case of most stories you can make a real difference and to the nike dash christoph -- chris jeff and tell i thought about it to say i don't think that aristotle onassis would have proposed. [laughter] and that is th

mr. foer about the book and the magazine's vision. this was filmed two days before franklinsigned as editor. he left because he and the ceo had different plans for the future of the magazine. this is one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> welcome to the national constitution center. i'm jeffrey rosen. i'm the president of this wonderful institution. let's recited together -- this is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. beautiful. [applause] that is our inspiring congressional motto. >> it's a cult. >> it is a constitutional cult and its such a thrill to be here in this wonderful place.

mr. foer about the book and the magazine's vision. this was filmed two days before franklinsigned

united states constitution was signed in philadelphia, benjamin franklin walked out of constitutional hall. he was met by a woman named mrs. how come the well-known philadelphia socialite. a very bold woman came up and said well, dr. franklin, what is it that we have? a republic or a monarchy. franklin replied. a republic if you can keep it. you have a challenge, students of liberty university. there's two lies. there's a flame that you must ensure it continues on. the flame of pentecost, the beacon that is the united states of america. you must guard it around so someone talked about earlier, it can be lost in subsequent generations. i ask you tonight i'm 53 years of age one day i'm going to be old, were permuted shorts with linux them dry shoes. i will probably be eating tapioca and living in some high-rise place that you guys will walk by and say look at those old people. but the thing is this. i am passing on to you that mantle that flame, that beacon. i am challenging you to go forth and be a champ in for christ and for this country. god bless you all. thank you. [applause] >> i'm worried to start a q&a session now.

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mrs. roby:new jersey -- will livingston, david brearley, william paterson, jonathan dayton pennsylvania -- benjamin franklin, thomas mifflin, robert morris, george clymer, thomas fitzsimons, jared ingersoll, james wilson gouverneur morris mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from california ms. hahn. ms. hahn k4r0 amendment 1, congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people peacefully to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from west virginia, mr. jenkins. mr. jenkins:amendment ii a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: read from the third amendment of the bill of rights of the united states constitution. no soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the o

mr. dick i didn't to serve the landscaping by the thinking is that the position existing in the superintendent office that position will be at 55 franklinhat we want and seen in special assistant wong's very, very good work she has access to the decision makers, if you will in the system the superintendents and society superintendent she's the deputy commissioners and her role is to gather and coordinate and really work to have an integrated plan that in some cases deputies more structure but levels the structure in a strategic way we're kwoilg envisioning a similar process with the renewal the children's fund a creation of the children's framework in the city it give us an opportunity to be strategic as an county to identify the students of color moving into budget season as part of our engagement process around the el cap there should be a very identified and specifics ask around building whether a team or specialist that work in conjunction with the special assistant around specifically designed tasks from an equality prospective so all of that will be coming to the board and i'm glad you asked the question about the commissioners ro

mr. foer about the book and the magazine's vision. this was filmed two days before franklin foer resigned as editor. he left because he and the ceo had different plans for the future of the magazine. this is one hour 20 minutes of stop [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] journal@c-span.org >> welcome to the national constitution center. i'm jeffrey rosen. i'm the president of this special constitution center. let's recited together -- this is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. beautiful. [applause] that is our inspiring congressional motto. >> it's a cult. >> it is a constitutional cult and its such a thrill to be here in this wonderful place. this is a really special evening for me because i am welcoming my dear old friend frank foer editor of "the new republic." frank and i have known each other since 2000 when he first came to "the new republic" as a brilliant young writer fro

mrs. warren's profession and emmy for his role in the practice he received two emmy nominations for the trouble franklin of people are kicking off the new year was so new resolutions if you want to make sure this is it your resolution this year there is an application for that. >> reporter: out old habits in with the new fed is off the tops the list of resolutions and that led gronchi particular track of time and distance to walk or run the mile so franz there is a go of its 2015 began with a walking and jogging a working up to that 0.1 mi. and a dye will complement the work out at flights by fitness aisle to help the out is and the calorie conscious guy who was the skinny on which nearby establishment and all items getting the special guys like low cards for financial resolutions the level money application of she stay on budget acting as a single budget meter starting the first of the month for consumer watch. >> reporter: most of that happened and the last few months of the year presage are below $3 a gallon across most of the country and according to the report gas prices remain low america could po

franklin graham and welcome a public debate to talk about what sharia law. does islam advocate for religion of women? let's have this dialogue. i asked mr. graham to meet in the public square to have this rational dialogue around what is sharia. we're not asking sharia to take over the u.s. constitution. we're asking for separation of religion of state. sharia is not meant to be legislative as government. we oppose saudi arabia sudan, afghanistan, what iran does on oppression to women. we oppose that. we're you're partners not your enemies. >> that's great to hear but would you support the lord's prayer said on campus every day or every friday? >> if duke university allows muslims to have call to pray i asked jews light the candle every time they like to have the bell before and after service every sunday like they're ready to. all the christians services they already offer, please continue that. >> great. do you think -- >> all right my friends, i'm afraid we're going to have to leave the conversation there. i know you could debate this for hours. >> all day. >> appreciate you being here ashley pratte and harris. >> thank you. >> thank

got into the papers i think it was probably franklin who got into the papers, but he wrote sort of the quipping letter to lafayette saying that he hoped he and mrsould have 13 children so they could name one for each of the colonies. [laughter] but he also said that he did sort of feel sorry for ms. connecticut. [laughter] who might have to go go to life with a rather difficult name. >> so to go back to america. you think america would've lost the revolution were without -- >> yes spent would have lost without lafayette. why? >> the americans really, i believe, that we won the revolution were in large part takes to french support, both naval and ground support from france. and that french support before lafayette, the french government had, in fact been very quietly sending guns and ammunition and a few engineers here and there to the american side but france did not want to come out in favor of the americans because they wanted to maintain the appearance of neutrality with great britain but they just ended a seven years war or the french and indian war with great britain and they want to maintain an appearance of neutrality with britain. so the

mr. callas otto wrote in the washington post, he argued that there was a smooth relationship between king and lbj are also complex. if you read vincent harding's and the rivers in the town hall franklin'snd the freedom of slavery -- if you look at these historic records and the work of people who were in no way historians, they depend -- to pick the tensions between the civil rights movement and johnson from 1963 when johnson became president until 1968. now, johnson stands out relative to who came before him including president kennedy. and who came after him immediately with president nixon and that he really did have a commitment in pushing through the voting's right act. it was not tension free. to a great degree, he and civil rights leaders pushed and pushed and pushed and forced johnson to make some of those that -- decisions. he was not completely on board as implied by his remarks. host: we are talking this morning with congresswoman eddie burning -- eddie bernice johnson. you can call in with your questions and comments for her. we'll put the numbers on the screen for you. what did you think about dr. lou saints statements from that interview? guest: i was not present, but i c

mr. paulsen: i thank the gentleman for yielding. 1938 was franklin roosevelt who signed a fair labor standards act establishing full-time work as 40 hours. for more than 70 years that has been the accepted definition for government, for corporations, for small business. but in 2010, the president's health care law through 70 years of precedent completely out the window. this new 30-hour rule is forcing companies to scaleback hours with more part-time jobs and less full-time jobs. now many employees that were working full-time, good good full-time jobs have seen their paychecks cut up to 25%. one study recently found that regulations in the president's new health care law like the 30-hour rule are reduce small business wages to workers every year by $22 billion. and that employment in small businesses has been reduced by 350,000 jobs. mr. speaker americans want more full-time opportunities and they should get to choose to pursue those opportunities not have their employers forced to reduce them to part nim -- part-time work. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to put in the record a letter fro

mrs. roby:new jersey -- will livingston, david brearley, william paterson, jonathan dayton pennsylvania -- benjamin franklin, thomas mifflin, robert morris, george clymer, thomas fitzsimons, jared ingersoll, james wilson gouverneur morris mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from california ms. hahn. ms. hahn k4r0 amendment 1, congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people peacefully to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentleman from west virginia, mr. jenkins. mr. jenkins:amendment ii a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: read from the third amendment of the bill of rights of the united states constitution. no soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the o

i'm reminded of ben franklin at the constitutional convention, the mythology tells us as he was walking out, he was approached by a lady named mrs. powell who walked up to him and said, well, ben, what do we have? a monarchy or a republic? and ben looked down at mrs. powell with his receding hairline he said mrs. powell we have a republic, you can keep it. so the question becomes, how do you keep the republic? you keep the republic by not only holding your elected officials accountable, but you keep the republic by bringing in younger people and engaging them in the dialogue to help make a difference. that's what this task force is about. and we look forward to working with you in the future. thank you for having me. >> we don't have but two people left here. >> ok, thank you so very much. i think that every elected official has a responsibility and that is to make sure that we empower communities, that we empower individuals. when i worked for the governor of puerto rico in 1985, what we were dealing with was a puerto rican community in the united states that was totally invisible. we have offices providing services. i told the

mr. callas otto wrote in the washington post, he argued that there was a smooth relationship between king and lbj are also complex. if you read vincent harding's and the rivers in the town hall franklin'soric records and the work of people who were in no way historians, they depend -- to pick the tensions between the civil rights movement and johnson from 1963 when johnson became president until 1968. now, johnson stands out relative to who came before him including president kennedy. and who came after him immediately with president nixon and that he really did have a commitment in pushing through the voting's right act. it was not tension free. to a great degree, he and civil rights leaders pushed and pushed and pushed and forced johnson to make some of those that -- decisions. he was not completely on board as implied by his remarks. host: we are talking this morning with congresswoman eddie burning -- eddie bernice johnson. you can call in with your questions and comments for her. we'll put the numbers on the screen for you. what did you think about dr. lou saints statements from that interview? guest: i was not present, but i can say this. working on issues, i was chair of the con