mr. napolitano that managed to convince mario monti to leave the technocratic party at the height of italy's crisis. -- two lead the democratic party at the height of italy's crisis. >> you will be talking about charlie hebdo in a moment, but we will be starting with the news from the european central bank. >> the european court of justice has said that the bank bond buying program is legal. the so-called program was launched in 2012, as a way to allow the ecb to help crisis ridden eurozone countries. the advocate generals ruling has not indicated which way the court will decide, paving the way for even greater stimulus spending by the european central bank, which could be announced as early as next week. in europe, trading down on fears of the global economy after the world bank cut its forecast for this year and next. help slightly in paris and friend for by the ecb comments. the london ftse is down 1.8%, being dragged down again by oil and gas shares on the back of falling oil prices. likely moving the markets when wall street opens later. jp morgan chase has announced they are putting as

mr. napolitano has said he was going to step down early and did not want to serve full -- a full two terms89 years old. he has admitted that he is basically had enough in this pristine just role of a guarantor, if you will for italy and displayed an active role and sought political crisis we have seen in the last five years. he appointed mr. renzi to his position. while it will be ceremonial, it is a very important figure in providing stability to a country which is had it evolving door government since after world war ii. >> the big name that a lot of people floated around i had of this was a mario draghi possibly taking over from a napolitano. what are the other names mentioned? >> mario, a former italian prime minister himself, had a very influential role in europe regional school for him as a candidate in the last election but do not get enough votes. is a complicated process. the candidate has to have a two thirds majority and get a drop down to a simple majority. his name is out there and has been mentioned. and there's also the possibility we will have someone who is a bit perhaps m

mr. napolitano today. >> the judge is gender neutral and i know you want my opinions on the law even though i have very strong opinions on the cultural and moral aspects of this. i'll stick to the law. legally is a gender discreme nation according to the law? >> the people who run this -- which regulates higher education which receivers federal or state dollars, which they think they're doing the right thing, what they have forgotten is this school, the university of the city of new york is owned by the government. the govrtdernment is regular lathed by the first amendment. so while the university can drop mr. or ms. in its official documents, it cannot coerce it's employees or the students of using mr. or mrs. >> what they're asking the professors to do in any correspondent to not call them mr. or ms., to use their first and last name instead? >> they can ask that. mr.'s no violation of the pittsburgh amendment by asking it. but if they punish someone who rejects their request. a profess store who insirszs on calling people mr. -- and that person professor or student would have a cause of

mrs. napolitano: thank you madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement into the record of the house of representatives that we should vote for bigger paychecks and better infrastructure instead of attacking women's access to all health care. i yield back the balance of my time. ms. degette: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. degette: i'm now pleased to yield to the gentlelady from new jersey, ms. watson coleman, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. ms. watson coleman: i thank the gentlelady for yielding to me. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to inserty statement in the record that the house should not -- should vote for bigger paychecks, should vote for better infrastructure instead of attacking women's access to health care. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. degette: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from colorado. .ette: i'm now pleased to yield for the purposes of a unanimous consent request the gentlelady from

mr. napolitano who will become a lifetime senator.in a couple weeks. >> tell me this. what are the implications for mateo renzi? this is probably the last thing he really needs, that instability from the top. >> he had a little bit of time and has been intraoffice a year -- in office for a year. he has this massive agenda is trying to push through. everything from labor reform to the weight italy elects officials -- to the way italy elects officials. he is going to need a president who will help broker-deals if he wants to get these measures passed through parliament. to convince the eu, angela merkel, mr. draghi that italy is making structural changes in the way it operates. >> it is still early. we are waiting for him to step down. give us a sense of where they may reach out. who might be in the offing at the moment? >> that is a big question and right now there is no figure -- italy needs someone like napolit ano who can sit above the political fray who is authoritative and knows the methods of reaching compromise. deraraghi's name

mrs. napolitano: thank you madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement into the record of the house of representatives that we should vote for bigger paychecks and better infrastructure instead of attacking women's access to all health care. i yield back the balance of my time. ms. degette: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. degette: i'm now pleased to yield to the gentlelady from new jersey, ms. watson coleman, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. ms. watson coleman: i thank the gentlelady for yielding to me. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to inserty statement in the record that the house should not -- should vote for bigger paychecks, should vote for better infrastructure instead of attacking women's access to health care. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. degette: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from colorado. .ette: i'm now pleased to yield for the purposes of a unanimous consent request the gentlelady from

mr. napolitano submitted his resignation this morning n.tional end year nationally televised address, he mentioned as among the reasons his age, 89 the fatigue. he was really called upon for overtime service two years ago when parliament tried to elect a successor and that did not happen. this was widely expected. what happens now? there has to be at least a two-week gap, 15 days i believe, before the first ballotting can start in parliament. as you would expect in italy, it is a complicated process. 2/3 of parliament approval is needed in the first three rounds, and then it drops to a simple majority after that. the prime minister who has italy's biggest party is already quietly trying to find a consensus candidate. they might not propose a name in the first few ballots because they need support from the opposition. they see what names might be come out there. >> i was going to ask about names. again, it has to be someone who is liked by most parties. he intends on staying on as president of the european central bank. i know it's very diff

mr. cherkoff and janet napolitano have written and said please as former heads of homeland security we write to you today to ask you to request that you consider decoupling funding for fiscal year 2015 from a legislative response to president obama's actions on immigration. they feel that tethering a bill -- i'm quoting their letter letter -- to fund it to the president's executive actions on immigration could lead to a shutdown of homeland security. we don't want to shut down. they conclude their letter -- and i won't go through the whole letter -- that it's imperative that we ensure the department of homeland security is ready willing, and able to protect the american people. to that end says ridge chekoff and napolitano, we urge you not to risk the funding for the operations that protect every american to pass a clean bill in the d.h.s. funding. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that that letter be included in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: mr. president the department of homeland security was established in -- right after the terrible attack on t

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