payne of new jersey and ms. kelly, for, first of all taking up a very important challenge of being able to lead the members of the congressional black caucus through this period of challenge to america. and i'm reflective of the numbers of members who have had the chance to convey their thoughts and each one i thank personally from our chairman, mr. g.k. butterfield, for his leadership and his internal knowledge from his walk in life of the civil rights journey. mr. clyburn for living and understanding the civil rights journey and conveying it in his legislative journey. for mr. rangel for his service to this nation as a korean war vet, and then coming home to be a vet of the civil rights effort. and then of course to the holder of the seat that represents selma for her life story. and so today i rise to ask the question what is our moral standard? and follow in the words of dr. martin luther king, why we can't wait. this is the clarion call to my colleagues, democrats and republicans. that in fact this year, of all y

the chair recognizes the lady from illinois, ms. kelly, for five minutes. ms. kelly: thank you, mr. speaker. as we recognize the achievements of many african-americans this black history month, i want to acknowledge the divine nine from a current black sororities and fraternities and the role of their members in shaping our nation. the divine nine members of congress continue to grow. the divine nine organizations consist of alpha phi alpha fraternity founded in 1906 at cornell university, whose brotherhood includes the reverend dr. martin luther king jr.. my colleagues, emanuel cleaver, danny davis, chaka fatah, al green, gregory meeks, charles rangel and bobby scott. olympic gold medalist owens, and legal pioneers charles hamilton houston and thurgood marshall. and they are led by graham president mark s. tillman. kappa cy fraternity founded in indiana university. the reverend ralph abernathy and my colleague sanford bishop william lacy clay the dean of the house, john conyers, alcee hastings, benny thompson and hakeem jeffries. general daniel james, the first african-american fou

i've gone through quite a few of my relatives who were seniors and the jars that ms. kelly brought up is a fraction of what i saw them having. and unfortunately i didn't know any better, and i dispose of probably thousands of pills, throwing them in the garbage can, so i'm being educated today, actually. and i also wanted -- if you don't mind, sign up as a coauthor. this motion that has been put on the floor, without any objection, the motion passes. [applause] speaker: madam clerk, item 2. i know many of you will be leaving the room, but if you can leave quietly. we want to continue. item 2. speaker: item 2, resolution receiving and approving annual reports for the noe valley community benefit district for fys 2009-2014, submitted as required by the property and business improvement district law of 1994 section 36650, and district's management agreement with the city, section 3.4. speaker: i believe chrissy, from the office of economic and work force development is here to present. are you try to go get the screen on? speaker: good afternoon, supervisors. chair yee, presid

ms. kelly: thank you so much. thank you, my friend from new jersey. it is an honor to host with you this year. i am excited about the work ahead for the c.b.c. in the 114th congress. i also want to acknowledge the great job congressman horseford and congressman jeffries did in hosting the special order hour in the 113th congress and i also want to honor our past chair, congresswoman marcia fudge, for all her great work. discussing 50 years from selma, where we were, where we are, where we are headed, i expect this to be very stimulating, frustrating, and rewarding, all at the this same time. it remains that we have a lot of work to do. with that, i yield back, congressman payne. mr. payne: i thank the gentlelady. mr. speaker, at this time it is my honor and privilege for the first time in the 114th congress to have the chairman of the congressional black caucus g.k. butterfield, address us for as much time as he may consume. mr. butterfield: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the congressional black caucus is delighted to come to the floor this eveni

ms. kellyand other witnesses who testified they saw a man with a blue steel revolver, 6'0" tall with close cut hair running past them. kevin freeman was 6'0" went by the nickname kojak because of his close cut hair. once all the evidence was examined it was clear beyond imagination that kevin freeman, acting alone, murdered ray liuzza. >> michael and gordon now believed they had a strong case for a new trial. >> we had an evidentiary hearing in front of judge quinlan. and quinlan vacated the death sentence, but he refused to vacate guilt. >> judge quinlan refused to grant a new trial. >> we were devastated. yes, it was wonderful to have john thomson spared from execution, but we were still looking at a man in his 30s to be spending the rest of his life in jail. >> so you're going to take the death penalty back and give me a life sentence? i was scared to death even more so now. you tell me i'm never going home again? that didn't give me no relief, none whatsoever. i was doomed. >> michael and g

ms. naomi kelly and the city administrator and she is out there ahead of all of us trying to make sure we can raise the money to keep this clean up going so that we're able to buy lunch for you. we're able to get some of the supplies that we need so she's going to thank all of the groups out here today and give her a big hand and welcome her. naomi kelly. >> good morning everyone. well, again this is just a thank you to all of you who are here today who are going to pick up and clean up and remove graffiti on our streets and i want to thank all of our sponsors so first off 76. thank you. starbucks. walgreens, nice water, the emerald fund, recology, the hilton, academy of arts university. pg&e. lesser cabs. sf clean city coalition. local 261. san francisco's unified school district. [cheers and applause] the housing authority. i saw barbara smith join. juvenile probation program. project 23 trial diversion program. the california department of corrections and rehabilitation. san francisco park alliance. united players. cyc. go care. zoo khai -- sorry. san francisco middle school. all right

kell ms. kelly: thank you mr. speaker. i offer a commonsense amendment to h.r. 5 the student success act. my amendment makes a minor modification to the underlying bill and does not have an impact on direct spending. still, this simple fix stands to make a tremendous difference for countless students and families on the education front. my amendment would provide an assurance from statewide family engagement center grantees under the family engaugement program of the bill that will conduct adult and financial literacy training programs in their community as part efftso ga famili a iro ade ts r udts so oftenhenaba around education focuses on children and schools. but estimates suggest there are 30 million adults in the united states who have trouble with basic literacy. this means not only do they struggle in their own lives and in reading a menu or paying the bills, they are also unable to help their children with the most basic homework exercises. parents who struggle to read are often incapable of comprehensive report ca

ms. kelly: pullman played a vital role in our nation's labor and civil rights moments -- movements. it is the birth place of the brotherhood of the sleeping car porters, our nation's first black labor union. it was a major battleground in the national fight for fair wages and safe working conditions. i thank the countless dedicated people who worked with me and before me to make this designation possible. pullman's national monument will preserve pullman's legacy and he sure that the community will continue to thrive for generations to come. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today in opposition to this administration's policy of governing behind closed doors. today the federal communications commission will vote for an unprecedented expansion of its authority over the internet without

ms. meg glenn kelly you see her in the kelly file right after the factor. former high school teacher. >> yes i know this. >> brook no nonsense please tell me what the new overhaul is. >> you realize you can't defend me. why are you threatening me? i'm going to deliver this news the way i see fit. >> all right. >> the most liberal mayor in the country was not liberal enough for the new york civil liberties union. the state version of the aclu who got ticked off he was taking too long to reform the suspension system here in the new york city public schools now it's happened. n pgd can no longer slap handcuffs on kids who are k through five unless it's an absolutely necessary. attention deficit and so on. this is no longer going to be allowed and the kid poses a safety problem. now, if you try to suspend a kid for insubordination, profanity, the wrong clothing a minor infraction in terms of altercation in the school that doesn't result in injury? >> if you don't punch the kid but knock him down and don't break anything. >> you have to go before this new york c

ms. kelly: mr. speaker, today i rise on behalf of the millions of illinois veterans that i represent and their families to draw attention to the high rate of veteran unemployment in america. after fighting for our nation, far too many military heroes are being forced to fight for a job here at home. despite many veterans having the leadership skills and work ethic that businesses are looking for, the unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans is 6.9% far higher than the national average of 5.6%. i am committed to reducing veteran unemployment and helping our heroes find quality work. last week i released an updated edition of my veterans resource guide book to help our veterans get the benefits they've earned and employment resources to get them and their families back in the work force, but we need to do more. i urge my colleagues to work with me to pass the veterans job bill, to put the half million unemployed veterans back to work. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back.

ms. jodie elgee kelly --jodie elgee. we are limited with time.ocusing on social media, and there has been a lot said today but if you could briefly comment in terms of, with respect to the pilot initiative, can you talk about the goals and the solutions we have considered as part of the pilot program? >> one of the things that the boston group identified as a problem area was social media and that is something everyone in every community has access to, and we also saw social media as part of the solution, part of the work that we need to work on when we go back home, and that is because, as we have talked a little bit about today as technology has changed, almost on a daily basis, extremists are using it to recruit and justify and sanction violence and it is making it more accessible and practical to get for everyone. one of the fundamental elements of extremist propaganda is anti-semitism, which is often packaged with explicit calls for violence against the jewish targets, but also against law enforcement, against democratic ideals. there are ce

kelly was up next. if you have questions that you want to ask. >> thank you. >> you are here, okay. >> ms. hale. >> thank you, barbara hale. sf puc. i want to thank you for the information. i want to say the collaboration and dialogue that we had with taf was constructive. the report reinforces the number of program design elements that the puc was already considering in the cleanpowersf program. there is five key points from the enernex report that i think from a business perspective are worth emphasis. first is the report recommends that we set the energy price and then figure out the mix of supply that we can afford. second, we need to recognize that local requirements and preferences are going to be more expensive. that a phased implementation of the program is smart with the 2-tiered offering with the light green and clean start is what sonoma calls it. that basic light green offering be at pg & e rates and include build-out with the expansion of the program. once we have established that financial stability that jeremy just referred to. to remember that investment in generation may i

our president dennis kelly and the executive vice president susan solomon thank you (clapping) and because i can't help myself the young lady her grandmother is an officer with ucsf ms. carolyn is a month thank you for sharing our granddaughters talent if i forgot someone i'll come back and reading your name but i'd like to invite our newly worn in commissioners came forward and share a few remarks i'd like to start with hydra mendosa mcdonald please come forward (clapping) (clapping). >> good evening. >> good evening. >> well here we are again and what a true honor and prim 1942 to be re-elected to serve a third term son the san francisco board of education i want to start by thanking important people i'll try to get through this any mom and dad from washington and thank for instilling a strong work ethic and reminding me how important family and friends are they celebrated they're in between in december and in july my mom will be 89 (clapping) (clapping.) so a big super thank you for being here and passing on green genes to my pro felix and peter for making me laugh and cry but being terrific friends and to our children to my amazing children you were in are third

ms. megyn is next. i'm bill o'reilly. the spin stops here. we are definitely looking out for you. >>> breaking tonight, two big stories raising questions about trust in this administration. welcome to "the kellye. i'm megyn kelly. the white house meeting with muslim leaders just hours ago. and now it refuses to tell the american people exactly which muslim leaders were there. why? second we just learned a key player in the coalition against isis bailed a month ago. a fact the administration misrepresented repeatedly. radical islam raised its head in a new and horrifying way this week when the terror group isis released video of a jordanian air force pilot locked in a cage and burned alive. so when the white house said the

ms. megyn is next. i'm bill o'reilly. the spin stops here. we are definitely looking out for you. >>> breaking tonight two big stories raising new questions about trust and this administration. welcome to "the kelly file" everyone the white house meeting with muslim leaders and refuses to tell the american people which muslim leaders were there. why? and we learned a key player in the coalition of isis bailed a month ago. radical islam raised its way in a new and horrifying way this week when the group isis released video of a jordanian pilot locked in a cage and burned alive. the administration is refusing to say more on who they met w the stunning admission a country hailed as a key player in the fight against isis, united arab emirates as bailed and for the last month, the white house and pentagon have gone out of their way to praise the uae's military efforts as though it was still in the fight we have team coverage tonight with general tom mcenernie fox news's own shepard smith in jordan and a former extremist. >> bottom line is that administration officials have been putting out press releases suggesting the uae is still conducting air strikes we now know that is not true and tried to expla

ms. megyn is next. i'm bill o'reilly. the spin stops here. we are definitely looking out for you. >>> breaking tonight two big stories raising new questions about trust and this administration. welcome to "the kellywith muslim leaders and refuses to tell the american people which muslim leaders were there. why? and we learned a key player in the coalition of isis bailed a month ago. radical islam raised its way in a new and horrifying way this week when the group isis released video of

ms. megyn is next. i'm bill o'reilly. the spin stops here. we are definitely looking out for you. >>> breaking tonight, two big stories raising questions about trust in this administration. welcome to "the kelly file" everyone. i'm megyn kelly. the white house meeting with muslim leaders just hours ago. and now it refuses to tell the american people exactly which muslim leaders were there. why? second we just learned a key player in the coalition against isis bailed a month ago. a fact the administration misrepresented repeatedly. radical islam raised its head in a new and horrifying way this week when the terror group isis released video of a jordanian air force pilot locked in a cage and burned alive. so when the white house said the threat from isis was on the agenda in a meeting with muslim leaders late today, we asked who was there from what groups and how they might help. but the administration is now refusing to say more. we'll have more on that in moments. but first, to the stunning admission that a country hailed as a key player in the fight against isis the united arab emirates or uae, has bailed. not today, but a month ago. and not only were we not told about it when it happened, b

ray kelly, director of legislative service veterans of the foreign war. ms.ational what is latest rector. we are also going to be having testimony from mr. ian at the american legion. mr. blake, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. on behalf of the co-authors of the independent budget seat at the table i would like to thank you for the committee to testify today on the va fiscal year 2016 and 2017 budget. i ask that the report of the independent budget of the department affairs veterans affairs for fiscal year 2015 and 2017 b. knitted into the record. >> without objection. >> thank you mr. chair. let me begin by saying this is probably the best va budget that we've seen in my many years of being being here on the hill. that being said recent media reports have pointed out that the va has had hundreds of billions of dollars and i'm spent resources. over in recent years. we do not dispute that fact. in fact the va is a questionable job of managing the resources they've been given in they been given in the past. we believe that the problems in