but the entire membership of the house must elect him. the members of all people must elect the speaker. some people still call him the elected of the elect. second only to the president himself he commands the legislative. the president controls the executive process, put the law into effect in enforces the law. the speaker of the house is a man that controls the legislative process and names the chairs of all the committees and influences the appointment of the membership of the committee through these committees he controls whether and when the bill can come to the floor for a vote. he selects which members can speak and for how long. who can speak for the bill and against the bill. in the early 18 hundreds, one elderly congressman spoke beyond his allotted time in the house. >> yes sir. but using results to resolve to continue speaking until the audience arrived. that's why henry clay is on the cover of my new book. americans understand the role and the power of speaking and we defined that role as they became the greatest speaker in a

i didn't know who they were when i was in the white house. occurred, i said, oh, no, because i knew at once instinctively it was our guys. >> g. gordon liddy, ex-fbi, ex-treasury, ex-justice, ex-white house consultant, and e. howard hunt jr., ex-cia, ex-bay of pigs planner, ex-white house consultant. >> they thought they were james bond. we didn't think they measured up. it was closer to the typical gang that couldn't shoot straight. >> earl silva read the names of 60 government witnesses. the list included only one low ranking white house lawyer and several former employees to re-elect the president. >> if you don't know richard nixon's psychology, you don't know his background, you could never understand why the white house reacted to watergate the way it does. >> from day one, there was a great sense that we were under siege. and we were not deceiving ourselves that the press did not like us. both houses of congress did not like nixon. i mean, that is the truth. and the question is how you deal with it. >> he tries to build a little like ma

and who occupies the affordable housing and our ability to implement the preference in which we use federal or state fund letting e let me who occupies the building 100 percent of our affordable housing portfolio is occupied by people who work in san francisco who applies for the affordable housing does vary approximately 17 percent of applicants this is based on disconnecting analysis 17 percent are from the neighborhood of the sampling of the projects, 68 from san francisco as a whole, and as i said 100 percent of units are occupied by people how work e.r. live in san francisco regarding the question how many buildings and mohcd pipeline has stated or federal i'm sorry we have a question. >> supervisor president london breed. >> how do you verify their addresses when they apply because from my understanding no clear verification and anyone can use my address they president in this process. >> i defer to maria benjamin who directs our bloufrt housing. >> good morning supervisor president london breed we currently ask for documents

by the end of the year and identifying housing unit but asking for more help we're going to be helping help from the federal government we need to make sure that those vouchers that our veterans get have the opportunity value that is reflective of the kinds of housing costs our vets are facing even though we have perhaps enough of those vouchers to go around they don't reflect the high cost of living that's why we're advocating with hud and the freshen to increase the value 0 so this bmsz a more valuable thing the other part to request we have a deeper commitment by the property owners in san francisco we have great people who have served our country that are having have possession of the voufrngz and need homes and apartments and place kept off the market we want to make sure that we ask a broad venue of landlord and property owners throughout the bay area to assist us in low income those units for our fine veterans this is what we're nourng today begins with the city's commitment address my commitment as a son of a vet he want s

now i am at the white house. i think that one of the things that i said that is most unique about the way that is different from -- the way we covered the president is different than the way we cover any other politician in washington or anywhere in any statehouse, he is basically stuck with us almost all the time. any public statements, any public appearance, even a personal dinner out with his wife, a cough game -- a golf game, we are nearby. a small cluster of the press as representative of the larger pool of the press corps, it is not glamorous. looking for any sign we can of him, making sure he is where he is supposed to be, and giving a rhythm of his daily life. christi: we view say where you are from and what your academic past was. kathleen: i didn't do any journalism when i was in school originally, i didn't know what i wanted to do. i studied history, the classics. t wasn't a terribly useful major. i got into journalism later in life and went to berkeley for graduate school. i did internships at the l.a.

it has been 20 years since we last passed the affordable housing bond no 1996 one hundred million dollars and last night for one hundred and $50 million that will have a tremendous impact not only to the district i represent across the city and we have a lot to do a lot to do when i came into the office we were building at 80 percent of low income housing needs that is good but have to keep up the numbers we were this only building others less than 12 percent we have to continue to build low income affordable housing we have to we must build more middle-income housing in san francisco in order to keep diverse san francisco whether it is giant on this site or you know with future projects i look forward to making sure we are doing the balance we need to see thank you very much and congratulations to everyone involved (clapping.) >> thank you, supervisor kim i'm don fox ceo of the tenderloin development c n b c i'm tired those kind of projects have hundreds if not thousands i want to recognize our partners mayor ed lee supervisor kim and the mayor's office of hou

well, they got that in the house. the senate said no, if we give the big states more votes, we give them proportional representation in the senate, three states will be able to dominate all the other states of the union at the time. the nine other states, and those nine states basically rebelled and threatened to threef -- leave to convention. they did not want to be dominated by the three states. nine states with fewer people than us are going to tell the majority of people what to do. so this went down to the wire until washington stepped in and they basically -- he had a way of intimidating people, the way i did too. i guess all commanding generals have that as part of personality because he said he couldn't vote because he said he couldn't express views but he did so at the city tavern. he made his views pretty clear. you have to settle this or i will have to settle it for you. they had to compromise. washington, lincoln, roosevelt, eisenhower, probably the four greatest compromiseers in the presidency. you may th

the she's very different house, from even the very different houses i have served in. ve been in the minority most of my time in the congress, but i've always been able, i'll say, even this time, to find republicans i can serve with. but we've never had a house which has been divided into five or six factions, would have to beg, somebody, would anybody like to be speaker of the house. and paul seemed to be the one they were begging the most. so that puts us in a better position than we would have been in than some other people. but paul has not been tested on d.c. riders and on very partisan matters, that there are conservative members try to press on to the district. so, we will -- i will be going to see him. when the house reconvenes next week. to make sure that he knows where we stand. >> so, you have not yet had a chance to meet with him. and the jury's still out, in terms of what his election means or could mean to the district? >> even the republicans don't know what he means for the republicans. the most conservative ones hope that, in december, he closes down th

what is unique that allows us to see the titan you market rate housing and the production of affordable housing that project on 80 street the site was bought if 2007 its been looking for money for 8 years this project provides a gap for this site without 5 m is likely that project is detailed for many more years the project on howard street the senior family homes 5 m is buying the land for if to happen without 5 m that affordable housing project might not happen the each other and rental building in 5 m we are where is the building going in san francisco we can't assess the tax and finally to assess the subsidizing the middle-income housing people don't make a lot of money to qualify for bmr's that project helps helps that we ask you to reject the appeal and let's move forward tonight. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm with the m j m we're here in support of knowledge project and it's open spaces and against the appeal 5 m has an ability to use opinion speak brings the community together especially families and 1234rz when you think about o

during the white house -- during the obama white house. so when that happens there is -- it happens every day, by the way. there is a mass shooting in this country on the average of once day. more than one person being shot and the gun person -- the shooter being -- having a gunshot as well. by that definition there is a mass shooting in this country almost every day. so there is a real sense of sadness that goes on with it. did i a story in the past week how this informs the president's approach to gun control, and i think that one thing we try -- i try very hard to do at the white house is exactly what kathleen said which is to step away from that -- whatever the white house fixation is or the white house point of view and to try to inform the conversation more fully with information, evidence, data from the outside. april: yesterday. sorry. yesterday i literally because the president was just in chicago talking to the police chief, the international association of police chiefs and gun control was one of the issues. so yesterday in the b

even while serving in the minority in this house. at's why less than 24 hours ago this leader succeeded in breaking through the gridlock in this house and secured the votes needed to avert a senseless government shutdown and a perilous default on the ayment of america's bills. thanks to this leader, 16 1/2 million seniors will not suffer a $55 a month increase in their medicare premiums and congress will not cut the social ecurity benefits by 20%. mr. speaker, that's leadership and that's what americans expect from those they elect. that is why it is my privilege as chairman of the house democratic caucus and as directed by the colleagues of the democratic caucus, i nominate for election to the office of speaker of the house of representatives from the 12th district of the great state of california, the norable nancy patricia 'alesandro pelosi. the speaker: the names of the honorable paul d. ryan and representative from the state of wisconsin and the honorable nancy pelosi, a representative from the state of california have been place

and build and build a number of affordable housing developers pushed to build in the city when the housings built we're wondering where are the people why aren't our people parts of this process (clapping.) mary helen rogers is a perfect example i knew her personally some folks i'm sure knew her personally and ms. rogers until her last breath fought for ams and our right to be in san francisco and rightly so for seniors and affordable housing for seniors units that was built in the western edition rightfully so for mary helen rogers many people said why can't we live in mary helen rogers why can't we get a units we're seniors born and raised in the western edition we couldn't get assess even her stone son that qualify the hoops we had to jump in order to get him a unit folks are wondering they see members of the mary helen rogers people are asking me why aren't they folks that live in the communities why not part of our community this what the problem is the lottery system - (clapping.) and this housing crisis has existed for a long time especially in the african-american community we can'

the main house, a log house as well across the hall, is similar in its floor plan to the german house we have here at the museum. we find that interesting. pause even though the man we built it, joe bowman, he had been in america 24 years before building it. very common story in philadelphia, settled in brooks county, pennsylvania 29 years. and he could sell 100 acre and buy 260s here in the valley. it was so much later. so that's the motivation. but even though he had been in america that length of time he still built a very german floor planment the kitchen is the first door we enter going into the house. we have a i large hearth. a lot of people refer to it as a walk-in fireplace. behind that is the stuba or stove room. that is the living room, dining room, family room, work room. we have the spinning wheels in there. that is the main part of the house. then the parents's room is off of that. basically three rooms in the main part of the house. originally, george bowman, the name of the man who built this house. he was named johan bauman. here in virginia a way to acquire property.

the personal. there's a little house on the top. on his key right above his initials in her handwriting is our first. >> what were the early marriage inlike? >> like a married gave up she pretty much her movie career. in had been getting roles his career was actually the one is falling. in the ge offer came along. he became homemade. devoted herself to being his wife. about six years later brown junior. family was her life. as a great little slug jewels for later. ge have this all electrical for them which have every imaginable special feature. kinds of things we wouldn't it much of today but then it was a big deal. eventually she became much closer to the lives of some of the mandarin torrential. >> iraqi children to the marriage. by the time the family came onto the familyl day great -- >> became quantity of straight relationship? listen to ron reagan talking about license of the health risk respect. thinkwere consciously growing up and i was there really two sets of people. it was my mother and father there was everybody else. wh

make sure you get out of the white house, have sources outside the white house, and just draw from a bigger pool to combat what you're talking about, i think, which is only hearing one side of the story all day long. right, and also, you have to bring the history into it. i think history plays an important part when it comes to conversations like this. you have to remember conversations you had in the past with president, private conversations, and with people on the national security council and then go out there. one of the most dangerous things in the white house -- it's a friendly atmosphere and relationship, but i think it's more dangerous for the white house to know that we do not rely solely on them. we go outside. you cannot just listen to what they say. you have to have outside sources thealk to people, to flush story out because they will spin it went away and the other side --l spin it the other way they will spin it one way, and the other side will spin at the other way. we try to use the information as it comes from all sides and give you the history so you know what may

and who occupies the affordable housing and our ability to implement the preference in which we use federal or state fund letting e let me who occupies the building 100 percent of our affordable housing portfolio is occupied by people who work in san francisco who applies for the affordable housing does vary approximately 17 percent of applicants this is based on disconnecting analysis 17 percent are from the neighborhood of the sampling of the projects, 68 from san francisco as a whole, and as i said 100 percent of units are occupied by people how work e.r. live in san francisco regarding the question how many buildings and mohcd pipeline has stated or federal i'm sorry we have a question. >> supervisor president london breed. >> how do you verify their addresses when they apply because from my understanding no clear verification and anyone can use my address they president in this process. >> i defer to maria benjamin who directs our bloufrt housing. >> good morning supervisor president london breed we currently ask for documents

is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] minute minute the chair: the yeas are 144 and the nays are 344 and the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished is recorded vote ripped in 11 hive 326, mr. rothfus, on which further proceedings are postponed. the clerk wilerycleeth the america. the clerk: number 114-326 . fered by mr. rothfugs of mr. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] oo 115 and : the yeas are 313 the speaker pro tempore: the request is printed in part b of house report by the gentleman from california, mr. royce, on which further presentation were est poned and the ayes prevailed. he clerk will redeath. the chair: a recorded a vote has been recorded. a a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will e a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., i

now i am at the white house. one of the things that i said that is most unique about the way that is different from -- the way we covered the president is different than the way we cover any other politician in washington or statehouse, he is basically stuck with us almost all the time. anypublic statements, public appearance, even a personal dinner out with his wife, a cough game -- a golf game, we are nearby. a small cluster of the press as representative of the larger pool of the press corps, it is not glamorous. looking for any sign we can of him, making sure he is where he supposed to be, and giving a rhythm of his daily life. christi: we view say where you are from and what your academic past was. kathleen: i didn't do any journalism when i was in school originally, i didn't know what i wanted to do. i studied history, the classics. i wasn't -- it wasn't a terribly useful major. i got into journalism later in life and went to berkeley for graduate school. i did internships at the l.a. times and the ap. >> so

>> i think the house of representatives has to get p house. we are the branch of government closest to the people and we are the half of the branch of government closest to it the people. so, there are four things we are basically trying to do. this is one of the reasons why i chose to become the speaker. number one with, i want the house. >> you actually appear to be kicking and screaming. >> it was not what i had planned on doing. it was not my first idea. but i basically talked with my colleagues and realized that i had a duty and obligation to do this because i think the moment for our country is just so dire. number one, i want the institution to work like the founders intended it to. we have other 100 amendments just this week on the highway bill. we open up the process so everyone's representative can participate in the process. that wasn't happening. number two, in order to do things for the country now, we have to see if we can find common ground without compromising our principles to advancertjt ideas. number three, i think we need to

today, the house stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on monday, november 9, 2015, unless it soon has received a message from the senate transmitting its adoption of house concurrent resolution 92, in which case the house shall stand adjourned we've got the same policy. there's retirement overhauls but he bottom line on it, it was $612 billion, now it's about $607 billion, about a $5 billion shave. there's the listening-range bomber program and some cuts. couple hundred million here and there. then some adjustments to fuel costs and things of that sort. by and large, still the same bill. a few small alterations. host: and it moved fairly quickly through the house. how were the leaders in the armed services committee, representatives thornberry and smith, what was their thoughts on this? guest: representative thornberry was in favor of it. congressman smith, the ranking member, last time he had opposition over those budget issues. he didn't like the use of the overseas contingency fund he just said today he had some lingering concerns abou

it's a younger breed here in the house. when i came to congress i was the youngest person, i think we were 28 years old. there was is newer, younger breed of members from both sides of the aisle who have families and so i think that that's a good thing. i think having new blood, young people here often fresh ideas is a good thing. i want to continue that kind of process. >> dickerson: anything else you've carved out that you say, i don't care what being speaker does i'm going to keep doing this. >> of course, i'm going to keep camping, mountain climbing, keep hunting. i told the security detail that human scent not good for bow hunting. i won't go into details, but i have to keep life normal. i have to keep life real. i think they understand that. >> dickerson: have you got to the point yet where you've said, hey, this job that i maybe didn't want it's going to be fun? >> i think i crossed over that -- crossed over to, no. to reluctant. to if i have to, to actually i think this could be very exciting. the reason why i'm exci

this is the speaker's house. this is the speaker's -- this is the people's house. this is the people's gavel, and the people's name it is my privilege to hand this gavel to the speaker of the house, congressman and honorable paul ryan. the speaker: thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you, madam leader. before i begin i would like to thank all of my family and friends who flew in from wisconsin and from all over for being here today. in the gallery i have my mom, betty, my sister, janet, my brothers stan and tobaccoin, and more cousins than i can ount on a few hands. most important, i want to recognize my wife, jana, and our children, liza, charlie, and sam. i also want to thank speaker boehner for almost five years he led this house, for nearly 25 years he served it. not many people can match his accomplishments. the offices he held, the laws he passed, but what really sets john apart is he's a man of character, a true class act. he is without a question the gentleman from ohio. so please join me in saying one last time, thank you speaker boehner. now i

for approaching i think the mayor's office of housings approaching the wrong way start with the displacements of blacks and latinos in san francisco. >> and work backward from that 25 or it could be should be 100 percent i think ideas are great but not like that the blacks and latinos are forced out of the city at a higher rate than anyone else okay (clapping.) so why not start with thanks for doing that could it be 100 percent if it benefits the blacks and latinos currently at risk of being displaced and brought back one of the things i like about the mayors plan for the mission they're talking about people coming back it is not as easy to i identity not be tim i do in parts of maine 50 percent and new york we agree the goal to stop the displacements of blacks and lacing and bring back blacks especially because of history redevelopment and latinos if this is our goal that should dictate and for god sakes not district but neighborhood fighting the parts discrimination against blacks and lacing that resulted in them being displaced at a q

the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, due to my election to the committee on ways and means, this letter is to inform you that i resign my seats on the committees on the budget, small business and transportation and infrastructure. signed sincerely, tom rice. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resignations are accepted. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. by direction of the house republican conference, i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 517, resolved, that the following named members be and are hereby elected to the following standing committee of the house of representatives. committee on ways and means, mr. brady of texas, chair, and mr. rice of south carolina. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed

"the house is broken. we're not solving problems. we're adding to them and i am not interested in laying blame. we are not settling scores. we are wiping the slate clean." clean."coming up later in iowa in focus -- we take a much closer look the dividied republican house thth speaker ryan isisaking over. outgoing speaker john boehner took care of one hot-button issue -- funding the government. government.the house passed the bill on wednesday -- raising the debt cieling for two years -- the senate passed it early friday morning.it doesn't competely avoid a potential government shutdown before the year is over -- but it keeps the united states from defaulting on its financial obligations. we ahve known for months that this day was coming. and yet this backroom deal was crafted to rack up more spending and debt without regard for the future. future.all the republican representatives from iowa voted agagnst the d dl. democrat dave loebsack voted for it because he said avoiding default was the right thing to do -- but he also didn't like

is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: the yeas are 186 and the nays are -- the chair: the yeas are 187 and the nays are 236. the amendment is not adopted. a request on amendment number 15, by the the gentlewoman from florida, on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed. the clerk will re. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. brown of florida. the chair: those in support of the recorded vote. a sufficient number having arisen will rise. a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: the yeas are 216 and he nays are 207. the request for a recorded vote by the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch, on wh

issues in san francisco that's why very they have to do the mitigation to the with affordable housing but create more impacts for you to understand that miriam spoke to where are the people now i'll tell you they're in oakland oakland rents have doubled since 2008 and san francisco hsa is causing that take care of you're own business it is understanding how you impact other shame an spur spur said they're doing regional planning in this office space were built inform san francisco how much better bart and transbay traffic would be instead of building the transit in san francisco we've let it cbo in 2009 interxnl hotel the three hundred plus foot hotel is the exception to height everything will get lower simple math 4 hundred and 70 feet is higher not lower than three hundred feet we would okay. now we say in the impacts are not sashl you think of displacement oh, this is ones the parking lot this is about speculation you don't have to believability manifest destiny the developers are having a the hearst got to us to the spanish 34er7b war and started the u.s. you mean perilism more so

i commend this statement to the house. mr. rbyn: i thank the prime minister for providing an advance copy of his statement, which i received earlier today. after the despicable and horrific attacks in paris a fortnight ago, the whole house will i am sure agree that our first priority has to be the security of the people in the future. so when we consider the prime minister's case for military action, the issue of whether what he proposes strengthens or undermines our security must be front and centre stage of our minds. there is no doubt that the so-called islamic state group has imposed a reign of terror on millions in iraq, in syria, and now in libya. all that isil stands for and does is contrary to everything those of us on these benches have struggled for over many generations. there is no doubt that it poses a threat to our own people. the question must now be whether extending the u.k. bombing from iraq to syria is likely to reduce or increase that threat, and whether it will counter or spread the terror campaign isil is

the house.ical costs, medical expenses, and you thought, "this is a good way to get it without having a payment." >> yes. >> what did you understand your responsibilities were going to be? >> keep the insurance and pay the taxes, and that was it. >> how long did it take you, actually, to finally get funded on the reverse mortgage. >> maybe 30 days. >> now, you said there was a second time you did a reverse mortgage. >> yes. i wanted to improve the house and get a new automobile. i went on a cruise last year. hadn't been on one in a while. and i got a little money in the bank now. >> would you encourage people to consider a reverse mortgage? >> hey, anytime i don't have a house note... >> [ chuckles ] >> ...it's a no-brainer. >> probably the biggest misconception about reverse mortgages is that the banks end up getting your home. that simply is not true. >> homeowners automatically assume you're giving up your home, you're giving up the deed to your home, ownership to your home. that's the bigges

the u.s. how to integrate our housing with poor and rich communities and the types of housing in those communities i think in this situation it it becomes closer to what could be the ideal situations where you have mixed use not - it would have been nice if we had had the eddy taylor united within this block but whether you look at it overall in terms of the affordable units that are being built in the sited or in the project itself it is a well-balanced project and so we talk about housing and affordable housing and the other piece of this, of course, the office building and the commercial building the thing that gets lost in the discussion is this whole notation of caregiver facilities that need to be built we're so far behind further behind in housing in terms of the housing to serve our young children i met with forest city reps just a few days ago i mentioned we didn't consider childcare but you know the situation in the city that we're basically don't have enough slots for the kids and they listen and said you know something that is last minute we didn't think about that that hard but i thin

i don't know if you watch the briefings or the white house briefings or the press at the white house. jim stand up and turn around and start talking to after thes 30 seconds press conference ended. the rest of the press core is listening to the folks doing the immediate take. is very influential. that's the first read that most people get on air. not the only ones listening. the other people in the press corps are listening to that as well. it is an amazing talent. i usually need at least 15 minutes and a phone. >> i'm still working on it. [laughter] anyway we're going to pull back the curtain for you about how we cover the white house. that's the first part of the curtain. to something in her opening story about pool at the white house. this is a really important group of 21 people. it is 21 people at the white house every day. they are very close to the orsident for every open press open event. they report back to other the press corps about what has been said or done in a small room where you really can't fit the whole press corps. when we travel, the number is 13. people are on ai

is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this this 181, the nays are 237. the amendment is not adopted. the house will come to order. the house will come to order. please clear all conversations from the aisles, members, please clear the back aisles. if you have conversations, please remove them from the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for purpose of an announcement. the chair: without objection. mr. mccarthy: mr. chairman, we are in the middle of a healthy and bipartisan debate on the highway bill. this is an important process and i'm encouraged by the enthusiasm of all members' participation. i'm encouraged, all right? while we rarely schedule votes later than 7:00 p.m., members are advised that due to the number of amendments expected to be considered it is likely we will need to vote late tomorrow evening. members should be prepared for both late and multiple vote series tomorrow night. now, me

as well as in new york, but specifically the white house, they want to go after the white house, what do you make of this? >> well, we're still examining the video itself to determine the veracity of it. obviously, we're paying attention to this. this is not a surprise to us that this group has desires and aspirations to attack western targets whether it's here, at home, the united states or across europe. it's a threat that we have taken seriously since more than a year now of operations against this group. it's not a surprise that they would use videos and social media to try to propagate these threats. obviously, everybody here in the united states government are taking these threats seriously. i would say the same thing that officials in europe are saying to their citizens. you know, we have to continue with our lives. we still have to move on. and be vigilant, be aware. but certainly we need to not let them win this propaganda war here of getting us to change our behavior and our conduct in every way possible. >> the paris so-called mastermind was a belgian citizen, as you know.

i remember recently i was walking into the white house and i saw people coming out of the white house. i looked closely and there were some congressional leaders and their families. they knew who i was -- what are you doing here? we met with the president. what kind of committee are you on? mhm! so you have to be -- you have to the ocd in this job. for instance, i keep my phone off, but we all normally have our phones because we need to find our sources, someone inside the white house can be telling us something. we are 24/7. it is all about anything presidential, and being there, you get a chance to talk to the newspapers. when they see you, it is about trusted relationships. if they trust you and feel they can talk to you, they will give you information and breaking news. you might even get a chance to talk to the president. it is important to be in that building. it is not a kind of place. claustrophobics need not apply. my room looks like a phone booth. two put together. >> they don't know what a phone booth is. [laughter] i had to go to london -- remember those red london phone b

, the octagon which was the first of the temporary white houses after the white house burned, and, of course, the, the white house itself. well, before we get to questions and answers, i want to make a couple of comments on paul jennings' legacy. james madison wrote of liberty and learning leaning on each other for their mutual and surest support. like madison, jennings applied his learning in the service of liberty. he secured his freedom and his family's future as an intrepid anti-slavery activist. he forged passes and free papers for slaves, was an operative in a major attempt at slave escape, and he raised funds for slaves in peril by helping, thus, helping to purchase them from their masters. he's, his is a unique story, but it's also important to appreciate that at the same time, he is representative of many, many african americans of his time whose stories may never be known, but who, like him, overcame a barrage of obstacles in pursuit of the right to rise. and i will close by referring back to the library of congress and the great good that they do here in preserving the

this is the carter's life after the white house. let's watch. >> after the white house, mrs. carter took great interest in the downtown. one of her projects was to help restore the downtown. inn isom in the dedicated to a decade in their life. another is the butterfly garden to bring awareness to preserving butterflies, their habitats and the love of nature. is the church where president carter and mrs. carter attend pretty much every sunday. president carter teaches sunday school and rosalynn is a deacon in the church. is home.lains everybody has some place they call home. for the carter's, plains, georgia, is home. a good up traveled anywhere. -- they couldd have traveled anywhere, but they wanted to come home. that speaks volumes about how they think of plains, georgia. they love it here. >> our interpreter there is with the national parks service. would you talk about what one would find if they visit there. >> the national parks service runs the historic site. there is the carter boyhood home , which is a work in progress. home andairly large you could have an interpretat

johnson the affordable housing some as the rents goes higher as a law in that affordable housing at anyes rents goes higher and higher and the this rents should go higher and higher on more convenient housing and we need to write those laws as the issues you raised making that easier and our housing and that we should also have any kind of any kind of bad talk that should be another dollars on their rent this is very serious your affordable housing not just taking for the convenience is to make sure everybody gets their benefits not to take and say oh, yeah. let's attack it that's not - this is affordable housing to me any kind of bad talk rents goes higher this is way that our building housing a way is about those hardass work we had to do to make the - on the commission and more i 24 had to work for looking at the housing to do it thank you. >> good evening. i'm diane of the south of market community action network the fact that displacement of the existing receipt is an afterthought not presents at the open house last week is completely irresponsible but we heard today basically a ca

i knew him back in the house. i liked him a lot. i have not talked to or seen him since he became governor but i would say just as mark rubio has the best skill set i would argue that casich is probably the most qualified person running in either party. 18 years as a member of the house back when it was a functioning institution. the house armed service committee member the entire time he is there checking that national security box. governor of ohio. that is a big deal. then you think it is ohio. no republican ever won the presidency without winning ohio. and if you look at ideaological where he is, i think of this as a bell curve, where the bell curve is the 40-45 yardline on the right side because the country is a little more conservative than liberal, and kasich is on the 40 yardline. in the same zone as bush and rubio. so it is not optimal to win the election but it is good place to be. but he has one shortcoming and that is, and again i alluded to and said i have adhd which is no surprise to the people that work with me, that a

>> i was in the white house from 1989 to march of 1992. and even though you do political things in that period -- the president would do some fundraisers and would during the re-election cycle of 1990 went out and campaigned for some republican candidates -- i can tell you that probably not enough time was spent on politics. and the president -- just take a look at what was happening simultaneously. the dealing with the soviet union, dealing with saddam hussein's invasion of kuwait, the negotiation on every one of those pieces of domestic legislation i talked to you about by a president who would invest personal time meeting with rostenkowski over two dozen times, meeting with congressional leaders on a regular basis, meeting with his cabinet and making the hard decisions on issues like energy policy. so in an odd way, i would say we spent about 90% of our time on policy and maybe 5-10% of the time had a political component at all, and it probably wasn't enough. >> referring back to your question about the sensitivity that that george bush

he gets the house and the land. and of course we're talking about 150 to 300 acres of land in the case of the woodhouses. so second and third sons will be left with you could say nothing tangible. and the second and third sons would be the ones that could be leaving and going to america to seek their fortune you could say. or they could choose the military, the university. or maybe be apprentice to another tradesman much like joseph woodhouse was. the thing that i would like to mention that is a common thread is people are wanting to have a place of their own. whether english, irish, or german. so if the oldest son gets everything, then the second and third sons will need to leave to go to america. they want to have land. and if you came to america before 1700, paying your passage of course on a ship bound to virginia, you had the right to receive 50 acres of land for free. so that was an enticement for many of these second and third sons. >> my name is gerry kester. i am a costume interpreter. the time period is be

the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of senate amendments to the text of h.r. 22 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: an act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986, to exempt employees with health coverage under tricare, or the veterans administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the patient protection and affordable care act. the chair: when the committee of the whole house rose on tuesday, november 3, 2015, amendment number 45, printed in part b of house report 114-325, offered by the gentleman from california, mrs. napolitano, had been disposed of. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to withdraw my request for a recorded vote on my amendment, number 40, to the end that the amendment stand adopted in accordance with the voice vote thereon. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 40 printed

for approaching i think the mayor's office of housing is approaching the wrong way start with the displacements of blacks and latinos in san francisco. >> and work backward from that 25 or it could be should be 100 percent i think ideas are great but not like that the blacks and latinos are forced out of the city at a higher rate than anyone else okay (clapping.) so why not start with thanks for doing that could it be 100 percent if it benefits the blacks and latinos currently at risk of being displaced and brought back one of the things i like about the mayors plan for the mission they're talking about people coming back it is not as easy to i identity not be tim i do in parts of maine 50 percent and new york we agree the goal to stop the displacements of blacks and lacing and bring back blacks especially because of history redevelopment and latinos if this is our goal that should dictate and for god sakes not district but neighborhood fighting the parts discrimination against blacks and lacing that resulted in them being displaced at a

the reason for that is the house is something they can't have a free-form thing. actas not in favor of the when he gets specifically with civil rights bill came through is would retire home to his farm in virginia. at this time because the civil rights act was advocated or by president johnson, as a tribute to the slain president kennedy he was under considerable pressure to do something. you know that he got committee will read it so he added nothing itthe amendment bill protects against employment discrimination and he added sex category. he felt that we can ability wouldn't past. it actually did ask and so it outlaws employment discrimination by businesses on the basis of race color religion sex and national origin area it created the equal employment opportunity commission. i also want to point out another keep their. once the bill arrives in the senate it is subject to a filibuster. the leader of the democrats richard russell. interesting thing about him is he actually was lyndon johnson mentor. wall, youppear on the will see that although he was a mentor, by

let me tell the house the sayment and the chairman that the u.k. is in the top tier of countries that they are targeting im clear that the only way to deal with that reality is to address the threat we face and to do so now. let me turn to the question of legality. it is a long-standing .onstitutional convention right ofnded on the defense. the right of self-defense may be exercised individually where it is necessary to the uk's own defense, and collectively in the defense of our friends and allies. basis is the collective self-defense of a rock. the have a legitimate government, the one that we sell part and help. firstly, that there is a direct link, and the ongoing tax. that they are unwilling or unable to take action necessary to prevent their continuing attack on iraq or whether attacks on us. their campaign against the u.k. and our allies has reached the level of an armed attack. such that force may be used in self-defense to prevent further atrocities being committed by isil. this is further underscored by the unanimous adoption of un securi

that didn't exist and it didn't take any housing away if all the developers in san francisco did this our housing crisis would be easy think i know many people that might quality for the affordable housing that might have to leave town or accredited two apartments with too many people into them this plan is good for communities i urge you to vote yes thank you very much and happy thanksgiving. >> thank you very >> thank you very >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon a residence of the tenderloin and members of tenderloin filipino-american communities association i am here today to support the 5m project forest city 5 m has reached out to our organization last month to for the tenderloin residents about the project i support this project b that will would more affordable housing for the lower-income people like me lives on fixed income i'm happy they'll build senior housing and family housing for next door and working-class in the tenderloin this project creates safety that didn't exist right now for hundr

the house has done nothing. the house bill is completely and objectly lacking on rail safety. therefore, this motion instructs our conferees to insist on the senate's provisions. i know that our conferees will be extremely sympathetic and supportive, but simply to express our views, i ask that this measure be approved and that the motion be taken on voice vote. and i ask that all remaining time be yielded back. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the question occurs on the motion. hearing no further debate, all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the most carries. the chair appoints the following conferees on the part of the senate which the clerk will report. the clerk: senators inhofe, thune, hatch, murkowski, fischer, barrasso, cornyn, boxer, brown, nelson, wyden, durbin and schumer. mr. blunt: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the pres

the house will also want to know about the financing of isil.ocuments include intercepting smugglers, stealing borders and enforcing sanctions to stop people from trading with isil. they can generate income through the control of territory. while we are working to squeeze finances wherever we can, it is the back of territory which will ultimately couple the finances. to complex questions are these -- will action pretty abrupt transition -- bring about transition? i believe the answer is yes. there cannot be genuine tradition without making it their territorial integration of syria, and isil denies the integrity. it helpsying isil moderate forces and they will be crucial to the future. second, our view that assad must go helps isil or does this is a picture? the advice i have is we will not beat isil if we wave that ultimately assad must go. it is fight for the long-term stability of syria. in the end, it comes back to this one main question -- should we take action? all of those who say that ultimately we need a diplomatic solution and transitio