now that we amended the baldwin amendment, the second-degree amendment voting on baldwin as amended. all in favor say i, opposing any. requesting a roll call vote. if not, the ayes have it. and the amendment is modified as agreed to. thank you all. senatorhighcamp, thank you for your patience. >> i call up heitkamp number three. i want to respond to senator coburn who suggest that some of this is related to parochial interests. obviously we have service centers and north dakota, a world post office and north dakota but we have a growing population in north the code and i can tell you stories about the post office. including my favorite one when i -- that a herd of my last trip back, the local lady who delivers mail for years under contract, everybody knew her and she knew everyone, always check in on the elderly she lost her contract on a cost-saving measure and they hired a company out of california who hired ex-cons and through the mail in the ditch. that is the way i look at the post office these days, through the eyes of my constituents who let me tell you, you might think that i

and other amendments but not a second amendment. as long as the agreement is that we will actually vote up or down on my language and there will not be a substitute. we are agreeing basically not to second-degree my amendment. if that is a we are agreeing to. >> that is a weird green to. i need unanimous consent. >> we're back to you. >> i think senator levin may have come in. >> i would make offer to amendment. one is that the estimate, i think, of the chair and the ranking member is you have to get the right language in front of me. under the trigger approach of 140 billion pieces for four straight quarters in a row that the estimate which -- >> it would be page 21 of the amendment. >> i am not sure what page. >> to one. >> but under the documents given to us under this estimate that would be reached in the fourth quarter of the 418. and i would say in order to give a little certainty that we say in no event, leaving that trigger and there, so the trigger would remain just the way that it is in the language, to have a little great

amendment at the desk -- i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4 rinted in house report 113-339 offered by mr. gay yageo of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 470, the gentleman from texas, mr. gallego, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. gallego: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the chair and the ranking member for their work on this legislation. i can think of nothing more important that all of us i think agree on than the importance of taking care of r veterans and our veterans' community. especially now, we have so many wounded warriors coming back and so many taken to outdoors activities as part of the therapy part of wounded warriors and making sure we really approach making them whole again in a very real way and nature is a huge part of that. last night, in fact, this chamber held a moment of silence to honor veterans in afghanistan and iraq. these are folks who have put th

amendment.m pleased that senator levin and dr. common -- coburn have been able to come to an agreement. property is incorporated into this proposal. of omb -- any agencies that are looking to dispose of a piece of property needs to work with that local government. if gsa wants to sell billing or work with the city to zone property for future use. this is taking place through the current disposal process. senator levin has expressed concerns about the real property legislation and i believe his repose liz phair and ensures that state and governments are notified. dr. coburn. >> [inaudible] more comments? >> can your mind me, the savings, one of you have the number, $15 billion. just for the record. >> we do not know what the value is but we are at -- spending $2 billion a year maintaining empty buildings. >> hopefully one of the lists they should put on their because the house no longer does the page program, i walked past an empty building for the last two years that they should figure out what

amendment to the primary amendment. this would be amendment three as modified. >> just a moment, please. >> senator paul, i think i said at our last mockup, this is my first opportunity to chair a mockup of a major bill. my 13th, 14th year in the senate. i don't recall ever a situation where someone was offering an amendment at a second-degree was offered to the amendment to become the original underlying amendment. the offer, the original amendment offered the to offer a third igree amendment -- that would don't think be approved. substitute -- we could be here for the rest of the day. i don't think that is what is intended by the rules. enzi?r turnedy experience, it out to be a side-by-side rather than the second-degree amendment but usually they get their vote. >> in this case, we have offered the second-degree and we have had a good discussion and a vote. >> can i make one response? or just a question, this goes along with what senator enzi is saying. is there an attempt by the majority to not vote on this issue? ha

my amendment is simple. while recognizing the goal of the underlying legislation to improve the regulatory process, my amendment maintains the government's responsibility to protect the environment, consumer health and workplace safety. i propose removing costly hurdles that would make government less efficient, while protecting the right of the american people to hold their government accountable when it fails to protect their health, safety and civil rights. my colleagues across the aisle frequently complain about too much bureaucracy. we should not compound the problem by creating duplicative government processes. let's examine the effectiveness of regulations already in place. senator king introduced a bipartisan bill that would exactly that. it would establish a process to identify and either strike to improve outdated and obsolete regulations. we should be doing the same thing in this body. at a time when we should be doing more with less, can we really afford to increase spending with more government

anything on this amendment, amendment number four?>> i know one if you hav of youe number is a 15 million-dollar surplus, just for the record. >> we don't really know what the value is that we are spending in excess of $2 billion a year maintaining empty buildings right now. >> hopefully for my own discussion because the house no longer does the page program that they should figure out what to do. >> very supportive of the property legislation. >> we have all in favor of amendment number four. opposed? the ayes have it. we will go to the senator since an issue came up late in the game with respect alaska. i know it's important to them and yothing andyou are recognizs consent request. -- just in the last ten days or so we've learne we learn that td with other packages over 50% and they used the process with a change into the end result was the general acknowledging of unintended consequences because it was a national decision to make sure the competition would have a difficult structure. the postal service is dominant monopoly whether

i prec the amendment and the amendment that supervisor avlose admitted. they clireifyed my concerns. i want to make sure i understand this because it feels like transaction we haven't done before knwant to understand it correctly. i am glad we moved this to department of real state because i never [inaudible] purchase property in the past. [inaudible] is this something you know that the city has done? >> the closest analogy to [inaudible] that we have been able toidentify in consalitation with the department of real state are the [inaudible] they were cal trans property which came to sit position and up zoned and [inaudible] indicates here and to the transportation >> that is helpful. to the the second piece of that question, the concept of have option-being able to -when we transfer a seller to purchase, does that mean it doesn't transfer to the city >> [inaudible] should answer that question. from a staff perspective we think we structured this as a transforbl option so the city isn't in the chain of title. the sale would be between pg and e and the 3rd

camp amendment -- ke heitkamp amendment. this amendment will address carrying of guns in parking lots and will be amended from previous amendments that i have had in that the date will take in effect take effect one day after. i would like to vote on the second-degree amendment. >> can i just ask the gentleman just to withhold your amendment for a few minutes. effort to try to craft an amendment on this subject -- >> as long as we have unanimous consents -- consent that my amendment will be voted on, but this is my last chance to know i will have a vote right now. i will really push it as long as we agreed by unanimous consent that what there will be a vote on my amendment is worded by us. >> can i have the minute? >> it is similar to what has been presented other than an enactment date change. >> let's suspend for a moment. >> ok, let's resume this conversation. we talked a little bit with dr. coburn and others, and what i think i will ask you, if you will, withdraw the second-degree ,mendment so we can debate it voted up o

now that we have amended the second-degree amendment do we need to vote on baldwin as amended? all in favor. requests for roll call vote. the amendment is modified as agreed to. senator, thank you for your patience. >> mr. chairman, i call up high camp number three. i don't want to belabor a long discussion here on every detail. it is a fairly link the amendment. i want to respond to the senators suggested that some of this is related to parochial interests. obviously we have service centers in north dakota camauro post offices in north dakota, but we have a growing population in north dakota, and i could tell you stories about the post office. you know, including my favorite one that i heard on my last trip back which is that the local lady who delivers the mail for years under contract, loral carrier, and everyone newer, she knew everyone, always check ten on the elderly, well, she lost her contract, cost-saving measure. they hired a company out of california who hired ex-convict who through the mail the dutch. so that is the way i look at the post office these days, through

the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is a request for a recorded vote on amendment number 4 printed in part b of house report 113-340 by the gentlewoman from california, mrs. capps, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in part b of house report 113-340 offered by mrs. capps of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be 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: on

amendment we don't have that much to go on. we know the consequences of public safety before proceeding with the underlying amendment irish my colleagues to support carter second-degree amendment requiring a steady on this issue. again the modification must immediately begin to make changes recommended in the reports. >> mr. chairman? that which your second-degree amendment you give the post office the authority that congress ought to have after they find out from their study we have no assurance anybody from congress has capability of that committee and no idea where that goes it could go more difficult than the present language. so with that caveat i think there is some difficulty and i appreciate you put your guns and the trunk and i come from a part of the country didn't have a trunk it is called the pick up. [laughter] >> we cannot afford that. [laughter] has been benghazi i appreciate you offering this modification i also appreciate senator paul's amendment what he is trying to do. i am a strong supporter of the second am

amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 house in part a of report 113-340 offered by mr. grijalva of arizona. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 472, the gentleman from arizona, mr. grijalva, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. speaker. my amendment is straightforward. it strikes title 4 of the bill. title 4 is the text of h.r. -- is the text of h.r. 2095, introduced by my friend from utah, chairman of the public lands subcommittee, mr. bishop. the title would prohibit b.l.m. from acquiring additional land until the agency creates a publicly accessible database that inventories current land holdings and identifies lands suitable for disposable. much of the bill seeks to undermine the public planning process and give away federal land free of charge. this land belongs to the american people, and if we are going to be in the business of giving it away, we should at least not hinder our ability to

can we take that -- those amendments without objection? the amendments are adopted. [gavel] >> supervisor kim? >> thank you. and i just wanted to thank president chiu's office for this legislation. i certainly knew quite a bit, i thought about the environmental impact water bottles had and learned a lot when mayor gavin newsom prohibited water bottles here at city hall and the board of education soon quickly followed as well when we learned about the environmental impact. something that you view that is just good for you to be drinking water all the time, but learn even more through this process. and wanted to also note that a lot of the impact is also just from [speaker not understood] really heavy loads of water throughout the country when you can get it from their fawcett or many other places that are much, much closer to you. so, i certainly become one of those that believe in not using water bottles when i can and really glad to see this move forward. i hope we can really move toward the city where the behavior that reduces this type of usage. thank you. >> than

the question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. accordingly, under the rule, the committee rises. the chair: mr. speaker the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h.r. 2804, and pursuant to house resolution 487, i report the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 2804, and, pursuant to house resolution 487, reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule the previous question is ordered. is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment reported from the committee of the whole? if not, the question is on adoption of the amendment in the nature of a substitute as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no

an amendment -- and an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment reported by the committee of the whole? if not, the question is on adoption of the amendment in the nature of a substitute as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill to amend the consumer financial protection act of 2010, to strengthen the review authority of the financial stability oversight council of regulations issued by the bureau of consumer financial protection and for ther purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will be in order. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: would members respectfully take their conversations from the floor. clear the aisles. find a seat. he house will be in order. would members of the house remove their conversations from can loor so that the house be in order. for what pu

underlies my amendment. it really is much needed. my amendment is focused on one of the most critical ingredients that's necessary for those who are trying to start a new business or to grow an existing business and that is access to credit. now, i offer my amendment based on my own real-world experience. it was about 22 years ago that i started my business and i was able to start it and to grow it and to say these wonderful words to so many fellow americans in virginia's second district, you're hired. i was able to say those words because one of the ingredients i had available was access to credit. i offer my amendment today based as well on the clear, united, and truly rational voice that's being articulated by virginia's second congressional district, and that is that the consumer protections bureau is truly ander refutably in their view and in mine damaging and harming their ability to have access to credit. common ground is something that i've come to work every day seeking to advance. i'm convinced abs

reid proposes amendment numbered 2718 to amendment numbered 2717. mr. reid: i have a cloture motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on s. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits and for other purposes, signed by 17 senators. mr. reid: waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 298, s. 1963. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 298, s. 1963, a bill to repeal section 403 of the bipartisan budget act of 2013. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived for the cloture motion just filed and on bette wednesday, february 5 count as an intervening day. the presiding officer: is there objection. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, let me take jus

the amendments made by the director of real estate. can i have a motion to accept shows amendments? >> motion to accept those amendments. >> we'll take that line item. so moved. madam clerk call item 2. city clerk: item 2: [appropriating $4,515,000 from the general fund reserve for nonprofit rent stabilization program - mayor's office of housing - fy2013-2014]1400082.sponsors: chiu; kim and avalosordinance appropriating $4,515,000 from the general fund reserve to the mayor's office of housing for fy 2013-2014 establishing the nonprofit rent stabilization program, and placing these funds on budget and finance committee reserve pending a report from the nonprofit displacement work group to the board of supervisors 1234 >>supervisor mark farrell: supervisor avalos? >>supervisor john avalos: i would like to call the chair to hear in mid-march. >>supervisor mark farrell: we have a motion to continue this item. anyone wish to comment on this item? >> good morning supervisors. picarello. is there a reason why you want to fund this program at this time. it seems to me this program has not b

cartwright, i'm offering amendment number 1. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in house report number 113-361, offered by mr. johnson of georgia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 487, the gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia. mr. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. this amendment simply strikes the moratorium provisions in title 1 of the bill. madam speaker, a regulatory moratorium makes absolutely no sense. caps sunstein former head of the office of regulatory affairs, observed, quote, a moratorium would not be a machete but a nuclear bomb in the sense that it would prevent regulations that cost very little and have very significant economic and public health benefits. this is yet another an amendment by the majority to obstruct at all costs and stop all regulations. in the last congress, we considered h.r. 4078, which would have imposed a moratorium for any quarter where the bureau of labor statistics' average unemplo

, if amended. if cloture is invoked on the bill, all postcloture time be yielded back and the senate proceed to vote on the bill as amend, if amended. if it is not success fling, the cloture motions be withdrawn. filing deadline for amendments to s. 1982 be at 10:30 a.m. thursday. the filing deadline for second-degree amendments to amendment 2747 and s. 1982 be 1:30 p.m. on tomorrow. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: now, i ask unanimous consent that we proceed to a period of morning business, senators allowed to speak up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by me with the concurrence of senator mcconnell, the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 251. if the cloture is filed on the bill, there be two hours of debate on s. 1752 and s. 1917 equally divided between the two leaderred or their designees. upon the use or yielding back of that time, the senate proceed to vote on

amend the rule. let's bring up the flood insurance relief program and put this underlying bill back to committee where it be longs where these issues can be worked out by both sides of the aisle and both sides of the state of california. >> i yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. mr. courtney: pass this flood insurance measure. if you talk to the realtors and bankers, these properties are locking up because of the flood insurance premiums. we can change that today and get this bill to the president and get this recovery moving and let's listen to the american people who want to see bipartisan action that are focused on getting a strong economic recovery. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from utah. mr. bishop: if the speaker would forgive me for getting back to the subject matter, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from california to talk about the water bill. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. he opposition has erupted into a verit

because any amendment requires a continuance, what i would suggest is that you further /aeu members amend the resolution and the ordinance today to put a place holder in place for information about the seqa findings. my office will work with the planning department to draft this specific language and we'll get that to the clerk by tomorrow, but to ensure that the amended version is good to go next week, i request you add that language. >> i'll accept that into the motion. >> okay. president chiu. >> just a couple concluding comments. as i said, i agree with all the comments that have been made about the critical nature of our streetlights. and the fact we need a plan. i think the issue for us is to include this at the last minute and the real question comes up is our commitment to voters around our property tax rates. i want to address the comments made around the capital planning committee. just let folks know we know that capital planning and thinking about capital infrastructure is not sexy, but there is a lot of work being done by them and they have done a lot of outreach to all of us

i would be, i will begin my quick overview of the presentation on the proposed amendment as follows. but first of all, just a quick indication of the location of the water front site. before you, it was an area view of pier 70. and the area for the water front site is the one indicated in blue. and here is the water front site itself. >> and you generally by the 20th street and michigan street, 22nd street, and san francisco bay. my presentation that i am going to try to make it as brief as possible since all of the details are in the staff memorandum on this item. and a very quick product update, what is included in the proposed amendment to the exclusive negotiation agreement and in the steps. and since, the or since you have determined the sheet on these on the water front site project, about i believe, in may of last year, staff and the developers are being working very, very hard in or on the terms of the items of the term sheet. and they have form. and in the previous, and project teams, and as you know as a very complex pro-next, both on the see side and the developer's site a

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and can we take the amendments without objection? the amendments are accepted. [gavel] >> and then we need to continue this by one week? >> i will make a motion to continue for one week, being that the amendments are substantive so they need to sit for a week so the public can view the amendments. but i just want -- i forget to mention at the beginning that we do have the support of our public defender and our district attorney both jeff and george as well as our sheriff's office. so, we do have many different faces ~ of our public safety community supporting this legislation. and i just wanted to take an extra time to thank some folks that have really been tons and tons of meetings at our office, with a lot of different stakeholders. supervisor cohen's office. and i want to give a quick shout out to jamtracy, bill gandy, jesse stoute, michelle rodriguez, meredith [speaker not understood], and dorsey nunn. i know that this has been a long process and i really appreciate you all sticking with us to get through this to the end, to really put forward a legislation

this amendment is a necessary amendment. the jackson lee amendment says if it's a good public investment , and it helps in order to clarify some of the untoward provisions of this legislation that will require an interaction with a private corporation but never talking to the public. mr. chairman, if we are for the people, they should at least be there to be inquired of what do you think? and finally, let us end the unfunded mandate of not passing unemployment insurance extension and not lifting the minimum wage. that's an unfunded mandate. i ask my colleagues to support the jackson lee amendment because it clarifies and it puts the people first. i join with my colleague. this is a place for people. we are the ones, the people, who run this government. give them an opportunity to consult under this legislation. support the jackson lee amendment. with that i yield back, mr. chairman. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from texas. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opi

>>supervisor jane kim: i second those amendments. >>supervisor scott weiner: with that said, let's go to public comment. i have one public comment card. >> thank you for your attention on this important issue the land use hearing when we had over 50 people out to testify for the community support. i'm here for legal services for prisonser with children receive this as a critical human rights issue to end discrimination against people who have been formally incarcerated and i urge you to adopt this as amended thank you very much. >> thank you mr. chairman and good afternoon, it's a pleasure to be here in front of the board. i'm marsha rose. i'm quite familiar with this issue. my organization published a guide to housing rights of people with criminal histories back in 2008, i believe and we've worked on this issue with legal services with civil rights advocates throughout the country for a number of years. we were involved in earlier discussions about this ordinance but somehow we were not included in the recent discussions and i did

not likely to be amended any time soon. the inventor process itself article five is part of the constitution we should start with. >> host: what would you replace it with? >> guest: i take we have a set of customs, traditions and swayed to do things that would perfectly adequately structure politics and we don't have to imagine what the world would be like we have some examples that the two most prominent are the united kingdom and you sealant that all have constitutions like ours and the last time i looked there were pretty successful they were not right team in the streets the leaders for not arresting political opponents. i'd think they would work pretty well here as well. >> host: doesn't the constitution and protect the american people from the tyranny that it was originally protecting us from? those could change every year? >> given our situation but sure the laws changed circumstances change there are some things that ought to be fixed for example, example,, rights to equality and liberty but don't be kidding yoursel

>> guest: i proposed an amendment to the constitution. the intention is to restore the lost count to two shin. .. >> host: another one? >> guest: oh, i think there's a proposal to, well, there's a proposal that the court should follow the original meaning of the constitution which is what the book is about. there's a proposal to, basically, repeal the income tax amendment and say congress cannot tax income no matter how derived, but they could have a national sales tax instead. so there's that proposal in there. there's a proposal to ban unfunded mandates that are imposed on states. although there are very few of these proposals that have to do with states across states, they're mostly all to do with individual liberty. >> host: randy barnett, what courses do you teach here at georgetown? >> guest: well, after teaching my way through the curriculum, i teach our course on common law i, common law ii which is constitutional rights, and this book is about both of those things, and i've taught contracts since i started teaching way back when,

republican amendments, seven democratic amendment, so we can have a full and open debate. very proud of this rule, mr. speaker and with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: i thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. polis: mr. speaker, i'm forced to rise again in opposition to the rule and two underlying bills that are counterproductive and aren't dealing with the issues that our constituents sent us here to address. each of these bills was brought under restrictive process, one of them a completely closed rule that blocked all efforts from both sides of the aisle to improve the legislation. let's talk about the i.r.s. bill first. the i.r.s. bill has a title that i think would engender broad bipartisan support. if we want to run a bill that prevents the i.r.s. from discriminating organizations based on political affiliations, whether they're progres

i understand that these are nonsubstantive amendments so that we could amend them today and move this out of committee today to the full board. >> okay. so, supervisor kim, should we take the amendments first? >> yes. i'll make a motion for those amendments. >> okay. so, supervisor kim has moved to adopt the amendments as proposed by supervisor chiu and we'll take that without objection. [gavel] >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. actually my question was on the amendment. i just wanted to clarify, i think in reading the planning report last night, i believe that you stated that this was the only parcel that had a secondary structure in the c-3rr? ~ >> it's the only property that is both noncomplying, has a noncomplying [speaker not understood] and has a secondary structure. >> and, so, the reason for indicating the parcel is what? >> it took us a really long time to get to that conclusion. and since we resulted in only one parcel, we figured we might as well cut to the chase so that i'm not around in 10 years and someone is reading this legislation, everyone knows what it's referring to

the amendment. this would be i can't as amended. >> no. i think their chairman. >> oh, sure. >> it is really very appreciated . >> you bet. thanks for your constructive. now we move to final passage on high camp as amended. any more comments? hearing and all in favor. opposed sene. the ayes appeared to have it. they do have it. thinking. do you have an amendment? commitment number four goes to the issue that ranking member cobourg talked about as far as delivery in rural areas. the postal service used to use third parties to assist postal delivery in rural areas. these services are organized under a thing called the alternative means of transportation contracts. in june 2012 the postal service unilaterally implemented the pilot program in the northern planes which reduces contract use and in turn reduces mail delivery standards in these northern planes states. so all sorts of stories out there. senator i can't, i will give you one quick one. i can give you a bunch, one of them that actually is something that my wife and night. another stor

amendments have been seconded already? >> yes, i'm supportive. since the public comment brought it up, i wanted to thank the lowe family for over 20 years of running the concession stand at the site and i totally agree with mr. mccatch im about that size. my hope is the new vendors are sensitive not only to garfield school, but the historic significance of the site. i've always had a good experience there, but i see this will make the site so much better as well. i just wanted to make those comments. >> okay, supervisor mar. so, we have a motion on the floor that's been seconded to accept president chiu's amendments. we

a 3rd amendment is a fee adjustment. if the fees in the facilities invoiced from the department don't accurately reflect the facilities current activities, the facility may now address a fee adjustment for them with correct information with the fee payment. the businesses may have reduced or inventory since their last renewal and inspection may not be conducted in this time period. the fee adjustment form allows for a mechanism to adjust their fees accordingly. i'm happy to answer any additional questions to the amendment and legislation. >>supervisor norman yee: thank you very much. colleagues, any questions? no questions. thank you. any public comments on this matter? seeing none public comment is now closed. can we have a motion to move this to the full board. no objection. item passes. item no. 2. city clerk: item 2: 130710: [terms of and expansion of scope - existing local agency formation commission positions]1307102.sponsors: avalos; campos and marresolution amending the terms of the existing local agency formatio

not an amended bill, this bill. get it done, give a peace of mind to our veterans and our retirees that they know -- and our active military. let me say one other thing. this puts our readiness to some degree at risk. why do i say that? well, if you're thinking about joining the military, part of when you're joining the military, you're looking at the benefits and how it all works. you know you're going to put your life on the line. at some point, you may be called to duty, in a sense of life on the line. so they're looking at what those benefits are, what can they provide for themselves and their families. what's that retirement that they may become a career officer, a career enlist the member, what are they going to do. and now they're questioning should they. i had some e-mails from some folks about their sons and daughters who are currently enlisted and now wondering what did they get in to, when at a moment's notice the commitment, the promise we made, they can -- "we" congress, can change overnight. our readin

that is the first amendment. when this government targets americans based on it, we've got to stop it. make no mistake, republican, democrat, tea party, progressive, i don't care where you're at on this we cannot let the government have this power, it must be stopped now. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yield back. the gentleman from louisiana. mr. boustany: does the other side have time? the speaker pro tempore: the ther side has expired. mr. boustany: how much time remains? the speaker pro tempore: you have two minutes. mr. boustany: let me close the debate by saying, throughout this vigorous discussion, we want to make clear that this bill just simpley asks for a one-year delay in the implementation of this rule to allow ample time for congress complete its investigation, for the treasury inspector general, for tax -- treasury inspector general for tax administration to complete its investigation so we have the facts on the table. we shouldn't be jumping aed of the gun and tryin

in addition to the burr amendment 2752, there are many amendments on our side of the aisle waiting in the queue to be offered. further parliamentary inquiry: if a motion to table the reid motion to commit is successful, would there be an opportunity to offer a motion to commit the bill to the veterans' committee to be reported back as fully amendable bill with the iran sanctions language included? the presiding officer: if the motion to table is agreed to there would be an opportunity for a senator to offer another motion to recommit with instructions to which the senator's amendment could be offered. mr. graham: mr. president, in order to offer amendment number 2752, the iran sanctions amendment, i move to table the pending reid motion to commit and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will call the roll. mr. graham: thank you, mr. president. vote: