overall, we havee - -- eveven in this economy, $8 billn of construction aivity going on right now in the diststrict of columbiaia. >> i have been to china many times. they like to over-air conditionedd in hong kong. where did you go chi? did you have any success talkingng to businesses? >> we were in beijijing and shanghai. i think it was a very successful tripip for us.s. we alsoo dedicated the opening of a new office representinthe diststrict of columbia in shanghai. >> taxpars wonder whwhether that is worth t the expense. >> let me give yoone example. have a f federal progogram that basically says if you are in a foreign country and you would like to o invest in the ited states, if you are willing to put up $500,000, we will ge yoa visa. roadside e development -- we cameme home with a check for $ $40 million to invesest in that project. the office will cost t us about $20000,000 a year to operatate. it will be a present for u us in china,ch a placece where they will do business. has already paid for itstself and will continue to do so. >> you have knowme for a long time. i talk to

how can we justify $ca16.5 billn in cut to the food program when 70% of all recipients are families with children. how can we justify the cuts when 25% are senior sis zens or people with disabilities. i am a shamed that this committee has decided to target over 46 million people in america who depend on this essential lifeline. i've said in the past and i say again, i would love to extend an invitation to everyone on this committee who supports these cuts. come to my district and your eyes will be open. you'll see hungry people, not a lot of fraud. according to the 2011 usda data which i have a copy of, by the way, on average every member of congress in this room on this committee represents districts with more than an average of 25,600 households, not people, households that rely on food stamps. just to give you an idea. mr. goodlet, 26,600 households. mr. king, 21,397. mr. nogbower, 27,290 families. mr. conaway, 24,814, and i can go on and on. every single member of this committee represents a significant number of poor people. so how do we say to these people, it's got to be fraud. ca

white house, they said wait, there is no new authority, they're simply jump dating -- up dating a billnhe event of a nuclear war. but still some of the privacy groups are casting a weary eye. >> should the president have the power to pull the plug on the internet? bill daley says yes, but ryan disagrees, gentleman, good to you you ob the program. william, i have to kick this off with you. you say having the president able to shut down the internet in the case of a emergency is fine. >> yes, and i'm very weary about any civil liberty, but i think in this stay and age as it has been integral part of our day today lives, it's important that be included and looked at very carefully. we give them the authority to do everything from select terrorists, push a button and launch nuclear missiles, i think in this case, she should have the power to communicate and use those tools, whatever they may be, to inform the population or protect the population from a larger event that may be occurring. >> we could also look at china, when you're in china and you want to google something that the president

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