i also want to thank ron conway, the head of our sf city for being such a great partner because in that partnership what we do what new york has been doing and working in a public private setting and creating opportunities not only for great companies to be here and joining and link them up to what government is concerned about to improve lives and this is what sf has to do with also with new york. i want to give a shot out to the squares. [ applause ] i had the experience of walking through a procurement and what it would be like for thousands of businesses and medium in all businesses. you are a great talent to have here in san francisco. i want to thank you for allowing us to share this and hopefully in the new market, i know jack and i have talked about for many months ever since the twitter marketing and what that was all about and joining the companies that help me to create jobs and also create the future of this great city. you can also be able to help me do a lot of cleaning up in the south market and tenderloin. that's the great spirit of having the employees here in downtown

aging adult division and from bonnie lee from california and the department of motor vehicles andrew conway. the merchants and business owners were also represented in the chamber of commerce to give their perspective on the issue. >> so as with any large group it took time to work out issues. we met as a large group for 6 months but even with that, 1/3 of our group met additionally each month and a steering committee. we do a lot of work and ask a lot of questions and did research and got back to what we've heard about the membership i want to stress is that many of us were people with disability or disability rights advocates and the point is it was not a slam dunk from vested agencies. they talked to people, a variety of backgrounds, constituents, and interest and if you take the name out you will see the names related to all those areas. the representative from dmv came from sacramento and he provided a lot of history that is relevant to some of our recommendations. after six months we came to a broad consensus, i'm saying consensus, not unanimity that will increase parking spaces. some

i also want to thank ron conway, the head of our sf city for being such a great partner because in that

i also want to thank ron conway, the head of our sf city for being such a great partner because in that partnership what we do what new york has been doing and working in a public private setting and creating opportunities not only for great companies to be here and joining and link them up to what government is concerned about to improve lives and this is what sf has to do with also with new york. i want to give a shot out to the squares. [ applause ] i

spill, but give us a broader sense of the damage and also, i know that there's a nearby lake, lake conwaywell, we're talking about the first oil spill in a residential neighborhood in american history. so as far as we know, this is the first time this has happened. so the future is very uncertain for these homeowners who had oil running through their yards, their driveways, home, but it enwent into a creek and lake conway, whichfuls feeds into the arkansas river. i'm proud of the fish and game commission, which acted within hours to try to sequester the oil's flow to a certain area of the lake. we feel confident that a majority of the oil was contained, but the damage to aquatic life, damage to the water itself. we know certainly within the soil. also the improper storage of the waste that was removed is part of this litigation. you know, they did not seek a permit, and they started transporting tons of concrete, soil, wood, wood chips, water and petroleum mixtures without a proper permit to a storage site that they happen to own for their natural gas subsidiary only a few miles away. the

the north american port analysis by casey conway, the chief u.s.'s chalkful of information including whether the port nearest you will be ready by fwichbt. >>> now for the last look. take a look at these stark images of refugees around the world. from syria, the sudan, afghanistan, iraq. across the globe some 45 million people have been forced from their homes by political conflict or violence. that's the highest in 18 years according to the u.n. for this grim world, there is perhaps a bit of good news on the horizon. the u.n. high commissioner for refugees currently has two options for emergency shelter. a tent or a tent. anyone who's ever slept in a tent knows it's far from optimal for long-term stays. along comes the ikea foundation, the charitable arm of the furniture giant. armed with its wealth of experience, mass producing big items that pack up small, it allied with the refugee housing unit and came up with a hard-sided shelter, powered by solar, that even the tallest somalis can stand up in. it packs up flat and expected to cost about $1,0

this march, these arkansans marched at the gay pride parade in conway, arkansas. if you live in a red state, this is no surprise to you. if you live in a blue state and thought red states your monolithic, no, say hello to the rest of america. these folks hope to put the arkansas marriage equality amendment before they fellow citizens on the 2016 ballot. they want it voted on because they think they can win. they have worked out the language of the referendum proposal. they are preparing to collect signatures. in support of the proposition that the right to marry shall not be abridged or denied on account of sex or sexual orientation, not even in arkansas. we're seeing news like this in arkansas, in ohio, in montana, in north dakota, in michigan, in wyoming. all these places you wouldn't necessarily expect it, but it's happening at a homegrown grassroots level. this is now a state-by-state fight in every state for the right to marry. just as it is a state-by-state fight in every state for the right to vote. yesterday in texas, a democratic congressman sued the stat

for example, gop posted kellyanne conway tells national review, quote, she flourishes when she is withinwho believe in her message and want to hear red meat with a soft touch. amy kremer says, who is the president of tea party express says her support if anything has grown. she is a rock star to the conservative movement. so the fact that there may be some republicans that want to try to bring about a moderate stand and make the republican party more open, the fact that this, quote, rock star of the far right is something that really might stand in the way of the republicans at least doing that easily, not only will she stand in the way, a rock star is not what they need. they need serious policymakers. so the fact that they even think her platform is going to help them in any kind of way is laughable. the problem is the jokes she continues to make are the lighthearted nature in which she treats real, legitimate issues are highly problematic. the joke she made about the boston marathon bombers and the whole terrorism issue is terrible. the fact that she made this joke about allah akbar a

we've got kelly ann conway back, president and ceo of the polling company, and former campaign aide foroth john kerry and president obama. kelly ann, i understand they've got to investigate what they've got to investigate. but i think they've got to have a tax reform, limited government, a growth agenda. give middle class people jobs, kelly ann. >> larry, they should wake up every morning saying exactly that to themselves in the mirror and then to the american people when they get to the house floor. look, just trying to not be the other guy and running against the other guy's foibles or scandals didn't work in 1998. the rnc spent millions of dollars in ads about lewinsky and clinton close to the election. the house lost five seats. they were supposed to gain 20. it didn't work in 2012 when mitt romney ran against the awful first term obama had. but people want to hear what you're for. the republicans should do that for another reason. the democrats seem hell-bent on being the party of social issues. all they want to talk about is abortion and marriage. somebody ought to go in there and

right now i want to get back to the jobs report with austan goolsbee and ball conway and austan, i wanth you. you've had a little bit of time to sort of digest it, look at the nuances of the report. what does it tell you about where the economy is going and what changes need to be made? >> well, i think mainly what it tells you is how was the economy doing right now? and as we always say every month, there's a lot of variability, there's under 70,000, plus or minus, 100,000 so you've really got to get a couple of months ago before you can-- -p>> yeah, but we have a lot of months ago and it's pretty ugly, i mean, on this rare occasion, we have over 200,000, we've got the pom-poms onnand in the past we've seen streaks of 300,000, 4, when are those coming? >> not until the growth is higher. with the fiscal drag, more than a quarter off the point rate, you've got the private sector growing faster than 3 1/2% a year. it's hard for me to see that's going to get up much higher and you've got the public sector side, big negative. largest fiscal drag since the end of world war ii and the demobil

track under the interstate into the water bodies which is known as the cove, which is part of lake conway area, in the cove area, if you looked at the recent monitoring as late as friday of last week. you will see that they're detecting a lot of benzine, which is a known human cancer causing agent on a periodic basis, and they're detecting the chemical tal u wean on a very consistent basis. they detected that from the very first day of the spill as well as polynuclear hydro carbons. when you look at the health impacts associated with those classes of chemicals, they're known and suspected to cause cancer and they cause the headache, dizziness, nausea, involveme vomiting. also it causes impacts to the nervous system. sto it looks like a lot of the health impacts are associated with the benzine, the taluine and -- >> so the neighbors, wilma, have filed suit against exxon. >> i'm sorry, i can barely hear you. >> i'll try to talk louder. the residents have filed suit against exxon, but exxon has a lot more money than these people do, and the department of health in arkansas is seemingly on ex

the city of conway which is further inland got about five inches of rain last night. warnings all through the carolinas as well. we are hearing reports of power outages, 4,000 people without lights in charleston and 2,000 in the dark in north carolina. despite the fact that this is a relatively minor storm folks along the coast are still worried about flooding. >> fortunately it doesn't flood right in front of my house but getting out of here can be a nightmare. either get home of and stay home store don't get home at all. bill: our apologies there, we just lost the microphone from marry quinn down there on the beach in myrtle beach, south carolina. the storm is moving through. you can see how big the storm is and the amount of attention it's getting. look where it's going, washington d.c., new york city, boston, massachusetts. martha: the 95 corridor up the coast, and it's a wet one to be sure. bill: that's right. martha: we've got new polls showing that the white house has a problem on the trust issue according to these numbers. a majority of americans say that the

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conway, that is amendment number 182. those who are in favor, say yes, those who are opposed, say no. the amendment is agreed to. are there any other amendments? >> i would like to offer this amendment number 64. before i withdraw, i would like to ask the gentleman to pass out the amendments. as we create a positive environment for job growth, we have an opportunity to work on both issues by supporting dod's effort towards using home-grown american made biofuels. building on the success of the existing memorandum of understanding between the department of agriculture and energy and the navy, but promoting biofuels, this amendment will direct the air force to develop a program providing additive grants to existing biofuel research centers to conduct development and testing of iowa-based fuels that is suitable for use by the air force as an aviation fuel for jet aircraft. the air force is a huge user of fuel, which comes at a substantial cost to the american taxpayer. it represents 86% of energy consumption and it is at a c

back in january, gop pollster kelly ann conway gave a presentation. she had pretty clear advice. stop talking about rape. yesterday arizona congressman had this little gem on his abortion bill that would make it illegal to terminate a pregnancy after 20 weeks. >> my friends on the left side of the aisle here try to make rape and incest the subject, because the incidents of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low. >> really? because more than 30,000 pregnancies result from rape each year. according to nbc, he tried to walk back his ridiculous assertions. which the cases in which someone tried to seek an abortion of rape is rare. which is not true. speaking of snowden, he told the south china morning post that u.s. intelligence has been hacking other nation's computer networks for years. and claims the u.s. has some 61,000 targets. he allegedly turned over documentation to prove allegations, but nothing has been dentally confirmed. he said he want the people and the courts of hong kong to decide his fate. he'll see how that goes. we're back after the b

but here's how congressman mike conway's amendment would really work.automatically cut food stamps by 10% if congress plans to reauthorize the farm bill. it would literally decimate the program. it was meant to be a sort of doomsday advice to encourage congress to act. but if the sequester taught us anything, it says doomsday devices can become a smothering reality. and then there was this guy, explaining his position. >> we all agree that we don't want children to go hungry. what this amendment is about is making sure that addicts and criminals are not taking what is not theirs, taking food from the mouths of these children. taking food from those who are in need. >> so, congressman richard hudson wants you to think that he's all about saving the children. his actual plan is to drug test s.n.a.p. beneficiaries, a common sense move, he says, right. or a way to humiliate people and keep them from applying to the program. and oh, by the way, this tact has already proven a failure. florida found that drug testing welfare recipients cost the state more mone

little party for pat at our house here on capitol hill on wednesday night, pat and his wife susan conway serve? well i did what i always do. i got in the car and drove about four blocks from our house to what i consider the best wine store in the entire country, it is schnyders, located here on capitol hill, it is a great institution. i said here is what i'm going to do, what do you suggest? got my recommendations and walked out with a case and a half of fine wines. john is a co-owner and he is in studio with us this morning. >> good morning. >> bill: i love the store, really, you guys -- i don't know whether you remember, but you have served me before and everybody there i find it doesn't matter they know their wines and can just match the wine with what you are going to serve or what the event is, and that's what it is all about. so we're talking about wines for summer. summer, you don't necessarily have to drink beer and soft drinks, right? >> exactly. we have a lot of really nice wines that work with the dishes. and i brought four of them to show you. >> bill: am i wrong in thinking

conway, the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman.opted en bloc amendment that this is not any permission to go to war with syria. the president has stated over and over the use of chemical weapons in public reporting from britain and france is the facts weapons have been used in syria. we know what that means and our allies to what it means. the folks in syria don't know what that means either. i don't see anything in here because the way any power from congress to decide what we ought to optimally do and i find the arguments unpersuasive we should strike those section to a sense of congress that these things had to go down and provide a planning tool that would be used to look at the options. when the president of the united states plus it doesn't do anything. when he doesn't back those things out, that harms our reputation in the world for a variety of reasons and i think there's no harm in leaving the session and i was speak again strike in the session. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. mr. smith, the children from washi

conway -- and you were probably in congress a few years ago when george tennant, the then cia oval, walked into the office and says, mr. -- mr. president, it is a slam-dunk. iraq has weapons of mass destruction. congress and the rest of us should be very skeptical about president obama's claim that he has proved that the assad regime used sarin gas. the call.nk you for i have to say to you, my gray hair notwithstanding, i was not when that happened. i got elected in 2008. right, wek you're always have to be skeptical about alleged intelligence that leads to a major policy intervention. that is what i've been saying in , thatnterview and that is is what i think the administration has been cautious about. they have not just been jumping the rebels. i think the president has been very nuanced in his approach. his administration and the intelligence committee have declared other than what you suggest, that sarin gas was used. that is a red line for this presidency and the administration. something will be done in response. what that something is going to be is what we're all trying to shape no

transportation costs procured by secretary of defense for congressional trips outside the u.s. 178 by mr.umber conway to express that the national guard counter narcotic program should receive continued funding. 185r1 to number direct the secretary of defense to report to congressional defense committees on progress made for abducting a -- adopting a strategy that minimizes the cost of insurance to the dod and its contractors as required by section number 2009 inthe fiscal year dnda. amendment by mr. andrews to require the cost given equal importance to technical and other criteria for defense contracts. amendment number 197 by mr. hunter to require a technical avaluation of the dcgs- program by the director of operational tests and evaluation. amendment number 221 by mr. garamendi and mr. gibson that affirms that nothing in the bill constitutes an authorization for the use of force in syria. any discussion on the amendments? the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. disturbed director for congresswoman gabrielle giffords, the national guard was placed on the border. a

conway to require the secretary of defense have by congress -- who since been released and become leaders in a foreign terrorist group. to expressno. 262-r1 the sense of congress maintaining the united states base is critical to meeting our national security requirements, among other things. without objection beyond what amendment is before the members. -- without objection to the is before thedment members. question is on passage of the amendment offered. so many as are in favor will say i. those opposed, and know. the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. next we have an amendment by mr. smith, number one 36 if the clerk will please pass that out. without objection reading of the amendment will be dispensed with. the chair now recognizes the gentleman the purpose of offering and explaining his amendment. >> thank you mr. chairman. as i begin my argument i realize i started out far too many of my arguments on amendments with the phrase "i know i am going to lose, but the " that is probably not the best debating approach. i ought to know better. this has to do with the two amphibio

conway. >> mr. chairman, i would ask unanimous concept to withdrawal my recorded vote.not have the recorded vote. no objections, 0 ordered. >> the question now on the amendment offered by mr. lamborn number 142. it was this -- this was the one regarding purchase of lease of elect call vehicles is available. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [call -- roll call vote [roll call vote] [roll call vote] clerk report the tally. >> mr. chairman, 31aye votes. 31 no votes. >> the amendment is not agreed to. the question now occurs on the amendment offered by on the service uniforms. requiring all services to have the same uniform. the number was 063r1. clerk call the tally. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, there were 21 32aye votes. 30 no votes. >> say that again. 32aye votes. 30 no votes. >> so the amendment is adopted.

host: conway, new hampshire. good morning. caller: i have a possible solution to two work concerns and after i am done speaking and connecting these two concerns, i have a possible exciting solution. the first concern is immigration and america's need for people to do the hard work harvesting our crops. the second concern is young americans finding jobs and after higher education having a large debts. if or when the 11 million immigrants become legal citizens, they will likely see different types of work than working in the field and parents will work hard to give their children better lives, and most likely their children will not be working picking crops. then we will need to find another million people to do the hard agricultural work. then we have students at tech, junior colleges, technical articles goals, four-year colleges needing jobs. if hired by the farm owners or corporations to harvest the crop they will be paid by the farm businesses and so forth. but here is the exciting part. thisdition for doing needed work and

host: conway, new hampshire. good morning.caller: i have a possible solution to two work concerns and when i am done speaking and connecting these two concerns, i have a possible exciting solution. the first concern is immigration and america's need for people to do the hard work harvesting our crops. the second concern is young americans finding jobs and after higher education having large debts. if or when the 11 million immigrants become legal citizens, they will likely see different types of work than working in the field and parents will work hard to give their children better lives, and most likely their children will not be working picking crops. then we will need to find another million people to do the hard agricultural work. then we have students at tech, junior colleges, technical colleges needing jobs. if hired by the farm owners or corporations to harvest the crop they will be paid by the farm businesses and so forth. but here is the exciting part. in addition for doing this needed work and the young people have l