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conyers.our witnesses janet napolitano, secretary of the united states department of homeland security. sorted january 21, 2005, janet napolitano is the third secretary of dhs. prior to becoming secondary common is the public, was in her second term as governor of arizona. while serving as governor she became the first woman to chair the national governors' association and was named one of the top five governors in the country by "time" magazine. ms. napolitano also was the first female attorney general of arizona and served as the u.s. attorney for the district of arizona. ms. napolitano was born in new york city and grew up in pittsburgh pennsylvania and albuquerque mexico. she is a 1979 graduate of santa clara university where she won a truman scholarship and was a university's first valedictorian. she received a doctorate from the university of va school law in 1983. before entering public office, mr. pellicano served as a clerk for the judge mary m. schroeder on the u.s. court of appeals

john conyers for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am happy to be with you to form a quorum so that we can hold this hearing this afternoon and they wanted to just go over some materials here to make sure i understand what it is we are doing because according to the author, she did not intend to affect the enjoyment of the present law -- to affect veterans, social security claimants and small businesses. and maybe i am wrong here, but i i -- but we have information that the pro bono provision that would prove a disaster for social security claimants in the nonprofit legal service organizations in the private bar, who often provide pro bono services would be in many if not most instances precluding from any legal recovery. so i hope that this becomes clarified in the course of our hearing today. now, the equal access to justice at is more than 30 years old. and it has helped seniors, veterans, social security claimants indicate their rights against inaccurate or unreasonable or sometimes illegal government action. so the first thing

want to thank congressman john conyers who three days after the assassination put forth to the bill ands popularized in song, ronald reagan signed the bill to help erect a monument. to all of them, we owe a very special round of applause. put your hands together, will you? [applause] i was glad to be a part of his core of disciples to work, organized a march and parade with him. here are today, one of the 32 miles from jamestown where the slave ships when the 432 miles. i remembered my last birthday with dr. king, january 15, 1968. he was planning a march on washington. it was a poor people's campaign to occupy the mall. were willing to engage in civil disobedience to do whatever was necessary in the nation's capital to get the attention of the government to shift the war in vietnam to a war on poverty at home. in his last sunday morning sermon delivered at the washington national cathedral, four days before his assassination, dr. king said we're coming to washington to demand that the government addressed itself on the problem of poverty. the rhetorical question of what was necessary -

conyers.r witnesses janet napolitano, secretary of the united states department of homeland security. sorted january 21, 2005, janet napolitano is the third secretary of dhs. prior to becoming secondary common is the public, was in her second term as governor of arizona. while serving as governor she became the first woman to chair the national governors' association and was named one of the top five governors in the country by "time" magazine. ms. napolitano also was the first female attorney general of arizona and served as the u.s. attorney for the district of arizona. ms. napolitano was born in new york city and grew up in pittsburgh pennsylvania and albuquerque mexico. she is a 1979 graduate of santa clara university where she won a truman scholarship and was a university's first valedictorian. she received a doctorate from the university of va school law in 1983. before entering public office, mr. pellicano served as a clerk for the judge mary m. schroeder on the u.s. court of appeals fo

they are represented as john conyers, charles rangel, sam johnson, and howard coble.ere just a young boy. >> we thank these gentlemen for their service. to millions on the korean peninsula, the korean war is not an abstract concept. it is not abstract for me either. my older sister and younger brother, both just children, were killed in that war. i will never forget them. i will never forget how my mother tried so hard to keep them alive. with the war raging all around us, there were no doctors. we couldn't afford to buy medicine. all my mother could do is stay up all night and pray to god. i recognize the reality that korea has been split in two but i will never accept it as a permanent condition. the two koreas share the same language, history and customs. we are one people. in both koreas, there are families who have never spoken to their loved ones for more than half a century. my hope is that these people and all 70 million koreans will enjoy real happiness and real peace. for this, we must first lay the foundation for peace on the korean peninsula and upon this

they are representatives john conyers, charles rangel, sam johnson, and howard -- [inaudible] [applauseapplause] we thank these gentlemen for their service. to these gentlemen and millions of others the korean war or division of peninsula are not abstract concepts, and they are not abstract concepts for me either. my older brother and younger sister, both just children, were killed in that war. i will never forget them. i will never forget how my mother tried so hard to keep them alive. with the war raging all around us, there were no doctors, and we couldn't afford medicine. all my mother could do is stay up all night and pray to god. many koreans still live with such pain. i recognize the reality that korea has been split in two, but i will never accept it as a permanent condition. [applause] the two korea's share the same lang, history -- language, history, and customs. we are a one people. 234 both korea -- in both koreas, there's family members who have never spoken to their loved ones for more than half a century, and my hope is that these people and all 70 million koreans will en

you heard from congressman conyers. he said there is no way they will agree with that.entiment? what is the tempers like in there? >> listen everybody's temperature is fine. everybody at the table part of the committee is serious about the task. i hope everybody was listening very carefully to dr. doug elmendorf, who by the way is democratic appointee to head up the congressional budget office. there are many things this committee could do that could be helpful in our debt crisis. but there is only one that counts as dr. elmendorf pointed out, that is to slow the rate of growth in programs that are unsustainable and disserving their beneficiaries. increasingly doctors are not seeing medicaid patients. we're seeing forms of rationing when it comes to access and quality. in social security, my children are due to put more money into the system than they take out. martha: right. >> unless we reform these current entitlement programs for future generations nothing else counts. frankry this committee will fail as a committee it if we don't do that. martha: what about the rep

want to thank congressman john conyers who three days after the assassination put forth to the bill andpularized in song, ronald reagan signed the bill to help erect a monument. to all of them, we owe a very special round of applause. put your hands together, wl you? [applause] i was glad to be a part of his core of disciples to work, organized a march and parade with him. here are today, one of the 32 miles from jamestown where the slave ships when the 432 miles. i remembered my last birthday with dr. king, january 15, 1968. he was planning a march on washington. it was a poor people's campaign to occupy the mall. were willing to engage in civil disobedience to do whatever was necessary in the nation's capital to get the attention of the government to shift the war in vietnam to a war on poverty at home. in his last sunday morning sermon delivered at the washington national cathedral, four days before his assassination, dr. king said we're coming to washington to demand that the government addressed itself on the problem of poverty. the rhetorical question of what was necessary -- dr.

conyers: i would ask for -- mr. connolly: i would ask for a recorded vote. the chair: further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from virginia will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from vermont rise? mr. welch: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 20 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. welch of vermont. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. welch: in this legislation, there are findings. it is common in our legislation for there to be a finding section. this amendment would propose a finding for inclusion in this important legislation and finding would read that congress finds that the american people are exposed to mercury from industrial sources addressed by the rules listed in section 2-b of this act and through the consumption of fish containing mercury in every state in the nation has issued at least one mercury advisory for fish consumption. so the question is to the proponents of this legislation as to wh

want to thank congressman john conyers who three days after the assassination put forth to the bill andong, ronald reagan signed the bill to help erect a monument. to all of them, we owe a very special round of applause. put your hands together, will you? [applause] i was glad to be a part of his core of disciples to work, organized a march and parade with him. here are today, one of the 32 miles from jamestown where the slave ships when the 432 miles. i remembered my last birthday with dr. king, january 15, 1968. he was planning a march on washington. it was a poor people's campaign to occupy the mall. were willing to engage in civil disobedience to do whatever was necessary in the nation's capital to get the attention of the government to shift the war in vietnam to a war on poverty at home. in his last sunday morning sermon delivered at the washington national cathedral, four days before his assassination, dr. king said we're coming to washington to demand that the government addressed itself on the problem of poverty. the rhetorical question of what was necessary -- dr. king declare

they are representatives john conyers, charles rangel, sam johnson, and howard -- [inaudible] [applause] [applause] [applause] we thank these gentlemen for their service. to these gentlemen and millions of others the korean war or division of peninsula are not abstract concepts, and they are not abstract concepts for me either. my older brothernd younger sister, both just children, were lled in that war. i will never forge them. i will never forget how my mother tried so hard to keep them alive. with the war raging all around us, there were no doctors, and we couldn't afford medicine. all my mother could do is stay up all night and pray to god. many koreans still live with such pain. i recognize the reality that korea has been split in two, but i will never accept it as a permanent condition. [applause] the two korea's sharehe same lang, history -- language, history, and customs. we are a oneeople. 234 both korea -- in both koreas, there's family members who have never spoken to their loved ones for more than half a century, and my hope is that these people and all 70 million koreans wi

when i was a kid, when i was growing up in 1800 -- [laughter] we got delivered in my little town in conyers, georgia, we got a mail delivery twice a day. have you ever heard of that? we got delivered twice a day. now, that hasn't been the case for a long time, but people get delivered once a day. well, i'll just tell you, as a business proposition, there are places that ought to get delivery of mail six days a week. there are other places ought to get mail delivery five days a week. and other places ought to get mail delivery three days a week. and in some places maybe one day a week. do you know what we deliver mail at the bottom of the grand canyon? we have mules take the meltdown at all that. i don't mean people want to live in the grand canyon, god bless them, you know? but i mean, there's enormous costs. and ladies and gentlemen, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. so if people are imposing the costs on the system, somebody is paying for it, and it's the ratepayers for others. and when you are in a situation where 20, 30 years ago he had a lot of profits, delivery of first class