unlike culberson, she's no longer waiting for trial. instead ortega pled guilty to a dui hit and run with great bodily injury. >> i'm an alcoholic. i'm native american and irish. so all the experts say that it's in my blood. but, aside from that, i black out. the average person who's going to drink as much alcohol as i would drink would pass out, end up sleeping, snoring, whatever you do. i get hyper. and i flip into i don't know if it's tracie or stacie, what happens. a different person. and she's usually not happy or very nice and she's usually very violent. >> ortega's sentence has been an eight-year sentence. she is due to be transferred to prison any day now. the victim of her crime is her former boyfriend. >> basically i went out with my boyfriend and my best friend. we went to sunday brunch. which is my favorite. and i'm an alcoholic, so i have my mimosa. and then i decided it would be cool to stop at the bar, so we did that. and then i can't tell you what happened after that other than what it states in my police report and my p

culberson of texas for today and mr. desjarlais of tennessee for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentlewoman from the virgin islands, mrs. christensen, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mrs. christensen: thank you, mr. speaker. and i ask unanimous consent that all speakers may have -- i ask unanimous consent for them to be able to revise and extend their remarks in accordance with the subject of the special order this evening. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. christensen: and i'd like to enter into the record a statement from congresswoman eddie bernice johnson. the speaker pro tempore: it will be covered by general leave. mrs. christensen: thank you. i want to again begin by thanking the democratic leader forgiving the congressional black caucus this time, to focus on health care reform specifically. specialy -- especially as the house is preparing to continue their attempts to repeal what we know is

san francisco traded minor league infielder charlie culberson to the rockies for scutaro..271 with four homers and 30 rbi. the second baseman and shortstop is familiar with the bay area having played for the as from 2004 to 2007. scutaro will be a free agent after this year. >>> all right. let's head over to rosemary for a last check of your weather to see when things are going to warm up. >> we have a warmer weather pattern taking shape for the afternoon. right now, you can see who is still stuck under the gray. 50s for those of us still with gray skies and 50s, san rafael, 59 santa rosa, 57 napa, upper 50s oakland into hayward. low to mid-60s where we are dealing with plenty of sunshine. 65 and concord. mostly sunny skies expected today. we have gray skies around the bay area plus the marine layer not as thick. the onshore breeze not as strong. and we are expecting at least a little bit of a sooner clearing. for the afternoon today, if you are going to berkeley for the kite festival it's going to be nice. low 70s in the forecast. 7 1 oakland. 87 concord. 90 for antioch s

secretary: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c., july 17, 20 12, i hereby appoint the honorable john culberson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will received a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: mr. secretary. the secretary: i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message m writing. -- a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 17, 2012, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair now lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on july 16, 2012, at

culberson of texas for food. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. nothing like being villeified to -- vullified to get your senses acutely atuned. but we had a hearing in judiciary last week, july 19, actually, in which the secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano, appeared. during the exchange that i had with secretary napolitano, i said these words, it's from the transcript. and this administration seems to have a hard time recognizing members of terrorist groups who are allowed into the white house. you're aware of that happening, aren't you, secretary napolitano? absolutely not. well, this week, apparently somebody brought her back in the loop and she testified before pete king's committee. and a couple of articles about it. rather interesting. one from "the hill", jordy yager, apparently posted july 26, says homeland security secretary ja

culberson: i have the privilege of representing rice university and i join my colleague from university in recognizing and congratulating them on the 100th university this year. it has been consistently ranked as one of the nation's greatest universities, recognized by "u.s. news and world report" as one of the nation's top 20 universities and consistently ranked in the top 50 universities in the world. they are pioneers in the a broad spectrum of fields, including space, energy, and my personal passion, nanotechnology. nanotechnology is an absolute game changer, revolutionizing everything that we will touch and see in the 21st century. and rice university is the birthplace of nanotechnology research. nanotechnology holds incredible potential for everything from curing cancer to improving the storage and transmission of electricity and moving electricity in ways we cannot even imagine today. allowing us to miniaturize devices, multistage nanoparticles, allow the delivery of cancer curing drugs to individual structures within cells, allowing scientists to idea seizes at the cellular leve

culberson of texas after 5:00 p.m. today, ms. jackson lee of texas from 1:00 p.m. today through july 26. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma rise? mr. lankford: i move that we adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands in adjournment until colorado. here on c-span when members come back in thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. the first weekend in august, visit the kentucky city named for louis the 16th on book tv and american history to be. >> we have been collecting since 1884 and we have amassed over 128 years if the nominal collection. everybody has heard of the lewis and clark expedition. what many people do not realize is that the expedition has deep roots here in louisville and kentucky. many historians believe this is the only verify animal artifacts from the expedition. the horn of a big sheet. we know from information that william clar