dingell: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and to extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the matter of this special order referring very specifically to our dear friend, the parliamentarian, mr. sullivan. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. without objection, so ordered. mr. dingell: i want to thank the chair for the kindness you have shown me and express my thanks and good wishes to my friend, mr. latourette. and now through the distinguished gentleman from ohio, i yield to the distinguished minority leader, my friend, mr. hoyer, two minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. maybe he has another minute that we could get to, if possible, but i want to thank the gentleman from michigan, but certainly also my friend from ohio, but of whom i have served here for a long period of time and love this institution and know how critical the functions are of the parliamentarian. i want to thank th

tavis: john dingell, a longtime member of the house of representatives. i made reference to him earlier in this conversation. thank you for sharing your insights. we will be watching your home state, whether it is romney's or not. >> i am a michigan girl and proud of it. thank you. tavis: up next, actress and film maker jennifer westfeldt. nnifer westfeldt is a tony nominated actress that's previous films included "kissing jessica stein." her latest project is called "friends with kids." she not only stars in it, but also about directed and wrote it. >> you do not want to subject that kid to a tragic marriage. >> a tragic marriage? >> our tragic marriage. >> the one that we would have? we do not want to fall into the trap -- we want to do it in a way that doesn't kill the romance. the thing is i'm old. >> you want to have a kid without all of the problems of marriage. tavis: how many other ways could you have offended your friends? the idea for this project came from where? >> it came from observing family and friends and people in our lives making transi

john dingell, where's that rascal? oh, he and i -- >> you weren't going to do this. >> i know, but i can't stop. [laughter] but dingell and i used to meet on conference committees, and he'd say, look, we're going to get this done. and i said, who are you going to concern before the ten days are over, he named a guy. he said why don't you do something with that staff in the committee of the senate, i said, i can't, they're tougher than i am. but then we got together and just beat them to bits. and chuck robb and i were on the iraq study group. of it is important. what the hell's happened? the word compromise now means you're a wimp. that's madness. and here's bruce reed who's the executive director of the commission on, co-chaired by with erskine and i. from idaho, i don't know how he got into that. [laughter] i'm not going to go any further. i see coar are logan over there, one of my students -- now, ann has cleared her throat three times. [laughter] and none of you have heard it, but i have heard it. [laughter] i just

dingell for an opening statement. >> mr. chairman, i thank you for your courtesy and for recognizes me and i commend you for holding this hearing. first, ms. jackson, thank you for visiting the north american auto show with me last weekend and i hope you enjoyed seeing the high efficiency cars that are coming out of detroit. i thank you for taking the time to attend. it was helpful to our people and i hope the experience was valuable to you and to the epa to understand all the problems we have in michigan. epa was kind of enough to allow me to speak at the fuel efficiency standards meeting and i am engaged that these field hearings were held asking for input from the public. not everyone can testify in washington, because of travel costs and other difficulties that are imposed on them. it's important to get the feedback from as many americans as possible. i hope my colleagues in this committee will review the budget proposal as a working document and include programs that may need more funding and a few that perhaps could de

john dingell -- tni -- i know, but i can't stop.but we used amidon conference committees and he would say, look, we are going to get this done. and i said, before the 10 years is over an inning to guy. he said when she do something with the staff of that committee and senate. i said i can't come that they are tougher than i am. and then we got together and eat them to bits. and chuck robb and i were on the iraq study group. it is important. what the is happening. we are compromise that meets your went. that's madness. you can't do it. injuries bruce reid, the executive director commissioned cochaired by her skin and i idaho. i don't know how he got into that. i'm not going to go any further. i see corey logan is lurking over there. one of my students at harvard. not and has clear characters three times and then if you have heard it, but i have heard it. [laughter] i want to say we are going to stick around because the test of an event like if i go out. i said how's the wine? better than anything you ever bought. and so, as i finish

i hope that during this session of congress we will finally give chairman dingell's father the tribute he deserves. this committee will see the realization of the work it has done. but most importantly, as public sue wards, the people you represent will know that their government has listened and heard and acted on their behalf. thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> the committee thanks you for a very fine statement. one which i take great pride and pleasure in. your mention of my old dad, who would have certainly been proud to have heard you say these things today. it was his hope and his dream and his prayer that we would one day provide a decent measure of health security in this country for all of our people. and i'm sure that he would have been very proud that you were taking the leadership on it, and he would be very pleased that you had mentioned him today, as indeed am i. i'm only going to say that i intend to do my best to help you push through the best possible form of health security legislation for all of the people at the earliest time. and you have my pledge to that. and

dingell and others are promoteing the listing of products requiring the safety of cosmetic products andadverse reporting and giving the fda to recall cosmetic products. it is obvious the administration believes the program is in need of resources because your budget includes fees for activities like registration and standard setting. if we adopt my proposal and add on more regulations, do you agree there is a greater need for additional fees? that is my question. >> mr. pallone we share your interest in this important area. i think the fees in the budget would support according to the fda, a cosmetic program. we would be eager to work with you to look at other areas that may be appropriate. i'm reluctant to do that without additional resources to carry them out effectively. this is an area that i think needs attention, which is why the president has proposed the cosmetic registration program. it would implement and standardize and collect information that is not available right now for consumer safety. >> i appreciate want the fda to do a good job ensuring the safety of cosmetic product

we now go to chairman dingell for five. >> mr. chairman, thank you. gentlemen, we have much to do and little time so i'm going to try to ask questions, if you'll answer yes or no to. starting off with mr. livingood. gentlemen, you seem to be in agreement that imposing new federal cyber security regulations on industry would stifle innovation and harm industry's ability to protect consumers from cyber threats. is that correct, yes or no? starting with you, mr. -- >> yes, i am concerned about that. >> yes. >> sir? >> yes. >> yes. yeah, i think you have consensus here. >> gentlemen, let us assume for a moment that the congress will pursue the no regulation path in this matter. and instead, facilitate greater information sharing about cyber threats between industry and the government. would that be your collective preference, yes or no? >> yes. >> sir? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> thank you. in that case, would the congress need to consider granting exemptions to the antitrust laws and the federal trade commission act in order to allow the companies to shar

the dingell that the tulsa home. and forgive the outstanding mortgage. in-your-face befriending richard blumenthal the connecticut lawmaker announced yesterday he is writing a bill that would ban employers from asking for face the passwords reports employers requiring access to applicants social media profiles service this week the senator says the practice is employed an unreasonable invasion of privacy of but now there is a move to wipe out tuition supporters of the plan not to collect more than 800 fraud signatures from voters the lawful time students assumes that three residents of california and keep a minimum grade point average or perform 70 hours of community service each year the cost to be paid for by higher income taxes on wealthy californians tonight is the night's to raise its? >>> for somebody to win the 200 million meghan million jackpot pbs. you never know. several have come and gone without a winner sell it is now near record level it is the eighth largest mega price since the game started back in 2005 for 40 and 41 other states usually

dingell: i thank the distinguished gentlewoman. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. mr. dingell: mr. chairman, i begin by praising my good friend from the full committee. it's that he brought us a bad piece of legislation. it should be rejected instantly by the house of representatives because it does nothing to help anything. i refer to the federal communications process reform act, which it is not. time and time again democrats accused our republican colleagues of passing bills in search of problems. i would like to say that this is the same. but worse than that, i can say we have before us a bill that is a prime example of trying to cure the disease and to kill the patient at the same time. important fact, h.r. 3309 would take the f.c.c. entirely out of the administrative procedures act and make it subject to a unique set of procedural requirements totally understood by no one. and if there has to be a bunch of lawyers hired, they will be hired, as the gentleman from nebraska ha

host: you mentioned congressman dingell.ow this medicaid coverage issue is affecting people in that state. "whether or not this is a job- killer or a job-creator. the program -- it will take effect in 2014. covering more poor people, it is saves money. opponents will argue this week to the supreme court. the states will lose their eligibility -- their funds if eligibility is not extended." the cost michigan $835 million through the year 2020 -- it could cost. guest: states have been wrestling with the issue of the cost of medicaid. considered year leaving the medicaid program altogether. most of the money that's spent on medicaid in that state and in every state comes from the federal government's. it is a shared program. taxes did a study on this and determined that there was no way they could pull out of the program. it is an optional program and their budgets are in terrible shape at the moment. this is not something that they thought they could let go. host: does this article get to the heart of the debate? guest: it rea

i can't imagine being congressman john dingell who first took office in 1955 from michigan. he sat in this very chamber and voted for the passage of the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965. against amazing opposition from his own constituents in michigan. he did the brave thing about voting in favor of this historical -- these historical legislations. he was not the only one sitting in this chamber in 1965. representative john conyers, a black congressman, who was elected in 1965, and who still serves in this chamber was in this room and casted that vote for the voting rights act of 1965. we need to remember, record the history of congressman lewis and congressman dingell and conyers and so many members of congress, current and present, who are alive today. preserve that history for future generations to come. you know, over the next three years, congressman lewis, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of so many of those events of 1960's. in fact, the mayor of the city of birmingham is declaring 2013 the year of birmingham because we will be celebrat

in the dingell cite--ingleside neighborhood a woman that had home access found the bodies.hat this was random. >> right now we are trying to sort out a. complicated crime scene. it does not seem to be random. it is specific to the soma. we are canvassing the neighborhood, checking the neighborhood. it is specific to this -- residence. we're checking video. leaving nothing to chance and assuming nothing. >>marty: the cause of death of the three people is still to be determined. the cause of the two people is still to be determined. >>isabel: this just in to the kron 4 news room the waters below the golden gate bridge at the core point is showing one, two people and the water. will keep an eye on that and keep you updated. >>marty: in another live look from lake tahoe. so much snowfall however this is not the case this weekend. they're expecting a couple of inches this weekend faugh ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ ♪ no more, no more, no more ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road?

. >> now we go to chairman dingell. >> mr. chairman, thank you. gentlemen, we have much to do and little time so i'm going to try to ask questions if you will answer yes or no to. starting with mr. livingston to read a sober security regulations on industry would stifle innovation and harm the industry devotee to protect consumers from cyber threats is that correct, yes or no, starting with you? >> yes i am concerned about that. >> mr. amoroso? >> es? >> yes. >> now, gentlemen, let us assume for a moment that the congress will pursue no regulation passed in this matter is to facilitate greater information sharing about cyber threats between the industry and the government. with of your collective preference, yes or no? >> yes. >> search? >> yes. >> gentlemen, thank you. in that case, what the congress need to consider granting exemptions to the antitrust locker and the federal trade commission act in order to allow the companies to share cybersecurity information among themselves, and this or no? >> yes picks demint yes paris demint yes. islamic i

director of the republican governor's association and democratic national committee member debbie dingelr president of vice president al gore's campaign in michigan back in 2000. thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. the point being the perception that romney is a weak challenger does in fact have some precedence, right, in the spring of 1980, ronald reagan was neck and neck with president jimmy carter, george w. bush at this stage in 1998 fighting off comparisons to regan. bill clinton also during his nomination process dealing with critics charging him with womanizing, dodging the draft. all of them, though, eventually won their general election. can romney do the same? phil, i will start with you. >> sure. you know, heather, the reality is we are having a little bit of a family food fight in the republican party and the atmospherics haven't been great. the reality i think is that mit is going to be our nominee. he won two contests today and will pick up more delegates in kansas. impossible to handicap where we will be in october as we sit here in march and your points historically

. >> now we go to chairman dingell for five. >> mr. chairman, thank you. gentlemen, we have much to do and little time so i'm going to try to ask questions that you will answer yes or no to. starting with mr. livingood, gentlemen, you all seem to be in agreement that imposing new federal cyber security regulations on industry would stifle innovation and harm industry's ability to protect consumers from cyber threats. is that correct? yes or no? >> yes, i am concerned about that. >> mr. amoroso? >> yes. >> sir? >> yes. >> sir? >> yes. >> yeah, i think you have concerns. >> gentlemen, let us assume for a moment that the congress will pursue the no regulation path in this matter and instead facilitate greater information sharing about cyber threats between industry and the government. would that be your collective preference, yes or no? >> yes. >> sir? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> sir? >> agreed. >> gentlemen, thank you. in that case, would the congress need to consider granting exemptions to the antitrust laws and the federal trade commission act in order to a

dingell, for five minutes of questions. >> mr. chairman, i thank you for your courtesy. welcome, mr. secretary. delighted to see you here. i have a number of questions which i will ask that you respond to by yes or no. it has been a year since your loan program office approved a loan from the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing program. as you know, that program was created to provide the auto industry with incentives to build or expand manufacturing facilities here in the united states instead of taking those jobs overseas. loan recipients such as ford and nissan have successfully built and expanded facilities in michigan, tennessee, illinois, kentucky and other states. question: is the loan program office working to streamline the approval process so that applicants can be assured they will not be waiting for years to find out if their application will be approved? yes or no? >> the loan program is working to improve their processing in all aspects. >> mr. secretary, i will ask that you submit something on this for the record, and i ask unanimous consent that my

dingell of new york for five minutes. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. i want to reiterate, you mentioned some the topics that they mentioned that i want to emphasize, but before did i want to thank you for the job you've done, the actual job you have done. you are on the hot seat. it's a tough job, but the work that you do so important. one of the frustrations that i've had frankly with his majority in congress is that the attacks on the epa and the attacks on clean air and water, and all these things, are very, very frustrating to me because i believe that the role that you play is such an important role and that we are to be facilitating the things that you do rather than impeding them. i want to thank you personally for the job you have done, and i'm glad your agency is there and i pledge you were doing the work the american people want us to do. people want clean air and clean water and all these other things. i just wanted to state that. i wanted to add my voice to ms. castor, who spoke about the reduction of the 2013 budget of $359 million for the

now we go to chairman dingell. spirit mr. chairman, thank you. gentlemen, we have much to do and little time so i will try to ask questions, if you'll answer yes or no to. starting out with mr. livingood, gentlemen, you all seem to be in agreement that imposing new federal cybersecurity regulations on industry would stifle innovation and harm industries ability to protect consumers from cyber threats, is that correct, yes or no, starting with you? >> yes, i am concerned about that? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> now gentlemen, let us assume for a minute that the congress will pursue the no begin nation path in this matter. and instead facilitate greater information sharing about cyber threats between industry and the government. would that be your collective preference, yes or no? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> agreed. >> gentlemen, thank you. in that case with the congress need to consider granting exemptions to the antitrust laws and the federal trade commission act in order to allow the companies to share cybersecurity information amongst themselves,

we worked with a number of members of congress, people like rosa delauro, henry waxman, john dingell in the house. we worked with dick durbin, tom harkin. these are senators. we have worked with so many really caring and wonderful members of congress who wanted to put food safety at the front of the congressional agenda, and even so it took a decade. so i share your frustration, but i also know that there are lots of important things happening here. during that time there was a major oil spill in the gulf coast that delayed things. there were also -- it was during that time we went to katrina. so a lot of times things can happen that really get in the way of people's best intentions. but i share your frustration and that's why i think many of us are here in washington working every day to ensure that the best policies do advance. host: we have time for one more call. house coming in just a few minutes. golds borrow, north carolina, george, on our independent line, go ahead. caller: i work on a turkey factory farm for a short period of time. if people knew how the birds were treated.

we worked with a number of members of congress, people like rosa delauro, henry waxman, john dingell in the house, and big durbin, tom harkin -- dick durbin, tom harkin -- these are senators. we work with so many wonderful, caring members of congress who wanted to put food safety at the front of the congressional agenda. and even so, it took a decade. i share your frustration, but i also know there are also lots of important things happening here. during that time there was a major oil spill in the gulf coast that delayed things. there were also -- it was during that time that we went through katrina. a lot of times and things can happen that get in the way of people's best intentions. but i share your frustration, and that is why many of us are here in washington working every day to ensure that the best policies do advance. host: we have time for one more call. house coming in in just a few minutes. george, independent line. caller: i worked on a turkey farm one time and i cannot take a break if only people knew how those words were treated. there are so much hormones pumped into t

since the first surgeon dingell's report on tobacco was published in 1964, the good news is we have seen the percentage of americans who smoke steadily declined -- since the first surgeon general's report. in 1965, over 42% of americans smoked. by 2004, it had fallen to just under 21%, and that is very good news. but while the progress we have made, tobacco use remains the biggest single threat to americans held. it kills an estimated 443,000 every year. every tobacco related debt is replaced by two new smokers under the age of 25. today's report brings more troubling news. it is the first of its kind to explore the causes and consequences of tobacco use among youth and young adults. it shows us just what we are up against. today, all over america, there are middle schoolers developing deadly tobacco addiction before they can even drive a car. the younger child is when they try cigarettes, the more likely they are to get and stay addicted to nicotine. one child picking up a tobacco product is one too many. the fact that each and every day across america, more than 3800 kids under 18 smok

. >> now we go to chairman dingell. >> mr. chairman, bots. gentlemen we have much to do and little time so i'm going to try to ask questions if you can answer yes or no. starting now with mr. livingood. gentlemen, you seem to be in agreement that imposing new federal cybersecurity regulations on industry would stifle innovation and harmon industries ability to protect consumers from cyber threats. is that correct, yes or no, starting with you. >> yes i am concerned about that. >> mr. amoroso? >> yes. >> server? >> yes. >> gentlemen, let us assume for a moment the congress will pursue that no regulation passed in this manner has facilitated greater information sharing about cyber threats between industry and the government. would that be your collective preference, yes or no? >> yes. >> server? >> yes. >> yes. agreed. >> gentlemen, thank you. islamic in that case with the congress need to consider granting exemptions to the antitrust laws and the federal trade commission act in order to allow companies to share cybersecurity information among

dingell for five minutes of questions. >> mr. chairman, i thank you for your courtesy. welcome, mr. secretary. delighted to see you here. i have a number questions for you to respond to buy yes or no. it has been a year since your loan program office approved a loan from the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing program. that program was created to provide for the auto industry with incentives to build or expand manufacturing facilities here in the united states instead of taking those jobs overseas. all recipients such as ford and nissan has successfully built and expanded facilities in michigan, tennessee, illinois, kentucky, and other states. is the loan program office looking to streamline the approval processo applicants can be assured they will not be waiting for years to find out if their application will be approved? yes or n >> the loan program is working to improve their processing in all aspects. >> mr. secretary, i will ask that you submit something for the record on this. has e loan program office -- any of the reputation -- recommendations of the allison report to