and non-earmark. this amendment deals, as i understand it, with one project that's two facilities, i may be wrong but very narrow in scope. it's also entirely appropriate this committee make this decision, entirely appropriate. i guess the question i would ask here, how are we distinguishing this discussion of one project from the general principal that anything that deals with one expenditure or one project is somehow beyond our capacity to do. i don't ask that rhetorically, mr. chairman, i would ask you, why is this not an earmark? >> do you yield to -- >> i would be happy to. and i say that i think he's absolutely right to bring this up, i'm not criticizing him. i'm saying why are we limiting ourselves to having similar discussions about important questions because they, too, deal with one project. i'd be happy to yield. >> we'll have to get a ruling from staff, they've already given, as you know, this is not an earmark. the thing i think is the most important with this is that this is a provision

in fact we did not just eliminate one account that included earmarks, we eliminated all earmarks that were previously included in the reauthorization bill. these reforms allowed us to provide public transportation systems with an increase in their guaranteed formula funding over the next two years. in addition, madam chairman, to providing a stable source of funding, i believe that we must here try to institute a system that ensures greater accountability and encourages real investment in maintaining our aging public transportation infrastructure that everybody's been talking about. this issue also known as a state of good repair is an extremely important issue for public transportation and the senate bill makes it an integral part. to streamline and to improve delivery of capital investment projects. it also includes a new pilot project for the sole purpose of expediting project approval and private investment. these are just a few of the investments that i believe will improve the public transportation services. madam chairman, before concluding i would like to talk about the restor

i'm very proud of all the earmarks i put in bills. >> whether or not they're the wasteful is a matter of opinion. the ad points out some of the more unusual earmarks. >> voting for a road to nowhere. >> were these questionable items included in the bill for which he voted yea? the truth meter rings true. the bridge to nowhere used against most incumbents in the last two election cycles would have cost taxpayers $220 million to build a bridge to replace the island ferry in alaska serving 50 residents and an airport. the teapot museum in sparta, north carolina, is primarily a place for the teapot's collection of more than 6,000 teapots. total tax dollars, $495,000. and yes, a group in coralville, iowa, has been talking about a rain forest that was earmarked for $50 million of your tax dollars to be used as a tourist attraction. but in each of these three cases, your tax money was never spent because the projects were killed or required matching dollars. >> santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times. increasing spending and debt by $3 trillion. >> this is an easy one for the truth

. >> people dismiss earmarks, and people say it doesn't matter. more than 15 1/2 trillion in national debt, but at least it's something, some of the regulations are getting-- >>. >> neil: by the way, the earmarks and adam, the point i want to raise. earmarks are the entree to get votes for much larger legislation, and people focus on the amount, the dollar amount of the earmark or the regulation, and without knowing that it's the chit by which you pay for far more pricey pieces of legislation. >> i'm with dagen, i won't criticize cutting 6 billion if they're good cut and 1.8 trillion, some is critical regulation. sure, let's look at our regulations and make them more sensible, but taking a machete is exactly the wrong way to do it. and some of these things-- >> and let's stop adding to that. that's what we do. at a minimum. let's stop that. >> i pointed regulation out, stop adding regulation. >> i'm behind you on that one, let's take away. >> really? then i would rescind that regulation right there because you're coming on board. (laughter) >> fin

therefore, i will not permit any earmarks for fiscal year 2013. if the chair's intention to operate under the five-minute rule in order to allow all interested members of the opportunity to speak in an orderly manner. without objections, they have five legislative days within which to submit written statements into the record. so ordered. i ask unanimous consent that the provisions contained in the reports of the subcommittee and full committee provisions be considered for the purpose of this markup as original text of hr-4310 and they be considered as having been read and open to amendment at any point. is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the committee will now receive the report of the subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities pursuant to committee rule 17 that consult

i will not permit any earmarks for fiscal year 2013. it's the chair's inteengs operate under the five-minute rule. allow all interested members the opportunity to speak in an orderly manner. there are five legislative days within which to submit written statements into the record. so added. before beginning with the pub committee reports i ask unanimous consent that the provisions in the reports of the subcommittee and the full proyty be considered for the purpose of this mark up as original texas of hr 4310 and these be considered as having been read and that the bill be open to amendment at any point. is there objection. without objection, so ordered. >> the committee will now receive the report of the subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities pursuant to committee rule 17, consults with the ranking member. we'll postpone all of the recorded votes on the amendments in this subcommittee mark hal the end of the subcommittee mark. the care recognizes the gentleman from texas mr. thornberry. >> thank you. and my first comment woul

lombardo said, was an earmarked that we received in 2009. we're using it as the first baby step for the candlestick point, part of the project approvals received in 2010. as everyone knows, in 2011, we have been sorting out and did suspension under ab26 the law that dissolves the redevelopment at the time. we have basically been on hold while trying to move forward with projects. now that we have resolved those issues, we're underway using the funds for these grants during the survey work that is required for the roadway widening. we have approved a conceptual plan and those transportation plans. we will be doing just the legal work around the acquisition of the right of way and moving forward with those plans. >> thank you very much. it -- does that conclude the presentation? that concludes the presentation. colleagues, i hope you found the presentation very informative. our goal is not only to inform the individual members about what is happening in the individual districts, but throughout the city, and more important, to make sure that th

but you cannot necessarily earmarked these as being lower income jobs. for people that necessarily work full time, you could have elevator repair personnel, air- conditioning techs, all sorts of different jobs that will be created, many of which will generate good income, but may spend part of that time in the east bank, wherever there is air conditioners or elevators to work on. to say that the jobs that are generated are going to be a certain class and would not qualify for the home ownership other than employees is not entirely accurate. we know for sure that the employees will probably be full- time employed at that hospital. that targeting is a proper thing. commissioner sugaya: we have no assurance there will be working at cpmc after they get their assistance. if we have 100 vacant entry- level positions filled every year, the turnover rate is even higher than that, is it not? hundreds of people leaving cpmc and we have no assurance that, once they get on the program, they are going to continue to be cpmc employees. president fong: onto enforcement

i will not permit earmarks for 2013. it is the chair's intention to operate under the five minute rule in order to allow all interested members the opportunity to speak. without objection members have five legislative days in which to submit. before beginning i ask consent that the provisions contained in the reports of the subcommittees be considered for the purpose of this markup as original text of hr-4310. is there objection? without objection so ordered. the committee will now receive the report of the subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities pursuant to committee rule 17. we will postpone all of the recorded votes on the amendments until the end of the subcommittee mark. the chair recognizes the chairman of the subcommittee, the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry. >> my first comment would be to thank the members of the subcommittee not only for their contribution in developing this mark but for all other contributions through the course of the last year on our oversight activities as well as developing

no earmarks and no tax increases. simple process that i think we can agree to and look at the fiscal reality that we deal with as well as the infrastructure reality we deal with and hand this control back to the people that drive those roads the most. with that i yield back. >> congressman, i'm moved in what you said. and in response to what you side i'll put in the record i ask unanimous consent a study that shows that in the last i would say four years states have been getting actually back more than they've put into the trust fund. various reasons for that but i'll share that with you so you can feel good about that. i don't think there's any stocks that. so we'll do that. and then we have representative ribba. >> thank you, madam chairman and thank you vice chair mika. i want to associate myself with the comments with my friends from florida and from oklahoma. the fact of the matter is that when the federal government decides to build something quickly they can do it. they choose the. that's a choice that's being

and i think we must not include earmarks. we did the faa bill without that. and we can't add to the federal bureaucracy. we kind of cut red tape paperwork and start streamlining the process to actually get thing dunce. so that's the message i come with today. shuttle ready has become a national joke. we saw that again in stimulus. talk to any of your folks out there. they'll tell you that if the federal government gets involved i think you came to some of those hearings, those of you that are on our committee, they said, if the federal government gets involved, the rule of thumb is the project take twos to three times as long, and it costs three or four times as much. and that just is not the way that it goes. so i think we've got some presumes that are broken. we need to consolidate some of the duplicative programs that we have, and really roll up our sleeves and do a better job. we've got to do more with less. the american people demand it. our future for the country requires it, and we're only going to burden our children and grandchildren if we don't addr

and yes, a group in carlville, iowa, has been talking about a rain forest that was earmarked for $50 million of your tax dollars to be used as a tourist attraction. but in each of these three cases, your tax money was never spent because the projects were killed or required rd matching dollars. >> santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times. increasing spending and debt by $3 trillion. >> this is an easy one for the truth meter. it rings true. according to the records of the congressional research service and the library of congress, santorum voted to raise the debt limit half a dozen times. >> and he even voted to let convicted felons vote. >> santorum himself address this had claim during the south carolina debate this week when he asked romney if elden felons who have served their time and completed probation the opportunity to vote. since the ad implies santorum voted ten years ago to allow convicts to cast ballots from behind bars, the claim is false. santorum further pointed out in the debate that romney allowed reformed felons to vote when he served as governor of massac

it eliminates earmarks. i have gives states flexibility. it establishes performance measures, accelerates project delivery that i know is so important to you, and it sets up a new freight program. the country needs us to pass a surface transportation bill so we can fix our aging infrastructure, put people back to work, boost the economy. the health of our businesses and our workers depend on it. and again, why do we have the wind at our back? look at some of the groups that are supporting us. just look at this. things really amazing. just a few of the 500 triple-a, afl-cio, the public transportation association, the transportation building, the civil engineers, the truckers, the general contractors, the equipment dealers, the distributors, the equipment manufacturers, the u.s. chamber of commerce, the u.s. conference of mayors. and again i say, if the afl-cio and the chamber of commerce can work together, surely we can work together here. in addition to our core mission, we have a wonderful opportunity with the restore act, the harbor maint

, for instance in their most recent budget for 2012, they have $120 million for earmarks for alternativenergy research for air force and navy. why in the world are we doing alternative research. then we have $255 million for the m-1 upgrades tank and it's been suspended in production until 2017. there are all these numbers. there is so much money here that needs to be moved to the right places. >> that is exactly what the house is doing. that is why the house going through it. senate doesn't even produce a budget. we need to bring accountability back to government. you should stop all the games they go for. the super committee was supposed to do something. >> greta: we have the super compete because last august the president and the house and the senate couldn't do it so they created this sort of thing to make everybody happy. >> what happened in the process, republicans stood for, if the super committee didn't act you still had to cut. you have to control what government is spending. >> greta: some of the cuts, there is money sitting in our government, some fat. the fat is incredible. >

. >> and you want a resolution to indicate the funds coming under the lease will be earmarked for specificisor cohen: not the specific purpose, but to be used by the neighborhood impacted by the niners. >> to appropriate that money once it comes in, there will lead to be an appropriation ordinance. if you like, i can read it out loud so everyone is aware of what i am discussing. pursuant to your request, clarify intent for the 1.0 $4 million community payment -- $1.04 million community payment that it remains the intention those funds be used to fund recreation and parks department youth programming in san francisco communities that are in closest proximity to candlestick park in the stadium. supervisor cohen: it is important to me that the money stay within the community. thank you. >> without causing a continuance, if you wish, you can. president chiu: i would be happy to make that motion. supervisor elsbernd: i can't go along with that. i am not going your appropriate money today without knowing exactly what programs those are going to, without hearing from the community. i appreciate t

that they had the house and senate and white house, they did nothing about tax code, which 3300 earmarks if you look at boles-simpson and nothing about illegal immigration. they had a wasted opportunity. i would take as a nerve point. >> a lot of democrats that window early on was eaten up by the healthcare debate. that was the only major thing they could do. republicans are making a nuance argument. they want control of washington right back. >> greta: and going back to romney on healthcare. >> they love that one. >> greta: gas prices are going down? >> that is one of the reasons the democrats can sigh a bit of relief. >> greta: but november is a long way off. great to see you. >> and epa official crucifixion comment puts him had the center of a firestorm has now resigned. about the epa's philosophy in dealing with oil and gas companies. >> it's about something >> greta: lisa jackson says she resigned because he didn't want to distract from important work from the agency. a senator insisted that call to crucify oil companies with intimidation even though the administrator said he was ta

japan earmarked funds to purchase four units this fiscal year on the assumption that each aircraft would cost about $120 million. but the u.s. defense department says in a recent report to congress that the price per unit is expected to reach around $240 million. the figures include the replacement of engines and other parts as well as the cost of training pilots. these calculations could affect japan's decision to go ahead with the procurement plan. >>> japan told egypt that it's ready to help promote democracy in the arab nation. foreign minister koichiro gemba met egyptian president kamal ganzouri in cairo. egypt will have its first presidential election since the collapse of the mubarak administration. gemba said it's important that egypt's historical change leads to peace. he pointed out that stability in egypt is the key to a stable middle east. he added this will also directly affect japan. gemba said japan will make the most of its expertise in experience during reconstruction after world war ii to help support egypt's own efforts. prime minister ganzouri said the government's to

amazon are deemed to take place just in those two cities so they'll receive all the sales taxes earmarked for local government. local officials want to give amazon the lion's share of their estimated $8 million take as a reward. >> access to twitter has been restored in pakistan after the government blocked the site for nearly eight missouri. they made the move because twitter was not removing tweets considered offensive to slawvment specifically the tweets promoted a contest to post-images of the prophet muhammad. many muslims consider pictures of mohammed blaspheme mouse. the government did not give a reason for restoring access. >> protests against concerts by lady gaga. in the philippines, members of a christian group rallied outside of the arena where lady gaga will perform tomorrow. protesters say they're offendedby her music, and her song which makes fun of jesus christ. her concerts have been marked with protests in south korea and snow -- indonesia. >> ama: we enjoyed a clear warm day across the bay area. leigh glaser says a bit of a cooldown is coming. >> mike: the a's figure ou

referred to other committees or would result in additional direct spending or result in an earma earmark. without on jex, so ordered. finally i ask unanimous consent that the chairman be authorized to make such motions. without objections, so ordered. if there is no further business, the committee standsed a durned, subject to the call of the chair. thank you. >> the u.s. ebegins debate to continue military presence in afghanist afghanistan, requires a missile defense site on the east coast, continues development of the f-35 joint strike fighter and been as gay marriage in defense department facilities. you can see that debate tomorrow live on c-span. the house with legislative work at noon eastern. >> as the week gets under way in the u.s. house, what's ahead on their agenda? >> there's two main things on the agenda. the violence against women's act and the defense reauthorization. the defense authorization will be a big bipartisan vote at this juncture. they're typing up some language on detainee treatment, which should kind of seal up the last ends for them. but the big problem, the b

we have 25 billion euros that have been earmarked by the troika. however, unless there is a government in place, these sums will not be released. >> the lack of cash is felt across the economy even for basic items. he has sold meet in the center of athens for close to a quarter of a century. he has never seen the economy get this bad. >> people are looking at the prices. these days they have in the wallace because wages, pensions -- these days they look at their wallets, because wages, pensions have been severely cut. >> he was hoping to retire next year, but now he is worried if anyone would be willing or able to buy his shop. >> there was a steep sell-off on tuesday. blue chips in frankfurt fell to their lowest level since january. our correspondent sent us this. >> after the open, the computer systems of the stock exchange operator did not work at all for more than an hour. which means, the graph of the german stock, the dax, which usually nervously jitters up and down was a line for a while. this led into a very dissatisfying trading session. t

. >> reporter: $250,000 is earmarked for immediate repairs to the 1980s mural pointed in-- painted inside the muir a as for the ongoing sources -- >> 1% of all revenue will care for the ongoing maintenance. >> reporter: the san francisco voters will be deciding on proposition b on the june ballot. this new funding should not affect that bal measure which supervisor chu and the recreation and parks department pointed out would be a nonbinding advisory measure. back to you. >> thank you. >>> grass at the beach chalet fields will be replaced with turf. there's project that calls for new lights and seating. supporters say the changes could cut down on maintenance and increase playing time. but opponents say the project would hurt the wildlife habitat. >>> there is a new report card out today. m just seven minutes we'll gonna take a look at the list and see how many bay area beaches got passing grades or warning to stay out of the water. >>> a new poll shows supports for proposition 29. that's down from march. >>> there's more fallout from washington, d.c. over facebook's troubled ipo. congres

williams wants the money earmarked for race -- race kitts services for human sex trafficking. legislation is currently in the assembly appropriations committee. >>> san francisco restaurant has been in institution since the days of the code is set to service last meal tonight. it's been around for 126 years and claims to be the holdest italian restaurant in the country. they will recently to the corner of mason and san-- previous location on union street. the owner say tough economy is forcing them to close up shop but hope to reopen in another location sometimes in the future future. >> today that turned into it. we'll look at the numbers. >> it's take 2 for some of the bay areas most known movie houses. blockbusterrer deal is rewriting the script. >> and back here just a few minutes forecast and it does conclude a lot. >>> garbage truck fire near townhome complex. the fire was reported just after 9:00 near london and murphy avenue. the two alarm fire and of six townhomes. took fire crews about 45 minutes to get the fire under control. no one was injured and the cause of the

job more difficult all the earmarks to pass out. >> guest: there's a number of them in my book in which he says that same thing, one of them to the oldest congressman, and there's a point during the vote in which she comes up and says you know it's not the same without year marks. we can't herd the cats the way we used to. there's also the moment senior members of the appropriations committee are registering their discontent because so many freshmen and so many more senior conservative members have been voting against continuing resolutions bills that the appropriations committee had worked very hard to put together, and the senior members, senior appropriators say to speaker boehner you can't let them get away with this need to punish the minister of them of their assignments and the vacation overseas trips and she says no we can't do that that will only make martyrs out of them. speaker boehner has an expression that he says when you say follow me and you look over your shoulder and no one is behind you you're not leaving you just take the loss. it's temperamentally suited but it also

. >> jon: when you say "affects them personally" you mean in the sense of earmarks, like they can't bring things back to their districts or-- >> well, for example, there's no way in five years we can borrow enough money to fund medicare. i mean, we won't be able to do that. so rather than say let's fix medicare now so that we can still keep commitments to those that are dependent on it. let's lower the long-term cost and do it in a way that is minimally painful. waiting for five years then all of a sudden, we're going to be making very difficult choices that in the long term will have devastating impacts on the people that we say we want to help. >> jon: now, is it-- you know, there's a variety of causes to this. there's spending, but there's also revenues, taxes, and political necessities. there's wars and political un-necessities like some of the wars ( laughter ) >> good point. >> jon: i can't help but think that the democrats appear to be trying to offer a variety of plans-- you may not think they're the most effective-- but they seem to offer a mix of raising revenue through some inc

no earmarks and no tax increases. a simple process that i think we can agree to and look at the fiscal reality we deal with as well as the infrastructure reality we deal with and and this control back to the people who drive those road to the most. with that i yield back. >> in lieu of what you said i am going to put in a record i ask unanimous consent a study that shows in the last four years states have been getting back more than they put into the trust fund. i will share that with you so you can feel good about that. i don't think there is any objection to that. thank you very much. we will do that. and we have representative ribble. >> thank you, vice chairman michael. i want to associate myself with comments from my friends from florida and oklahoma. when the federal government decides to build something quickly they can do it and they choose to do it. that is the choice that has been made. those choices have proven that we do not have to have the environment suffer because we want to get work done. it is straig

the money raised would be earmarked for driver education programs.he new bill would prohibit bicyclists from texting or using a handheld device while riding. any time you use one hand, they are like two hands-on the wheel! >> my kids do that too. because they drive and they know two hands-on the we'll, they've been told that. >>> coming up, a plan to make navigating through martinez easier has businesses upset. what they stand to lose if the proposal comes through. >>> out of wildfire in arizona has neighbors on alert. how firefighters are trying to calm the blaze. >>> takeoff time for this russian spacecraft. why a long delay cast doubts on the future of the cosmonaut program. >>> alarming statistics to our nation of sleepwalkers. why new numbers show more of us are doing it than originally thought.3q air wick and the national park foundation have partnered to bring you the vibrant scents of nature, from the wildflower valleys of yellowstone to the serene waters of alaska's glacier bay. it's from these magnificent sources that we found inspiration f

there are some countries who earmark their support to their own domestic interests, which will not be helpful in establishing stability that when you support this peace building commission, you should not have that kind of a local interest. by your own domestic interest. we have also seen some governments reluctant to focus on the key peace building priorities of their people. myanmar, from where i just returned, an example of transition. stated program of change has been backed up by concrete reforms. the international community is now eager to invest, we are committed to ensure that the impact is positive for the country's peace building efforts. our fourth lesson is that even certain staples after conflict activity can go wrong. elections can be devicive sometimes. we have seen many such cases. elections should work as a rallying point of national policies. but sometimes, these elections have been used as a devicive. even the building of a school or clinic can exacerbate tensions if communities are not properly engaged. or local construction firms are excluded. inclusiveness is ess

totaling $984 billion that included earmarks we eliminate all the earmarks of a previously includedin the reauthorization to read these reforms allowed us to provide public transportation systems with an increase in their guaranteed formula funding in the next ten years. i believe that we must hear to institute a system went that encourages investment and maintaining our aging public transportation infrastructure that everybody's been talking about this issue also known as the state of good repair is an extremely important issue for public transportation. and the senate bill makes it an enjoyable part of the transit programs. the process has undergone significant reforms in the senate bill 1813 to the capitol investment projects it also includes the new pilot projects with this all-purpose of expediting project approval and attracting private investment these are just a few of the provisions i believe would improve the delivery of public transportation services and also pleased the committee was able to work together to develop a bipartisan bill that passed the committee with unanim

csu says the raises would not take away any of the money earmarked for campuses. >>> according to christina loren, looks like a good week to go out and get an extra dose of vitamin d. >> all you can take. more of the same today. a little bit of a difference right at the coast. a little bit of cloud cover, not going to last very long. and really what is left of it is situated over the golden gate bridge and right at the coast. we have ragged patches of fog on our coastal mountains probably for another hour or two, high pressure, though, is moving in quickly, building. so for us, that offshore flow is going to ramp back up today. that means we'll see the breezes pick up and it'll push back out to sea. so it all works out like this for today. the weather headlines tell the story. coastal fog to start, cool out there, as well, you want to dress for the two parts of the day, especially inland, temperatures climbing to about 80 degrees. very warm day. that breeze will build just as it did yesterday. and then tomorrow, a touch cooler, we're going to warm you back up. even warmer weather on the way

just yesterday, he was out on the campaign trail defending earmarks. when you think earmarks are a good or bad thing the government does, they're not popular among the average voter at this point. so i think in some ways, dick lugar, it is a little bit self-inflicted because i know that people sat down with him and said 16 months ago this is going to be a tough race. you need to do this, this, and this in order to win it. i think he ultimately decided he wasn't comfortable changing kind of the core of who he had been in the senate. admirable, but likely to cause him to lose tonight. >> and lose to the state treasurer, richard mourdock, who is not just a tea party candidate. he's also a well-known hoosier figure. >> right. he's a state-wide elected official, number one. the thing that i will say is dick lugar may have underestimated richard mourdock a little bit. there's some reason for that. look, richard mourdock has ran and lost five previous elections prior to his winning state treasurer in 2006. he's lost three separate runs for congress. so this i

. >> city officials say this city has earmarked $250,000 to restore those. >>> attorney representing the wife of san francisco sheriff fought to keep video of her from being played at an epics commission hearing. the attorney for lopez argued the video is private and should not be made public. the video shows lopez as playing a groove arguing with her husband. a judge is expected to rule on this issue next week. the commission begins testimony in about one movant to determine permanently lose his job. he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault. >> the underwear bomb plot took a new turn. the proposed terrorists in that plot was cia operative. officials say the informant was working for the cia and said arabia and delivered advice to authorities. they created the device and planned to use the bomb to blow up a plane bound for u.s. secretary said today the bomb was under control and that no plane was ever at any risk. >>> the management of well- known bay area lake is creating waves. the room is what lies beneath the surface. >> how do you know if that organic produce is actually organic

you need some non-earmark earmarks? do you need support during your re-election campaign?t want to be photographed eating a hot dog or any other phallic food. oops. that was a mistake. >> julia louis-dreyfus playing the vice president on hbo's "veep." she's back with me now. it's very funny, this. i was watching it today. and there's another scene where you're the vice president and you get told the president's having heart murmurs and you can barely contain your glee because you're thinking i've got, it i've got it. and then you realize how awful this looks. it's dark but funny. >> yeah. thank you very much. >> it's a non-partisan show in the sense that you never declare your political allegiances, right? >> that's right. we never identify the party that she is in. you never see the president, as a matter of fact. the show is -- the way the politics and white house and capitol have been portrayed i think in the past very well is either sort of very nobly like "the west wing," which was a wonderful show of course, or sinister. and this is -- this is between the two. it's a