it's specifically earmarked for them. and i agree, i feel like we need to have a conversation about equity. we need to have a conversation around what is equitable and what does equity really mean in the classroom and what does equity really mean for our teachers and what does equity really mean for our students. and i believe that has sometimes been interpreted in ways to serve many different agendas. i agree with you, supervisor, and i agree that it takes a combined effort here in san francisco. your city government, our government or bureaucracy at the san francisco unified school district to protect our teachers but also to protect our workers here in san francisco but should protect our families too around the housing issue, around fair wages and i believe that we know at sfusu you aren't saying our teachers don't deserve a raise. we know it is past time for a raise. we know it is the commitment of the board that you want to give them a very good raise. i have great faith that both will come together and we will come

this bill is a regulatory earmark. it will waive applicable environmental review requirements and risk our farmlands and our water supplies. in fact, it even exempts the keystone pipeline from paying into the oil spill fund that other oil companies have to contribute to. that means if there's a problem with that pipeline, well, there's no payment by keystone x.l. to that fund to make those who are hurt whole. that means that if there's a spill there won't be the money to clean it up. the keystone x.l. tar sands pipeline is a terrible deal for america. we get all the risks while the oil companies reap the rewards. but even if you support it, this bill is a harmful and unnecessary piece of legislation. the state department is carrying out their review of this highly controversial project. they've got millions of comments and the federal agencies are reviewing these comments. h.r. 5682 would approve the pipeline by fiat, lock out the public, eliminate the president's authority to balance competing interests, and stop fede

been a hard pill to crack without the issue of earmarks or directed funding in the bill like that. that is a perfect example of a serious piece of legislation that is overdue for bipartisan participation. >> complete abdication of leadership by everybody in washington on the infrastructure question. we have known since we wrote the bill in 2005 at you have to have more money. there are only a couple of ways you get more money, you tax important barrels of oil. the president has been awol, the congress has been awol and no one wants to take the mantle. as a republican, transcontinental railroad, interstate highway system, the republicans are known for building america. we should be ashamed of ourselves. >> i wondered what the panel thought harry reid's approach is going to be in his new job as minority leader. will he be a perfectionist or will he be a dealmaker. >> i served harry when he was in the house. i heard, served with him when he was in the house. he is a very able skilled politician. i don't know how he is going to approach things. i think that he understands that it is in

want to tell you something personally as the board president, i am unwilling to use funds that are earmarked specifically for low income english learners, faus ster youth which also includes many of our youth that are children of incarcerated parents for salaries. this is earmarked specifically for the state, for these high need students, and i personally as the president of the board, am unwilling to go there because this precious money, i don't know if you have -- i mean since you have all been on the board i know you know that we are a high performing school district in california, one of the highest. but we have the largest gap. this is money to help us close that gap. when i talk about our foster youth, when i talk about students of incarcerated parents, i am talking about a lot of our african american students and that is where our big gap is. our english learners, i don't know if you've seen the numbers on that, this is going to, this is, i think, an issue and you are right, supervisor campos, this is larger than what is happening in city government because we are 50th in the nation f

in looking to give people jobs is a special interest earmark? i think that's exactly what we're supposed to be doing. are you kidding? this is exactly what the election was about just a couple of days ago. it was exactly what the american people spoke of. it's exactly what they're tired of government standing in the way of jobs. an emergency legislation, emergency rule, another term i've just heard on the house floor just in the a few minutes. coming to the floor with an emergency rule we're going to do something special. undoubtedly they've never met somebody without having a job. i've been without a job. if you would tell me i could get a job when i tnt have a job, it's emergency legislation, i'm looking for a job, millions of families looking for jobs, special interests it is not, it is the work of this body. and to say it it's a waste of time. have we lost that much of our vision of what the american people sent us here to do? are there things we could bring up? i appreciate my friend from colorado, are there multitude of bills we could brin

it's ok to give an earmark, a special interest earmark, we just can't do it in the united states. number, two we're saying that this transcanada will have the ability to bypass environmental laws that americans cannot bypass. and then number three, we're saying that this company does not have to pay one penny into the oil spill liability trust fund, which means that the people who are watching this debate tonight will pay when an oil spill occurs. and i think that is obscene. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california reserves. mr. waxman: mr. speaker, i think the gentleman on the other side of the aisle has the right to close. if he's ready to close, we're ready to yield back our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his time? the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. wit wit -- mr. waxman: you're ready to close? mr. whitfield: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his

he said no earmarks. anybody that sends me a spending bill with earmarks, that is going to be grounds for veto. democrats had a spending bill held over from bush to obama. it was a sort of leftover bill that pelosi and reid essentially were saving to let the democratic president sign. filled with earmarks. there was a debate in the white house. the sort of the axelrod gibbs, the people that were on the campaign said mr. president, you made this promise. you got to veto this bill. then you had the old washington hands that said, no, you can't mess with david ony. don't make them mad. you are about to ask them to do health care. don't pick this fight. it is an unnecessary fight. but you know what, i think in hindsight it was a moment for him to set the marker. new sheriff in town. i will go after my own party if i have to on these things. but he signed it. and then he lectured them. i think sends the message of, you know, maybe, maybe congressional democrats can roll over. >> rose: the thing i haven't under

so i think that earmarks need to be transparent. but i think it is almost impossible for a legislative process to work without people feeling they have some investment in the system. and during my years in congress when i was able to get a few things in a bill, usually not giant things, i voted for the bill. i mean, i was supported the whole by getting -- that's just the way -- it's the way all institutions work. it's the way families that's the way families work. why would we think that a congress doesn't work that way. so yes is my answer. >> so we look forward to that answer in a by partisan -- my more serious question, we have a tremendous responsibility with this foundation. i'm struck by private sector stepping up in a number of ways, particularly on sustainability issues and sort of moving beyond trying to think how this foundation, you know, might serve as more of a public platform for not just talking about climate change and those sorts of -- and biotechnology, important as they are, polarizing issues and really talking ab

and what do you know about this prison that's been earmarked in thompson, illinois?o this.mry$gátrj said that from t begin. what you see now is a president free of the constraints of having to face the electorate once again. he's able to act more freely. there's a much higher likelihood to go forward. if it were easy, he would have done it. he was goingd2/ to do it. he was goingd2/ to do it. and the facili,½t in illinois,,k this is what people have been worried about. transferring the detainees to the u.s. there are security risks. it's not necessarily that a jailbreak will happen, but attack the facility or around it ma. and then also on top of that, it could trigger a whole bunch of extra civilian#nfwv protections. which is another concern people have about bringing them here. >> you mean in protection in6qse courts and habeas corpus and getting them released from prison. my concern is if they are now going to be covered by the civilian criminal court laws, then americans are in more jeopardy, at least in cuba and gitmo, it's not a place where we have to worry ab

the dumbest thing that the house of representatives ever did was to eliminate earmarks when it comes to behaving in regular order. because people misunder it and say oh, i was bought off for a bridge or was bought off for that. that happened a couple times in my 18 years. but i will tell you that more afternoon than not if you were on the bubble on a 900 page bill and somebody said to you, we can take care of something that's important to you. it's long rolling, it's not bribe, it doesn't cost any more money, but in his crew say to end earmarks has done tremendous damage to the ability of the leaders to get their folks in line. >> gentlemen, please go ahead. >> can the new congress bring consensus on infrastructure and roads, clean water, safe water? other infrastructure? >> bud may note more with that be anybody. >> thank you. >> the congress better address, those issues have internet postponed. we see with nick rayhall having lost his race that defast why will e -- difaso will likely end up as the the -- not to belabor the earmark issue, but that bill has been a, the service transp

so i think that earmarks need to be transparent. i think it is almost impossible for a legislative process to work without people feeling that they have investment in the system. during my years in the congress when i was able to get a few , things in a bill, they were usually not giant things, i voted for the bill. i supported the whole -- that is just the way -- all institutions work, that's the way family works. why would we think that a congress does not work that way? so, yes is my answer. >> we look forward to that the partisann from policy foundation. >> we will see. >> my more serious question is that we have a tremendous opportunity with this research foundation. i am really struck by private sector stepping up in a number of ways, particularly on sustainability issues and, sort of, moving beyond -- trying to think how this foundation might serve as a more public platform for, not just climate change and those sorts of, and biotechnology, as important as they are -- polarizing issues. and really talking about what are the k

in 2012, the european union earmarked 42 million euros to rescue pompeii's ruins.nfortunately, much has gone wrong ever since then. the responsible parties have been fired. this spring, massimo was appointed pompeii's new archaeological director. his mission -- to save the ruins. >> the major construction sites to save pompeii from decay that were planned and announced and for which brussels budgeted money must finally begin. we have a lot to do before the year ends. >> a lot must be done, not only for the murals which have always been exposed to the element's, but also for parts of the ruined city that have not been excavated yet. measures are planned to secure and rain the soil so it will not press against the ancient walls and push them over the next time there is a big rainstorm. 115 construction sites were planned in the excavation area, but in the last two years, work is going on in just a fraction of the city. critics doubt whether that will change in just a few months. >> they are making the same old mistakes again. they want to start the long overdue renov

at, for instance, remember the cornhusker kick back, the louisiana purchase much the mae landrieu earmarked to they gte this thing passed. desperate. senate seats and house seats to do it. continued to defend it and what you are seeing now is the reality that they said we have to sneak this bun past the american people. if they know what's in it they are not going to like it. skyrocketing, premiums. >> griewner says basically the american people are stupid, that you need lack of transparency to sort of slick them into doing. this you can't escape the irony is nobody read it to begin with none of the people who voted for it had even seen it and do not tell me that anybody read it. i tried to read 2300 gladges it's tough. >> it's incomprehensible that bill. absolutely incomprehensible. >> it references different laws and sections. it's thousands and thousands of pages even more. at the end of the day they were desperate to thing done. they knew if they told the american people what was in it. it's not that the american people were stupid they had to the hide the real contents of this bill. >>

the dumbest thing that the house of representatives ever did was eliminate earmarks when it comes to behaving in regular order because people misunderstand and was bought off for a bridge, that happened a couple times in my 18 years but i will tell you that more often than not if you were on the bubble on a 900 page bill and someone said to you we can take care of something that is important to you. it is not going to cost any more money, but the crusade to end earmarks has done tremendous damage to the ability of the leaders to get their folks in line. >> the constitution gets in the way too. >> the gentleman at the microphone. >> can the new congress find consensus on infrastructure, roads, clean water, safe water, other infrastructure? >> blood may know more about that than anybody. >> those issues have been postponed, having lost his way, they will emerge as the likely ranking member of the house transportation and infrastructure committee. broke my teeth on that committee when i came into the congress. not to be labor the earmarked issue but that bill has been -- the surface tra

determine if there is fan interest in the area not conflicting with the cowboys mark k raiders own earmark davis could not be reached for comment and we are trying to get in touch with him later today. >>> san francisco police are investigating an officer involved shooting in portrero hill neighborhood that left a suspect in critical condition. three officers were patrolling connecticut and 25th at 8:00 and saw five men, one known to officers from a rest drug case, and the chief suhr said when the officers get out of the scar, four ran, another pulled a handgun, an officer said drop it and he didn't and the officer fired. the suspect had methamphetamine and heroin on the man. one was in possess of meth. there will be a meet on monday night in the bay bayview district. >> another fraternity house is under investigation for alleged sexual assault and miss have their hands tied. uc berkeley police received a letter describing the sexual assault of a co-ed on halloween night at a fraternity house there is no victim coming forward and police cannot pursue the case physical that happens. there w

>> at&t has already earmarked jobs specifically for this purpose.his is from leading tech companies in silicon valley. >> how did they feel about online education in general? >> since they started working with universities, fewer people are angry at me. and i understand changing the cost structure of education does ruffle feathers. you have to transform this. we need to make the university system affect people's needs. >> what is your vision for higher education? 20 years from now, will a degree from stanford and harvard be something coveted? >> i think the great people in the world will still carry the great credentials. hopefully, if you make it, which i hope, udacity. >> why leave a great job at google to focus on one of the hardest problems in the world? that is, education. >> to me, the mission of the being able to educate is the biggest thing i can imagine. if i ask myself, how did we fundamentally change the planet, empowering people is fundamental. there should be a constitutional amendment saying that everybody has a full education. >> how

and we've only spent-- we've only earmarked half a billion dollars. that's about a third of the endowment of the university of oklahoma. >> woodruff: he raises the question how does this affect what the u.s. is trying to accomplish? >> sure. the goal of training and equipping the opposition continues and will goed for. the overall allegations will depend, the initial allocations to train 5,000, that could be rapidly increased. the problem remains what are the forces that will take care of the jihadists spreading inside of syria. the regime isn't the solution. that's the reason for the train and equip program and finding allies i think would be hard fer all syrians still lived inside of syria. but half of syrian syrians are y outside or in the border areas of their country. so actually in a way they could harness that power goinged for but it will be difficult, but it will be a key part of the u.s. strategy. >> woodruff: how clear is it what is the u.s. should be doing and who the u.s. should be helping? >> what we're going to see is the obama policy t

the soda tax, would tax all sugar sweetened beverages 2 cents an ounce, with the proceeds earm k earmarkedams to educate children towards health area choices in an effort to reduce obesity. whether or not a beverage tax is the best answer to fight obesity is open to debate. that's not why we're here. we're here to look at that notion astro turf campaigns. campaigns that look like grassroots efforts, but are bought and paid for by interest groups with deep pockets. sup supervisor scott weiner is the man behind prop e. >> this is a fake group of the american beverage association. >> reporter: this is a coalition of pepsi, coke. >> red bull and sunny d, all the rest. >> reporter: over the past few years, more than 30 other communities have tried to take on sugary beverages and the aba has poured millions into the fight for strike them down. >> big soda companies come in with millions and millions of c corporate dollars to spend misinformation. >> reporter: but ask the no on e group about it and claim the coalition is huge. >> there are lots of folks that feel this is the wrong priority for th

>> i said it surprise me that robin committed suicide, that earmarks. i knew him. he was inmanic comic states, easily diagnosable for people who have been there. dea deaths as show business goes on and non-show business, too, of course, but the incredible numbers of people we know an don't know in the biz who are fighting it. the great steven frye, the british comedian and actor, i did a piece where he talks about it and a good point came out in that because i said, you know, in depression someone will inevitably say to you you have these wonderful things in your life. what have you got to be depressed about? and he said, the proper answer to that is: what have you got to have asthma about. you can catch it. i mean, you get it. and month amount of good so-called good advice and saying, why don't you just play tennis and it will go away? you feel better after the tennis game but not for very long. >> to feel better, you took extreme action. therapy? got. >> electroshock therapy. >> the shock involved is more like insulin shock or something. it's radio waves. they do

they will earmark, if you will, those specific funds.nk the president has chosen to be on this collision course. i think it is unfortunate and it has damaging consequences. melissa: what is the impact on your economy? >> we will see a flood of additional illegals. there is no consequences for breaking the law if you are an illegal. make it to the border and you are home free. it is not just hundreds of thousands. melissa: what you think is the end result? >> i think you will have what i call the constitutional crisis. i think it is completely eradicated, the possibility, politically. i am sure, i am sympathetic to the sheriff. the president short gap approach to this, it could be someone else. you create a process of illegal immigration. melissa: okay. sheriff, let me get you back in here. everyone agrees that the system is broken. what is the solution in your mind. >> secure the border. calling the president a king. he said he would be here if he did this exact action. let's start offering solutions. let's propose a bill in the house an