the speaker pro tempe: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: i yield three minutes to the gentlelady from ohio, ms. kaptur. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for three minutes. ms. kaptur: thank you. i thank ranking member smith for yielding me the time and ask unanimous consent to place extraneous materials in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kaptur: i rise in support of this bill as the prior resolution, better late than never. here again in libya, congress follows in the wake of major executive branch military action absent congressional authorization. i sent a letter to president obama on march 22 regarding what was then called operation morning dawn and never gotten an answer. when one looks at the duration of u.s. military engagements in the middle east, north africa, and central asia and what the future might bring, these are the longest wars and military actions in u.s. history. our nation has fallen into deep debt directly connected to our expenditures of over $1 trillion

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. ms. ros-lehtinen: the gentleman has an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. poe: we don't know who the rebels are. they may be worse than omar gaddafi, isn't that a lovely situation, if they take control. we replace an oppressive regime with an extremist radical regime. that's all because we are in a war that was unauthorized by this congress, cut off all funds, vote against this resolution. that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to a gentleman of the opposite view of this issue than i have, the gentleman from ohio, mr. kucinich. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. kucinich: what? we don't have enough wars going on? the war in iraq, war in afghanistan. we need one more war. we have to wage war against another nation which did not attack us? we have to wage wa

the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. when your time has expired, your time has expired. the gentleman from cole. -- colorado. you have one minute remaining and the gentleman from colorado is recognize dollars. -- recognized. mr. schrader: i recognize the gentleman for one minute. mr. blumenauer: i appreciate all my colleagues who represent the oregon coast in bringing this forward. my district may not touch the oregon coast but my constituents spend time there and value its beauty, the ecosystem and the economic benefits it brings to the united states. the underlying bill could allow an expedited drilling for offshore oil, a process that is expedited for those who would drill, but a process that is much worse for citizens who may object. we need to continue to respect the wishes of the people of oregon to keep oil rigs off our shores to drill off the coast of oregon. this is an appropriate safeguard to protect our coastal communities. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from oregon reserve? mr. schrader: reserves. the chair: who seeks time? the gentleman from colo

there was another case too of money expiring to get a direct example of that. one of our food runners missed a lot of work due to to scabeys. she could not be, you know, handing customers food and having contact with them with the sores on her arms, hands and fingers. she missed so much work she had goten in trouble at work and -- for being unreliable because of her absences. she had to bring a note that showed she was getting it fixed or she was going to get fired. we had to pool money together for her. it was like $700 for her and her son. so i get really emotional talking about this because she is actually my best friend and she had about $3,000 worth of money that expired that december but she didn't have the money to go pay for prescriptions and the creams and the injections and everything she needed to get that treated for her and we all pooled money together at work and we came up with almost $800 for her from our own money. i gave her my whole entire check. i pay outor pocket for grad school. that was my tuition payment. i gave her help to pay for this

police and fire are set to expire in july 200413. -- july 2013. in july, we believe the contribution will likely be between the employer contribution -- it will be between -- it will be between 22 and 22.5%, for an employee he he makes between $50,000.100000 dollars on a pretax basis. employees at -- between $50,000 and $100,000 on a pretax basis. employees who make less -- as i mentioned, the contracts must expire for this to apply. u c above on the chart be numbers that reflect -- you see above on the chart the numbers that reflect when the rates drop. you go up for more you have a line of zeros, 1.5%, etc., of the existing 7.5% base. what we like about this model, we think it is a sensible for many -- this sensible for many reasons -- defensible for many reasons. supervisor elsbernd: i am getting a look from the city attorney. i do not know how much we can see it or can say. fair enough. we will leave it at that. >> our proposal reaches back to am pleased to were not members of the empowerment system. we have employees in the california republi

the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i now yield three minutes to the gentleman from california, the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, mr. berman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for three minutes. mr. berman: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker of the house has made some very legitimate points, but then his conclusion is so contrary to the points he made. the proposition before us today, mr. mcclintock is right. it is an authorization of a series of acts of belligerence, acts of war that by their own definition cannot possibly help us either achieve the humanitarian goal of this mission or achieve the goal of the true humanitarian goal of removing gaddafi from power. we are authorizing intelligent-sharing, aerial refueling, operational planning, intelligence gathering, but we are denying the only aspects of this operation that can allow us to achieve that goal, the suppression of air defense system

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. ms.he gentleman has an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. poe: we don't know who the rebels are. they may be worse than omar gaddafi, isn't that a lovely situation, if they take control. we replace an oppressive regime with an etremist radical regime. that's all because we are in a war that was unauthorized by this congress, cut off all funds, vote against this relution. that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to a gentleman of the oppositeiew of this issue than i have, the gentleman from ohio, mr. kucinich. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. kucinich: what? we don't have enough wars going on? the war in iraq, war in afghanistan. we need one more war. we have to wage war against another nation which did not attack us? we have to wage war against another nat

>> the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i would just pose questions to our panelists not to answer now because i have some others i want to get to. if you would reflect, because aappreciate mr. blhous, that we'll take over 79 million americans and freeze them in medicare as it is now, although my friend from wisconsin takes the reviled savings from the affordable care act and counts them, assumes them in trying to make his plan pencil, but we will be having a situation where there is a huge population that will grow smaller over time, but still millions of people, 30 years from now, an ever sicker, smaller population that my friend when he asked it to be scored just assumed the general fund would pick up the gap. i really appreciate it if you two experts might reflect and maybe share with the committee what that impact is going to be over time. >> just briefly? >> i don't have much -- if i have time at the end i

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. ms. the gentleman has an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. poe: we don't know who the rebels are. they may be worse than omar gaddafi, isn't that a lovely situation, if they take control. we replace an oppressive regime with an extremist radical regime. that's all because we are in a war that was unauthorized by this congress, cut off all funds, vote against this resolution. that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to a gentleman of the opposite view of this issue than i have, the gentleman from ohio, mr. kucinich. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. kucinich: what? we don't have enough wars going on? the war in iraq, war in afghanistan. we need one more war. we have to wage war against another nation which did not attack us? we have to wage war against anot

other things like this, and when we purchased it, we did not know about a violation and what the expired permit men to. -- permit meant. at some point in 2006, the landlord applied for a permit to remove the downstairs unit and make it legal, just to remove its superiot. eventually, the permit was revoked by the board of appeals, and they got a new permits that made it illegal, and that permit expired before we purchased the property. we purchased it a few months later, not knowing this, so we were going through the process of assessment, and applying for our permanent. we thought everything was going to be fine, and eventually, i reach the planning department, who had already seen our assessment, the initial plan we had, and they did not say anything then, so it was surprising to us when our permit was denied, and i guess-reaso rn the initial permit was revoked was because both parties agreed to make cakeit a legal two unit. i mean the tenants and landlords. basically we are the only ones that are going to be living there are as of tomorrow, and it is not our rental unit any more, so i

all time for general debate has expired. pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered as read for amendment under the five-minute rule. no amendment to the bill is in order except those printed in part a of house report 112-111. each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report, equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent of the amendment, shall not be subject to amendment and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. it's now in order to consider amendment number 1 printed in part a of house report 112-111. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. speier: thank you, madam speaker. i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in part a of house report 112-111 offered by ms. speer of california. -- ms. speier of california. the chair: p

he had zero funds left because they were expired. he didn't go back and get the treatment. he can't afford it. i have six kids and i make minimum wage here. i'm not going to go back and spend the money if i don't have any money in my account. he came to work , on one shoe he had a work shoe and the other shoe -- foot he had an old tennis shoe without the laces because that was the only shoe that would fit on his foot. there are just too many cases of us either being denied stuff because it wasn't covered in our policy or funds that had directly expired. that is about it. now i think there have been a few more people reimbursed. we're about up to $1,000. thank you. >> thank you. commissioners and members of the public who are here and thank you for giving us your time. [applause] i want to thank ron for taking the time to share -- and rosanne for taking the time to share their experiences with us. i just want to make a final point and i will be happy to take any questions. you have heard from the employees and you know, i think that better than i certainly can explain what i

the chair: the time of the gentleman has expired. the chair will -- the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expire the chair will entertain up to 15 further one-minute requests. mr. poe: i ask to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: last week, we met with prime minister mall key and it was suggested to him that iraq assume some cost for the war of liberation. the war has cost billions an thousands of american lives. since we are rebuilding iraq and given them a free democracy, it seems only right that iraq at least consider paying for part of the -- part of the costs with future oil revenues. i was surprised that prime minister mall key reacted with an emfat -- maliki reacted with an emphatic, no way. even -- later we learned the prime minister ordered the members of congress out of iraq. looks like our questions to him were a political i.e.d. as the date for our military looms ever closer for departure, there are reports he wants our military to stay longer and america

the chair: the gentleman's time has expired -- the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island rise? mr. cicilline: i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. cicilline: i rise in opposition to the underlying bill. mr. speaker, i rise today in defense of 76,000 residents of the first congressional district of rhode island of which i have the privilege of representing who according to the advocacy group feeding america are at risk of losing their ability to feed themselves and their families. that's because this week the majority party in the house is ready to vote on a measure that will undermine the safety net in this country designed for our nation's women, infants and children. mr. speaker, we all know that one of the greatest challenges before us is reducing our deficit. but we have to do it in a way that's consistent with our values, consistent with the values of our great country. and this week we'll be voting on a measure that fails those values miserably. if the major

but republicans refuse and want this tax increase and others to, ex-- others to expire. drives are being contacted to let them know they are given a grace period. >>> in a story that's new at noon, kraig debro has been talking with people involved during the past few minutes and is live to explain why the bill set to be on the november ballot is facing a legal challenge from several groups that normally oppose each other, right, kraig? >> reporter: that's right, tori. good afternoon. the groups met within the hour to seek the removal from the ballot measure. they met on the steps of city hall about an hour ago. and the lawyer for the group says there are antisemitic over over-- overtones. >> as jews we take the threat of banning circumcision personally. this measure singles out along with the muslim community as illegitimate and unwanted in our own city. >> i believe it would take away my right as a muslim to circumcise my male children. vy a son i civic -- i have a circumciseed young son. >> reporter: they gathered signatures to put it on the ballot. if approved by vote

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, mrs. capps, for five minutes. mrs. capps: mr. speaker, today i rise to honor a constituent of mine from the 23rd district of california. his name is mr. jack southerland. mr. southerland served honorably in the coast guard during world war ii. he was stationed off the california coast. mr. southerland's brave actions on december 25, 1943, resulted in the safe passage of two escort carriers down the pacific along the coast and into san diego bay. i am very proud to represent mr. southerland, an example to us all for his dedication to our country and for his lifetime of serving our community. mr. speaker, the debt we owe to our nation's veterans is immeasurable. mr. southerland is no exception. in fact, he's an example of those of that greatest generation who served nobly during the second world war. his actions in 1943 leave me humbled and honored by his sacrifices. we can never repay his service, but we can act honorably on his beh

all time for general debate has expired. pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered read for amendment under the five-minute rule. during consideration of the bill for amendment, the chair may accord priority and recognition to a member offering an amendment who has caused it to be printed in the designated place in the congressional record. those amendments will be considered read. the clerk will read. the clerk: the enabilityment of the following money appropriated for the military construction, department of veterans affairs and represented agencies, 2012, namely title 1, department of defense, military construction, army, including rescission of funds, $3,144,491,000 to remain available until september 30, 2016. the chair: the clerk will suspend. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. culberson: mr. chairman, i would ask unanimous consent that the remainder of the bill through page 60, line 9, be considered as read, printed in the roar and open to amendment at any point -- printed in the record

the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. aderholt: i yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. mr. rogers: or other staff, it prohibits funding to transfer, lease or assist in the transfer of guantanamo detainees to or within the u.s. and in accordance with the house rules there are no earmarks in this bill. the misleading budget request from the president for d.h.s. included undefined and unspecified administrative savings and relied on $650 million of revenue from fees congress has not approved. this bill follows both the spirit and the letter of the law , that we must make real budget cuts. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. aderholt: i yield the gentleman an additional 15 seconds. mr. rogers: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? mr. price: mr. chairman, i yield three minutes to one of our fine subcommittee members from california, ms. roybal-allard. the chair: the gentlewoman from california, ms. roybal-

this is not reality. >> the jim demint's time is expired. the gentleman from georgia is recognized for five minutes. >> i think our witnesses for helping us understand what are the financial operations of medicare. not the clinical side. as a physician, we are talking about money, we are not talking about quality of health care where those kinds of things a person of 40 patients across the country. our friends on the other side of the aisle and a penchant for mischaracterizing our positive solution, i think. i love to touch on a couple of things mr. starts mentioned. he said our proposal was the voucher plan for medicare. you understand that our program is not a voucher program? it is a premium support program? >> the difference between premium support and vouchers has been explained by some as the payment not relating to the cost of the underlying enterprise. that is a distinction that i -- >> you supported the premium support program in the mid-90s. you would not have called it a voucher program, would you? in fact, you did not call it a v

the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. an amendment by mr. clarke of michigan. an amendment by mr. sessions of texas. an amendment by mrs. lummis of wyoming. an amendment by mr. carter of texas. an amendment by mr. price of north carolina. an amendment by mr. sherman of california. an amendment by mr. gosar of arizona. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on an amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan, mr. clarke, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. clarke of michigan. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number havi

it is not -- if the permit expires, the permit expires. it is not that he is looking over my back to prod me on. i do not understand the way he represented his role. also, in the order of abatement, it said the director here buy orders the owner of said building to comply with the following. 30 days to file a permit. i already had it filed. this is done in december. i filed in june. princess 30 days to complete our work it says 30 days to complete our work. i can see his role all the way up to the point where i have my permit. then i am within the code. i will certainly submit to what ever you want to do. >> i'm trying to help you here. you want to drag it on for a year. >> that's not what i'm doing. i'm saying the permit gives me one year to complete the work. i'm not a licensed contractor. i do not think it is fair to be limited to three months. commissioner walker: because you are here before us and it's our job to make a decision about what to do with this case, i move that we uphold the staff decision and give him 90 days to implement

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with an expired boarding pass in somebody else's name. as kendis gibson reports, he almost did it twice. >> reporter: a nigerian-born american is in fbi custody after flying across the country using someone else's boarding pass. the man got through security at jfk airport last friday with a day old boarding pass that didn't have his name on it. tsa agents are supposed to check every ticket and match the to identification. he was able to get to los angeles. halfway through the flight an attendant noticed he was sitting in a seat that was supposed to be vacant. he showed the attendant the expired ticket and an id from the university of michigan. >> when the flight landed here at l.a., he was questioned and released. but he returned again yesterday and tried to board another flight, this time to atlanta, using another expired boarding pass. customs and border agents arrested him at the gate. authorities searched his bag and found 10 other boarding passes with various names on them. he is now charged with being a stowaway. >> when stuff like

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you have expiring provisions again at the end of 2012. a few years ago, there were about 50 of these. now we're up to 200. we have an uncertain code. >> i am for fundamental tax reform. i want to see is too fundamental tax reform and deal with tax policy outside of that. >> your idea is to broaden the base, lower the rates, and in the with the same revenue -- end up with the same revenue we would have under the current law. >> i call it the high school physics scoring system. they assume if you have a simpler or better code, you will not see economic growth. we want to see economic growth. we believe that will occur if you use the house budget press the fundamental tax reform. independent economists say 1 million jobs in the first year. >> if you are looking at the world from china, it looks like foo fighting. at some point, you will have to compromise with democrats to get this done. i do not understand how we get that if this is more than just a negotiating position on revenue. >> we would like overspending then they want. there will ha

the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. all time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. mr. conyers: could we get a record vote, please? the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 3 printed in part b of house report 112-111. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from wisconsin seek recognition? ms. baldwin: madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 3 printed in part b of house report 112-111 offered by ms. baldwin of wisconsin. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 316, the gentlewoman from wisconsin, ms. baldwin, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from wisconsin. ms. baldwin: thank you, madam chair.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. pascrell: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. camp: i reserve at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: i now yield a minute and a half to another member of the ways and means committee, mr. blumenauer of oregon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon voiced for a minute and a half. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. there's no more important agenda item currently phasing congress -- facing congress than ensuring america pays its bills and honors its obligation. the accumulated choices of congresses and administrations past and present have created the debt and the need to honor the obligations. like an unfunded war with in iraq that's going to cost trillions of dollars or an unfunded medicare prescription drug program from our republican fr

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair must remind all members remarks of the debate are properly addressed to chair and not the viewing audience. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. cicilliney: i want to talk about the agenda we put together to put people back to work to support manufacturing and we'll have a good discussion on that but i'd like to yield to the gentlelady from alabama and i yield to the congresswoman ms. sewell. ms. sewell: i rise to talk about the disasters that touched the people of this nation. there must be a commitment to rebuilding communities across this nation. my thoughts and prayers are with the people of joplin, missouri, who suffered the most recent wrath of nature. we in the seventh district of alabama suffered massive devastation during the april tornados. 9-12 counties in my district suffered tremendous damage. these pictures only show part of the story. ho

the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. who seeks recognition? the gentleman from alabama. mr. aderholt: i have no objection and accept the gentleman's amendment. the chair: is there objection? seeing none, the question is on the adoption of the amendment offered by the jilt fromi. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. the clerk will read. the clerk: $345,270,000 to remain available until september 30, 2014. border security, fencing infrastructure and technology. $500 million to remain available until september 30, 2014. the chair: the clerk will read. the clerk: air and marine interdiction operations, maintenance and procurement, $499,666,000 to remain available until september 30, 2014. construction and facilities management. $234,096,000 to remain available until september 30, 2016. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will -- does the gentleman s

the temporary 1% sales tax increase enacted two years ago is scheduled to expire at the end of the monthboard of equalization told businesses to adjust the cash registers to reflect the decrease starting july 1. because negotiations on the state budget are at a stand still, it appears more and more likely there won't be a deal in time to stop the tax decrease. >> republicans have no plan on extenting the taxes. or voting for new taxes. they will expire. >> reporter: governor brown, though, still has his hopes pinned on winning two republican votes in each house to continue those temporary tax hikes. what is known as plan "a." >> changes, sometimes they blow hot, sometimes they blow cold. i'm not giving up. i am going to keep working until we get the tax extensions and we will get them. >> with the lower sales tax rate around the corner, even democrats see the writing on the wall. >> is plan "a" dead? you know, i'll leave it to the governor to announce the wake and the funeral service. >> the board of equalization estimates the average california household will save $230 a year with a 1%

the collective bargaining agreement expires at midnight.l, disagreements between players and owners are based on the money. hundreds of millions of dollars. lead owners and executives want to create a new system that feature a tighter salary cap and a larger share of income. players and wants to keep most of the benefits they have which includes longer contracts and a light salary- cap. the last lockout was a 98- 99 season. >> coming up, our entertainment was. here is a tease on some of the stories. well and take will be brought starting their trip to north america. guess who is bringing myspace back? justin timberlake who was in the facebook movie is now switching sides. more on that coming up in the buzz. fo >> here is this morning's entertainment was. canadians are preparing for a royal visit from the newlyweds a william indicate. they will be arriving in canada for a nine day tour. the new duke and duchess of cambridge will have quite a busy day when they arrive today. they will land to the national war memorial to lay a wreath at the t

if they expire, and they expire july 1st, right, next week, so it becomes a tax increase. does that change the politics of it, if it does go to the ballot? >> i think it does. political consultants say absolutely it does. because you're not -- polling has shown the numbers are higher for an extension of current rates. but when you say an increase, that's real money. right now, you'd be paying about the same that you were, you know, last year, but if that goes away, you know, about $1,000 for a family of 4 is what it would amount to, and people have to decide, well, do i want to spend more now? >> i was wondering, i mean, do you think the governor in a sense has kind of painted himself in a corner at this point with his plan "b?" what would plan "b" be? >> he never had a plan "b." he was proud of that. and, you know, i think we're seeing some things develop behind the scenes now, alternatives, but, you know, the governor made a series of promises in the campaign and he has been adamant he's going to stick to them. and he, himself, is in a really unusual position as a politi

a tornado warning just expired about six minutes ago. a tornado touched down briefly and an earlier trade a warning for sacramento county expired at 4:00. >>> we are at storm watch year in the bay area as well. we have pictures of a major downpour in vallejo that brought heavy rain and the threat of thunderstorms. it is making bay area businesses nervous. rain or shine, organizers say this weekend's union street festival will go on. they have drawn as many as 100,000 people in the past. >> i think it might dampen it a bit but they are to be people out there ready to go. >> it is a very popular spot for outdoor weddings and a couple set to marry there this weekend is making backup plans for an indoor ceremony. >>> the payroll says u.s. employers added 30,000 new jobs, and that is shorter than 175,000 that most economists had predicted. today's jobs report and weak manufacturing numbers provided a double whammy on wall street. the dow tumbled into the nasdaq suffered a bigger drop plunging 66-point. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee released

his time has expired. moving forward, we go to the gentleman from alabama, the distinguished gentleman mr. rogers. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you for your testimony. it's been very helpful, it's been a very productive hearing. mr. dunleavy, to your knowledge do extremist groups and foreign governments sponsor the travel of prison imams and released prisoners to countries such as saudi arabia and yemen? >> i do know that foreign governments have provided funds for new york state chaplains, islamic chaplains, to travel to saudi arabia. how that money specifically made its way to the public servant i believe went through an islamic organization in the united states. i don't think it was a check directly from the saudi bank to imam so and so. with respect to the inmates that travel overseas, that's more elusive inch know of an individual that went from new york state to an islamic center to florida, and as soon as his parole provision was released, he jumped three different flights to egypt, saudi arabia

the chair: the time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. chair, i withdraw any action right now. the chair: the gentleman withdraws. the clerk will read. the clerk: page 50, line 10, firefighter assistance grants. $350 million of which $200 million shall be available to carry out section 33 of that act, shall be available to carry out section 34 of that act -- >> i have an amendment at the desk before i ask to waive the reading. the chair: the gentlelady has an amendment at the desk and ask unanimous consent to waive the reading. mrs. lowey: and i rise to strike the last word. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. >> mr. chairman? the clerk: page 50, line 9, before the period insert provided further -- ms. lowey: i waive reading of the amendment. the chair: without objection. >> mr. chairman? mrs. lowey: mr. speaker? the chair: the gentleman will suspend. the gentlelady's amendment falls within the previous paragraph. is the gentlelady seeking unanimous con

is a specific revenue source coming into the recreation and park department that is scheduled to expire. it is a prepayment of some parking garage spaces, so once the one-time benefit expires, it causes a one-time loss which is then more steady growth going forward. supervisor chu: thank you. >> we are back to it to answer some of the questions that the board have had, and, of course, happy to take any additional questions you may have. supervisor chu: why don't we open these two items up for public comment? are there any members of the public who wish to speak on four or five? seeing none, public comment is closed. for this item, i've reticulate item five, supervisor chiu and i both have some amendments reflecting additional analysis that the office provided to us today, so i would like to wait for him to return before we take those motions. he is currently on another item at gao, so if we could sit these two items and call items 6 through 8. >> item 6, hearing to review the mayor's proposed budget, fiscal year 2011-2012. item seven, ordered its appropriating all estimated receipts and

those taxes will expire. i don't know when we'll get back. it will be a long time before we get back to revenue levels of, you know, pre-2008. but at moment the budget is stage in phillidelphia. our recent challenge has been over on the school side, making sure that the independent school district has the funds that it needs to provide a high quality education for our young people. >> what's the biggest expense for your city? >> biggest exence? public safet >> and how big is philadelphia city budget? >> $3.8 billion. on the general fund side. we have a little over 20,000 employees, but the public safy sector, not just the police but police, fire, prisons, local prosecutor, district attorney, court system, clearly is the overall big leader in the city government budget. >> mayor cornett, oklahoma city? >> 2/3 of our general fund goes to public saty so it's police and fire. >> and the overall budget? >> $919 million. general fund is just under $400 million. >> this is c-span's "newsmakers" program. u.s. conference of mayors is meeting for their

it is clear there is no expiration. i would like everybody to look at the language that employers can use that is susceptible to the city. we need notification. we need what are covered expenditures. i have of list. are believed the employment community can use a list of the it -- i believe the employer can use a list of covered expenditures. isn't that a comprehensive guide under the tax current, we need more regulation requirements. we need a determination of what happens when an employee leaves your employee. i know you have agreed to talk about these issues, and you would say we need this. particularly the smaller businesses and people conducting language in different -- now conducting business in different languages. they need this language as much, so i would make a recommendation that we ask for detailed notification language and regulation to start to make sure people can access the money they are entitled. >> i appreciate your comments. with respect to the notice, a thing no one questions the need for that to b

it is clear there is no expiration. i would like everybody to look at the language that employers can use

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair will receive 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 in writing. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. woodall, for five minutes. mr. woodall: i thank you, mr. speaker, and i am pleased to rise today after the former chairman of the ways and means committee. i want to talk about taxes today, but i want to associate myself with the previous speaker's comments about how we make different decisions when we have skin in the game. because that is absolutely something that we are losing in this country. we are losing what used to be that common value that we rise and we fall together. i see my colleague from the rules committee, mr. mcgovern, sitting in the chamber today and he tells the committee on a regul