the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york. i am pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, ms. waters. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. waters: mr. speaker, i rise to congratulate the tea party for starting a deal made in their image and their image alone. the cuts will be deep. they will be lasting and they will weaken an already depressed economy. what's clear is that the tea party is so ill logically driven to kill government that they're willing to kill the private sector, kill jobs and kill growth in the process. what's more? these cuts will be loaded onto the backs of seniors and the american middle class all while asking the wealthiest among us to sacrifice nothing. once again, the rich will feel no pain and the vulnerable will pay for their spoils. mr. speaker, the process in which we got here has undermined our democratic system. while democrats and the president negotiated in good faith, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle demonst

i yield a minute to the gentlelady from california, ms. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. ms. lee: thank you very much. thank you, mr. speaker, and thank you for yielding and also for your very bold and effective leadership, mr. van hollen. i rise in strong opposition to th unbalanced debt ceiling bill. this is an unbalanced approach, we all know that, we've heard that. and furthermore this debt ceiling bill should have never been an option in terms of having to come to this floor to debate this and we should have, like democrats and republican presidents have done in the past, we should have lifted the debt ceiling. rightfully so, many of us are concerned about these discretionary cuts. what are these cuts going to do as it relates to our senior citizens, low income veds and the poor? -- individuals and the poor? this debt ceiling bill does nothing to address the real crisis in our country, the lack of jobs and economic growth. at a time when investments are needed to jump start our econ

gentlelady, a member othe budget committee, ms. moore. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. ms. moore: thank you so much for yielding. so many of my colleagues have said that it was necessary to storm the white house antake the country hostage in the name of their grandchildren. so i wanted to go on record talking about what i want for my grandchildren. i want head start for my grandchildren. i want w.i.c. programs and early childhood education for my programs, i wanty kids to go to a school where they can participate in the science fair. i want immunizations for them. i want research done for food safety to make sure the chicken nuggets are safe, i want clean air anclean water for them. i want jobs where they invent things like new energy sources and, yes, i want them to be contributing citizens and pay taxes and i want a safety net for them in case they are disabled and when they become elderly and if they get cold in the cold winters of wisconsin to still haveome energy assistance. i want

the speaker: without objection, the gentlelady from california, ms. pelosi, is recognized. ms. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i too want to join our colleagues in recognizing the contribution of the pages to the conduct of the house of representatives. i thank them. and they have, as mr. kildee said, and others have mentioned, borne witness to many important historical occasions here. but i can't think of any that is more special and means so much to our country than to witness the return of our colleague who was the personification of courage, of sincerity, of admiration throughout the country. congresswoman gabrielle giffords brings us -- ms. pelosi: her presence today, to make sure that we honor the obligations of our country great country is important and symbolic. her presence here in the chamber as well as her service throughout her entire service in congress brings honor to this chamber. we are all privileged to call her colleagues, of us very privileged to call her friend. throughout america there isn't a name that stirs more love, more admiration, more respe

the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: thank you, mr. speaker. after months' long standoff over raising the debt ceiling, congress is now forced to take action on a bill that by all accounts is deeply flawed. i think everybody today has agreed with that. why are we doing a flawed bill? because we waited until the last minute. instead of reducing the nation's debt by closing tax loopholes for oil companies and private jet owners, today's bill instead creates a supercommittee that will decide how to take over $1 trillion in cuts. this supercommittee will serve as a mock congress, leading 325 members of congress sitting on the sidelines while a group of 12 decide the shape of the country for a decade to come. paying our debts should be a no-brainer. indeed the debt ceiling itself is an antiquated solution to a problem we no longer face and should be eliminated. it was originally created to pay for world war i, to provide our country with economic stability while at war. today we're again in the midst of war but instead of protecting the stability of

speaker ie yield back her s be without objection the gentlelady from california ms. pelosi is recognized. >> thank you very much mr. speaker. i to want to nice our colleague and the contribution of thes noh pages toe the conduct of the house of representatives. i thank them and they have is mr. kildee said and others havek mentioned, borne witness to many important historical cases here. i can't think of annie any that is more special and means so much to our country band to poless the return off our colleague, who is thei personification of courage, of n sincerity, of admiration throughout the country, congresswoman gabby giffords. iffelause] [applause] [applause] [applause] her presence today make sure thatht we honor the obligationsf ourr great country is important and symbolic. her presence here in the chamber as well asd her service e throughout her entire service in congress, brings honor to this u chamber. we are all privileged to call for colleague, some of those verya proficient call her frien. throughout america, there isn't a name that stirs more love, mor

that was the assertion a little while ago from the gentlelady from california. we don't want our young people to feel they have to be afraid of law enforcement in this country. if you are being investigated for crime is different but to talk to law enforcement and attorney is not required and i don't think you want that requirement to do your job. i am interested, dr. jasser what do you think should be done in an organized fashion that would help the muslim community to work to more self police small radical agents or elements of the community? i agree the overwhelming majority of muslims are law-abiding good americans and i don't want to paint them with a broad brush but there is that small element in the community that is radicalizing. what would you like to see to curb that? >> i can tell you that i look upon this no different from the cold war. we need to resources and develop a public-private partnership. we need to stop losing the lowest hanging group of islamic groups in washington. not there all responsible but many of them are. the ones that are not are

i yield one minute to the gentlelady, a member of the budget committee, ms. moore. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from wisconsin is recognized f one minute. m. moore: thank you so much for yielding. so many of my colleagues have said that it was necessary to storm the white house and take the country hostage in the name the country hostage in the name of their

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, i'd like to express my appreciation to my colleague for her great spirit of bipartisanship. with that i'd like to yield a minute and half to my good friend from stan stathen island, mr. grim. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york voiced for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. grimm: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to ensure that the voices of those that i represent in staten island and brooklyn are hed. and what they have to say is actually quite simple. they expect of us to use common sense, to bring solutions to problems that this nation faces. and the problem that we face is not a debt ceiling problem, it's a debt problem. d the people on staten island and brooklyn, every day they go home and they have to figure out how to manage their househo. they go to work and they have to figure out how to manage their small businesses. and you do that with common sense. that's what they ask of us. you cannot s

i yield a minute to the gentlelady from california, ms. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. ms. lee: thank you very much. thank you, mr. speaker, and thank you for yielding and also for your very bold and effective leadership, mr. van hollen. i rise in strong opposition to this unbalanced debt ceiling bill. this is an unbalanced approach, we all know that, we've heard that. and furthermore this debt ceiling bill should have never been an option in terms of having to come to this floor to debate this and we should have, like democrats and republican presidents have done in the past, we should have lifted the debt ceiling. rightfully so, many of us are concerned about these discretionary cuts. what are these cuts going to do as it relates to our senior citizens, low income veds and the poor? -- individuals and the poor? this debt ceiling bill does nothing to address the real crisis in our country, the lack of jobs and economic growth. at a time when investments are needed to jump start our ec

the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: thank you, mr. speaker. after months' long standoff over raising the debt ceiling, congress is now forced to take action on a bill that by all accounts is deeply flawed. i think everybody today has agreed with that. why are we doing a flawed bill? because we waited until the last minute. instead of reducing the nation's debt by closing tax loopholes for oil companies and private jet owners, today's bill instead creates a supercommittee that will decide how to take over $1 trillion in cuts. this supercommittee will serve as a mock congress, leading 325 members of congress sitting on the sidelines while a group of 12 decide the shape of the country for a decade to come. paying our debts should be a no-brainer. indeed the debt ceiling itself is an antiquated solution to a problem we no longer face and should be eliminated. it was originally created to pay for world war i, to provide our country with economic stability while at war. today we're again in the midst of war but instead of protecting the stability of

chairman. >> thank the gentlelady. mr. richmond, i just hope you don't throw a fastball or a curve ball at us and the reason for that preamble this he was the star pitcher in last week's game and i hit to admit he destroyed the republicans and with that i yield five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and i had a good day. it's very unusual. [laughter] mr. chairman, i want to thank you for the focus on the radicalization and the first hearing and of the things we got a lot of the first hearing, and maybe this is for me as a first member that we are revisiting this issue over and over again. it reminds me of my first visit to the zoo when i saw a one trick pony, but i would say that out of the testimony, and we heard from the first the extent of radicalization and the muslim american community and the response we heard from mr. blood so, mr. bachus, mr. -- the next hearing the threat of the muslim radicalization in the u.s. presence weird from kevin smith, patrick dunn and michael downing. today we have another panel, rema

i thank the gentlelady. mrs. boxer: i take that as a question and i will wrap up with my unanimous consent request. because i agree with everything that was said. i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 109, h.r. 2553, that a rockefeller-hutchison substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, that the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. coburn: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from are the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: i would note there is nothing we can do new because the house has adjourned. so even if we were to pass this, nothing would happen with it. i've been assured that from the leader's office, the majority leader's office. i agree with the senator from california that probably any action on the mediation board is probably inappropriate for this bill. i wouldn'

i just had to come down and commend my good friend from the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time in a time when there's a lot of calamity around this town, to take the time to say, this must be highlighted on this day because this is the beginning of the next 61 days that the american people must act to let their representatives know, support a balanced budget amendment. . mr. franks: i thank the gentleman so much. mr. price is the chairman of our policy committee and no one has written with more commitment on the balanced budget amendment and he is here and so much a voice on this. and i would ask for the gentleman to yield, we passed two pieces of legislation to the senate with requirements for a balanced budget amendment and the first thing it did, the democrat leader took those out and refused to vote on it. do you think they know? mr. price: i don't believe so. if the american people knew that, then they would be loudly protesting the lack of leadership and the responsibility that the senate has taken its job. and that's the importance of this vote today. because the ma

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the gentlelady has recognized to recognize sheriff baca.your time will not be limited. >> thank you, mr. chairman. sheriff lee bock is a former u.s. marine. he served and law enforcement. he served as a law-enforcement officer for 46 years. he was elected as our los angeles county sheriff in 1998. sheriff leroy baca commands the largest sheriff department in the united states, leading over 18,000 budget and sworn professional staff, law enforcement officers and serves over 4 million people. many other cities, to which happened to be in my district, his jurisdiction includes 40 cities, nine colleges, 58 superior courts, and a local jail system housing over 20,000 prisoners. sheriff baca is a respected witness year he has been to this committee testifying in both 2009 and 2010, and was invited here by our ranking member, mr. thompson. please join me in welcoming sheriff lee baca. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you. thank ranking member thompson and your committee for this hearing today. moreover, i'd like to thank secretary janet

the gentlelady yield's backer time. let me remind everyone that the science fair and all these teams and the projects are in the rayburn building from -- that's on the first four. i'm going to be there, and i'm going to try to ask jack if you miss the girls more than he did the boys or the boys more than he did the girls. [laughter] so i have some good questions to ask you, jack. i hope i see you down there. the way the witnesses are excuse, this hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the c-span congressional directory is a complete guide to the first session of the 112th congress. >> forty-eight years later the marvin luther king jr. memorial will be dedicated on the national mall and will have live coverage starting at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span. the 30-foot sculpture of dr. king stand alongside a 450-foot granite wall with more than a dozen of dr. king's quotes. we will bring it alive dedication of the m

and the gentlelady from california has five minutes. >> thank you.o accept a summary of the letter that you submitted into the record. a summary synopsis of the letter that you submitted into the record, would you accept? >> without objection. >> i want to highlight the summary of the letters submitted. 16 letters from 14 individuals submitted. two of those individuals are convicted of right wing terrorists activity. two others have threatened to commit acts of terrorism, and three of the individuals are convicted of murder, one for killing two police officers on separate occasions and another for killing three people. one was on the fbi ten most wanted list, one was stated in writing to the "l.a. times" in saying in a little bit more than 14 months, i'll probably commit murder, perhaps mass murder, and another for mailing a bomb to the u.s. attorney. he attempted to send another advise in a powdery substance labeled anthrax. letters from these individuals is questionnaire in any court of law. second thing, mr. dunleavy, the webster's dictionary, the

. >> gentlelady from texas yields back.f there are members who wish to submit additional opening statements, your statements will be added to the record at this point. i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from texas and the yes han from michigan, mr. peters, be allowed to sit with us, with the committee and participate in the hearing. is there objection? the chair hears none. at this time i'd like to introduce our panel of witnesses, and i yield two minutes to my good friend and fellow texan, mr. -in owe sew, to introduce our first team. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as the representative there the 15th congressional district of deep south texas, it's truly an honor for me to welcome the discovery month sorry school of edinburgh, text, to the house science, space and technology committee. as the ranking member of the subcommittee on higher education, we work closely with this committee on science and space and technology because together we hope that by 2020 we can be able to generate and accomplish a goal that was set

the gentlelady yield's back her time. let me remind everyone that the science fair and all these teams and the projects are in the rayburn foyer -- that's on the first floor. i'm going to be there, and i'm going to try to ask jack if you missed the girls more than he did the boys or the boys more than he did the girls. [laughter] so i have some good questions to ask you, jack. i hope i see you down there. the witnesses are excused, and this hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> damage from yesterday's earthquake is forcing officials to seek a new site to martin luther king by morris commemoration services. service was to be held at the washington national cathedral this coming saturday but that church will remain closed as a precaution. in the meantime the new more here on the national mall is opened to the public today after being closed yesterday after the east coast earthquake. a ceremony tonight was mov

the speaker pro tempore: the the gentlelady's time has expired. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 12:00 noon >> here is a look at what we can expect -- the house will be back at noon for legislative business and there will be a number of meetings taking place. the senate could be voting on this measure as early as this evening. the house could then take up tomorrow and that is dependent on some procedural votes that could take place, the 60-vote threshold in the u.s. senate. we learned that vice president joe biden will travel to capitol hill and meet with members of the democratic caucus in the house and senate as the white house tries to sell this bill and democrats meeting in about 45 minutes. the house democrats will meet at noon and house republicans as well. first up is a viewer from florida, on the democrats' line, go ahead. caller: i am trying to see what we can do to stop this bill or stop the pay for the government and the soldiers. host: what do you mean? caller: we are talking about suspend

the gentlelady from texas is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much.i have no call with this committee getting information and making sure that that information is unit tillized in the right way. mr. chairman, i'd like to submit into the record a letter that i believe has been given to your office, and that is a request to ask for this committee to hold a hearing, and i know that you've been at the forefront of asking for an investigation, but a hearing on the rupertmerdoch case of hacking victims of 9/11. i ask for a hearing for that. >> i accept it into the record. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i'll add to that that i'd like to have a hearing on right wing extremist ideologs who advocate violence and advocate in essence the terrorizing the certain groups. let me add into the record if i could quickly, an fbi, looks like an fbi statement here, members and associates of white supremist groups charged with making grenades and selling guns. i ask unanimous consent to insert this into the record. >> without objection. >> members of the illinois wh