hastings: mr. speaker, i ask when the house adjourns today it adjourns to meet at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. hastings: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. hastings: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill h.r. 1837. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 566 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 1837. the chair appoints the gentleman from kansas, mr. yoder, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 1837 and which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to address certain water-related concerns on the san joaquin river and for other purposes.

hastings: mr. chairman i rise to seek time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. hastings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i rise to oppose this amendment. last year during our offshore debate, an identical amendment was offered and failed in the house by a bipartisan vote. in fact, 263 of our colleagues voted no on this amendment. right now under existing law, the northern california planning area is available for leasing. it's been available since 2008 when gasoline prices hit $4 per gallon and the president and the congress at that time lifted the offshore drilling moratorium. i'll remind the house that in 2008 when gas prices were rising and the democrats controlled the house nothing was done regarding these $4 a gallon gasoline until after the session ended and the president, his moratorium and the congress entered that moratorium. so going into 2009, th

hastings: mr. chairman, the committee is not in order. the chair: committee will be in order. members will take their conversations off the floor. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: mr. chairman, i rise today in support of h.r. 3408, which contains the energy provisions in the american energy and infrastructure jobs act. this is an action plan to create jobs that will vastly expand american energy production, lower gasoline prices, strengthen our national economic security, and generate new revenue to help pay for infrastructure. mr. chairman, all without raising taxes or adding to the deficit. in this year's state of the union speech, president obama proclaimed his support for expanding american energy production with an all of the above energy strategy. sadly, m chairman, the president's actions while he has been in office, has been anythi

hastings: how much time do i have? the chair: a minute and a quarter. mr. hastings: two points. the gentleman cuts that this congress and this house led by republicans haven't done anything in regards to safety offshore. through the appropriation process there has been a tremendous increase imprecisely what the administration was asking by -- the obama administration was asking for safety. and the obama administration has said that it is safe, although i would argue, they should be more aggressive, but they say it's safe to drill. that argument, i don't think has a great deal of bearing. but more importantly i would say this. the port of boston has liquid natural gas terminal and importing natural gas from trinidad and yemen hardly a stable country in the middle east, right now off the coast, just north of this area we are talking about, there is natural gas drilling going on. certainly, if we want to be less dependent on foreign oil and foreign energy and we like natural gas, like my friends on the other side of the aisle have talked about we should recorrect this amendment and

hastings: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 306 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 210, h.r. 306, a bill to direct the secretary of the interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free roaming wild horses in and around the national wildlife refuge. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, and the gentleman from the northern mariana islands, mr. sablan, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials under consideration under this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hastings: i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings:

what was not said was that hastings had never taken this hastings cutoff at that point. and when people finally did, they discovered, yeah, you can do that if you're riding on a horse, but you can't do it very well when, with these huge wagons. and the donners against all good advice had about 80 wagons, they decided they were going to try to cross through this hastings cutoff. and they, oh, my goodness, they got stranded in the desert, and they had to throw away all their fine grandma's furniture everywhere. and then the indians began to pick off all the cattle they brought. and then they got mixed up in the wasatch range, you know, box canyons and so on, and the overall gist of it is they got late. and late was something you did not do when you were trying to cross the sierra mown mountains because when it snows out there -- i mean, we've got big mountains up here. these are about three times the size of the appalachians, and there was a pass at about 7,000 feet, that was the pass that hayed that to finish they had to get to before the end of november, and they didn't

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it is written by michael hastings. good to have you on the program. thanks for your time. >> honored to be here. tavis: that is our show for tonight. see you next week. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.or.g tavis: join me next time for a conversation with michael mann on his new series, "luck." >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>n this kind of case before, i have a pretty good idea of what i'm going to find inside of it. because these leather cases with gilding were actually what you got a nice cup from from the sevres factory in the 18th century. and this is a sevres cup from the 18th century. how long has it been in australia? that one is difficult. probably 100 years. - i'm not sure. - this cup we know, be

michael hastings of rolling stone with inside story about how department of home land security might have been involved in breaking up occupy wall street. the whole occupy movement all across the country was it coordinated, the tamp down of it by the federal government? find out tonight. >> warren buffet makes a great case for raising corporate travels and this is the brilliant gop honest. >> warren buffet should just write a check and shut up. >> we're going to shut chris christy's mouth up tonight showing him the real facts. you know what? it's go time. >> born free yes that's kid rock singing for mitt romney. here's what i don't understand. if this was a democratic getting endorsed by a guy like kid rock wouldn't it create an absolute uproar? i remember when everybody went x-rays, look at these songs by kid rock. roving gangster? that's terrible. black chick, white guy, i'm not sure republicans into that. single father, i hear they speak out against that all the time. early morning stoned pump. that what romney is? and cadillac? you never met a mother [bleep] quite like me? [bleep

hastings. before i say a word about the legislation which members of congress would have an opportunity to vote on if we defeat the previous question, i just want to say a word about the bills that are the subject of the rule here today. i would be very happy to yield. mr. hoyer: mr. van hollen, in fact not for political gamesmanship, want to vote to restrain and eliminate their cola, this year, they have an opportunity to do that segregated from any other issue on the previous question. i would urge members if they want to cap congressional salaries next year at current levels, they vote against the previous question when it is called. i yield back to my friend. mr. van hollen: i thank mr. hoyer. with respect to the two bills that are subject of this rule, we are going to have more time to debate them later. i would just say to my friend from georgia, mr. woodall, that the american people would love to be able to wish away inflation. i came from a hearing in the budget committee, i'm sure the

hastings: mr. speaker -- mr. chairman, i am very pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from colorado, mr. lamborn. the chair: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for three minutes. mr. lamborn: thank you, mr. chairman, and i thank the chairman of the committee, doc hastings. i rise in support of h.r. 3408. this legislation does three vital things. it will open up land in the west to oil shale development, open up one of our most promising areas for energy development in the united states, the arctic national wildlife refuge, and increase offshore production as well. these provisions will create hundreds of thousands of amican jobs and ensure the continued production of new domestic increases in our energy security and decrease our reliance on foreign oil, a goal the administration has professed to support time and time again. oil shale is one of the most promising new sources of american-made energy. the u.s. geological survey estimates that the western united states holds more than 1.5 trillion w

fund to build community volunteers to promote a big society in hastings? such good work is being done. >> the other of a visit to my audible french resistance he is hard to resist and i can undertake that either i or my honorable friend will fulfill that engagement. >> order. question for the prime minister. mr. andy slaughter. >> number one, serve. >> thank you, mr. speaker. before listing my engagement i'm sure the whole house will wish to join with me in paying tribute to her majesty, the queen during -- [shouting] >> in what is an absolutely historic week marking the 60th anniversary of further a session to the throne. her majesty's six years of remarkable leadership and dedicated to public service are in inspiration to us all, and something the whole country and whole commonwealth can be immensely proud of. [shouting] members will obvious have the opportunity to individual tributes during the humble address debate. this morning i had meetings with minister colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house i shall further such meetings

hastings: i thank the gentleman for yielding. as chairman of the natural resources which has partial jurisdiction, i support senate bill 1134. for over two decades, wisconsin and minnesota have been working on a plan to replace this bridge. this project has been delayed by lawsuit after lawsuit and these lawsuits and bureaucratic attacks is that the bridge spans the st. croix river which was listed in the 1972 wild and scene irriver act. it says that the wild and scenic label on this river under federal law cannot stop these states from building a safe new bridge. it's as simple as that. and as regards to earmarks, this bill has been reviewed and is in compliance with the earmark definition in clause 9 of rule 21. the bill does not contain congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits or limited tariff benefits. the bill is aimed at ensuring the federal and scenic wild river act doesn't prevent a bridge from being built. it affects multiple states. so, mr. speaker, the people of minnesota and wisconsin have been waiting decades to

hastings: all right. then i'm in position to go forward. when the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance renewal came before the house just two months ago, my friends on the right refused to renew either provision while democrats tried to avert a tax hike on the middle class. . i believe republicans would rather let the payroll tax cut expire and unemployment insurance run out than ask the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share. madam speaker, if it's at all possible i still have the time and with your permission i would like to yield two minutes to my colleague, mr. engel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. engel: thank you. i thank my good friend from florida. madam speaker, i rise in support of the legislation being considered today. however i really just need to say this is not the agreement i would have written. i recognize the importance of making sure our physicians don't receive a 27% pay cut and i have been very very vocal on the doc fix. it's something that is warranted, much needed

hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. i'm pleased that this legislation is moving forward. i know this has been something that's been worked on by my friend and colleague from washington for some time and i'm glad we finally got this far and hopefully now that it's a clean bill, that really deals with the safety of the quileute tribe, which is the important part, and that's the reason for the bill, i hope we can move very fast through this house and obviously through the senate and with that i urge adoption of h.r. 1162 and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1162 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not pre

hastings. i'd like to ask unanimous consent, mr. speaker, that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. woodall: mr. speaker, house resolution 534, this rule before us today, brings the first of two budget committee reform bills to the floor. the speaker is very familiar, the budget has been working hard not just this year but last year as well to put together an agenda to make the budget more accessible to the american people. to make budgeting in washington, d.c., look more like budgeting back home around the kitsch table. we have the -- kitchen table. we have the first of the two refortunately bills with the rule today. this rule is a structured rule, mr. speaker, that brings h.r. 3578, the baseline reform act, an h.r. 3582, the pro-growth budgeting act to the floor. we all know it's been 1,000 days, mr. speaker, over 1,000 days since the senate has produced a budget. but here in the house not only did we produce a budget last year on time, we w

four haste. the intercontinental ballistic missile known as the twenty five to make. a twenty. two meters in diameter and weighs about forty five tons of. despite its impressive propulsion the russian missile still hits targets with absolute precision. is making sure that the missile launches. moving military home. this is a highly accurate weapon is a range of up to ten thousand kilometers and lands within not more than two hundred metres from targets. you certainly realize that for the purposes of a nuclear strike this means a direct hit. the defense system is not directed against it this would be the wrong move as the matter consumes the defense of need two countries. russia feels compelled to take countermeasures because the united states has refused to give legal guarantees demonstrates that the deployment of the american missile defense system in europe is not directed against russia. nato countries are in the mood to list strips the deployment of them military installations to europe. new american military bases may soon be set up in kazakhstan. turkmenistan and tajikist

for haste. twenty five. and weighs about forty five tons of fuel. despite its impressive propulsion the russian missile still hits targets with absolute precision mage's on its if joe is making sure that the missile launches how cool weighs in working order moving military hardware. he's always fraught with danger. with this is a highly accurate weapon it has a range of up to ten thousand kilometers and lands within not more than two hundred meters from targets. you certainly realize that for the purposes of a nuclear strike this means a direct hit. the united states cannot give russian legal guarantees that the missile defense system is not directed against it this would be the wrong move as the matter consumes the defense of need two countries. russia feels compelled to take countermeasures because the united states has refused to give legal guarantees demonstrating that the deployment of the american missile defense system in europe is not directed against russia. nato countries are in no mood to risk rates the deployment of them military install

they are not fearful of hast things. they want to just flows through some new ideas, and i think that is what we wanted to boldly this year, kind of use the spirit of the dragon to say, cassette and let's do some new ideas. let's be bold about it." let's do something that enhances the cultural theme of chinatown as well. we decided to do this. we believe we have the support of all of the residents. there preeminent thing was that pedestrian safety be the number one thing, so we have done that. we have reflected in it. i want to thank this very balanced approach that vw has had with everybody's cooperation. all of the inspectors would be here. we will have some additional monitors to make sure that the safety is preeminent, but at the same time, to gauge the participation of everybody. i do believe what everybody's help, this will be a positive thing. particularly, i want to thank the merchants. they were bold enough to say, "let's try something a little different. supervisor is responsible for what happens in this distri

program will be moderated by a professor geoffrey hazard, a distinguished professor of law at uc hastings. the professor is a leading expert in the field of civil procedure of legal ethics and is good at asking questions. it is my pleasure to introduce our very special guest, stephen zack, president of the american bar association. with nearly 400,000 members, it is the largest volunteer professional membership organization in the world. mr. zack is the first hispanic american to serve as the president and the second to be born abroad. he was only 14 when his family emigrated from cuba under harrowing circumstances, including last minute detention by the secret police. he made it here. in two lines -- and two lines come to mind when i think of him. "this is my country, land of my choice. this is my country, here i found voice." what a voice it is. he earned his aba at the university of florida and he is now in their hall of fame. he is a partner in the miami office of the national law firm. his clients range from former vice president al gore to philip morris, to the national geographic s

hastings: mr. speaker, this is one more example where the other side is playing politics with american energy and american job creation. at a time, mr. speaker, when iran is threatening global energy meltdown the middle east is undergoing numerous uprisings, china's oil is growing and our consumers facing rising prices at the pump, it is time to secure our future with american-made energy. the other side talks about energy security. this legislation, the underlying legislation offers real opportunity to expand our domestic energy production and secure our security. the other side talks about federal revenue. this legislation would bring in billions of dollars to the federal and state government and bring tens of billions of dollars of investment into this country. and most importantly, mr. speaker, while the other side talks about creating jobs for americans, this legislation will create hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs for american workers. and while the other side cheapens these jobs by

first of aushlll, i'm not sure michael hastings read it, because i'm critical of both wars.n a broader scale, listen. this is a book about strategic leadership. it's also a war chronicle, it's petraeus' intellectual history, but what i want to show and the interest it's generating is leadership. i think petraeus gives us a great model for that. i'm not a spokesperson for him, and if showing a role model to other people in the world or other readers is a repugnant thing, then i'm sorry, but i think the values he holds and tries to instill in his organizations are valuable and worth pointing out. >> paula broadwell, west point grad, your book is "all in ch: education of david petraeus." thanks for being on. >> thank you, brooke. >>> back in florida, folks are still talking about mitt romney's win, but the race is hardly over. they swear they're going to keep going. heck, newt gingrich says he's going all the way to the convention. folks, that is end of august. where could romney lose his lead? where are his weaknesses going forward? lauren burgess is standing by. we're going t

military hast's ordered for two helicopters. everyone fears a new round of violence on the streets in an already tense time. >> well, for all the very latest on this extraordinary -- and those extraordinary pictures. john gave us a picture from cairo. >> fans have been gathering at the stadium here in central paris to mourn their dead. the muslim brotherhood, the islamists, the largest force in parliament, were very quick to blame remnants of the mubarak regime for provoking the violence in what they said was an attempt to threaten the country at a crucial time. the ultras have always been very political and they have been at the forefront of confrontations with the old regime and with the security forces over the past year. many people in egypt to believe in some ways this may have been violence provoked in order to get revenge for the last year. the muslim brotherhood has called for debate in parliament tomorrow. this has already become much more than an issue about football violence and there are fears it could erupt again in

max hastings, you were a critic of intervention. how do you feel today? >> i asked a senior intelligence officer and i said that i was very critical. i thought that western powers should be very cautious about in gauging -- in engaging. the story is not over yet. the question in libya, where we supporting the cause of freedom or were we supporting one faction in the cause of a civil war? >> you were there throughout the air strike. is this revolution going wrong? >> it depends on who you talk to. certainly, a lot of pundits these days feel like something is going wrong. a lot of western governments have supported the uprising libyans on at the ground will tell you what ever divisions they have at the moment are a natural course of a post revolution libya. there is some worry on the ground certainly but i think that largely libyans are very optimistic of what lies ahead. in any post revolution scenario, there are no guarantees that many believe that there are opportunities. there was an opportunity to establish the kind of country where democracy. >> the w

hastings law professor says it's difficult for an appeals court to reverse its own decision. >> because there is already precedent here in the ninth circuit says prop 209 is constitutional. >> reporter: now the three judge panel in the ninth circuit can take anywhere from 3-4 months to reach a decision. both sides say whatever the outcome they will appeal. it's likely it could go to the u.s. supreme court. >> thank you. >>> president obama today sent congress a new budget which calls for both government spending cuts and increases. speaking to students at a community college in virginia, the president says his budget plan would reduce the budget by $4 trillion over the next ten years. as he has in the past he's preppies opposing to eliminate bush era tax deductions for the wealthy. it would also put in place a rule named for billionaire warren buffet. it would insure to make sure house holes making $1 million annually pay 30% of their income. their budget proposals are necessary to keep the economic recovery moving. >> but the main idea in the budget is this, at a time when our economy

tori, as we do head into the hast half of spheb. we typically expect moderate to heavy rainfall. nothing just showing up for long-range amounts. >> interesting. thank you, mark. >>> in oakland, more than 1,000 new citizens pledged their loyalty to the u.s. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. [ cheers ] >> 1200 people from about 100 nations took part in a naturalization ceremony at the paramount theater. president obama congratulated the new citizens in a video. he said no dream is impossible. one young citizen said america is the land of opportunity. >> this is just a wonderful, beautiful country. and freedom here, free speech. that's why him here. >> if you shall now now please join me. >> annie chung was named the outstanding citizen by choice. she gave the keynote speech. >>> a narrowly approved new ban for smoking in mountain view will did into effect in may, 5 feet within windows and doors at any workplace as well as patios. business owners lined up on both sides of the argument. city leaders say the ban will mostly affect castro street in downtown mountain view and add on

i think it's the hastings building and it's really top. it has a vertical ladder on top. you are 200 feet up. >> occasionally they have cornices that stick out. they get quite creative how they build them. >> the old ship where you have to climb up to the top. >> the maintenance guy did a good job. people often wonder why fire escapes don't pose a risk of being loose. they are required to penetrate in their structural system and be attached through the building to the inside. in a wood frame building, they actually, bolts have to go through and they have to have a washer and nut on the inside. i would have to have the whole wall removed. they are quite strong. >> we do and someone asked, what is it that you do. i start off by looking at it. is there rust where it meets the building. that's the first indicator. my primary trick is to pick the railing away from the building and see sturdy is it? does the shake the whole wall when i kick it out? otherwise it's rust or a trail of rust >> do you tighten it up? >> if it looks questionable if i go trying to tighten it, i could a

all eight episodes are available today for what ceo reed hastings calls binge viewing.one of five original series netflix has in the works along with arrested develop and house of cards starring kevin spacey which costs a reported $100 million. now, netflix says it's spending less than 5% of its content budget on originals but they will weigh on free cash flow because they demand more upfront payments. netflix is looking to beef up its premium content. it does lose its deal with starz, which has sony and disney movies, at the end of this month. >> who is netflix trying to compete with by launching these original shows? >> i think they want to go head-to-head with hbo. in the most recent earnings call, reed hastings talked a lot about how they see hbo-go as the main competitor. doing this service where they offer content on demand streaming. so by creating original content, they're becoming a next generation showtime or hbo for the web. we'll see how successful it is. it's interesting that shows you order one or two episodes and see if the ratings are good and then you d