senator johanns. >> i call on johanns amendment number three. my hope is, madam chair, if we continue to work on this, we will get a better farm bill out of our efforts here. a minute what this would do it they would restore target prices for rice and peanuts to the levels in the 2008 farm bill. this amendment would reduce the reference price for peanuts and rice to the last farm bill price level. it saves $1.5 billion. i spoke in my opening comments about my concern that about half of the savings that we're claiming here is really an illusion. they are not a saving that all. we need to find some savings. when we should be decreasing the likelihood of payments, this bill actually increases target prices that trigger payments for these two commodities. therefore, payments will be more likely, not less likely. one of those target prices increases by over 25%. that is remarkable in this day and age. the others from the taxpayer to the producer every year for the past decade. farmers responsibly manage risks every sale they. they take into account t

senator johanns has to leave, secretary lew had to readjust.o i'd like to go right to him, comments you'd like to him, comments you'd like to make, and then we can hold down the fort. then i'll go down to my questions, and we'll follow the regular order. does that sound like a good way? >> that sounds like a -- >> mr. secretariesome. >> thank you very much, chairwoman mikulski, members of the committee. i appreciate this opportunity to speak about the treasury budget, and i'd just like to say that i am sorry my friend, senator lautenberg, isn't here today, and i only wish him well and that he returns soon. i want to start by thanking the talented public servants at the department of treasury. tear thoughtful, dedicated, focused, tear goal is to further the mission of the department and the american people. it's really my honor to work with them. and i'd like to begin with an overview on the economy and then get into the treasury budget. our economy is much stronger today than it was four years ago, but we still need policies that will help crea

except johann and his wife. the others left in their keys so he could keep an eye on their places. some still return and spend their holidays here. they get a bit misty eyed when they remember the old days, before the ethnic germans left the communist dictatorship for the freedom of the west. before the berlin wall fell, west germany purchased the freedom of some 230,000 romanians of german descent. to do this, the west german government had to strike deals with the notorious secret service, the securitate. the negotiator on the german side served every chancellor for 22 years. now he has returned to romania for a conference seeking to uncover more details about these secret deals. >> from our point of view, it was buying people's freedom, freeing people from economic and political bondage. and each time hirsch struck a deal with securitate, long lines formed in front of passport offices. the agreement decided how many people could leave romania and how much west germany would pay for each one, but how much cash changed hands in all? >> i will not answer that. >> previously, it was

except johann and his wife. the others left in their keys so he could keep an eye on their places. some still return and spend their holidays here. they get a bit misty eyed when they remember the old days, before the ethnic germans left the communist dictatorship for the freedom of the west. before the berlin wall fell, west germany purchased the freedom of some 230,000 romanians of german descent. to do this, the west german government had to strike deals with the notorious secret service, the securitate. the negotiator on the german side served every chancellor for 22 years. now he has returned to romania for a conference seeking to uncover more details about these secret deals. >> from our point of view, it was buying people's freedom, freeing people from economic and political bondage. and each time hirsch struck a deal with securitate, long lines formed in front of passport offices. the agreement decided how many people could leave romania and how much west germany would pay for each one, but how much cash changed hands in all? >> i will not answer that. >> previously, it was

this is johannes topol myers from 1742. you will notice his maps, again describing the system of a planet and color. these were important to robert ariail as he became the richest in how others perceived to have been, the history of scientific understanding from his perspective as an observational astronomer. and this is a copy of john views his work, which is finished in the 1750s, but not published until 1986 on our copy has this title page, which is very rare. we are one of very few libraries in the world to have all of these early star atlases. the strength of the ariail collection as it relates to popular astronomy and observational astronomy. robert ariail been a member of the american association of star observers and enact good one at that. other strengths includes the work of the major observatory periodical publications and reflect telescopes and scientific instruments as he came to restore telescopes as part of his work, he did a lot of research and published on all that clark and clark telescopes are a major par

senator johanns. >> madam chair, i call up johanns amendment number 3, it also deals with target prices. my hope is, madam chair, if we continue to work on this, we'll get a better farm bill out of our efforts here. um, basically what this amendment would do is it would restore target prices for rice and peanuts to the levels in the 2008 farm bill. this amendment would reduce the reference price for peanuts, peanuts and rice to the last farm bill price levels. it saves $1.5 billion. i spoke in my opening comments about my concern that about half of the savings that we're claiming here are really an illusion. they are not a savings at all. we need to find some savings. when we should be decreasing the likelihood of payments, this bill actually increases target prices that trigger payments for these two commodities, therefore, payments will be more likely not less likely. one of those target prices increases by over 25%. that's remarkable in this day and age. the others are already so high that it's triggered payments from the taxpayer to the producer every year for the past decade. farme

want to make sure you all understand that we are not going to - i am talking about we in bayview johannes point, will not allow anyone to take away what we have fought for. when this commission took over the southeast facility your responsibility, 100 -- circle, as well as the facility day care center. those belong to the community. for community use, not for other agencies to take over out buildings. if there are programs for our community, let us make the decision of what we want. -- i want to make sure you put that in your budget. come and get this honey. >> what would you like for us to order? >> i don't have taste or smell, since i had my operation. what i bring to you is not for doctor jackson; it is for the community. i want to thank you all. i wanted to take everything i said under consideration and give me my building -- leave my buildings alone, thank you. >> what is the building being used for? >> i have no idea. >> doctor jackson, what changes happened in the building? >> as you know, there has been construction at 1800 o'dell. i was at a facility meeting last week. there was

senator johanns. >> mr. chairman, thank you. and madam secretary, welcome. glad to have you onboard. let me, if i might, shift focus if i could to a couple of questions about the sequester. i have a little bit of the unique experience here, because i was a member of the cabinet as you probably know during the bush administration, sector of agriculture -- secretary of agriculture. i certainly appreciate the fact that the sheet of music using from comes from an office that is oval in this town. if you know what i'm saying. and every cabinet member has talked about the sequester kind of in the same terms you have talked about in your testimony. and i must admit it's got an aura of the sky is falling the sky is falling. now, you're also talking to a former governor, a former mayor, balanced budgets during good times and bad times. when times were good and the revenues were good, you could do some more things but when times were bad, for example, post 9/11, you just kind of had to deal with it. when i came here in 2005, and somebody said to me, you could get some

nice catch by johann. he went 7 and two-thirds and the indians win it 1-0. as promised, the giants in the cove and steven and tyler are chasing a foul ball. stroke, stroke. pull up the anchor. come on, tyler. i got it. nice, nice. i'm exhausted just watching them. down the left field line and driving in brandon crawford. the giants trail 3-2. here it comes and there it goes. chase utley and this is way out. he is 3 for five and ryan howard went deep. lynn succumb went seven innings and allowed five runs. the phillies win it 6-2 and the giants have now lost two in a row heading to the series finale tomorrow afternoon. abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. one note on the sharks. they will have a few days off before they find out who they play in round two. other series are on going. >> nice performance by the sharks. >> the men in teal. >> a teal party. >> up next, harrison ford, george lucas hanging out together in san francisco. >> but why? >>> here is a look at your wake up weather. low clouds, patchy fog and drizzle. 40s and 50s and mike will b

senator johanns. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to call up my amendment to restrict categorical eligibility and the cowan program. >> you may proceed. >> madam chair, i have unique experience because the secretary of agriculture, i manage this program. i left usta in the fall of 2007 to run for the senate seat that i am in today. at that time there were 27 million people on the program here today that number has gone up to 47 million. another secretary of agriculture, i propose limiting eligibility to certain cash benefits, but congress did not adopt it. now that i'm a congress, i want to try this hopefully with a different result. let me emphasize, this amendment does nothing to restrict benefits to those eligible to receive the program. i administered the food stamp program as it was called back then and i strongly supported those who are hungry get the benefits of the program. i did that, i do now. right now, some states are exploiting categorical eligibility to allow many people who wouldn't otherwise be eligible t

nice catch by johann. he went 7 and two-thirds and the indians win it 1-0., the giants in the cove and steven and tyler are chasing a foul ball. stroke, stroke. pull up the anchor. come on, tyler. i got it. nice, nice. i'm exhausted just watching them. down the left field line and driving in brandon crawford. the giants trail 3-2. here it comes and there it goes. chase utley and this is way out. he is 3 for five and ryan howard went deep. lynn succumb went seven innings and allowed five runs. the phillies win it 6-2 and the giants have now lost two in a row heading to the series finale tomorrow afternoon. abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. one note on the sharks. they will have a few days off before they find out who they play in round two. other series are on going. >> nice performance by the sharks. >> the men in teal. >> a teal party. >> up next, harrison ford, george lucas hanging out together in san francisco. >>> here is a look at your wake up weather. low clouds, patchy fog and drizzle. 40s and 50s and mike will be here 4:30 to 7:00 a.m.

i'd like to turn to senator johannes, and in addition to having four former chairman of the committee, we have a former secretary of the department of agriculture. i don't know any committee that has such a wealth of expertise and depth as knowledge as this one, and senator johanns, we appreciate your leadership and experience with the committee. >> well, thank you very much, madam chair. i might just note that during the time i was secretary of agriculture, i had the pleasure of working with two different chairs because the senate slipped, and it started out working with chambliss, and that was an honor and particular, and then i had the opportunity to work with senator harkin, honor and pleasure, and the thing i would say that most impressed me, there was no difference whatsoever in the level of partisanship. whether i was working with tom harkin or chambliss, we worked on policy issues. we had our agreements and disagreements on policy issues. there was never an issue about partisanship, and i sure appreciate that back in the days when i was the secretary. let me also start today a

nice catch by johann. he went 7 and two-thirds and the indians win it 1-0. as promised, the giants in the cove and steven and tyler are chasing a foul ball. stroke, stroke. pull up the anchor. come on, tyler. i got it. nice, nice. i'm exhausted just watching them. down the left field line and driving in brandon crawford. the giants trail 3-2. here it comes and there it goes. chase utley and this is way out. he is 3 for five and ryan howard went deep. lynn succumb went seven innings and allowed five runs. the phillies win it 6-2 and the giants have now lost two in a row heading to the series finale tomorrow afternoon. abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. one note on the sharks. they will have a few days off before they find out who they play in round two. other series are on going. >> nice performance by the sharks. >> the men in teal. >> a teal party. >> up next, harrison ford, george lucas hanging out together in san francisco. >> but why? >>> here is a look at your wake up weather. low clouds, patchy fog and drizzle. 40s and 50s and mike will b

. >> if i could just comment senator johanns brought up the excellent point* and to go back chairman-- in the house when his ranking member used to give the example that i have used over and over when it comes to labeling where a meat product comes from if sickout is slaughtered or the animal was raised in georgia but a product of the heifer born in canada and sent to georgia and artificially inseminated from the ball from mexico, where is the country of origin? this is the most confusing issue i have ever seen in all my years on the ad committee i hope maybe senator johanns will think about bringing this up on the floor to see if we can figure out a way to resolve this because it is confusing and causing us problems now with mexican and canadian partners. >> just a quick comment and obviously there isn't unanimous opinion in this committee and i have long been a supporter to let consumers know where their food products comes from but this is a process where our ranchers and farmers who have been promoting country of origin labeling have been asking and it comes from a lack of clarit

senator johanns has to leave. secretary lu had to readjust. what would you to include? i'm going to have you testified. and then i will go to you in case you have to leave because he can hold down the fort. do i go to my questions. does that sound like a good way? >> thank you very much chairwoman mikulski, members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity and i would just like to say i'm sorry senator lott and bergeson terra and i only wish him well and that he returns soon. i want to start by thanking the talented public service at the department of treasury. thoughtful dedicated, focused with the goal is to further the mission of the department of american people. it's my honor to work with them and i'd like to begin an overview on the economy and get into the treasury budget. our economy stronger today than four years ago we need to continue to pursue policies that will accelerate growth. since 2000 economy expanded for 15 consecutive quarters and 6.8 million jobs in the housing market improved. consumer spending, business investment and exports expanded. very

this is johannes bayer dating from 1603. this is an absolutely stunning atlas. the engravings include drawings over them showing the astrological symbols that we all know. and the figures. it's a 17th century diorama. next on booktv donovan campbell talks about his time leading a platoon of marines in the al-mahdi in 2004. this is about a half an hour. >> good afternoon. i have been called many things in my life and i can honestly say i am really proud that i am shortly to be called a houstonian. [applause] we are really excited about that, my wife and i and i want to make a couple of things clear. one, i have been called a hero. i am not. i am just at guide to did his job and did his duty. this country has been good to me and it was the least that i could do to spend some time serving my country. there are a lot of ways to serve. i think that what the houston hospice does is one of the best ways that one can possibly serve. i would submit to you that those who cared for others at the end of their lives are certainly heroes in every sense of the word. i would li

he was believed for escalating tensions between police and bart passengers before johannes mehserle opened he still collected unemployment checks even though he had a job. pirone was supposed to appear in court but he is serving in afghanistan. his case has been postponed until next year. >>> you want something nice for your family to do this weekend? you can go to bay area museums for free. they are launching national movie yum month by allowing card holders access to 150 museums in 94 cities. this saturday and sunday card holders can get in for free at participating bay area museums including the san jose museum of art and the tech museum of innovation. >>> san francisco giants fans that love to rock out they are in for a treat tonight. it's metal -- metal anight. they will throw out the first pitch. they will sing the national anthem. and fans can also pick up a special edition metallica giants tab. on top of that they are playing their arch rivals l.a. dodgers. >>> traffic is moving along pretty well as you drive up to highway 17. traffic is is moving along nicely. also the commute on

new poster fruitvale station chronicals grants last day after he was shot by bart police officer johannesrle in 2009. >>> tolls on the golden gate bridge could be going up. the bridge authority faces a possible $29 million budget short fall. they will talk about the budget and a possible toll hike at their finance committee meeting. the last toll hike was five years ago. with electronic tolls the next increase could be about 50 cents. >>> coming up on 7:00. sal has a quick look at traffic. >> we're looking at the toll plaza just to show you what is coming up on mornings on 2. it has been a moderate delay there. on the peninsula northbound 101 some slow traffic approaching candle stick because of an earlier crash. let's go to steve. >>> we have cloudy skies. a westerly breeze. it will be a little cooler today and there is even light rain out toward fairfield and vacaville. a little cool down today. highs 60s and very low 70s. >>> coming up for you on mornings on 2, an early morning fire happened at a landmark bakery in oakland. >>> and growing criticism of the limo driver on the traffic --

this is johannes topol myers at least. describing the system of the planet and color. these are important as he became more and more interested in how others perceived to have vince, the history scientific from his% of his is the copy of t outlets, john bevis' work finished in the 1750s, but not published until 1786. her copy has this title page, which is very rare. we're one of very few libraries in the world to have all of these early star atlas says. the strength of the aerial collection is that it relates to popular astronomy and observational astronomy, robert aerial being a member of the american association of star observers and imac one at that. other strengths include the work of the major observatories and reflect robert aerial pictures and telescopes and scientific instruments. as he came to restore her telescopes as part of his work, he did a lot of research and published quite telescopes a major part of this collection and went on a lot of material. there is a history of an 18th century telescope to have a wonderful engraving and then we also have the comp

we have senator johanns as well. both republicans.d republican members of the house participating in this. this is bipartisan. and the reality is i just need a little more time as do all the co-sponsors to be able to explain the bill to our colleagues and earn their support. this is a very bold change. this is a dramatic, important change. that we believe can make a difference. so what we have to do is have, take the time to meet one-on-one with legislators, explain what this is and why we think it will make a difference. i think with hard work, we can prevail. and more and more people are adding their names to our bill as we speak. >> if we're talking about sort of incremental change around this issue, it's probably worth noting how the secretary of defense has changed his manner, the way, with which he deals with these issues. the politico today again reporting on this issue says after being blindsided by the rest of an air force officerer this month. hagel's office took a different tack on the fort hood investigation, releasing the

saxby chambliss is the one retirement, mike johanns surprised me more than any of the others.others seem more predictable. those two struck me. one was after one term. one was after two terms. >> yeah. we've seen other examples the last ten years of after one, two terms. this used to be a legislative job. now it's for grand standing and monday morning quarterbacking. so the fulfillment that they used to get out of the job, they don't get so much anymore. >> and this week we've seen harry reid and ted cruz yell at each other on the senate floor. it does look -- i mean, this is a cliche in this town that happens, which is, oh, the senate's become like the house. but there's a lot of truth to that. it is a little more rancorous these days. >> i think a lot of what happened, though, a lot of the things that started contaminating the house a generation ago have migrated over to the senate. with a bunch of house members coming over. that it used to be the senate was civil. the house was pretty unruly. but now you have this influx of house members that really changed the tone of the

you can say, mike johanns, you qualify for premium assistance? >> let me i think the answer is more complicated than that. let me walk through a little bit of a good senator. divide the world into two pieces. the first piece of the world begins in october of this year when the health exchanges open up. the health exchanges our state and federal partnerships. hhs is the face of health care with respect to the exchanges for the federal government. our job with respect to the october time frame is to make sure that the information is available to the exchange to make a reasoned decision as to whether that advanced premium credit is available or not. we are not really involved other than providing information. that piping has been worked on and i believe we will be ready. that's the first peace. the second piece more goes to your first question, which is are we set up to do the matching in 2015 for the year 2014 when these things first, and play? the answer to that question is we are not yet ready for that. we are working on it. part of the budget re

. >> senator johanns. >> madam chair, thank you. let me thank the senator from south dakota for bringing this up. this is another example of the inequities in the s.n.a.p. program. this is an opportunity to this amendment to fix for states with 50% of the benefit of this. i can't imagine there is ever a thought by any member tha literally this program would be designed in such a way that we would be on the floor of the senate saying to 46 states will be treated unequally do get a better deal here. i can imagine that was the case. this was important. i cannot must guarantee you must remember those four states, you are voting for the comments a result of the amendment to your stay. they are not beneficiaries and that's a fair way of allocating precious dollars in a fair way to all 50 states and allocating the money to force states. >> i strongly oppose this amendment on a few grounds. straight up causes $2 billion is a mistake because at the end of the day we seen a hundred billion dollars on cardiovascular heart disease and we have a

stab disabled that amendment 987 and coons-johanns 1079 be in order. that at 5:30 p.m. monday, june 3, the senate proceed to votes in relation to the two amendments in the order listed, that there be no second-degree amendments in order to either amendment prior to the votes, understand that there be two minutes equally divided between the votes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. ms. stabenow: thank you. ms. stabenow: and i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak up to ten minutes each. officer if he without objection. -- the presiding officer: without objection. mr. levin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: i want to start by thanking senator whitehouse who has shown such strong leadership on the issues that we're going to be discussing this afternoon, which is how do we get out of the sequestration box that we are now in. i also want to thank him for joining with me in sponsoring the cut unjustified tax loopholes act,

this isn't of particular interest to anybody but i'm a great fan of johannes sebastian bach, and i listen to my drive to work. i listen to him when i go home. but in order to listen to him i've got to push all kinds of things. and if you've been in traffic recently in washington, d.c., you do that for a second and just moved half a lane over. you didn't mean to but you just have because you've got to this and you've got to do that, and you've got to do that. and you know, so, and that's a simple one. i think this hearing could provide us with an overview of what the future holds for our cars and will give us information for future image oversight as we move forward. if they deliver as promised the technologies were discussing today have the potential to revolutionize transportation and bring about dramatic improvements in safety. and i thank you and i turn to my distinguished ranking member, senator thune. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i will be lot watching for you, listening to bach. >> watch for him when he -- >> i do want to thank you, thank you for all in this hearing as the committee

this isn't a particular interest to anybody, but i am a great fan of johann sebastian bach and i listen to imagine after work and when i go home. i've got to push all kinds of things. if you've noticed traffic recently in washington d.c., you do that for a second then you know the half lane over. he didn't mean to, but she had because you got to do this and that and, you know, that is a simple one. this is an overview of what the future holds and give us a foundation for future legislation and future industry oversight as we move forward. if they deliver promised technologies today revolutionize and bring about dramatic improvements in safety and a thank you in turn to my ranking member, senator thune. >> i will be watching for you listening to bach. [laughter] [inaudible] >> i do want to thank you, mr. chairman. with the advanced water technologies now emerge in the marketplace at work in their way through the type line, these technologies include driver assistance systems from a vehicle to vehicle communication and autonomous self drive cars offer the promise of many future benefits.

this is an amendment that i have worked on considerably along with others, senator thune, senator johanns, others on the agriculture committee and others as well. we can restore integrity to the snap program while providing benefits to those truly in need. let me emphasize that. while providing benefits to those truly in need. we're not touching those while we save an additional $31 billion. you say $31 billion as compared to what? $800 billion over ten years. if we cannot at least make those kinds of savings, $31 billion to $800 billion, we have got problems. i am not proposing a dramatic change on the policy of nutrition programs such as block granting programs the states would represent. instead this amendment enforces the principles of good government, returns snap spending to much more responsible levels. snap was exempted from across-the-board cuts known as sequestration. however, it is clear that there are several areas within the program that could provide significant savings that were unfortunately left untouched. so enacting this program of reforms will allow the federal governm

and early sixteenth century textbook by johann forbloch, the major textbook on astronomy for 125 years. bk dating from 1603. it is an absolutely stunning at less -- atlas in which the engraving include drawings over them showing astrological symbols that we all know. figures. the seventeenth century start at less. >> more from the irving rare book collection at the university of south carolina this weekend as booktv and american history tv look at the history and literary life of columbia, south carolina at 6:00 on c-span's booktv and tomorrow at 5:00 on c-span3's american history tv. >> booktv is live from gaithersburg, md. this book festival in its third year and it's held at gaithersburg city hall. we heard from john tudor, melvin goodman and scott berg. next, lynn olson talks about the decision by the united states to intervene in world war ii. >> welcome to the fourth annual gaithersburg book festival. my name is george leventhal and i represent the county on the montgomery county council. gaithersburg is that diverse city. it two at city council members here, judge asherman is fo

set to the music of johann sebastian bach, his "brandenburgs" ballet of 1988 comes to life again, showcasing the musicality of taylor's dances as well as his trademark athletic movement. and, inspired by the life and work of the great american author walt whitman, taylor's "beloved renegade" and, inspired by the life takes us on a journey from childhood to death, punctuated by themes taken from whitman's leaves of grass. "paul taylor dance company in paris," next.

want to make sure you all understand that we are not going to - i am talking about we in bayview johannes point, will not allow anyone to take away what we have fought for.