levin. mr. levin: i yield a minute and a half to ms. edwards from maryland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one and a half minutes. ms. edwards: i stand today in strong opposition to republican attempts to repeal and dismantle our health care law. the law that congress has passed to give health care to the american people. mr. speaker, this repeal bill will make -- may fulfill an empty campaign promise but fails to put the key american objectives of creating jobs and reducing the deficit at the top of the agenda. in fact, the independent congressional budget office estimates this repeal will increase the deficit by $230 billion over the next 10 years and in maryland, by contrast, we'll save $800 million in 10 years with the new law. we heard the debate but now it's time to hear the stories of countless millions of americans who have a chance at real health care. i know these stories because i hear them every day, mr. speaker. stories like chuck, an engineer from hyattsv

levin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: withou objection. mr. levin: this is what the republicans are after, what their repeal would mean. it would take away from millions of americans, coverage for kids with pre-existing conditions, coverage for young adults under 26, recommended preventive care would be taken away, it would take away lower drug costs for seniors. and thiis what the republican repeal would do. it would give back to insurance companies unreasonable premium increases, unjust policy termses, rescissions, it would take away this, it would give back profits and c.e.o. salaries to insurance companies, not health care benefits. it will give back annual and lifetime limits on benefits. it gives back to insurance companies discrimination author against women. these are concrete reasons to vote n on this repeal. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: i yield to a member of the energy and commerce

adam levine from maroon 5! adam! he's the best. thanks so much, buddy.'re welcome. >> jimmy: i appreciate it. >> right on. >> jimmy: i heard you doing a little sting for us before -- before the show started. >> technically it's the police we were doing. >> jimmy: yeah. >> not sting. not sting's solo career. >>> jimmy: that's correct but you were doing sting. >> i was singing like sting in the police. [ laughter ] no, i'm being a stickler, i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> jimmy: hey, you know what? somebody has to be a stickler. >> my bad, my bad. >> jimmy: no problem, man. i hear ya. quest was doing stewart copeland. >> jimmy: and, yeah -- and you were doing andy. yeah. very, very good. what did you -- do you have a -- do you ever do police songs on record? >> yeah, we love to cover the police 'cause i have a high voice like -- like sting, who's in the police. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i only know his solo stuff so i don't know what you're talking about. [ laughter ] >> i'm just a "fields of gold" guy. >> jimmy: well, thanks for being here, buddy. i appreciate it,

for instance come levin new audi -- for instance, the new audi a6. the industry expects record profits again. the question is, how long will that continue? german firms are investing in new technology, but their main focus is on standard engines. at the moment, the money is to be made in high-powered, bay doors power, a luxury cars. >> german and u.s. carmakers e counting on traditional markets, but emerging markets are producing plenty of car buyers. we have this report from india. >> the capital of india is tom to many different modes of transport. as the middle-class or grows, so does the demand for cars. up until now, indians have preferred small cars, but german models are fast catching up. one volkswagen dealership says it sells 10 cars a day. it costs around 12,000 euros, which is a lot in a country where anyone earning over one calcined euros per month is considered a good learner. -- 1000 euros per month is considered a good earner. >> indians do look forward to the german brand. >> some 2 million cars are sold in india every year. that numb

my name is jeff levine. i live at 372 eureka street. i have lived in the area for more than 30 years. my current home was in the family for 12 years. this project is the third in as many years on this part of the block to super size or try to super size a modest home that has remained largely intact over 100 years. i know you have signatures in favor of this project. however, it is important to note that a representative of mr. fowler walked house-to-house to solicit those signatures. he misrepresented the project, saying it was a small addition, and provided a general statement that lacked specifics. since then, several neighbors have revised their opinions as they became more informed. as one of the neighbors, i value the neighborhood character and our mid-block open space. i ask the commission to take dr on this project. it is out of scale with the house itself into a neighborhood. also, i have -- house itself, and to the neighborhood. also, i have a letter from vicki rosen, who is president of the upper noe neighbors association. sh

adam levin, chairman and founder of credit.com, is here to talk about that.ing. we saw jpmorgan report fourth-quarter profits up 40% in the fourth quarter. for two years now, banks have been blaming new regulatory fees for why they're having to pass it on down to the consumer. why are they still doing it now when they're making the massive profits? >> because there's never enough. they're in business to make money. and they're doing everything they can to make as much money as possible. and with regulations restricting them, they're looking for new and creative ways. kind of a fee-for-all. >> a fee-for-all. tell us what kind of new fees we should be on the lookout for. >> we've seen the death on free checking. there's maintenance fees. they're going to be trying to globalize your relationship with them, which is find new ways to increase your footprint and then charge for it. hook it up with a credit card or some kind of other service. recently, some of them have been charging for payment protection plans that people don't even want. and they find they're bei

book also tells the story of the convoluted relationship between goldman, his dear friend sir joseph levine who was the most influential art dealer of the 20th century and the foremost authority on renaissance art who compromised his capabilities by attributing works of art according to the state of his pocketbook. there was, of course, no buying or selling of fine art during world war i. when the hostilities ended and the versailles treaty had been signed, henry's first priority was to help resurrect the german economy which had been completely wrecked by the harsh reparations terms. inflation in germany raged rampant, and the mark had no value at all. henry campaigned vigorously amongst wealthy wall street bankers or urging them to invest in german industries, mortgages and construction. his efforts were so successful that president von hinten berg gave him honorary german citizenship, but they also backfired with small business which were virtually wiped off the map. their middle class owners became amongst hitler's most vocal supporters in years to come. in 1924 henry made the acquainta

. >> i mean there was a lot of hoopla i recall around the sanchez sisters and the levin brothers but i don't remember that much hoopla around you when you first came being the first daughter. >> i know. i think it took us a while to dawn. i didn't know when i came i was the first daughter and when i was here, somebody said i think maybe you are the first. there was no big fuss made about it. since then we've had a number of daughters succeed their fathers in congress and i'm happy about that. >> as speaker pelosi showed me around the speaker's offices she spoke of another man who had a profound influence on her life. >> we are talking about how president kennedy influenced your life and your career here. tell me about that. >> well, when -- i went to the democratic convention with my parents in 1960. and then as you know, the president won in november as the world knows. and then was sworn in in january and that was 50 years ago. so for a decades, our country has been blessed with the inspiration that president kennedy was to our nation. but as a young person, i was very inspired by

david levin deceptive every phone in the entire hemisphere. and from a business desk u.s. investment firm general atlantic acquired up to twenty percent of the us as the answer goes by the rescue deal is estimated at two hundred twenty five dollars that and more in. a very warm welcome to you this is from moscow but also an opposition leaders and human rights pleaded with top u.s. officials to support their plans for political and social change will based on fresh files from wiki leaks russia is part of the newspaper reports that the groups were consistently critical of the kremlin and want to the american help for reform but the request was apparently given by washington let's get some more on this. now and this hotel so what exactly did rosters. in the dissolves. will the article talks about the inability of the russian opposition leaders to law be their interests on the domestic level and having to reach out to the third parties to achieve their goals in this case the third party being the united states of america now they believe that harsh criticism from the u.s. woul

levin. i want to start by reading the following quote. i know one of the things that's come up is that the 1099 provision and the health care bill appears to be too burdensome for small businesses. it just involves too much paperwork, too much filing. it's probably counterproductive. it was designed to make sure that revenue was raised to help pay for some of the other provisions, but if it ends up just being so much trouble, that small businesses find it difficult to manage, that's something we should take a look at. so there are going to be examples where i think we can tweak and make improvements, end quote. that was president obama on the day after the november election. the president was saying the health care law appears to be too burdensome for small businesses. it involves too much paperwork, too much filing. and last night, in his state of the union address the president again referred to the 1099 provision as we've come to call it as a flaw. but more importantly, the president asked us to identify and bring to him items that nee

hired an expensive management side law firm to deal with all of our union's grievances, follinger and levin and represent some of your larger hotel chains in san francisco. what these firms do is tell managers to take hog line positions and increase their number of billable hours and the only ones who winner the attorneys. our station, our community can't afford for this issue to go through an expensive time consuming binding arbitration process. pacifica needs to hear from you as a group not tied up in our internal politics, as a group withstanding in our community and is in the interest of everybody to sit down and resolve this quickly. >> good afternoon, supervisors. eric brooks, san francisco green party. normally don't speak at regular public comment. i'm speaking at it now because i consider this to be very important. i've been a listener of kpfa radio for 16 years. i also listen to a lot of other ultimatetive media on the internet. i know a lot about what's going on at kpfa, i've read a lot from various sources on both sides about the issue, and i can tell you t sides about the issue

from two levin's pipe maker its to place twenty five percent of its shares and its upcoming i.p.o. in moscow and in london the company is aiming to raise up to one billion dollars a source close to the deal says the listing will take place as soon as february. looking ahead to the next couple of weeks in trading in. the dialogue says rising oil prices and news from abroad will be the key drivers for the russian market. oil price will be very important and global markets saying to national markets and american markets right now he's expecting in the fourth quarter results even this is also good i think a bit longer view so we probably will see some real location from fixed income instruments as an asset class into equities and i think we will see global growth in equities first of all and with strong commodities global equity growth with strong commodities still be very very good environment for growth in russia often i'll be back in one hour's time headlines are next with alice just after this short break do stay with us. children now see how eight thousand by the end of elementary

through to the third round after a grueling five setter of a ten seed was pushed all the way by us levine is a blast chick usually producing some magic to put himself through this one coming from two sets down to level michael usually two to decide the six one to set up a third round meeting with me last ryan. and rafael nadal showed why he's the top seed once again he found the american mind sweeting wrapped up a straight sets win in just over an hour and a half to set up a meeting with bernard tomic in the. i think a. few mistakes with the back and throw the serve i sort of myself a lot since. the first day i was suddenly well all the. to the right of. the sun was very difficult for a moment. and i sort of worked. so hard for the. and elsewhere top ten c. and the mary and david also advancing into the next round with easy three set wins it's. well on the women's side to use the number two seed bit of honor has progressed after beating jova navasky she did have to come from a set down but the russian says this sort of match will make a sharper than her next opponent the czech photo of. h

and i think what the fcc did with this and blair levin who sort of really was the author of a lot of this was to sort of call to arms to a lot of different entities. so it's not all going to be about only government action, but republicans and democrats care about spectrum. that's an issue that's got to be resolved. most folks care about doing something about universal service, that's an issue that has to be resolved. so i have no expectation that suddenly these issues are going to be put in a drawer somewhere because our republican friends are coming into power. i look forward to that continued dialogue. >> host: with, when speaking with joe barton last week on "the communicators," he talked about the spectrum, and he advocated an auction, no conditions. >> guest: uh-huh. >> host: on the d block. >> guest: uh-huh. >> host: what do you think? >> guest: look, what's most important on the d block is let's get the auction moving. we shouldn't have any delay in that. we have a lot of companies and a lot of entities that need spectrum, so i'm just in favor of let's get it going. >> host:

so please mr levin saying as the minister of transport together with the minister of this whole affair is he to do a request to turn pows relevant procedures and cooperation of the federal security service to them to make sure you know gordon's for instance the security legislation that he used to make sure that all investigative action she should listen to the are taken and as far as the investigation is concerned. when it has tabulation investigation committee used. to carry out all required actions immediately on site in the food chain you know you look at the moment you. must. have ordered the maid the mayor of moscow and the governor of the moscow district movement to head to domodedovo. you could. and we need to make sure that all actions are carried out. through and wants to obtain as much information as possible and try to investigate the incident without delay. the conditions that the speech should be the best and of course from the security point of view and points of view of security in the airports and and on other transport obstacles and the need to pay very close attentio

-span and then brian levin from him had to write a letter saying would you please put him only you there are i want transparency from the government i don't want to report to the government for my first amendment rights all right walt how about the fact that some people out there are now proposing a constitutional amendment we have seen a few lawmakers talk about this idea to make it that corporations cannot be counted as a person as an individual do you think that that would have any chance of flying passing was the that's the way to fix it if you want if you want to amend the constitution amend the constitution if you want to go that route fine i just want to. do you think you know for me it's a little frustrating because we have the republicans who in fact completely blocked this disclose act that some people brought up which after the citizens united ruling said ok it's clearly not being done the way with the supreme court you know why did it to happen so let's have this bill that would force people to disclose it and here republicans what pisses me off is they're like oh no no no no

levin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we welcome this opportunity.e leadership from the executive which i'm sure will be forthcoming. in a way, this hearing as a pickup of enough for some years ago, next to me, mr. rangel is chairing the committee, introduced legislation to try to move ahead with this you of tax reform. i'm not going to be here for a bit because i think kevin brady and i will be going to meet with president hu of china. i hope this hearing will indeed move the ball forward belles lettres not expect any touchdowns. it's a long way from the goal line. i do think we need to keep in mind the basic principles, including the need for our tax is done to help create jobs and help promote economic growth. i else the bank, and this may be somewhat controversial and difficult, but also we need to make sure that reform is fiscally responsible. another principle that we need to keep in mind is that any tax reform has to benefit the working families of america. also, let's keep in mind that the code is complex. answering it through tax reform will

call between martin luther king junior, between clarence jones, and stanley levinson, between stanley levin, and martin luther king jr., every phone call was wiretapped. the conversations were transcribed and written down. okay? and in addition with respect to clarence jones and martin king, every meeting that we attended together, every place that we were agreed to meet or actually meet was under photographic surveillance. your home, for example. >> host: listen. right. in fact. these repairmen show up. >> guest: that's right. in fact, i said, you know. >> host: your house is wired. >> guest: wiretap. >> host: in fact. i was drinking -- i used to drink. i don't. i used to drink heavily. it's controlled drinking. but i loved martinis. when i began to have suspiciouses, not proof, we would have conference calls. and martin would double up with laughter. we'd like to have a conference call at 1:00 at night. before the conference call, i would say hold on. fbi to have all of your equipment there? okay. i want to be sure you get everything down. [laughter] >> guest: okay. this is going to be a

levin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. levin: this is what the republicans are after, what their repeal would mean. it would take away from millions of americans, coverage for kids with pre-existing conditions, coverage for young adults under 26, recommended preventive care would be taken away, it would take away lower drug costs for seniors. and this is what the republican repeal would do. it would give back to insurance companies unreasonable premium increases, unjust policy termses, rescissions, it would take away this, it would give back profits and c.e.o. salaries to insurance companies, not health care benefits. health care benefits. it will give

for instance come levin new audi -- for instance, the new audi a6. the industry expects record profits again. the question is, how long will that continue? german firms are investing in new technology, but their main focus is on standard engines. at the moment, the money is to be made in high-powered, bay doors power, a luxury cars. >> german and u.s. carmakers are counting on traditional markets, but emerging markets are producing plenty of car buyers. we have this report from india. >> the capital of india is tom to many different modes of transport. as the middle-class or grows, so does the demand for cars. up until now, indians have preferred small cars, but german models are fast catching up. one volkswagen dealership says it sells 10 cars a day. it costs around 12,000 euros, which is a lot in a country where anyone earning over one calcined euros per month is considered a good learner. -- 1000 euros per month is considered a good earner. >> indians do look forward to the german brand. >> some 2 million cars are sold in india every year. that nu

levin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. levin: this is what the republicans are after, what their repeal would mean. it would take away from millions of americans, coverage for kids with pre-existing conditions, coverage for young adults under 26, recommended preventive care would be taken away, it would take away lower drug costs for seniors. and this is what the republican repeal would do. it would give back to insurance companies unreasonable premium increases, unjust policy termses, rescissions, it would take away this, it would give back profits and c.e.o. salaries to insurance companies, not health care benefits. it will give back annual and lifetime limits on benefits. it gives back to insurance companies discrimination author against women. these are concrete reasons to vote no on this repeal. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: i yield to a member of the energy and comm

a later eis officer named richard levine was assigned there and they were supposed to be working on ahich never worked very well. but he realized you know what? he kept seeing the boats would pull up with the cholera patients with the bottom just full of ex cement and he would watch the boats being washed out in the lagoon and he thought this is not good. he did a study and he showed that the cholera level near the hospital was much higher than the cholera level of places 50 miles away. and he got them to clean their act up. so this is one of the unintended consequences of what they were doing. they were actually spreading the disease they were supposed to be stopping. there's a lot in the book about bangladesh. this is right before the revolution that created it. it was a terrible typhoon. this is one of the first natural disasters that they investigated. and there were quite a few of them in subsequent years and what i concluded from these was that it's very rare after a hurricane or a flood that you have an infectious disease epidemic, although that's what people are worried about.

there was an amendment to stop the increase in the f-22 spending that he and senator carl levin, democrat of michigan, brought together. and this is what he said about the amendment. the segment that is probably the most impact full amendment i have seen in this body of almost any issue, much less the issue of defense. it boils down to whether we are going to continue the business as usual, once the weapons system gets into production and never dies or whether we are going to take the necessary steps to reform the acquisition process in this country became ended quoting two paragraphs from president dwight d. eisenhower's famous military-industrial complex speech about the unwarranted influence of the arms lobby and the need for an alert citizenry to keep it in its rightful place. mccain suggested that the only addition he would make to the speech was to replace military-industrial complex with military-industrial military complex in the role of congress and funding unnecessary weapons systems like the f-22. so, that was a sort of flavor of the debate. and i guess the question is, you kno

levine and others. my name is reza kahlili. of course, that's not my real name. and i hope i'm not scaring anyone with my appearance here, the face and the voice. i was a student here in the '70s, and after the revolution i went back hoping that i could help my country. my best friend was in the revolutionary guard. and i joined the revolutionary guard. they thought that my expertise would help with the establishment. but shortly after i witnessed horrific events. i witnessed torture, rape of girls in prison just because they do not agree with the clerical establishment. i witnessed execution. i witnessed this respect for human dignity, and i could no longer take it. i decided to travel back to the u.s. and i thought to myself that i can take my family and go back to the u.s. it was a second home to me. i had studied here. i had frontier. -- i had friends here. but i thought i could not remain silent in the face of all the horrific things that this regime was doing to its people. and i thought that by contacting the u.s. authority i could help bring change to the

levin. mr. levin: the preamble to the right of rights. congress of the united states, begun and held at the city of new york, on wednesday, the fourth of march, one thousand seven hundred eight nine. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from alabama, mrs. roby. mrs. roby: the conventions of a number of the states, having at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declare torrey and restrictive clauses should be added, and as extending the ground of public confidence in the government, will best ensure the ben fits -- befishent ends of its institution. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from arkansas, mr. ross. mr. ross: resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america, in congress assembled, two thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several states, as amendments to the constitution of the united -- united states. mr. goodlatte: i now

levin. mr. levin: the preamble to the right of rights. congress of the united states, begun and held at the city off new york, on wednesday, the fourth of march, one thousand seven hundred eight nine. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from alabama, mrs. roby. mrs. roby: the conventions of a number of the states, having at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declare torrey and restrictive clauses should be added, and as extending the ground of public confidence in the government, will best ensure the ben fits -- befishent ends of its institution. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from arkansas, mr. ross. mr. ross: resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america, in congress assembled, two thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several states, as amendments to the constitution of the united -- united states. mr. goodlatte: i no

and his brothers had opened a store called levine brothers in los angeles that sold tailoring supplies, ool woolens and thread and pins and needles. every year i remember as a kid all the grandchildren would be brought down to the store, just one day a year, for inventory day. and we would be assigned to counting cards of buttons. it was, it was always very exciting. we loved the store. it was great places for hide and seek. it had one of those old-fashioned elevators with the wooden pull door that you could see through as it went up and a chain, you know, a manual elevator. and then my grandfather would take us all out for dinner after that. it was always a great treat. and my father was someone who always wanted to be a writer. he, at times, tried to write poetry and, unfortunately, he really wasn't a very good poet. but it turned out that he was actually a fabulous writer when he wasn't rying to write poetry -- trying to write poetry. his letters to my mother from the war which i came across only after he died was a huge treasure-trove for me. i'm still trying to figure out what to

levin. i want to read the following.now one of the things that has come up is the 1099 provision appears to be too burdensome for small businesses. it involves too much paperwork and to much filing. it is probably counterproductive. if it was designed to make sure that revenue was raised to help pay for some of the other provisions, but if it ends up being so much trouble that small businesses find it difficult to manage, that is something which should take a look at. there are going to be examples where i think we could week and make improvements. that was president obama on the day after the november election. the president was saying the health care law appears to be too burdensome for small businesses, that and involved too much paperwork and to much filing. last night, in his state of the union address, the president again referred to the 1099 provision as a flop. more importantly, the president asked us to identify and bring to him items that need to be fixed. clearly, in a bill that is over 2000 pages long, there

levin? pelosi. lewis? of california? boehner. lewis of georgia? pelosi. lipinski? kaptur. is that what you heard? [low and indistinct chatter] lobiondo? boehner. loebsack? pelosi. lofgren? pelosi. long? boehner. lowey? pelosi. lucas? boehner. luetkemeyer? boehner. lujan? pelosi. lummis? boehner. daniel e. lungren? boehner. lynch? pelosi. mccarthy of california? boehner. mccarthy of new york? pelosi. mccall of texas? boehner. mcclintock? boehner. mcdermott? pelosi. mcgovern? pelosi. mchenry? boehner. mcintyre? schuler. mckeon? boehner. mckinley? boehner. mcmorris rodgers? boehner. mcnerney? pelosi. mack? boehner. maloney? pelosi. manzullo? boehner. marchent? boehner. marino? boehner. markey? boehner. -- pelosi. matheson? schuler. matsui? pelosi. meehan? boehner. meeks? pelosi. mica? boehner. michaud? schuler. gary g. miller? boehner. geroge miller -- george miller? pelosi. miller of florida? boehner. miller of michigan? boehner. miller of north carolina? pelosi. moore? pelosi. moran? pelosi. mulvaney? boehner. murphy? pelosi. murphy? boehner. myrick? boehner. nadler? pelosi

levin. >> thank you. we welcome this opportunity. there is a need for tax reform. any tax reform which was true in 1986 will have to be bipartisan and bicameral, and it will require leadership from the executive which i am sure will be forthcoming. this hearing is a pickup of an effort some years ago. mr. rangel was chairing the committee and introduced legislation to try to move ahead this issue. i am not going to be here for a bit. i think kevin brady and i will meet with president hu of china. i hope this hearing will move the ball forward. let's not expect any touchdowns. it is a long way from the goal line. i do think we need to keep in mind some basic principles. including the name for our tax system to help create jobs and to promote economic growth. i think in -- and this may be somewhat controversial and difficult. we need to make sure that reform is fiscally responsible. another principle we need to keep in mind is any tax reform has to benefit the working families of america. the code isn mind complex and answering it through tax reform will not be easy.

thank you very much, senator levin. >> mr. chairman, could i offer for the record the gl report on the protest previously, it found eight violations out of 111 complaints, so very close questions in my view whether that should have protest should have been upheld. and i don't think the air force deserves as much criticism as my colleague suggests. and also, when i was referring, senator mccaskill, to bending over backwards i really meant that protest as competition. >> i would agree with you on that. >> senator wicker. >> well, i appreciate senator sessions making that a part of the record, our offering to make that part of the record for the committee accepting it without objection. i have information, and someone should correct me if i'm mistaken, but the information provided to me by my staff is that it's september -- in september the wto ruled that, in fact, boeing received a legal aid from the united states government, and that it is a matter of fact that the gl -- wto has made findings against both of these competitors w

levin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. levin: this is what the republicans are after, what their repeal would mean. it would take away from millions of americans, coverage for kids with pre-existing conditions, coverage for young adults under 26, recommended preventive care would be taken away, it would take away lower drug costs for seniors. and this is what the republican repeal would do. it would give back to insurance companies unreasonable premium increases, unjust policy termses, rescissions, it would take away this, it would give back profits and c.e.o. salaries to insurance companies, not health care benefits. it will give back annual and lifetime limits on benefits. it gives back to insurance companies discrimination author against women. these are concrete reasons to vote no on this repeal. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: i yield to a member of the energy and comm

levin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks.er pro tempore: without objection. mr. levin: this is what the republicans are after, what their repeal would mean. it would take away from millions of americans, coverage for kids with pre-existing conditions, coverage for young adults under 26, recommended preventive care would be taken away, it would take away lower drug costs for seniors. and this is what the republican repeal would do. it would give back to insurance companies unreasonable premium increases, unjust policy termses, rescissions, it would take away this, it would give back profits and c.e.o. salaries to insurance companies, not health care benefits. it will give back annual and lifetime limits on benefits. it gives back to insurance companies discrimination author against women. these are concrete reasons to vote no on this repeal. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: i yield to a member of the energy and commerce commi

and senator mccain, supported by senator levin and senator john warner, challenged the situation and what we decided to do was read the competition. it was the right decision to do. and it saved $7 billion. i remember declaring senator mccain to be the $7 billion man to save taxpayers $7 billion as a result of having a competition in this process, and fair objective competition is what we need and what we have committed to as a committee, as a congress. now on the eve of this final decision, we have got people with political interests and local interest trying to destabilize the process. now, i am just not happy about that. i wish it had not happened. i understand how important it is, because it would mean a lot for my state just like it would mean a lot for other states if it would go another way. but we have to be sure that we are not doing anything that says that we expect the air force to do anything other than what we have directed them to do. and the question of subsidies in all of those matters have been discussed for a decade as we've gone forward with this. we decided how we

levin for five minutes. >> thank you very much. and we really appreciate your coming. i regret dr. holtz-eakin had to leave. and i'm sending him a letter today, and since this was a public hearing, i will make that letter public. and i expect him to give us an expeditious response. but again, i very much respect your different views. everybody brings different experiences, and we need to tap into them. so let me ask you, mr. womack, how many employees do you have? >> approximately 900. >> and how many of them have insurance? >> about 50. >> and all of the 50, are they in a certain category? the? >> they are either salaried management people or office staff. >> so none of your employees who are not in management or in office staff have health insurance through their work of? >> that's correct. >> you would be required to provide health insurance under this new law of? >> direct. or pay the penalty. >> or pay the penalty. so your 800 or so are part of the 50 million who have no health insurance in this country? >> that's correct. >> have you inquired into what the cost would be to en

levin. mr. levin: the preamble to the right of rights. congress of the united states, begun and held at the city off new york, on wednesday, the fourth of march, one thousand seven hundred eight nine. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from alabama, mrs. roby. mrs. roby: the conventions of a number of the states, having at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declare torrey and restrictive clauses should be added, and as extending the ground of public confidence in the government, will best ensure the ben fits -- befishent ends of its institution. mr. goodlatte: i yield to the gentleman from arkansas, mr. ross. mr. ross: resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america, in congress assembled, two thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several states, as amendments to the constitution of the united -- united states. mr. goodlatte: i no

levine? >> well, this question is an interesting one.ildhood. what our research at the cooney center is finding there's almost a viral phenomenon called the passback effect. in other words, parents of young children, preschool childrens are using them mobile devices to pass them back to what's being called ito thes. we are seeing that there are specific instances in which during preparation for a meal, during a car ride, at the grocery store where these devices if properly used in a safe way can scaffold an ongoing conversation about educational and communication with a loved one. so there's enormity behavior in childhood somewhere between ages ten and 13. >> so it's okay. we talked about this a little bit. we have an 18 month old. we're doing the abcs on the ipad. she can move the letters which is incredible. that's okay. not okay? michael or marsali? >> it matters a lot. i wouldn't suggest suggest -- >t you leave her for hours. >> yeah, leave her 18 months old as a mommy blog said for four hours with an ipad or smartphone. >> i'm happy

levin. mr. levin: the preamble to the right of rights. congress of the united states, begun and held at the city off new york, on wednesday, the fourth of march, one thousand seven hundred eight nine. mr. goodlatte: i now yield to the gentlewoman from alabama, mrs. roby. mrs. roby: the conventions of a number of the states, having at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declare torrey and restrictive clauses should be added, and as extending the ground of public confidence in the government, will best ensure the ben fits -- befishent ends of its institution. mr. goodlatte: i yield t the gentleman from arkansas, mr. ross. mr. ross: resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america, in congress assembled, twohirds of both houses concurring,hat the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several states, as amendments to the constitution of the united -- united states. mr. goodlatte: i now yie

levin? pelosi. lewis? of california? boehner. lewis of georgia? pelosi. lipinski? kaptur. is that what you heard? [low and indistinct chatter] lobiondo? boehner. loebsack? pelosi. lofgren? pelosi. long? boehner. lowey? pelosi. lucas? boehner. luetkemeyer? boehner. lujan? pelosi. lummis? boehner. daniel e. lungren? boehner. lynch? pelosi. mccarthy of california? boehner. mccarthy of new york? pelosi. mccall of texas? boehner. mcclintock? boehner. mcdermott? pelosi. mcgovern? pelosi. mchenry? boehner. mcintyre? schuler. mckeon? boehner. mckinley? boehner. mcmorris rodgers? boehner. mcnerney? pelosi. mack? boehner. maloney? pelosi. manzullo? boehner. marchent? boehner. marino? boehner. markey? boehner. -- pelosi. matheson? schuler. matsui? pelosi. meehan? boehner. meeks? pelosi. mica? boehner. michaud? schuler. gary g. miller? boehner. geroge miller -- george miller? pelosi. miller of florida? boehner. miller of michigan? boehner. miller of north carolina? pelosi. moore? pelosi. moran? pelosi. mulvaney? boehner. murphy? pelosi. murphy? boehner. myrick? boehner. nadler? pelosi

i call on a report by the chief of staff, by michael levin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate it. in thank you, members of the committee, for giving me a few moments to speak with you. i wanted to briefly touch base on some of the successes that we had in 2010. clearly, with all the various different things that take place within the committee, it is sometimes easy to predict exactly how successful we were in november 2010. as you all can remember, we had a similar goal, which was to fire nancy pelosi, and thank goodness we did that. and wanted to touch a little bit on some of the efforts that you all did, some of the victory staff in your states did, and then talk a little bit about what the rnc has been doing since the election to prepare for 2011. one of the programs that we were able to offer is micro targeting for every congressional district throughout the entire country, which was a first for the rnc. we also able to work with the state party's, to build and implement over 360 victory offices throughout the country, along with over 360 victory staffers staf

levin: our colleague, gabby giffords, epitomized what a public servant should be, fully dedicated, principledching out to all constituents and to all our colleagues. time will tell with clarity -- clarity exactly what are the appropriate lessens for all of us to learn -- lessons for all of us to learn from the tucson tragedy. in the meanwhile, our fow focus is indeed -- our focus is indeed very personal. in the holiday card that gabby sent to me she wrote her best wishes for a joyful new year and continued writing that we will have our work cut out for us. the new year is now far, far less joyful. so our hope in the prayer we are sending with love to gabby and to mark is that gabby will be able to join us, as we take on the work cut out for us, to which gabby, you have devoted your whole self so fully. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman is recognized. mr. flake: i thank the speaker. let me say how nice it is to have you presiding, another arizonan controlling time on that side, and so many in the delegation here today, we are a close delegation. i yield

guest: certainly, democrats from industrial states, michigan, carl levin and debbie stabenow out. coal states, senator rockefeller, congressman mayhall. -- rhey hall. states that are so dependent on coal, is really difficult for those lawmakers to feel comfortable signing onto a policy that absolutely will change the future of use of coal as a generating source. if you are representing coal miners, is very politically difficult. some of the other -- max baucus in montana, that is a cool stay. -- coal states. bob casey of pennsylvania, another call stay. meckler mccaskill, from missouri, nelson from nebraska. -- claire mccaskill from missouri, nelson from nebraska. it puts them in a difficult position with their constituents to be seen supporting something that is so -- that the talking points against it is that it potentially harms industry. hi there is a group in the senate, i think about 10 or 11 democrats, who will be in a tricky position on this. host: let's hear from new york state. a republican collar. caller: i want to explain to this little lady that the epa is putting our

republicans, such as representative dave camp, and some democrats, including representative sander levin. also likely to come up at the beginning of the 112th course is no child left behind legislation. all students are supposed to be proficient in math and reading. this target is not realistic. democrats and republicans on the education committee signed a letter agreeing to take a bipartisan approach to updating the law. that was before an election in which some republicans such as senator-elect rand paul said they favored abolishing the u.s. department of education. charles, democratic line, your thoughts. who will you be watching in the 112th congress? caller: i guess i will be watching all of them to see if they can work together. where are the jobs? host: charles? i think we lost him. little rock, ark. -- bill, also a democrat. you are next. who will you be watching? caller: i will probably be watching the tea partyers. i am a democrat since bush was elected. i have a job. i have health insurance. i cannot believe that people voted for who they voted for. i have a job and health ins

the senate today, including senator baucus, senator bingaman, senator inouye, senator lautenberg, levinand lugar as well as the president of the senate, vice president joe biden. five senators who were members of the house of representatives at the time were original cosponsors of the companion bill, h.r. 3706, which became law. they are majority leader reid, senator akaka, boxer, mikulski and schumer. i thank them all for their leadership and vision in the 1980's as to the importance of making this holiday a remembrance to dr. martin luther king. 20 years before its enactment in august of 1963 on the steps of the lincoln memorial, dr. king delivered his most well-known speech in which he called for racial equality and social justice for all americans. madam president, in honor of dr. king's holiday, i would ask unanimous consent to insert in the record a copy of that speech. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: thank you, madam president, with that i would yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senato

levin: our colleague, gabby giffords, epitomized what a public servant should be, fully dedicated, principled, caring and reaching out to all constituents and to all our colleagues. time will tell with clarity -- clarity exactly what are the appropriate lessens for all of us to learn -- lessons for all of us to learn from the tucson tragedy. in the meanwhile, our fow focus is indeed -- our focus is indeed very personal. in the holiday card that gabby sent to me she wrote her best wishes for a joyful new year and continued writing that we will have our work cut out for us. the new year is now far, far less joyful. so our hope in the prayer we are sending with love to gabby and to mark is that gabby will be able to join us, as we take on the work cut out for us, to which gabby, you have devoted your whole self so fully. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman is recognized. mr. flake: i thank the speaker. let me say how nice it is to have you presiding, another arizonan controlling time on that side, and so many in the delegation here today, we are a close del