lofgren: mr. speaker, i have introduced the wireless tax fairness act in three successive congresses and i'm grat if i had fide it is being considered by the full house today. expanding broadband access is critical to the economic future of our country. as it is in the broadband plan, the u.s. must lead and take all appropriate steps to ensure that americans have access to modern, high performance broadband and the benefits it enables. i introduced the cell tax fairness act because discriminatory taxes on wireless services are not consistent. cell phone bills tax at a far higher rate than other goods and services and many jurisdictions, the taxation of wireless approaches or even exceeds sin taxes like alcohol and cigarettes. before he was the president's chief economic -- economist, there was a study finding dead weight losses in society up to $5 for every $1. these taxes fall particularly hard on working class and lower-income americans who are most likely to rely on their cell phone for all com

. >> reporter: congresswoman zoe lofgren, who took part in today's parade says she expects them to pass tax break for employers hiring vets six months out of work. >> it's a good step for everything from education to health care to jobs. we need to make sure we're there for them. they were there for us. >> reporter: saying it was an honor to serve his country, he's counting his blessings, even though right now a job isn't one of them. in addition to that bill expected to pass the house next week, first lady, michelle obama announced yesterday private companies promised to hire 100,000 veterans and their spouses by the year 2014. >> a little bit of promising news there. thanks so much. >>> another surprising shuffle under way for the gop race and the white house. gop newt gingrich's polls show his numbers rising tied for second place with romney. herman cain still leads with 18% support but 17% still undecided. >> the front-runner is at 18 and the next two is tied at 15. it is a wide open race. >> tomorrow night may shake up things even further as candidates meet for a debate in south ca

more like experts when we quote his research three-time representing the office of congresswoman zoe lofgren. i was told to talk a little bit about our personal connection to immigration. i think that's easy for me. i'm the only person in my family born in the united states. my family is from mexico did my grandfather was recruited to work here in the united states during world war ii. my father emigrated here. i sister and my mother emigrated in 1967. we have very different experiences for all three of those members of my family. in my entire professional life, i was looking back. i've always been around immigration law. i am proud that it has been so. someone asked me if i ever regretted been so focused on that. i said i did not do it on purpose. somebody just told me once to do what you love and everything will work out. i'm pleased to say that it has. we were told to give our perspective a little bit. it's hard not to speak personally about comprehensive immigration reform and what it means. i had the privilege to work on some of the most meaningful cases to me. i know it's the one place

they have been working hard to figure out the component parts, but adds cindy said, congresswoman lofgren's staff is ready to put the pieces together. i cannot tell you what his bill will look like, what senator schumer's bill will look like. what i can say it is all those pieces work together to ultimately come up with something that is hopefully, at least, something that we can create a foundation from. comprehensive immigration reform has to be broad enough to make -- give us the foundation to build more, but i do not think it will be done at that point. there will be a lot of issues that will not happen in the first go round that will need to be perfected, but me to do enough to turn immigration into something that is not so politicized and is more about really getting down to the problems. i wanted to address briefly some by pointing out, you cannot always tell what will happen based on one set of votes. in the dhhs appropriations bill for 2010, in the senate, and there were a lot of horrible amendments to make e-verify mandatory, inshore every inch of the fence was real, we get ensure

. >>> san josi congresswoman lofgren was among those honoring the air national guard today.ey are part of the 129th rescue wing who performed combat missions in afghanistan. many took place under hostile fire. during the ceremony at moffett field the aircrew members were presented with one of the highest awards an aviator can receive, the distinguished flying cross award. >> it's important to remember the courage, the bravery,, and the generosity of people who volunteer to serve in our armed services. >> the 129 rescue wing airmen are credited with saving 345 injured people including joint forces, personnel and afghan nationals. the unit also works closely with the coast guard and various civil agencies on state missions. >>> american troops in iraq are pack up as they get ready to leave the country by the end of the year. troops at the largest american military base in military iraq are counting military equipment in preparation for the pull- out. the new york times report that officials are worried about the reemergence of al-qaeda as a potent force in iraq. >> i think tha

we don't want the government shut down, and that's why women like zoe lofgren and also senator from oregon, democratic senator as well as republicans have said these bills are absolutely unacceptable for the future of technology. >> host: what do you -- go ahead, brendan. >> host: my understanding is that the bill does have some sort of appeals process where if your web site gets shut down, you can appeal and say this is a legitimate web site s. that not enough? >> guest: so you're ebay or amazon, and you have the right to go through a goth process for appeal, and meanwhile your customers are lost for how long? i mean, when blackberry has an out am, it effects millions of people. when a web site has an outage, it can mean the life or death of that company. >> host: gary shapiro, you mentioned the content community. what do you mean by that? >> guest: the content community is hollywood, music industry. basically, theyly and die by government regulation. government started out with a monopoly where a patent was equal to a copyright in 20 years, and somewhere along the line we've lost sight b

pedro rivero, serving as deputy chief of staff and communications director for congresswoman zoe lofgren california. >> i believe some of the things we have condition have -- done have not gotten out there as quickly. >> people are asking me and not because i asked him. >> when it comes to hiring in d.c., salaries have been an issue recently. the mayor said that sheila bun will be paid $150,000 a year and ribera, $120,000 a year. by the way, laura, both are district residents. >> good to know. thank you. >> uh-huh. >>> it could go a long way toward easing the traffic congestion in our area. the second leg of the icc is going to open up to commuters. >>> respect his face. we'll tell but a newical pain to keep undeserving drivers -- new campaign to keep undeserving drivers out of handicap parking spaces. ces. ? not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know w what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's where henderson found the one for him. way to go, henderson. finding the perfect car is easy at carmax because each car is carefully selected,

lofgren for their work in helping to bring this bill forward. at this time i'd also -- i'd ask unanimous consent -- i'll withdraw that for a second. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. cohen: thank you. i also rise in support of this bipartisan proposal that provides two small technical fixes to our country's immigration laws. i take the balance of the time that i have allotted to me to make this statement. the bill removes the so-called per country limits from applying to employment-based green cards. current immigration law provides 140,000 green cards annually to employ-based immigrants. they do not permit 7% of the 140,000 vees rays. because of this per country limit a country like india with a population of 1.2 billion is limited to the same number of visas to a country like iceland with the population of 300,000 and a lot of ice. this makes no sense. and has resulted in a decades' long backlog from nationals of india and china and makes

congresswoman sew lofgren honored the school for its international recruitment efforts. >> for us it's a recognition of that effort, and, you know, there's something that's going on here and this is all about commercial service. this is about bringing people here who are going to bring revenue to the region, also bringing business to the region. some of those students will eventually become trained and work in the region so this is really also about business. >> reporter: higher education is big business for the u.s. ranking in the top ten service exports. >> still ahead here at 6:00, a double tragedy for the san jose police department. officers from a neighboring agency are forced to investigate one of their own. >> not gay enough? a san francisco teen caught in a case of discrimination. >> a huge jump in online shopping. shoppers tell us what they are buying and big companies tell us what they are selling. >> good evening. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. a cool and cloudy day across the bay area of san jose. staying in the 50s with 55 in san francisco and right now we're tracki

. >> reporter: congresswoman zoe lofgren of san jose expects the house of representatives to vote onreaks to employers who hire vets who have been out of work for at least six months. >> a good first step, a lot of things veterans need when they come home, everything from education to health care to jobs and we need to make sure that we are there for them. they were there for us. >> reporter: the proposal under consideration would provide a $5,600 tax incentive for employers who hire a veteran without a job for at least six months. the house is expected to approve the bill some time next week. in san jose, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >>> to a different kind of veteran, more and more americans who fought in the vietnam war are returning to that country for a visit, according to a veterans group that we talked with. today in the bay's bob redell return with his father there last year and honored his father at the traveling vietnam war memorial, now in cupertino. >> sadly, there are over 58,000 names listed on this wall, some of whom my own dad served with which as your bea to see

. >> reporter: congressman zoe lofgren of san jose says she expects the house of representatives to votea bill next week providing tax breaks to employers who hire vets who have been out of work for at least six months. >> it's a good first step there is a lot of things veterans need when they come home, everything from education to health care to jobs. and we need to make sure we are there for them when they were there for us. >> reporter: the proposal under consideration will provide a $650 tax incentive for employers who hire a veteran who has been without a job for at least six months. the house is expected to approve the bill some time next week. in san jose, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >>> well, on this veterans day, certainly stormy outside. jeff ranieri joins us now with a look at the forecast. so we're going to get a little bit of an improvement, aren't we, jeff? >> we definitely. just have to wait a little bit longer. and we're going to get some rays of sunshine in here for you. all right. just updating the latest numbers on our highs today, coming in all over the board.