poe: thank you, madam speaker. recently i heard from jacqueline, a small business owner in southeast texas, and here's what she said. business owners who want to succeed put their heart and soul into their business. they are the ones who get there at the crack of dawn and leave after everyone else has long settled in for the night. i have been a small business owner and i know a great many others like me, and nobody did anything for us. we did it ourselves and the only thing the government did for us was to tax us. apparently this president disagrees with jacqueline's statement. according to the administration, quote, if you got a business you didn't build that, somebody else made that happen. so the president is infering that government should get the credit for the success of entrepreneurs. he is wrong, madam speaker. people are the reason for americans' success, not government. americans have the vision, creativity and audacity to pursue a dream, not the government. americans risk their life savings, not knowing

thank you very much, madam president. i yield the floor. mr. manchin: madam president,? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: thank you. i rise this morning to address a situation that is very hard for me to believe and i'm sure many of my colleagues and maybe yourself also. makes no sense to the people of the great state of west virginia and for nearly two weeks hundreds of thousands of west virginians have been deprived of basic necessities like water and electricity because of massive stoamples, not just west virginia up up and down the east coast. at the peak of the outage, fema estimates 688,000 west virginians didn't have power. that's a third of our state. one third of our state was completely knocked out. and hundreds of thousands of people had to throw away all their food and refridge -- in their refrigerators and freezers because of lack of electricity. our national guard and first responders did a superb job keeping people safe but this country learned how vulnerable and inadequate our infrastructure is and how much we have come t

bonamici: thank you, madam speaker. thank you, madam speaker. this is an important week for the united states. as we host the international aids conference for the first time in 22 years. decades ago our country made the shameful decision that no one who's h.i.v. positive could enter our borders. with the president's lifting of that ban and better attention to the aids crisis, along with the advent of drugs that help those with h.i.v. live longer, we are approaching what we should have always been, a global leader in the fight against aids. countless oregonians have been affected by aids. i personally lost friends to aids. and as of june 30, more than 5,600 people in oregon were living with h.i.v. it's time to eliminate the stigma associated with hiv-aids, focus on prevention, treatment and care. the participants at the conference this week show immense dedication to the fight against h.i.v. and aids. both in the u.s. and abroad. congress should have the same dedication. funding for prevention and treatment programs is crucial, as is funding for

thank you, madam chair. i want to thank the chairman of the committee for offering me this time, and i yield back. mr. markey: i yield myself at this time one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. markey: again, this bill is not aimed at ensuring that we can guarantee that we increase the production of the kinds of rare earths that we need in order to compete against china. and by the way, if we're going to really be using china as the guise for the reduction in the environmental laws in the united states because they have rare earths and we're ramping up our production of rare earths, what we should be really be talking about is why in the world are the republicans supporting the sale of our oil and our natural gas to china? if they're using as an economic against the united states, then why don't we use natural gas and oil which we have against them because that's the most precious of all minerals? that's the most -- i yield myself an additional one minute. the chair: the gentl

thank you, madam president. mr. franken: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. mr. franken: madam president, i rise today to talk about our nation's defenses against cyber attacks, and i would like to commend the senator from maine for her leadership and all the chair -- the ranking member, of course, on homeland security. and i would like also to commend all the -- the three chairs, lieberman, feinstein, rockefeller for their work. as i said, i rise today to talk about our nation's defense against cyber attacks and how our nation needs to respond to those threats which affect our national security, our economic security, and our privacy. news reports and experts confirm that our nation's critical infrastructure, such as our water systems, our power grid and so forth, are vulnerable to attacks from hackers and foreign governments. and every few weeks, we hear about yet another breach, yahoo and gmail, citibank, bank of america, sony playstation. millions of people have had their names, passwords, credit card inf

i yield back, madam president. mrs. murray: madam president, thank you. and i thank the senator and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. kohl: i ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kohl: madam president, i'm here today to talk about the state of manufacturing in this country, how we can do better and how we can create more jobs here at home. the bring jobs home act is a good bill that will help keep jobs in this country and help businesses bring more jobs back here home. it would be especially good for manufacturing and manufacturing, as we you will know is a critical part of our economy. a healthy manufacturing sector is key to better jobs, rising productivity, and higher standards of living. every individual and industry depends on manufactured goods and the production of these goods creates the quality jobs that keep so many american families healthy and strong. that is why we

polis: thank you, madam speaker. i'd like to yield four minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, the distinguished ranking member of the committee on natural resources, mr. markey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. . is recognized for four minutes. mr. markey: i thank the gentleman from colorado. we are just hours removed from house republicans voting to take away health care for 30 million americans and put the insurance companies back in charge of our health care system. and it's back to business as usual for the g.o.p.-controlled house, yes. it's time to get back to more giveaways to the nation's wealthiest companies. because when house republicans aren't voting to take away health care from ordinary americans, from poor americans, they're voting for wealthcare for the most profitable industries in the history of the united states of america. in fact, the majority continues to bring largely the same legislation to the floor over and over again, only the name of the industry reaping the

hastings: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, this is not a foreign policy bill. this is a bill about american jobs and american energy. and these subjects that are brought up in this motion to recommit are covered in other areas as they should be. for example, the iranian issue is covered in stand-alone bills, as it properly should be, but this continues to be an attempt of the other side to change the subject away from american energy and american jobs. the president is talking about american energy, and i have said on a number of occasions that the president likes to give speeches but virtually every time when he does on offshore energy his actions are 180 degrees from his rhetoric. so this bill that we have under consideration today, h.r. 6082, challenges the president to live up to his rhetoric. in his speeches, the president says, yes, we can. hope and change. move forward. believe in america. well, to those who say that the house and the senate should not act on a 60-day review of the president's plan, i say, yes, we can. let's just not hope for better, let

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. a senator: madam president, i rise today to honor an extraordinary american from the great state of utah. mr. lee: the world-renown author and speaker, steven r r. covey, who passed away on monday, july 16, 2012. he was regarded as a legendary thought leader throughout the global business community and yet showed over the course of his 79 years that the true measure of life is not in making a dollar but in making a difference. steven leaves behind a legacy filled with meaningful words and memorable deeds. his prolific and powerful writing contained the kind of personal insight and inspiration that transformed hearts, minds and lives of countedless individuals. -- countless individuals. he's best remembered perhaps for his 1989 "new york times" best-seller, "the seven habits of highly effective people." the book sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 38 different languages. sevelanguages. "seven habits" serv

. >> thank you, madam chair. in greg mr. gregory, the gses have created this new uniform appraisal database, the uad, which is used on all gse appraisals and also for fha. how is it all working out? >> form -- thank you for the question -- because of the >> fortunately because of the work that i do, i've not had to complete one of those reports. however, i have heard from dozens if not hundreds of appraisers. >> could you be closer to the microphone? >> i've heard from dozens if not hundreds of appraisers about their experience also from consumers. the uad method of reporting was not implemented to enhance the quality or credibility of an appraisal report. what it does enhance is data gathering. it does not improve an appraiser's performance or ability to accurately or credibly estimate an opinion of value. in fact, i believe it makes the appraisal report more confusing and less useful to the consumer. granted, the consumer is not an intended user of an appraisal completed for mortgage finance transaction. however, the wordi

reid: madam president, we are where we are. i think it's very clear from outside sources -- take, for example, i repeat what caro said writing the definitive work on lyndon johnson about the difficult job i've had is because of how the senate has changed because of what has taken place in the last couple years. we have had bills that we have been able to work things out with republicans and that's pleasant. i'm glad we've been able to do. but most of the time we can't do that. we have one republican senator in tense negotiations with pakistan on a lot of very sensitive issues that wants to do something that's outside the scope of rational thinking which holds legislation up. so we've had -- we've tried very hard all different ways to move legislation in this body but for the first time in the history of the country the number-one issue in the senate of the united states has been a procedural thing, how do we get on a bill, a motion to proceed to something. that has taken over the senate and it needs to go away. we shouldn't hav

thank you, madam speaker. i'm here today to join my colleagues and call on the immediate repeal of obamacare with its massive tax increases. last month as we know the supreme court verified that obamacare is in fact a tax. one that increased the financial burdens of every american by over $500 billion. and will go down in history as the most significant expansion of the federal government and its power. this law has and continues to be bad policy for all americans and future generations. the supreme court's decision has sent a direct message to congress and policymakers that we have to get back to work to repeal this law and replace it with effective, efficient reforms. i have begun circulating a letter that will be sent to senator harry reid calling on him to allow for his colleagues in the senate to have an up or down vote on the repeal. every american needs to know how his senator feels about this as well. we each have an obligation to vote our conscience and carry out the business of the american people. i

berg: thank you, madam speaker. last night the house ag committee finished its work on the farm bill late last night, and i applaud chairman lucas and the ranking member peterson for their work. i rise today to call for full consideration of the farm bill before the house. agriculture is the backbone of north dakota. and north dakota farmers and ranchers deserve the stability and certainty that a long-term re-authorized farm bill would provide. when the farm bill passing through committee with bipartisan support, including strong crop insurance, now is the time for the full house to act on it. i urge my colleagues to join with me and work together to get this bipartisan farm bill passed. thank you and with that i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. blumenauer: thank you, madam speaker. a beloved wife of our de

how sad, madam speaker. how can you face the seniors, the students, the women and children and small business with this level of uncertainty by trying to repeal it again? they are the primary beneficiaries. can you explain why? can you especially explain how this is going to add to the deficit, the c.b.o. says so? $110 billion in 10 years and $1 trillion in 20 years. madam speaker, let's not play politics with one of the most important pieces of legislation that we have passed. thank you, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house, madam speaker, for one minute, and to the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. connolly: here are the top 10 reforms the republicans want to repeal tomorrow. the prescription drug saving seniors $600 a year. parents offering health care coverage to their children. protection for

one final note, madam chairman. i want to thank the committee for its thoughtful bipartisan approach. i have always found the committee's oversight of i.c.e. to have been firm but fair, and the same was true when mr. cuellar was champion -- was chairman himself. and i'm happy to answer any questions that you or the committee may have. >> thank you very much for your testimony, director. i guess i would start off talking about secure communities. as you mentioned, it's been a successful program. that was one of the reasons we wanted to call this hearing today, to do our congressional oversight on the -- and evaluate the program, how it rolled out, where some of the hiccups that we've encountered along the way, and really, i think highlight the successful part of this program. everything that we're doing in regards of border security is not as successful as secure communities. so i think it's good for us to amplify this message a bit about what a successful program it has been. i do think that a critical component in

but you know what happened, madam president? twoan 2000 and 2010, we lost in this country 5, million manufacturing jobs. under those economic policies of give huge tax breaks for the rich -- that was the policy, the fundamental tenet, central core of that policy is huge tax cuts for the rich. what happened? we lost a third of our manufacturing jobs. it's only since we've begun to bring some more fairness with the recovery act, with wall street reform, with some other things we've done, with the auto rescue, especially important in my state, did we see the economy grow. from 2010 -- the unemployment rate in my state in 2009 was 10.6%. now it's 7.3%. that's not good enough but it's certainly progress. 5 million manufacturing jobs lost between 2000-2010. since 2010, almost every single month we've gained manufacturing jobs. in the aggregate, some 450,000 to 500,000 manufacturing jobs. so, clearly, this policy of cutting taxes on the wealthy is going to create prosperity. it just didn't work that way. went from -- as is, we went fro

madam speaker, i ask madam speaker i ask we come together on this issue. that we solve this issue. i ask the president to put forth some leadership to let -- as commander in chief he has the obligation to help us to solve this problem. i ask our colleagues to please support this legislation. bring transparency. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you, madam speaker. i listened carefully to what the chairman of the armed services committee said, and i didn't find much that i disagree with. we agree that we should replace the sequester. we agree that it's a mistake to create the kind of uncertainty that's out there, and obviously it has an impact not just in the defense sector, but also in all the other areas where our federal government has activities. but i would just say, and i want to make sure the chairman's on the floor now and has a chance to respond, he demonstrated some leadership on this issue. last fall, because he was asked this question, he was asked if he had to put togeth

>> thank you, madam speaker. i rise to yield one minute to the -- our democratic leader, the gentlelady from san francisco, without whom there would not be an affordable care act and we greatly appreciate her efforts. the speaker pro tempore: minority leader is recognized for her one minute. ms. pelosi: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, more than two years ago we put forth a vision to america's middle class to ensure health care would be a right, not a privilege for a few, but a right for all americans. today and yesterday, the past two days, they've done more than 30 times in this congress, republicans are set to take away that right. over the past two days we have heard the talking points of the health insurance industry that are trying to drown out the facts and the facts are these. what is the takeaway from this debate? the takeaway is that the protections the republicans are voting to take away from america's families. today up to 17 million children have the right

>> thank you, madam speaker. i rise to yield one minute to the -- our democratic leader, the gentlelady from san francisco, without whom there would not be an affordable care act and we greatly appreciate her efforts. the speaker pro tempore: minority leader is recognized for her one minute. ms. pelosi: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, more than two years ago we put forth a vision to america's middle class to ensure health care would be a right, not a privilege for a few, but a right for all americans. today and yesterday, the past two days, they've done more than 30 times in this congress, republicans are set to take away that right. over the past two days we have heard the talking points of the health insurance industry that are trying to drown out the facts and the facts are these. what is the takeaway from this debate? the takeaway is that the protections the republicans are voting to take away from america's families. today up to 17 million children have the right

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. mr. franken: madam president?er: the senator from minnesota. mr. franken: thank you, madam president. i'd also like to thank the senator from north dakota, senator hoeven, for his courtesy in allowing me to speak now so i can get in the chair and listen to his -- his speech. madam president, i rise today to urge my colleagues to support our economic recovery, endorse fiscal responsibility and bolster the middle class by voting to extend tax cuts on income up to $250,000. madam president, minnesotans are still struggling and we need to act now so people making under $250,000 can keep their tax cu cuts. middle-class families need every bit of help that they can get. at the same time, we need to make sure that the richest 2% of americans are paying their fair share so we can pay down the deficit. it would be irresponsible not to. now, thanks to the policies of the recovery act, we emerge from one of the worst recessions in generations and actually stopped it from becoming the second great depression. that being said,

i sincerely thank you, madam chair, for hosting this hearing. this is an important hearing and i would like to associate myself, if i may say so, with mr. miller's comments. i did not hear them in their entirety so i won't associate myself with all of them, but what i did hear, i associate myself with. i would also like to enter into the record a letter from the houston association of realtors. this letter is signed by their president. actually, he is the federal coordinator and also the state chair elect as well as mr. wayne strohman, who is the chair of the board for 2012. >> without objection. >> thank you. madam chair, i think mr. miller has made some salient points. we find ourselves with people making decisions that are not entirely familiar with the empirical evidence. i do believe that we have to revisit some of these issues so as to tweak a system that we have in place. my belief is that this is something that is salvageable, something that's doable. i think that we just have to find a way to work on this project and focus on the questi

reid: madam president? madam president? madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i'm going to use leader time. madam president, we know the republicans don't like disclosure. you can find that from the persons they are going to nominate for president of the united states. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 446, s. 3369, a bill to amend the federal election campaign act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, super pacs and other entities and for other purposes. signed by 18 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to proceed to s. 3369, a bill to amend the federal election campaign act

madam chair, that's just good law enforcement. as the program has expand, we have also taken care to address concerns raised in certain jurisdictions as mr. thompson note. in particular, we have made some important improvements including considering minor traffic offenses only upon conviction, creating a 24-hour hotline for anyone who believes they are a u.s. citizen, ensuring victims and witnesses of crimes are not inadvertently placed in removal hearings, and developing a strong oversight program in coordination with the department of homeland securities. with regard to the 287-g program, we have 68 active agreements. that number has not changed much over the years. 40 are in a jail setting. 20 involve task forces. eight involve both. the jail model continues to be the most productive by far, accounting for a little over 9,000 of the 9,500 removals this year. the task force model has proved much less productive. we are phasing out most such agreements as a result. for example, of the seven task force agreements we just ended in

griffin: thank you, madam chair. this amendment would exempt regulations to implement obamacare, the president's health care law, from the regulatory freeze. fear and uncertainty among job creators of the coming regulatory tidal wave to implement obamacare is certainly holding back our economic recovery. the congressional budget office projects that obamacare will cost over $1.1 trillion. for americans -- american small businesses already struggling to stay afloat, this is a staggering burden. and if you want to know what small businesses think about the bill that is before us, i will tell you that in arkansas they tell me they support it and they certainly do not support obamacare. i would also point out, madam chair, that the nfib, the premier small business organization in america, supports the bill. it is estimated that obamacare will require nearly 160 new boards, bureaus, bureaucracies and commissions. overall the federal government will issue roughly 10,000 pages of new regulations to implement the so-called h

>> madam chair, and no additional comments. supervisor chu: 2 we have a motion to accept a budget analyst recommendations? we have a motion. we do that without objection. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. in the past week, the city administrator's office work with the budget analyst and came to agreement on many things. on the current cut list, we agreed to the recommendations on page 68. however, there are four items we would like to discuss today. the city manager 0932 position, the earthquake safety implementation program, the community specialists that would go into the neighborhood power network division, and attrition for gsa hr. supervisor chu: can you just speak to the items you're saying you're not an agreement with? >> yes, those four. supervisor chu: can you specify which ones on which page they are? >> sure. on page 69, that is -- attritions savings from the general services agency, a human-resources department. the key issue for us with the attrition as whether or not we have enough salary to support the p

madam clerk backs -- madam clerk? >> this is an information item. commissioner campos: welcome back. >> my report is on your desks. to the chair's point, it feels very good to be back. thank you for your remarks and your concern that all of you had expressed. i will try to be very brief. we are waiting for a puff of smoke in d.c. about the new transportation act, but i predict we will see an extension of the existing one first, because in order for that puff of smoke to happen, the final conference committee has to be released to the entire house and senate by tomorrow, and i'm not sure we're ready for that. so, we'll see a delay of days, or perhaps a week. there are some important issues at stake. and not talking about the keystone pipeline, which unfortunately as part of this debate. but things like the news starts program which the republicans in the house want to reduce in size. library projects and so on. and which the senate, of course wants to maintain at the current level. and the tiger program, which the house would like to zero out in the

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madam president, i yield the floor. >> madame president.he american people should see again, and, again, it again. we are engaged in a filibuster. a way to divert attention from what we're doing today, to obstruct as indicated in the oxford english dictionary -- a filibuster is to obstruct progress in the legislative a cent -- legislative assembly. madam president, why should we pass this bill before the body today and help a million businesses -- create a million jobs. it gives small business, not paris hilton small businesses across america today, a tax credit for hiring new people? it will allow them to write off things they purchased which would create more jobs. madam president, we have here in big, las vegas, neon flashing on and off science that says grover norquist has won again. to the people out there watching -- who is grover norquist? he is this guy that goes to the republicans and says what to be kind enough to sign a pledge for me. that pledge says i want you to do with the american people don't want, and that is we will not t

foxx: thank you, madam speaker. in 2009 president obama rightly said, the last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of a recession. yet the president's signature legislative achievement, obamacare, hinges on 21 separate tax increases, 12 of which hit the middle class. obamacare and its taxes have already proved crushing to the economy, along with broken promises to spur job creation, reduce debt, cut premium costs and allow patients to keep their coverage and physicians. family premiums are up over $1,000, 20 million people are at risk of losing the doctors they like, 48% of businesses arnts hiring to brace for rising health costs and by 2021 the c.b.o. estimates there will be 800,000 fewer jobs because of obamacare. the job of congress is not to defend failure. obamacare makes it harder for job creators to hire and fails in its most basic objectives. thus we have a duty to spare the american people from its $1.76 trillion bill by fully repealing this legislation. and with that i yield back. the speaker

thank you, madam president. mr. carper: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: while she's still on the floor i want to engage in a brief colloquy, we're ad libbing, what we call in football an audible. we have the two most key people, senator lieberman and senator collins, have worked very, very hard with our staffs to fashion this legislation. in recent years when we heard opposition to doing something on cybersecurity, the concern we had it's going to be a top down. this is going to be homeland security, which frankly back in its early days didn't have a very good reputation. the idea that somehow homeland security is going to be running this, top down, without a whole lot of input from industry, basically we've taken even -- second most recent version of our bill and changed that. what we said it's not going to be top down, it's not going to be homeland security saying these are the best practices and standards to protect against cybersecurity, but industry, why don't you tell us, us being homelan

>> madam chair, just to clarify these are the policy recommendations.he library is an agreement with all of the recommended cuts. these are the policy recommendations on pages 13 and 14. supervisor chu; what remains is primarily the policy recommendations for the custodian, a library one and a library tech assistance. these four positions are related to the expansion of library hours, correct? take of that is correct. - >> that is correct. supervisor chu: given that the department has agreement with the department recommendations, i would recommend we accept the policy recommendation by the budget analysts. i am a big fan of expanding the library hours and would hope the committee would not take the recommendations the we're able to expand the library hours. supervisor cohen: i want to echo your comments, and i also want to say thank you for your commitment, particularly the visitation library. we have seen as a destabilizing force that is forcing nonprofits, largely due to the economic climates that are no longer able to support the community, but the

mine it in america, madam speaker. the gentleman's question about the suggestion that perhaps the regulatory environment does not affect the potential growth or real growth in this countryle is something that i really -- i don't believe the gentleman agrees totally with that statement. i know he and i both have worked on trying to streamline regulations here. we don't want overly burdensome regulations on small or large businesses or working families. so again, i would take issue with the suggestion that economists would say that regulatory atmosphere and framework doesn't have anything to do with job creation. of course it does. it has to do with the environment for, one torques take a risk, for investors t put capital to work, for entrepreneurs to go out, sign their name on the dotted line with the bank. of course regulation has something to do with job creation and growth. that is exactly our point. and i hope the gentleman will join us in the week that we bring these red tape reduction bills to the floor to help us

mine it in america, madam speaker. as to the gentleman's question about the suggestion that perhaps the regulatory environment does not affect the potential growth or real growth in this countryle is something that i really -- i don't believe the gentleman agrees totally with that statement. i know he and i both have worked on trying to streamline regulations here. we don't want overly burdensome regulations on small or large businesses or working families. so again, i would take issue with the suggestion that economists would say that regulatory atmosphere and framework doesn't have anything to do with job creation. of course it does. it has to do with the environment for, one torques take a risk, for investors to put capital to work, for entrepreneurs to go out, sign their name on the dotted line with the bank. of course regulation has something to do with job creation and growth. that is exactly our point. and i hope the gentleman will join us in the week that we bring these red tape reduction bills to the floor to

chairman, madam secretary, director, for both being here. madam secretary, i wanted to ask you a question, hoping you could work through a problem with us that i am sure you are aware of. somehow this just keeps getting passed from person to person. this have to do with a border crossing on the border of california and mexico. my mother grew up in mexicali, so i am very aware of that area. they have some of the best chinese food in the world, by the way. there is a new and expanded border crossing going between the two. one of the hallmarks of mexicali is that in december it can easily get to 110 degrees. people are waiting to cross the border there for up to three hours, with no shade, standing in line. that is the pedestrian crossing. so, there is an effort to make a crossing that which all of the mexican side of the crossing has been built. meanwhile, we have failed to move from our end to get this land bridge opened. part of the problem is that it is a gsa facility. i understand this. how do we do what we need to do? it is still so that

thank you madam clerk, any other items? >> no, madam chair.ir kim:"xn seeing none, the meeting is adjourned.

thank you madam clerk, any other items? >> no, madam chair.ir kim:"xn seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from all over the world here today and they are thrilled. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been practicing since for the competition. all the best casters in the w

. >> thank you, madam chair and members of the committee. chief probation officer juvenile probation department here to inform the committee we have come to terms with the budget analyst recommendations. we are in full agreement and ask your full support of our budget. supervisor chu: from my understanding the department is in agreement with the budget details. anything that you would add? >> no, madam chair. supervisor chu: motion to except the recommendations? we have that. we will accept that with recommendation. human services agency. they're not here. why don't we go back to the fire department. >> good morning. to win hayes, san francisco fire department. once again, i would like to acknowledge the good work of the mayor's budget office, controller, and under your leadership in this process. i would like to report that we are not in total agreement with the budget analyst, but would like to highlight for you the areas that we would can see. on page 21, both fiscal years the training of line item, and on page 22, both espaliers the equi

>> madam chair, nothing at this time. supervisor chu: colleagues, can we meet kaine -- can we entertain a motion? we will do that without objection. department of public works. >> good afternoon. so, we were able to work with the budget analyst, and we are in agreement with the budget analyst. supervisor chu: the department of public works is in agreement with the budget analyst recommendations. supervisor kim? supervisor kim: thank you. i was so happy to see that. i did want to raise my own personal concern about the $1 million in reserve for the law library. given the discussions we have had come up we think that is a very high amount. certainly, we would not want to spend general fund dollars to that extent. we can look at this by relocating location such as the library, and i hope that that would be a consideration in the following year, and that this committee would consider such a large allocation. i know this is for the next fiscal year, but i wanted to bring that concern up today. >> supervisors, we will come back

thank you madam clerk, any other items? >> no, madam chair.air kim:"xn seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. >> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. >> we get to build the community here.

reid: madam president, we are where we are.i think it's very clear from outside sources -- take, for example, i repeat what caro said writing the definitive work on lyndon johnson about the difficult job i've had is because of how the senate has changed because of what has taken place in the last couple years. we have had bills that we have been able to work things out with republicans and that's pleasant. i'm glad we've been able to do. but most of the time we can't do that. we have one republican senator in tense negotiations with pakistan on a lot of very sensitive issues that wants to do something that's outside the scope of rational thinking which holds legislation up. so we've had -- we've tried very hard all different ways to move legislation in this body but for the first time in the history of the country the number-one issue in the senate of the united states has been a procedural thing, how do we get on a bill, a motion to proceed to something. that has taken over the senate and it needs to go away. we shouldn't have