madame nhu -- before the laws. so madame nhu recognized what her husband and her brother did that was the 50% of the population was being just ignored except by the communists were doing a great job of recruiting women. so madame nhu thought okay, let's give these women some rights and some power, and she did and sort of took it upon herself to be the voice of the women. she doesn't like most vietnamese women. she came from a very aristocratic family. they spoke french at the dinner table. so for her to suddenly declare herself a voice of the vietnamese woman was all presumptions. >> she couldn't msha's unable to write in vietnamese, is that correct speak what she didn't write, i mean she could, but she expressed herself most will only in french which is what of course she studied in school and what they spoke at home. so the other laws that she passed were a little ridiculous. i mean, thinking about them in context it seems to make sense. vietnam was a country at war and the north vietnamese, the communist were to

madame nhu -- before the laws. so madame nhu recognized what her husband and her brother did that was the 50% of the population was being just ignored except by the communists were doing a great job of recruiting women. so madame nhu thought okay, let's give these women some rights and some power, and she did and sort of took it upon herself to be the voice of the women. she doesn't like most vietnamese women. she came from a very aristocratic family. they spoke french at the dinner table. so for her to suddenly declare herself a voice of the vietnamese woman was all presumptions. >> she couldn't msha's unable to write in vietnamese, is that correct speak what she didn't write, i mean she could, but she expressed herself most will only in french which is what of course she studied in school and what they spoke at home. so the other laws that she passed were a little ridiculous. i mean, thinking about them in context it seems to make sense. vietnam was a country at war and the north vietnamese, the communist were to

durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: the assistant democratic -- the assistant majority leader. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be success speaned. the presiding officer: without objection. dur i have seven unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate which have been approved by the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent these requests be agreed to and printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. all sometime expired. the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their votes? if not, on this vote the ayes are 52, the nays are 41, and the nomination is confirmed. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: madam president, is senator paul on the floor? i

madam secretary, please call the roll. >> thank you, madam chair.he first order of business is taking roll call. commission members plea respond when i call your name. commissioner ellington? >> present. >> commissioner mondejar is absent. [speaker not understood]. vice-chair rosales? >> here. >> [speaker not understood] commissioner mondejar is abseptember and [speaker not understood]. the next item of business is number 2, announcement a., the next regularly scheduled commission meeting will be held on tuesday, june 17, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. (city hall, room 416). b., announcement of prohibition of sound producing electronic devices during the meeting. please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic device. c, announcement of time allotment for public comme

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. rubio: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that i be recognized to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rubio: thank you, madam president. first of all, let me thank the senator from texas for raising this issue of the i.r.s. i have commented over the last few days that if this was, in fact, a republican administration who had been engaged in this issue, well, this would have led every newscast in america. it would have been leading every newscast in america for the last week. it would have been compared to watergate and it would have -- instead what we have seen is the american news media by and large has largely ignored it. one of the commentators last night on television added up all the minutes that they dedicated to a soccer player that bit some other competitor to the amount of time they have dedicated to the fact that one of the most powerful agencies of the united states governm

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, madam president. i rise in strong support of the workforce innovation and opportunity act. this legislation represents a long overdue upgride our workforce investment system and i want to commend the department work of chairman harkin, senator murray, senator alex aen h alex. that will move our job training and adult education system fired. the snead to improve our investment system has crystallized during this recovery from the great recession. my home state of rhode island continues to struggle with high unemployment. the highest rate in the nation. many of our unemployed workers have been out of work for an sterchedded period of time. yelt employers tell knee they have open positions that they cannot fill because they cannot find the workers with the skills that they need today. the workforce innovation and opportunity act takes important steps to help address the skills mismatch that keeps jobs open and pot

thank you, madam president. ms. mikulski: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: madam president, i yield to the majority leader. mr. reid: i appreciate the chairman of the committee being so kind. we're not in a quorum call, are we? okay. madam president, there are 27 tribes in the state of nevada, native americans. the issue regarding the name redskins is very important to every one of those tribes. every time they hear this name, it is a sad reminder of a long tradition of racism and bigotry. a month or so ago, daniel snyder, the owner of the team, had some people come to nevada and agreed to buy one of the indian tribes a car if they would say nice things about the redskins. they refused that. this is extremely important to native americans all over the country that they no longer use this name. it's racist. daniel snyder says it's about tradition. i ask what tradition? a tradition of racism. that's all that that name leaves in its wake. the writing is on the wall. it's on the wall in giant, blink

madam president -- madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. rubio: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that i be recognized to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rubio: thank you, madam president. and we all continue to follow the events in iraq that have significant national security implications for the united states now and in the years to come. the president spoke on this issue a few moments ago and i wanted to share a few thoughts before we returned to our states for the next few days and then come back to washington early next week and continue our work. the first thing i'd like to say about this issue of iraq is while i certainly respect those members that have served in this body, those commentate commentators who served in government and are now out, and have strong opinions with regard to the past, i hope what we spend the majority of our time in this process is focused on what is before us now and what lies ahead. that doesn't mean

what a story she has, madam president. this woman was homeless, spent a good part of her young days in a shelter. she's an exceptional nevadan. she's gifted beyond her physical beauty. she holds a fourth degree black belt in tae kwon do, she is a certified instructor in the martial arts. when she is not practicing this tae kwon do in her studio, she has her own studio. she has volunteered at a place we have in nevada called shade tree which is a place for abused women. we're proud of shade tree. so i along with all nevada congratulate miss u.s.a., anita sanchez, on her well-deserved victory. i wish her the very best as she pursues the crown of miss universe and as she undertakes her duties as a global ambassador. it appears there is no one here rushing to get to the floor, so i ask the chair would announce the business of the day. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:30 p.m., with senators permi

madam chairman, in 2010, u.s. companies earned $129 billion on three tiny island nations, bermuda, the cayman islands and the british virgin islands. "the new york times" said they have a total population of 147,400 individuals. that means if you believe u.s. companies really rn that much in these locations, their profits worked out to be $873,000 per person. this is, of course, nonsense. some of my colleagues may echo the cries of these tax-avoiding companies and say the real need here is for corporate tax reform. but many of these companies are currently paying a tax rate of 0%. 0%. so unless you believe corporate tax reform should eliminate taxes for u.s. companies, the argument simply does not hold water. again, the amendment simply bans corporations. once incorporated in the united states, but have since incorporated in bermuda or the cayman islands, a maneuver that is undertaken to avoid taxes from receiving federal contracts. we need to send a clear message. if a company is going to abuse tax loopholes at t

lee: thank you, madam chair. i rise today remembering 12 years ago, when i stood on this floor and offered an amendment with the same purpose as the amendment that i offer this evening, to prevent a war with iraq, to keep our young men and women, our troops, out of harm's way and to be prudent with taxpayers' hard-earned dollars as well as ensuring our national security. madam chair, we are all familiar with the reports coming out of iraq about the horrific sectarian violence taking place. we must not let history repeat itself. these calls to be dragged back into a war in iraq must be rejected because the reality is there's no military solution in iraq and i want to applaud the president for reiterating that again today and for making it clear that he does not want combat troops on the ground in iraq. this amendment would not allow funding for combat operations. this is a sectarian war with ng-standing roots that wrp inflamed when we invaded iraq. any solution must take into account respect for the entire iraqi p

so, madam secretary. sorry, i got it. all right, so, that we are taking the closed session prior to our regular agenda. and so, are we saying take general public comment before the closed session and then after again? >> just see if there is any public comment on the closed session matters. >> okay. >> the agenda reflects the item of the closed session, the actual okay. >> is there any speaker cards for a closed session item? >> i have no speaker cards, madam chair. >> okay. >> is this on the... and it should be on the agenda. >> item ten on the agenda. >> take a look at that. >> okay, we will give everyone a minute and then we are going to call the closed session >> okay, i would like to give those who would like to have a comment on the closed session item an opportunity to put in a speaker card now, and announce themselves or otherwise we are going to call a closed session and all members of the public will need to leave, in fact, anyone who is not directly related to that closed session item will need to leave the roo

madam president, i yield. mr. sanders: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: the senator from arizona has been too modest. he deserves a great deal of credit for stepping up to the plate when we needed him to step up to the plate. sat down in a serious manner, understanding that we have an emergency, understanding that it is absolutely imperative that the veterans of this country get quality care in a timely manner, and he was determined to make sure that something happened and i was determined. so i just want to thank ?on mccain, senator mccain for his hard work and his staff's hard work on this. we will discuss this issue more on the floor. he is absolutely right, we got -- we have got an emergency, we have to pass this today, we have to get to conference as soon as possible, and we have to get a good bill on the president's desk next week. i thank senator mccain personally. with that, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: . the presiding officer: the

collins: thank you, madam president. madam president, it appears that i first need to say to my colleagues and to those who are listening that there is no one in this body, in the trucking industry, among their customers who wants to see trucking accidents. all of us are committed to safer roads and to make sure that freight is delivered in a safe manner in this country. in fact, madam president, the former administrator of the federal motor carrier safety administration said in a letter to the committee dated june 17, "the fact is that the senate transportation, housing and urban development bill, which contains a temporary suspension of two new provisions in the 34-hour restart rule makes the roads safer, makes the roads safer." and that is what this debate is really about. and i'm very disappointed to see that the senator from new jersey is otherwise engaged and not listening to these comments. let me start with a fact. the fact is, under current law, under the collins amendment, under the provisions that we reported

madam president, i would yield the floor. mr. durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: the assistant majority leader. mr. durbin: madam president, i went to the white house last night. the president invited democratic members of the senate and we met with cabinet members and staff members and this topic came up. and i met with one of the president's close advisors on this issue. and she was describing to me what she had seen in mcallen, texas. and there were tears in her eyes. heartbreaking stories of babies, children, infants who are coming to this country and many of them are in the hands of smugglers and coyotes who have gotten money from their parents or family to transport them to the border with the united states. and she told me the story of a 12-year-old boy that i mentioned earlier in guatemala who was put on a freight train, the top of a freight train -- one of these cars -- and said, hang on. for four days. four days this 12-year-old boy, scared to death, was on top of this freight train as it barreled through central america on its way

you heard that right, madam president. three states who between them received hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government to build their exchanges now want to abandon the prospect entirely and join the federal exchange. let's keep in mind that adding them to the federal exchange will not be simple, nor will it be cheap. more millions will be spent to transition these states, along with any other states that may choose the same course in the future, into the federal exchange. this is simply preposterous, madam president. where is the accountability? where is the outrage from h.h.s. over those lost the and misfed funds? there doesn't seem to be any. for her parkts th -- for her pas the president's nominee to run h.h.s., ms. burwell, has acknowledged there is a problem here. i asked her whether states who have negligently mismanaged their exchange funds should be required to reimburse the taxpayers for those losses and for their failures. her answer was somewhat encouraging. she said that if she was confirmed,

madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. udall: thank you, madam president. and i thank my colleague from the foreign relations committee for a very good speech on a critical issue that our nation faces right now. madam president, on july 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was exploded at the trinity site in new mexico. for residents of the thank you. larosa basin, it was the beginning of cancer and suffering that continues to this day. next month there will be a candlelight vigil. folks will once again gather as they have done now for each year for the past five years. they will stand shoulder to shoulder, they will light candles, and they will remember. they will remember that an injustice was done and has yet to be righted. the trinity explosion paid little attention to surrounding communities. radioactive debris necessarily e sky, killing cattle, poisoning water, the food, the air we breathe. the damage was done and would remain long after the test was finished for gen

madam clerk call roll >> supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos? supervisor breed. supervisor campos. president chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang's. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. mr. president, all members are present thank you ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you. >> excuse me. sir, you are out of order. >> (inaudible). i'm sorry to a >> colleagues, we're back in session with the approval of the minutes motion that i supervisor cohen and second by supervisor mar the may 2014 minutes are approved madam clerk, any announcements? >> items 51 through 55 for the condominium conversion from friday june 19th we received a communication stat she was with drauld her appeal the hearing shall be open and we will table the motions to approve and prepare vntsd and colleagues we'll take that up at an appropriate time. >> items one through 368 commission on community investment

madam clerk please. good evening. i'm here in the city tights our understanding the repairs made on pg&e due to a coil they'll installed they came out and repaired it so we're confused as to why we're being educated >> any of the other members of the public. >> excuse me. ma'am, i want you to follow mr. quan out to the hall and we'll close out the item. >> why don't we go back to general public comment is there any public comment? to my of those items please step up, sir. >> just a general public comment. recently one of the members of the board of supervisors had a city ordinance congest that was exist for the san francisco students it's been over for a month and i haven't heard i'd like to know what happened what that thank you very much >> thank you very much is there any public comment? jane kim seeing none, general comment is closed with that, madam clerk your instruction calendar. there being a considered with immediate adaptation. at this time, members of the public may address the commission >> would anyone li

flores: thank you, madam chair. have to concur wholeheartedly with the chairman's remarks when he said that the president's executive order, a, has never been statutorily authorized by congress even though four congresses attempted to do so under democratic control and four times this has not happened. mr. lowenthal: if the gentleman will yield? the chair: the gentleman from texas controls the time and has not yielded. mr. flores: thank you, madam chair. four times congress has looked at this issue and has said no to the president's activities. also, congress' never specifically authorized one penny for this activity. it doesn't make any difference how many people want this, it's whether or not congress authorizes this activity. congress specifically did not authorize this activity. the executive order is unconstitutional, and it should not be supported by approving the gentleman's amendment. i urge all -- first of all, let me say this, i'd like to thank chairman hastings for his support and the natural resources ov

i don't think they built madame nhu up. i don't really think that they liked her very much. >> we should point out too that she read them religiously and there's a point in the book where you tell her that david halberstam has just been killed in a car accident. he was in a car accident 2008 or something like that and you tell her, you break that news to her and she seems kind of saddened by it. it was a personal friend of hers someone she had known well. >> he said something about her like she was the only one in the family who needed how to do a parade. she raised her hand like mussolini. he said these things that in any other reading would be not complements but she was like a oh i remember him. he was a good reporter and he always told the truth. [laughter] >> one that note i i think we are about out of time. i want to thank you very much. [applause] >> outside the books are for sale. we hope you will pick up a copy. thank you. >> thank you everybody for attending and thanks to mr. banks and ms. demery. copies of "findi

with that, madam president, i yield the floor. mr. murphy: madam president? the presiding officer: the? er from connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you very much, madam president. before i address the issue of college affordability, i want to speak about another community ravaged by a shooting. the 74th school shooting since sandy hook. 37 school shootings this year alone. more than one a week. 74 shootings since sandy hook. i'll make the comment one more time that we are becoming acome accomplices in these -- accomplices in these mass murders. we are becoming complicit in this murder of children all a across our country when we do nothing, when weig we sit on our hands idly as children are gunned down all across our country. we send a message of acceptance that we can do practical things that will lessen the chance that people will be killed in our schools and in our homes and in our neighborhoods. i won't go through the list right now, but we also can send a message that enough is enough. and that message, frankly, at this point is probably just as important as

i submit, madam president, that a party whose own voters under the age of 35 view that party's position of denying climate change as ignorant, out of touch, or crazy is a party that needs a new position on climate change. they're not even selling their own young voters, and they are certainly not selling the general public which wants the president to do something about this in enormous numbers. 70% and 80%. the pentagon, whether you're looking at democrats, independents or the full population. let me close with two specifics because we often have these debates sort of at the ipcc versus the sierra club level. well, i have been going around to different states, and i have been looking at what's going on state by state. i have been to seven states already. i want to mention two tonight. just got back from new hampshire, the most recent trip. what is going on in new hampshire? new hampshire, as many people know, has a big ski industry. it is a winter holiday destination, a winter vacation and tourism destination. and skiing is a big part of that. i met with the guy who runs the cranmore s

madam president, i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum having been -- the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that not withstanding rule 22 following the cloture vote on burwell, the senate proceed to consideration of calendar number 796, se liu g, that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table with no further action or debate, any statements related to the nomination be printed in the record and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reid: we expect, madam president, this nomination to be confirmed by voice so we expect four roll call votes at 11:00 a.m. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will proceed to -- morning business is closed. unde

yoho: i yield back, madam chair. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. ellison of minnesota. page 156 -- mr. ellison: i move -- i ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read. the chair: is there objection? the gentleman from iowa is recognized. mr. latham: i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the point of order is reserved. is there an objection to dispensing with the reading? without objection, the reading is dispensed with. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for five minutes. mr. ellison: thank you, ma'am. the budget for the department of housing and urban development we consider today does not meet

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. mr. thune: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: madam president, before i begin my prepared remarks, i'd like to just acknowledge my constituents in south dakota who are dealing with unprecedented flooding. we've seen historic amounts of rainfall already in the month of june that dwarf anything that we can compare to throughout our state's history. hail, winds, causing widespread damage across the state, and not juniojust our state. there are states in the region as well that are experiencing some of these same circumstances and tremendous damage to property. and so i just wanted to express my thoughts and prayers to the people that i represent as well as to those in other states who are dealing with some of these circumstances, madam president, and to say "thank you" and express a prearks to our first read sponders -- express appreciation to our first responders who have been very much in demand and on call in the last few days. madam president, the american people a

reid: madam president, there is a cloture motion. i ask that it be -- i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 769. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all those opposited no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: federal reserve system, lael brainard of district of columbia to be a member of the board of governors of the federal reserve system. mr. reid: there is a cloture motion that i would ask to be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisio

and the balance of the calendar, roll call, madam clerk. >> on items 36, 37, supervisor yee. >> madam clerk, 36, 37 and 40. >> and 40. >> yes. >> and 40. supervisor yee? >> aye. >> yee aye. supervisor avalos? >> aye. >> avalos aye. supervisor breed? >> aye. >> breed aye. supervisor campos? >> aye. >> cam foetion aye. supervisor chiu? >> chiu aye. >> supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? >> aye. >> mar aye. supervisor tang? >> aye. >> tang aye. supervisor wiener? >> aye. >> wiener aye. there are 11 ayes. >> those items are adopted. [gavel] >> item 38. >> item 38 is a resolution urging the department of aging and adult services to establish a 30-day home delivered meals waitlist policy, and in an emergency, within two to five days. ~ policy. >> supervisor mar. >> thank you, i'll be brief, colleagues. i think this is a key recommendation from our security task force hearings and in december we he as a full board unanimously supported putting our city on record to end hunger and food insecurity by 2020. i think this is a key

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. levin: madam president?the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: madam president, first let me thank my dear friend from arizona for not only his remarks, but also the thoughtfulness of the remarks on the u.s.-india relationship. i listened to them carefully. i'm glad he's going to india. and i look forward to his report. we have had an historic relationship with india as the two preeminent democracies, and we have a great opportunity to build on those, on this relationship. and i know that my friend from arizona is going to contribute mightily to that effort. madam president, recent events in iraq have created great concern. the territory gains by isil are not just a threat to iraq's security but a security challenge to the entire region and indeed to the united states. by its words and deeds, isil has made clear that it is deeply hostile to american interests and to the universal values of freedom and human rights. that hostility can easily translate into plans and threats against us. fa

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. a senator: i rise to offer a few words about the colloquy that was completed. i often find when i am on the floor or presiding that i feel sorry for the specks i spectatoe chamber. they're sometimes watching a lot of silence when they're here. first senators portman and landrieu put a bill on the floor dealing with a commemoration in connection with the 70t 70th anniversary of d-day, which is tomorrow. it is a bill they are seeking unanimous consent for. second, i know many of us -- all of us in the chamber have been very discouraged about the recent revelation of challenges in the v.a. many of us feared earlier this week that what we would get in this discussion were competing proposals or bills that the would be partisan, where we would -- each side would fall short of doing what 4 they wantd and the veterans would not see the kind of relief that they should. the what we've seen with senator sanders and senator mccain putting this bi

[gavel] >> madam clerk, could you call items 15 through 16? >> item 1a is the interim proposed annual budget and appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and expenditures for selected departments for the city and county of san francisco as of june 2nd, 2014, for the fiscal years ending june 40th, 2015 and june 30th 2016. item 16 is the interim annual salary ordinance [speaker not understood] positionses in the annual budget and appropriation ordinance ~ for the fiscal years ending june 30th, 2015 and 2016. >> colleagues, same house same call? the ordinances for the interim proposed end year budgets are passed on the first reading. [gavel] >> item 17. >> item 17 is a resolution to retroactively approve the new project modification between city and guard smart for services human services agency for the period february 1st 2014 through january 31st 2018 including the three option years in the amount of approximately 19.8 million. >> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> next item? >> item 18 is a resolut

cornyn: thank you, madam president. madam president. >> thank you, madam president. want to spend a few moments this morning talking about realistic solutions to the ongoing crisis along americans southern border. obviously, i come from a border state where we have 1200 miles of common border with the nation of mexico which, of course, has been the gateway now to this humanitarian wave of children, unaccompanied children coming from central america into the united states. i will talk more about that in detail, but i first want to comment on something that the majority leader said this morning in his opening remarks. with what has now become a trademark hyperbole and frequently his disregard for the facts, the majority leader suggested the republican platform was deport first, find solutions later were never. i find that offensive and it is certainly not true. and i can just assume that the majority leader has had other things that have taken his attention and he has ignored completely the concrete solutions that i and others to been promoting, some of which i will ta

madam clerk, item 3. san motion confirming the mayor's reappointment of linda richardson to the treasure island development authority board of directors, for a >> okay. madam clerk, item 3. san motion confirming the mayor's reappointment of linda richardson to the treasure island development authority board of directors, for a >> okay. madam clerk, item 3. san motion confirming the mayor's reappointment of linda richardson to the treasure island development authority board of directors, for a >> okay. madam clerk, item 3. san motion confirming the mayor's reappointment of linda richardson to the treasure island development authority boar d

so, madam clerk, can you please calls items 3 and 4? >> item number 3, resolution approving the interim budget of the treasure island development authority for fiscal years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. item number 4, resolution approving the budget of the treasure island development authority for fiscal years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. >> okay, thank you. we're going to continue both items, colleagues. so, first i'm going to open up to public comment on item number 3. any public comment on this item? seeing none, we're going to close public comment. [gavel] >> we're going to to have a motion to continue item number 3 to the call of the chair. this is the interim budget, to the call of the chair. we can do that, take it without objection. [gavel] >> item number 4 will be -- do we need a motion to continue item number 4 as well? which is part of our regular budget? why don't we take a motion, madam controller, deputy controller. ~ do we need to take a motion >> you can continue this for the same day wednesday for the same time as the city admin

frelinghuysen: madam speaker madam chair, i insist on my point of order.he chair: the gentleman will state his point of order. mr. frelinghuysen: i make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriation bill and therefore violates clause 2 of rule 21. the rule states in pertinent part. an amendment to a general appropriation bill shall not be in order if changing existing law. the amendment imposes additional duties. i ask for a ruling from the chair. the chair: does any other member wish to be heard on the point of order? if not the chair will rule. the chair finds that this amendment imposes new duties on the department of defense. the amendment, therefore, constitutes legislation in violation of clause 2 of rule 21. the point of order is sustained and the amendment is not in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. stockman: amendment 25, it's regarding the rare earth sourcing. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amen

cantwell: thank you, madam president. i rise to express my disappointment in today's earlier vote that we weren't able to pass the student refinancing legislation. i want to thank my colleague, senator warren, for sponsoring that bill and for my colleagues who did support that, and i hope that we will have chance to bring it legislation up again and get bipartisan support and get it passed. we can agree that education is the gateway to opportunity. i was the first in my college to go to college and went to school with the help of financial aid. i know how important it is to many students in the state of washington that we help them makmake education more affordab. student debt has quadrupled over the last ten years. many students in my state are anxious about the situation and want to do something about it. student debt has even surpassed credit card debt. the fact that student debt is enough to pay every american tion credit card balance and still have $450 billion left over tells you how much debt is being accumulated o

madam chair. mr. cole, in your opinion is nsa section 215 bulk telephone and metadata collection program conduct conducted within our laws? >> yes, it is. >> do you agree with me that nsa's bulk telephone and metadata collection system has been one of the most heavily overseen programs in the intelligence community? >> yes, mr. vice chairman, i do. >> mr. juliano, this bill would extend the sunsets for both lone wolf and roving out to december 31, 2017. it seems to me that these two provisions are pretty noncontroversial at this point. the only reason we kept extending these sunsets was because of the concerns about the 215 bulk data collection program which this bill is going to eliminate. have there been any abuses of the roving or lone wolf provisions to your knowledge? >> no, sir, there hasn't. >> would you be in favor of making the provisions permanent? >> yes, sir. >> mr. cole, do you agree with that? >> i think that would be appropriate, senator, yes. >> mr. ledgett? >> yes, sir. >> miss o'sull

wilson: madam speaker.aker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wilson: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. holding: i ask unanimous consent that the chair may postpone further proceedings today on the motion to recommit as though under clause 8 of rule 20. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington, mr. reichert, seek recognition? mr. reichert: madam speaker, pursuant to house resolution 616, i call up the bill h.r. 4453 s. corporation permanent tax relief act of 2014 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will re

menendez: thank you, madam president. i'm talking about nominees who are trapped on the executive calendar unable to assume their appointed posts because the republican leadership has chosen obstructionism as a political tool. they have consciously chosen a strategy to do nothing, pass nothing, approve nothing and leave, most importantly, in my view, key diplomatic posts unfilled for months, threatening in many cases national security and our ability to conduct foreign policy. now, those who say that congress is broken or wrong, the congress isn't broken, but if the republican leadership wants you to believe it is, they use every parliament tool to make certain, among other posts, we cannot fill key foreign policy positions, and the world waits and american foreign policy waits and diplomacy waits, and our allies wait to let these nominees and their families have some cloture and get to work. now, the blame for these posts being left vacant for these people being in political limbo really rests squarely on the shoulders o

madam clerk please. good evening. i'm

. >> madam clerk read the memoriams. >> yes. today's meeting will be journeyed on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the late dr. mia angelo and on behalf of the supervisor cowen and supervisor campos members of congress and for the late carl and on behalf of of supervisor mar for the late lady. >> madam clerk, is there any further business before the committee? >> that concludes our business. >> ladies and gentlemen, we're >> welcome to the meeting. >> do we have any announcements? >> completed speaker cards and completed of the documents to be included as part of the files should be submitted to the clerk and the items acted upon today will be on the june tenth board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. could you call item one? >>resolution retroactively authorizing the department of public health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,751,827 from mental health services oversight and accountability commission to participate in a program entitled mental health triage personnel grant for the peri

madam secretary next item >> item 5 communications. >> commissioners on the communications. commissioner moran >> thank you, my apologizes for being late. on the visual interject piloting program there was nothing in the item that mentioned the program and it's final come back for puc approval. it's my absorption and wish it will be required and my desire to have it brought back >> commissioners. if there's no objection that will be the order. any other items on communications commissioners? seeing none, i'll call for public school public comment on existence my public comment madam secretary >> other commission business. >> commissioners. just one item at the attraction we'll have the commission think the environment madam secretary oh, call for public comment seeing none, madam secretary next item >> the report of the general manager. >> first item i'm doing i'd like tooz give an update on the water supply steve ricky pursue. >> the general manager if i could have the slides this is a regular update on our water supply conditions here at the puc our total reservoir storage