. >>> now, mica, let's go to sports.ast night i cannot believe you are such an nfl fan while you're watching one direction you are also watching monday night football. >> i watched it on the big screen. >> did you really? >> yeah. >> that's not right. robert griffin iii making his monday night football debu. rg-3 finds running room along the leave side. he's got the first down and much more. but as he goes down, the ball pops loose right into the waiting arms of josh morgan who takes it in for a touchdown to give the redskins an early lead. still 7-3. redskins late in the second quarter, eli manning finds his receiver. the giants take a 13-10 lead halftime. fourth quarter now. griffin rolls right to his right and fires a bullet to pierre garsong for the touchdown. that is the game winner. the redskins beat the giants. first win over the giants on monday night football since 1985. rg-3 finished with 235 total yards and a touchdown and the redskins who were 5-11 last season are now 6-6. one game behind the giants for the n

chairman mica. good morning. good morning, congressman adler, it's good to see you, from my home state and members of the committee. the northeast corridor commission was authorized by congress in recognition of the inherent challenges of coordinating, financing and implementing major system improvements that cross multiple jurisdictions. the expectation is as you laid out is that by coming together we are take collective responsibility for the northeast corridor. realizing a bolder vision for the future does require unprecedented collaboration. comprehensive planning is difficult for a system that spans eight states and the district of columbia, supports nine passenger rail operations, supports four freight railroads and has four separate infrastructure owners. the northeast corridor line, as everyone knows, is one of the busiest and most complex railroads in the world. it carries over 2200 commuter, inner city and freight trains every weekday. these trains carry over 750,000 passengers daily. the

mica, chairman of the full committee, i'd like to thank mr.ahall, the ranking member of the full committee, but i especially want to thank mr. larsen. we've had i think a model for how a committee or a subcommittee should operate. we've been focused on results. we've been focused on incorporating good ideas. rick, i very much appreciated your cooperation in moving forward on these very important issues for the nation. finally, i'd like to thank the staff on both sides for their work and their help in this legislation. we rely on them a great deal. they've worked in an extraordinary manner and it's very much appreciate and hopefully we'll get the results we need. i also want to take a moment to underscore the very dangerous work that the coast guard does to keep our nation and our shores safe. we were all shocked and very saddened to hear the news this weekend that a coasty lost his life in the line of duty. this underscores how our coast guard men and women put their life at risk each and every day. they're really underrecognized and underappr

five years ago and samed it sam after the first initials of her three children, samuel, abigail and mica. she contributed a considerable amount of money into renovating this restaurant and a strong tenant in the corridor. i go to sam's regularly and a big fan of the korean tacos and if you would like to check that out. it's close to our office. the dinear is welcoming to great broad section of the neighborhood and it's accessible and affordable and delicious and where many of the actors of the stage shows go well and stays opens late to accommodate those folks and rejuvenate the arts district? a. genie grew up where food was part of the living and hard work and spirit and overcoming obstacles and she actually makes would meals herself and definitely complement the chef when she is there. she is often busing tables on top of cooking so lee if you would like to say a few words on behalf of your partner genie. it's a pleasure to have you here today. >> thank you supervisor kim. we enjoy the recognition. genie isn't here so i can brag. i don't know anyone that works harder than she does and

got stuck, so senator inhofe and i and senator reid went over to meet with john boehner and chairman mica and we all agreed we'd get it done. neither side got everything they want and anyone who takes that position in my opinion is not putting country first. i don't care whether they are republican, a democrat, or anything else. we are not each of us going to get everything we want. lord knows. there's a lot i could do if i had a wand and could make it happen. but everybody has a different view of exactly how to go forward and i think we're being tested here. so i know it's tough going, and i know if we don't get a deal, it doesn't stop there, we'll keep on working. but there is no reason on this beautiful god's green earth why we can't get a deal here. if everyone is sincere in saying they want the middle class could be protected, we can get a deal here. president obama says $250,000 is the line, maybe i think $350,000 is the line, maybe someone else $500,000, maybe somebody else $150,000. we can meet somewhere and cut that reason somewhere in the middle. and save this country from the u

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thank you. >> good morning, chairman mica, mr. cummings, members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss how our reports have supported or complemented amtrak's ongoing efforts to operate more effectively by focusing on customers and the bottom line. in line with the hearings' focus on amtrak's ongoing reorganization, my testimony will center on reports related to improving amtrak's operational and financial performance. before i address those reports, i would like to highlight the fact that our work generally supports ongoing amtrak improvement initiatives. over the last couple of years, both the board of directors and amtrak management have been focused on improving amtrak's operational, financial, and customer service performance. to illustrate, because the board now has seven of the nine members authorized by priia, it has been able to reconstitute two important board committees, the audit and finance committee anti-personnel committee. this has helped the board to provide stronger oversight of management activities. similarly, amtrak manageme

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the congressman from kansas was on talking about the fiscal cliff and mica and joe asked him about any notion, any possibility that he would support a ban on assault weapons. let me play what i had to say to joe. >> what has bothered me the most as a representative is how this has been politicized so quickly. >> do you dare come on my show and say i am using the slaughter of 20 little 6 and 7-year-old children -- >> how many children do you have? joe, how many children do you have? >> i have four children. answer my question. >> so do i. i refuse to let you say because you have children or anybody else that we need to actually politicize this. >> so, governor rendell how do you reply to those who say this is politicizing the deaths of these children when there's people who say let's discuss the laws that could possibly keep this from happening. we have laws to keep us in seat belts. in the '70s we didn't have that when you were a kid. we have laws to save lives in many cases. why not this? >> there's no excuse. talk about politicizing it. one of the mothers said the night of the presid

library for books and light of our charts, documents, anything to understand the correlation between mica backyard. i feel i have been blindsided. when debating whether to live i kept reminding myself there was only a town but then i convinced myself a long time ago that was a long time ago and not today. of course i know that isn't true but i want it to be. i was focused on the new and vibrant community that thrives here to live in a quiet neighborhood at the little town in the county one of the most conservative counties in arizona this is the place where they gather to have played its with one another sitting in the fall out chairs along the border playing share if this is where politicians from washington come to talk tough about the border keeping america safe. they don't actually come here with a circle the helicopters and then drive to the ranch areas feeding on the summer in their role county. one day they build taller fence and hire more agents and make it impossible to drive north without going to the border patrol agent check ports with dogs. nothing stops the flow of cubans go

got stuck, so senator inhofe and i and senator reid went over to meet with john boehner and chairman micand we all agreed we'd get it done. neither side got everything they want and anyone who takes that position in my opinion is not putting country first. i don't care whether they are republican, a democrat, or anything else. we are not each of us going to get everything we want. lord knows. there's a lot i could do if i had a wand and could make it happen. but everybody has a different view of exactly how to go forward and i think we're being tested here. so i know it's tough going, and i know if we don't get a deal, it doesn't stop there, we'll keep on working. but there is no reason on this beautiful god's green earth why we can't get a deal here. if everyone is sincere in saying they want the middle class could be protected, we can get a deal here. president obama says $250,000 is the line, maybe i think $350,000 is the line, maybe someone else $500,000, maybe somebody else $150,000. we can meet somewhere and cut that reason somewhere in the middle. and save this country from the unc

would like to associate myself with the remarks of secretary lahood on the leadership that chairman mica has exhibited past two years in this committee. our nation's freight railroads are successful partners with passenger railroads across the country. approximately 97% at amtrak's system consists of tracks owned and maintained by freight routes. high-speed intercity passenger rail products will largely u.s. freight owned facilities. hundreds of millions of commuter trips each year occur on commuter rail systems that are at least partially owned by freight railroads. privately owned and operated, america's great railroad in recent years have invested more than $20 billion of their own capital to expand and maintain a freight rail network second to none. you're tearing the low to the american taxpayers did not have to -- we are carrying the load so american taxpayers do not have to. it railroads are making these record investments to be ready to meet america's business need and help the economy grow in the years ahead. our commitment to can be taken to the private investment supports mill

mica. the speaker pro tempore: for how much time? mr. farenthold: for two-minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mica: thank you, and i thank the gentleman for yielding. particularly i want to thank mr. kelly for his introduction and sponsorship of h.r. 6016 and encourage my colleagues to support that legislation today. most often when you hear about scandals in the federal government, there's a little bit of a flurry and then not much is done. mr. kelly has stepped forward and introduced legislation that will correct one of the most egregious actions against the federal taxpayer that we've seen. our committee, the transportation committee, does oversee the general services administration and within that agency, we heard about the conduct of one senior executive employee, the senior executive services, the -- one of the highest levels of administration in our government. that person thumbed his nose in the hot tub at the taxpayers, at the congress, and everyone else. today this is taxpayers' revenge. this is a little gift,

. >> reporter: deejays mel greig and mica christian has been suspended indefinitely. in 2009, it was reportedly reprimanded after using a lie detector to get a 14-year-old girl to talk about her sex life. she revealed on-air she had been raped. and after the royal hoax, the station says it has banned phony phone calls altogether. it says it plans to donate a minimum of $500,000 to the saldanha family, george, to help them through this difficult time. >> such a sad story. thank you very much. >>> it's time for better news. >> good news for one arizona man. we're talking about the huge winner of that record powerball jackpot. he's an arizona dad, who is sharing that almost $600 million prize. we know his name and his friends and his neighbors are speaking out. abc's ryan owens has the story. >> reporter: meet matt good. as in good luck. good fortune. and according to his close friends, a good guy. >> just a very personable, nice guy. he's always out there trying to help somebody. >> reporter: the 37-year-old is a manager at an electronics company. and says he'll keep hi

. >> mica said before, the way i see the role of fha, asking buffet to fill in a gap of something that it will look like. to me we need to define what the secondary market looks like and see where the gaps are. >> it is an integrated system, and how one part of it goes will absolutely implicate others, so this needs to be a broader conversation. >> this cannot be about doing effigy first, and it goes to the point already made, when the gse's race guarantee fees, it is doing nothing of the sort. when fha raises premium insurance and purses credit back to the fse's, these are tied organizations, so it has to be the total concept of the government. >> any other questions? thank you very much. [applause] >> i want to formally thank all of our panelists, and acting commissioner galante, and we hope to see you back at a cap event soon. >> the house is coming back again in a few minutes. just one bill on the agenda, to require financial institution to issue press notices. no votes are scheduled. but the talks continue between congressional leaders and the white house. house republican leaders

denham and john mica to the central valley to look at this issue and we do not agree on the ultimate thoughts of your perspective of this project, you have been very conscientious in wanting to do what is best for central valley and hope to provide you with that plan, the secretary being here and others to get it done. today we are here to discuss the high speed and inner-city passenger rail opportunities and are also want to acknowledge secretary ray lahood who has come to answer our questions and want to make sure we are well informed, thank you for that. as a member of the railroad subcommittee and co-chair of california high speed rail caucus and vice chair of the bicameral high-speed rail caucus the development and implementation of a national high-speed rail system is one of my highest priorities. china is offering 13 types of railways and has 20 under construction. by 2020 this network will cover nearly 10,000 miles. when i looked at the title of this hearing about what mistakes have been made it seems to me one of the number one mistakes is our lack of continued commitment to

mica to look at this issue.although we may not agree on the ultimate thoughts of your event this project, i think you've been very conscientious and what to do with space for the central valley. we will work to provide shoot with a plan. that's a part of the secretary being here and others is that we can get the ball rolling and get it done. today we are here to discuss the high-speed and intercity passenger rail opportunities. i also want to acknowledge secretary rao said. probably more than any secretary in congress to consistently come patiently to answer a question and make sure we are well informed so they can do our work and we thank you for that, as there. as a member of the rose said committee cochair of the california jesus will caucus and they share the bicameral high-speed rail caucus, development and implementation of the high-speed rail system is one of my highest priorities. right now china is operated and 13 high-speed railways and has more than 20 under construction. by 2020, this network will co

mica of florida after 5:00 p.m. today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the request is granted. are there requests for one-minute speechs? under the speaker's announced spoifl january 5, 2011, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. markey: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise this evening to honor two great members of the massachusetts delegation who are departing. the first, john olver. john olver is a public service power house. a transportation titan. inside of this institution. he has a ph.d. in science but as he came to this institution, he became a scientist who became a statesman. we were honored to have him in our delegation, in this chamber. he was an avid outdoorsman, but he was ahead of his time in bringing attention to the impact of climate change, the need to protect our natural environment, the need to raise science as it affected the planet to this chamber for our consideration. he arrived in congress in 1991. his service on the appropriations committee helped rebuil

. >> thank you, chairman mica. i noticed in the testimony for mr.ert latham, he talked about the environmental and historical preservation that in each and every case, whenever you are dealing with an agency, every individual has to reinvent the wheel on those very fine consuming reports. it seems to me that fema could have a box that once someone has done that assessment, that also has to go through fema or another governmental agency. in regards to those reviews that can be used for everybody, instead of everybody reinventing the wheel. couldn't fema be the one to lead that charge? >> certainly something we have been working on. it comes back to how our authorizers have given us authority. we all have responsibilities and doing these reviews. since they all come from the original federal legislation, we are working on how we can reduce those findings. >> it doesn't make sense to me. you are all trying to work together. why did you come up with a master plan? >> we can and we have and we will take this back to work. >> mr. latham, you were the one

record i like to associate myself with remarks of secretary lahood on the leadership that chairman mica has exhibited the past two years in this committee. as secretary schneider and secretary can attest, with passenger railroads all across the country. approximate 97% of amtrak's 22000-mile system consists of tracks owned and maintained by freight railroads, and the high speed and intercity passenger rail projects under development nationwide were largely but not exclusively utilized great own facilities. in addition hundreds of millions of commuter trips each year occur on commuter rail systems that are at least partially owned by freight railroads. privately owned and operated, america's great redwoods in recent years have been investing more than $20 billion of their own capital to expand and maintain a freight rail network, second to none. in simple terms, we are carrying the load so the american taxpayers don't have to. at a time when there's growing concern about the state of this country's transportation infrastructure, and who should be paying what to do the job and maintain it

i want to thank you, chairman mica, your support of the we look forward to a continued dialogue with him. >> welcome, and you are recognized. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to be back and speak to the committee once again. i would wanted to note that in addition to my affiliation with the american press and arise institute, i am a professor at cornell university. this semester, with a cornell graduate, whose company graduateezpass, have started a new program at cornell, and i have information about that. that is to educate future generations of students and young people on the important issues that this committee addresses. i hope to work with the committee in the future and hopefully with yourself in developing this program. i think it is the only program that is operational in the united states, focusing on infrastructure policy. i would like to draw everyone possible attention to that and seek your advice on that. i want to address a few things regarding the topic that the committee is focusing on today, which is the northeast corridor future. there are key issues i wo

got stuck, so senator inhofe and i and senator reid went over to meet with john boehner and chairman micaand we all agreed we'd get it done. neither side got everything they want and anyone who takes that position in my opinion is not putting country fst. i don't care whether they are republican, a democrat, or anything else. we are not each of us going to get everything we want. lord knows. there's a lot i could do if i had a wand and could make it happen. but everybody has a different view of exactly how to go forward and i think we're being tested here. so i know it's tough going, and i know if we don't get a deal, it doesn't stop there, we'll keep on working. but there is no reason on this beautiful god'sreen earth why we can't get a deal here. if everyone is sincere in saying they want the middle class could be protected, we can get a deal here. president obama says $250,000 is the line, maybe i think $350,000 is the line, maybe someone else $500,000, maybe somebody else $150,000. we can meet somewhere and cut that reason somewhere in the middle. and save this country from t uncertai

i want to thank you, chairman mica, your support of the corridor, we look forward to a continued dialogue with him. >> welcome, and you are recognized. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to be back and speak to the committee once again. i would want to note that in addition to my affiliation with the american enterprise institute, i am a professor at cornell university. this semester, with a cornell graduate, whose company developed ezpass, i have started a new program at cornell, and i have information about that. that is to educate future generations of students and young people on the important issues that this committee addresses. i hope to work with the committee in the future and hopefully with yourself in developing this program. i think it is one of only two programs that are operational in the united states, focusing on infrastructure policy. i would like to draw everyone possible attention to that and seek your advice on that. i want to address a few things regarding the topic that the committee is focusing on today, which is the northeast corridor's future. there are ke