mr. whitehouse: mr. chairman, may i ask of the chairman if the bill -- if he would like the amendment called up now and made pending? or are we simply going to have discussion on it? mr. levin: no, no. we expect now the senator will be calling up his amendment. may i, though, correct what i said before. it is possible that there will be a need for a roll call on the whitehouse amendment. the presiding officer: very well. mr. whitehouse: first, mr. president, let me ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside the senate is not in in order to call up amendment 3180. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from rhode island, mr. whitehouse, proposes an amendment numbered 3180. whitehouse -- mr. whitehouse: i ask to dispense with further reading of the bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. let me thank chairman levin and ranking member mccain for their patience and persistence in allowing us

mr. gosar: mr. speaker, h.r. 57 8, introduced by the gentleman from washington, mr. reichert, would designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 103 center street west in eatonville, washington, as the national park ranger margaret anderson post office. the bill is co-sponsored by the entire washington state delegation, and was favorably reported by the committee on the oversight and government reform on june 27. mr. speaker, while we'll consider multiple bills this afternoon to designate multiple facilities, this bill gives us the opportunity to honor those who wear a different type of uniform, our countries' national park rangers. specifically this legislation would name the post office in eatonville, washington, for margaret anderson, a national park ranger who was shot and killed in the line of duty on new year's day in 2012. ranger anderson worked to keep the visitors of mount rainier safe and on new year's day she gave the ultimate sacrifice for the safety of others. f

mr. mica: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mica: thank you so much, mr. speaker and my colleagues. welcome back. the congress is back in session today. i guess all people's property and welfare and everything else is now at risk, but i'm pleased to be here to help lessen some of that risk that is a threat which has been offered to the united states in the form of a european union emissions trading scheme. and the bill that i propose today is s. 1956, which replaces a bill that was passed a year ago in october of 2011, and that's h.r. 2594. that's the legislation which i authored which basically does the same thing. and it prohibits or allows, again, giving the authority to prohibit the united states' aircraft and prapetors, commercial aviation from participating in the european union emissions trading scheme. let me take a minute and explain what this is. several years ago european union and some of the folks that are

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection, so ordered. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, yesterday members of the house foreign affairs committee, led by chairwoman ileana ross schneiderman, heard about the attack on our embassy in benghazi, libya. this resulted in the death of four corner american heroes. sadly -- four american heroes. the people deserve answers as to what happened on the evening of september 11, 2012. why did the administration not make an immediate response in the area of the consulate as requested during the six-hour attack? why did the administration place blame on a video rather than reveal that it was an organized terrorist attack in why has the administration failed to provide answers to valid questions after two months of inquiry as requested by house armed services committee chairman buck mckeon? it's my hope that the appropriate officials of this had administration will ap

mr. lee: mr. president, i rise today to speak in favor of the feinstein-lee amendment to the national defense authorization act. at the outset i'd like to note that this amendment is the product of bipartisan discussion and collaboration on an issue that's important to all americans. i'm pleased to have been a part of that process. senator feinstein and i have worked closely together over the course of the past year to craft what we believe represents a very prudent course in protecting both our nation and our liberties at the same time. security is important. and precisely because it's important, it must not be acquired at the expense of our individual liberty. it may well be said that government's most important basic responsibility is to protect the liberties of its citizens. our nation has fought wars on american soil and around the world in defense of individual liberty. and we must not sacrifice this most fundamental right in pursuit of greater security. especially when we can achieve securi

mr. udall: mr. president, we're in a quorum call, is that correct? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. udall: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: mr. president, i ask the chair lay before the senate a message from the house with respect to s. 743. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: resolved that the bill from the senate, s. 743, entitled an act to amend chapter 43 of title 25 united states code do pass with an amendment. mr. udall: i'd ask unanimous consent the senate concur in the house amendment, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate and any statements relating to the matter be placed in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without

mr. poe: mr. speaker, as waves crashed across the east coast a few weeks ago, taxpayer dollars were still being funneled as foreign aid around the globe. as families watched superstorm sandy wash away their homeland, the livelihoods that i built for many years, over 58 countries were still busy cashing checks from america. meerbling, out of all the countries we give aid to, i understand israel was the only country to send a life boat in the wind and rain and flood to help our victims in america. israel took the initiative to help the victims during this natural disaster. the israel flying aid organization has been giving gas to hospitals, batteries, food and generators to superstorm sandy victims. we've been there for many countries in the world. we send them our money but it's no secret that many of them hate us. they betray us and yet we still write them checks. while the united states needs to re-evaluate giving aid to countries that hate us, thanks should be given to our faithful ally, israel.

mr. cuellar: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank mr. thompson for the leadership that you have provided on this piece of legislation and other legislation that's so important for the security of our nation. i certainly want to thank also chairman peter king also and, of course, my good friend, michael mccaul, chairman mccaul, for being one of the original co-sponsors, along with mr. farenthold. a new member from the bounceville area, mr. faleomavaega, who always worked in a bipartisan way. the jamie zapata, this 915, has received bipartisan support in may when it was first passed by the house. it was overwhelmingly supported by the house. both democrats and republicans. went over to the senate and certainly i want to thank, also, senator lieberman and senator collins for the support of this bill. senator lieberman was outstanding in making sure we move this as quickly as possible. we have a bill that does two things. first things, enhances border security. and number two is to flame this particular bill in honor of a brave individual th

mr. wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, i want to commend chairman levin, who has brought his usual thoughtful approach to these issues for his help specifically in two areas. i've been especially interested in. i also see my friend, senator mccain, on the floor. he and i have worked together often on these issues and other matters and i want to thank him for his wise counci counsel as . i ask unanimous consent that lieutenant colonel matt groves, a department of defense fellow assigned to my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the date on s. 3254, the national defense authorization act. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: mr. president, as i indicated, i'm going to talk briefly on two amendments that i have a special interest in and the first is senator udall's amendment to strike section 313 of the bill. as a member of the senate committee on energy and natural resources, i have followed closely the p

mr. poe: mr. speaker, the -- a president has finally given us his balanced plan to allegedly avoid the fiscal cliff. he wants to raise taxes by $1.6 trillion. he wants another stimulus package of $50 billion. he wants the authority to raise the debt ceiling without asking congress for approval. say it isn't so, mr. speaker. this tax hike will hurt small businesses which provide 67% of the jobs in this country. that may fund the government for a short time. then, what's the plan? stimulus 2.0. because the first stimulus worked so well? that was a disaster as well. we have a $16 trillion deficit, and the president wants to spend more money. are you kidding me? spending is the problem. we don't need more of it. lastly, he wants the power to raise the debt ceiling without congressional approval. the administration cannot issue an edict like a money monarchy. congress, congress, congress is in control of the purse. we have gone wild and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman'

mr. reiskin was there along with other members of the sustainable streets division. i thought it would be good for us to get an update on what was discussed there. i think there are a lot of things we can learn from other cities that are going through the same challenges that we are with our multi-modal shift and goals. i know they recently came out in an urban streets design guide. [speaker not understood] called out transportation planners as being so important to the future of america. so, i know that we have thankfully some of the best and the brightest in the nation. so, i think it would be really interesting to just get an update from them about what went on there and what it's going to mean for us and our work. >> thank you. members, we'll ask mr. haley and mr. reiskin report back to the meeting. unfinished business? seeing none. >> item 7, directors report. and we are anticipating scott wiener shortly. >> better hang onto that for the first part. i will go to the next one, if i ma

you lost that case, mr. grossman brought against you, because it was clear that 699-13 only applies to ethics laws, not the public records access laws. my complaint involves that the sunshine task force and and the public records access issues, not ethics laws so starting with mr. croix who submitted documents early on in the process and the fourth page set of citations that the city controller issued all focused quite heavily on 699-13. with you all forgetting that citation doesn't apply to public access records law. and all along the defense in stalling production of the records that i have asked for, has hindged on the wrong application of ethics laws to a public records case. it has been noted that a narrow construction of 699-13 compels, the conclusion that it applies only to ethics laws. >> mr. shaw, can i ask you a question about that? >> i may defer my answer to mr. grossman who is the expert on this, if you don't mind, because unlike you, sir, i am not a lawyer. >> okay. my question is, i am not sur

mr. yuni on behalf of the city in a way in which we are so proud, so thankful for this opportunity to welcome the flag ship here, we would like to declare this unico day here in san francisco. [ applause ] >> thank you, very much. mayor lee and thank you very much everyone. i think that we are ready now to spread the unico ribbon for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, yes? if we could have, here we go, just underneath, yes, please. yes, i think that everyone has, yes, thank you very much. so, ladies and gentlemen, we are going to do it on the count of three. we will go, 3, 2, 1 for our guests and for our executives, obviously we have a number of very interested photographers here so please give us your best unico smile possible. ladies and gentlemen, so if we are ready, 3, 2, 1, all right? >> 3, 2, 1... [ cheers ] >> thank you very much, everyone. and i think that we will be opening in probably... >> yes? >> we will be opening very, very shortly. one moment please. >> also just to note, we welc

mr. sires: mr. speaker, hurricane sandy was an unprecedented storm that left a devastating impact on new jersey and the new york region, damaging homes, businesses and leaving millions without power. my district was hit tack -- particularly hard. numerous substations in our area were sub merged under water, leaving residents without electricity for nearly two weeks. as a result thousands of lehman have worked around the clock to assist those in need and help restore power. not only have those in new jersey and new york region joined together to help the impact by sandy, but hardness of individuals from across the country have come to lend a hand to the people of new jersey. just the other day as i was touring damages around my district i saw license plates that raised from wisconsin to louisiana. i want to thank all the workers and volunteers whether they have come around the block or hundreds of miles away to assist a region in our recovery. while the road ahead to full recovery will be long, there

mr. poe: mr. speaker, william from humble, texas, wrote me this about tax increases and how it will affect him and his family. he says, it seems to me that too many of us are going to be hit with a big tax increase next year. i can't afford to pay any more taxes. my family lives paycheck to paycheck. we stand to lose everything we've worked for. stop taxes from going up. with obamacare and tax increases, i have a feeling my family has no chance to get ahead. tell me my grandchildren will have a good life? i don't see it. i can't sleep at night worrying about the condition this country is in. help hardworking people. mr. speaker, washington has a taxing problem and not a spending problem. because the power to tax is the power to destroy, and that's just the way it is i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. mr. higgins:

mr. speaker, mr. speaker, lord justice leveson will be publishing his report and recommendation soon. the deputy prime minister said that provide lord justice leveson proposals are proportional and workable. that government should implement them, and we agree. so when the report is published, will the government convened cross party talks to take it forward? we need a strong free press. and we also need a proper system to protect people from being as prime minister said, thrown to the wolves. >> i agree with much of what you said about levinson. need to wait to see what he comes up with. a workable proportion. i think we should support him of course that is the whole point of the exercise but i also agree with her we should work on across party bases will begin. the are two principles, both of which she alludes. firstly that we must do everything to ensure we maintain a free, raucous, independent press. is what makes our democracy and the country what it is. but also, also make sure the vulnerable are

mr. speaker, mr. speaker, lord justice leveson will be publishing his report and recommendation soon. the deputy prime minister said that provide lord justice leveson proposals are proportional and workable. that government should implement them, and we agree. so when the report is published, will the government convened cross party talks to take it forward? we need a strong free press. and we also need a proper system to protect people from being as prime minister said, thrown to the wolves. >> i agree with much of what you said about levinson. need to wait to see what he comes up with. a workable proportion. i think we should support him of course that is the whole point of the exercise but i also agree with her we should work on across party bases will begin. the are two principles, both of which she alludes. firstly that we must do everything to ensure we maintain a free, raucous, independent press. is what makes our democracy and the country what it is. but also, also make sure the vulnerable are

mr. levin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings on the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. levin: mr. president, what senator mccain and i and our staffs are going to attempt to do tomorrow morning and -- is that shortly after the fourth vote that is now scheduled, the fourth roll call vote, we hope to be able to announce a finite list of amendments which would need to be disposed of before completion of this bill. that's going to be our goal. and we'll repeat that goal first thing in the morning. but it's important that people know -- that is now something that is important that we do because we expect there will be a cloture vote tomorrow -- excuse me, a cloture petition tomorrow, it will be filed, and if we can put together a finite list of amendments that need to be disposed of before final passage of this bill, that step may be unnecessary. mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain:

mr. poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the eyes of the world are on the gaza strip for eight days. hamas rained rockets down on israel. the mullas shipped rockets to the sudan, sent them up into egypt before smuggling them in tunnels. israel responded by doing the only thing a responsible nation could do, it defended itself. now the united states needs to show there are consequences for attacking this sovereign nation, consequences for hamas and iran as well. we should have stricter enforcement of sanctions against iran. iran and hamas both need to be held accountable for these attacks. israel are the moral right and legal duty to defend itself from the barbarians, hamas. there is a cease-fire but only until hamas obtains more iranian missiles. hamas is the pupp

mrs. boxer: mr. president? mr. president? mr. levin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that it be in order for the following first-degree amendments to be offered: sessions 3009, cardin 3025, menendez, 3232, nelson of florida, 3073, that at 9:30 a.m. on friday, tomorrow, november 30, following the prayer, that the senate proceed to votes in relation to the amendments in the order listed, that there be two minutes equally divided prior to each vote, that there be no amendments in order to the amendments prior to the votes. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. mccain: regerveg the right to object -- reserving the right to object and i will not object. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: as i understand, there's still no time agreements on them. mr. levin: that is correct. we will work out time agreements -- mrs. boxer boxer: reserving thet to object. mr. mccain: i still have the floorment in levin -- floor. mr. levin: in response, there is

mr. fitzpatrick? >> the foreign secretary said he's worried he is worried about the backlash from israel and others. given the sentiments, the refugee camps come at the object policy and the rest come how much more can we get that also means? >> well, unfortunately it could get worse. the palestinian authority is in a precarious financial position, although the united kingdom and the government is strong in that regard come and we will maintain a strong record. it is a difficult position. given the nature of the west bank, the proximity of israel, the difficult relations with israel, i guess things could get worse. there ways are ways in which they could get even worse. taking into consideration both sides. >> i welcome this statement. with every effort, we have a historical and moral responsibility. >> just come i am grateful to my humble friend. we are dealing with the urgency of it and the way we conduct things over the weeks and months. >> [inaudible] >> this is a matter for the israe

we did hear from mr. daniel weaver, miss veronica garcia, mr. henry kevane and mr. william walker who just spoke again just now. so thank you to the other applicants who are here again today. supervisor campos. >> thank you, madame chair. and thank you to all of the applicants who have come out. and for your interest in serving the city and county of for instance. it's always hard when you have more applicants that you have seats. i think any one of these applicants would do a great job in this position. so it's unfortunate that we only have six seats for nine applicants. so my hope is that whatever happens if for some reason you are not celebritied or appointed that you will continue to be engaged. people's schedules change, and their ability to do this may not be there. so i would keep -- i would hope that people would remain involved. i do have a quick question through the chair to the city attorney. is it possible if someone applied for a seat to appoint that person to a different seat at this point? or is that someone that would require us coming back? >> deput

mr. ian wright. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> the house will know my right honorable friend, the prime minister is on an official overseas visit to the middle east. mr. speaker, the whole house would wish to join me in paying tribute to the two british soldiers killed in afghanistan last week, our heartfelt condolences goes to the families and friends of these brave service men and with remembrance day on sunday we're once again reminded of the remarkable job our armed forces do to ensure our safety and security. furthermore, mr. speaker, the house would wish to join me in paying tribute to david black the northern island prison service officer who was shot and killed last friday. as my right noble friend, the secretary and state of northern ireland said in the house on friday we utterly condemn this cowardly crime. our thoughts are with david's wife and children at this distressing time. mr. speaker, i'm sure also the house would want to join me in congratulating president obam

mr. reid: mr. president, if you could direct the senate to be quiet. the presiding officer: the majority leader is correct. the senate is not in order. please take your conversations from the well. the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, the bill that was -- that was and is most important that sends the money to the pentagon was just killed, and that's cybersecurity. mr. president, i have had a number of people come to me during the day and said are you going to allow relevant amendments on this? i said sure. they said how about five? i said fine. but, mr. president, whatever we do on this bill, it's not enough for the chamber of commerce, not enough. so everyone should understand cybersecurity is dead for this congress. what an unfortunate thing, but that's the way it is. the sportsman's bill, mr. president, i filed cloture on this bill yesterday. unless we can agree to a limited number of amendments, we'll have cloture vote on the bill early tomorrow morning, probably around 9:00. if we get

mr. blumenauer: mr. speaker, mitt romney weathered a storm of criticism late in the campaign after hurricane sandy for his earlier comments about privatizing fema and turning responsibility back to state and local governments. but during an era of fiscal restraint and global warming, it's high time that we start this conversation in earnest. how big do you want your fema to be? how generous your disaster relief payments and how much do you want to pay for it? in today's "new york times" op-ed section, there's an article that points out potential liability for flood insurance alone is $1.25 trillion. second only to the liability for social security. right now we have arguably the worst of both worlds. the federal government responds to disaster usually paying too much for the wrong people to do the wrong things. we provide federal money to put people back in harm's way and sometimes provide infrastructure to make future risky development worse. we often take remedial action, like for theifying beaches, a

mr. clerk if we could forward this without recommendation. any other items before the committee? >> that concludes the items. >> that concludes the items. >> meeting is adjourned. >> also just to note, we welcome john haley here who is not at risk and he is acting on behalf of at risk today. >> i'm happy to be here. >> lastly, there will be no closed session for today's meeting. that item has been canceled. >> okay. >> item 6, introduction of [inaudible]. >> i was reading up on the coverage from the recent nacto meeting which is the national association of city transportation officials. and i know that we were well represented there. mr. reiskin was there along with other members of the sustainable streets division. i thought it would be good for us to get an update on what was discussed there. i think there are a lot of things we can learn from other cities that are going through the same challenges that we are with our multi-modal shift and goals. i know they recently came out in an urb

mr. speaker. i am sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to corporal david o'connor. o'connor and corporal channing day, rural army medical corps. we owe them and all others who have lost their lives a deep debt of gratitude. their courage have lost their lives in deep debt of gratitude. their courage and dedication and professionalism will never be forgotten by our nation. our sincere condolences with their colleagues, friends, and families. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings, and in addition to my duties in this house, will have meetings later today. >> i am sure the whole house will align itself with the remarks on our personnel and send their deepest condolences to their families. will the prime minister confirm that if he cannot get a good deal for britain in the eu to negotiations, he will use the veto and reject any advice on this matter from those who gave ours away? >> i can absolutely give my honorable friend that assurance. this government is taking t

mr. brashov ? - right here. i'm sorry about that mr. brashov, but i'm sure i can fix it. no problem. - what happened ? - oh, i crossed some wires. too bad you missed it, mr. brashov. the fireworks were terrific. i heard it. that was enough. how long will it take you to fix it, jamal ? oh. i'm not sure. i have to read the instructions again. sometimes it's hard to believe that jamal is an engineer. that's the trouble. he is an engineer, not a repairman. repair person, mr. brashov. thank you, rosa. if he had not been laid off, jamal would be designing bridges and highways right now. - but not burglar alarms. - no. not burglar alarms. look who i found. - hi, jess. - there's a stack of dishes waiting for you, henry. i live to wash dishes. what'll it be, jess ? - what ? - i asked you what you wanted. oh, sorry. how about a cup of coffee and a piece of apple pie ? - something different for a change. - what ? - never mind. - katherine. has anybody called me from the restaurant news ? - not since

mr. rogers. >> well, parking on sundays in the portolla valley area is a bad idea because people stay there all day. i am sure everybody will agreeing with that, but when it comes to parking i think that this is the solution to the short fall of muni is to provide tickets and be able to give this money to muni to able to make it run better, to have it have more money, and at this point in time i think they have hired 40 additional policemen and they become more aggressive in their ticketing style in order to be able to pay for their $40,000 year living, and i think it's getting to be too much. i am against all these tickets and i think they should go back to a simpler time when they didn't have as aggressive ticket policy. >> all right. thank you. >> that supposedly generates 2.5 million dollars but i believe san francisco is one of the number one tourist attractions in the united states. it generates $9 million tax revenue a year and the buddhists say in heaven and hell is on everyday. y

mr. reid: mr.president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 419, s. 3254, the defense authorization bill. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 419, s. 3254, a bill to authorize aeption prosecutes for fiscal year 2013 for military activities in the department of defense and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: we're going to recess, as we normally do on tuesdays, from 12:30 to 2:15 to allow for our weekly caucus meetings. we're going to begin consideration of the belise treaty this afternoon. we'll either do that with a vote or with permission. it is a simple majority vote to notify this most important piece of legislation. mr. president, i'm told that s. 3637 is due for its second reading and is at the desk. officer the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: a bill to temporarily extend the transaction account guarantee program and for other purpos

mr. yee. mr. bye. >> i completely oppose sunday and late night meters and our district. i agree with norman that it really will literally drive people out of the area and down to south city or some other area in which people want to come to this part of town for the small town experience that we have and shopping in westportal or walking around getting lunch at ocean or some place like that, but it's also speaks to something i mentioned earlier. it's another way that city hall is butting heading with residents and businesses. when residents feel threatened by the government they don't trust the government and we need less of the head butting and yes the city needs money but we can't do it on the backs of small business and the threats to residents and i completely oppose the meters on sundays and late nights. >> mr. crowley. >> in district seven i think it's necessary to dismiss this idea all together and let's not forget the holidays and they hit them as well. a one size approach doesn't

[music] >> one couple who were riding with us, morning and afternoon, mr. and mrs. lee. mr.ee was the dialysis patient and he's probably in his 80's and every time we would drive up to buchanan street, the hospital, mr. lee would say, "good job, fine driver, number one driver" and he would go like this [thumbs up gesture]. and then as brian would be helping him off the van, mr. lee, i heard him so often say, "brian, if anybody gives you any trouble you send them to me and i'll take care of them." and here great big old brian would say, "henry, you're the first one i would try to get help from." and he says, "the second one is elsa." [laugh] so we knew that we were being relied on by brian. a few weeks back, mrs. lee called brian early in the morning to tell him not to bother picking them up because they were already at the hospital. mr. lee was ill and she had taken him to the er. the next day or so, brian, on his lunchtime, found out that mr. lee had been admitted to the hospital and he went up to mr. lee's room and just stuck his head in just to say hello. and the minute m

mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings, and in addition to my duties in this house, will have meetings later today. >> here, here. >> andrew stephenson. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm sure the whole house will want to associate itself with the prime minister's remarks and send our deepest con doll lenses to the families. can the prime minister confirm that he will reject the veto and give advice on those who gave our veto away? [cheers and applause] >> i can absolutely, i can absolutely give my honorable friend that assurance. this government is taking the toughest line in these budget negotiations of any government since rejoined the european union. at best we would like it cut, at worst frozen, and i'm quite prepared to use the veto if we don't get a deal that's good for britain. but let's be clear, mr. speaker, it is in our interest to get the deal because a seven-year freeze would keep our budget down. labour's position is one of complete opportunism. they send the budget through th

mr. crowley. >> in district seven i think it's necessary to dismiss this idea all together and let's not forget the holidays and they hit them as well. a one size approach doesn't fit this and i suggest the parking lots at the ball field and we do dynamic pricing and that is one solution that is dense and know they're going to pay for parking and looking for solutions to fit their car in for free. only in areas where there is the retail wrap that should happen but in district seven it's a disincentive for the merchants. >> we are good at shooting the goose and in the foot and muni says we have a deficit let's gouge the drivers. are you going to drive anywhere? no. you're going somewhere else and where is that revenue that we need? and by the way give free passes to youth and expand it from there, so we gill the gooses and shoot the drivers in the foot by digging a deeper hole for yourself and why don't we increase revenue and ticket the people that are riding muni and not paying? enforce

mr. st. croix has a complaint against him and he gets to dismiss it on his own authority. and you don't call that some sort of a conflict of interest? the bottom line is you are here to insure that this process is an open process, and a fair process. i have heard a number of things here that i find totally discon certaining apparently miss herrick got her directions from mr. st. croix or your staff. she has had conversationwise mr. st. croix and the staff. and i have watched you a lawyer sit here and argue with mr. shaw who is not a lawyer which puts him at a totally unfair disadvantage and you see no problem with that. asking him legal questions and expecting him off the cuff to provide legal responses. and instead of being some what fair and saying, since mr. grossman is here and he is an attorney, let him speak to some of these issue and answer your questions, you would rather let it be mr. shaw who can't, and in your knowledge, answer those questions. so that you have justification for do

this is what mr. up the growth tells us in his book, but mike gillette has something else to tell us entirely, and i'm going to let him tell us. his particular story of how that came to be. >> well, she told me that the name was actually given to her by her to african american playmates, stuff and doodlebug. and, of course, ladybird is another word for lady bug. apparently it was decided later at some point that it needed the name -- the name needed to be attributed to her adult nurse because to do otherwise might give the indication of social interaction between the races, but -- and i have never read that anywhere else, but that is what she told me anyway. taken for what it's worth. >> isn't that fascinating? it's like the precursor to the civil rights act. >> this conversation is taking a nasty turn since i found out i got my tac -- facts wrong. [laughter] >> you know, you got so many other facts right in your book, i don't think you need to worry. i would like you each to talk a little bit, starti