mr. franks votes no. mr. loebsack? is. >> no. mr. loebsack votes no. mr. zeuser? >> no. mr. schuster votes no. ms. tongas? >> aye. >> ms. tsongas votes aye. >> mr. conaway? >> no. >> mr. conaway votes no. mr. land born? >> no. >> mr. lanborn votes no. mr. johnson? >> aye. >> mr. johnson votes aye. mr. hunter? >> no. >> mr. hunter votes no. ms. spear? >> [inaudible] >> ms. spear votes aye. >> dr. fleming? >> no. >> dr. fleming votes no. mr. barber? >> no. >> mr. barber votes no. mr. coffman? >> no. >> mr. coffman votes no. mr. carson? >> [inaudible] >> mr. carson votes no. >> ms. shea-porter? >> no. >> ms. shea-porter votes no. mr. gibson? >> no. >> mr. gibson votes no. >> mr. ma thai? >> no. >> mrs. hartsler? >> no. >> mrs. hartsler votes no. dr. hecht? >> no. >> dr. hecht votes no. mr. castro? >> no. >> mr. castro votes no. mr. runyon? >> no. >> mr. runyon votes no. ms. duckworth? >> aye. >> mr. scott? >> no. >> mr. scott votes no. mr. peters? >> no. >> mr. peters votes no. mr. palazzo? >> no. >> mr. mass sow votes no. >> mrs. robe by? >> mr. brooks? >> [inaudible] >> mr. b

mr. valadao: mr. speaker, this has been a tough one for me because i am the only dairy farmer in this room. it's been a tough issue because i have lived it for the last 15 years. and i have seen how programs created by this body have hurt dairy farmers. and there's been a lot of programs eliminated in this current farm bill. it's a good thing. it takes us in a more market oriented direction. what i see here is we are continuing that same path in a small way. this margin insurance by definition is an insurance when you lose money. you lose money because you are -- you are producing a product consumers aren't buying. we have to have -- if government's going to continue to push money in that direction, we have to make sure they don't continue to produce that product consumers don't want. the argument that people are going to -- miss out on an opportunity to export, if there is an export market and they are producing for that they will sell that product. you can't have a subsidized product coming into the

mr. young: i thank the gentleman and i ask the gentleman if he agrees with me that section 811 was not intended to be a cap or a baron sole source awards above $20 million, and also ask if he's concerned about the growing number of reports that agencies are treating the threshold, requiring sole source justification as a proficient on such awards? mr. mckeon: will the gentleman yield? mr. young: i yield to the gentleman. mr. mckeon: i agree that it's intended to provide those awards but was not intended to be a prohibition on such crlts. mr. young: mr. chairman, i ask to you join me with my colleague from hawaii, ms. hanabusa, to continue oversight on federal agency implementations of section 811 and going the controller general provide us with a full report with respect to any inconsistencies in the ways agencies are implementing section 811 and negative impacts on such sections as having native american contractors and provide recommendations how the provisions should be better implemen

mr. carter: mr. chairman, at this time i yield atches time as he -- as much time as he may consume to mr. rodgers from the great state of -- rogers from kentucky, a former great prosecutor for the great state of kentucky. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding the time. mr. chairman, i rise in support of this bill. first, i'd like to thank our colleagues for their careful consideration yesterday of the military construction, veterans appropriations bill which as you know passed overwhelmingly in the house. there were only four members who voted against that bill. and i'd like to ask all of the supporters of those bills, that bill, to continue on this bill today. a very conscientious piece of legislation that i believe can and should pass this body on a bipartisan basis. the bill before you, as the chairman and ranking member have said, provides $38.9 billion for the department. in such austere budget times, this bill rightly prioritizes spe

mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman for yielding and i rise in opposition to this rule. as it fails to make in order several important amendments, including one from representative speier and gabbard that would have continued a critical debate on the urgent problem of sexual assault in the military. the previous speaker has pointed out how important an issue this is. if it's such an important issue, it really deserved broader debate in this house fully. unfortunately the rules committee sought fit not to allow them in order. i want to thank hem for making in order the amount by ranking member, mr. smith, to close the detention facility in guantanamo bay, cuba. i have been to guantanamo i don't know how many of my colleagues have been there, but i have been to guantanamo. and guantanamo is a significant drain on the department of defense's resources. there are other reasons which i will speak of, but the numbers speak for themselves. it cost us $1.6 million per detainee. that's versus $34,0

mr. palazzo: mr. chairman, i rise today to discuss my amendment which ensures adequate funding for a valuable program already authorized within this farm bill. my amendment would simply provide the funding of the agriculture technology innovation partnership from the funds already available for that purpose. as a member of the science, space and technology committee we often discussed the significant role technological advancements play in maintaining u.s. competitiveness among global industries and growing our economy -- in growing our economy. my amendment is simple. it adds absolutely no extra cost to this bill or to the taxpayer. it authorizes existing funds within the agricultural research program budget to support the program which has already been established by the usda. for those of you unfamiliar with the program, the agricultural technology innovation partnership, atip, is a partnership set up to harness the research and development capabilities in innovations -- and innovations of usda's r

mr. culberson: mr. speaker, mr. chairman, i have no objection to the amendment, we are all committed to make sure our veterans when they return home are fully employed, well taken care of and i think i thank my friend from the texas legislature for offering his amendment and we have no objection. the chair: the gentleman yields back. he gentleman from georgia. mr. bishop: mr. chairman, after returning home from the war, veterans now are fighting for jobs back home. according to the bureau of labor statistics, last year's unemployment rate for veterans was 1.1%. a significantly higher figure than -- 12.1%. a significantly higher figure than that of nonveterans. even more staggering, 19.1% of young veterans between the ages of 20 and 24 are unemployed. all veterans, because of their service, have basic skills. and the only thing that they're missing is formal job training to match their abilities for the specific needs of an employer. this is another issue on secretary shinseki's plate. i believe that anything that we

mr. murphy: mr. speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. if adopted the bill will be amended and immediately proceed to final passage. mr. speaker, i want to thank chairman carter and the ranking member price for working together truly in a bipartisan manner on the underlying legislation. with this bill we have shown that we can put partisanship aside and do what's right for the american people. providing the necessary funding for the department of homeland security to keep our nation safe from attacks, as well as responding to natural disasters. just as we have the responsibility to support important work that homeland security does, we also have the responsibility to make sure we are spending funds -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. he house will be in order. mr. murphy: we also have the responsibility to spend funds where they are most needed. after witnessing the tragedies caused by recent tornadoes in moore,

mr. defazio: mr. chairman, we could have done this bill as a suspension two days ago, that is, it probably could pass the house by unanimous consent which is very rare if this provision hadn't been added. there is consensus on both sides of the aisle that it's critical we move forward with this agreement to wecks -- with mexico to deal with shared resources in the western gulf of mexico. however, the republicans have chosen to use this as a vehicle to launch yet another attack on the wall street reform on the dodd-frank reforms. which is totally unnecessary. and obviously, it was presented as it's potentially possibly maybe a future problem for american oil companies if the mexicans chame their law, under their existing law there's no problem, we'll see disclosure, disclosure by mexican companies that ared bying, or american companies that are bidding, or any other foreign company bidding in the gulf, you'd see full disclosure. no one would be at a commercial or economic disadvantage. but the premise

mr. shimkus: i think those comments were to mr. davis. mr. mr. speaker, i rise to pay tribute to one of baseball's greatest and st. louis heroes of all-time, stan musial. stan the man was an unblemished icon both on and off the field. musial's historic numbers over his 22 seasons with the st. louis cardinals make him one of the greatest to ever play the game with 3,630 hits, 475 home runs, 1,951 r.b.i.'s and a lifetime .331 batting average, he was one of the most consistent hitters of his era. musial's performance on the eld earned him 24 all-star appearances, three national league m.v.p. awards, three batting titles and three world series championships for cardinals nation. stan the man was immortalized in the hearts of cardinals fans when his number six was retired and his statue was erected outside of busch stadium from a famous quote from baseball commissioner frick, i quote, here stands baseball's perfect warrior, here stands baseball's perfect night. but stan musial was more than just an example of baseball excellence. he epitomized america

mr. andrews: mr. speaker, i deeply respect the authors of this amendment and respect balancing competing concerns but i respectfully believe they struck the wrong balance. one concern i have here is that money is fungible. food is not. the possibility of corruption occurring not because of the good-faith n.g.o.'s but because of some of the forces and the countries we are talking about is a problem. i believe the effect of this program would be to undercut our merchant marine activities, our agricultural exporters and ultimately undercut support within this country for a robust program of food aid to the rest of the world. the present structure of the program is inclusive. it builds support. i respectfully think this amendment would detract from that support. for that reason i would urge a no vote. yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield one minute to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern. the chai

mr. mcintyre? >> no. >> mr. mcintyre votes no. mr. forbes? >> no. >> mr. forbes votes no. mr.rady? >> aye. >> mr. raidty votes aye mr. miller? >> no. >> mr. miller votes no. mr. andrews? >> no. >> mr. andrews votes no. mr. wilson? >> no. >> mr. wilson votes no. mrs. davis? >> no. >> mrs. davis votes no. mr. langevin? >> no. >> mr. langevin votes no. mr. bishop? >> no. >> mr. bishop votes no. mr. larson? >> no. >> mr. larson votes no. mr. turner? >> no. >> mr. turner votes no. mr. cooper? >> aye. >> mr. cooper votes aye. mr. klein? >> no. >> mr. klein votes no. ms. bordallo? >> [inaudible] >> ms. bordallo? ms. bordallo votes no. mr. rogers? >> no. >> mr. rogers votes no. >> mr. courtney? >> no. >> mr. courtney votes no. mr. franks? >> no. >> mr. franks votes no. mr. loebsack? >> no. >> mr. loebsack votes no. mr. schuster? >> no. >> mr. schuster votes no. ms. son gas? >> aye. >> ms. tsongas votes aye. mr. conaway? >> no. >> >> mr. land bourne votes no. mr. johnson? >> aye. >> mr. johnson votes aye. mr. whitman? >> mr. whitman votes no. mr. hunter? >> no. >> mr. hunter votes no.

mr. barber. >> yes, mr.i share concerns raised about gitmo, but i would like to yield. >> the gentleman for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i share many concerns raised, but inevitably this country has to get the job done. i'd like i'd like to get the bounce of my time to mr. smith to enumerate the steps that make sense that we can move his agenda forward. i yield the balance of my time to mr. smith. >> this is just but one step. mr. ordinary spray. we only do this every year we just do it every year as long as it's until you can't transfer the amount of guantÁnamo back to the u.s. cannot think any of us want to just let them go. we want to lock them up, a fair number of them. some have been deemed safe enough to transferred, but prohibition of blacks transferring back to their country as well. the amendment is very straightforward. it does not require the guantÁnamo bay inmates be transferred to the u.s. it merely allows what we've done congressionally by mr. forbes is absolutely right, he got the

mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentleman from texas, the distinguished chairman, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i yield myself 4 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 4 1/2 minutes. mr. mcgovern: thank you. mr. speaker, i want to begin by thanking chairman sessions and thanking the staff and the rules committee, both the majority and the minority, for their hard work in trying to put this rule together. i want to commend chairman sessions in particular i think for making an honest attempt, for trying to include as many amendments as possible. there are over 100 amendments that have been made in order. and i appreciate the fact that so many members -- amendments were made in order and many democratic amendments were made in order. unfortunately some important amendments were not made in order. which means that those of us on this sid

mr. bishop: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 876. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 52, h.r. 876, a bill to authorize the continued use of certain water diversions located on national forest system land in the frank church river of no return wilderness and the saltway britter root wilderness in the state of idaho and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop, and the gentleman from the northern mariana islands, mr. sablan, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. mr. bishop: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. bishop: mr. speaker, this bill was a great bill the first time we passed it, the second time we passed it and it i

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i can unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, last monday i attended a briefing by the american enterprise institute concerning foreign policy issues. i particularly appreciated the presentation by fred kagen, and he provided a map which i believe should be known by the american people of the al qaeda and associated movement areas of operation and safe havens. by said somalia is led warlords. in mali, there are new reports of terrorist training with surface to air missiles. this war began with safe havens in afghanistan on september 11, 2001. i believe we should be proactive, working with our allies to stop terrorists overseas. we cannot wish the threat away because in fact threats are growing. we should support peace through strength to stop terrorism from overseas or face more attacks on the streets of america. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never for

mr. quigley: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to urge my colleagues to come together and improve our broken, misguided and convoluted tax system. the time is right for tax reform. we currently spend $1 trillion through the tax code each year, all of which is offbudget, meaning it is not scrutinized each year by appropriators. once a tax break is written into the tax code, it is usually -- it usually remains. unlike discretionary spending programs, which are re-examined for their necessity each year. perspective, $1 trillion would be the single largest government spending program, larger than the pentagon's budget, larger than social security and larger than medicare or medicaid. as we desperately search for ways to reduce the deficit, we are making deep and painful cuts to discretionary spending, all the while we are spending close to $1 trillion through the tax code with little oversight. i've introduced a bipartisan ill with congressman renacci which would bring greater transparency and oversight to such e

mr. royce: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks include extraneous material on this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. royce: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of bipartisan legislation that i authored to help secure observer status for taiwan at the international civil aviation organization. this legislation requires the secretary of state to develop and execute a strategy to ensure taiwan has a seat at the table for i.k.o.'s upcoming september meeting. it has been over 40 years since taiwan was last a member of i.k.o., and indeed a lot has changed in that 40 years. as it stands now, all communications between taiwan and the u.s. on aviation safety must be channeled through the american institute in taiwan, which is our nation's de facto embassy in taiwan. the

mr. cassidy: mr. chairman, this amendment simply stipulates that no later than 60 days after the enactment of h.r. 2231 the secretary of interior shall issue rules to provide clarity, certainty and stability to the revenue streams we just discussed that 2006. eated by gomesa of this federal law allows the states to use this money for the restoration of coastal areas and the mitigation of damage to natural resources. however, the bureau of ocean energy management, formerly mmf, has not issued the necessary rules and regulations. in 2009, a letter signed by the governors of alabama, louisiana, mississippi and texas, it's now 2013, over six years since congress passed gomesa and the rules have not been published. the lack of implementation impeds gulf states and other subdivisions to conduct the planning efforts the need to maximize coastal protections. it's overdufort the rules to be published. it directs it to move so. i ask for approval of the amendment. i yield to the gentleman. mr. hastings: i think

mr. turner. mr. turner votes no. mr. duncan. mr. duncan votes no. mr. mchenry. mr. jordan. mr. chafits votes no. mr. wahlberg votes no. mr. langford. mr. amash. mr. amash votes no. dr. gosar votes no. mr. meehan. votes no. dr. dejardlay votes no. mr. gaudy. mr. gaudy votes no. d.. farentho so no. mr. woodall. mr. woodall votes no. mr. massey. mr. massey votes no. mr. collins. mr. collins votes no. mr. meadows. mr. meadows votes no. mr. bentavolio. votes no. mr. desanties. votes no. mr. cummings. mr. cummings votes aye. mrs. maloney. mrs. norton. ms. norton votes aye. mr. tyranny. -- tierney. votes aye. mr. clay votes aye. mr. lynch votes aye. mr. cooper. aye. mr. conley. mr. conley votes aye. ms. spear votes aye. mr. cartwright. mr. cartwright votes aye and mr. pokan. votes aye. mrs. duckworth. mrs. duckworth votes aye. ms. kelly. ms. kelly votes aye. mr. davis. mr. davis votes aye. mr. welch. mr. welch votes aye. mr. cardenas votes aye. r. horsford votes aye. ms. grisham. mr. jordan. you're not recorded. >> mr. hastings. how do you vote? >> no. >> mr. hastings votes no. >> doe

mr. clay: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from missouri, the honorable jason smith, be permitted to take the oath of office today. his certificate of election has not arrived, but there's no contest and no question has been raised with regard to his election. the speaker: without objection, so ordered. will representative-elect smith and the missouri delegation please present themselves in the well of the house? and will all members please ise? and will representative-elect smith please raise his right hand? do you solemnly support and swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states, foreign and domestic, that you'll bear allegiance to the same, that you take this freely without mental reservation and you will well and faithfully discharge the duties on the office for which you are will to enter so help you god? congratulations. you are now a member of the 13th congress. without objection, the gentleman from missouri is recognized for one minute.

mr. fleischmann: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i rise to honor my father, max fleischmann jr. my dad passed away on saturday, last saturday. we buried him monday in the national cemetery in chattanooga, tennessee. and i wanted to talk to america today about a very special man. astoria, new n in york, on december 29, 1925. he grew up during the great depression. his stories were legend. he talked to me about dime movies and penny candy, about radio, about what it was like to grow up in the great depression when his father had to take in other families and live with them. this generation was coined later as the greatest generation and now i know why. he would have folks come and visit the house, a fellow by the name of mo howard and his wife, helen would come by would come by and sing and play the piano. little mo was playing in a group called the three stooges. he would have a lady by the name of gladys visit their home. her brother, her late brother was a musician, an escape artist who had been deceased called harry

mr. moran: mr. chairman, i have gotten that clarification and we will wait until we are -- the chair: and the clerk will read. the clerk: page 58, line 19, section 406, none of the funds made available may be transferred except pursuant to transfer authority provided in any appropriations act. section 407, none of the funds may be used for a project named for an individual serving as a member, delegate or resident commissioner. section 408, any agency receiving funds in this act shall post on the public website any report required. section 409, none of the funds may be used to maintain a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading and exchanging of pornography. section 410, none of the funds may be distributed to the association of community organizations acorn or its subsidiaries or successors. section 411, none of the funds may be used by an agency to exercise the power of eminent domain. section 412, none of the funds may be used by an agency of the executive branch to pa

mr. lamborn. >> i have an amendment 132 at the desk. >> the clerk will pass out amendment number 132. >> while we are passing out the amendment let me give you an update. they are saying on the floor they will probably start the vote at ten and go until 11. i think you would like to not come back here at 11. so again, just a word of note unless you have something really important to say, you don't have to say it. i'm not determinism what's important. mr. lamborn, the gentleman is now recognized for two minutes for the purpose of offering and explaining his amendment. >> thank you mr. chairman. this would fence off the funding for the cooperative threat reduction program. the flat reduction engagement account until the president certifies russia and china are complying with the obligation not to test under the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty, which the president said he wants the u.s. to ratify there's nothing against that account hopefully this will never have to take effect but it'

and i'll recognize my colleague mr. price. mr. price: mr. chairman, i appreciate the chairman yielding. i also want to oppose this amendment, although i want to say to my colleague that i very clearly understand the purpose of this amendment and i think it's a worthy purpose. i think we should pay for these inspections through fee revenue and the fees need to be adequate to the task and so the gentleman as i understand it is trying to apply pressure in that situation so that gets done. that's a worthy purpose. but the risk is simply too great with a blanket prohibition of discretionary funds to be used for inspections. the risk is simply too great that the inspections, vital inspections, inspections that can't lapse, would not go on. so i have to reluctantly urge defeat of the amendment though i agree with and understand its underlying purpose. i yield back. mr. carter: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the

mr. reed. mr. reed: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to talk about an issue i deeply care about, and that issue is the affordability and ability of students across america to get a college degree. mr. speaker, as we face this impending student interest loan cliff on july 1, i want to share with you and with the american public a personal story. i'm the youngest of 12. i have eight older sisters, three older brothers, and my mother and father made a commitment to each other that each and every one of us would get some sort of the clerk will designate the amendment degree or advanced degree. my father passed when i was 2 and there were six of us left in our household that my mother had to raise on her own. and i went to college, went to law school and i watched in her eyes the fulfillment of that promise that her and my dad made to each and every one of us. now, not all of my siblings went to law school. one got a vocational degree cutting hair working in arizona. i have a law degree and there is a whole mix in betwe

mr. ve la: mr. speaker, i thank -- mr. vela: mr. speaker i thank mr. o'rork for putting together this special order and i rise in opposition to provisions which condition a pathway to citizenship on the construction of additional border fence. historically our country has criticize the construction of barriers of all time. for instance new york 1987, president reagan stood at the brandenburg gate near the berlin wall and said, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. two years later the wall was demolished, ushering in a new era of economic harmony. as someone who lives on the board for the brownsville, texas, i can state with certainty the argument that construction of additional border fence will stem the flow of undocumented migration and increase border security is flawed for many reasons. first, directing more border fence drives a wedge between border communities which are culturally united. many who live on the u.s. side of the southern board ver family an friends who live on the mexican side and vice versa. the current border fence has come to symbo

mr. nugent -- aye. mr. cook -- aye. mr. wenstrup -- aye. mr. jones, mr. jones. >> the bill passed, right? >> that is correct, sir. >> the motion is agreed to. it is laid upon the table. for what purposes the gentleman from washington seek recognition. >> i would like to assert the right of any member to file an alert for inclusion into the house on the bill just ordered reported. >> pursuant to clause 2l, all members are committed to not less than two calendar days. fork unanimous consent clerical changes be removed from the bill on provisions that would cause the beer bill -- bill or end in an earmark. i ask unanimous consent that the chairman the authorized to make such notions as are to go to conference with us. without objection, so ordered. finally, i would like to thank the council team who worked so tirelessly on drafting this mark. who areof our staff standing here with amazement on their faces wondering how we beat 3:00. [laughter] thank you all very very much. .> no further business the committee stands adjourned. [captioning performed by nation

mr. leahy: mr. president, a couple of things. we've been talking about the schedule and all. we are moving forward. the time has started now on this vote. it is obvious that a majority, a very large majority, bipartisan majority of the senate will support an immigration bill. i know there have been proposals for amendments. i'm not going to make a proposal. i'll leave that for the leader. but there have been efforts to get a finite number of both republican and democratic amendments that we can vote on. most under normal circumstances would probably be accepted by voice vote. i would hope we can do that because i think that we could be able to complete this immigration bill in enough time so our, especially our staffs which will have a great deal of work to do putting it together, staffs on both sides who work long hours even after the rest of us leave, that maybe they can actually have some time with their families and prepare for the celebration, celebrating this great nation next week. mr. presid

quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. reid: i ask consent it be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: it's my understanding regular order would be my calling paul amendment 1200 as modified, is that right? the presiding officer: the senator may call for regular order with respect to that amendment. mr. reid: i so move, mr. president. the presiding officer: the amendment's now pending. mr. reid: pardon me? the presiding officer: the amendment is now pending. mr. reid: it is pending? i move to table the paul amendment and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

mr. miller: mr. speaker, i rise to commend two young men from richmond, california, who will begin class this is fall at tallahassee community college in tallahassee, florida. sounds pretty straightforward, i know, but these are no ordinary students. what makes these young men from my congressional district stand out is their background. it's not just that most people thought they would never go to college, in fact most people thought they would never make it out of the neighborhood. people thought they would end up in jail or even worse. two senior fellows at the city of richmond's office of neighborhood safety peacekeeper fellship, an office that does remarkable job in changing violent lives. they are shining examples of what remarkable transformation individuals are capable off when they desire to make a positive change in their lives and supported in that effort. from a life dominated by gun violence in the streets of richmond to noses buried in books in college -- at college, internships in wash

mr. mckeon: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mckeon: i rise in support of h.r. 1960, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2014, which overwhelmingly passed the committee on armed services. in keeping with the committee's tradition of bipartisanship, ranking member smith and i worked to produce this bill and sole is ted input from each of our members. we already adopted 169 amendments during markup and look forward to debate on the floor. the legislation advances our national security objectives, provides support and although gist particular call resources for our war fighters and helps 21st ted states the century challenges. $25.2 billion in the base budget and authorizes another $85.8 billion for overseas contingency operations consistent with the house budget and the bill contains no earmarks. of critical importance, the bill takes serious and significant steps to end the crisis of sexual assault in our military.

mr. butterfield: mr. horsford, i think the question that has been raised by the gentleman is a very pertinent point. we have seen over the last 18 to 24 months, a deep cut in our federal budget. there are some who believe that discretionary spending is too much and that we need to engage in what i call draconian cuts to discretionary spending and because of that, we have seen discretionary accounts reduced significantly and is going to affect not only higher education but public education as well. mr. horsford, i want to thank you for allowing me to say a few words here this evening. this is a very appropriate conversation for the congressional black caucus to have. i want to thank you and mr. jeffries for coming to the floor each week and lifting up the issues that the congressional black caucus feels are so vitally important to debate here in this congress. ms. fudge has left the floor but i thank the chair of our caucus for all that she does. she stays in perpt tall motion and i want to thank her publi

>> yes, sir. >> and then when mr. delrano asked you about it again you gave the same answer. >> yes, sir. >> but you knew that was a lie? >> yes, sir. >> again, you lied because you wanted to give a plausible answer to miss fulton as to why you didn't go to the wake? >> yes, sir. >> but on april 2nd interview you were, in fact, under oath. >> yes, sir. >> and you knew that? >> yes, sir. >> and you made a decision then because of how difficult the situation you had just been put in, you decided to lie about going to the hospital rather than say something that might be painful? >> yes, sir. >> in the interview -- in the first conversation with miss fulton on march 19th, and there's a letter on march 19th, at no time did you mention that you heard trayvon martin say "a little, get off, get off"? >> yes, sir. >> is that correct did you say that? >> yes, sir. >> in the meeting that you had, the conversation that you had with miss fulton on march 19th, before you did the interview later, and in the written statement that yo

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, i ask consent that the senate resume consideration of s. 744, the comprehensive immigration bill. aeupbd ask that the time -- and i ask that the time until noon be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees and i be recognized at noon. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i indicated last night that i was going to create a vote at 11:30 this morning, but senators mikulski and shelby have asked that we put that over a little bit, so we're going to do that at noon because they're having important work on the appropriations committee. we'll continue to work through amendments on the bill today. hopefully we can have a, at that time at noon have a path forward on this legislation. we have a number of amendments that are now pending. we hope to have a way of disposing of those. i hope there's something that can be worked out. senator landri

when mr. de la rionda was conducting the first interview by law enforcement. >> trayvon mother -- >> trayvon's mother sabrina fulton, correct? >> yes. >> was in the room with you when mr. de la rionda was asking you questions for the first police interview. >> yes, sir. >> and where was she in the room? >> beside me. >> so she's sitting right beside you as de la rionda was asking you questions as his office was investigating this murder case? >> repetitive. also the nature of the questions. >> sustained. >> your honor, may i have a little latitude on cross examination please? >> you're being given a lot of latitude, as you're entitled to. the objection is because you repeat the answer of the last question in your new question. and i think that you're required to just ask a new question. if you want to ask another question that gives an answer, you may do so. but the objection's to continuing to repeat the answer in your new questions. >> i apologize. my effort's to be precise so the witness kn

mr. wilson: 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, the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, during the memorial day work period, i was grateful to participate on a congressional delegation visiting with service members and our allies. we went to thank them but the reality of our new greatest generation, they have inspired us. we began in kosovo where they're nursing a 5-year-old nation with a muslim majority while respecting the rights of a cris ann minority. in germany we thank the hospital for lifesaving care of courageous warriors for freedom. in the american city of germany, we were assured of germany's appreciation of america's promoting peace through strength. across afghanistan, we witnessed a developing civil society from the rubble of a soviet occupation. we have trained 322,000 afghans into an effective source to protect the civil

mr. givner, just to really, since our last budget meeting and when we heard this item, i believe the mandate was denied by the courts. they filed preliminary injunction. can you give us a status where we are with the courts? >> sure, deputy city attorney jon givner. after the board approved their initial resolution, the court denied the writ. the action is still pending. the law library filed a preliminary injunction that was set to be heard this month. and as of earlier this week, maybe it was late last week, the law library's counsel took that motion off calendar. so, they're not currently seeking to preliminarily enjoin the city from removing them from [speaker not understood], that doesn't mean that the litigation is over and there may be additional motions in the future. but for now there is no -- no motion pending trying to stop us from moving them to 1145 market and no -- and we don't anticipate in the immediate future that that's going to be an issue. >> thank you. thanks, mr. upd

mr. warner: mr. president, i'm disappointed that the senator from iowa didn't accept the majority leader's proposal to let us finish this bill in a more orderly process, but i -- i have watched this debate and want to add my voice to those who have come out and complimented the enormously good work, bipartisan work that the gang of eight has performed in their efforts to forge a bipartisan compromise on an issue that is of rashable importance to this country, to our economic growth, to our security and quite honestly to the character of our country. i look forward to voting in favor of this legislation. i will not recap all of the components and the path of how we got here, but suffice it to say that this -- this critically important piece of legislation fixes our broken immigration system, ensures adequate and some would say, i would even say undue border security, allows part of those 11 million undocumented individuals to earn their path to citizenship or earn their path to legal status, learning

mr. clerk any announcements >> yes, please silence all cell phones and other documents. all documents shall be submitted to the clerk. all items will be on the agenda >> thank you, colleagues we have one item. and from the department of technology. so mr. clerk call item number one >> the ordinance to retroactively accept the grant from the national science of foundations and ordinance 9645 to accept the position at the department of technology and a okay good morning. i'm ken i'm representing the department of technology. the national science foundation awarded to the san francisco the grant to cover the costs of mr. chris intergovernmental science technology office. the amendment provided that all direct costs including salary and fringe will be reimbursed and this is to accept this agreement in the expenditure of the funds >> colleagues any questions? and a okay. we don't have a budget analyst report so we'll move on to public comment. that i public comment? >> seeing none, public comm

mr. chaffetz: mr. speaker, i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member here for their consideration. this is a good, commonsense bill, it's passed out of the congress last time and i appreciate the borne nature, particularly the gentleman from arizona, mr. grijalva, for his positive words and the passage of this piece of legislation. h.r. 251, the south utah valley electric conveyance act transfers title on certain portions of the electric distribution system operated by the south utah valley electric service district, local users repaid all applicable construction costs to the federal government decades ago this bill is needed because in order to become more efficient and more effective, ownership needs to be transferred. the system is part of a larger strawbury valley project that began in -- strawberry valley project that began in 1906. the transfer of title will divest the bureau of reclamation while providing them greater autonomy to manage in the way that best meets its needs. it is consi

mr. issa. mr. mica. mr. turner. mr. duncan. mr. mchenry. mr. jordan. mr. chafe its. -- mr. chaffetz. mr. lankford. mr. mosh. mr. meehan. mr. gaudi. mr. ferrin told. mr. hastings. mr. woodall. mr. massey. mr. collins. mr. meadows aye. mr. bent avolio aye. mr. desantis aye. mr. cummings no. no.norton mr. tierney no. mr. clay no. mr. lynch no. mr. cooper no. mr. connolly no. .r. cartwright >> no. >> mr. poe can. >> no to mccarthy. >> voting no to what? >> i'm voting no to the mccarthy-ite tactics that our site is not even allowed to vote, so i'm voting no. >> continue. >> ms. duckworth no. mr. davis no. mr. welch no. mr. cardin us. horseferdfurred -- no. >> how is mr. mchenry recorded? aye. is recorded as voting woodall?. >> not recorded. >> is there anyone else who seeks recognition to vote? >> sir, you are recorded voting aye. >> the clerk will report. >> 22 aye's, 17 no's. >> the resolution is agreed to. the resolution finding lois lerner waived her fifth amendment privileges on may 22, 2013, is approved, and we stands adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite

mr. leahy: mr. president -- and i would notify the assistant republican leader that i will be making a unanimous consent request in a few minutes, after my remarks, so i didn't want him to be surprised by that. you know, members representing all corners of this great nation have been working hard on amendments to improve this comprehensive immigration bill. for a week now we've been trying to negotiate a package of noncontroversial amendments to include in this legislation. my experience over the years both in the majority and the minority, whatever bill you have before the senate, when you have a list of noncontroversial amendments, they're simply agreed to by everybody and put in the managers' package so as not to take up a day voting on things that are going to pass anyway. and last week i filed a managers' package of amendments. i removed from the list the ones that had been objected to by other members. instead, though, the republican minority has taken the position that in order to even clear

mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: i have three unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent these requests be agreed to and they be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president i'm about to suggest the absence of a quorum, but i would ask consent that upon the lifting of the quorum that i be recognized for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president would the senator yield? mr. leahy: i withhold my request. of course. mr. nelson: the senator the esteemed chairman who has his leadership has brought us to this point that we're on the brink of passing a major immigration reform bill, and the senator has heard my com

mr. reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: the majority leader. mr. reid: following my statement, the republican leader will be recognized. i ask unanimous consent that i be recognized when he completes his statement. the president pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: mr. president, following leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of s. 44, the comprehensive immigration bill. following the remarks of senator mcconnell and the reporting of the immigration bill, i ask that i be recognized -- but i'm sure that'll be the case anyway, so ... the president pro tempore: without objection. mr. reid: does the bill need to be reported? at the teethe president pro tem: under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of s. 744, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 80, s. 744, a about i will to provide for comprehensive immigration real estate form and for other purposes. -- comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. mr. rei

mr. nugent: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. turner. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. turner: thank you, mr. speaker. about five years ago in my community we were saddened to hear of the news of the tragic ath of marie lodderback, who was a marine to report the sexual assault she endured and came forward and reported her belief of a subsequent pregnancy from that sexual assault. only to have the marines inform her and the accused of the sexual assault, the perpetrator, that they would wait until her baby was born and when the baby was born they would do d.n.a. testing, and if the d.n.a. testing showed the baby was the accused's, then they would move forward with prosecution. and until then they left the two in close proximity. until the accused murdered marie in her eighth month of pregnancy and burned her in her backyard in a bonfire. it's at that time i saw the issue of sexual assault in the military was not just one

mr. crump over the telephone? >> yes. >> were you telling mr. crump trayvon martin said, as you heard, are you following me? is what you said he said, correct? >> yes. >> and that the first thing that you told mr. crump mr. zimmerman, what are you talking about? do you remember saying that yesterday? >> yes. then that changed to what are you doing around here? >> i am going to object. >> rephrase your question. >> the first time you answered the question, what did you hear? you said that the the other man, mr. zimmerman said, what are you talking about? do you remember that being your answer? >> i remember that, yes. i don't remember, but yes. >> you saw that on the deposition and you agreed that's what you said. >> yes. >> and then when asked again or whether you were talking bout that same thing, again. instead of saying what are you talking about? it became what are you doing around here? correct? >> yes. >> then at your deposition, when i took your deposition, you said, in the letter

i yield back, mr. chairman. >> mrs. tucker, the gentleman asked you do you think it's wrong target conservative groups? and you said it was incorrect. could you answer the gentleman's question, was it wrong? >> chairman issa, i feel compelled to make sure that everyone understand the meeting i was in when russell george and his team came in to share just their routine. here are the audits we have underway, mr. george, at that time, basically said we are initiating an audit -- >> that's not the question. and i apologize. the doctor asked you a fairly straight forward question, which is as one of the highest career professionals in the irs, you were now aware that these bolo were used to target and delay for up to three years a legitimate answer to peoples' application based on the ideology. do you think it was wrong? >> no, sir. what i'm trying to tell you is that's not what i was told in the meeting. >> i'm not asking about the meeting. i'm asking what is now known. >> when the -- when they issued the final report, in a

we have a budget report from mr. rose. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee, on the bottom of page three of our report we say it's shown in table three, we submitted invoices. in addition they offer the contractor estimate expenditures of 266, 723 to complete the reconstruction work and the total project cost presently at 95,367 and on page 5 of our report we point out that given the significant delays of the 8 months prior to submitting this request to the board of supervisors, additional four months to submitting to the budget of supervisors and the subject emergency request for not to exceed 595 meeting the emergency and authorizing this contract award without undergoing the city as bidding process. we recommend that you do amend the proposed resolution to reduce the requested emergency authorization by 266723 to not exceed 395268. i would recommend -- the reason we're recommending those amount because those expenditures that been occurred and we ask you to see bids to the lowest response of bidder for the reconstructi