mr. clarke: thank you. the funding source that i'm using to offset the cost of this amendment i believe won't undercut the vital mission of this agency, unlike the other sources that have been mentioned. however, i am willing to work with the majority on negotiating a proper funding source. all i care, the bottom line is that the public is safe and that we are diligent and do the best that we can to identify these bacteria sources that could make the public sick. and i ask for the yeas and nays. mr. kingston: if the gentleman from california will yield. mr. farr: certainly. mr. kingston: i want to say, the concern that i have just again, not doing all the -- not having the advantage of being able to research things thoroughly, but we're taking $1 million out of a $3 million account and putting it into a $77 million account and it just seems disproportional at this point. i'm wondering if during the process there might be an opportunity to emphasize that we want the ag marketing service to really be sure tha

mr. clarke. i represent columbus, ohio, which has been one of the two cities that's received urban security initiative funds and the current version of this bill would restrict urban security initiative funds to only tier-one cities which would be the top 10 riskiest cities. the problem is, the risks don't stop at number 10. and, you know, it's not clear that there's any significant reduction in risk between the 10th riskiest city and the 11th riskiest city. this is an arbitrary decision and the clarke amendment ends the arbitrary 10-city restriction and allows the department of homeland security to have discretion in funding risks. it does not increase funding one cent. i urge adoption of the clarke amendment and, you know, i'd just like to make it clear that the whole point of this amendment is to remove an arbitrary restriction and give the department of homeland security the ability to fund where the risks are. mr. stivers: this amendment does not add a dime to the cost and it just removes --

attorney general ramsey clark who joins us live now from new york mr clark thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us i really do appreciate it. more of course is never meant to be a pretty thing it's a serious business and you know when accidents happened well the consequences are really serious too shouldn't these civilian casualties be seen in the broader context of a mission to supposedly help the people of libya against a terrible regime i think the civilian casualties in fact all of it please you to be seen in the context of a war of aggression which nurnberg charter and in your bird judgment defined as the supreme international crime. new united states initially or and perhaps still now to some degree or nato has a right to attack of. libya hundred international it's not the first time i want to be in one nine hundred eighty six after president reagan because the attack on tripoli and benghazi killing hundreds of civilians there at that time and first the first target was the compound were current but i feel of it that they hit the office wearing the same one you see in

mr. clarke: -- mr. kingston: i actually want to say something, we were talking earlier about some of the overlaps in these federal food assistance programs and to me this is the case where this is a program where there's a lot of overlap with food stamps and we should look at that, realizing that that's the authorizing committee's jurisdiction, not much i can do more than comment on it. but let me yield to you. mr. clarke: thank you very much. and i would ask for a vote on this. the chair: does the gentleman -- mr. kingston: i withdraw my objection and we accept the amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. . the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> i rise to offer an amendment. the clerk: page 6, line 11, insert after the dollar amount the following, reduce

mutilated by huge army marching against each other time and time again for years but mr clarke it was much easier about mom and vietnam of course it was much easier though in those days of that with a limited media to control the message by the white house by the congress by the by the the forces in power now the people do have access to this information they see the consequence of the wars why do you think there isn't broader support behind messages like yours to end these complex why are folks like yourself marginalized and c.n.n. with all due respect sometimes that's french by the mainstream establishment. or i think the mainstream media is still the dominant. informer and opinion setter. you know facebook and all these things are she was kind of an entertainment or a game or. irrelevant career but not not the serious word not the official word so. the domination of the media by the same interests that. she will leave military industrial complex. is a threat to life on earth and who stands to benefit from this i mean do you see any any indication that more folks will sign on to wha

mr. clarke already talked about the difficulty of finding housing for youth raised in san francisco. it drains san francisco of its use and affects the youth and the city by separating them from each other. it makes it harder for them to maintain connections they have had as youth. this project is unique. i believe it should be recognized as a model and replicated across the country. you are utilizing the strength of local organizations to maximize the strength of the city's greatest asset which is our young people. i want to point out that for young people in foster care in san francisco, they are often moved to other county to grow -- counties to grow up. it is harder for them to come back when the ci

mr. clarke already talked about the difficulty of finding housing for youth raised in san francisco. it drains san francisco of its use and affects the youth and the city by separating them from each other. it makes it harder for them to maintain connections they have had as youth. this project is unique. i believe it should be recognized as a model and replicated across e

mr. clarke. >> on behalf of supervisor cohen for the late renee. on behalf of the full board for a firefighter. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> this meeting is adjourned for the evening. >> welcome to "culturewire." since december 2005, the museum of the african diaspora, known locally,moad, has presented programs that celebrate and explore the culture, history, and art of people with african descent throughout the and added states and throughout the world. the director of cultural affairs recently met with the museum director. to learn more about the current expedition, textural rhythms, constructing the jazz tradition, contemporary african american quilts. >> welcome to "culturewire." today, we are at the museum of the african diaspora, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary occupying one of the premier cultural district in the world, the yerba buena cultural arts center in san francisco. joining me is the cultural art director. tell us what moad's mission is. what does it do? >> the museum of the african diaspora show

mr. clarke. >> on behalf of supervisor cohen for the late renee. on behalf of the full board for a firefighter. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> this meeting is adjourned for the evening. >> thank you very much for coming this morning and welcome to the rededication of the reservoir. we are happy to be here today. this represents one of the milestones in our project. we are happy to share this with you. this reservoir has been empty the last two years and today, you will hear the sound of water rushing to fill it again. it makes the city safer, provides water for customers, for firefighters, for after an earthquake. we will be updating our systems. this was originally built in 1885. 125 years old. it takes care of a good part of san francisco, places lower than this. it is an incredibly important part of our system in san francisco. it was a $39 million project and it came in under budget. we are doing it effectively and efficiently. we do appreciate the folks who worked on it. it is part of the $4.6 billion water system impr

mr. clark, do we have any further items before us? >>i do not believe that we do. so, we are going to adjourn the meeting. thank you. i feel like all of us are starng to see what the problems in this country are. i think plenty of people are opinionated. i don't think there's many forums where you can really express yourself or try to make a difference or anything. i mean...wha'...whatdo... what do i do, ya' know? the only people that i'm able to affect are the people who care about what i have to say. there is something you can do, but i'm sure it wouldn't be, uh...easy. different man: i get angry about it, but it's like... ya' know, in my own apartment. [laughs] >> good evening, and welcome to the may 25, 2011 meeting of the board of appeals. we apologize for any delay. thank you for your patience. joining us is the vice-president michael garcia, who commissioner fung. controls is our legal assistant, and i am the executive director. at the front we have representatives of city departments. goowe have the senior building inspector and scott sanchez, also represen

mr. clarke. >> on behalf of supervisor cohen for the late renee. on behalf of the full board for a firefighter. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> this meeting is adjourned for the evening. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it st

supervisor chu: thank you very much, mr. clark. again, all items on the agenda had been called, and they are all related to the budget. -- thank you very much, mr. clerke. we have for our day-to-day a couple of departments that had not yet reached agreement with our budget analyst last week, so we will be bringing those departments back up today. why don't we start with the department economic and workforce development? since we did hear from you last week with regard to the general direction of the department among other things, if we could just concentrate on the budget analyst recommendations and where you are with those? >> yes, good morning. director of the office and economic workforce development -- we work diligently with the budget analyst over the last week, and i am pleased to say that we are in agreement with their recommendation. there is one recommendation that i believe is memorialized in their report to you that we have for the negotiated since it was published, and i believe we have agreed that it will be withdrawn.

mr. clarke already talked about the difficulty of finding housing for youth raised in san francisco. it drains san francisco of its use and affects the youth and the city by separating them from each other. it makes it harder for them to maintain connections they have had as youth. this project is unique. i believe it should be recognized as a model and replicated across the country. you are utilizing the strength of local organizations to maximize the strength of the city's greatest asset which is our young people. i want to point out that for young people in foster care in san francisco, they are often moved to other county to grow -- counties to grow up. it is harder for them to come back when the emancipate. most of the youth we work with, we house in alameda county because of the difficulty of finding affordable housing for transitional housing. it is something we're working on. this project is genius in its idea. you have the players together to make sure the execution is eloquent and effective. [tone!] supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is r

mr. clarke, call items four, five, six, and 7. >> item four, hearing to review the mayor's proposed a budget for fiscal year 2011-2012. item five, with and it's appropriate estimated receipts and estimated expenditures for selected parts of the city and county of san francisco for fiscal years ending june 30, 2012, and june 30, 2013. item six, proposed annual salary or and it's in the marine positions in the annual budget appropriation ordinance for selected departments of the city and county of san francisco for fiscal years ending june 30, 2012, and june 30, 2013. item seven, resolution concurring with the certification the services previously approved can be performed by private contractor for a lower cost than similar work performed by city and county employees. supervisor chu: thank you. before we begin, supervisor mirkarimi would like to say a few words. supervisor mirkarimi: i have to go and chair the public safety committee. i do not expected to be a very long meeting, so i am interested in engaging the department of the environment and department of public utilities commission, and

mr. clarke: i offer an amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. clarke. mr. clarke: i move to diss pence with the reading. lume lime i object. the clerk: at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following, section, public b, public law, under the heading for assistance for affling, $77 million shall be merged with funds under the heading agricultural marketing services. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from wyoming seek recognition. mrs. lummis: i reserving a point of order. the chair: point of order is reserved. the gentleman from is recognized for five minutes. ms. clarke: i ask unanimous consent to re-- mr. clarke: i ask unanimous consent to reserve and we can provide nutrition foods and pressure fruits and vegetables to those who liven around this country that the gentlelady from mislee described as food deserts. this government spends hundreds of millions of dollars to build agricultural businesses to help support farmers to help to start new businesses to address new desert issues. that money isn't spent here, but spent in

mr. clark is recognized for five minutes. i didn't see that. my good friend is recognized for five minutes -- an extra 30 seconds. >> thank you very much, mr. thompson. let me look at the conditions. when i was in texas i chaired the budget for the prison system, pretty good sized prisons system. spent a lot of time trying to see what conditions there are and whether it is taxes or anywhere else, the conditions--rates that we look at and all of you are familiar with it. when you go in there, we are talking not only about the prisons at state level but look at the federal level and looking at this particular issue, when you look at the majority that we have, state prisons compared to federal? how do we address the issues you want to bring in or the issues of criminal gangs, mexican mafia or whatever it might be how do we address the issue when most of the prisoners are in prisons where we deal with budget cuts and deal with issues like that? how do we address this issue and not forget about criminal gangs that most of them are going to stay here,

mr. clarke of michigan. an amendment by mr. sessions of texas. an amendment by mrs. lummis of wyoming. an amendment by mr. carter of texas. an amendment by mr. price of north carolina. an amendment by mr. sherman of california. an amendment by mr. gosar of arizona. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on an amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan, mr. clarke, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. clarke of michigan. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of

mr. clarke of michigan, amendment number 9 by mr. brun of georgia, amendment offered by ms. richardson of california, the amendment a by mr. gosar of arizona, amendment a by mr. broun of fwea, amendment offered by ms. foxx of north carolina, amendment number 12 by mr. broun of georgia, amendment b by mr. gosar of arizona, amendment b by mr. broun of georgia, amendment c by mr. broun of georgia, and amendment offered by mr. stearns of florida. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record the

mr. clarke, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair. just from the onset, i want to talk from personal experience, i grew up in the city of detroit, in the inner city, born and raised there. and that area has a reputation of being a tough place. maybe it was no tougher than growing up in new york or brooklyn or something like that. but there is one issue, that many, many young men and in my opinion too many young black boys end up going to prison. they would have been better off if they had gotten treatment for their mental illness, for drug addiction. they have a chance to learn how to read they wouldn't have ended up in prison. so we do have a problem, i believe, with our sentencing policy. but needless to say, in my closest childhood friend spent years, spent decades in the penitentiary. once these young kids go to prison, they become hardened criminals by virtue of their time in prison. so, the focus of this hearing in the sense that we're looking at what's wrong with the prison culture and how can we change it, how can we improve i

mr. clarks recognized for five minutes. >> i'm sorry recognized for five minutes and an extra 40 seconds. >> thank you very much mr. chairman and mr. thompson. let me just look at some of the conditions. i used to chair the budget for the prison systems and that's a pretty good size prison system. i've gone through the prison system and spend a lot of time trying to see what conditions there are and i think what is in texas or anywhere else you have three things that come into play. staffing issues is one of them. the conditions of recidivism and all of the markham ended with, so when you go in there we are talking about not only the presence of the state level, but you look at the federal level not only the federal level we are looking at this particular issue but when you look at the majority of the prisoners that we have and the state prison is that correct compared to federal? so, how do we address the issues you want to bring in or of criminal gangs of mexican mafia, whatever it might beco

mr. clark another large store and can see a move in his future. >>> about seven hours away from tonight's showdown between republican presidential contenders, which brings us to today's talk back question. and we are joined with carroll. >> and this is from mike, why won't you ask the real question? why didn't their plan work under george w. bush when they controlled congress? i would like to hear what they will offer that obama doesn't and how they plan to take care of the economic crisis of national debt and i hope there is not any mudslinging. and this is from joshua. i would like to hear them talk about education. eyewitness the skyrocketing cost of attending a university. start to focus on the backbone of america and tell us what you're going to do to make the american dream reachable. and this is from amanda. i would like to hear what each candidate thinks of obama, and what each candidate thinks obama has done well and what each thinks george w bush did poorly, and it would be nice to se

mr. clarke: thank you, mr. speaker. it's time for us in this congress to begin withdrawing both our troops and our tax dollars from afghanistan. now, for now it's important to still train the afghan national army, but we don't have to spend $100 billion a year and keep over 100,000 troops in afghanistan to help keep stability in that country. we need to cut back our borrowing and our spending in afghanistan in order to cut our debt and our deficit right here. but equally important, let's take that money that was slated to afghanistan and it's our tax dollars in the first place and let's redirect it to the united states to protect americans here at home with stronger homeland security. and all the money we spent in afghanistan repairing bridges and roads and building schools and businesses, let's redirect both the economic aid to the united states because we need jobs here. redirect our tax dollars from afghanistan to help americans back to work. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose

mr. clarke: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan will be postponed. the gentleman from nevada. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. heck of nevada, page 47, line 17, strike 10 and insert 25. the chair: the gentleman from nevada. mr. heck: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm offering this amendment to restore funding to the top 25 cities under the urban area security initiative. this issue is personal to me. i spent a great deal of my career in the antiterrorism field. i've developed threat assessments and plans for terrorism countermeasures and prevention on the local, state and federal levels. i oversaw medical response operations to the embassy bombings in east africa in 1998 and the bombing of the u.s.s. cole in 2000 and i was a first responder to the world trade centers. i felt the heat from the pile as it melted firefighters' boots, i breathed

mr. clarke: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, americans are at risk, they're at risk of having their homes and their businesses demolished, of being injured and even killed. either by a natural disaster such as the tornados that have hit us recently or through a terrorist attack that are more likely come from within the united states. this is not the time to cut the homeland security budget. and that's why today i propose taking military aid to afghanistan and redirecting it to better equip and to hire more firefighters, more police officers, more emergency medical providers, because our state and local governments, they don't have the money to do that, because our home values have plummeted, because of foreclosures that this congress failed to address effectively. there's one responsibility, though, that this congress must honor, our duty to protect the american people. we deserve, those of us that live in this country, we deserve to be safe, restore the cuts to the homeland security budget, we direct the money from afg

mr. clarke: i'll tell you how congress can best balance the budget, do these three things, help create more jobs, stop foreclosures, help keep people healthy by providing health care to everyone. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. cohen: the agenda of the house should be jobs, jobs, jobs, yet here we are in june and the republican leadership has not put forth one single jobs bill and the american people want that. the democrats have proposed a make it in america program. a make it in america agenda that will close tax loopholes that encourage u.s. jobs to go overseas to provide hometown tax credits to help small businesses sell products overseas, to boost incentives to create clean energy jobs, so we don't have to spend so much with our military and lives protecting oil imports from the middle east. it requires contractors to use american goods and services. me democ

mr. clarke: number one, it's very obvious. our first responders, our firefighters, they're the first there to take care of the public when a natural disaster such as these tornados that have hit our country demolish homes and injure people. but most importantly it's this, our local units of government right now, they don't have the money to properly equip and staff their firefighters and here's why. their property values that they depend on for their funding, well, they've been diminished because of the foreclosure crisis, a crisis that this congress has failed to effectively address. so there's one duty, however, that we can't turn our back on and that's the safety of the american people. and that's why i urge you, at least partially restore funning for these important firefighter grants and while i may have a problem with the funding source of this amendment, i'll tell you the appropriate way to fund our first responders and firefighters and police officers and emergency medical providers, take a share of the military aid th

clark. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and i'd like to associate myself with your opening comments as a new yorker, we are indebted and indeed grateful to our armed services, our special forces and intelligence community for eliminating the threat that was osama bin laden. i'd like to just state that for the record. let me ask the entire panel. although safe hatches have been identified in pakistan, yemen, and somalia, they each are unique and present different challenges for u.s. officials. how do the three countries differ especially as it relates to our counterterrorism strategy, and how does the u.s. adapt to the differences? >> >> i guess i'll start with that. >> okay. >> each of these are very unique countries, and in the case of somalia, there has not been a fungsing government for over -- functioning government for over 20 years so we have a multi-- a multipronged strategy in order to start building stability with the transitional federal government forces. we're working with the african union who provide

mr. sinatra to bring the house band down with penny clark and all those guys.m down. we played with frank for grace kelly, cary grant, all those people. and he said good job, kid. cuckoo. never saw him again. and four years later, i get a call from hawaii, joe, it's francis. i'm in hawaii directing a film. and i just heard the record you did with basie. it's a waltz. da, da, da. and he said i'd like the way you did it. put it in 4/4 for basie. he said, that's what i want to do. would you consider doing a record with me and basie? i said, man, are you crazy? is the pope a catholic? that was in hawaii two days later and worked with him the rest of his life. >> one more past you. michael jackson. i can't not talk about michael jackson. you had -- >> well, what is there to say? in the music, man. ♪ thriller >> started on the wiz and he said i'm going to do an album on this. can you help me sign a producer? singing "ease on down the road" with diana. we thought we'd get him a song. finally got the song, "you can't win" with the crows, you know. >> yeah. >> scarecrow

mrs. beautler: these aren't just empty numbers, these represent families and lives. clark county, 10.2%, 11.9%. mrs. butler: lewis county, 13.2%, 12.5%. 11.8%. 12.9%. and 8%. one of the reasons and let me compare those numbers quickly. you know, one of the reasons that i'm not happy about 8%, i'm not happy about 13%, but there's a slight difference in the reason that the counties are slightly lower than other counties and that's where the state government is housed so there are more government jobs, more public sector jobs in that area. ms. herrera beutler: but the rest of the district and even in thirsten county is based on small businesses. those are the hearts and souls of our economy. small business owners, entrepreneurs, mom and pop shops. i got to tour a vacuum pump, an engineer that started a small little company, built it up, he's passing it onto his son, who he's now expanded into two accounts and he has a vision to grow and hire people. in fact, he has been able to stay afloat these last few years because a lot of the trade that he's done, he's done, he deals wit

mr. coll for his opening statement. >> randy weber clark and members of the opportunity thank you for the opportunity to testify. almost a decade after the september 11th attacks the threat to the united states and the related groups is diminishing but remains a persistent. most encouraging the al qaeda field politically and by doing so isolated itself, its violence in the absence of constructive ideas and programs caused populations to turn away on the degette potential when the recruitment of fund-raising the death of some of the mud and will challenge them to the leadership succession crisis in al qaeda history. group's claims on the grievances and imaginations of disenfranchised muslims is waning. yet no terrorist organization requires the following to inflict substantial disruptive damage. al qaeda remains capable from time to time of killing dozens and hundreds of citizens at once including on american soil as evidence from recent plotting makes clear. it's already been made of the zazi case and the near miss on northwest flight 253. both of these involve safe havens abroad with pak

clark was around, i recognize the gently for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman.hank you to our panelists for bringing her expertise here on this very important topic. i share some of the sentiments that you heard from my colleague on this site of the aisle, and i will share with you where i'm having a bit of difficulty. it has to do with the definition of terrorism, and i understand the specific terrorism that we're talking about with regards to radical islam your country and. in the purview of this committee which is homeland security over all. my concern is that we don't minimize the terrorism that many communities face due to gangs in this nation. and in some of the response that i have heard, it kind of made it seem as though garden-variety gang activity does not translate into terrorism. and i'd like us to not lose sight of that, while understand the purview of this hearing, for us to minimize what happened. i mean, war on drugs, which is the purview of homeland security if we don't see these criminals enterprises as undermining our nation. so i'd like to as

clark. just one in memoriam today. she passed away on the age of 94. she was born on april 8, 2004. she was married to james flood in 1938 at the mansion. she and mr. flodod owned a ranch where she was an accomplished equestrian. she volunteered for several organizations. she served at a dining room. she volunteered for the salvation army during the holidays and for the red cross during world war ii. she spent time is visiting friends throughout europe. during the conference at san francisco, she and her husband hosted several foreign dignitaries during the event. she had a confident style, renowned beauty, and a sense of humor. she is survived by 22 grandchildren. she will be loved by all those who adored her. >> supervisor carmen chu. supervisor chu: two items from me. one is the inquiry to the public parks to discuss their long-term plans c for theamp. many of our district and city camp residents go and frequent this. we are looking for the needs at the facility, five years' worth of data on the facilities including the discussion of the department's plan to meet the capital needs of that facility. the second item is a hearing request. many of m

i would ask unanimous consent that shelby clark and damon be given privilege of the floor for june 21, 2011. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: