drove out the startling news that mr anderson and two local union carbide executives were under arrest on exactly the rest can you tell us exactly who they arrested mr mr. and mr i was. arrested mr imus in the world yes i am and there was a decision. that. should be understood by the world. and everybody knew that it was coming for the magistrate and for. you know with me . that we were charged with violations of several indian or was generally related to a problem like which mr anderson had been arrested on charges of criminal and constructive negligence offenses carrying a possible two year jail sentence and theoretically no chance of bail not even the company's lawyer could see the men as they were confined under house arrest he wasn't going anywhere so i have a problem. representative the u.s. government to lend any assistance possible are you surprised that the chairman of union carbide has been arrested since he's here to try and solve a problem i'm missing a little at the magic pradesh state headquarters a senior official confirmed the government would be seeking compensation for damages and they launched a bitter attack on union carbide this go

mr. pilpel: it is a sub area within south of market. mr. alonso: are we in agreement that we know where it exists? mr. mcdonnell: i believe so. mr. alonso: and i'm pretty sure it does not matter. mr. mcdonnell: mr. pilpel has proposed it. mr. pilpel: i would probably be ok with it as is. mr. mcdonnell: any objection to the insertion? ok. that includes district 6. only five more to go. >> this is long. mr. mcdonnell: district 7. so -- ms. tidwell: this gets to the consultants point that i listed out all of the neighborhoods and they just included them as listed in the [mumbling] boundaries. mr. mcdonnell: i am not sure what your point was. ms. tidwell: just explaining the difference. mr. mcdonnell: thank you. beginning with the consultants. let's go the other way around. any deletions? jamie? are there any of these that we should not list? >> i do not believe so. i think this is a great list. mr. mcdonnell: you think this is a great list? all in favor? all: aye. >> if they have submitted their boundaries, also a list of neighborhoods that are included in the central council, then i think this is representative of those neighborhoods. mr. mcdo

and i think that mr. -- mr. romney and mr. ryan are two guys that can come along. e, i never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be president anyway because -- yeah. i think attorneys are so busy -- you know, they're always taught to argue everything and always weigh everything and weigh both sides. and they're always, you know -- they're always devil's advocating this and bifurcating this and bifurcating that and all that stuff. i think it's maybe time -- what do you think -- for maybe a businessman. how about that? a stellar businessman. quote, unquote, a stellar businessman. and i think it's that time. and i think if you just kind of stepped aside and mr. romney can kind of take over, you could still use the plane. though maybe a smaller one. not that big gas guzzler that you're driving around when you're going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that. you're an ecological man. why would you want to drive that truck around? okay. well, anyway. all right. i'm sorry. i can't do that to myself either. anyway. but i'd just like t

but i just-- i just think that there's so much to be done, and i think that mr.-- mr. romney and mr. ryan are two guys that can come along. see i never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be president anyway, because it-- ( cheers and applause ) yeah. i think-- i think attorneys are so busy-- you know, they're always taught to argue everything and always weigh everything and weigh both sides, and they're always know-- they're always devil's advocating this and bifurcating this and bifurcating that-- you know, all that stuff. but i think it's maybe time-- what do you think-- for maybe a business man. how about that? ( applause ) a stellar business man, quote, unquote, a stellar business man and i think it's that time. and if i think if just kind of stepped aside and mr. romney could take over, you could still use the plane. ( laughter ). though, maybe a smaller one, not that big gas guzzler that you're driving around when you're going around to colleges and talking g about student loans and stuff like that. you're an ecological man. why would you want to drive that truck arou

mr. schreiber: yes. ms. tidwell: yes. ms. lam: yes. mr. mcdonnell: thank you. all right. district 2. oh, -- mr. pilpel: oh, can we also have them not avoided -- voided -- mr. mcdonnell: please keep going. >> can we separate and jordan park from the village? mr. mcdonnell: the proposal is to keep -- i will refer to it as the consultant draft. >> i am sorry. no. mr. mcdonnell: hold on. the proposal is to use the consultant language of district 2. mr. alonso: yes. mr. leigh: yes. ms. melara: yes. ms. mondejar: yes. ms. lam: yes. mr. pilpel: no. mr. schreiber: yes. ms. tidwell: yes. sure. do i leave it in the paris laugh -- paragraph form? mr. mcdonnell: be consistent and line it up. ok. moving into district 3. ms. tidwell: i am just cutting and pasting the consultants on the bottom. mr. mcdonnell: yes. in district 1, we did not use consultant. mr. pilpel: couple of things i am confused about now. if we are using the consultant language, i think this is two words. i do not know about keeping the parentheticals, and we receive somewhat different testimony about russian hill. i'm not sure we are saying we kept it together in district 2. ms. tidwell: that was part of my note-jotting-down. i was quickly taking notes

mr. levin, reserves his time. the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i yield two minutes to a distinguish member of the ways and means committee, the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for two minutes. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in favor of the bill that we are facing here today to spend an interesting debate that we've had now for sometime. i learn a lot traveling around my district, but it was especially compelling when i was at a manufacturing plant less than 40 employees and they told me unprovoked that they said the estate going up to 55% would devastate their business. those were their words. devastate their business. it's not just farmers and ranches -- ranchers that would pay the estate tax, it would be small businesses. very thriving small businesses who put people to work, who provide health care and business and truly the 35% rate is a compromise. i would prefer to see no estate tax given the fact that it is double taxation and certainly 55% is what many folks would consider confiscatory in nature. so i rise in favor o

mr. mcdonnell: when can you work? during the break. he will get that to you. mr. schreiber: yes. mr. pilpel: pass. ms. lam: the outreach section? mr. mcdonnell: these are lessons learned and recommendations. this is if they go into the body or remain as an individual. ms. lam: can we included in the full body? mr. mcdonnell: all of these are being determined -- considered to determine if they go into the fall letter or if they remain as individual insertions. ms. lam: full body. ms. melara: no, because i think it is included in the body. mr. mcdonnell: thank you. mr. leigh: yes. mr. alonso: no. ms. tidwell: yes. >> i was going to make the same observation. parts of this are already there. it is augmenting it a little bit to get what is not there included. mr. pilpel: if we are not able to edit, i would not include it in this way. mr. mcdonnell: ok. thank you. ms. mondejar: included in the body of the report. maybe at the last sentence. -- edit the last sentence. mr. mcdonnell: your response but the break for editing. ok. thank you. on mr. pilpel's? everyone take a moment to read this suggestion. >> the question you're going to call is all or nothing? mr. mcdonnell: that i

mr. cravaack, and the gentleman from washington, mr. larsen, will each control 20 minutes. mr. cravaack: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. cravaack: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cravaack: thank you, mr. speaker. in march, 2010, the u.s. coast guard ruled that mil ambings cs lake was a -- that mil lembings lacs lake was a federally navigable water body. currently, the rum river is dammed in three places and the same army corps report said the dams prohibit through navigation. in addition, two previous army corps determinations in 1931 and 1974 also considered the river nonnavigable. i'd like to submit the u.s. coast guard determination for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cravaack: thank you, mr. speaker. now the u.s. coast guard is forcing all mille lacs lake fishing guides to spend time and money to obtain a federal boating license this can run well ove

and applause] >> my fellow republicans, my fellow americans, i am proud to introduce to you the next president of the united states of america, mitt romney! [cheering] >> thank you. >> mr. chairman... mr. chairman and delegates...: [cheering] mr. chairman and delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states! [cheering] i do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you placed in me. it's a great honor. it's an even greater responsibility. and tonight, i am asking you to join me to talkwalk together, to a better future. and by my side, i have chosen a man with a big heart from a small town. [cheering] he represents the best of america. a man who will always make us very proud, my friend and america's next vice-president, paul ryan. in the days ahead, you are going to get to know paul and jenna better. but last night, america got to see what i see in paul ryan aircrafts strong, caring leader who is down to earth and confident in the challenge this moment demands. and i love the way he lights up around his kids and how he is not embarrassed to show the world how much he loves his mom. but paul, i still like to playlist on my ipod, better than yours. four years ago, i know many americans felt a fresh excit

and an opponent. the chair would now recognize the gentleman from california, mr. dreier. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on h.r. 6169. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: thank you very much, mr. speaker. an exorbitant amount of ink has been spilled chronicling the many divisions here in the united states congress. i was just speaking a couple of hours ago in the well about the bipartisan consensus we were able to put together on the trade issue and i've got to say that the differences of opinions between and within the democratic and republican parties are extraordinarily well documented and too little attention is focused on the kind of bipartisanship that we've had on issues like the one we were debating earlier today but having said that, even though it doesn't get much attention, there were a -- there are a number of issues, mr. speaker, on which we can all agree we have all agree, for example, that dramatic reform of our budget process is needed. we may diverge on

and applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. mr. mr. chairman, mr. chairman and delegates -- [ cheering and applause ] >> mr.hairman and delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. , i cept [ cheering and applause ] >> i do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you've placed in me. it's great honor. it's an even greater responsibility and tonight i'm asking you to join me to walk together to a better future and by my side i've chosen a man with a big heart from a small town. a big [ cheering and applause ] >> he represents the best of america, a man who will always make us very proud, my friend and america's next vice president, paul ryan. [ cheering and applause ] >> in the days ahead you're going to get to know paul and jana better, but last night america got to see what i saw in paul ryan, a strong and caring leader who is down to earth and confident in the challenge this moment demands and i love the way he lights up around his kids and how he's not embarrassed to show the world how much he loves his mom. . [ applause ] >> but, paul, i still like the play list on my ipod

mr. everhart, mr. speaker brown and mr. speaker scott. >> good morning. my name is sharon and i'm vice chair of the district 11 council and a 4 year resident which is located in the heart of district 11. i do not come forward to test by earlier because my neighborhood has never seriously been in danger of being split into another district. but i wanted to take this last opportunity to speak, to publicly thank the task force for not just listening to the public, but to actually hearing all the folks who came to testify. and for your commitment to keeping neighborhoods whole. for you reuniting the other neighborhoods that were split 10 years ago. i also wanted to thank the consultants and kay for all their work in getting the draft maps and the boundaries up on the website so quickly. and lastly i would like to thank any fellow council members who came to testify so passionately but respectfully for their neighborhoods in district 11. so far we have only lost population in those areas we all agreed to sacrifice to keep district 11 whole. it is an honor to serve with them on the council and to have them as friends. thank you, and one last please, don't make any further changes to district 11. >> thank you, ma'am. yes, mrs. brown? >> hi, my name is marzel brown and i work with central city collaborative. and today i'm here on the behalf of the bristol hotel. which is located on 56 mason. mike nolty has showed you the little map area of where we want to stay. it is very, very small as you can see this little section right here. that's what we need to keep in district six. so if you guys will help us out, and remap that, it will be a great deal to us and the tenants in the bristol hotel that we deal with on a daily basis. thank you again for your time and your preparations and you guys do a wonderful job. keep up the good work. >> thank you. >> following mrs. scott will be shelby, lisa shin, pierre and natalie brown. >> good morning task force. my name is lois scott, and i live by cathedral, i live on cathedral hill by st. mary's cathedral about two and a half blocks from the proposed hospital site. i'm on the board of the cathedral hill neighbors who were dispointed that our neighborhood who was going to

and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. keating, for five minutes. mr. keating: thank you, mr. speaker. and i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. keating: thank you, mr. speaker. and i'd like to thank congressman rahall for organizing this morning's hour on prescription drug abuse as well as thank chairman rogers for his work as well as congressman mary bono mack as well as the prescription drug abuse caucus. prescription drug abuse is defined now as an epidemic in this country and the cost of this epidemic is more than $70 billion a year. this is by no means just a criminal issue, and that's where the stigma sometimes makes this issue more difficult. it is indeed a public health issue, and for this reason congress needs to step in. painkillers amount for the country's fastest growing area of drug abuse. ahead of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine. and throughout my 12-year career as a norfolk district attorney in massachusetts, teenagers has been a recurring theme. i have seen as district attorney in concrete te

mr. everhart, mr. speaker brown and mr. speaker scott. >> good morning. my name is sharon and i'm vice chair of the district 11 council and a 4 year resident which is located in the heart of district 11. i do not come

mr. alonso: no. ms. lamms. leigh: yes. ms. mondejar: yes. mr. pilpel: yes. mr. schreiber: yes. ms. tidwell: yes. mr. mcdonnell: thank you so much. we will move forward with planning and event of some sort, less than a quorum, to be determined how and when. any public comment on the press conference item? thank you so much. item number 7, task force budget. ms. lam: there are no additional reporting, just a recap from the last budget. we are anticipating a net balance of " approximately $8800 related to the outreach and consultants. at minimum, we would have that balance if not more. mr. mcdonnell: any questions? mr. pilpel: consistent with the comment a while back, some funds existing, and consistent with the admen codes, could we arrange to. a small number of reports, in addition to having a pdf available on the website for download and printing? mr. mcdonnell: yes, thank you. ok, any other questions? any public comment on budget? thank you so much. moving to item number eight, general public comment. on non-agenda items. ok. excellent. just before we adjourn, ms tidwell? ms. tidwell: sorry, yes. just on behalf of the task force, i think we were all very grateful th

mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i yield three minutes to a distinguished member of the ways and means committee, the gentleman from illinois, mr. roskam. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. three minutes. mr. roskam: thank you, mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman for yielding. i was listening to the gentleman from new york and i sincerely appreciated one heartfelt advice for the republican party. i would -- i am amazed at the characterization of opposition to a president's policies as somehow as opposition to the country. i fundamentally reject that. i think that's a gross characterization. and i think on behalf of everybody on the g.o.p. side that is an absurd argument. that being said, i want to pick up on a thread and a subtext of what we heard from our friends on the other side of the aisle. it's a very interesting thing. i'm not being sarcastic. it is a very hopeful thing. it's this, mr. speaker. did you notice today that there is nobody who is defending status quo of our current tax code? nobody. we will not hear any voice from our friends on the other side defending the current tax code. we will hear no voice today on this side -- i haven't listened to our friends on the other side

mr. pilpel: all right. mr. mcdonnell: ok. with respect to the report -- >> yes, on the list of appendices, we're going to include the statistics and the community newspaper advertisements? mr. mcdonnell: yes. >> ok. >> man asked the question considering the district descriptions? mr. mcdonnell: what we were referring to, i believe they were separate, but the description to have done as we have completed each of the draft maps. >> i see, thank you. mr. mcdonnell: okay, any other additions to the appendices? >> i asked if that is duplicative? >> needs and bounce our defense from the district descriptions. they will take about eight, 10 hours. little description as a rough summer rates so that people can follow along. we have the district descriptions, and those are already on the website. i'm not sure if you wanted us to do district descriptions before those are completed. there are more formal. -- they are mor formal. >> when i spoke with john, he indicated before the actual final map, he would have to work with the consultant. since they are waiting for precincts and such, he was indicating a final product would not be available for about a month or more. maybe just the final draft map, where we are doing it now with descriptions? like, monday? >> i think he migh

mr. piselli make threa against mr. kopinsky? yes. he said mr. kopinskwas cheating him by taking his money and not pursuing his case against me. would u consider mr. pelli a violent man? two times he came into my showroom and yelled at my staff and ashed things. ank you. miss huntl, you don't know anything that would indicate that mr. pisli killed mr. kopinsky, do you? no. you don't know anything indicating that mr. curren didn't kill him, do y? no. thk you. miss bell, if you have no redirect we'll recess until morrow. ( gavel poun ) still won't give a girl a break, huh, jac it'sll smoke, sally. the jury won't buy any of it. the jurors start with a very reasonable reluctce to believe anything you say. me persolly? no. the system, jack. it's wrong so often. which reminds me-- it's an dition to my witness list. what do you do, missaney? i'm an assistant manager of surity central bank the branch in inwood. where mr. curren and his mother maintainhecking accounts. he has power of attorney. did yosee mr. curren the morning mr. kopinsky was murdered? s. he came in and stopped payment on a check his mother had writte this check people's exhibit four, ma

and applause ] ♪ >> mr. chairman . . . mr. chairman and delegates . . . [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> mr.delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> i do so with humility deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. it's a great honor. it's an even greater responsibility, and tonight i'm asking you to join me to walk together to a better future and by my side i have chosen a man with a big hart from a small town. [ cheers and applause ] >> he represents the best of america, a man who will always make us very proud, my friend and america's next vice president, paul ryan. [ cheers and applause ] >> in the days ahead, you are going to get to know paul and janna better but last night america got to see what i saw in paul ryan, a strong and caring leader who is down to earth and confident in the challenge this moment demands, and i love the way he lights up around his kids, and how he is not embarrassed to show the world how much he loves his mom. [ applause ] >> but paul i still like the play list on my ipod better than yours. [ laugh

and independent journalists. finally, mr. speaker, can i ask how much time i have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 14 minutes remaining. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker, i have to go down to the well. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. last but not least what i've done on a weekly basis is raise the issue of concern and address the high level nuclear waste storage site issue in this country. i'm realy, sense we're very close to the end of the session, very few working days left in washington before the election, not sure how many more days i'll have to come to the floor, actually, i'm finishing where i started. over a year ago going through the country and come pearing nuclear waste sites to where they're at and where they should be. and why -- why would i do this? well, i would do this to help educate you, mr. speaker, on the fact that throughout this country, we have high level nuclear waste stored throughout this country and a lot of people do not know that we tried to address this in 1982 with passage of a law call the nuclear waste policy act. and in 1987, and i wasn't here then, but this chim behr, this body, said, not only to we wan

and mr. speaker, i thank this body for the opportunity to speak that god created life for a purpose and must adore it and continue on. i yield back. mrs. bachmann: i now yield to mr. chris smith, a leading voice for the unborn across the united states, representative chris smith of new jersey. . mr. smith: i along with countless others have been moved, inspired and motivated to defend the weakest and most vulnerable among us by the remarkable life and pro-life witness of father frank pavone. ordained to the roman catholic priesthood in 1988, the father celebrates 20 years since the founding of priests for life. the organization he so effectively leads. a prolific writer and gifted speaker, the father takes the gospel message of love, forgiveness, truth and reconciliation, both to friendly audiences who draw encouragement from his messages and to those, especially post-aborted women, who suffer and are in deep pain. i've heard father pavone challenge priests to more robustly defend the sanctity of life, especially in their homlies. in promoting the gospel of life, he insists no venue should be forsaken or ignored. whether it be from the pulpit or in the public squ

and he is mr. power mr. power -- mr. sour pus and going on and on and on. the american people are living this nightmare. obama can put millions of dollars of ads on and his union buddies can do the same thing. they know what is going on in unemployment and losing their policies they know they are losing their homes. they know this guy is endebting their kids to god knows what. he not only takes 700 billion out of medicare to spread the wealth, the elderly are getting it in the neck, and their children and grandchildren are because of the massive debt this president has created. the fact of the matter is they can do their one-liners and the rest. i think the american people are smart enough, at least enough of them are to say no to this. >> listening to you regularly, i know you have had your doubts and not only through the primary season, but there are questions about mitt romney throughout. at the edges anybody would be a better alternative to the president. obviously this pick in political terms was meant to persuade passionate conservatives like you to ra

and that election would ultimately be decided by a supreme court ruling. here is his speech from early august 2000. mr. chairman. mr. chairman. thank you all. >> [applause] >> thank you! >> mr. chairman, mr. chairman, delegates and my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination. [applause] thank you. thank you for this honor. thank you for this honor. together, we will renew america's purpose. >> [applause] >> our founders defined that purpose here in philadelphia. ben franklin was here. thomas jefferson. and of course, george washington. or as his friends called him, george w.! >> [applause]

mr. camp. mr. camp: i yield three minutes to a distinguished member of the ways and means committee, mr. roskam. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mram: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i'd like to pause and just listen and think through a couple of armes we've been hearing over the past couple of weeks from our friends on the other side of the aisle and from the president of the united states and one is that people should pay their fair share. that's an interesting argument, mr. speaker. let's look at that a little bit closer. so if the president's will were to prevail on this, in other words if this tax hike goes into place, then the top tax rate for some small businesses would be over 44%. now contrast that to the top tax rate that president obama is proposing would be 28%. now, all afternoon, you're going to hear a lot of things go back and forth but you won't hear anyone contradict those numbers -- those numbers and that disparity, mr. speaker, because they are true. there is no sense in telling corporations you get a 28% rate and the t rate for small business is 44%, there's nothing fair about that. let's look at another a

mr. kerby's is broader and should be taken up first. i don't think they're in conflict. >> mr. chairman? >> hang on just a second. [inaudible conversations] >> okay. we're going to go with mr. kerby's first. was there a point of order, mr. henderson? >> thank you, mr. chairman. my amendment is very close to mr. kerby's, and i would just support his and withdraw mine. >> okay. thank you. all right, mr. kerby from nevada. >> hey, that's one vote. [laughter] thank you, mr. chairman. um, this would continue on the voting integrity right after the word "generations" on line 13, and it states: we recognize that paper ballots are the best way to insure a fair election. let ambition counter ambition as madison said -- another virginian, by the way, i believe -- >> thank you very much. >> when all parties have representatives observing the counting of ballots in a transparent process, integrity is assured. we strongly suggest that all electronic voting is systems have a printed paper ballot so that preliminary electronic results can be verified by a hard count of paper ballots. >> second. >> second. >> okay. it's been moved and seconded that this amendment be adopted. and it is now -- >> mr. chairman? >> -- it is now on the scr

mr. blumenauer. he appears to have left. mr. van hollen -- mr. van hollen is next. he does not appear to be here. mr. hoyer and ms. pelosi are next. please come forward, mr. hoyer. they are next. welcome back to the rules committee. it is nice to see you. without objection, and he prepared statements you have will appear in the record in its entirety. we certainly welcome your summary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ladies and gentlemen of the committee, ranking member, thank you very much. i appreciate this opportunity to appear before you. i will reiterate what others have said. the american people obviously are deeply distressed. they are distressed that, when they see agreement, that that agreement is not made into law. they here are saying, and i hear you saying, we are here -- for this. they hear us saying the same thing and yet nothing happens. the senate has passed a number of bills by votes of over 60 votes, some by over 2/3 votes, and they have sent them here and they have not been passed. we have an opportunity in my view to make a statement to the american public that will raise their confidence and perhap

and when mr. ryan put out his budget, catholic bishops came out and said it was not in keeping with the teacher that mr. ryan had been raised on. now. mr. romney has picked mr. ryan as his running mate. what do you say about the romney-ryan budget which is not going to be that the similar, i suspect. >> i say this to people who are interested. speech in paul ryan's georgetown. he went there and allied his understanding of catholic social doctrine and explained how he thought the level of compassion he was greeting was appropriate. the challenge you have is this. he increases support for people in the lower 40% of income level and he cannot support people in the top 40%. he is trying to find a way on social security reform and medicare reform, of increasing the support for people who have -- are at the lowest part of the income. you do not want to leave them so low they cannot have a decent life. people will find it is a serious effort to apply catholic social doctrine was also respecting the reality. this is something that cardinal dolan and others have commented on. you do have this reality that we do not have all the money would like