mr. chairman. and i will remind my colleagues of testimony that was given before the budget committee, the house budget committee by mr. foster, the chief actuary of medicare who blew a hole in the two primary promises of bookcare. the first promise that people get to keep the health care that they have if they liked it. he said that's not going to happen. the second promise it would lower the cost of health care. he said this would not happen. this is the chief actuary of health care. i didn't have the opportunity to speak on the floor when the bill came through the house of representatives but i do now because the people of colorado spoke on november 2 when they said enough is enough, let's get congress doing the people's business, creating jobs, getting government out of the way, let's find real solutions for the health care bill. solutions that will actually bring commonsense reforms to lower the cost of health care, increase the quality of care, not result in 800,000 job losses. . not result in promises

union and the united states or some sort of a candidate some sort of an opposition force to oust mr will question the one round here talk about the ineffectiveness there of the e.u. sanctions is that why in the past he seems to be not particularly afraid of any possible sanctions or do you think that's just a bluff just a mass. well since there is always a possibility of behavior to have a liaison with their western with the european union via russia there can be no real isolation of which there was has never been completely isolated from the outside world it's not north korea it's not saddam hussein's iraq it's a much more peaceful civilized country and i would give you an example you know the way the russian activists travel to the west they first go to law school because there is a visa free regime between belarus and moscow. and russia and then from more school they travel to a new country of the world i think what we need is for the west on the stand there we should more drawn you are and soon you will which is not isolated anyone. opposition in belarus democracy in belarus rule nor

mr. issa and a member opposed will each control three minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. issa: president obama announced a pay freeze. within his executive order, he froze all pay he could freeze. the one he could not freeze were step increases. this simple amendment adds to president obama's two-year freeze and the seven-month freeze for the period he was unable to cover of step increases. step increases are simply pay increases because you are on the job, period. and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: i rise in opposition to this. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. moran: we all agree that we need to be financially responsible with regard to the federal budget. but this continuing resolution already substantially reduces funds for every single agency of the government. a freeze in civilian pay for federal employees is already in effect for two years. it prevents inflationary and locality pay increases for the entire federal

mr. dicks: will the gentleman yield? mr. mcclintock: i will yield back. mr. thompson: we wanted to wrap this up. mr. frelinghuysen: i feel the gentleman deserves some extra time. i don't think we need to prolong this. mr. thompson: if the gentleman would yield i would clear up one fact. mr. frelinghuysen: i yield. mr. thompson: i want to clear up an issue, and that's the cost of energy as a result of this. if this isn't solved, the dam owners, the private owners that are supporting this study will have to make repairs to the dam that far exceed other costs and will drive the ratepayers' utility rates up through the roof. that's why the statement was made about those cost of utilities and the cost to the ratepayers. mr. dicks: will the gentleman yield for a second? mr. frelinghuysen: yes. mr. dicks: that's the point. it will cost more to fix the dams up. that's another problem we faced. even though the dams were there, the costs were so high to fix them up it was better to take them out. this study will just look at this and the local people will wind up getti

mr. andrews: will the gentleman further yield? mr. sessions: i will in a second. mr. peterson will have an opportunity in working with mr. lucas, the chairman of the ag committee now, on who those witnesses will be who are experts. i don't think we have enough intellectual content because we are not -- we don't spend times on farms. i don't, to where i can make an accurate decision. if i review the transcript and listen to whaps in the committee of jurisdiction, regular order, like the 10 other committees, then it gives us a chance to realisically understand, study, talk about, and receive feed w.a.c. mr. andrews: would the gentleman further yield? mr. sessions: i would yield. mr. andrews: the gentleman makes a very good point about hearings before legislation takes place. how many hearings have there been on the renewal of the patriot act? mr. sessions: i appreciate the gentleman. reclaiming my time. . mr. andrews: you've got time. mr. sessions: reclaiming my time, mr. speaker, i do appreciate the gentleman, this house of representatives after 9/11 debated to the full

mr. frank: will the gentlewoman yield? mrs. emerson: i have to finish and if i have leftover time i'll yield to you. in addition the s.e.c.'s own inspector general has cited the agency for poor leasing service practices which have led to millions of taxpayer dollars being wasted on unused lease space. i'm sure my colleagues have read in the newspaper about the hundreds of thousands of square feet of lease space that they leased in anticipation of the work they might do, but they leased it by the bill was even passed and money appropriated. so when my colleague argues that the s.e.c. doesn't have enough funding, i've got to argue, perhaps they do, but they're not using the funding in the appropriate ways. i mean, awful us have had to tighten our belts. and i understand the need for us to have strong regulation. i am not opposed to strong regulation of the financial industry, of banks and nonbanks and hedge funds and the like. but at a time when we're all trying to do more with less, i think that it's important for all of the age

mr. dicks: will the gentleman yield? i want him to know we're prepared on our side to accept his amendment. mr. fortenberry: i appreciate that. thank you for the kind words. >> will the gentleman yield? we also will accept the amendment. mr. fortenberry: with that i'll yield back, mr. chairman. the chair: all time has been yielded back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from nebraska. those in favor of the amendment say aye. and those opposed say no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> mr. chairman, i rise to offer an amendment, h.r. 1, amendment number 23. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 23 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. hastings of florida. the chair: pursuant to the order of the house of today, the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida

mr. dicks: we will finish this up in 45 seconds. mr. rogers: will the gentleman yield this gentleman a minute? mr. dicks: yeah, i would be delighted to do that. . mr. dicks: i yield a minute to the gentleman from texas. the chair: the gentleman from from washington cannot yield blocks of time. mr. dicks: that's right. i can regain the time mr. burgess: i yield back any time that was yielded to me. we need to vote on this amendment and move on. mr. dicks: i yield to the gentleman from texas. >> i enter into the record the record of organizations all over the state of texas and the statement of the texas delegation last year and this year. governor perry may have come up here on the book tour for his book "federal up" but not afraid to ask for federal aid even though it takes it away from our school children. there is a clear path to get this money. the governor has to sign a three-page application like he did to get the aid he kept for purposes other than education. though this is presented as an attempt to repeal our amendment, it does n

mrs. emerson: madam chair, parliamentary inquiry. the chair: the gentlelady will state. ms. ep em-- mrs. emerson: is it not correct that i would have the right to close. no? the chair: a manager in opposition of controlled debate will close. mrs. emerson: thank you, madam chair, i continue trow serve. the chair: the gentlelady continues to reserve. the gentleman from new york. mr. serrano: i continue to reserve. mrs. emerson: madam chair, let me yield myself 30 seconds very quickly. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. emerson: number one. my colleague tries to make a comparison between car insurance and health insurance. first of all, auto insurance, if you will, deals with liability and the harm you may do to others. health insurance has to do with the liability to yourself. it's totally different. i don't believe that any state actually requires comprehensive insurance. bottom line is, we do not want the i.r.s. implementing, now, regulations that may be overturned perhaps in the near future in the courts. i continue to -- i reserve the balance of. the chair: the gentlelady res

mr. chairman. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. >> mr. chairman? i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 511 in the congressional record offered by mr. nadler of new york. the chair: the point of order is reserved. the gentleman from new york is recognized for five minutes. mr. nadler: thank you. the continuing resolution under consideration today includes very dangerous cuts to key transportation programs. this is exactly the wrong thing to do if we want to reduce unemployment, create jobs, and grow the economy. in the survey released by the american public transportation association, 80% of private sector businesses surveyed indicated that the level of federal investment in public transportation has a large influence on their business revenues. for example, every $10 million in capital investment and public transportation yields $30 million, three times in increased business sales. the texas transportation institutes 2010 urban mobility report shows tha

mr. speaker. will the prime minister join me in praising the work for the conservative administration of northwest area by cutting senior management and bureaucracy, protected front line services, measures opposed by the local labour group on the council. >> what my honorable friend makes an important point which we have made all available this information local councils have to set out their expenditure on everything over 500 pounds so now people can see how much money is being spent on salaries, how much money is being spent on bureaucracy and how much could be put into voluntary sector and other organizations. we have given local people the tools hold their local politicians to account and i think it's thoroughly progressive step. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. can i first of all put on record my thanks to the prime minister for meeting a small delegation from my constituency on the whole question on unemployment and the area. but does he really think that to be part of the big society that he

mr. president, i reluctantly note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. rockefeller: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. rockefeller: is a quorum call in effect? the presiding officer: yes, it is. mr. rockefeller: i ask unanimous consent that the order of the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: i ask unanimous consent that the -- that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: that would be on tomorrow. i ask unanimoui ask unanimous ce judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to s. res. 30. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 30, celebrating february 2, 2011, as the 25th anniversary of national women and girls in sports day. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committ

mr. speaker, i know the whole house will want to join with mr. prime minister with recent lost of life. and in my constituency, and the battle school have built up very good relationships between the community and the military, and they are ongoing and strengthening. mr. speaker, u.k. universities have a worldwide reputation for both teaching and research. many foreign students wish to attend those universities, and they're important because of the 5 billion pounds that they go to the national economies. many government -- >> shorten your question please. >> can the prime minister give the assurance to the universities that any recruitment -- >> the right honorable gentleman makes a very good point. our universities are world class and he wants students around the world to come to those universities to study not just for the contribution they bring financially but because of the link they will make between our country and their country in years to come. i can tell him we're not actually currently looking at limits on tier 4 in terms of immigration visas but i'd make this point to anyone

mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk, number 46. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 46 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. polis of colorado. the chair: pursuant to the order of the house of february 17, 2011, the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, and a member opposed each will control five minutes.

will untie itself. no matter what the problem is mr. jefferson liked to point out if we simply apply the constitution, the knot will untie itself. what lies ahead of us if we do not deal with this problem? not only of the spending year to year, but we've got to put some, we've got to really dramatically deal with the fraud, waste, and abuse in our social welfare programs to begin to deal with them, realistically, both parties, republicans and democrats, and in controlling the explosive growth of the entitlement programs and looking at the history of the roman empire, mr. speaker, we see that at the end of the roman empire, one writer of the period went so far as to suggest that those who lived off the treasury and the roman empire were more numerous than those paying into it. at the end of the -- end of the empire it was -- under diocletian and constantine, the roman empire taxed citizens more heavily, regulated their lives in every detail, the roman empire became a coerce i have, omni present organization that subdued individuals and le

to say if you start in opposition in a position of complete deficit denial you will never be taken seriously again. >> mr. speaker, with youth unemployment at the highest levels since records began, will the prime minister reconsider the decision to scrap the future jobs fund? >> first of all, can i say how good it is to see the honorable gentleman back and well and in his place. what i would say -- what i would say about youth unemployment what i said last week. this is a problem that got worse during the boom years under the last government and then got even worse during the recession and say still, yes, a very good problem today. i don't believe the future jobs fund is the answer because it was five times more expensive than other schemes. and in some places like birmingham, only 3% of the jobs were in the private sector. it wasn't a good scheme. it will be replaced with better schemes but frankly everyone in this house needs to work together on how we tackle youth unemployment, a scourge that has got worse over the last 13 years. >> zach goldsmith. >> mr. speaker, will the prime minister commit to ma

mr. bonds will not plea guilty to anything. >> well, mr. bonds will decide what mr. bonds does, but i believe as i told you from day one, we're going to have a trial. >> reporter: the two sides are still haggling over evidence the judge won't allow. bonds' attorney allen ruby searched through his briefcase to show me a series of photos of bonds that prosecutors want to show the jury. prosecutors argue it will show the knowledge of the ambience and obvious changes in his appearance. >> this is what they say the years are. >> reporter: this is arizona state? >> this is 2002. >> reporter: bonds' attorneys question who made each photo and when. 1999, 2004. they are saying he bulks up during certain time periods? still to come march 1st, greg anderson is expected to be sent to jail for refusing to testify. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the attorney representing an anti-drug unit says his client admitted to some accusations against him. prosecutors charged commander norman wielsch and christopher butler with felonies today. they allege they stole drugs from an ev

this cut will stop mrs. smith from being able to get relief from a domestic violence situation because her lawyer or that family's lawyer will be fired. this cut will stop someone who has been defrauded, some senior citizen, who paid a contractor to fix their leaking roof in midextreme, will lose their lawyer. this is a denial of justice. and having had the privilege today of visiting the construction site at the martin luther king memorial, it was interesting i read these words, injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere and for us to cut the very framework of the constitution that calls for justice, i believe, is something that should halt us on the very floor of this house and we should immediately accept the amendment without the point of order and allow these individuals to have the ability to be served. frankly, this is beyond the imagination of any of us. the board chairman, john g. levy of the legal services board said justice is a hollow promise without the legal services corporation. he is absolutel

mr. speaker, i will reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. frelinghuysen: i rise in opposition to the amendment eliminating the $400 million afghanistan reconstruction fund. this fund provides high priority, large-scale infrastructure programs in support of the civilian military campaign in afghanistan. these projects are critical to convincing the afghan population to reject the insurgency and side with the government. this reduces the threat to our troops and quickens the security transition process, which we all seek. not only is the funding a top priority of the secretary of state and defense, it is also a top priority of general dade petraeus. this fund -- david petraeus. this fund is related to the safety and security of our troops, it needs to be preserved and i urge a no vote on the amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? mr

mr. bonds will not plea guilty to anything. >> well, mr. bonds will decide what mr. bonds does, but i believe as i told you from day one, we're going to have a trial. >> reporter: the two sides are still haggling over evidence the judge won't allow. bonds' attorney allen ruby searched through his briefcase to show me a series of photos of bonds that prosecutors want to show the jury. prosecutors argue it will show the knowledge of the ambience and obvious changes in his appearance. >> this is what they say the years are. >> reporter: this is arizona state? >> this is 2002. >> reporter: bonds' attorneys question who made each photo and when. 1999, 2004. they are saying he bulks up during certain time periods? still to come march 1st, greg anderson is expected to be sent to jail for refusing to testify. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the attorney representing an anti-drug unit says his client admitted to some accusations against him. prosecutors charged commander norman wielsch and christopher butler with felonies today. they allege they stole drugs from an ev

in the process, it will save jobs. thank you, mr. chairman. >> 1.5 minutes. >> thank you for being here today, members of the panel. the breadth of the rule making is extraordinary. they're making 10 times the amount of rules per year than they did before dodd-frank was passed. that amount of time it takes from a rule to get from propose to implementation has been halved at the sec. these two agencies along with the federal reserve and others have been asked to take on an incredible task that has serious implications for our financial markets and economies. dodd-frank left a great deal of discretion to the agencies. that is why today's hearing is so important. our job is to ensure that as the federal agencies like these rules, they do not negatively impact the ability to hedge risk in our economy. from my experience in the private sector where i worked with derivatives, i know have important the ability of a company to hedge its risks using its risks is to our economy into are consummate. many of the benefits of derivatives are hidde

. >> i will support mr. lee. >> it is for those reasons i will be supporting mr. lee's nomination.he reason why i wholeheartedly support ed lee is because he is a qualified person and he is the right person to lead san francisco. >> we have engaged in an orderly transition of leadership. this is what separates us, as a democratic society, from other less democratic societies. and i am so proud of us for what we are about to do today. so with that, colleagues, thank you for being part of this historic moment. >> the supervisor campos? there are 10 ayes, one no. [applause] >> the motion for edwin lee passes. [applause] >> you are talking to one of the happiest people in san francisco. this was an extraordinary an historic vote. but it was symbolic. remember, the new board of supervisors who convenes tomorrow will make the actual decision on who the next mayor will be. >> everybody came down to ed lee with the expectation that it will be done in the most intellectually honest way and in a way that role and order is respected. i think we discussed a few nominations and came down to thi

mr. bonds will not plead guilty to anything. >> mr. bonds will do what he decides to do.but we are going to have a trial. >> reporter: the two are still arguing over evidence. bonds' attorney then searched through his bulging documents. the photos will show bonds' knowledge of quote the obvious and dramatic changes in his physique once he started using metabolic steroids. >> here are the photos. and this is what they say the years are. this says 2002. >> reporter: bonds's attorney who made each photo and when. >> 99. 2004. 2001. they are saying that they want to introduce to show that he bulks up during a certain time period. do you think they show that? >> i don't have enough information to show what exactly we have here. >> reporter: now still to come, march first, barry bonds' former trainer comes to court. he's expected to refuse again to testify and be sent to jail until his childhood friend's trial is over. reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> medical marijuana dispensary is getting unwanted attention. hover sight center is being targeted by the i

mr. whitehouse: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 11, h.r. 359. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 11, h.r. 359, an act to reduce federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer funding of presidential elections, campaigns, and party conventions. mr. reid: i have a cloture motion at the desk, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 11, h.r. 359, an act to reduce federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential

mr. dreier: will you yield? mr. polis: i yield for a moment. mr. dreier: as i said work the controversies, the channel, and the absolute humongous task that is faced, we know the legislative process takes a while and to have that 10-month extension is essential for the work. mr. polis: i think there would be broader agreement if there was perhaps a 60-day extension and maybe another 60-day extension but putting it off 10 months or a year can give an excuse not to bring to the forefront these rules that need to be dealt with. there's already been the single most significant bill was h.r. 2, the repeal of an entire body of health care law. sometime -- somehow there was the ability to bring that to the floor within days of the opening of a new congress. both parties want to ensure that the government has the tools we need to fight terrorism. we can all agree that the patriot act has issues that need to be recovered. -- resolved. if we can move this bill through the regular order, i'm confident that the judiciary committee can make improvements they've

mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: "displo mr. rockefeller: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the order of the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. without objection, the managers' amendment is agreed to. -- package is agreed to, excuse me. the clerk will read the bill for the third time. the clerk: calendar number 5, s. 223, a bill to modernize the air traffic control system and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the question is on the passage of the bill, as amended. mr. rockefeller: i 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: vote: the presiding officer: are there -- any senators wishing to vote or to change his or her vote? if not, the ayes are 87, the nays are 8. the bill is passed as amended. under the previous order the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid on the table and the measure will be held at the desk. ms. murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator f