mr. poe: mr. speaker, in a beatup old spanish mission 177 years ago today, the sun rose in the mist for the last time on a small band of soldiers. the fiery group of texas volunteers stood defiant against dictator santa ana and his group of thousands on this the 13-day siege of the alamo. they came from many states and many foreign countries. 11 were tejanos, texans of spanish dissent. their name was jim bowy, jim bono and william barrett travis. they were killed on march 6, 1836, fighting liberty over tyranny. travis was correct when he said texas would cost more of santa ana than defeat. mexican losses were so huge that general sam houston rallied a texas army and won on the plains of san jacinto. texas became a republic. the bugles were quiet but all the people should thank the good lord that those are willing to die for freedom rather than live under oppression and tyranny and that's just the way it is. i ask unanimous consent to put into the record the names and states and countries of the al

questions for mr. lee? mr. lee, i have got to say, it -- maybe i'm naive but it was shock to go me shock to to me there were no document for approval for the hundred thousand dollars projector an allowing it to go over by 3 percent. >> we were shocked too and that's why i explained to the task force and why it was being discussed to employees. in city government sometimes it does take time to get all the employees to buy in on what needs to change and that's what essentially happened. >> whose e-mails did you look through to see if there was any approval? >> the people that mr. nooim an asked. those are people in charge of the project. >> okay. any other questions for mr. lee? comments from the commissioners on this agenda item? >> it sounds like an exhaustive search was done and documents compiled and documents provided on cd's. sounds like there is nothing else. >> i agree. anything else? is there a motion to find that the respondents have met their burden and find no violation of 67.21 c and 67.21 e regardin

mr. broun: mr. chairman, i'm amazed by the sheer ignorance of the economic disaster that our country is facing. not only are our leaders ignoring this crisis, they're denying there is even a problem. this week we'll vote on six budget options and five of them actually increase spending above today's level. simply reducing the growth of spending will do nothing to address the economic emergency that we face. the idea that we're increasing spending but not as much as the other guy, is severely misguided. we have to dig deeper and make real, targeted cuts. there has to be a sense of urgency about it. only the r.s.c. budget actually cuts our baseline spending level and will lead to a balanced budget faster than the alternatives. we must live within our means. i thank my friend, congressman woodall, for recognizing that we need to cut the outrageous spending and offering this budget today. i yield back. chip the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: may i ask how

mrs. wilson: mr. speaker, mr. ryan's budget would cost millions of people to lose access to health care and tens of millions more to lose their jobs. my question is simple, why? i have been here 802 days and we have not considered a serious jobs bill yet. there are approximately 12 million people unemployed. it's unemployment not debt that's at emergency levels when people lose their jobs they lose their dignity, they lose their health care, and eventually lose their home. shame, shame, shame. there is only one responsible way to reduce the deficit, get everyone trained, get everyone working, and get everyone contributing to the tax base. people are hurting. people are suffering. they want an opportunity. mr. speaker, our mantra should be jobs, jobs, jobs. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the rise?man from wowed, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today in opposition to the republican budget proposal t

mrs. murray: mr. president? mr. president, i want to thank ranking member sessions once again for another good day of vigorous debate. there are clearly some differences between us here in the senate, but all of our constituents benefit from having those views laid out and expressed clearly, and i really appreciate all that he is doing to help us move along as well as the good debate that we're having. mr. president, yesterday the senate did vote to reject the idea that balancing the budget by an arbitrary date should come before middle-class families and broad-based economic growth. last night, the senate voted to continue down the path towards a truly balanced approach to tackling our economic and fiscal challenges. the kind of approach that cuts spending responsibly and calls on the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share. we voted on an approach that puts our economy first and foremost and makes sure that we are protecting, not threatening our fragile economic recovery. that is the

excuse me, mr.-- so, mr. brashov-- what i was trying to-- i was going to ask-- i can cook many excellent desserts, but this is one of my specialties. - would you like to try some ? - that will not be necessary. i need a cook, not someone who can start fires. i ay y despues de tanto trabajo ! i este tipo no sabe nada ! i nada de cocina y despues me culpa a mi ! can everybody please get back to work ? thank you ! so, mr. brashov, what i was trying to tell you-- wait ! - i like it. - you do ? - yes, it's delicious ! - thank you. - it was my favorite when i was growing up. - can you cook anything else ? yes ! i can cook dishes from all over the world. sweet and sour meat balls-- if you can cook without burning down the restaurant, you can cook for brashov ! thank you, mr. brashov ! you won't be sorry. excuse me. - i hope you have fire insurance. - i hope i have a chef. did i mention that i worked at mario's italian restaurant ? ohh ! terrific spaghetti there. - yes ! absolutely ! - it's too bad they closed down t

mr. udall: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i -- i would like to speak today on the toomey amendment, toomey amendment number 115. i rise to argue against the toomey amendment. this is an amendment about energy, and as we all know, energy is a strategic resource for us. every member of our armed forces understands this and they understand it well. energy is essential to our national security mission. everybody knows you don't go out there and move in an aggressive way without good, solid energy supplies behind you. and having access to reliable energy supplies to protect our men and women in uniform is just absolutely essential, no matter where they may be in the world. it is critical to our nation that we have these good energy supplies. and each branch of the armed forces recognizes the importance of biofuels as a critical part of our energy needs. our military faces numerous logistical challenges with its dependence on fossil fuels. increasing diversification through investment and alternative fuels will help the

mr. chair. >> i received a round of communications with individuals who have a history of advocating for historical preservation who are unfamiliar with you. and if appointed to the hpc, will you be willing to meet with these advocates and work with differences, work with different perspectives -- that is historic perspectives? >>> of course. we're all in this together as san franciscans. you know, i come to this place from a different perspective. it doesn't mean it's not, you know, very much celebrating and caring about historic buildings and san francisco. i've been here for 24 years and expect to be here for the rest of my days. and, you know, i think that we have some -- we have a great built environment. so, obviously. just coincidentally, yesterday i was asked about being on the board of an organization called delcomomo which is the documentation of conservation and buildings of the modern movement for the northern california chapter because of the work that i have been doing on th

mr. doggett: mr. speaker, our goal, rather than arguing over whether the states have all the flexibility they need, ought to be how can we for the taxpayer and for poor americans get more of them into the work force and today's bill contributes little to that process. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, reserves. the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, is recognized. mr. camp: waiving the work requirement isn't going to get more people into work. with that i would yield two minutes to a distinguished member of the ways and means committee, the gentleman from new york, mr. reid. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. reed: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, mr. chairman, for the opportunity to rise in support for this proposal -- proposed legislation before us today. you know, i'm standing here, sitting here, listening to the arguments of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle

mr. hurt: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of house budget plan that is on the floor today. i thank chairman ryan for his leadership and positive blueprint for our future. much has been said about a balanced budget over the past couple weeks. while it's important to point out that the house budget balances in 10 years while the senate's budget never balances, i believe the more important our is why we believe budget must balance. a balanced budget is critically important to all americans and to the future of our great country. we must balance our budget for our senior citizens, who deserve to have security in their retirements. a balanced budget will strengthen critical retirement programs so our seniors are assured medicare and social security will continue to be there for them and for their children. we must balance our budget for our hardworking mothers and fathers across our country, a balanced budget is fundamental to a healthy and robust economy and creates good jobs that american people

mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i yield myself one minute if i could just ask my colleague from california before she leaves, i have the great pleasure of serving with her on the budget committee. i would certainly disagree with most of her characterizations about the work product there. and look forward to dispelling those tomorrow. but today with this rule i heard you encourage our colleagues to re-- reject this rule. this is a rule that's made every single idea of every single member who had a budget plan in order. does that not satisfy the gentlelady's need for a full and open debate on our budget priorities? ms. lee: i don't think i mentioned a full and opened debate. what i wanted to talk about was the rule that allowed for the presentation of this budget and listing all of the support programs that really keep people out of poverty. and also the fact that, yes, we tried and you know in the committee, to put together an amendment that would actually do that on a bipartisan way, but you can't ignore th

mr. wyden: mr. president, when we began the budget debate in senator murray's committee last week, i said that senator murray's challenge gave new meaning to the idea of playing a tough hand, and many thought that her task was essentially mission impossible. the fact is, mr. president, for all of us who know senator murray well, she has spent her whole life coming up with solutions to those matters that people said were mission impossible. she spent her whole life coming up with accomplishments that actually solve problems, and i just want to commend senator murray for all of her work on this matter, and i think it's very clear that when we get the kind of bicameral, bipartisan agreement that addresses the major concerns we're debating here on the floor, it is going to be to no small measure because senator murray continued to reach out to all sides, and i just want her to know how much i appreciate that. mr. president, and colleagues, i think we all understand that these are complicated issues, and

mr. herrera and the library commission, why are you so determined to stick to this action? and they refused to even discuss it. the only thing they discussed is they asked mr. herrera can we do this, and mr. herrera says, the city attorney says you can. but the city attorney did not say you can, he said you may. it was a choice. i made a conscious choice to exclude these statements to put them some elsewhere. they put them somewhere else because of an addendum it is less likely that someone will read them, it is less likely that someone because they are taken out of context willfully understand them and the relationship of the comments to the other comments that were made by members of the library commission, the city librarian or other members of the public. and mr. herrera wants to make it seem like, well, we did all of this stuff it was a pulling teeth exercise, first they would not put them in at all then they put them in as an addendum and after two and a half years of going back and

mr. low. in our rebuttal we also have an alternative design that we would be comfortable with that would further protect mr. low's views. mr. low collected 400 plus petition signatures on the basis of two strong statements in his petition form. the first is that buildings that exceed 40 feet in height are detrimental to this neighborhood. the second is that he explicitly claimed no buildings on this block currently exceed 40 feet. mr. low's own penthouse on this block is 50 feet. this diagram here demonstrates that. the blue square on the left shows the height of mr. low's penthouse standing at 50 feet tall. the yellow line, the yellow box shows our proposed edition which would also be 50 feet tall. the red horizontal line above the yellow box shows our zoned maximum height limit of 65 feet and demonstrates that we are materially inside that zoned limit. mr. low's dr submission also included this elevation, which demonstrates our proposed addition, superimposed on the building to demonstr

mr. price no. mr. garrett no. mr. campbell no. mr. calvert no. mr. cole no. mr. mcclintock no. mr. lankford no. mrs. black no. mr. ribble no. there flores no. mr. rokita no. mr. woodall no. mrs. blackburn. mr. nunnelee no. mr. rigell no. mrs. hartzler no. mrs. war louisky no. mr. rice no. mr. williams no. mr. duffy no. mr. van hollen aye. ms. schwartz aye. mr. yarmuth aye. mr. pascrell aye. mr. ryan aye. ms. moore aye. ms. castor aye. mr. mcdermott aye. ms. lee aye. mr. cicilline aye. mr. jeffries aye. mr. pocan aye. mr. hoffman aye. mr. car difficult. mr. blumenauer aye. mr. schrader aye. mrs. blackburn no. mr. chairman. mr. chairman no. mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 16, the noes are 22. >> ayes 16, noes being 22, the amendment is not agreed to. are there further amendments in tier 1? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment. >> the gentlelady from wisconsin. the clerk -- does the gentlelady from have an amendment? the clerk will designate the amendment. the staff will distribute copies. >> mr. chairman, an amendment offered by ms. moore to protect our vulnerable. >> the gen

wooding or mr. ginsberg? >> mr. ginsberg, i have questions for you. >> yes, questions for mr. ginsberg. >> thank you, chair, hur. >> mr. ginsberg, what is the department's protocol on looking for back up files and back up data when responding to sunshine requests? and the reason that i ask, also, is it troubles me a bit that the request came in just weeks after the events in question. i think just a couple of weeks or a few weeks. so, what is the protocol for when you know that there were e-mails but they were deleted? >> very close with the city attorney's office on all record requests and when request was made to look at our back up data, i think that our custodian of records went did doing that in conjunction with the city attorney and i don't know that it is a routine practice that we routinely check back up data, i think that when we are asked to do so, we do. >> you waited until the task force called it to your attention and asked to you do it? >> i believe that that was the time frame. >> i am not quite sure of the time frame when we ended up working with the department

mr. hartz, is the respondent here? >> yes, here. >> okay. >> mr. hartz, ten minutes. >> >> members of the ethics commission ray hartz, director of san francisco open government, i will be using slides and so we may go back and forth here. throughout this i want to consider something that equinis teaches and that is willful ignorance of what ought to know is a mortal thing. 67-16 reads in this last sentence any person speaking during a public comment period may supply a brief written summary of their comments which shall no more than 150 words be included in the minutes. i think that is a pretty clear reading of the language and i think that most people so far have agreed with my interpretation. but we will get into that later. now the city attorney has added some things and the good government guide and memo and says that the summary is not part of the body's minutes or for its accuracy and the minutes may expressly say so it may be included to the minutes and may reject the summary if it

mr. cole: mr. speaker, on tuesday, the rules committee met and reported a closed rule for consideration of h.r. 890, the preserving work requirements for welfare programs act of 2013. the rule provides for one hour of debate equally divided between the chairman and ranking member of the committee on ways and means. in addition, mr. speaker, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. it is not the intention of the rules committee, mr. speaker, to have a closed rule. however, the committee received only four amendments, one of which was withdrawn. the remaining three amendments were all subject to points of order for germaneness and other violations of the rules of the house. so, unfortunately, we were left with little choice but to propose a closed rule. mr. speaker, h.r. 890 would prohibit the secretary of health and human services from issuing waivers relating to the compliance and -- with the work requirements for welfare recipients which were created under the histori

buel and mr. ginsberg and sarah ballard here tonight as they sent olive gong, and never spoke for themselves. >> she seems to have a nice woman but did not have a clue as to ha was going on and the sunshine task force had to can her twice it was embarrassing for her when she came the first time and asked to go and find the it records and she had not done a thing and she was basically taken to the wood shed and and send back to find something. so i don't, the way that i look at this, rec and park is never treat it as serious issue, and i think that mr. ginsberg with his 50 categories but not one for mark. i find is interesting that he would go through everything, i wonder what key word he was using it would be interesting to find out. and honestly i don't believe him. i hope that that answers your question, thank you. >> thank you. >> any other questions for mr. wooding? >> comments in the commissioners? >> i am looking at the one e-mail april 25, 2011, that is on page 235. of the december 5, 2011

mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, although i rise to honor the 10th anniversary of the iraq war, what i do want to do today is ask why. 10 years ago today i stood on this floor and said we were entering a war under false pretenses. no weapons of mass destruction later, i've never been so sad as to be right. we took out saddam hussein with as much forethought as we gave to arming him of just a few years earlier. we scooped him out of office and thought a new democracy would suddenly flower in its place. last week robert wrote an argue in "the nation" that i'd like to enter into the congressional record and i ask unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcdermott: he explains that the c.i.a. is currently training syrian rebels, some of whom have sunni fundamentalist ties, at the same time it is fighting sunni rebels in iraq. recently dozens of syrian soldiers fled to iraq only to be killed by iraqi sunnis. he asked the question, when will the united states learn that it doesn't know en

mr. danes: mr. speaker, our -- mr. daines: our founders believe civil rights occupy the highest rung on the liberties ladder. the obama administration has fallen short. i know that my faith doesn't begin and end at the doors of our church. living the principles of whatible is -- of what i believe is a key part of my faith. under the affordable care act, religious institutions and employers as well as employers who have religious and moral convictions are stripped of their freedoms. religious institutions and employers are forced to pay for coverage of contraceptive measures. health care providers don't have the freedom to are-fuse to perform abortion procedures they are morally opposed to. that is a violation of the first amendment. that is why i am proud to help introduce the health care conscience rights act which will uphold the constitutional rights of religious freedom and uphold our moral calling to practice life-affirming health care. thank you, i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose doe

mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials in the record on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pitts: h.r. 309, introduced by my colleague, mike rogers from michigan, would re-authorize programs designed to foster the development of medical countermeasures and strengthen the nation's preparedness infrastructure. these programs are essential to helping our nation's -- nation prepare for public health emergencies, including those caused by terrorist attacks. h.r. 307 re-authorizes programs for five years at the fiscal year 2012 appropriated level and does not create a new program, nor increase the authorization for appropriations for an existing program. according to the congressional budget office, the bill does not increase spending. congre

mr. inhofe: yes. mr. reid: mr. president, i have been waiting today to take just a moment to honor myron fleming, director of doorkeepers, who is retiring after 40 years working on capitol hill. he began working in the capitol with the office of senator howard metzenbaum of ohio. he has worked in the senate for 33, 34 years, and prior to that, he worked in the house of representatives for seven years. he is someone i have watched over the many years that i have been here. he is really a wonderful personality. he is someone who helps keep order in this institution. his presence here in the senate is a calming -- one that's calming. everyone knows him, likes him. it just won't be the same without him. while i will miss him, i know he will be glad to spend more time with his wife jean as well as their children, mark and michelle and their granddaughter. we talked the other day when i learned he was retiring. i remember a lot of things. i have already talked about what a fine gentleman he is. but one thing he and i jok

aye. >> mr. franken. >> aye. >> mr. coons. >> mr. blumenthal. >> mr. chairman. >> aye. >> mr. chairman votes are 11 yeas, seven nays. >> the senator from texas. >> so you don't think i'm trying to pull your leg, there was a complete substitute -- >> they emailed into our office at 4:16 yesterday. >> ok. trust me. my brother in law is a good guy. i know you have. he has done the prayer at the opening of the session several times. i must say, it has nothing to do with it. one of the things he has found the biggest thrill when he has been been visiting clergymen for the senate is being able to spend the day on the floor, and so many senators, republicans and democrats alike, i yield to senator feinstein. >> thank you very much. i want to thank you for allowing me to hold the hearing. i want to report to you that we heard from one bereft and grieving father, who lost a precious son at sandy hook. we heard from the trauma surgeon there, who took care of their bodies. and talk about what these weapons, what the bullets do when they explode inside the body. we heard from the head of

mr. president you have a quorum. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us for the pledge of allegiance. madam clerk do we have any communications? >> there are no communication, president. >> read the agenda? >> these are considered routine however in a member objects they are considered separately. >> would anyone like to sever any of these items? >> supervisor tang, aye, supervisor wiener? aye, campos aye, cohen aye, supervisor mar, mar absent. there are 10 ayes. >> resolution is adopted. >> and with that why don't we go to item no. 10. >> item 10 is an ordinance amended the planning and administrative codes and zoning maps making miscellaneous codes and corrections. >> colleagues, any discussion? can we take this item same call. it passed. >> next item? >> to prove acception and requirement for a $2 million loan for an affordable housing project at 1091 market street. the house has just changed. let's do a roll call. >> supervisor tang, supervisor wiener, supervisor yee, supe

mr. derek twigg. >> number one, mr. speaker,. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with ministerial of colleagues and others, and in addition to duties in the house i shall of further such meetings today. >> [inaudible] >> i quote the bedroom tax has hurt thousands of disabled persons. with the prime minister drop his policy? >> first of all let us be clear, this is not a tax. only -- [shouting] let me explain to the labour party. a tax is when you earn some money, the government take some of the money away from you. that is a tax. only labor could call a benefit reform a tax increase. [shouting] let me be clear to him. pensioners are exempt. people with simply disabled children are eccentric people who need round-the-clock care are exempt. those kind of groups of people are all exempt. there's a basic issue of fairness. how can it be fair the people and housing benefit in private rented accommodations do not get a fair rim subsidy where as people in social housing to? that isn't there and we are putting that right. >> over the last one y

mr. lazar and asked him what was happening. at that time i found out -- that's when i didn't get any response to him from him, i was asking, what's going on. have you heard from the valley merchants with regard to this proposal. what happened at that time that's when after i found out all this time later after going through the complaint and that you will stuff, i found out that the answer to my question was no, nothing has ever happened between the arts commission and the hayes valley merchants. so all this time i went through all these hearings, mr. lazar was present at the hearing but left in the middle of the hearing. all he had to do was sent me an e-mail saying nothing has ever happened. as a result of that, i went back to the board of supervisors, they told me after 30 days everything is dumped into the trash can and i asked mr. lazar to recalendar the item to the board of supervisors and he refused to reintroduce the item saying it wasn't part of the resolution. this whole time se

mr. pearlman on his program committee. what i have noticed about mr. pearlman is this. he understands not only the importance of sensitive restoration and adaptive reuse, but also the intellectual historical context of original buildings. he is widely read in the history of architecture, although we are volunteers on that committee, he always follows through on what he volunteers to do. he is skilled not only as an architect, but also as a graphic designer and has been responsible for designing all the graphics related to the noytra house and its website. he has initiated a yearly house tour in the los all toes area whose income pay [speaker not understood]. >> thank you. >>> thank you. >> okay. seeing no more people, public comment is now still open. [laughter] >>> thank you. >> are there any more speakers? please come up, because otherwise i can't tell if there are. >>> good afternoon, chair yee, supervisor breed, supervisor cohen. congratulations to the new supervisors. it's not an eas

apologize. >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker -- >> order. i know there are people that don't like it when the recession runs on. personally, it does not matter to me at all. a the longer it takes, the longer we'll be here. it is very simple. i do know the prime minister ha new tactic which is to ask meas questions in our exchange.s all i can say it is good the toa be in opposition, mr. speaker. >> they are looking forward tom facing them when they are inhe opposition. >> now, now, let me ask him -- he did not answer the question about the bedroom tax.an no isw talked earlier about the hardship fund.a let's go to the facts on theabou hardship fund. there is 25 million pounds, our cases, to help disabled people hit by the bedroom tax and thei hardship fund.dr 25 million people, specifically the disabled people, but how much did the own figures show he is taking from disabled people?' 306 million pounds. we admit that the vast majority of disaged people, who are hit6. by the bedroom tax, will get noh help from the hardship fund. >> the whole co

mr. mccain: mr. president, i come to the floor to talk about amendment number 33, which would strike sections 104 and 8039 of the bill. it's a pair of guam earmarks that directly contravene the explicit direction provided by the armed services committee of the senate and the house of representatives in the conference report on the fiscal year 2013 national defense authorization act. congress has not yet received a sufficient cost analysis of the proposed movement of the troops from okinawa to guam, and because of that and the whole operation of these troops from okinawa to guam has still not been decided, the armed services committees of the house and senate explicitly prohibited this type of premature investments in civilian infrastructure. at a time when the department of defense is facing the impact of sequestration, on top of the $487 million in cuts directed by the president, it's appalling. it's appalling and disgraceful. that the authorizing language would be directly circumvented by the autho

mr. coburn. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 45, the nays are 54. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. ms. mikulski: move to reconsider. mr. mccain: move to lay on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: i ask unanimous consent to speak up to two minutes and after my remarks the senior senator from arizona be recognized. the presiding officer: is there objection? is there objection to the modified request? without objection. mr. brown: madam president, thank you. i want to not yet call up, i've been working with chairwoman mikulski on this until they get an agreement but i'll just discuss for a moment amendment 83

mr.earlman by richard noitra's son. i am writing in support of jonathan pearlman's candidacy as san francisco historian for the perez r vation commission. although as a physician and epidemiologist, my own career was environmental health, teaching at harvard, ucla, uc berkeley, and then for 27 years heading up environmental health research at the california department of public health. ~ i grew up with a family of architects. after my retirement, i have been helping cal poly pomona restore the historic 1932 studio residences designed by my father, richard noytra, one of the founders of california modern. i have been visiting with other historic modernist house museums around the world to learn about their restoration and programming. i was invited to serve on the program committee of the noytra house in los altos. it was originally a small residence of poet jacqueline johnson, designed by my father in the late 1930s. it has been restored and adaptively reused as an intimate conference ven

mr. hinojosa, mr. miller and mr. tierney have offered a compromise alternative, a commonsense alternative that would create strategic partnerships with employers, community colleges, labor unions and nonprofits to find new jobs and careers for working families. the democratic alternative would expand the central role of community colleges, authorizing $8 billion for president obama's community college to career fund to help community colleges recognize credentials since students will graduate with job training that meets the needs of employers. it would also better serve high poverty services with effective services by creating innovation funds to expand the use of promising strategies for adults and young people. ladies and gentlemen, our country is facing serious economic challenges, and we need a serious solution like that offered in the work force investment act. i urge my colleagues to oppose h.r. 803 and support the democratic alternative and enact real work force reform that will put americans back to work. i

mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent for leave to engage in a colloquy with senator barrasso for a period of time not to exceed 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lee: mr. president, the president of the united states has spent the last few weeks campaigning around our great country at taxpayer expense, telling americans about what he characterized as the catastrophic impact of the sequester. he said, for example, that the sequester will visit hardship on a whole lot of people. he said it will jeopardize our military readiness. it will eviscerate job-creating investments in education and energy and medical research. he said the ability of emergency responders to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be disregarded. border patrol agents will see their hours reduced. f.b.i. agents will be furloughed. he said that federal prosecutors will have to close cases and simply let cri

mr. ryan: mr. chairman, i think the reference to plato reveals a mindset that the country ought to be run by a handful of philosophers and kings rather than the people. i yield myself 10 seconds to simply say this budget, this plundering, evil cutting budget increases spending on average 3.4% a year instead of 5% a year. with that i'd like to yield three minutes to the distinguished member of the budget committee, the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for three minutes. mr. mcclintock: i thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. mr. chairman, this debate over the budget reflects a great struggle between american families and their government. over whether they or the government can best spend the money that they have earned. this budget benleds that struggle slowly back in favor of those families by returning to them a little of their freedom to spend more of their own money and make more of their own decis

mrs. murray: mr. president, i want all of our members to understand that the second amendment that we will be voting on tonight is the ryan budget. there seems to be some resistance among my republican colleagues in bringing up the house republican budget for a vote, and it's pretty easy to see why that is. last year's house republican budget was in fact soundly rejected by the american people in the election. and since then it continues to be very clear. the american people prefer a balanced and fair approach that puts our economy and our middle class first. not an extreme irresponsible approach. unfortunately, house republicans put forward a budget last week that doubles down on the rejected ideology that the american people spoke about. and they have a new talking point about their same old budget. they now claim their budget would eliminate the deficit in 2023. and house budget committee chairman paul ryan has even said that it doesn't really matter how their budget eliminates the deficit. mr. pre

mr. clark on a timely and responsive basis. in response to the first charge i have already stated that at 2 task force meetings i publically acknowledged and apologized for my failure to release information on a timely basis. however at the same two hearings, i took the opportunity to convey a statement read by representative my response to the questions. i have furnished you with my statement which was read at the two hearings and the statement includes responses to mr. clark's questions. who ill this public information was not released on a timely basis it was nonetheless released to mr. clark on a responsive basis by virtue of those two hearings. furthermore after the last of those two hearings, mr. clark, on august 29, 2011, mr. clark sent me an e-mail regarding his proposal for the designation of street spaces or hey street. i fully responded to the question on page 2 of the letter to mr. clark on september 13. you have a copy that have letter before you in this section. while admitt

what mr. renne is saying, that if they included everyone's 150-word summary in the body of the minutes, would that in your mind, remedy the issue? >> going forward, yes. but it does not answer the fact that they spent the last two years avaiding it, avaiding it, and i don't think that the law is intended to be something where they go along for two years, and only when mr. herrera has the chance of being found in willful violation, does he actually even show up at the hearings. he sends miss blackman to the hearings to represent him and that is the lowest and the biggest exhibit of lack of integrity, sending a subordinate to answer for your behavior. >> commissioner studley? >> i don't have any questions. i am prepared to speak to the issue when you are ready. >> okay. >> mr. hartz i have a question for you, assuming that a speaker says something during public comment, submits a summary that is radically different from the statement that they gave but submitted it as part of the summary. would

mr. sessions: mr. president? i want to thank senator enzi. senator enzi is an accountant, a businessman, and i don't believe any member of this body has traveled his state more on the ground than he in the last number of years. as a matter of fact, i'll say with certainty that's so. he travels constantly, talks to people all over the state. i would just have one question, senator enzi. when you talk to people in wyoming, real people in gas stations and -- mrs. murray: if the senator would yield, i have a unanimous consent request to do. i would ask unanimous consent that the title amendment for h.r. 9 p 33, which is at the desk be agreed to. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sessions: thank you. so i guess the president here has said, well, so, you know, my goal is not chase a balanced budget, just for the sake of balance. but p when our colleagues talk about a balanced approach, and we have -- they have a budget that doesn't actually balance, i guess what i'm sawing is, you talk -- what i'

mr. bernanke in our committee, and he came to tell us what he is doing with quantitative easing, and that is trying to stimulate the economy the bond purchases that he has been doing, because he is trying to keep the interest rates low and create jobs. he said that it sequestration takes place, that is going to be a great setback. we do not need to be having something like sequestration that is going to cause the job, a million jobs that could be lost. he made it very clear, he is not opposed to cuts, but cuts must be done over a long period of time and in a very planned way, rather than the blunt cutting that will be done by sequestration. as you know in this committee, we have all of hud, which is responsible for so many programs that determine the quality of life for women and families. our formula grant program will be cut by $153 million. these are grants to cities that help with women and children and low-income programs. we also will cut the home program by $52 million if sequestra

and mr. sanchez when you get up there, perhaps you could reconstruct the microphone if you don't mind. before you begin? >> thank you. >> you are very careful. >> thank you. >> scott sanchez planning department. so, the four permits that are on appeal before the board this evening none of those were routed to the planning department. of course the electrical and plumbing but the building permit should have been because there is a change of use from a personal service use which would have been the last use the educational use, and the educational after school use excel to the proposed use of vocal point and in reviewing the matter, we did find that the proposed use of vocal point does not comply with the definition of financial service in the planning code. it is i believe a business or professional service use. which is not listed among the uses that is considered to be an act of commercial use. and let me back up. , the property, 2395-26th avenue is located at the end of 26th avenue and the

mr. graham: absolutely. mr. durbin: to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle it was 12 hours ago i was standing here, a lonely voice among others who were discussing this issue bringing up the points that you raise. the first is the drone is a weapon. there are many weapons that can deliver lethal force. we should view this as an issue of lethal force, not an issue of drones per se, although it may raise some particular questions and application. it is largely a question of lethal force. the second question has been raised by the senator from -- both senators. what if the fourth airplane had not been brought down by the passengers? what if that plane were headed for this capitol building and all other planes had been landed across america under orders of our government and we knew this plane was the fourth plane in control of the terrorists? what authority did president bush have as commander in chief at that moment? i don't think anyone would question, he had the authority to use lethal force to stop the

mr. murphy. i know he has made many contributions to our city as a contractor and developer and also made great contributions in terms of housing in the city. i'm really concerned about the appearance of really not following the rules that all of us expect to a contractor to follow over the years. as president of the dbi commission of the past, would you expect that mr. murphy would make sure he could follow the proper procedures along his permits. apparently there are instances that it shows where he has not. he had a house on 26th street, 3418, 26th street, he bought a single story home and in 2004, the house was demolished without a permit. that gives the appearance of that he's been getting special consideration within the department of building inspection. there is also another pattern of this happening as well. most recently last year in december, mr. murphy began building a 5-story condominium at the same address apparently without proper permits. he did not apply for proper permit

mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker -- mr. chairman. i'm going to urge our colleagues to vote against this republican budget for a variety of reasons. first of all, this is an uncompromising ideological approach to our budget issues. we've just been through a major national campaign. where both presidential candidates, president obama, governor romney, agreed on one thing and that was that the people of this country faced a fundamental choice in the direction we were going to take. and the american people voted and they resoundedly rejected the approach that is now taken once again for the third year in a row in this republican budget. this budget, as we've heard over the last couple days, fails on a number of counts. number one, it adopts the european style austerity approach that we've seen slow down economies in many parts of europe. we should instead be focusing on job growth and putting people back to work rather than a budget like this budget which will result in 750,000 fewer americans working by the end of this year. that's acco

mr. deputy speaker, a vital sector for our economy and the cost of doing business is energy. creating a low carbon economy is done by create jobs rather than -- was a major step forward for new nuclear. today with help of we are also announcing our intelligence to take two projects to the next stage of development will support the manufacture of mission vessels in britain with new takes incentive and the honorable members has urged do you passionately and in a nonpartisan way about the damage of doing the famous ceramic industry and persuaded me we will exempt from next year the industrial processes for the industry and others from the climate change. [cheering and applause] [laughter] >> for the we will this year sign contracts for the commissioning relief, the expectations of which is already increasing investment. i want britain to tap to new sources of local energy like shale gas. i'm introducing a tax -- including a shale gas field allowance to promote early investment. shale gas is

mr. speaker, with permission i'll make a statement on the crisis in syria. the time has come to announce to the house necessary developments in our policy and our readiness to develop it further if the bloodshed continues. two years after it gans -- began, 10,000 people have died since i last updated the house in early january. that means more people have died in the first two months of this year than in the whole of the first year of the conflict. the total estimated death toll is now over 70,000 people. the regime has used scud ballistic missiles against civilian areas and there's evidence of grave human rights violations, war crimes and crimes against humanity including massacres, torture, summary executions and a systematic policy of rape and sexual violence by the regime forces and its militia. a year ago one million people needed humanitarian aid inside syria. that figure is now up to four million people out of a total population of 21 million. 40,000 people are fleeing syria each w