mr. alexander, and executive director of taxi commission that was selected by the mayor (inaudible) no rule prohibiting me from getting a permit. >> thank you. >> next speaker please. >> good afternoon, my name arik. taxi driver. when prop a was made, what was prop a? 200 pages of muni and one line was inserted in these 200 pages. the people that inserted it and took in hand (inaudible). and this page went through. nobody in the city knows there is one page finishing the taxi and moving into sfmta. later on mayor issued a letter to mark gruberg that filling our prop fundaments be kept in it. that letter he have it. but later on this was not the plan. like nine attempts made to finish prop k. and finally this prop a by some industrial or money making people (inaudible). and andi was with them. sorry to tell you. it was a wrong plan. mayor newsom and muni at running, and later as mayor newsom was gone and then buddy (inaudible). and hold out for $385,000 check, why? the story is clear. they ask the airport director to put the airport lobby shuttles with the taxi downstairs. and the story came

mr. alexander. >> hello i am josh alexander. i live in the castro and i'm not a nudist but i oppose this ban. people say we need it because they're offended. well, i am offended. i am offended by this proposed legislation that i have to come to this hearing to speak up for freedom and diversity and san francisco values shouldn't be under attack by someone purporting to represent all districts, district eight. i am offended and legislation that ask people to mind their own business. one doesn't need to be a health professional and other people should dress according to your preferences and upset if they don't. they can't point to anything

mr. alexander. >> hello i am josh alexander. i live in the castro and i'm not a nudist but i oppose this ban. people say we need it because they're offended. well, i am offended. i am offended by this proposed legislation that i have to come to this hearing to speak up for freedom and diversity and san francisco values shouldn't be under attack by someone purporting to represent all districts, district eight. i am offended and legislation that ask people to mind their own business. one doesn't need to be a health professional and other people should dress according to your preferences and upset if they don't. they can't point to anything to support their issues. if proponents really think this legislation has broad support then i say prove it. put it to the voters on the ballot. don't let a small group of disgruntled conservatives to impose their will on us and it's not democracy and it's not what we put you in office to do. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. actually before you go i apologize let me call more names and anyo

mr mr alexander. litvinenko had died from the same poisoning and he was murdered by that poisoning and therefore it is possible that this case came after two thousand and four and therefore it triggered the investigation now are there any political interest on the part of qatar to actually. investigation forward in order to create this puter among the palestinians because how can this happen let me just explain real quickly is that well if there is a poisoning of president arafat someone must have put the poison in his food or must have put his poison on his skin and to do that it must be someone from his clothes on to wash and to open this investigation will create this beauty within the fatah movement and within the closest people to yasser arafat who are now the close people to mahmoud abbas so therefore the question is is there a political objective on the part of qatar to support such an investigation or is it just an investigation because people really want to know what happened to their . they

mr. alexander: mr. president, i see the senator from louisiana, and i know she expects to speak about 5:30. i want to just say to her through the chair i will be finished by then. and i see the senator from connecticut i believe is still here. i want to compliment him on his participation this morning in a hearing which we both -- in which we both participated. it was a sad hearing, really. it was about the fungal meningitis. the senator from minnesota was there as well. the fungal meningitis outbreak that in our state, tennessee, has become a nightmare. it's claimed eight lives, 31 ill, very ill in many cases -- 81 very ill in many cases, and a thousand others who worry that they might become ill. what became obvious is we -- as we went through the discussion was that something incredibly dropped through the cracks here. we have maybe 60,000 what i call drugstores, pharmacies in the country, maybe more than a thousand in tennessee. many of them are doing this compounding. they are -- if you go in and g

alexander. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in 2007 the prime minister identified one of 29 hospitals he would be prepared to get into a bare knuckle fight over, yet on monday it emerged that louison's a and e and maternity services could end up paying the price for financial services and elsewhere. which side of this bare knuckle fight is he now on? >> the fight we're on is increasing the resources going into the nhs. that is the decision we have taken, and she is on the side of cutting money into the nhs. what we have done, which the previous government didn't, is set out that there will be no changes to nhs configurations unless they have the support of local gps, unless they have strong public and patient engagement, unless they're backed by sound clinical evidence and provide support for choice. those protections were never there under the last government, they are now. >> margaret james. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in light of last week's positive growth figures, does the prime minister agree with me the policies regarding

. >> douglas alexander. >> mr. speaker, let me thank the foreign secretary for making the statement and -- [inaudible] today. mr. speaker, i will first address the issue of syria and the announcement that the foreign secretary made in his statement. i wish b to note my recent visit to the saw tarry refugee camp in jordan which has been appropriately registered. only an inclusive transition plan as we've just heard from the foreign secretary holds the prospect of being a bridge between conflict and a sustainable peace in syria. until now not only has the security council been disastrously divided, but so, too, has the syrian opposition. over many months the russians have continued to -- [inaudible] so if assad goes, what comes next? on the 11th of november, however, we saw the establishment of the new commission in doha. last week we on this side of the house called on the government to recognize the new syrian national coalition, so i, therefore, welcome today's announcement by the foreign secretary that the britis

. >> douglas alexander. >> mr.speaker can i think the foreign secretary for his statement and i welcome him to sponsor today. the secretary himself admitted only last week that time is running out for the two-state solution. mr. mr. speaker i agree with the foreign secretary's assessment. belief in the possibility of a negotiated two-state solution is hemorrhaging badly across the region. the foreign secretary is an eloquent man but i struggled struggle to reconcile his statement with his analysis of last week. exact way eight days ago the foreign secretary told this house and i quote direct way, it's a legitimate case for saying it would be right to passage in motion because this has gone on for so long and palestinian -- are so intense for understand the reasons. i believed over the bounds of judgment comes down on the side of saying to do so would be more like you to efforts to restart the peace process than to advance them. after statement today can i asked the foreign secretary has he not in fact changed his m

. >> douglas alexander. >> mr. speaker, could i think the foreign secretary and welcome his decision to come to debate this today at the foreign secretary himself admitted only last week that time is running out of the two state solution. mr. speaker, i agree with the foreign secretary's assessment. a leaf and the possibility of a negotiated two state solution is to be hemorrhaging and hemorrhaging badly across the region. the foreign secretary is an eloquent man, but i struggle to reconcile his statement today with his analysis of last week. exactly eight days ago the foreign secretary told this post i quote directly, that it respectable or legitimate case for saying it would be right to pass such a motion because this has gone on for so long and palestinian frustrations are so intense for understandable reasons. i believe that the balance of judgment comes down that to do so would be more likely to efforts to strip the peace process than advance them. after his statement today, commands the foreign secretary has

. >> douglas alexander. >> mr.ker, let me thank the foreign secretary for making the statement and -- [inaudible] today. mr. speaker, i will first address the issue of syria and the announcement that the foreign secretary made in his statent. i wish b to note my recent visit to the saw tarry refugee camp in jordan which has been appropriately registered. only an inclusive transition plan as we've just heard from the foreign secretary holds the prospect of being a bridge between conflict and a sustainable peace in syria. until now not only has the security council been disastrously divided, but so, too, has the syrian oppition. over many months the russians have continued to -- [inaudible] so if assad goes, what comes next? on the 11th of november, however, we saw the establishment of the new commission in doha. last week we on this side of the house called on the government to recognize the new syrian national coalition, so i, therefore, welcome today's announcement by the foreign secretary that the british governm

mrs. romney rallied supporters in cleveland. >> i'm feeling it r you feeling it? >> reporter: i'm peter alexander traveling with governor romney in pennsylvania. >> i want to first talk to you about those numbers, about the leadership question, saying that president obama may have gotten a sandy bounce. is there anything that romney can do in that case or does he have to be on the sidelines? >> he is on the sidelineses, there's no question about it. in talking to the president today, they maintain that their zeta is unchanged. he would win bagsd on -- the reality is chris christie is now having to go out of his way to say he's still voting for mitt romney. he did provide him a boost. mitt romney needs to lead, let's face it the country is starved for it at the moment which is why i think it resonates. >> they both really have reason to be confident now, don't they? >> they have reason to be confident because you saw our poll, it's deadlocked, neck and neck. now it's whether they get their supporters to the polls, this very sophisticated report that the president has had years to vote on. building

mr. bloomberg called a disappointing term. >> and when the government was out, at last monthly unemployment report, before the election. >> peter alexander, in virginia, thank you. >>> let's get an update on the other side of this, our chief political correspondent, chuck todd, so nice to see everybody getting along, as always. what does it come down to, for "team obama". >> reporter: well, i can tell you, what it comes down to these days are the candidates' schedule, you would be forgiven to think that you're looking at an airline hub and spokesman, he has to change planes in ohio, the point is, he goes to ohio every single day between now and the election, while sprinkling in the battleground states. now let me show you this, where mitt romney is going, two stops in ohio over the next four days. but he also adds two stops in new hampshire, florida, virginia, ohio, if he swept all three, he would be four short, new hampshire seems to be the best state, here is why, the numbers, iowa, the small state, sticking with obama, he is up by six in the latest poll, wisconsin, as forth of the obama firewall, romney would like to get it, trailing

mr. obama a congratulatory cake. >> kristen welker, thank you, on the trail. >>> and now, in boston, after a sad night there, the question what went wrong in the romney campaign. peter alexander covering, there for us tonight. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you here in boston, this is apparently the intersection of politics and the nor'easter, in the words of one top aide to the romney campaign tonight. the mood in the campaign is a lot like this weather, dreary, at the end of a six-year long quest for the white house. tonight, mitt romney is left asking himself what might have been. dressed in a business suit and surrounded by family and friends, and for a final few hours, a secret service team, mitt romney this morning left his boston hotel, quickly returning to life as a private citizen. on this november 7th, the day governor romney promised voters he would get to work, the only campaign work left to do, packing up, and tearing down. just before 9:00 this morning, almost 90 minutes after most networks had called the race, mr. romney took the stage alone. >> like so many of you, paul and i have left everything on the field. we have given our all to

bush administration, from the obama administration, from general keith alexander, the premiere expert in our government? thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: i ask unanimous consent to speak for one more minute, if i could. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. carper: this is the first opportunity we'll have had since returning from the election to cast a vote on a meaningful piece of legislation, and as legislation goes, it is about as meaningful as any we're going to come across for a while. if we were in the minority and the republicans were coming to the floor and asking us to support moving to a bill so that we could offer -- so that we could debate it, offer amendments to the bill, i would hope that we would do that. for our republican friends who are fearful that they're not going to have a chance to offer those amendments, senator lieberman, the chairman of the committee, the ranking republican, susan collins, myself -- all cosponsors of the bill -- we will work very hard to make sure that any amendments that ar

the whiskey rebellion, he said to alexander hamilton, they went out to stop the rebellion, they were just citizens. so i would just say that is what i feel about that. mr. president, i'd like to call up -- set aside the pending business and call up amendment number 3009. the presiding officer: is there objection? the senator from michigan. mr. levin: repeat the question. mr. sessions: i would like to set aside the pending amendment and call up amendment numbered 3009. i understand it would not be voted on tonight, but i just thought i would like to get it pending. mr. levin: i wonder if the senator would speak on it without calling it up. without calling it up. i wonder if the senator would speak to the amendment without calling up the amendment. mr. sessions: i would be glad to if the chairman thinks that it won't be a problem calling it up at a later date. will he support me in that? mr. levin: i hope not. i don't even know what's in the amendment, but we're trying to accommodate a process where everybody is going to have a chance hopefully to call up their amendments. we have to do it in order where we know what is in the amendment. we have got to h

alexander hamilton to develop an industrial policy . one part of that industrial policy was the development of the infrastructure for america's commerce and it was canals and it was ports and it was roads. mr. higgins, so how are we going to make this happen? you got $1.2 trillion you want to put out there. mr. higgins: well, i think you made a very good point, particularly with your leadership on the make it in america initiative. keep in mind when you invest there american infrastructure, you're buying labor from american businesses. you're buying supplies and material from american businesses. you're buying engineering and design services from american businesses. and we also forgot a very important element of our economy. it's the million -- it's the thousands of returning veterans who have been serving our country in iraq and afghanistan. the unemployment rate, the unemployment rate today for those returning veterans under the age of 24 is 19%. there was a program started by the department of defense, it's now a not for profit called helmets to hard hats. and what it basically does, it identifies 60,000 american businesses and some of the trade unions. they collaborate to get together

alexander amendment number 3258. the levin amendment number 3280. the begich amendment number 32 3290. mr. mccain: those have been cleared by our side. mr. levin: now i ask consent that these amendments be considered en bloc, the amendments be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? hearing no objection, so ordered. mr. levin: again, i thank the presiding officer. mr. mccain: mr. president, i'd also like to thank the presiding officer for his patience and long period of time in the chair today. and we obviously have a couple of members of the media who have no other lives. mr. levin: i want to thank senator mccain. he very humorously, with his great good nature kind of joshes himself comparing his patience to mine. it's -- my starn is not the one that anybody -- my standard is not the one that anybody wants to follow around here. we're never get anything done. he's more than patient. and i'm very grateful that he is standing there and sitting right in that ranking position. and i hope he stays in that ranking position for, in