supervisor mar. ~ happy to answer >> mr. beck, i just wanted to ask about the congestion management. i know that the transportation authority has to develop plan. do you have any concept of how that would work? >> we are working with the transportation authority already on some preliminary studies for the mobility management and congestion pricing. there are a number of variables that we're looking at. but the main vehicle to managing the congestion pricing is calling on and off of the island. we're looking at the question of whether those tolls should be collected only when leaving the island, when arriving on the island, when leaving and arriving, whether tolls should be limited to just peak commute hours or should be -- have different prices or have some periods of day where there is no toll collected, whether toll should be applied just to the 8,000 households on the island or to all vehicle access to and from the island. so, there are a number of parameters that are being studied and we're just in the process of initiating t

mr. bob beck you have your work cut out for you and ms. tilly i've already scaled the world. thank you >> thank you for the exiled kind words i think bob and i have our marching orders. our next speaker needs no introduction whodunit travel at least in the region this person has been a friend for many years i've horrid him for some time i've had the opportunity to get to know him not only on this partnership but, of course, our stunning parkway project. on this team they've been true partners helping to secure 77 money and streamlining all the process including the environmental review process under the new delegating authority and please join me our director t p. (clapping.) >> thank you tilly. good morning it's a pleasure to be here as we start the construction of a project that not only includes practitioner but access to the treasure island. we're proud of the bridge you see behind us and we're proud of this project that puts a world-class new connection to the treasure island that was independent of the bay bridge project it was due to the collaboration between will the

just four years ago we saw mr. becks diaz and greece release the names of 2000 people who had secret accounts and were hiding money to avoid taxes. what can finally be done to actually have strict penalties on people who break the law and not make the kind of mistakes that allow us to slip through with this information? is there an answer to this? >> the answer has to be yes. we cannot continue where we are at these relatively low levels, with employees making such great disclosures about information. we have to look at areas of encryption in terms of the information and the level here that employees have in terms of the ability to access it. how we store data. and whether there are simple firewalls in what we do. all of these issues have to be looked at. there will always be espionage elements with people who want to damage us, for whatever ideological reasons we have, what we can do is interrupt their ability to do damage. that is the area we need to be thinking about in this information age. otherwise this sort of lev

just four years ago we saw mr. becks diaz in greece release the names of 2000 people who had secret accounts and were hiding money to avoid taxes. what can finally be done to actually have strict penalties on people who break the law and not make the kind of mistakes that allow us to slip through with this information? is there an answer to this? >> the answer has to be yes. we cannot continue where we are at these relatively low levels, with employees making such great disclosures about information. we have to look at areas of encryption in terms of the information and the level here that employees have in terms of the ability to access it. how we store data. and whether there are simple firewalls in what we do. all of these issues have to be looked at. there will always be espionage elements with people who want to damage us, for whatever ideological reasons we have, what we can do is interrupt their ability to do damage. that is the area we need to be thinking about in this information age. otherwise this sort of leve

mr. bundy was the glenn beck radio show. >> if he really thinks better off as slaves picking cotton and havingily life if he really thinks that slaves had a family life just that shows you how unhinged from reality this guy is. >> in fact, jon stewart actually called beck a voice of reason in the case. that must have hurt stuart. with us now my former associate of hillary clinton mike gallagher, nationally syndicated talk show host. so, gallagher, you didn't get on the bundy bandwagon false idols. >> did you know in the beginning? >> no one knew. >> what held you back from jumping on this guy's bandwagon. >> a guy who says i don't think the federal government exists and i don't want to pay the fees i owe. >> that kind of rhetoric in the beginning raised the red flag for you. but i'm sure some of your listeners and correct me if i am wrong, came in and said listen, this guy is a hero. is he a paul revere. he is x, y, and z. how did you respond to those callers? >> it broke my heart today after his racest comments came to light some are still defending him. >> last rancher standing. that has not

mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the 75th anniversary of one of the greatest pieces of american literature, john stein beck's "grapes of wrath." the national steinbeck cent for the salina nass -- salinas, california, is celebrating all year with events throughout the country. mr. farr: the pulitzer prize-winning novel was published in 1949. it captured the brutal honesty, the story of migrant farmworkers, fleeing oklahoma's dust bowl in search of new opportunity in california. steinbeck wanted to shine a light on the social injusestieses that plagued the working -- injustices that plagued the working poor. it was banned an burned in many parts of the country. inspired by the novel, first lady eleanor roosevelt helped pass new labor laws after touring the shocking conditions of the california camps. the -- "the grapes of wrath quats changed the way we view poverty in this country. that's why it figured prominently in the decision to award steinbeck the noble prize. even today the novel offers us hope, hope that our best days lie before us. steinbeck's words resonate as true today as they did 75 years ago. the

mr. president, the reason we don't have laws like that is because there can be an advantage taken of the employee, you're at the beck and call of the employer, not really minding most labor laws protect against that now. i'm surprise we've heard no one coming to the floor other than the statement i could have missed it, but the at the same time was this was a legislation that was a trial lawyer's dream. what the women who have come and talked about this today and the men who talked about it including the priding officer which i heard the statement are trying to say, we need to be ensured this is a fair shot for the middle class. in this instance, women. the republicans always want to change the subject. i don't have a debate op this, whether women are entitle to have the same pay as men. the senate's debating a motion to proceed to the equal pay bill, so the question before the senate is whether we should even begin debate on the matter. senator, wire to offer amendments. have to begin debate. i'm always happy to talk about amendments, and i'm certainly, my friend from south dakota's amendment is nothing that's reas

mr. president the reason we don't have laws like that is because there can be such advantage taken of the employee because you're at the beck and call of the employer -- the beckon call of the employer. i think most labor laws would protect against that now. i'm surprised we have heard literally no one come to the floor except on one occasion -- i could have missed it -- and his statement -- the republican senator's statement was that this was -- this legislation of senator mikulski's was a trial lawyer's dream. the women that have talked about this today and the men that have come and talked talked about it today -- including the presiding officer, which i heard his statement -- are simply trying to say that we need to be enssured that this is a fair shot for the middle class. in this instance, women. but the republicans always want to change the subject. i don't have a debate on this, whether women are entitled to have the same pay as men. the senate is debating a motion to proceed to the equal pay bill. so the question before the senate is whether we should even begin debate on this matter. senators who wish to offer ame