mr. brooks. >> eric brooks again. san francisco green party and also you might remember a few years ago 2006 and 7 my organization and we are still part of

mr. brooks. >> eric brooks again. san francisco green party and also you might remember a few years ago 2006 and 7 my organization and we are still part of a coalition when when google and earth link -- we're seeing tomorrow today or tomorrow the announcement that the fact that we kept them for actually charging us for wifi is leading to these corporations just giving it to us so that's something that's positive. and i'm hoping that in 2014 we finally do get scheduled on this item of building a public broadband internet network just like building the roads and highways we need in san francisco i'm hoping in 2014 we'll finally get action items on that and doing studies on how we can roll that out. >> great thank you very much. anything else? so not seeing any member of the public commenting this item is closed and i believe that leads us to our next item which is item number 8 but before i do that i want to wish everyone a very happy holiday i hope you have a please ant and safe and joyful holiday season and best wishe

mr. brooks that i don't fault labor for wanting to see that it's real. i've heard commissioners on the puc and commission on the environment and the mayor, while addressing the board of supervisors during question time refer to a half plan or half baked plan or not ready for prime time plan and i agree with commissioner breed the plans not being completed is the main point that everyone uses to say that the program is not ready to launch even for them to approve not to exceed rates so i think a solid comprehensive plan is absolutely necessary to show not only to remove the excuses for folks who are perhaps taking action for other political reasons, but also substantive -- we might have citizens who need to see the data and i think if we can show both citizens and policy makers the data, then this will be a knockout. thanks very much. >> thank you very much. is there any other member of the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. the one thing that i would add in terms of understanding why it is that things haven't been mov

i'm inclined to support the two that came because i don't know who mr. brook take care is. supervisor cowen any thoughts on this? >> yes. i do have a few thoughts on this - many thoughts. >> first like supervisor breed said i'm a personal policy i don't like to sport residency waiver requirement san francisco has a lot of talent and we need to capital lists and a grow the young staent tlaebt to we're growing our future leaders. i'm going to be in favor of waivers. we did wave a residency requirement for one lady for the childcare committee because she recommended a very unique ethnic community. i agree with supervisor breed dj is one you see on the ground organizing it's not only organizing with the african-american community but also the asian and latino community that benefit from the services that the young developers often develop. this is an orientation that has the capacity and proven track record to address and then mitigate barriers to entry when the comes to the workforce. i'm comfortable with waving the residency requirement. now what's interesting is that i do ha

mr. brooks of alabama. >> thank you, mr. secretary, for sharing your time with us on a very important and very high-risk issue. in 2005, the president of iran stated, quote, israel must be wiped off the page of time, end quote. in 2006, the president of iran said, quote, whether you like it or not, the zionist regime, referring to israel, is on the road to being eliminated, end quote. also in 2006 the iranian president added that, quote, the zionist regime is a rotten, dry tree that will be eliminated by one storm, end quote. i emphasize that a nuclear attack on israel certainly qualifies as being, quote, eliminated by one storm, end quote. the jewish community, the united states, and for that matter almost all the rest of the world disregarded adolf hitler's threats and were deceived by hitler's promises in the 1930s resulting the holocaust and murder of millions of innocent jews. in as much as israel appears to be iran's number one target, i give great weight to israel's opinion about the iran nuke deal you advocate. so fa

mr. brooks of alabama. >> thank you, mr. secretary, for sharing your time with us on a very important and very high-risk issue. in 2005, the president of iran stated, quote, israel must be wiped off the page of time, end quote. in 2006, the president of iran said, quote, whether you like it or not, the zionist regime, referring to israel, is on the road to being eliminated, end quote. also in 2006 the iranian president added that, quote, the zionist regime is a rotten, dry tree that will be eliminated by one storm, end quote. i emphasize that a nuclear attack on israel certainly qualifies as being, quote, eliminated by one storm, end quote. the jewish community, the united states, and for that matter almost all the rest of the world disregarded adolf hitler's threats and were deceived by hitler's promises in the 1930s resulting the holocaust and murder of millions of innocent jews. in as much as israel appears to be iran's number one target, i give great weight to israel's opinion about the iran nuke deal you advocate. so fa

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. >> thank you, mrs. brooks. i think that we have the opportunity to ask the panel members to submit information to us after the hearing on that issue. so we are happy to look into that. mr. kohl, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. let me just get a few facts straight. first, sir, i believe you have said that the current pell grant is about a third of the cost of attending a public institution going back 3.5 decades and was nearly three quarters of the cost of attending a public institution. is that correct? >> yes. >> mr. dannenberg, i have here some figures for rutgers university that shows the state appropriations going to rutgers in the dollar amount is less now than it was 20 years ago. and over the last more than two decades, it has gone from 65% of the costs being paid by the state in 35% being paid out of tuition and fees to just the opposite. so are those -- are those figures typical of states around the country? >> yes. >> so the pell grants are more important than ever, but s

mr. brooks of alabama. secretary formr.sharing your thoughts with us on a very important and high risk issue. in 2005, the president of iran stated that israel must be wiped out. in 2000 and six, the president , israel is on the road to being eliminated. also in 2006, the iranian israelit said the regime will be eliminated by one storm. they have decided that a nuclear qualifies asael being eliminated by one storm. the united states, and the rest of the world, disregarded hitler's threats, resulting in the holocaust and murder of millions of innocent jews. and as much as israel appears to be their number one target, i give great weight to israel's opinion. netanyahu hasin not been favorably impressed, having said, what was achieved in geneva was not as sore but -- historic agreement. it was a historic mistake. is --arge degree, a risky and allows them to continue their nuclear program. is it a bad agreement. it seems to me, mr. secretary, that the key to any agreement is with united states can or will enforce it. the chairm

. >> thank you, mrs. brooks. i think we have the opportunity and we can ask panel members to submit information to us after the hearing. to look intoppy that. esther holt, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. let me get a few facts straight. said the you have current pell grant is about one third the cost of attending a public edit -- public institution going back more than three and a half decades. is that correct? >> correct. some figures for rutgers university that shows the state appropriations going to rutgers. -- the dollar amount is less than it was 20 years ago. fact, over the last more than two decades, it's gone from 65% of the cost being paid by the state and 35% being paid out of tuition and fees to just the opposite. are those figures typical of states around the country? >> that is consistent with national trends. grants are more important than ever but significantly smaller. let me get to the big picture here. it established that the cost to the student is the greatest pe

mrs. brooks: what's more, policy cancellations and technical problems have left many americans unsure if they're covered at all. we need real, pro-growth solutions that will create jobs and give all americans a fair shot. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady rom hawaii seek recognition? the gentlelady is recognized. ms. gabbard: thank you, mr. speaker. on nt to commend the work the budget. the end result is not perfect in anyone's eyes but it symbolizes what can be acleveland when two sides come together for the best interests of our country. there's one element of the agreement i'm raising with concern because my state of hawaii has a very unique circumstance. we have six major islands where people live with no interisland railway new york highway or ferry system that connects each of these islands and people who commute back and forth, people who look for access to health care, have no option other than to fly. and in some cases, this air route is an essen

mrs. turner. >> you're welcome supervisor. brooke turner the coalition for better housing. at the everyone for our attention to 80 this issue. sxhooefl we're appreciative of what you're trying to proficient we're eager to support the legislation. and that was that if you want to reoccupy if the taivent tenant was going to reoccupy the person should not be punished for that he or she. there are a couple of things that are of concern to us. you know, i think janet from the partner association talked elegant about the partnership we know it doesn't go in effect until the mayor's signature but people in the last month i believe are working under good faith to increase the law as they 92 knew it we can all agree that the planning commission is not noticed the same way as this hearing that's certainly better than that the planning dimension you're not going to have a run of evictions which the mayor may sign anyway. we want to see that kicked up a little bit to address that issue. also the ideas of conversion and the combination of the unit. i think especially under organization

mr. garth brooks. a very rare interview. and no applause sign. that's from the heart.r one on the billboard country charts. you can get it all across the country at walmarts. it's been too long. >> you look great. healthy. amen. >> yes. that's the truth. you were great last night in the toast to billy joel. that had to be a special time. >> it was fun. any time they honor one of your heroes and you get a chance to be part of it, that's a great honor in itself. billy had a great night. he deserved it. and all five of the entries that went in, you never can argue with those choices. because they are the greatest of the greatest. >> you do honor a lot of the greats in the box set. these are people that really influenced you. >> i love this. it's all about the things that made my music. people might think, garth brooks. well, we were talking about george strait. ♪ they call him the fireman ♪ that's my name i get to play all those things i grew up on. the stuff that people don't know. like my mom's influence on me. ♪ sitting in the morning sun ♪ now i'll be sitting when the

mr. brooks, for five minutes. mr. speaker, the science space and technology committee recently held a hearing on healthcare.gov cybersecurity threats. our bipartisan expert witness panel included dr. frederick check, a computer science professor at s.m.u., dr. ruben, a computer science professor at johns hopkins university, david kennedy, former chief security officer of dibold incorporated and currently the principal security consultant for trusted sec, and morgan write, formerly with cisco security and now c.e.o. of crowd sourced investigations. now i'm not a cybersecurity expert, but i can read the words of those who are. the s.s.t. committee's hearing charter informs members that in order to fully use healthcare.gov, american citizens must input or verify highly personal information such as date of birth and social security numbers for all family members, household salary, debt information, credit card information, place of employment, home addresses, and the like. information that is a treasure-trove for cybercri

mrs. brooks: obamacare is about tough choices and about unfair choices. barbara from indianapolis recently logged onto my website to share her obamacare story which is about her choices. she's a single mom trying to give her daughter the gift of a college education in a tough economy. president obama's holiday gift to her, however, was a $200 increase in her monthly premium. barbara wrote that for a single mother trying to put her child through college, it's too much. where do i cut, my daughter's education, medical coverage, food? these are tough and unfair and too many of my constituents are being forced to make these same unfair choices. they shouldn't have to choose between paying for college or paying for health insurance. mr. speaker, our choice is clear. the law is not working. barbara and her daughter deserve a better path forward. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro

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and europe at brookings and she is co-author of a recent book called mr. vladimir putin operative in the kremlin, which the review said was not just another vladimir putin biography but a psychological portrait. so we only have an hour and we want to save 20 minutes or so for audience questions. so let's get to the question. >> russia never left the middle east. the middle east is right next to russia and the first of all, i think the russians have a defensive interest and if there is an explosion in the middle east, it will spread throughout the region and that money may involve saying goodbye, but it could unite the muslims in russia. another interest is to restore some of russia's influence which several decades ago was much larger. and i think russia wants to keep a foot in it and they are not prepared to expel america from the middle east in a dramatic effort, because they can't do to the expectations. so we have russia playing a game in which some games are possible. and this includes engaging russia in the top level of decision-making. >> how do you

mr. orszag, known for his work on the fiscal deficit and the social security program with the brookings institute the president on moving the deficit to a smaller point. , come -- acclaimed value investor, the own facebook? >> maybe. >> for your kids. >> my clients -- we own $45 billion, we have to own a few shares. >> this has been one of your great arguments over the years -- media companies, they have and a play by different rules and voting rights. how do you bring it over to the land of zuckerberg? >> you go back to 100 years ago. if you owned a press, "the new york times," you want to control and the theory of an independent voice. a and b was ok. we went public, but we made a discount after going public. after-the-fact, we are against. an a/b stock when it was created but they allowed the voting stock to be converted to and stewart sells at five point discount and you can give voting stock. >> do you think zuckerberg is doing the right thing in the way they structure facebook in the secondary transaction? >> i don't have a specific point of view. i have 1000 shares. but on the secondary tr

mr. morton and his family the regret for the prosecution and incorrect incarcrashz. needed to get that in there. >> brookea serious problem. i don't know when he issued the statement, but he entered a no contest plea to criminal contempt. right? was disbarred, removed. he had to resign his judgeship, and he went to jail. >> ten days in jailering right? >> yeah, so how could he say he wasn't convicted of a crime? and frankly, this is the first time in the united states that we can remember that a prosecutor actually went to jail and was convicted of a crime, criminal contempt in texas is a crime, and he went to jail. so if that's not a crime, i don't know what he's talking about. >> i hear you loud and clear. this is ken anderson. i want to end with michael morton. i was talking to one of the pro bono attorneys. he was telling me, the moment when he told, he and another delivered the news of this exoneration -- >> neal morrison, yeah. >> can you take me inside the moment when you saw michael for the first time? what did he say to you? >> you know, michael, by the way, has a book coming out that's -- that i

brooks on the week's news. and author ari shavit, on israel's past and present. let's focus on an issue the president was asked about at length today-- the health care law. mr. obama acknowledged the rollout of it was probably his biggest mistake of the year. but he defended the law overall, and pointed to a big increase in enrollment in the exchanges this month as evidence of his efforts to turn things around. his remarks came after the administration responded last night to the problem of cancelled insurance policies with a special exception: those affected can buy cheaper, bare-bones catastrophic coverage if new plans are more expensive. mary agnes carey is watching all this for kaiser health news, an independent news organization. welcome back to the program. >> thank you. >> woodruff: so what exactly did the administration announce last night? >> what they said is for these folks in the individual market who may have had their policies cancelled, we're not sure exactly how many have had that, the estimates are maybe 3 to 4 million f they have to the been able to find a policy that they think is affordable, they can qualify for something called the hards