mr. carter: mr. chairman, i reserve a point of order on the gentlewoman's amendment. the chair: a point of order is reserved. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from california for five minutes in support of her amendment. ms. richardson: mr. chairman, as former chair and current ranking member on the homeland security emergency preparedness subcommittee and member of the transportation and infrastructure committee, i offered this amendment in good faith to save lives and to protect american citizens. like my republican colleague, chairman king, i have a strong concern with the current appropriations bill in its current form which in and of it self could potentially cause dangerous threats to our national security by drastically cutting vital response and prevention programs, leaving americans and their visitors vulnerable when we are most in time of need. my amendment will make great strides to remedy this danger by ensuring that the department of homeland security secretary allocates $50 million f

mr. carter: if the gentleman will yield. mr. dicks: i yield. mr. carter: i do not ask that the department not look into climate change. ski that we take any funds allocated to the department of homeland security's climate change adaptation task force, there is -- if there is no such task force -- i believe there is, but if there is none, there is none. i know two agencies that are close to $15 billion that are in cly hat change. you named the navy and other agencies looking into it. they are all getting money, why can't we get information from those people? why do we have to go and spend money we desperately need on our borders to protect ourselves from the real terrible violence that's slaughtering people on the mexican board her why do we have to spend money on something that -- you can name five different groups studying it and i named two additional. mr. dicks: why can't homeland security with the coast guard and fema and all these organizations be part of the interagency effort? they're not wasting money on this. this is important research. >>

mr. carter: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i strongly support robust enforcement of our nation's immigration laws. i happen to be from the state that has more of the mexican border than any other state in the union. and we are very familiar with that border, we've been living with it for our entire lives and from the life of our state from before the time it was a state, when it was a republic. our law enforcement officers see a epidemic of lawlessness flowing across the southern border of the united states and our law enforcement officers in our area want to be involved in protecting the life, liberty and property of texans. and they're perfectly willing to be involved in protecting the life, liberty and property of every american citizen. they are concerned, deeply concerned by what's going on the border. and they want to be involved and they have volunteered to go into the 287-g program which gives them the kinds of training that this congress believes and has made it a point to believe that they should have to kn

mr. carter. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. carter: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of fiscal year 2012 department of homeland security appropriations act. this bill cuts $1.1 billion from last year's level and $30 billion from the president's request while still providing the resources needed to ensure that our borders are safe and secure and our homeland is safe and secure. all frontline defenders including the border patrol, immigration and customs enforcement agents, coast guard, military personnels and secret service agents are fully funded. in fact, this measure substantially increases funding for many of these frontline defenders over the president's budget request while eliminating waste in other areas. it ensures our borders will be secure by providing both c.b.p. and i.c.e. with all necessary resources. it ensures our homeland will be protected from terrorist threats by giving t.s.a. additional funds to conduct air cargo screenings. it ensures that the federal emergency management agency, fema, will ha

mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to urge the democrat leadership in the senate to merely take up the fiscal year 2012 department of homeland security appropriation bill which was passed by this house on june 2. with the 10th anniversary of the tragic attacks of september 11 rapidly approaching, the proliferation of violence along the southern border and natural disasters, it is irresponsible for senate democrats to hold up this bill any longer. the house passed bill included $1 billion in supplemental funding in fema disaster relief program that is available immediately upon passage. these funds are desperately needed to respond to natural disaster that have swept the country, including the wildfires which have devastated my home state of texas. the house-passed bill uses taxpayer dollars wisely, cutting $1.1 billion from tweer 2011 levels while -- from fiscal year 2011 levels while making sure that the border security and others are fully funded. it putting the security of american citizens at

mr. carter: i will, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman will state his point of order. mr. carter: i make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law in an openings bill and, therefore, violates cause 2, rule 21. the rule states in part, an amendment to a general appropriations bill shall not be in order if changing existing law and it requires a new determination. i ask for a ruling of the chair. the chair: does any member seek to speak in opposition of the point of order? if not the chair is prepared to rule. the chair finds that this amendment includes language requiring a new definition of whether a corporation discloses certain contributions. the amendment, therefore, constitutes legislation in violation of clause 2 of rule 21. the point of order is sustained and the amendment is not in order. excuse me. i didn't see the gentleman from new jersey in the well. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. th

mrs. carter's daughter tammy is a member of station 26. >> is tammy had been at work, it could have been hurtmall station and they all had out together. >> outside the sweet smell of support, members of the san jose fire department purchase, marinated, and transported in grilled all of this food. >> what ever we can do to make it in a little easier they are going through hard times. i think this effort right here speaks louder than any words can say. this is the kind of support that we will put forward for them now and in the future. >> meanwhile, the san francisco fire family mourns the loss of two of their own. >> we are still in shock, the realization that we will be very into he rose, it is weighed heavy on a lot of our hearts--2 heroes is weighing heavy on a lot of our hearts. >> our team coverage continues now we have the latest on the investigation into the deadly fire. >> fire investigators were on scene monday combing through firefighters have since left the home, but are still searching for a cause they have ruled that it was not suspicious the cannot elaborate if an electric fire w

mr. republican, ronald reagan, who launched his campaign against jimmy carter here in 1980. idn't try to play mr. nice guy. >> the carter record is a litany of despair, of broken promises, of sacred trusts abandoned and forgotten. >> reporter: as for huntsman, he has relatively kind worlds for the president he wants to replace. >> i respect the president of the united states. he and i have a difference of opinion on how to help a country we both love. >> reporter: huntsman supports civil unions for seam sex is couples and support ed the work to curb global warming. and on afghanistan, he's staked out a position to the left of president obama. would you pull out the troops quicker? >> i haven't heard anything beyond the 2014 plan. i think we should expedite it. >> reporter: get american troops out faster? >> get them out faster. >> reporter: huntsman knows he has a lot of work to do. right now, most voters simply don't have any idea who he is. you think you're going to pull this off? you think you can win? >> of course. >> reporter: 1%, you got a long ways to go. >> i like you

mr. carter. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. carter: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of fiscal year 2012 department of homeland security appropriations act. this bill cuts $1.1 billion from last year's level and $30 billion from the president's request while still providing the resources needed to ensure that our borders are safe and secure and our homeland is safe and secure. all frontline defenders including the border patrol, immigration and customs enforcement agents, coast guard, military personnels and secret service agents are fully funded. in fact, this measure substantially increases funding for many of these frontline defenders over the president's budget request while eliminating waste in other areas. it ensures our borders will be secure by providing both c.b.p. and i.c.e. with all necessary resources. it ensures our homeland will be protected from terrorist threats by giving t.s.a. additional funds to conduct air cargo screenings. it ensures that the federal emergency management agency, fema, will ha

mr. flores. >> good morning. carter's local 22. supervisors, madame clerk, i will say it again. tenants rights. i want to thank mr. chiu. it's in the right direction. i urge you to move forward. let's plant the seed. you are all leaders. let's leave the way for the city and county of san francisco. we know how to do things right. let's do it. let's move things forward. thank you very much, supervisors. supervisor mar: thank you. maria, as well. >> good afternoon. i did not come down here to make friends. i came to talk about what i believe in. i also came down here to call some people out. he comes out here representing the union. you did not see him walking members of our organization -- crying while there were up. supervisor mar: what is your name? >> ben. i'm a resident of your district, supervisor mar, for eight years. supervisor mar: please speak to the measures before you and try not to attack people. >> i would like to pass this around, if you have not seen this. this is still being distributed by parkmerced. it's says "and urban place with a suburban space." nowhere does

mr. carter of texas. an amendment by mr. price of north carolina. an amendment by mr. sherman of california. an amendment by mr. gosar of arizona. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on an amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan, mr. clarke, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. clarke of michigan. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expres

mr. rohan will depend. >> but i like that. >> carter rohan. i think the answers to that is it will the be a long time before we can -- in that area. for a number of reasons. it's not just the maintenance of the intrastrkclur. -- infra structure. if you're a rider an you feel the car demroting, that's because our trucks are outdated. their so old that they need be renovated. >> i the easy answer. >> i exeesht mr. rohan the right effort. i'm happy to leave it at that. fens thanks to both of them for their report. but i would like a report back on the eureka curve. even if it's psychological and they just don't understand why thavel before -- they talked about the other before. >> i know it's not as money as going fast through the tunnel but it has helped commuters times when we can envacation day with our service rail. they have dropped off passengers and not getting hung up with red lights and things like that. so that's the part that i always find fascinating. >> great opportunity. great opportunity. >> thank you, john. >> now that concludes t

mr. eagleburger rows of the ranks of the u.s. foreign service and state department, becoming a top aide to henry kissinger during the nixon and ford administration. he was ambassador to yugoslavia for jimmy carter and served as secretary of state during the george h.w. bush administration. the cause of death was pneumonia. he was 80 years old. in this week's youtube address, president obama discusses the state of the u.s. auto industry and its relation to the rest of the economy, including unemployment and the federal deficit. republican senator lamar alexander of tennessee delivers the republican response. talks about the role of unions, including auto industry, and praises the policies of so- called right to work states. this is 10 minutes. >> hello, everyone. i'm speaking to you today from a chrysler plant in toledo, ohio, where i just met with workers, including jill. jill was born and raised here. her mother and step-father retired from this plant. and she met her husband here, and now they have two children of their own. this plant has not only been central to the economy of this town. it's been a part of the lifeblood of this community. the reason i came to toledo was to congratulate jil

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mr. president, i've been here since president ford, president carter, president reagan, first president bush, president cline trg--president clinton, second president bush, now president obama. during that time, no president has had to put up with these unseemly delays except for president obama. i wonder why that's so different for this president? never did it with any of the other five. -- or six that i've served with. and i can speak only from my own personal experience. but they know, those who want to delay it that there's no -- moving forward to addressing the ongoing judicial vacancy crises -- and it is a crises -- requires cooperation. it requires the minority to work with the majority and set side partisan differences for the good of the american people. last week the senate was able to get consent to confirm the first two judicial nominees since may 17, even though almost a score of qualified nominees have been waiting confirmation since that day. in addition to the simon nomination, there are 19 judicial nominations currently pending on the senate's executive calendar. of those 16

ashe carter, the top acquisition person, then we have mr. mr. kendall. i said, how long have you been in your job? what kind of turnover do you get? he said my predecessor left 15 months before i got here. i don't know how good we are at connecting the dots but when you have one of the top two people in the department of defense responsible for riding herd on the defense industry, all of these contracts, when you have a vacancy for 18 months in one administration, the next administration, a vacancy for 15 months. that is no good. that is an invitation for disaster. when we see the major weapon system cost overruns go from $42 billion in 2000 to over $400 billion in 2010, i would suggest because this confirmation proficiency the vetting process and the biggest problem of all is the administration -- the administration -- it takes for every to identify people to go in these positions, to vet these positions and actually give us a name. there are no silver bullets in solving this problem. we need a lot of silver bb's. the legislation provides a lost very he

mr. president, it was not very funny to the 14 million unemployed americans to learn that you did not know what you're doing and your plans did not work. [applause] >> we have been here before. jimmy carter made a total mass of the economy. ronald reagan carried more states in 1980 and franklin roosevelt carried in 1932. reagan so when your brother-in- law is unemployed is a recession, and when you are unemployed is a recession. and when jimmy carter is unemployed is called a recovery. some of you may expect to hear this next year with one name changed. about how seriously destructive the obama admit -- energy policy is. we have 20% less production in the gulf of mexico because of his moratorium and his regulatory policies that are against american energy. he is killing jobs in louisiana. he is not just killing jobs in louisiana, he is forcing americans to send money overseas. 70 percent of the net deficit in trade is oil. the president goes to brazil. he says to the brazilians -- you will see this as a commercial. i know what you think i am in making this up. the president goes to brazil. he says to them -- i am happy that you are drilling offshore. he says i am happy we could guarantee

mr. carter is doing a good job, but we're going to have to get our arms around this.e cannot afford aircraft that trouble and triple the original estimated costs and don't meet the timelines that are set up. and the f-35 is just the most outstanding example. so i hope -- i know you will make this as one of your highest priorities simply not affordable for us to continue business as usual the way we acquire weapons today. and it may require some really fundamental changes in addition to the legislation that we've already passed to try to address this issue. i thank you, mr. chairman. i thank you, sir. >> thank you, senator. i agree with you fully on that issue. >> thank you. and he speaks, i think, for the entire committee for saying that and i think it's also clear you got the background to really do something about it and do tig into it. thank you very much, senator mccain. senator lieberman? >> thanks, mr. chairman, director panetta, thank you for the answer to serve your country again. i have the greatest confidence in your ability and you are principles. i love th