mr. ribble of wisconsin. the chair: pursuant to the house resolution 619, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ribble, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ribble: thank you, mr. chairman. the folders that i'm holding here represent our dysfunctional federal bureaucracy. they provide a stark example of the burdensome red tape that a wisconsin business must go through just to get an approval on a single project. mr. chairman, in this folder is when the county controls a project. this folder is when the state controls the project. mr. chairman, this folder is when the federal government controls the project. while these examples aren't specifically for a highway project, they're emblematic of what our federal government imposes on northern wisconsin and across the nafplgtse my amendment today will smooth the road for infrastructure projects by reducing the redundant permitting requirements that prevent us from rebuilding our roads and bridges across thi

mr. pompeo of kansas. the chair: the gentleman from kansas, mr. pompeo and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas. mr. pompeo: i appreciate this opportunity to offer a second amendment to this incredibly important piece of legislation that has been worked on for a long time to balance the securities of our nation and the privacy rights of every united states citizen. similar to the first amendment i offered, this amendment addresses some of the concerns raised by me, privacy folks and to make very clear the intentions of this legislation. i talked earlier about the threats we face today. it's real, it's foreign, domestic. these cyber attacks are a risk to our national security and our economic security. and i now strongly support this legislation. i have had a chance to work with chairman rogers and the ranking member to solid file limitations on this legislation to make it clear that this government's use of this information will be limited. i think some coined incorrectly that the current b

mr. grijalva of arizona. the chair: the gentleman from arizona, mr. grijalva, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. chairman. the purpose of my amendment is to emphasize the point that nearly 85% of all public lands are already open for hunting, fishing and recreational shooting. whether we are talking about fish and wildlife service, bureau of land management, including national monuments, national park service lands, or the forest service lands, in each and every case the majority are open for hunting, fishing and recreational shooting. my amendment would only trigger the provisions in title 1 and 2 of this legislation if less than 75% of federal public lands are open for hunting, fishing and recreational shooting. i can't think of any other use that occurs on 75% of our public lands. i understand that some individuals are upset about some specific court decision or specific local closures but we need to keep things in perspective. right now more than four ou

but thank you so much for calling the hearing. >> and mr. chair, if i could make one more comment, which is some of the things that i've been working on were specific to my district. but the tour bus policy that mr. robbins is about to discuss does have more citywide application, as does the legislation i have around loud speakers. i do think that if there are particular neighborhoods like alamo square or richmond or others that wants to think about additional restrictions in those neighborhoods, those are things that i would obviously be happy to work with you, supervisor olague or supervisor mar, in order to implement that. part of the conversation today is around the citywide management of tour buses. maybe it might make sense to hear from mr. robbins. >> eventually we may want to lock at certain citywide regulations and neighborhood/commercial versus residential, versus look at the different zoning types, see what's there and move accordingly. so i think that might be one way of approaching. i and then eventually we'll want to have a conversat

. >> thank you, mr. chair. and i believe everyone has a copy of a couple of different documents that we will be using for a reference for this item. so the main was is the latest draft of the report itself. there's a separate document that is entitled, sf redistrict and task force, neighborhoods intact 4/11/2012 draft and a third document which says lessons learned and recommendations from individual task force members. >> one second. the task force draft i have. the second document you referenced -- >> that was sent to us -- >> in my stack. >> too many papers. overloaded. it's here somewhere, i'm sure. >> there are copies, i believe, on the table as well. so some some respect it was not entirely clear to me how to incorporate some of the content. so if we can talk through that as needed. it seems like we have just one additional section of content that member tidwell submitted that we don't have in our hard copy. so if we can take that up as well. so just to begin with the mane report document itself, again, i

. >> again, mr. chair, the director touched on many topics, but i am going to talk about the southeast sector, which i have been falling since 1985. so we do not have a blueprint, whether conceptual or not, regarding the whole area. that is hunters point, candlestick point, the executive park, and the schlage lock company. but i can categorically state that nothing is happening at the schlage lock company, because there was an entity that had the money. this man is now taking refuge in china. so if the director does not know this, maybe he should go to some other entities that will tell you. he stole $800 million from taiwan and is now taking refuge in china. maybe that would be some sort of information to the director, and he can follow up on that. having said that, the people of the southeast sector, when it comes to transportation, have been fooled before. i have mentioned again and again, we had the third street light rail that ends in the middle of nowhere visitation valley. but right now, if you look

. >> mr. chair. >> yes. the regional commissioners are paid quite a bit. the regional administrator is at the gs-15 level. >> which would put him quite a bit below sas. mr. chaffetz is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. johnson, with whom did you collaborate the development of your testimony submitted? did you collaborate with anybody in the development of your testimony? >> i wrote my testimony, and i discussed it with my lawyer. >> anybody at the white house? >> no. >> anybody within the gsa? >> no. >> question about why not fire mr. neely? you know, he's still being paid by the taxpayers. he's on administrative leave. he's still taking his salary. this is somebody who took a conference with a budget of $250,000 and made it over $800,000, spent $75,000 on a bike building exercise, or rebuilt a grand total of 25 bicycles for $75,000. $2,000 in-room party, yearbook and a souvenir book at a cost of $8,000 to the taxpayer. $6,000 for the stimulus coins. they were given out at one of the two $30,000 parties that were given. keep in mi

and i yield back, mr. chair. >> ms. richardson is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my first question is for mr. scott. mr. scott, have you presented these recommendations that are in your testimony to dhs? >> some of the recommendations have been talked, have been discussed with dhs through the sector council, through individual companies, through acc, the various associations. i can't say that we talked about each and every one of the recommendations. but most of those have been in some discussions. >> yes. >> are you aware of any responses that might have been received from dhs? >> dhs has always been willing to sit down and talk with us. so i think we're having ongoing discussions would be what i would say. >> but my question has been have there been any specific responses to the recommendations that you provided, to your knowledge? >> not at this time, no. >> okay. and is dow or acc a part of an official advisory group within dhs, especially in light of this memorandum that was leaked? where you provide feedback to them or you're working with them on t

>> mr. chair, that's correct. >> what about you, professor fedder? >> well, chairman kohl, when you asked about the reducing the hospital use as one of your goals, my testimony was directed at that through improved coordination of care, enhanced primary care targeted to this population, and a coordinating the long-term care needs as well as their basic medical needs. but i would add to that on preventing unnecessary hospitalizations that we have tremendous evidence of inappropriate, unnecessary, and potentially preventible hospital use by long-term nursing home residents who are not getting enough nursing care in the nursing home. and i would urge attention to holding nursing facilities, skilled nursing facilities. again, you can do this through medicare, holding them accountable for providing that good care and for thereby preventing unnecessary admissions, whether for bed sores or dehydration, things we know can be handled in the nursing home. and i would also another third area for medicare initiatives would be in greater accountability for good q

mr. rush, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. mr. secretary, i commend you for your leadership and the vision that you are bringing to the agency. you have a difficult task of advancing the president's manufacturing agenda in a time where u.s. corporations are facing global competition at a time when american corporations are losing market share to growing export countries like china, southeast asia and india. the policies you are currently implementing aim at ensuring the u.s. access to global markets and to enable manufacturers to reach 95% of consumers who live outside of our borders. i would add our industries do not only have to be competitive, but they must also be one of the fastest in terms of market share gain and to be able to reduce the current trade deficit. obviously we have to be innovative, proactive and not over look any market. and in light of this, i am curious to know which particular markets are you targeting in your investment strategy? in other words, which markets do you think is right to receive american produ

. >> thank you, mr. chair. i would be interested in hearing from mr. wells lawson. if you could just talk to us a little better about the grand -- the grant and how it relates to harney way. >> the grant, as ms. lombardo said, was an earmarked that we received in 2009. we're using it as the first baby step for the candlestick point, part of the project approvals received in 2010. as everyone knows, in 2011, we have been sorting out and did suspension under ab26 the law that dissolves the redevelopment at the time. we have basically been on hold while trying to move forward with projects. now that we have resolved those issues, we're underway using the funds for these grants during the survey work that is required for the roadway widening. we have approved a conceptual plan and those transportation plans. we will be doing just the legal work around the acquisition of the right of way and moving forward with those plans. >> thank you very much. it -- does that conclude the presentation? that concludes the presentation. colleagues, i hope you found the presentation ver

mr. leigh? >> for the same reasons that -- and chronology that vice-chair lam described, i will also vote no. >> mr. alanso? >> this is too many people too late. i'm sorry, no. >> thank you. >> ok. moving then down our list. mission bay, someone

. >> actually, mr. chair, if i may suggest that we do this next time, because you made a lot of changes today, and they are small enough that a lot of the areas that we proposed to look at, we actually now need to revisit and make sure that the lines are where they were last time. >> i am open to that, but if you could explain the implications of what we might be required to do, just as one example? >> ok, for example, there is a marked line at the boundary, for example, both on the median on market between stewart and -- and this is to make sure it is in the same side of the street. this is so it does not create a bunch of zero people precincts. the boundaries we have given with -- >> a and resolve towards those other lines? but you'll bring those to talk about? ok. any questions. >> just for clarification on that last point? those for us. >> thank you. any other questions? >> this is related to my last proposal. on the holiday classic. i did not realize that the part is split. it is only half a block betwee

. >> actually, mr. chair, if i may suggest that we do this next time, because you made a lot of changes today, and they are small enough that a lot of the areas that we proposed to look at, we actually now need to revisit and make sure that the lines are where they were last time. >> i am open to that, but if you could explain the implications of what we might be required to do, just as one example? >> ok, for example, there is a marked line at the boundary, for example, both on the median on market between stewart and -- and this is to make sure it is in the same side of the street. this is so it does not create a bunch of zero people precincts. the

mr. heinrich. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. heinrich: the antiquities act has helped threatened places. we see the benefits of the antiquities act in my state. crarlsbad cavens national park and more, all originally protected through the antiquities act. research by the new mexico green chamber of commerce shows that new mexico's 10 national monuments established through the antiquities act account for 1.3 million annual tourist visits and $54 million in annual tourist spending, supporting over 1,000 new mexico jobs. in the last few weeks, countless new mexicans, including sportsmen like myself, have asked president obama to designate a new national monument to protect the oregon mountains outside las cruses new mexico. we are asking them to protect our valuable natural resources through the antiquities. this amendment, offered by my colleague from north carolina, would take that power away from the president and give state legislatures the power to make decisions about public lands that belong to all americans. the antiquities

as you know, mr. chair, this pertains to your district since you have very little representation in the district. the third street light rail phase one begins at fourth and king and ends in the middle of nova and visitation valley. for those listening at home, over $700 million was spent on that project, and 80% of the businesses were impacted, and a lot of businesses just went away because they could not afford to stay in business. historically speaking, when a similar project was done on market street, all the businesses were compensated. i believe by the department of transportation. now, on this phase two, because a lot of this is tunneling under brown, the businesses above, especially union street and all, would not be impacted -- because a lot of this is tunneling under ground. but things are put in a place to create safe passages above ground. now, i'm talking on behalf of three or four focus groups that we meet to discuss such issues. we need to get a better understanding of how certain segments of

. >> mr. chair, we have two ayes and one no. >> the resolution passes. >> i would like to move forward with a positive recommendation. thank you. thank you so much, supervisors for being here. is there any other business before us? item number 4, supervisor avalos has asked us to continue to the call of the chair. -- without objection, cabling item three. is there any other business before us? meeting is adjourned. thank you, everyone. >> san francisco recreation and parks department offers classes for the whole family. rec and parks has a class for everyone. discover what is available now and get ready to get out and play. henri matisse. frida kahlo. andy warhol. discover the next great artist. get out and play and get inspired with toddler classes. experience art where making a mess is part of the process. classes and the size the artistic process rather than the product. children have the freedom to explore materials at their own pace and in their own way. talks love art, especially when they die

. >> mr. chair, we have the deviation. it is negative 4.997%. >> are you comfortable? >> i'm comfortable. >> thank you. thanks for that exercise. let's visit now the less again attempting to move fairly swiftly through each of these considerations. let's go to the question of d-60 border, at the same time we will secondarly visit the maria manner. >> i don't know where they are continue may affect it. if you can tell us where they are. >> sure. give us the other two. so we will look out -- so the next -- the next one is between districts 10 and 9. bart line we would align to. this is an area that has three people so the line would move west from bayshore to the freeway, between 280 and depaul to confirm to the bike district. we're going to highlight this right now. >> i'm going to put the bart district layer up as well so i'm sure to highlight the correct area.

the chair recognizes mr. lance for five minutes. >> thank you very much, madam chair and good morning to you. it's my honor to meet you here today, sir. the pharmaceutical sector generates high quality jobs and enormous economic output and exports for the economy of this country. as i understand it, nationwide, the total output from the sectors direct, indirect and induced impacts was almost a trillion dollar rs. the sector supported a total of 4 million jobs in 2009, including 700,000 direct jobs. the district i serve in new jersey is arguably the medicine chest of the united states. what is the administration doing to retain this country's global leadership position in rnd and manufacture? >> with, i know you're generally your district and we are seeking to advance u.s. pharmaceuticals to the international trade administration in many, many ways and perhaps, you're aware of that. >> i am, sir. >> we stand strong country after country after country with respect to those pharmaceuticals. and that may be the mo

. >> mr. chair, we have two ayes and one no. >> the resolution passes. >> i would like to move forward with a positive recommendation. thank you. thank you so much, supervisors for being here. is there any other business before us? item number 4, supervisor avalos has asked us to continue to the call of the chair. -- without objection, cabling item three. is there any other business before us? meeting is adjourned. thank you, everyone.

. >> mr. chair, we have the deviation. it is negative 4.997%. >> are you comfortable? >> i'm comfortable. >> thank you. thanks for that exercise. let's visit now the less again attempting to move fairly swiftly through each of these considerations. let's go to the question of d-60 border, at the same time we will secondarly visit the maria manner.

. >> mr. chair, we have two ayes and one no. >> the resolution passes. >> i would like to move forward with a positive recommendation. thank you. thank you so much, supervisors for being here. is there any other business before us? item number 4, supervisor avalos has asked us to continue to the call of the chair. -- without objection, cabling item three. is there any other business before us? meeting is adjourned. thank you, everyone. >> this is one of the museum's longest art interest groups. it was founded by art lovers who wanted the museum to reflect new directions in contemporary art. it has been focused on artists in this region with an eye toward emerging artists. ♪ it is often at the early stage of their career, often the first major presentation of their work in a museum. it is very competitive. only a few artists per year receive the award. it is to showcase their work to have a gallery and publication dedicated to their work. ♪ i have been working with them on the last two years on the a

mr. lewis for five minutes. >> thank you very much, madam chair. mr. commissioner, the gao notes there had been a 34% increase in a number of calls for this filing season and about a 50% increase in calls answered by the automated form service. could you tell us what are the taxpayers calling snabt what are the nature of the calls? >> you know, calls can be anything from people want to set up a payment plan to people are curious, i'm filling out my return and i'm going to take this deduction. how does that work? just general tax law questions to questions about where is my refund. i filed last friday and my prayer told me i would get a refund on and and i haven't gotten it. so calls vary. so we can get you a specific breakdown of what the calls are. >> thank you very much. we understand irs is requesting a cap adjustment of about $700 million for next year's budget to fund the enforcement program. what are your plans, if any, if the agency does not receive these resources? >> well, we're still early in the congressional budget and appropriations cycle.

yes, we sometimes can use the civil rights act as well within our bailiwick. >> thank you, madam chair. >> mr. graves? >> thank you, madam chair. mr. chairman, commissioner, thanks for being here. i'm intrigued, it's sort of nice to go last every now and then because you hear all the questions and there's a lot of good dialogue. mr. yoder really gets to the heart of it all. that is as we sit here on this panel and we look at the request that's put before us, we realize the dire condition our nation's in from a fiscal perspective, i have to say it troubles me a little bit that, you know, what's put before us is really not going to save our nation in any way. it's almost to me appears to be a deferance to other agencies, other departments, other areas that must take responsibility for all this crazy spending that's going on in washington when i think it needs to be addressed in totality by all, all agencies and departments. so if you could help me a little bit with the history of the cfpb and how, where that departure occurs, where that funding goes. i know it was discussed a little bit when i

supervisor avalos: thank you, mr. chair. we can pause on that. to see exactly what mr. chu's presentation is going to be. thank you. i appreciated. brian, we are going to call you up a little bit later. so let me talk about the flow of the hearing, and i have a lot of speaker cards as well from chair mar. so these are three hearings that are being called together. the one with the assessor and the report we just heard. this one was on strategy is that the city might be able to employ around preventing foreclosures in san francisco. we also have a hearing on the resolution, kind of lumping them all together, so first off, i want to thank you for the report and also for the work from supervisor campos on the other hearing that we just heard, and a reminder about san francisco. we have seen about 6000 families that have suffered foreclosures in the city, and we know that that number of families that are being affected is rising. as i mentioned before, my house has been one of the households that suffered from not a foreclosure but from difficulty with mortgages. we bought

. >> mr. chair and commissioners, thank yofistsyou. the important and exciting for the commission to be taking on this issue and to be thinking hothrough how to play a role. it cannot be done unless everyone across the country is part of the moving forward. i often say that i think the public has already decided that compehensive immigration reform is necessary, but it's only a matter of time until congress catches up. after explaining my own connection, i want to give you a snapshot of what's been happening in the last few years to put some of this discussion into context. my own connections with a name like giovagnoli are third generation battalion. i'm not even sure what generation on my mother's side in terms of scotch irish dutch immigrants from virginia to missouri. i never really thought about immigration much growing up. my grandfather was italian. i was aware he had a different life from me. and very grateful for the opportunities that he give us. my father was the youngest child growing up in the depression. all they wanted t

. >> thank you, very much, mr. chair hahn. i apologize i was in the budget committee defending the interests of the ways and means committee. >> thank you for that service. >> it's pleasure. i'm sorry i not able to be more of a part of this, i had a chance to review some of the material. and it strikes me as something that would be, that our time is well spent. with all of the vagaries surrounding tax changes, some of the budget pressures, retirement security seems to me to loom very large and i appreciate advice and admonish from the panel members about looking at the big picture, about things that encourage employers to provide a range of choices. i know at times it may be bewildering, which is why i have supported automatic ira enrollment, which is why i'm the co-sponsor on the esop, where it's appropriate, it's very powerful. but i was struck by something mr. johns said something about the experience in great britain. be careful about tinkering. about take an already confused and confusing system and with all the best of i