. >> thank you, mr. chair i'd like to indicate for the record in regard to the materials that have been sent i've been send them to mr. shimming and had some february from mr. shin if his words he's in the loop on whaelz so the it don't make any difference being involved this is over the course of the last couple weeks has indeed been part of the overall process and they're aware of it and aware of the differences in the languages and are invited along with mr. minority to go ahead and make their own submissions as to the changes and certainly this is the progress we'll continue over the course felt next month the city attorney's office is part of the package here i just like to add one other thing in regard to one of the things that commissioner hur said with all due respect i am glad that mr. mel stack is here we ought to let the board do this i don't think so we heard mr. mel history of the very unfortunate incident that is going to be characteristic of the way the board of supervisors as a perspective body

>> yes mr. chair i would like to move this forward with a positive recommendation as a committee report. >> it's been moved and seconded. can we do this without objection? . thank you. mr. evans please call number two. >> item two is designating edgewood center for children and families psychiatric facility pursuant to the california welfare and institutions code for ages 5-17 and authorizing the director of behavioral health services to enter into a designation agreement with said facility. >> thank you from the department of public health we have jo robinson and thank you for your patience with the item and the supervisor raised concerns that have been resolved at this time. ms. robinson. >> yes. it's my concern they were unresolved union issues and they have been resolved so i am here to answer any additional questions that you may have. >> supervisor campos. >> first i want to thank the department of public health and edgewood and all of the workers. worker input is a very important component to h

mr. speaker. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> i have an amendment at the desk to strike section 540. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. farr of the amendment, strike section 540, page 97 line 18 through page 98 line 10. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 287, the gentleman from california and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. farr: thank you mr. chairman. i'm serving my 28th year in congress and i've never seen a provision in a appropriations bill like this. this could be labeled the family feud. there's only one member of congress who is related to anybody in the leadership and in the military in cuba and he's the person who put this amendment in. what it zuzz -- what it does is prohibits businesses from doing business in cuba because it makes it almost impossible for any business to get a license. that's why the united states chamber of commerc

nunes: mr. chair, i ask unanimous consent that my full statement be entered into the record. mr. chermerinsky: without objection. mr. nunes: mr. chair, the intelligence authorization act is the annual blueprint for the work of the intelligence community and america's military intelligence efforts. the bill sets priorities for our critical intelligence efforts and the legal framework of guidance and oversight for those efforts. as you may recall the house has passed intelligence authorization bills with strong bipartisan support in the past several congresses. the ranking member, mr. schiff, and i worked in a bipartisan manner to draft this legislation in front of you today. passing annual intelligence authorization legislation is the most effective way for congress to exercise oversight over the executive branch and helps ensure that the country's intelligence agencies have the resources and authorities necessary to keep americans safe. this legislation passed unanimously out of our committee. as most

the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: madam speaker, congress in the last several sessions has done i think, an admirable job of dealing with this crime of sexual assault in the united states. several pieces of legislation have passed the house under several administrations going all the way back to the violence against women act. and more recently, under the debbie smith act, safer legislation, here's what's taken place. we now know because of d.n.a. that old rape kits can be analyzed to determine who the suspect was that committed that sexual assault. generally against females. and that is a good development. so because of that legislation -- because of that, the debbie smith act was passed and the safer act says that debbie smith which grants funds to do rape kit backlogs, that 75% of that money of those grants will go to actually analyze backlog rape kits. if those backlogs analyze go after the bad guys, find out who committed these crimes and bring those 400,000 rape kits up to date by getting them analyzed. all

mr. wall borge of michigan. the chair: -- mr. walberg of michigan. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be countled. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. this is a two-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 expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 233, the nays are 199. the amendment is -- is adopted. the unfinished business if the -- is the request for a recorded vote. clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. nolan of minnesota. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be down counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. s that two-minute vote. members will

mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, having had under consideration h.r. 2685, directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 2685 and has come no to -- has come to no resolution thereon. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to take from the speak ears table h.r. 1295 and consider in the house without intervention of any point of order a single motion offered by the chair of the committee on ways and means or his dez illing knee that the house, one, concur in the senate amendment to the title and two, concur in the senate amendment to the text with the amendment printed in the portion of the congressional record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule 18 and numbered 1. mr. sessions: that

mr. price: madam chair i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. price: madam chair, we're coming to the end of several days of floor debate on the 2016 transportation housing and urban development appropriations bill. i want to again express my appreciation to chairman diaz-balart subcommittee members from both sides of the aisle, and our remarkable dedicated staff for all the hard work that's gone into this bill and for the orderly and civil character of our floor deliberations. i very much wish that all of this work and all of our efforts at cooperation were being more adequately rewarded. but they're not. and that's not the chairman's fault. it's the fault of the majority's profoundly misguided and flawed budget policy, a policy that has left this bill a mere shadow of what it should be and has decimated the investments a great country should be making. make no mistake, madam chair. our roads and highways are crumbling. one out of every nine bridges in this country is structurally deficient and in need of repair or replacement. americans spend t

mrs. dingell of michigan. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 274, the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. dingell, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from -- the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan. mrs. dingell: thank you, mr. chairman. the national environmental policy act also called nepa, is a critically important law, not only for protecting the environment but also for protecting the people's right to participate in government decisionmaking. sadly h.r. 1335 the bill we are considering today would short-circuit public review and comment on fisheries management decisions casting nepa aside in favor of an inadequate, poorly defined process that would make regional fishery management councils the ultimate arbiters of whether or not their own decisions would impact coastal communities and ocean ecosystems. forcing important nepa analysis to be fast tracked onto a council's timeline would eliminate crucial oversight steps that provide stakeholders an opp

rose. >> mr. chair one other thing we have a report on ocii when you consider that item. >> thanks very much why don't we espouse you first first colleagues i'd like to entertain a motion if we're in agreement with the budget analyst and the staff to supervisor yee. >> in our presentation the cost of living was $50,000 under the budget increase and in i was looking this page it was given earlier has at i guess 12 years of you know budgeted them for all the delays and the initial was 15 thousand increase on this initial. >> this is. >> thank you supervisor farrell to supervisor yee i'm not sure sdaem exactly what page you're looking at happy to review that. supervisor farrell to supervisor yee this particular autumn pertains to the remainder of annualtion from the first cola provides water to the budget analyst last year this is the second cola the numbers will be different >> okay. thank you. >> okay. colleagues before we get to the legislative items on the underlying budget she's in agreement with i'd

mr. price: i rise to claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman rises to claim time in opposition. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes in opposition to the amendment. mr. price: i strongly oppose this amendment which like the gentleman's previous amendment would essentially end passenger rail service in this country. it's just that drastic. it's also targeting passenger rail in a way that is -- obscures the fact that every mode of transportation in this country is subsidized, it's in the public interest to maintain diverse modes of transportation that serve our various transportation needs and our various population centers. amtrak provides an invaluable service to this country. 500 destinations in 46 states, connecting small communities that don't have access to air service. amtrak is popular with the american people. it's increasingly being taken advantage of. in the last 11 years, 10 con sec ty years record ridership serving nearly 32 million passengers last year. without amtrak service in the northeast corridor where wo

the chair: a point of order is reserved. mr. frelinghuysen: we'd like to see a copy of the amendment if that is possible. that's the reason -- the chair: the clerk will distribute copies of the amendment. pursuant to house resolution 303, the gentleman from massachusetts and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. keating: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to offer an amendment to add an additional $1 million for research and development for duchesne muscular dystrophy. it affects american children today, it's progressive, neuromuscular disorder that affects one in every 3,500 boys or 200,000 babies born each year worldwide. over time patients experience speer loss of muscle strength and control. most lose their ability to walk before they become teenagers. there's no known cure for duchenne and life expectencies are significantly shortened. many do not live past their 21st birthday. lean many of my colleagues, i met well many duchenne patients and their fami

mr. jinkins from west virginia. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia is recognized for one minute. mr. jenkins: thank you, mr. chairman, for your good work. i have the honor of serving on the appropriations committee, which enables me to have input into our spending priorities. this bill has a number of important programs i want to highlight drug courts. drug courts have a proven track record. drug courts are effective and efficient. drug courts work. . a respected pastor in my community and state say prisons are for those that we're scared of, not just mad at. drug epidemic continues to ravage my state and prisons sends those suffering addiction to jail. drug courts allows to undergo treatment, get help staying clean and re-enter society as a productive individual. west virginia's drug courts are succeeding. earlier this year west virginia honored the first 1,000 adults and juveniles to successfully complete the program. while no single program will solve the drug epidemic, we must continue to support programs that wo

the chair: you may yield time. mr. fattah: i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from rhode island, the former mayor and the great congressman from rhode island. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. cicilline: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i rise in strong opposition to the flores amendment which would prohibit the implementation of the national ocean policy which permits better coordination among federal agencies responsible for coastal planning. this amendment in particular would undermine noaa's participation in planning, it would hurt start states and communities, businesses and would impedestrian states like rhode island from managing their own resources in a way that best feeds -- fits their needs and priorities. this administration has made it clear that the national ocean policy does not create new regulations supersede current regulations or modify any agency's established mission, jurisdiction or authority. rather it helps coordinate the implemen

. >> good afternoon mr. chair and supervisors yes (laughter) we are in agreement we're in agreement i guess you want to hear in the budget analyst we have a quick response. >> well sheriff weight take the others departments in agreement and do it as a group. >> okay. >> dcyf i saw mr. sue and director ram quickly make sure on the mike you're in agreement. >> thank you, supervisors john ram i'm happy to say we've reached on agreement the cut is from general fund our understanding that was backed by fee revenue i'll leave that up to the committee. >> appreciate that director ram. >> ms. sue. >> good afternoon committee we are also in agreement we also want to thank mr. rose'ss office london and our mayor's office of budget kelly the past director. >> thank you, ms. sue okay mr. rose - mr. rose, can we go to your report on planning and dcyf the guys from planning want the clarification of non-general fund and general fund. >> and quickly as it relieves the rest of the department we'll go in the origin order but fire

mr. price. the chair: the gentleman does not yield back his time but yields to the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: i thank the gentleman for yielding. simply want to add or reiterate that our subcommittee's fiscal 2015 report required the f.a.a. to work with the phoenix community on this issue. and to report back to the committee on these efforts. we are still waiting for that report. again, let me reiterate what i said earlier, the f.a.a. must be more proactive in responding to concerns that are raised by communities. these are legitimate concerns and the f.a.a. needs to be accountable. with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from ohio. >> yields back. the chair: yields back his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona, mr. gallego. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas, mr. sessions, seek recognition? mr.

the chair: mr. hultgren: i urge my colleagues to support passage and have the safest towers in the world. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. diaz-balart: i very reluctantly claim the time in opposition. i actually understand and frankly listened to the gentleman's concerns and i actually want to work with him to make sure that nothing is used that is arbitrarily or totally unfair. i think the gentleman's concerns are very very valid. at this time and that's why i say reluctantly have to oppose. because at this moment, what i am concerned and we don't want to slow down the hiring of the air traffic controllers. we need to hire 1,500 air traffic controllers in 2016. i appreciate the gentleman's concerns and i share a lot of his concerns. reluctantly at this time, i'm concerned about the hiring of hiring. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by

mr. chair item 11 resolution declaring the intent of the city to invoke the natural bonds independents. >> kate hartley deputy director of the departments the mission of mc d to promote affordable housing to fund the preservation of our affordable housing shock as safe and descent housing and provide grants to community based organizations to assist families and individuals and neighborhoods in need in order to do this we draw on a wide variety of housing sources to highlight from the 2015-2016 budget items are you we'll be preceding with the second installment of $25 million of housing fund and receive our charter prescribed of 2 housing unit $8 million we will be in receipt of a one-time bond from the investment & infrastructure and we'll be launch an accelerate fund with the help of 200 plus million dollars to leverage for resources for affordable housing on a community development side we will be offsetting federal cuts to aids related programs continue proposing to continue board enhanceme

. >> good afternoon mr. chair some of that needs to be the attrition to the second year but in the neighborhood of i believe $300000 and ongoing savings. >> okay let me ask you this. >> as other departments come up to speak would that time right now helpful you we're taking action today rather than a do you see that person in court here today i would like something specific. >> that's misunderstood. >> it is helpful to have a few extra minutes. >> mr. chair the mr. rose has from the committee wishes to move forward with the money we'll load it into the financial system. >> okay. all right. >> ms. campbell. >> yes. i wanted to respond to the two recommendations that we disagree with our recommendations are on audit finding two weeks ago we released an audit on the fire departments planning processes and the strategic planning we stated we are not recommend new general fund position we have a discussion in the topic what we have recommended one position this is consistent with other fire departments that have some k

. >> mr. chairman should i comment on a couple of the items. >> i'm sorry madam clerk. >> the resolution authorizing the sense and expenditures of reoccurring state grant for the 2015-2016 years and item 5 ordinance amending the health care for other services provides water toy the distributing effective july 1st through june 1st, 2017, and item six the administrative code for the public health to participate in group participation for the commodity information technology products and related services and general and professional services related to operation of the facilities. >> okay thanks mr. rose before your report do you want to comment separately. >> i'll comment briefly item 4 an item you see at this committee every year a number of grants that require approval by the board of supervisors those grants reoccur ero multi years rather than having them individually we bring you this piece of legislation to accept and spend those fund o those are included in the budget proposal. >> item 5 is some

mr. price: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: time is yielded back. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. dent: thank you, mr. chairman. i certainly appreciate the gentlelady's comments from ohio and i understand the difficult choices here. i do intend to work with her and any other concerned members about these offsets and maybe find a way to alter them at some point. i just didn't have time to do it tonight. but again i believe this is a reasonable amendment and it will do -- it will do what we need to at least to help with respect to the inward facing cameras on amtrak trains. that the time i'd like to yield one minute to my friend from new jersey, frequent amtrak rider himself, mr. lance. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. . mr. lance: thank you very much mr. speaker. three weeks ago, the tragic amtrak accident in philadelphia led to death, injury and destruction. and those who were injured included two of my constituents with whom i had been meeting earlier in the day here in washington. while the circumstances surrounding the i

the chair: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. mrs. capps: i again say i urge the passage of this bill. i have a classic example of why it's needed and ask for your consideration. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the the gentlewoman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mrs. capps: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from california will be postponed. clerk will read. the clerk: page 62, line 1 emergency preparedness grants, emergency preparedness fund $188,000 to remain available until september 30, 2017. office of inspector general, salaries and expenses, $86 million. surface transportation board salaries and expenses $3137 ,000. general provisions department of transportation, section 180, during the current fiscal year appropriations to the department shall be available for maintenance. section 181, appropriations shall b

mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, having had under consideration house resolution directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 2685 and has come to no resolution thereon. the chair announces the speaker's appointment, pursuant to 22 u.s. code 1928-a and the order of the house of january 6, 2015, of the following members on the part of the house to united states group of the nato parliamentary assembly. the clerk: mr. larson of connecticut, mr. david scott of georgia, ms. frankel of florida and mr. connolly of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i move that the house now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question son the motion to adjourn -- is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor s

. >> mr. chair the mr. rose has from the committee wishes to move forward with the money we'll load it into the financial system. >> okay. all right. >> ms. campbell. >> yes. i wanted to respond to the two recommendations that we disagree with our recommendations are on audit finding two weeks ago we released an audit on the fire departments planning processes and the strategic planning we stated we are not recommend new general fund position we have a discussion in the topic what we have recommended one position this is consistent with other fire departments that have some kind of support strategy planning process we want to point out there's a highly paid position within the fire department which we recommended their responsibility was live strategic planning and planning my understanding the depended agreed their strategic planning process should be included we stand by our remedies and the other recruitment the audit they needed to work within the existing resources they district attorney have an overal

mr. dold from illinois for as much time as he would consume. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. dold: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank my good friend from pennsylvania. -- from pennsylvania. mr. chairman, last week i had an opportunity to sit down with sophie weiss, an inspiring young girl from illinois. in many ways she's a very normal girl who enjoys spending her days playing with her sisters but she also suffering from a severe form of epilepsy that does not allow her to respond to the traditional medication. because of this, she suffers through upwards of 200 seizures each and every day. mr. chairman, she can't read, she's 9 years old. her 6-year-old sister reads to her. she can't do this because she blacks out and she seizes. hundreds of times each and every day. unfortunately, sophie's story is not unique and there are girls just like sophie in every state new york every district across our country. mr. chairman, we've already found life-saving seizure relief for some families. in illinois, c.b.d. oil is legal and is

mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 2822, directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 2822 and has come to no resolution thereon. the chair lays before the house an enrolled bill. the clerk: h.r. 533, an act to revoke the charter of incorporation of the miami tribe of oklahoma at the request of that tribe and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a privileged concurrent resolution. the clerk: concurrent resolution 19, resolved that when the senate recesses or adjourns on n'diaye from thursday, june 25 2015, through friday july 3 2015, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its majority leader or his designee, it stand recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on tuesday, july 7, 2015 or

mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. visclosky: i would -- if i could ask the chair -- i would -- i'm prepared to yield back my time mr. chair. mr. frelinghuysen: i'm prepared to yield back as well. the chair: the gentleman from indiana yields back. the gentleman from new jersey yields back. all time for general debate has experiod. the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. during consideration of the bill for amendment, each amendment shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. no pro forma amendment shall be in order except if the chair of the ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. the chair of the committee of the whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the member offering an amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the congre

. >> thank you, mr. chair you know, i think when we talk about the otherwise bias training that is incredibly important let's be clear that currently in the police academy anti bias training i'm glad their looking at it and i'm all for that but i don't think anyone to come away from the discussion that the police department didn't have anti bias training but when you guys look at the police academies physically look at them even though we can always do better of the diversity but it is pretty tremendous and i think last year, i was at an academy graduation with the president of the academy classes was a transgender woman i was thrilled and couldn't imagine that happening a few years ago so to really undermine your police staffing plan like this i don't think it makes sense and we have a we're in the middle of a 6 year staffing plan putting two years on the staffing but not a class to plan for and start putting those classes together towards the ends of this fiscal year i appreciate the creative thinking but i

mr. chair. >> yes. >> commissioner president keane the chair remembers i asked to be recused so i will go ahead and leave i wanted to make one point put something on the record and i don't mean to influence anything that is occurred but i think since the last meeting on my voicemail at the law school i've had 8 phone messages from many stash i don't know what they were as soon as i recognized her voice i deleted it i don't have any idea not to perjury her but a matter of record i'm recused from that it is proper to do and perhaps the chair might indicate that is not a good idea with that, i'll take a seat. >> i believe commissioner hur you asked in a sense to have this matter whether or not we could look at the amending that was in question whether or not it was properly withheld and whether or not the conduct of respondent was such it waived whatever privilege might have existed the complainant is not here tonight but she has agreed we can go ahead with it; is that correct? >> yes. >> and i be

. >> thank you, mr. chair i appreciate and respect supervisor mar's comments about when you look at the investments we've made every year both the mayor and broadway and in human services we can do more we would like to invest more resources 40 in health and nutrition and senior services all including myself has supported that and back to the board to get that done i don't buy into the have the most effective police officers as possible we have a $9 million budget we're a growing budget we can accomplish a lot of public goals and public safety is part ever that vibrant crimes are down but property crime is exploding a significant increase even though vibrant crimes r are down property crimes are exploding you see it down the street with shared glass. >> okay colleagues if no other questions right now why thank you very much chief for being here i understand you're working with our budget analyst on their budget. >> mr. rose would it be appropriate to ask the occ to come up right now before you do the full poli

. >> mr. chair and members he is correct we were wrong and based on the information we've changed recommendation but the gentleman is telling you just the way he said last year he said he was definitely he couldn't absorb a salary cut but he ended up with a big sewer mrs. he's telling you he can't absorb the attrition saves we're telling you he can. >> right but this is a new recommendation they didn't make the recommendations last week and i believe this was because i proved their budget analyst wrong and they wanted to cut but not only by $260,000 but add more next year we'll be the only department supposedly after working with mr. rose's office and got $270,000 more cuts between week one and two. >> i'm about to call an end to this back and forth mr. rose. >> supervisor yee. >> sir a year ago if you had come in here what would have been our projected number of people recinco de mayo or retiring or whatever. >> your projecting 7 for this - >> future year. >> i believe last year somewhere in the ne

. >> mr. chair and members of the committee on page 93 a recommended reductions to the proposed budget is 22 told us and 167 ongoing savings for one time saves with a reductions to allow a reduction of 7.7 percent in the 2015-2016 and our recommended rescues for the proposed budget 70 thousand plus in 2016-2017 or of which are ongoing savings i understand the department concurs with those recommendations. >> we did not report on the perspective item your refer to. >> thank you very much mr. rose. >> mr. chair one other thing we have a report on ocii when you consider that item. >> thanks very much why don't we espouse you first first colleagues i'd like to entertain a motion if we're in agreement with the budget analyst and the staff to supervisor yee. >> in our presentation the cost of living was $50,000 under the budget increase and in i was looking this page it was given earlier has at i guess 12 years of you know budgeted them for all the delays and the initial was 15 thousand increase on this i

the chair: the gentleman has 90 seconds remaining. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: first of all, almost everything the gentleman just said is not apropos and is wrong. the supreme court of the united states has ruled that people of guantanamo have exactly the same constitutional right, no more, no less, than they would have if brought to the united states. it has nothing to do with giving constitutional rights to foreign tharbles. second of all, some of these people were indeed captured on foreign battle feemeds, some were not. third of all, maybe they should be tried by military tribunals but they've been held 11, 12, 14, 15 years, we can't manage to try them in foreign tribunals. try them in court, try and convict them. if you want to do in it a military court do, that fine, we haven't managed to. but by staying in guantanamo, they don't have any less fewer or more constitutional rights than here. anyone within the jurisdiction of the united states, according to

mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h.r. 2042 and pursuant to house resolution 333 i report the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 2042 and pursuant to house resolution 333 reports the bill back to the house to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule the previous question is ordered. the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker. the secretary: mr. speaker, i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate concurs in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 2146, cited as the defending public safety employee retirement act. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. members will remove their

pingree: thank you very much mr. chair and thank you to the ranking member for yielding me time and for your nice thoughts and the ability to work with you on the committee. i do appreciate the work of the chair and the ranking member very much on this bill. there are so many important programs that are funded in the department of interior appropriations bill. i'm proud to be on this committee, and particularly to serve on this subcommittee. today's bill was written by a very good chairman in conjunction with a great ranking member. but at the end of the day, the funding levels are still too low. we cannot get bipartisan support on these bills when there aren't enough dollars to go around. the reality is we need to get rid of the sequester and pass these bills with funding levels that move our country forward, not backward. as so many of my colleagues have stated, when adjusted for inflation, this bill provides less than the appropriated levels in f.y. 2005. that is just not sufficient for the vital programs in this bill.

green: mr. chair, i yield back. mr. pitts: the chair thanks the gentleman. now i recognize the gentleman, mr. upton, five minutes. mr. upton: thank you, mr. chairman. back on september 11, 2001, the world as we knew it was turned upside down by the unthinkable acts of terrorism, which took the lives of nearly 3,000 individuals in new york, pennsylvania and virginia. left a mark on every american. everyone -- every one of us was impacted. from the smoldering ruins of the twins towers and the pentagon, to the wreckage of united airlines flight 93, the painful images and heartbreaking personal stories of that day every minute, will not be forgotten. we remember the thousands of innocent lives lost and the communities and loved ones they left behind and many of us met with those. we also honor the countless actings of heroism and leadership shown by the brave american men and women during those hours of pandemonium and in the days, weeks, months and now years that have followed. then for me, as chair of the telco subcommittee and this keb, i led a bipartisan dele