mr. chairman. this administration, throughout its tenure, has weakened our missile defense capabilities that protect us against the most dangerous weapons in the history of humanity. and mr. chairman, we should not continue to go down that road, and i would urge my colleagues to defeat this amendment and with that i'd yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i yield myself the remaining time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, the question is will we waste the money. we're told by the director of the missile defense agency and the joint functional command that they cannot use the money. there's no validated requirement to deploy an east coast missile defense site and he will not use additional funds this year because they've only begun to study the concept. it may be that in the future we may want an east coast site but to appropriate this money now is a pure waste of money because now they're

mr. chairman. i rise today to express my strong opposition to the draconian cuts to the community development block grant, cdbg program in this legislation. the cdbg program has a proven record of success in stabilizing and revitalizing communities across the country. mr. nadler: by directly providing funds to local communities and giving them flexibility to decide where the funding will have the greatest impact. in the last seven years, cdbg has assisted over a million low and moderate income homeowners, to rehabilitate their homes, keeping neighborhoods and communities safe and stable. more than 30 million people dbg benefited from the c public improvement programs, including senior and child care centers, homes for persons with disabilities, safe streets and shelters for victims of domestic violence. funds have also been used to provide public services to millions of low and moderate income households including employment training, meals for seniors and services for abused children. but the real

mr. chairman. today before you is a resolution we're asking you to approve which a the resolution to retroactively

mr. chairman. today before you is a resolution we're asking you to approve which a the resolution to retroactively accept a gift in the amount of 12 thousand 5 hundreds to support the mayors earth day breakfast. it's an opportunity for the mayor to share his goals and so before you is this resolution we're asking for your support >> thank you. colleagues any questions >> we have no budget analyst reports. so public comment anyone wish to commit seeing none, public comment is closed pr we can move this forward without opposition >> item number 10 asking the gifts in the amount of 13 though plus at the 13 market street. >> hello so the next resolution is to authorize the department of environment to accept the gifts of $114,600 to build the egging could center for 2013 and 2014. we are to move from this area to do some fundraising as well as find cash sponsors and this resolution is asking you to let us spend the money to that move to the place on market >> thank you. i'm very supportive of this. i h

mr. chairman. i rise today in strong support of h.r. 5, the student success act. and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. the gentleman will suspend. the committee will be in order. i ask members to take their conversations off the floor. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. kline: thank you, again, mr. chairman. the student success act will take a critical step toward real reform. real reform of our education system. this legislation will restore local control, empower parents, eliminate unnecessary washington red tape, and intrusion in schools, and support innovation and excellence in the classroom. as chairman of the house education and work force committee, i have heard countless stories of the amazing progress being made in schools across the country. this success isn't due to heavy-handed dictates from washington. rather it reflects the work of dedicated parents, teachers, principles, superintendents, a

mr. chairman and members of the committee as you know you continued to item and amended the medication e legislation we recommend you approve it. >> any yes, sir. for mr. rose. we'll open this open for public comment seeing none, public comment is closed. we can move this forward >> item number 2 resolution approving the declaration for the policy for the north shore main not to exceed 75.3 million. >> colleagues any questions on number 2. mr. rose >> mr. chairman and members of the committee we recommend you approve this legislation as amended. >> colleagues any questions. at this time we'll open this up to public comment seeing none, public comment is closed. can we move this marred. so move forward >> item number 3 resolution approving an amendment between the contract of the public works and the substance abuse care services to expend e extend the term by 5 unlawful years to increase it to $19 million. >> we have the department of public health here to speak. >> department of public health we concur with the budget analyst recommendation and we've had our health care in the jail being

mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and i too want to thank chairman bernanke for his service.we had our disagreements over the years, but not without, on my part, a great deal of respect for the way you have approached this work and the work you have done. i have a couple of questions. one has to do with efficacy of there are ae easing. number of very thoughtful folks that have done analyses that suggest that the benefits of the quantitative easing we have had might be quite modest, and specifically, i think the suggestion has been that conventional understanding of the transmission mechanism of the increase in household net worth to consumer spending would suggest a very modest increase to gdp that is resulted from the pretty significant increase recently in household net worth. even if you attribute all of that increase to the fed, which is questionable, and your own previous question, you acknowledge the nature of the impact monetary policy has on economic growth might be a matter of timing rather than a ne

mr. chairman. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. takano: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. takano of california. page 22, line 5 after the dollar amount -- mr. takano: i ask to dispense with the reading. the chair: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. takano: mr. chairman, i rise today to offer an amendment to the fiscal year 2014 energy and water proachingses bill, to increase fund -- appropriations bill, to increase funding for the department of education's -- department of energy's weatherization assistance program. my amendment increases funding for the renewable energy, energy reliability and efficiency account by $40 million to ensure we provide adequate weatherization assistance. the weatherization assistance progr

mr. chairman. mr. ranking member, and members of his committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. thank you so much. >> thank you, congressman. thank you for bringing us a sense of history and we also thank you for the book that you signed in march. it will be seen by all five of my grandchildren i mentioned earlier congressman sensenbrenner and how we had been friends for years and he is a civil rights icon in his own right. he is chairman of the house judiciary committee in 2006. he introduced the reauthorization to the house of representatives and work tire sleep to building strong legislative records, including the need for reauthorization to section five. we have discussed it many times. but had we have talked about and someone from the other party is part at the time and of course the majority in your party and i can honestly say that we would not have gone through if it had not been for the work we put into the house. so i will continue this. this is something that we have told the

mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. smith is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and and thank you to mr. iwry for being here today to share your insight. can you tell us what the first indicator was that you detected that would eventually lead to this delay in the employer mandate? was it just the weighing in of business folks, or were there other indicators? >> mr. smith, as you, as i know you appreciate, we are in continual contact with stakeholders. >> but more specifically, what would you say was an cearl indicator? -- an early indicator? >> and for at least the last year or so, a number of major representatives of large portions of our economy -- people such as the retail industry -- >> okay, so it was concerns by the private sector that were raised that were the earliest indicators that perhaps this needed to see a delay? >> mr. smith, i'm not sure i'd be comfortable in trying to reconstruct -- >> okay. >> -- the earliest indicator. but clearly, a very prominent request, a very pronounced request for additional time has been coming very publicly. n

mr. chairman and members of the committee. table one on page 33 of your report shows that the lease premises will decrease by by acreage and 3.8% decrease. the rent per acre increases by $10,000 or 12.5% so total rent of 8.3% after adjusting for the change in acreage. we also note mr. chairman and members of the committee on page 33 that the proposed rent of $93,000 per acre is $46.96 less than the fair market value based on the third party appraisal conducted by cbre so that results in reduced rent over 10 years of $6 million. however, the airport and the united airlines as reported to us by the airport negotiated the reduceed rent per acre because it represents 18% increase over the current rate which was far greater than united projected or budgeted and certainly equally as important the airport wants to maintain a long standing relationship between one of their major tenants, united airlines, and we think that is reasonable, and we recommend that you approve the legislation. >> thank you very much mr. rose. colleagues any

mr. chairman. mr. chairman. mr. chairman we left off with you saying that you welcomed democratic evidence that progressive and democratic oriented groups were targeted. i will ask unanimous consent that this press release be entered into the record from the ways & means committee but i will read from it. a group of democratic leaning organizations was denied tax exempt status by the irs after their applications were pending for over three years. these denials happened during the period of the -- but they were not disclosed by the ig in the ireport or during his testimony before a committee and the ways & means committee. these applications were processed in the same manner as the tea party cases outlined in the audit report. the cases were identified in screen for political activities and transfer to exempt organizations technical unit. they were the subject of the sensitive case report. they were subject to multiple levels of review with an irs and review by the irs chief counsel. the chairman has asked for evidenc

mr. chairman. it's important issue to us. we appreciate your leadership and lao -- leadership of ranking member levin. we extensive consultation with japan prior to agreeing to allow them to join tpp precisely on the issues you mentioned. agricultural, insurance, and auto sector. we insisted on making progress on the issue before they were allowed to come in. we reached some agreement on the area. but reached agreement on term of refer for ongoing negotiation in the area that will be linked to and part of tpp. for example, in the agricultural area, they moved forward with their agreement to allow american beef in to their market and 30 months and under. on the insurance area, there's a stand still for introduction of new product through the postal system and the agreement to negotiate in term of reference for the negotiation for further open of the market. on auto, very importantly reached upfront agreement both on measures to allow greater access to the japanese market by more than doubling what t

mr. chairman. thank you for being here. strong intellectual property rights protections are essential to the success of u.s. and eu economies. the united states alone intellectual property intensive industry accounts for over 59 jobs, nearly 6 trillion output, and a trillion and exports. so a couple of questions. first, what barriers for ipr intensive trade for goods and services to u.s. companies face in the eu? and second, in what areas is there potential for greater convergence between u.s. and eu, ipr practices, and how can the united states and the eu have high levels of protection in those areas? i would be interested in hearing about not only patents, trademarks and copyrights, but also about protections and trade secrets from disclosure by government. >> well, it's a critical part of our economy as you said and it's a critical part of our relationship with the eu as well. we both have quite high levels of ipr protection, although they are somewhat different in terms of how they're implement. we see the negotiations i

mr. young: madam chairman, first i would like to thank mr. visclosky for his much more detailed description of this legislation. and i now yield to the chairman of the full committee on appropriations, who has strongly committed to making sure that we pass all of our appropriations bills, mr. rogers, for five minutes. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized -- kentucky is recognized for five minutes. mr. rogers: big difference. thank you, madam chairman. thank you, mr. chairman, for yielding this time. of course i rise in support of this the d.o.d. appropriations bill. the bill provides more than $512 billion in base funding for our national security and military efforts, and $85.8 billion in overseas contingency operations war funding. this is a base funding decrease of $5.1 billion below fiscal 13, but is about $28.1 billion above the current level caused by automatic sequestration spending cuts. this total reflects an appropriate thorough analysis of what is needed to keep this country safe. freedom isn't free. our liberties,

mr. chairman. my amendment will restore state sovereignty of public education and restore parental rights over the education of their children by restoring the state legislature's power to accept or reject federal education grant dollars. i have worked closely with the committee to ensure the amendment supports goals of local control and flexibility as promoted by h.r. 5, and i appreciate chairman kleine's support of this important amendment as well as his continued leadership to improve our nation's education system. state legislatures, mr. chairman, should have the ability to make an informed decision regarding federal grant dollars just as a patient consents to a medical procedure after a doctor explains the risks and benefits. i'm grateful for the task force chairman bishop's support and co-authorship of legislation we filed in this regard and support of the national taxpayers union and council for citizens against government waste because my amendment will actually ensure that a state legislat

mr. chairman -- mr. wittman: thank you, mr. chairman. again, i want to emphasize this time in our nation's defense budgeting, we ought to be looking at where we can save dollars, where we can apply dollars that that -- to those areas of greatest need and i argue those areas of greatest need are for this nation's readiness. the training of our troops, the operation and maintenance of our equipment, making sure that we get those dollars there. and that before we pursue a brac, we ought to know what the other areas are, where we're going to go with this nation's strategy, with what our base structure should be in other areas of the world, and after being at war for nearly 12 years, now we have a well-trained, battle-hardened, combat-tested force and they are an all-volunteer force that's more joint than ever. we want to understand where we need to be going forward, to make sure that we provide for them. closing these bases now or even pursuing a base realignment and closure commission is not the time to do that. mr. chairman, again, this is

mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. meadows. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ss tucker, some of of the testimony you have given recently is troubling. it's a direct conflict with testimony we neared this very room for mr. george. and so with that, to make sure that we have a continue continuity. i'm going yield my time back to mr. jordan. i yield to the gentleman from oh. >> i thank the gentleman. you are number two at the revenue service. you learned on may 30 that political targeting of conservative groups are taking place. the number one at thers irs testified in front of congress just to the opposite. you told me in the first round of questioning because it doesn't fall around your jurisdiction you didn't feel obligated to set the record straight? >> sir -- >> how does that encourage whistle blowers to come forward when you are the number two and you don't come forward and set the record straight. >> sir, if i might. maybe i'm not making myself clear. the meeting i was in, what mr. george told to the best of my recollection, in the meeting was that his team

mr. chairman. i was asked to attend a meeting with mr. mcauliffe so that i could hear in person his complaints -- >> and what year was that? >> i don't quite recall. it was quite some -- two years ago? >> okay. >> i don't -- quite some time ago. >> all right. >> and i heard those complaints, and that was of the extent of the interaction. i should say that i engage with the public very often. i meet with associations, groups, individuals, representatives and the like who voice concerns, who praise us when we do jobs well. one of my areas of focus on behalf of the agency as a whole is to increase the level of public engagement so that we are a transparent agency, transparent not only to the public that we serve, but to the media that, whose responsibility it is in part to hold us accountable. and, of course, to this committee, to the committee of oversight to which we are held accountable. i heard mr. mcauliffe's complaints, and i moved on with my work. >> did you ever hear from him again after that meeting? >> i recall mr. mcauliffe -- >>

mr. chairman. i'd submit, mr. chairman, that the appropriate way to gather the requested information is simply for the gentleman to google what i have just stated. this i shally arose in 2011 with numerous comments by the white house that reported in numerous outlets by way of background, my source is not fox news in this particular instance. all he can do is google it and he can find it. also, there were numerous reports in 2012 where the president indicated and what turned out to be an open mic that once the elections were over with he could more freely negotiate or give away information to the russians. those aren't the exact words used by the president. unfortunately i don't have perfect recall. it was words to that effect. i would emphasize this house has visited this issue previously. this has passed with bipartisan support, so i'd urge this body to again as a precautionary measure adopt this amendment to prevent the sharing of our hit-to-kill technology with the russian federation to the extent that risk bec

mr. chairman, monique and i am not sure that supervisor weiner that is not the proposal that mr. rose had just stated that he was... what he stated is that they were willing to cut the 170,000. >> no i know that there is a miscommunication and i heard that they were willing to cut $100,000. >> we were willing to cut $100,000 for this fiscal year, 13, 14, under the 100,000 for 14, 15. >> i think that there was such some lack of klartty in the dialogue before but the motion to cut $100,000 from year one and $100,000 from year two. >> made the motion and could we do that without opposition? >> yes. >> okay. >> so moved. >> thank you, mr. district attorney. >> thank you very much. >> okay, colleagues. we are through with our departments and item 6 and 7. and at this point in time, we do have gone through item 6 and 7, so and we have schedule meeting tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. but we need to do some continuation and work here. so mr. clerk, just so to be clear and the state attorney, item one we sent forward to the full board. item two, we sent forward to the full board. item three, we nee

mr. chairman. thank you, my friend, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i rise in support f the fiscal year 2014 transportation, housing, and urban development propings act. i want to commend my good friend, chairman latham, for making some tough choices, making those choices in a manner that was fair, that was transparent and that was rational. i also want to thank my good friend, mr. pastor, the ranking member, on the other side of the aye. he's always a pleasure to work with, a delightful member an frankly always contributes. i know while this bill may not be everything he would like, he certainly added a great deal in the course of our deliberations. . the allocation this subcommittee was given is meager. the bill provides $44.1 billion inties cregsary spending, a reduction -- discretionary spention, a reduction -- spending, a reduction in 2013 levels. that reduction is due to the budget control act and the mechanism of sequestration, not the ryan budget, which simply recognizes the realities that have

mr. chairman. and chairman bernanke, welcome.elcome our federal reserve chairman ben bernanke back to the banking committee to testify at the semiannual humphrey-hawkins hearing regarding the federal reserve's monetary policy and the state of the economy. in recent weeks the prudential banking regulators have been very active on a number of regulatory fronts including releasing final regulations to implement the basal iii capital rules and proposed regulations on capital leverage ratios. i thank chairman bernanke personally for addressing the concerns that chairman johnson and i raised in our february letter about the unique characteristics of community banks and insurance companies. a one-size-fits-all approach regarding capital rules does not work for these types of entities. with regard to monetary policy we've experience ad period where the fed has pushed the short-term interest rate down to zero more than four years ago. the fed pursued kwan quantity or, what has become known as qe in order to suppress long-term interest rat

mr. klesse is a chairman and ceo of valero. mr. gilligan is president of the petroleum marketers association. mr. plaushin, director of federal relations for aaa. mr. energy administration at department of energy and mr. kahn is director of integrated oil and gas research at citigroup. i want to again thank my colleagues and recognize senator murkowski. >> that, mr. chairman. i was home in the state over the 4th of july recess and had the opportunity to spend a little bit of time on the rim river. i was looking out, talking to individuals at their fish camps what is happening with fishing, the price of fuel and what that means to them in their villages and it was just after the spring barge had come and delivered fuel. if you live on there you get two fuel delivery as year. you get one in the spring, which is june and you get one in september, provided that you can get up river. sometimes you can only get one barge in. basically your price for fuel is set when those purchases are made and everyone in the village, it is not like the

mr. chairman. thank you, mr. ambassador. we appreciate the professionalism an hard work and skill of the ustr. we look forward to working with you and other committee members. i appreciated our earlier conversation about the importance of labor and environmental protections. working with you to the extent we're able to protect and enhance i think it makes it better for everybody all the way around. my friend, mr. neal, referenced the footwear industry. you talk about going to new england. i think that is terrific. i would ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter we had submitted with my friend, aaron troc, almost 50 members of the house, that talked about the value chain of footwear. i would hope that you would be able to visit portland, oregon and look at part of that supply chain. i represent people who manufacture shoes in the united states, danker boots, keane footwear. we have got a whole range of others however because although less than 1% of footwear is manufactured in the united states, the vast amoun

mr. chairman. mr. rivera, and only disagreed with one thing in her testimony and it ended is that my mom is the best. [laughter] to no, i just actually have a few questions that i appreciate both of you testifying today. talking about the immigration system that we are currently living with. are you familiar with the immigration system and what it is like in colombia? >> i am not. >> you know what would happen if i enter the country illegally today? >> no, sir. you know what happened to my kids that i would bring into colombia legally. >> no, sir. >> they understand that the treatment would be vastly different than the treatment you and your family have received here. since you came before us and i don't like to ask questions. you said that you are a u.s. citizen. >> yes, sir. >> and your mom can come to the united states? how's that possible when you are a u.s. citizen? what has happened? >> my mother, when i was a sophomore in college, was pulled over for a minor traffic citation. she was arrested an

mr. chairman. german ben bernanke, you have said that the fed wants to see substantial improvement. in the labor market and in your june press conference, you know that the substantial amount is in the eye of the holder. as i understood you today, you indicated that this all goes as expected and we can expect to see this to wind down by next year. is that correct? >> just. >> the flipside of that is if all does not go as expected, we can see that continued for the indefinite future? >> i suspect that at some point that the economy will reach that outlook, given the way we have seen progress to this point. exactly whether it is earlier or later, that remains to be seen. >> icing you would agree that there is a risk in continuing the qb indefinitely. would you agree that? >> yes, there are costs and risks and we are watching this carefully. we sat in her statement that one of the considerations we are looking at at every meeting is the efficiency and cost of this program, and we do a benefit cost anal

mr. chairman. >> gentleman yields back. i thank the gentleman. i'd also like to be supportive of the comments that the gentleman made in regard to us getting to know our colleagues. in particular, i believe if i could extend to the gentleman from florida that the gentleman, mr. young, who i have gotten to know and i know the gentleman from the state of washington has gotten to know him, we're occasionally together in the mornings maybe three or four days a week. it has offered that opportunity, and i would commend it to you, and i really respect your desire to do that, and i hope that he equally would accept that challenge, not just your side of the coin. and my knowledge of mr. wrung is he'll be very eager to do that. i've gotten to know some other members including the gentleman, mr. polis, a little bit better because of some opportunities we've had together. and i think it helped our relationship, al, also. so i admire you very much and hope the gentleman as a new member of this body, second term

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, nuclear weapons production played a pivotal role in our nation's defense for decades, helping to end the second world war and end to the cold war. but implementing these programs esulted in a large volume of radioactive waste that the federal government has a legal responsibility to clean up. today there are indications that nuclear waste is leaking out of the underground tanks at hanford in my congressional district with higher levels of contamination now being detected in the surrounding soil. the amendment that i offer, mr. chairman, would restore a portion of the reduction for the environmental management program that would so greatly impact the richland operations office. and help enable the cleanup to move forward safely, efficiently and in a timely manner. >> will the gentleman yield? mr. hastings: i'd be happy to yield to the subcommittee chairman. >> i appreciate your longstanding commitment to hanford. mr. frelinghuysen: and i support this amendment which is aimed a

mr. chairman. and the amendment i bring forth deals specifically with reforms that many states have made. i'll talk specifically about reforms that have been made in great state of louisiana, especially as it relates to teacher evaluation and specifically what my amendment would do would be to remove the mandate that is in the legislation that requires states to adopt the federal rule on teacher evaluation. and the reason i say that is not just because louisiana has a highly successful evaluation program that's working very well for the people of louisiana but in general when you look at the successes that we've seen across the country as it relates to education reform, it's been state and local governments that have driven those great successes. that's because the states are the incubators and our state and local governments are the most accountable to the parents who have the most at stake and concern for their children's education. and so the amendment specifically makes sure that there can be no

mr. chairman. mr. werfel, the american people want, need and deserve to know the truth, and i hope we get it. mr. werfel, back in my district it appears the allen air patriots have also been a target of the irs. the bottom line is that the irs has been used as a political weapon, and that's just outrageous. mr. werfel, instead of targeting americans because of their belief, why doesn't the irs target fraud and abuse? that is costing hard working, law-abiding americans, taxpayers billions of dollars. mr. werfel, i'd like to play a short video clip on an issue i've been working on for some time now from whr-tv investigative report. >> i think the public needs to know about this. >> are and this isn't a single case. >> his office has been flooded by illegal workers who have figured out a loophole. it allows them to use their -- [inaudible] numbers to get huge refunds from the irs. the loophole is called the additional child tax credit. it's meant to help working families who have children living at home.

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, the amendment i offer this evening clarifies and confirms the scope of two programs that mr. snowden illegally exposed while sitting in a hotel in communist china. first, the amendment clarifies that under section 702, no u.s. citizen or person in the u.s. can be targeted. period. i say again, no u.s. person under section 702 may be targeted in any way by the united states government. while there are other specific authorities, the u.s. person may be subject to an

mr. chairman. welcome, mr. chairman.ank you for your service and your willingness to come before the committee and help us. i would like to stay right on that line of questioning. as you begin with both the house and the senate actively considering legislative proposals to reform the gse, which i think most of us on both sides realize some reform is necessary, i won't ask you to comment on any particular legislative proposal and i'm not sure you would anyway. but you are a scholar of the great depression. as you know, fannie mae and the fha, the sort of creation of the new deal and i wanted to ask you historically a 30 year fixed mortgage, which is really a major renovation. prior to the government getting in the gse getting in and providing that backstop. was unavailable? was the private sector successful in trying to create that? >> during the depression or not. matter of time, people usually took out these mortgages and finance them sequentially. >> well, in terms of the last 80 years of government supported, that is

mr. chairman as i understand. one is our recommendations that are not a policy on page 20 and supervisor breed has made a further you amendment that be a general fund expect for the one half of fund. the policy recommendation on page 23 they are stating it's somewhat unusual for a department to request new positions where there's no money in the budget for them but the department wants to expedite so when they're able to get the funds they can higher the positions right away. first of all, we're saying it's a policy that's up to you to decide whether you want to approve the recommendation but that you want to approve the positions we ask they be limited positions so we're saying for the term of respected project for example, if the project lasted for two years they should be limited for two years ago as opposed to creating new ongoing positions forever >> are all those positions project based? >> the way their currently proposed they're not limited tenure but we've hired i 15 people because of the economy and thos

mr. chairman and members of the committee. as you know the committee if the committee wants to accept the recommendations and, reappropriate funds whatever is priorities are on the board >> okay. thank you. >> okay. any questions for mr. rose further questions for department? >> okay. thank you. colleagues can i have a motion for the department of technology >> so move forward. >> okay movie right along we have the department of public works up next and a. >> good morning supervisors at our last meeting we did reach agreement with the budget analysts i think the outstanding question was the work that was provided the housing authority. can you refresh everyone's memory can you talk about your position and - >> it's a service that we provided the housing authority. it is a number of 6 apprentices who are being trained as laborers. they are just completed they're first year with a year and a half to go. in addition there is a service that is department appraise the big 4 and the rest of the housing departments we help clean up e

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, as mentioned by the chair that there's judicial proceeding in massachusetts going on today but there is another judicial proceeding going on and james whitey bulger. they have a common threat what happens when information is not shared among law enforcement offices and how they can butt heads and actually hurt the effort. that's what this committee's responsibility is. that's what my responsibility is as congressman, too. through an oversight function, not a blame function, find out what went wrong so that we can save future lives and i think we can. now, my involvement has taken me to russia. first, i sent to staff person to russia, and then followed up personally where i met with the deputy director of the f.s.b. and i met with the director of counterterrorism and while i as in russia upon my questioning, first questioning why they didn't respond to the f.b.i.'s three requests for extra information. and having those top officials say they didn't know anything about the requ

mr. chairman members of the committee even i have a cell phone and don't use pay phones anymore. on page 43 we report that based on 2012 revenues pelican communications would have paid the airport minimum guarantee of 499 -- gross revenues and less than the existing payment of 137479 based on the proposed 55% of gross revenues. we recommend that you amend the resolution to specify that the reduction in the annual guarantee down to 20% is retroactive to december 1, 2012 and you approve the resolution as amended. >> okay. thank you mr. rose. colleagues any questions? okay. we will open up the public comment. anyone wish to comment on item 11? seeing none public comment is closed? colleagues can i have a motion to approve the budget analyst recommendations? >> yes. >> do so without opposition. the underlying item of pay phones, et cetera. we can move that without opposition. mr. clerk can you please call item 12. >> item 12 resolution to authorize the department of public health to accept a grant in the amount of $238,571 from the department of public health to participate in a prog

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i rise in support of this amendment. h.r. 2609 seems to decimate funding for the advanced research projects agency energy programs. mr. chairman, in reading the bill, it appears that the bill cuts arpa-e funding by some $215 million. that's 81%. effectively terminating this program. at the same time the bill provides $98 million in additional funds for nuclear weapons activities. and it even provides $29 million beyond the president's budget request for fossil fuels energy and research development. my amendment, mr. chairman, would shift that extra funding to fund arpa-e and continue important investments in innovation that keep our nation globally competitive. arpa-e is modeled after the successful defense advanced research project's agency which helped develop the global positioning systems in stealth fighter technologies. since 2009, arpa-e has helped fund 275 innovative energy technology projects and we are beginning to see the positive benefits. arma e projects have

mr. chairman, i'd like to recognize mr. bucshon from indiana, a neighbor across from my congressional district, for one minute. the chair: the gentleman from indiana is recognized for one minute. mr. bucshon: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in support of this legislation. every single coal mine in the state of indiana is in my congressional district. coal not only provides thousands of jobs for hoosiers but provides over 90% of our state's energy. coal is a vital part of indiana's economy, helping to create -- keep energy prices low and supporting a robust manufacturing sector. i disagree with the e.p.a.'s position that coal ash should be treated as a hazardous material. coal ash has been described to be used in other material like concrete and safe when used correctly and stored correctly. the e.p.a. studies, as has been mentioned in 1993 and 2000, has state that had coal ash is not a hazardous material. this legislation allows states to establish their own regulations from managing coal ash as long as it meets minimum fed

mr. chairman, mr. chairman. chief fisher, just out of curiosity, can you give me a rough number of how large or how many border patrol agents there were when you started with the agency 26 years ago? >> there was less than 3,000, sir. >> less than 3,000. >> yes, sir. >> the reason i ask that, i remember we gave big increases in funding for border control in the '90s and then now, of course, we've heard ms. gambler say that since 2004 we've gone from 10,000 agents to 21,000, i think it was. and, of course, now the senate has passed an amendment saying that we're supposed to double that again. and, frankly, i know you can never satisfy any government agency's appetite for money or land, but i'm really skeptical as to whether we can efficiently, effectively spend all the money that we're throwing at this effort and increase the number of agents that much that quickly. what do you say about that, commissioner murphy? how big was customs when you started 29 years ago? >> sir, i -- to be honest -- >> you don't know. >

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 2218, the coal residual reuse and management act, an important and bipartisan jobs bill. today's vote is the culmination of an over two-year pusuret of a thoughtful, transparent solution to a serious regulatory challenge. while the coal ash bill has continued to improve when we first debated it back in 2011, we stayed true to our original principles. first, the bill sets out strict standards for coal ash management, but leaves the permitting program to the states. this approach is important because it ensures consistent environmental protection, but gives the day-to-day implementation to the states who have the combination of expertise and dedication to get the job done right for their state. second, it takes e.p.a.'s three-year proposal to regulate coal ash as hazardous waste off the table. when e.p.a. first published this proposal, they knew that if it overreached, the e.p.a. would face a very tough dilemma. they wanted a permit progra