mr. chairman. >> mr. chairman,. >> we have at this time what i think are two additional members, and we would ask both of you, please, to come forward at this time with a chance that we will continue the dialogue. the honorable eleanor holmes norton, who we all recognize and applauded for her of veering on the scene and being stand together appropriately the other day. and i want you to know, i saw you. i recognized you not just as a colleague but as a person is deeply concerned about all the people who were involved in this committee, at least by myself, and i'm sure all of us would wish to thank you. we recognize that some days are sad. i give you great respect and honor. i would also like to welcome the gentleman from louisiana. without objection, both of you can anything i've been writing will be entered into the record. i would like to recognize if i can at this time ms. holmes norton. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i very much appreciate your words. >> yes, ma'am. if you could please come you

mr. chairman, mr. chairman, mr. hairman. >> you let them see the final report. >> the gentleman's time is expired. >> skilled that mr. connelly be given the same amount of time. >> absolutely. i thank the chair and the ranking member. i welcome the panel, and i do want to say the family members -- i have heart ache for your loss. i lost three constituents at the navy yard last week. i'm old enough to remember lebanon. i lost a good friend in that embassy bombing in the early '80s. and of course, we lost also a marine amphibious unit well over 100 lives were lost. i don't remember, mr. pickering, an arb at that time. was there an arb? >> no. it was before arb became a practical -- >> right. we lost our embassy dozens of deaths, we lost the mau at the beirut airport with over 100 deaths young marine. i don't remember any investigation or any charges. i don't remember the democrats exploiting ronald reagan's management of the that incident. we understood it was a national tragedy and try to come together. i say to four

mr. chairman and mr. elmendorf. it's a pleasure to see you read of the last couple of months i've talked to a large number of medical researchers both in my district and elsewhere who have reached near panic over the effects of sequester on the projects that they have been working on and very concerned about the long-term effects of sequestration on their work. but at the same time they have given us some encouraging news. essentially every researcher i've talked to believes that within the next 10 years we will have a disruptive change in the medical field one or more and buy disruptive change them aiming curing cancer curing diabetes some major consequence to the medical field and subsequently to the burden of the health care costs in the country. have you at cbo given any thought or attention as to what curing diabetes -- i think the estimates are around $150 billion a year spent systemwide what that kind of a disruptive change would mean on the projections in the long-term health care costs to the taxpayer? >> c

mr. chairman. mr. ambassador, thank you for testifying today. if you need a second to respond or answer that question, i'll give you time. >> if i could add one thing -- mr. call, first off, on the dc-3, it was not there in support of the special forces detachment. when we opened first in benghazi and then later relocated to tripoli, there was no commercial air service available at all into libya, no commercial air service. so we pulled an aircraft from afghanistan and it was running shuttles into iraq. it was never based there. it was based first in malta at that point. when commercial air service was established, there was no longer a need for that aircraft. so it had nothing to do with support of the special forces except when they came into benghazi -- into tripoli the first time. they blew that plane in. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you, mr. ambassador. i thank you for your service. i wanted to begin by recognizing the memory of four brave americans who did give their lives in service to our country

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 687, the southeast arizona land exchange and conservation act. as our nation continues to suffer from high unemployment, a rising national debt and annual deficits, congress' top priority should be advancing solutions that put americans back to work and help to strengthen and grow the economy. the bill before us does just that. mr. chairman, the house is not in order. the chair: the gentleman is correct. the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. please remove your conversations off the floor. to the cloakroom or the speaker's lobby, please. -- the gentleman may proceed. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, the southeast arizona land exchange and conservation act sponsored by our colleague, the natural resource committee member, mr. gosar from arizona, is a bipartisan measure that will create thousands of new american jobs and boost our economy through u.s. increased mineral production. the bill authorizes an eq

mr. chairman. >> mr. chairman, may i make a point? >> of course. >> you have three former prosecutors here, and so we clearly appreciate the flexibility that it's important for prosecutors to have, and we clearly appreciate the discretion that prosecutors enjoy that should be protected by the department. at the same time i think the department would be well advised to listen to senator grassley's advice about trying to establish as clear metrics as you comfortably can, because there can be a lot of unintended consequences from the broad zone of uncertainty that you can create. back and, frankly, be quite harmful in and of itself. so i think in this area, particularly with respect to the regulatory regimes and what you would respect to improve and disapprove, the more you can move towards the kind of metrics that senator grassley recommended. i think the better off you would be. i speak only for myself on that but i think that's my advice anyway. >> if i may add, mr. chairman, i would second what senator whitehouse has just said, parti

mr. chairman, members of board mr. riis skin. my pleasure to introduce the person. this is a very mature program that we have that we bring in interns from both high school and colleges from the bay area and also throughout the country to help us during the summer and to relieve our work load and give them experience. we have been pretty successful. we have graduated over 300 former interns and now they are in the field of practicing in the bay area as well as throughout the country. some of the graduates of the program include our current city traffic engineer, the manager for our sf gov program and these students are driven and they do this on their own time and only motivated by the reward of seen others get exposed to the field and hopefully some day they will become professionals in the field. as you can tell it's a very challenging proposition because when you are mentoring a host of bright intelligent and driven young people, it's a lot of pressure to keep them engaged and also stay one step ahead of them. i have done it before and i still haven't recovered f

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, over the last few months, deadly wildfires, especially in california, arizona and colorado, and wildfires in other western states, have highlighted the growing problem with our current federal forest management plan. our national forests should, unless otherwise designated, be open for multiple use where everything from recreation and job-creating economic activity. but instead, federal regulations and lawsuits have effectively shut down our national forests. timber harvests have dropped by 80% over the last 30 years in our national forests. while the forest service once received $2 for every $1 spent, spends $2 for every $1 it produces. our federal forests are being badly managed and there are devastating consequences to that management. rural communities are struggling to survive and have no longer stable funding. the federal government made a promise. over a century ago to actively manage our forests for the benefit of rural schools and communities. under a federal law

mr. chairman. i just wanted to say one thing about almost two and a half years ago this issue was before us on an appropriations bill that we declined to make that amendment. i would just like to apologize myself for member steve king who brought this amendment here very briefly and we didn't make it in order and now we feel we are going to hopefully make it an order. i think he paved the way for this and i appreciate what he did. that's all i have to say. thank you. >> the gentleman yields back is time. the chairwoman is recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman. isn't there a rule that the chairman is supposed to leave after 8:00 p.m.? >> that would be after 8:30. [laughter] the gentlewoman yields back are time and the gentleman dr. burgess is recognized. >> i do feel obligated to point out seven of those appeals have been signed in law by the president that we forget the seven times the president jettisoned the own part of this law. people can sign up for that because you close the window. employer m

mr. chairman.and today is the first of what i suspect will be a series of hearings to consider the reauthorization of satellite television extension and localism act, or what we call s.t.e.l.a., which among other things extended the 119 license through december 31, 2014. enacted in 1988, the satellite home viewer act created a copyright compulsory license for the benefit of the satellite industry to retransmit distant television signals to its subscribers. the license codified in section 119 of the copyright act was originally intended to ensure the availability of broadcast programming the satellite providers and to foster competition with the cable industry which has enjoyed a permanent compulsory license to retransmit copyrighted content contained in both local and distant broadcast television signals since passage of the copyright act of 1976. the intent of providing compulsory copyright license ing compulsory copyright licenses was to facilitate investment in new creative works by the satellit

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, will web able to put some questions in writing to the secretary of state though he's left? thank you very much. thank you secretary hailing, good to see you again. of course general dempsey. my question is about really what all of this means. first of all, i don't think there's anyone here that in any way condones the heinous use of the chemical weapons. i think that's a given. however, what we're here for is about the resolution and how we proceed from here. one of the things in reading both yours and secretary kerry's statements -- and i don't know if you can answer secretary kerry's statement. but he says that of course they're waiting for the proposal. this is the one that we've been discussing all morning. but we're but we're not waiting long. is there a time limit that administration is willing to wait for that proposal? like a week? two weeks? >> i do not know of a specific amount of hours or days. i think the president mentioned this last night. i think it is clear th

mr. chairman and members of the committee perhaps that's not clear as mr. up dike indicated. it's the same space so they're not moving from one space to another by their moving around their furniture and equipment >> okay. thanks everyone. at this point we'll open it up for public comment any comment on item 6. seeing none, public comment is closed. can we have a motion to move this forward. so moved >> item 7. resolution authorizing the department of health to spend a grant in the amount of 2 hundred and 25 to participate in a program called county enrollment assistance >> good morning, supervisors i'm emily from the did not. we're requesting permission to accept and expend 2 hundred accomplice from a grant foundation to make sure our low protect health participants are moved into medi-cal and this is supporting and trigs the data from our eligibility to the state system of record and then the second one is troiths our system to make sure that county workers can support of pieces. we're working with alameda county and working with the department of health and agencies. and i

mr. chairman. >> thank you. esther starr -- mr. starr. >> chairman, ranking member corker, members of the committee, i am honored to appear before you today. i would like to thank the committee for your continued support and interest in the bureau of diplomatic security programs protecting american diplomats abroad. this enables diplomatic security to safeguard american diplomats and facilities for the conduct of you and -- u.s. foreign- policy while maintaining the robust investigative programs that protect united states borders and our presence overseas. as the nominee to be assistant secretary at the bureau of diplomatic security, i am thankful to the president and secretary kerry for the confidence they have placed in me to lead to dramatic security in these difficult and demanding times. i have been a security professional for more than 30 years. my experience in the department and outside government has prepared me to take on the challenges of leading diplomatic security in the future. the world is changing, and so is the way

mr. chairman. obviously this has been a long day. it is of critical importance we are having this discussion. i applaud the president for including congress in this debate. i agree we have to show resolve and we have to show we are committed to our allies. we still need to be convinced. not that atrocities have occurred. we are unanimous in our condemnation of what assad has done. we need to know exactly what our goals are and our object to its. this is increasingly a complex situation. secretary hegel, when i was home in sacramento county, people were stopping me in the grocery stores. my neighbors were pulling me aside on the street. all of my colleagues have been inundated with phone calls, e- mails, and almost unanimously people don't want us to strike syria. they are fatigued. these are the people i represent. my question is, what can i tell them about why these strikes are in our national security interest? why it matters to these people who are struggling every day? how do i communicate what

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mr. chairman. >> thank you, ambassador. mr. starr. >> mr. chairman, ranking member corker, members of the committee, i, too, and ordered to appear before you today. i'd like to thank the committee for your continued support and the interests of the bureau of diplomatic security programs of protecting american diplomats abroad. this support enables diplomatic security also known as diaz to safeguard american diplomats, facilities for the conduct of u.s. foreign policy mom maintaining a robust investigative programs which serve to protect the united states borders and our presence overseas. as the president's nominee to become assistant secretary of the bureau of diplomatic security, i am thankful to the president and secretary kerry for the confidence that they place in a chilly diplomatic security during this difficult and demanding times. i have been a security professional for more than 30 years. mike spence both within the department and outside government has prepared me to take on the challenges of leadership. the world is changing and s

mr. chairman. senator corker. >> i want to thank the senator from kentucky for bringing this up and say that senator kaine has wanted to address this issue. begink a process might with looking at the authorization for the use of military force in general. i know we have one specific to syria right now and we have lots of other activities that are taking place around the world. i know there have been discussions about trying to address that. build into the place of dealing with the war powers resolution in general. i thank him for bringing it to us today. i hope that we don't do anything today that takes away from our ability to pass something on the committee. >> let me just say that the chair appreciates senator paul's commitment and passion on this issue. i think that the issue is so significant to place into question the constitutionality of what the president does and -- inot have, and this this particular context, is not timely. it deserves, including something that the ranking member has been

mr. chairman. mr. ferrio, let me try and make sure that we have the facts straight on the laws that we're talking about today. i've heard accusations from the other side of the aisle saying that some of the witnesses at the table today, quote: broke the law. end of quote. because they used their personal e-mail accounts for official business. could you, please, answer this question yes or no? is it against the law for a federal employee to use the nongovernment e-mail account for official government business? >> would the gentleman yield to make sure that the the accusation is correct? i'd just like you to -- mr. davis, would you yield? i just wanted to add to that because i think this answer is important. our allegation is that not that people use private e-mail, but that in, many cases those private e-mails of official, doing official business were not forwarded in any time frame at least until we were in discovery with subpoenas to the government. that's our accusation of wreaking the law -- breakin

mr. chairman. senator corker. >> i want to thank the senator from kentucky for bringing this up and say that senator kaine has wanted to address this issue. begink a process might with looking at the authorization for the use of military force in general. i know we have one specific to syria right now and we have lots of other activities that are taking place around the world. i know there have been discussions about trying to address that. build into the place of dealing with the war powers resolution in general. i thank him for bringing it to us today. i hope that we don't do anything today that takes away from our ability to pass something on the committee. >> let me just say that the chair appreciates senator paul's commitment and passion on this issue. i think that the issue is so significant to place into question the constitutionality of what the president does and does not have, and this particular context, is not timely. deserves, including something that the ranking member has been pursui

mr. chairman people that mr. cohen if i heard correctly three response you said navigators wouldn't be going from door to door, is that correct? >> of the federal guarantees would be getting instructions the navigators are not to go from door to door for the purpose of telling anyone. >> you have an evidence binder next to you can i ask you to turn for a moment to that winder? -- binder? in that project abstract summary this is the summary that the company or the group provided you and the application to receive money from the navigator grant program. the second paragraph of that summary reads the proposed program will deploy 25 exchange navigators in each of the targeted counties to be exchanged navigators will seek an insured residents by going from door to door. is that consistent with your statement the navigators wouldn't be going door to door? we will be telling them they shouldn't be going door to door. >> but the applied for a grant and they told you that they are going to seek out of eligibility to the l

mr. chairman. my time is up. thank you, secretary. >> senator? >> let me thank you all of you for being here, but also thank you very much for junior service. and senator and mr. corker, thank you very much for arranging this hearing. it's very clear that the type of conduct that president assad has done in syria, the pattern of his actions creating a humanitarian crisis, and now the use of chemical weapons, the evidence that's been presented, it's clear that we have to respond and a military response is justified. so i support your efforts, and mr. secretary, the way that you have described it as what i think we need to do. we have to have a tailored mission, deterring the use of chemical weapons. we need to have it focused on that mission. it's got to be done in a way that protects civilians the best that we can. and it's got to be a very limited duration. but i just want to come back to the point that the chairman raised, and your own comments. where you say, we should shut that door as tightly as possible, when dealing with putting our troops

mr. chairman. director corp. dry, congratulations, again on your conformation. i'm so pleased that you're here today. your committee is long overdue. particularly as of the nearly six-months of -- in order to score certain political points. as you know, the wall street reform law requires the financial protection bureau to appear before the committee every six months to discussion the agency's semi annual report. the report you're here to discuss was released in marge. the timing of the hearing turns out to be somewhat appropriate; however, this month we must observe that five-year anniversary of the bankruptcy rooted in the risky and irresponsible lending and financial practices that brought the economy to the brink of collapse. wiped out the life savings of many of our constituents, and set off a foreclosure epidemic that left many states still struggling. the consumer financial protection bureau was born from the crisis as one of the corner stone of the dodd-frank act. cfpb is on the front line

mr. chairman? >> mr. chairman. >> good afternoon, the intern chair for the summer. would like to thank vaun for the program. as a former intern myself it's a great chance to be part of the intern committee and give back to the students who are really interested in transportation. i would like to thank patricia. without them we couldn't hire the interns. i would like to thank our great committee. they did a great job. i was able to learn how to delegate this ar

mr. chairman. mr. chairman we spent time in the subcommittee on affordable care act. this is our 7th hearing this year. we haven't seen any problems come up in the hearings. i want to thank mr. cohen coming back during a very busy time in his schedule as the exchanges open on october 1st. on this subcommittee it is our job to unearth the facts in objective and non-partisan manner. with two weeks to go before the marketplaces go live. i want to talk for a moment what we've seen this year. we obtained documents and conducted extensive investigation of health insurance premiums under the aca. what did we find out? the aca is going to allow millions of americans to obtain affordable insurance for first time ever. hhs this week release ad new report showing that nearly 6 in 10 currently uninsured americans, 23.2 million people would be eligible to get insurance coverage for under $100 a month. a kaiser family foundation released, study released earlier this month concluded that premiums are generally lower t

mr. chairman. i know it has been a long morning. i want to talk about chemical warfare in general. going back many years ago, the ones who probably have a signature attached to that.and that is the russians. who wrote the manuals, who wrote -- dealt with saddam hussein, and i am just wondering if we are forgetting that leverage point militarily. my second condition is -- both gentlemen were in the military. everybody has said, it is a limited attack. you're not sure what the response will be. if something happens, whether it is to those patriot batteries that are in within range and they have to go into the fully buttoned up conditions, which everybody knows that has been in the military, you are good for maybe half an hour before you pass out. if you could just -- since we are talking about chemical warfare, if the signature of the russians and their historical ties in terms of leverage to syria and those countries, that have been looked at. secondly, if you could address the capability of the mil

mr. chairman? >> mr. chairman. >> good afternoon, the intern chair for the summer. i would like to thank vaun for the program. as a former intern myself it's a great chance to be part of the intern committee and give back to the students who are really interested in transportation. i would like to thank patricia. without them we couldn't hire the interns. i would like to thank our great committee. they did a great job. i was able to learn how to delegate this year. although i couldn't delegate this speech, great job everybody. for those who are continuing on the committee next year, good luck and i will be around if you need help. thank you, mr. chairman. [ applause ] >> thank you, next up i want to ask transit director to come forward to recognize two folks who helped deal with some extreme extra on rdinary circumstances. >> good afternoon. thank you. to my right are antonio, the superintendent and to her right is mr. david lee whose job it is to make sure that a group of cranky teenagers known as our fleet performs the way it should be. with your help, as you know

mr. chairman. my time's up. >> senator card. >> and let me thank all of you for being here but also thank you very much for your service. mr. chairman, and senator corker, i thank you very much for arranging this hearing. it's very clear that the type of conducting that president assad has done in syria, the pattern of his actions creating a humanitarian crisis, and now the use of chemical weapons, the evidence that's been presented, it's clear that we have to respond in a military response is justified. so i support your efforts and mr. secretary, the way that you have described it as what i think we need to do. we have to have a tailored mission that deals with degrading and deterring the use of chemical weapons. we need to have it focused on that mission. it's got to be done in a way that protects civilians the best that we can. and it's going to be a very limited duration. but i just want to come back to the point at that time chairman raised, and your own comments where you say we should shut

thank you mr chairman. >> senator durban. >> thank you mr chairman.on saturday i was standing with a group of friends watching the television screen with the announcement that any minute the president would make a statement. i turned to him and said i bet the missiles were launched and shot off hours ago, and we'll here about it now. to my surprise, of course, the president came forward and said, "i have that authority, i made that decision, but i am going to respect our constitutional democracy and give the congress - that is the american people through congress - a voice in that decision." from where i was standing that was good news. for as long as i have been in congress, house and senate i argued about the congregsal responsibility. some presidents respected it some have not. congress in writing and speeches insists on being respected and given this authority, and then starts shaking when it's given, because it calls on us to be part of historic life and death decisions. it's one of the toughest calls we'll ever make as members of congress, but i

mr. chairman. mr. secretary, appreciate you coming to congress to seek legislative authorization for the military action. president obama specifically asserted on saturday that he already had the authority. now, when the british parliament rejected a motion supporting uk participation, the prime minister specifically said that he would respect the will of the british people there had be no british military intervention. where does president obama stand with that now that he has come to congress? >> he intends to win the passage of the resolution. >> and op case that he does not, is the plan that he. >> we're not contemplating not because it's too dire. >> we talked a little bit about the risks of delays. there are already reports that by delaying the military action, that assad is moving military assets is are, hardware, troops to civilian neighborhoods. reports indicate that russia plans to send an anti-submarine ship and missile cruiser in the mediterranean in the next few days. i wonder what this me

. >> thank you mr chairman for being here. over-labor day weekend in wyoming i heard from people who believe what is happening in syria is awful, despicable and have concerns with the administration, and what the plan and strategy is. they want to know what the core national security interests of the united states are that are at stake in syria, what is our ultimate goal of proposed military strikes, and what happens if the strikes are not effective. to that end, mr chairman, i would ask you what it is that we will be voting on. is it what the white house set forward. will we see - senator durbin asked about the narrowness and expanse, and will we vote within the next 24 hours. >> the chair is working with a ranking member and others to come to an agreed upon tax that we believe would meet the goals of achieving the ability for the administration to pursue the military action. they have sought the congress's support for in a way that will allow them to have a maximum ability to succeed. by the same token it is not an open-ende

mr. chairman. >> mr. brian higgens. >> you're watching the house foreign affairs committee debating the authorization for use of force in syria. i'm jake tapper. we'll take a quick break and we'll be right back after this. [ female announcer ] only aveeno daily moisturizing lotion has an active naturals oat formula that creates a moisture reserve so skin can replenish itself. aveeno® naturally beautiful results. starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what makes stouffer's mac n' cheese best of all. that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care for you or your family. >>> i'm jake tapper. this is cnn's special coverage of the crisis in syria. you're watching the house foreign affairs committee having a hearing featuring some of president obama's main officials pushing forward this idea of a congressional authorization for use of force in syria. on the right side of the screen, the senate foreign relations committee just convened to begin assembling a bill to grant

mr. chairman. >> thank you, secretary hagel. and i know that general dempsey is available to answer questions from the members of the committee, and in that regard, let me start off by urging members, tomorrow there will be a intelligence briefing for the committee on both the issues at hand as well as potential military actions. so in this setting we are obviously somewhat constrained about what we might discuss with greater specificity tomorrow. mr. secretary, you make and have made a compelling case, and i think it's important, and i appreciate you reiterating the high degree of confidence that exists in our intelligence assessments. i think those are conditions precedent to be able to move forward. this weekend, i was at a soccer tournament, and i had a group of moms come up to me and say, senator, we saw those pictures. they're horrific. can't imagine the devastation those parents must feel about their children. why us? why us? so i ask you, would you tell them that we would be more secure or less secure by the actions that

mr. chairman, thank you. >> thank you, general dempsey. chairman mckeon, ranking member smith, members of the committee, thanks for the opportunity to share my perspective on the use of force in syria and let me also thank you for your service on this committee and the great support you provide to america's armed forces. the president has made the determination that it is in our national interest to respond to assad's use of chemical weapons with limited military force. we've reached the point at which assad views chemical weapons as just another military tool in his arsenal. a tool he's willing to use indiscriminately and that's what makes this so dangerous. dangerous for syria, dangerous for the region and dangerous for the world. my role is to provide the president options about how we could employ minimumtary force. he has directed me to plan for a militarily significant strike that would do the following. deter the assad regime's further use of chemical weapons and degrade the regime's military capability to employ chemical weapons in

mr. chairman and members of the committee as shown in table two on page 29 of the report the budget oversee the 4 year term from july 1st, 2013, to 2017 is 87 million and that's in direct provider costs and administration costs. the total proposed budget of 20.3 million is 6.3 percent more than the 2013 of 19 million plus. that's due mainly to increase in salaries and benefits. our recommendations on page 3 we recommend that you approve the contract as of july 2013 and to clarify the contract in the amount of this or that million dollar is not to exceed and we recommend you approve it >> okay colleagues any questions. >> okay. thank you very much. we'll open it up to public comment anyone wish to speak on this item >> ma'am? >> hi i'm margaret i'm the executive director of the in home director of the consortium i approve the resolution. those services are a credible component of the long-term care continuum services that the city provides for the elderly we provided the services for the most challenged. as was mentioned the workers are supervisors and they supervisor to insure a high qualit

mr. chairman and you've echoed mr.ember, this is obviously one of the most important decisions and most important responsibilities of this committee or of any senator in the course of a career. the president and the administration appreciate that you have returned quickly to the nation's capital to address it and quickly beginning a process of focusing with great care and great precision, which is the only way to approach the potential use of military power. ranking member corker, i know you want to discuss why syria matters to our national security and strategic interest beyond the compelling humanitarian reasons and i look forward with secretary hagel and general dempsey to laying that out here this afternoon. but first, it is important to explain to the american people why we're here. it's important for people who may not have caught every component of the news over the course of the labor day weekend to join us, all of us in focusing in on what is at stake here. that's why the president of the united states made th

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mr. chairman. i want to commend you, chairman rockefeller and senator blumenthal, for your leadership this convening this hearing on this important issue. and i want to thank you for allowing me to make a statement. ten years ago most of the people in this room would have never heard of an energy drink. well, times have changed by some estimates, the sale of energy drinks has risen by 60% over the past five years. energy drinks are now a common fixture in grocery store, vending machines and convenience stores. i would really challenge anybody in this room to go to their favorite gas station and stand at the cash register, and if you cannot reach an energy drink as you stand there, i'll be spock shocked. -- i'll be shocked. throughout illinois they are as close to the register, as close to the consumer as possible. and as a sale of energy drinks has grown, so has the alarming evidence that they pose potential health risks, and the energy drink market has grown to its current size because it is marke

mr. chairman. secretary kerry and secretary the -- maybe you can comment to this. i believe the that american credibility on the international stage hangs in the balance, and while it is crucial to make sure that assad never uses chemical weapons again, i believe there's something bigger at stake, that is, the message to iran as they continue to pursue a nuclear capability. they're watching how we respond to the assad regime's crossing of the president fuzzy red line, and the world is also aware that president obama is -- the president's red line, and the world is also aware that seeking tobama is stop weapons of mass destruction. think the calculus on the nuclear program will change based on what we do now? >> congressman, there's an enormous amount of question in the region, not just by iranians, but by emer rodis, sort -- the saudis, the u.s.tis, as to whether the means what it says. and they ask me all the time, are you guys serious about iran? i'm sure when they come and visit with you, they l

mr. chairman, thank you very much. hether orment about not climate change is taking about i know one thing this argument that mr. barton had with the gentleman from california. something that is taking place is the taxing of the hard- working people of this country is taking place. mr. chairman, thank you for your open statement when you set out. it wasn't an estimate on your funding fore change climate science technology international assistance and approximately $70 billion from 2008 to 2012. mr. barton, you got better answers than i got. by no answer you got a better answer than i received from mrs. mccarthy about a year ago in the science committee. i may have asked your question that you didn't like. your answer was, i am not in the job of creating jobs. i'm not in the business of creating jobs. that is out of the record itself. if youword therefore you wanted to apologize to the millions of people who are unemployed and many of them hungry. i have never seen that apology to this day. actually, mr. chairman, i woul

mr. chairman i want to echo our comments with respect to mr. goldberg i think in having that continuity is important. i share the concern that commissioner semioutlined. i do wish making sure with we have a diversity representative sample of the community and i do worry there are not more women on this body. i won thing i >> the clerk will read the journal from the previous day add to the applicants that, you know, you have to - you can this is a hard process because we have so many incredible applicants and that's hard to appoint people but i hope you take out of this process we want people who want to serve and the fact you're not appointed today doesn't mean you won't be. continue the involvement because that's how most people end up getting appointed to those seats >> so let me ask colleagues on those two at large seats i do strongly support what the commissioners are saying and one of the folks wants to be considered for the at large seat as well. commissioner breed >> i want to marry are we certain she wants to be considered. >> so far we

mr. chairman and i yield back. tonight the chairman gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. out to obviously knowledge may chairman and ranking member from appropriations and it's no mystery to anybody around this table on either side of the aisle butcher if it numbers they are, how well they work together, how they communicate with one another. they even cost together as you can see. they are as close as you can ask the people and i think if we can give them the time and their colleagues in the senate's time, i don't have any doubt we can reach that goal of having an agreement and working through semblance of regular order through standards-based, maybe establish the platform that we can get better at this. i think this is a real opportunity. i do want to also thank my friend because we did get a great deal of help during our disaster and i want to thank the administration as well because i have to tell you the hope came and it came abundantly in quickly and professionally and has been very well done. i think the administration to tell you they've got a lot of coop

mr. chairman and members as on table 4 on page 36 the port projects that east street will pacing pay the rent of 2 hundred million and over the 15 term of the lease estimated revenues will be 1 hundred and or 2 million 59883 we recommend you approve this resolution. >> thank you, mr. rose colleagues any questions. >> okay. he we'll open this up to public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues can we move this forward without opposition. next amendment to go to the tax review board that inspire on january 1st, 2013, and i'm from the controllers office i'd like to introduce the controllers office the gentleman who do so all the taxes and entities >> excuse me. are you the city attorney. >> i just called 11. >> yeah. i think our city attorney is going to speak on item 11 so why don't we hold off mr. whitaker. mr. city attorney. >> i'll be quick. the item 11 is just a pure clean up ordinance. john gibb in her from the city attorney's office. it's a clean up ordinance. a furious the board adopted an ordinance that eliminated the tax repeals board as of january 1st of this

mr. chairman. >> -- thank you, mr. chairman. >> that bashar assad used chemical weapons i think is irrefutable. however, i think the facts of history are needed here as well. the situation in syria is that of a national civil war. that conflict that america cannot solve and should not try to. this is not a fight for freedom and democracy. there is no democracy movement in syria. if there is no unifying vision or social contract. not a constitution, or even a preamble of what syria wants to become. this is nothing more than a twoht for control between two sectarian fashions. -- factions. it is estimated to be about 1000 militia with no air power. this is a conflict between a brutal and murderous dictator and an opposition who's best fighters are represented by al qaeda affiliates and islamic extremists bent on creating --lamist sanctions in syria. state in syria. there are no good options. the lesson in syria, as in iraq and afghanistan, is that civil wars should be fought internally and that political reconciliation can