mr. clerk, could you please call items 53 and 54? clerk: -- president chiu: actually, mr. lerk, if you could call all of the items, which are not just items 65 to 59, but all of the items on the calendar? clerk: 55, a public hearing for the appeal of the final environmental impact report for treasure island/yerba abuena, 56, affirming the certification of the final environmental impact report, a motion affirming, item 57, emotion or worse in the planning commission certification, item eight about chapter 31 in connection with the development of this note treasure island /yerba buena project. item 11 is an ordinance amending the zoning map to show the zoning designations. item 12 is an ordinance amending the code, which pertains to the subdivision process which goes to the project site, including the established procedure for reviewing the filings for transfer. item 13 is a resolution approving the implementation plan in adopting findings under ceqa. the following items were for the land use and other with a recommendation. item 14 is a resolution approving a development agr

>> mr. clerk, call the roll on items one through certified? >> campos aye, president chiu, eye, chu aye, cohen, aye, elsbernd, aye, farrell aye, kim absent. supervisor mar aye, mirkarimi aye, wiener aye. avalos aye. mr. president, we have 10 ayes. >> supervisor chiu: order andses adopted. let's skip over items 8-17 related to treasure island until that special order in our agenda. let's go to 18-21, the items regarding park merced. >> items 18-21 are without recommendation from the land use committee. item 19 is an order nascar amending the planning code to include the park merced planning district. item 20 is an ordinance mend amending the planning code. item 21 is an ordinance amending the height map with respect to park merced. >> thank you. supervisor chiu: colleagues, i wanted to let you know that in the two weeks since the first vote on this project, i did sit down with several tenant leaders. as a result of the meetings, we negotiated, and the developer has agreed to a number of technical amendments as well as several additional tenant

clerk will read. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? >> mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment being offered by mr. broun of georgia. mr. broun: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent -- the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. broun: i ask unanimous consent we dispense with the reading. the chair: without objection, the amendment will be considered as having been read. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. broun: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to offer my amendment to h.r. 2717. my amendment simply cuts $600,000 from the office of the undersecretary and the department of homeland security and places those funds in the deficit reduction account. during this economic emergency, we must find cuts wherever we can, especially when a department is not being a good steward of the finding that congress provides it. if you look at this bill, the secretary has been allocated nearly $127 million of which $6 million goes to the office of legislative

the clerk: mr. bishop of new york moves to recommit the bill h.r. 2017 to the committee on appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the house forth with, with the following amendment, page 45, line 8, after the dollar amount insert increased by $75 million. after each of the dollar amounts, insert reduced by $75 million. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does -- the gentleman from new york is recognized for five minutes. mr. bishop: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of this final amendment, the bishop-hotel motion to recommit in order to increase funding for grants for transportation security and counterterrorism. intelligence seized from osama bin laden's compound indicates al qaeda was targeting america's railroads on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. earlier in 2009, the f.b.i. disrupted a plot to blow up trains in new york city and in washington, d.c. the 9/11 commission placed some of the blame for the intelligence breakdown before the 9/11 attacks on

mr. clerk you could please read agenda items 45 through 54. >> and no. 45 for the proposed library and playground. item 46 is a motion affirming the certification of the feir. item 47 is a reversing of the certification for the north beach boy library and the playground. item 48 is a preparation of findings. item 49 is a preparation of findings. item 52 is it about the zoning. item 51 is a hearing of persons of interest about the vacation of a one-block portion of a street for purposes of the north beach public library and the playground. item 52 is an ordinance for ordering the vacation of one block of mason street for the purposes of the north beach public library and the playground master plan. item 53 is a public hearing about the property located on lombard street. this is consistent with the playground-library master plan project, and i did 54 is a resolution authorizing the use of real property located at 701 lombard street. -- item 54. president chiu: ok, colleagues, ladies and gentleme

the clerk will read. >> mr. speaker. the clerk: page 33, line 8, rural housing assistance grants including transfers of funds, $32 million. the chair: the gentleman from georgia. mr. broun: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 11 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. broun of georgia. page 33, line 12, insert reduce by $20,480,000. page 80, line 2, after the dollar amount insert increase by $20,480,000. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for five minutes in support of his amendment. mr. broun: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to offer my amendment which would reduce the budget for the rural housing assistance program by over $20 million. my amendment would drop the allocation for this program from $32 million to just around $12 million. this is a modest request, particularly considering the president initially asked for a funding level of just $12 million. and we would simply be dropping the levels back down to

mr. clerke. we have for our day-to-day a couple of departments that had not yet reached agreement with our budget analyst last week, so we will be bringing those departments back up today. why don't we start with the department economic and workforce development? since we did hear from you last week with regard to the general direction of the department among other things, if we could just concentrate on the budget analyst recommendations and where you are with those? >> yes, good morning. director of the office and economic workforce development -- we work diligently with the budget analyst over the last week, and i am pleased to say that we are in agreement with their recommendation. there is one recommendation that i believe is memorialized in their report to you that we have for the negotiated since it was published, and i believe we have agreed that it will be withdrawn. that one is specifically the disapproval of intern exemptions of the four new america's cup positions, and having those po

mr. clerk, do we have any other items before us? >> second piece to the agenda. >> thank you very much. we are adjourned. >> hello. 9 judge terri l. jackson. the court is now recruiting prospective civil grand jurors. our goal is to develop a pool of candidates that is inclusive of all segments of our city's population. >> the jury conducts investigations and publishes findings and recommendations. these reports them become a key part of the civic dialog on how we can make san francisco a better place to live and work. >> i want to encourage anyone that is on the fence, is considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call >> welcome to culture wire. we will look at the latest and greatest public art project. rec

mr. clerk, do we have any other items before us? >> second piece to the agenda. >> thank you very much. we are adjourned. >> cents and cisco's buses and trains serve many writers -- san francisco buses and trains serve many riders. the need to be sure they can get off at their intended stop. the digital voice announcement system, which announces upcoming stops, can help these low vision riders know where they are, but only if set properly. >> it is a wonderful piece of technology, but in practice, it is a little bit more tricky. oftentimes, i find that the automatic announcement system is turned off or turned down so low that i'm unable to hear it, or it is turned up so high that the sound is distorted. >> most of the time, it does not ever seemed to be on. or is it is, it is a really quiet. occasionally, it is so loud that it is distorted. >> driver, may i have california st., please? >> no problem. >> whenever the announcement system does not work properly and a driver does not call out the stops, and i'm totally lost as to where

mr. clerk, do we have any other items before us? >> second piece to the agenda. >> thank you very much. we are adjourned. >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not very wicked. so what? by wicked, what i mean is that they are poisonous, dangerous, deadly or immoral or maybe illegal or offensive or awful in some way. i am in the profession of going around and interviewing botanists, horticulturalists and plant scientists. they all seem to have some little plant tucked away in the corner of a greenhouse that maybe th

mr. clerk, do we have any other items before us? >> second piece to the agenda. >> thank you very much. we are adjourned. >> this is the small business commission, monday, june 13, 2011 meeting, the time is 5:38 p.m. and the meeting is called to order. at this time, please turn off our cell phones or silence. item no. one, roll call. commissioner o'brien? commissioner adams? commissioner clyde? commissioner dooley? commissioner kasselman? commissioner o'conner? commissioner riley? all commissioners are present. commissioners, item no. 2 will be continued until later in the meeting. enemy number 3, approval of the april 11, 2010 meeting minutes, explanatory dowmpts draft april 11, 2010 meeting minutes. president o'brien: do we have a motion to approve the minutes or do we need a minute to study it? >> i need a minute. president o'brien: o.k., we'll give one sec. is everybody o.k. with it? could we get a motion? >> i motion to approve the minutes of the april 11 meeting. >> second broon. president o'brien: any objections, seeing none,

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. luann of new mexico. at the end of the bill -- mr. lujan of new mexico. at the of end of the bill insert the following -- section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used by the undersecretary of agriculture for regulatory programs to provide any marketing funds to any entity that advertises, describes, labels or offers the -- for sale chile peppers as chili peppers unless such chili peppers was grown in new mexico. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlelady from wyoming rise? mrs. lummis: to reserve a point of order on the gentleman from new mexico's amendment. the chair: the point of order is reserved. the gentleman from new mexico is recognized. mr. lujan: lately we've seen a disturbing trend where marketers and retailers falsely use the unique brand of new mexico chili to misleading misadvertise their product. we take pride in our agricultural products. in particular, we take pride in our chili. we even spell it differently, madam, we spell it crmbing -- c-h-

mr. clerk, would you call items one through 11, please? >> item number one, consolidated budget an annual appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and estimated expenditures for the city and county of san francisco for fiscal year ending june 30, 2012, and fiscal years ending -- june 30, 2012 and june 30, 2013 for the airport, port commission, and public utilities commission. item two. annual salary ordered its enumerated positions in the annual budget and appropriate ordinance for fiscal year ending june 30, 2012 and june 30, 2013 for the airport, port commission, and public utilities commission. item three, or in its appropriating for select departments, ending june 30, 2012 and june 30, 2013. item four, proposed annual salary ordinance for selected departments for fiscal years ending june 30, 2012 and june 30, 2013. item number five, ordinance amending the san francisco public works code by amending section 724.1 to modify monthly fees for temporary street occupancy for construction and daily fees. item six, and endi

mr. clerk, do we have any other items before us? >> second piece to the agenda. >> thank you very much. we are adjourned. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are

mrs. lowey: and i rise to strike the last word. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. >> mr. chairman? the clerk: page 50, line 9, before the period insert provided further -- ms. lowey: i waive reading of the amendment. the chair: without objection. >> mr. chairman? mrs. lowey: mr. speaker? the chair: the gentleman will suspend. the gentlelady's amendment falls within the previous paragraph. is the gentlelady seeking unanimous consent to return to the previous paragraph? mrs. lowey: i ask unanimous consent to return to -- the chair: is there objection? >> object. the chair: the gentleman from alabama objects. mrs. lowey: i rise to strike the last word, then. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, my amendment would address two critical shortfalls in the fiscal year 2012 homeland security appropriations bill. inadequate funding for communities devastated by recent disasters and for first responder and anti-terror programs, we have a responsibility to help rebuild homes and businesses following disasters throughout the south and midwe

mr. roe keita -- the clerk: amendment offered by mr. rokita of indiana, at the end of the bill before the short title, insert the following section, none of the funds made available in this act may be used for official receptions or representations. the chair: the gentleman from indiana is recognized for five minutes. mr. rokita: thank you, mr. chairman. i prize tonight to offer an amendment that would safeguard america's air travel by restricting funding in this bill for any collective bargaining by the transportation security administration. recently president obama's administration announced a decision to allow the t.s.a. unions to -- the chair: the gentleman will suspend. i think we reported the wrong amendment. i ask the clerk to rereport the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. rokita of indiana, at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to implement the determination of the administrator of the transportation security administrati

mr. young is the clerk. mr. young, are there any announcements? >> please turn off also funds. present a documents to the committee and provide a copy into the file. items they will appear on the board of supervisors may 17, 2011 meeting unless otherwise stated. >> call item no. 1 and 2. >> regarding the five-year financial plan. item #2, adopting the financial plan for fiscal years 2011 and 2012. intersection 9.119. >> the item before the committee previously, there is a hearing with the comptroller " -- comptroller's office. we want to bring to our long- term financial books to balance. there was an item those introduced by superivsor - - supervisor chiu. there were a number of things to respond back to us. we also asked the office to take a look at reserve balances that would be present during the five-year financial time. they're still working on that analysis. and like and have the deputy comptroller talk about when that might be ready. >> good afternoon, members of the committee. we are still finalizing the impact of the reserves honda revenues. and also doing sensitivity

the clerk will report. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that the readying of the amendment be dispense with. the clerk: mr. mccome for ms. snowe introduces amendment 309. mr. reid: we're going to vote on the amendment now? the presiding officer: the senator's correct. there a sufficient second? -- is there a sufficient second? it's already been called. durbin amendment is withdrawn. the clerk will call the roll on the tester amendment. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if nottings on this vote, the yeas 54, the nays are 45. under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid on the table. the majority leader. mr. reid: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll of the senate. quorum call: mr. demint: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south

mr. manzullo: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 13 printed in part b of house report 112-111 offered by mr. manzullo of illinois. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 316, the gentleman from illinois, mr. manzullo, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the gentleman from illinois is recognized for five minutes. mr. manzullo: madam chair, there are a lot of problems with this bill, as we have heard about already. in fact, on the wall of my office here in washington i have two pictures, among many. one is a picture of w. edwards democratting and myself taken just before he passed away in 1993, the real inventor of lean manufacturing. the other of dr. ray demadium, the inventor of the m.r.i., who examining this legislation said if the new changes had taken place in the patent law, had they been part of the patent system when he invented the m.r.i., the m.r.i. never would have been invented. he knows more than anybody how flawed this bill is. i want to focus the particular section 10 of the bill whic

mr. schrader: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 10 part a house report 112-111, offered by mr. schrader of oregon. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 316, the gentleman from oregon, mr. schrader, and a gentleman opposed will be recognized for five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon. mr. schrader: thank you, mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this amendment. this amendment is very simple. it protects 363 miles of fragile oregon coastline and many of the communities that depend on it. this amendment would prevent any permits required under the clear air act on the outer continental shelf off the coast of oregon and respects oregon's state's right to decide what is best without federal interference. our coastal communities depend on the vitality of the pacific ocean and they already face tremendous pressure in the tourism economy and cannot afford an environmental catastrophe like deepwater horizon. while oregon has operated under a moratorium on drilling since 1982, this has expired i

the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will report. mr. reid: i have a cloture motion at the desk following the report. the clerk: calendar number 88, s-pblgsz 20 authorizing the limited use of the united states armed forces in support of the nato mission in libya. mr. reid: the clerk will report my cloture motion, please. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion: we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 88, s.j. res. 20, a joint resolution authorizing limited use of the united states armed forces in support of the nato mission in libya, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: mr. president, i'd ask consent the names not be read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the vote on the motion to invoke cloture occur at 5:00 p.m. on tuesday, july 5 and the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the

the chair: the clerk will suspend. mr. polis: 23. the chair: without objection, the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 23 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. polis of colorado. at the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to carry out section 287-g of the immigration and nationality act, 8-u.s.c.. the chair: is this the correct amendment? mr. polis: it is. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes in support of his amendment. mr. polis: i thank the gentleman. and thank the rules committee for allowing an open rule under this debate, including the offering of my commonsense amendment which would save millions of dollars by cutting funding to 28 7-g. something that's called the immigration enforcement program, that actually increases crime by expanding the mandate of our local crime fighting officials. this program effectively adds responsibilities which should be federal responsibilities to l

mr. president. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: i'd ask the quorum call be suspended and i'd ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. enzi: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators who have not yet voted or wish to change their vote? if not, on this vote the ayes are 41, the nays are 57. the motion is defeated. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: i would like to take a few minutes, if i could, just to speak on the -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. reid: mr. president, would my friend yield for me to make statement? mr. carper: happy to yield. mr. reid: mr. president, we are -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. reid: we're trying to arrive at an end to this legislation. we

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. nugegent of florida. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: page , line 5, insert the following, increase by $2 million, page 48, line 11, insert after the dollar amount the following, reduced by $2,500,000,. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. nugent: millions of families sit down to meals where inagreed yepts are produced here in the united states. the agriculture research service is part of our continued efforts to help farmers, producers and ultimately consumers. i firmly believe that the federal government has a terrible spending problem and tough decisions must be made. i have the respect for chairman kingston and all of the members of the agricultural appropriations subcommittee. they have done a great job of crafting this piece of legislation. my amendment would reduce $2.5 million from the foreign agricultural service and transfer $2 million of that money to the agriculture research service. by adding this is funds back, we will be helping guarantee tha

mr. president, i ask -- the clerk: the senator from texas, mrs. hutchison, for herself and others proposes amendment 423. mrs. hutchison: i ask unanimous consent to dispose with reading of the amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, this is an amendment that i hope will save our businesses and our states the millions and dollars that they are now spending to implement the health care reform bill that is in the courts. today -- or actually it was yesterday the court in atlanta, the 11th circuit court of appeals in atlanta heard arguments from the government and the states about whether the florida district court ruling that the health care law is null and void because it is unconstitutional should be upheld. since we are in this court fight, and this will surely go to the supreme court. there is no doubt that either side that loses is going to appeal. my amendment would put a moratorium on the implementation of the law. so it would save the federal government and the taxpayers who are paying for it. it wo

mr. victor down -- our clerk today is mr. victor young. do we have any announcements? >> if you wish to fill out a reduced make a comment, please fell at a speaker card and submitted to myself. items discussed today will appear but on the board of supervisors vision on may 17, 2011, unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. would you call item one place? >> item 1, resolution approving and authorizing execution of modification one of lease and use agreement l-10-0084 was emirates for lounge space in the international terminal, boarding area a, of san francisco international airport. >> good morning, members of the committee. the airport is seeking your approval for release modification to its existing lease with emirates in order to add an additional 9502 square feet for the airline to construct a post-security lounge for the passengers in the international terminal. the current lease with the air force for 1696 square feet of boat ticket counters and administrative offices and has an annual rent of approximately $250,000. this lease began in 2008 w

mr. demint: amendment 510. the clerk: the senator from south carolina, mr. demint proposes amendment 510. mr. demint: i ask the reading be suspended. i'd like to call up bill 511. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from south carolina, mr. demint, proposes amendment 511. mr. demint: i would ask the reading of this amendment be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. demint: i thank you for the time. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. vitter: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent to end any quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. vitter: thank you, mr. president. now, mr. president, i call up and would make pending amendment number 499, which is part of the agreement in terms of the debate of this bill. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from louisiana, mr. vitter, for himself and others proposes an amendment numbered 499. mr. vitter: mr. president, i ask unan

mr. young: don't be banging that gavel too much. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. young of alaska. insert the following. section, none of the funds made available through this act to the food and drug administration may be used to any application of the federal food drug and cosmetic act for approval of engineered salmo nmp. mr. young: i'm from alaska and we have the finest wild salmon in the world. and we have people that are trying to -- trying to approve this act and they have geared salmon. that's not natural. and our goal, as we have a supply of natural wild salmon for the state of alaska. and for this nation, because i think it's crucially important in this day, we have all those that accuse us of having artificial things, you know, pesticides, et cetera. this is a good amendment. supported by both sides of the aisle. this is not just for alaska, but california and oregon. i'm a congressman from alaska. it is important we understand. -- i call it the frankenstein fish, should never be allowed in our markets. i have a group of individual alaska ands who make it to have this oc

the clerk: amendment offered by mr.lores of texas, at the end of the bill, before the short title, add the following section, none of the funds available in this act shall be rable to enforce section 526 of the energy independence and security act of 2007, public law 110-140, 171-42. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. flores: my amendment is quite simple. during the 110th congress there was a section added to the energy independence and security act that bans federal agencies from entering into contracts unless the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions are less than or equal to such emotion missions from a conventional fuel produced from conventional sources this amendment would simply prohibit the government from enforcing this ban on the federal agencies funded by the underlying bill. i was not yet in congress when the energy independence and security act was considered. it raises concerns over national security, economic security and it creates bureaucratic uncertainty. section 526

mr. clarke: i offer an amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. clarke. mr. clarke: i move to diss pence with the reading. lume lime i object. the clerk: at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following, section, public b, public law, under the heading for assistance for affling, $77 million shall be merged with funds under the heading agricultural marketing services. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from wyoming seek recognition. mrs. lummis: i reserving a point of order. the chair: point of order is reserved. the gentleman from is recognized for five minutes. ms. clarke: i ask unanimous consent to re-- mr. clarke: i ask unanimous consent to reserve and we can provide nutrition foods and pressure fruits and vegetables to those who liven around this country that the gentlelady from mislee described as food deserts. this government spends hundreds of millions of dollars to build agricultural businesses to help support farmers to help to start new businesses to address new desert issues. that money isn't spent here, but spent in

mr. kingston: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: at the end of the bill before the short title, insert the following, section, each amount made available by titles one through eight other than an an amendment to be made is hereby reduced by 0.87%. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. kingston: this amendment reduces certain accounts in the bill by.78% and fulfills the commitment which the minority and majority discussed earlier and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. farr: we accept the amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia, those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it.

mr. kyl: madam president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: iding officer: the senator from iowa. without objection. mr. grassley: i assume that we're now on the cole nomination? the presiding officer: we are on the nominations. mr. grassley: madam president, earlier this year the senate expressed its opposition to proceeding to mr. cole's nomination when it failed to invoke cloture. i was a strong advocate against the senate invoking cloture on mr. cole's nomination because the justice department had failed to respond to a legitimate oversight request that both senator chambliss and i made relating to two separate topics. the justice department was withholding vital documents related to my inquiry of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms operation "fast and furious" and to an inquiry by senator chambliss in his capacity as vice-chairman of the select committee on intelligence. as ranking member of the judiciary committee, i have been and still seek documents, information, and access to witness interview

the clerk: amendment 1, offered by mr. flake of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the requested for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this 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 theys are 2 3. the nays are 128. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 2, offered by the gentleman from arizona, mr. flake, on which the further proceedings were postponed on which the nays prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2, offered by mr. flake of arizona. the chair: a recorde

mr. miller: i am in its current form. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. miller of north carolina moves to recommit the bill h.r. 1249 to the committee on the judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith with the following amendments. at the end of the bill, the following, and conform the table of contents accordingly. section 34, priority and processing patent applications, a, priority. the director shall prioritize patent applications filed under title 35, united states code by entities that pledge to develop or manufacture their products, processing and technologies in the united states, including specifically those filed by small businesses and individuals. b, denial of priority. the director shall not grant priorityization for patent applications filed under title 35, united states code by foreign entities that are falls of any country that the director has found to deny, one, adequate protection for patent rights, or, two, fair and equitable access for persons that rely on patent protection. the speaker pro tempore: the

find in the future and they're looking for a case it's called a but bizarrely in this case mr davis the court clerk decided to take a bit of poetic license in his head note while the case did not decide that corporations are persons in fact of anything or rejected the notion for the fifth time in as many years bancroft in his cliff notes version in his the his head no he wrote quote the defendant corporations are persons within the intent of the clause in section one of the fourteenth amendment because the united states which forbids a state to guide any person with it has jurisdiction equal protection end quote and with that simple headnotes something that isn't legally even binding bancroft in korea poor or not a judge i don't like that official slipped into the supreme court's record full constitutional rights personhood for corporations this despite the fact that the chief justice specifically said his court would not address the matter and despite the fact that every previous supreme court decision had explicitly denied those same rights to corporations and by the time bank john chandler bankr

mr. harkin: 19 minutes. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: 18 minutes. mr. harkin: madam president, i also wanted to speak about the new national labor relation board rulings that -- rules that came out just yesterday. and it also has a lot to do with the middle class in america and what happens to the middle class. in 1912, women went on strike at a textile plant in laurence, massachusetts. they inspired the nation when they walked the picket lines, they had signs that said this -- "we want bread but we want roses, too." well, what did they mean by that? they mean they wanted jobs, but they didn't just want bare subsistence jobs. as you know, many women died in that terrible fire in that textile plant. they wanted jobs but they wanted jobs that paid a living wage. they wanted jobs that didn't work people 12, 18 hours a day, six, seven days a week. those words helped shape the character of the country that we created, a shared prosperity for the american people. now almost 100 years late

mr. reid: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i understand there's a joint resolution at the desk that is due for its second reading. the presiding officer: the senator is correct. the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s.j. res. 2k3, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution of the united states relative to balancing the budget. mr. mcconnell: in order to place the resolution on the calendar, under the provisions of rule 14, i would object to further proceeding. the presiding officer: the joint resolution will be placed on the calendar. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, today i want to speak about a young man from corbin, kentucky, who gave his life in service to our country. lance corporal timothy matthew jackson, a united states marin

mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i'd like to say a few words to acknowledge the three coal miners who are trapped in a coal mine nears middleboro, kentucky. they were trapped there this morning as a result of terrible storms and flooding in the southeastern part of my state. a number of different communities have been affected by the flooding and a lot of people are working hard to help folks recover from power outages and mud slides. from what i understand, rescue efforts for the three miners are underway and the people on the ground are hopeful that they'll be able to rescue all three men. but we want them and their families to know that we're all thinking of them as the rescue efforts continue. this is a vitally important industry in the region, and in moment

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

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. latourette of ohio, page 2, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert -- mr. latourette: i ask unanimous consent the amendment be considered as read? the chair: is there objection? without objection the amendment is considered as read. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes in support of his amendment. mr. latourette: i want to indicate i'm offering this amendment with my friend and neighbor, actually, he's in the office next door, mr. pascrell of new jersey. this deals with fire and safety grant programs. i have nothing but respect for the full committee chairman and subcommittee chairman who have been dealt a bad hand with the 302b allocations as they face the awesome responsibility of funding the programs that defend our country. however, the chair, i think, may remember in the discussion of the continuing resolution in h.r. 1 that there was some discussion about what funding levels were appropriate for fiscal year 2011 for these two grant programs which aid our first responde

mr. president, with that, i yield the floor and i believe suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerkill call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california is recognized. mrs. feinstein: mr. president, i would like to just briefly -- the presiding officer: the senator is notified that we're in a quorum call. mrs. feinstein: i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. feinstein: thank you. i'd ask that i could briefly respond to the senator's comments. senator coats and i worked together on intelligence. i have great respect for him. i understand the regional issues involved in this. so i understand your thinking. my thinking is that we get a strong vote on this today. this is simply a cloture vote. we have 60 votes, we have some time to see if we can work something out. one thing i've learned in this whole line of pursuit is if you give your word, keep it. the only thing you have really is your integrity. and i gave you my word that we will continue to try with the participants to see if we can

mr. president? the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: if the senator would withhold his request. mr. sanders: mr. president, i would ask -- the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated and i speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. sanders: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, today i want to say a word about a critical issue for the state of vermont and for my state's energy future. and that deals with the vermont -- the presiding officer: the senator will yield. the senate is not in order. the senate is not in order. the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: mr. president, i want to say a word about the energy future of my state and the vermont yankee nuclear power plant. the vermont yankee nuclear power plant is one of 23 plants in our country with the same design general electric mark i as the fukushima plants that have experienced partial or perhaps full meltdowns in japan. all of us feel te