mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. the chair: does the gentleman have an amendment? mr. cohen: i have an amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. cohen of tennessee, page 26, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert reduced by $506,360,. insert increase by $235 million. page 35, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert increased by $235 million. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized for five minutes in support of his amendment. . mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. the administration requests $101 million for the operation and upgrading of cruiser ships used by the united states navy. that's what the pentagon and the administration requested. $101 million. however, what has been recommended is $607 million. $607 million, that's an increase of over 500 -- $500 million from what the pentagon asked for. five times what the pentagon asked for. in a time when so many of my colleagues are calling for decrease in the spending on the federal government's spied, it seems that they --

this was followed up by mr. cohen who said that this was the first day of the program. i will say that most likely mistakes were made on that first day. it was not a case where the department looked to obscure or obstruct information to the public. this was an honest mistake. the department of public works is the department that process to this. however, what many people fail to recognize is there are multiple jurisdictions within the city that oversees those portions of the public right-of- way. in this case, their application happened while under court jurisdiction and the department would not be able to issue a permit at that location they decided to move into to an adjacent block around the corner so that it falls under public- works jurisdiction. staff believes that 300 foot radius, even though it shifted, was sufficient as it relates to notification. it appears that we have erred in that aspect. the interesting part department gleaned from the appellant's argument was that this permit should be denied the requirements of 300 feet notification and we should conside

mr. cohen: i appreciate the time. i was a history major in college. and oftentimes i'm in this hall and think about the history. we have been in this hall for nearly 250 years. and when there was an attempt to pass social security, the republicans were against it. and they're still against it. they want to give it to wall street and let it be invested. and the next great historical advance in our history was medicare. and the republicans were against it. and now they're against the affordable care act and patient protection act. every republican who voted against it and they line up and talk about speaker pelosi and lined up like ducks at the peabody hotel and democrats are concerned about children, women and life and the deficits in the long run and there is a continuing battle in this house between people who look out for the haves and those who have nots. and i was taught by my parents and that was to look out for people who needed help. daniel webster's words are inscribed in this capitol right in this hall worthy about something to be remembered.

eamed the first amendment by mr. cohen of tennessee. amendment by mr. pompeo of kansas. amendment by mr. markey of massachusetts. an amendment by mr. amash of michigan. the second amendment by mr. cohen of tennessee. an amendment by mr. cicilline of rhode island. the first amendment by ms. woolsey of california. an amendment by mr. markey of massachusetts. the second amendment by ms. woolsey of california. the third amendment by ms. woolsey of california. the second amendment by ms. lee of california. an amendment by mr. king of iowa. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first series of votes. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 4 printed in the congressional record offered bibi the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. mccollum, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in the congressal record offered by ms. mccollum of minnesota. the chair: a recorded vote has be

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen, for five minutes. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. the passage and implementation of the affordable care act is the culmination of american political journey that started a century ago with teddy roosevelt, 1912, with the bull moose party. also a republican. and picked up years later by harry trueman and other presidents, including richard nixon, another republican. the most recent groundwork for reform was played in part by the former republican presidential candidate robert dole as an alternative to hillary clinton's plan. i commend them for championing the concept of the individual mandates. back when it wasn't quite as unpopular on their side of the aisle. the history of reforming our nation's health care system is a strong one. that historically has been championed by lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum until this congress. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have wasted hours upon hours debating and voting upon the various versions of the legislation that would repeal the affo

mr. cohen: i do. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cohen: this weekend the whole country was struck with the tragedy in aurora, colorado. a deranged individual murdered 12 citizens and wounded 58 others. my mind went back to the day that gabrielle giffords was shot, another deranged individual. and what it says to me is we need to spend more money not less money on mental health issues. there are a lot of mentally disturbed people out there who need mental health treatment, and this congress has been cutting funds for mental health and clinics and health care. we need more law enforcement and more protection. there are cuts that could be made to protect our country's fiscal health, but to protect our nation's physical health some funds need to be maintained. let's think before we cut. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. ros-lehtinen: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore:

that's because mr. cohen called the nonemergency number for the montgomery county police. they immediately sent him to the fire department which met him on the scene within 20 minutes of the call to handle that situation. back to you. >> andrea, thanks very much. >>> a 4th of july parade in cannonjohn maryland became a protest march and in other neighborhoods signs are going up in an attempt to get the repair crews' attention. scott broom is live with the story. >> reporter: kind of a new communication strategy by the neighbors because they believe there is a complete communications breakdown. they are trying to get attention. they claim they have been calling and filing reports on the websites and from pepco they get return calls sometimes that seem to indicate the utility thinks the power is back on in neighbors like this one and believe me, it's not. so now residents are resorting to other means to get pepco's attention. >> at some point public utility has got to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. >> reporter: the residents marched with patriotically themed

mr. jimmy cohen, special agent in charge of the fbi in colorado and carol chambers. iefing. i'll ask district attorney chambers to make some comments and mr. ucone from the fbi. i have a lot of notes here. there's a lot of information to impart to you. our suspect's name is james eagan holmes. middle name, e-a-g-e-n. last name, h-o-l-m-e-s. date of birth, 12/13/87. he sides at 1690 paris street in aurora, apartment 10. i'll be discussing the situation at his apartment in a few minutes. his history with the aurora police department is one traffic summons for speeding in october of 2011. we have no other criminal history on mr. holmes. this event began at 00:39. so 39 minutes after midnight, the first calls came in to 911. i'm told by a colleague, you could describe it as hundreds of calls coming in. within roughly one minute to a minute and a half, police officers were on scene and apprehended mr. holmes in the back of the theater. there were approximately 25 officers on scene within minutes. they spent besides searching the theater a good portion of their energy on ta

mr. jimmy cohen, special agent in charge of the fbi in colorado and carol chambers, district attorney for8th judicial district. i will give you a briefing. i will ask district attorney chambers to make some comments and the fbi. excuse me, but i have a lot of notes here. there is a lot of information to impart to you. our suspect's name is james eagen holmes. date of birth, 12/13 of '87. he resides at 1690 paris street in aurora, apartment 10. i will be discussing the situation at his apartment in a few minutes. his history with the aurora police department is one traffic summons for speeding in october of 2011. we have no other criminal history on mr. holmes. this event began at # 0039, so 39 minutes after midnight the first calls came in to 911. you can describe it as hundreds of calls coming in within roughly one minute to a minute and a half police officers were on scene and apprehended mr. holmes in the back of the theater. there were approximately 25 officers on scene within minutes. they spent, besides searching the theater, a good portion of their energy on taking victims and plac

i look forward to working with supervisor cohen on that. >> mr. president, that concludes roll call for introductions. president chiu: why don't we go to general public comment? >> now is the opportunity for the public to comment generally within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board. if a member of the public would like the document to be displayed on the overhead projector, clearly states such. president chiu: we will have different public comment periods about rank choice voting, historic preservation appeal, trans they appeal, and the 800 presidio appeal. if you are here to speak on those matters, wait until the appropriate time. other than that, let's hear from our first speaker. >> thank-you, supervisors. i handed in a letter that was supposed to be distributed. last week, i discussed the big fraud which was the failure to disclose the use of public resources to support public fund-raising. the bigger fraud is the fraud that works. the public-private partnerships depend upon secrecy in the act of subversion of democracy. the bigger fr

cohen. our clerk is mr. young. we have come back from recess on the budget deliberations. we have called obhboth items. as a reminder, we combined the enterprise department budgets. and the aso. a couple of actions to take. right before, i want to say that i want to thank people for the work they've done for the budget analyst. mr. victor young and cheryl adams. i want to say thank you for supporting us in this process. the controller's office. i appreciate the work you do. i don't think we could do it without you. kate, congratulations on your first budget. thank you for making the budget what it is. a place that we can come to an agreement. for having conversations with us. to katie tang -- she is a wonderful person, smart as a whip. really helps to get this smooth as possible. it is her who made this a good process. supervisor wiener: i want to congratulate the chair for another great year. this process is always difficult and challenging. you did a great job as always. commissioner chu: coleaguesllea, we need a cut on the budget for the adult probation department, $4,0

mr. milosevic? -- moscovich? >> thank you,;x@,Ñ commissioner, executive director. i cohening a no-nonsense approach to discussing how to find a solution to problems like the funding for this shuttle in the bayview. i want to put in a word about the importance of paying close attention to the sta, obag, list for which the county is opposed to prioritize. you're supposed to process of prioritizing that list very seriously. it is a function that i believe the board will exercise and must exercise in prioritizing those lists, precisely to address issues that may not be addressed through the normal city process of servicing the most pressing priorities in the neighborhoods. part of that process is very organic to the efforts we have been making over the last several years to do neighborhood transportation plans and interact withé7 constituencies in your district. to complement what you are already doing, in terms of looking out for the needs of the neighborhoods and when you are hearing from the community organizations, so that you have essentially an escape valve, an extra amo

cohen. supervisor elsbernd. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor olague. supervisor wiener. mr. president, you have a quorum. president chiu: could we have a motion to excuse supervisor farrell? without objection, he is excused. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? [inaudible] we have a board meeting minutes from june 18 and june 19. those meeting minutes are approved. are there any communications? >> i have the communications. we are in the receipt of the referendum petition. against ordinance number 10412. the department of elections must notify the board by august 30. if it is not entirely repealed, the board shall submit the ordinance to the voters at the next statewide special municipal election. president chiu: could you read the consent agenda? >> items 129 comprise the consent agenda. if a member would like to discuss a matter, it shall be removed and considered separately. president chiu: would anyone like to sever any of these items? aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president

cohen. welcome to both of you. mr. mace si, i want to begin with you. i'm appalled looking at it.i think you quoted me absolutely correctly. this is the most heinous crime i've ever witnessed. >> do you know if the victim's okay? what happened to this victim? >> i'm sorry? >> do you know if the victim's okay? >> yes. one of the first thing we did was get our state trooper assigned to us and we sent him with a copy of the video to the east hartford police to secure the evidence and to get them investigating. they've done a superb job. the next thing we did was go into the home immediately and do a check on everybody. we've put state staff into the home on a regular rotating basis and will be monitoring the home until we're satisfied that everything is operating properly. >> okay. elizabeth, jump in. >> mr. mace macy, there are other residents in this home. this abuse went on for a while before they found out about it. do you know if there were other abuses? >> there was a previous case that was dealt with. and the agency installed -- went so far as to install cameras, which makes u

with supervisor mar, supervisor wiener, and of course, supervisor cohen to look at how we can legislate some of the staff. i want to thank mr. watson for all of his work over the years. if we do have sro's that are publicly funded, that i think we need to be looking more at have the ability issues. and finally, -- habitablility issues. and in terms of who can access the housing first program, because i do not believe that seniors with disabilities have access to the housing that results from those programs, i think you after being on certain kinds of programs to access the houses. again, thanks to doss. i think we just continue working on this program somehow. i am not sure. >> it sounds like over the past two years since member olague and members of the original sro working group have a lot of ideas. i think there has been some frustration. we have moved on a number of recommendations from the working group for -- from the minimum standards for improvement on housing to minimum standards. there are nine new policies. and there are long -- longer- term goals that address this situation, kind of supporting the send sro condi

mr. brown: i ask unanimous consent the privileges of the floor be granted to ben cohen, who is a fellow on my staff. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: thank you, madam president. i rise today because there was an obvious omission in the olympic opening ceremony on friday. 40 years after 11 israeli olympians and a german police officer were murdered at the 1992 munich games, the london games opened with no acknowledgment of this tragedy. there was neither mention nor a moment of silence for those victims of the munich massacre. 40 years ago on september 4, five palestinians stormed the apartments of the israeli national team in the olympic village and murdered 11 israeli team members. again and again the i.o.v.c., the hat international olympic committee has rejected a request to hold a moment of silence at opening ceremonies. i thank senator gillibrand for her resolution calling for the i.o.c. to hold a moment of silence. i remind the i.o.c. it's not too late. they were not random victims. they were targeted because of the country they represented and the beliefs they hel

mr. romney's opponents. two new articles have highlighted just how little we know. with us is william cohen.re money on grand cayman. then we learned about swiss bank accounts. now, we know about an account in bermuda. what is the collective impact on an individual's character if he's running for president and we keep having another shoe drop about another load of money that's been stashed off somewhere other than the great united states of america? >> i don't understand how a guy who's been running for president for eight year, a governor of massachusetts for four years, yes, he was in private equity, made a lot of money. i'm not saying there's anything illegal. >> nobody has been. >> but we've talked about this ç before. he is remarkably tone deaf when it comes to things like this. i mean, why do people have all these offshore accounts. swiss bank accounts in bermuda, all these tax facilities. >> in order to avoid tax and hide their assets. >> and if they're doing that and it's legal, fine. but if you're running for the esident of the united states and you're paying 15% or 17% rate on your

mrs mor time to work. back to you. >>> here now, neil barofsky, former t.a.r.p. inspector. and roger cohen. thank you, gentlemen.il, if banks are too big to fail, are they then too big to manage risk, too complex to manage risk and can you do what sandy weill wants -- split off the investment bank and go back to old fashioned commercial banking? >> it's possible and necessary. all we have seen in the last few weeks and months is scandal after scandal that arises from the fact that banks are too big to manage and incentives drive them to take bigger risks. i will say something i never thought i would say. sandy weill was right today. the other thing, big surprise, tim geithner going on the hill protecting the status quo of the too big to fail banks yet again. >> sheila behr, richard fisher, dallas fed head, tom hoenig, kansas city fed head at the fdic are all saying the same thing, that banks should be broken up. how do you see it? >> well, we have to start with the proposition which mr. weill was advocating to reinstate glass-steagal will recollect. the debate has gotten off track. when you talk today about rein

mr. president. supervisor campos. supervisor campos: thank you and i would like to first shot about a resolution that i am introducing and i would like to thank supervisor olague, of dallas, cohen, and more for their co-sponsor ship. when an immigrant parent is detained on immigration charges for that parent is subsequently deported, very often that parent leaves behind a child in this country and that child tends to be a u.s. citizen. unfortunately for that child, the child is no longer able to see that parent. many times, a family members of the deported parent including the other parent, him sell for herself would like to take custody but because of the way the law works right now, that family member including the parent of that child is deemed unfit. because of their undocumented status, their immigration status. the sad thing is that when family members are deemed unfit, the court -- courts proceed to determine the child is abandoned. that leads to the termination of parental rights for that parent that has been double -- deported. one in four children is the child of an immigrant. if you look at the numbers, recognize the significance of this issue. the resolution that i

cohen: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim:aye. supervisor olague: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: madame clerk, could you read the and memorials. >> the meeting will be adjourned on in the memory of mr. scott. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: we are adjourned. >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from all over the world here today and they are thrilled. >> i flew

cohen: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim:aye. supervisor olague: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: madame clerk, could you read the and memorials. >> the meeting will be adjourned on in the memory of mr. scott. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: we are president chiu: we are adjourned. >> good afternoon. i'd like to call the meeting of the public utilities commission to order. >would you call the role? -- roll? >> thank you. commissioners, we have minutes from the june 12 meeting. do i have any comments? >> i would like to move the minutes. >> moved and seconded. the motion carries. public comment, this is the point where members of the public can address the commission the not part of today's agenda. >> commissioners, i want to congratulate you on doing a first-class job with 525 golden gate. that is what you call living legacy. thinking outside the box. doing all of san franciscans proud. i was not there for the entire event, but i was there to teach -- hear each one speak and to see who was in attendance. and listen to the comments of the engineers and all of the key people that played an impo

cohen: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim:aye. supervisor olague: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: madame clerk, could you read the and memorials. >> the meeting will be adjourned on in the memory of mr. scott. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: we are president chiu: we are adjourned. >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the land use committee of the san francisco board of supervisors of july 9, 2012. i am the chair of the committee. we are expecting supervisor cohen. >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. complete speaker cards to be submitted to the clerk. items will be on the july 17 board of supervisors agenda. supervisor mar: we have one short item. >> item number one, resolution authorizing the issuance and delivery of a multifamily housing revenue notes in the golden gate avenue senior community housing. [inaudible] supervisor kim: thank you. thank you for hearing this item today. authorizing the issuance and delivery of the multifamily housing revenue notes in an amount not to exceed $25,370,000 for the purpose of providing financing for the acquisition

cohen: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim:aye. supervisor olague: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: madame clerk, could you read the and memorials. >> the meeting will be adjourned on in the memory of mr. scott. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: we are president chiu: we are adjourned. supervisor kim: that afternoon, and welcome to our special rules committee for monday, july 16. i am the chair of the meeting. i am jane kim. i am joined by supervisor mar ferrell and supervisor campos. also joined by one of the co- sponsors of our first item, supervisor scott wiener. are there any announcements? >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. make documents included as part of the file. these will appear on the july 24 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor kim: thank you. item number 1. >> charter amendment to amend the charter of thisqcity and county of san francisco by adding a section 16.110 to create a san francisco housing trust fund by setting aside general fund revenues beginning in fiscal year 2013-2014 and ending in fiscal year 2042-2043 to

cohen: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim:aye. supervisor olague: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: madame clerk, could you read the and memorials. >> the meeting will be adjourned on in the memory of mr. scott. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business for today. president chiu: we are president chiu: we are adjourned. >> good morning. welcome to the budget and finance subcommittee. my name is carmen:naand i'm joined by supervisor avalos and we will be joined shortly by supervisor kim. >> please silence also phones and electronic devices. complete any speaker cards to be included and should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the july 17 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you very much. which call item no. 1. >> a resolution authorizing the director of public works to execute an amendment to the design agreement for laguna honda hospital replacement program. supervisor chu: thank you. >> and the project manager with the department of public works for the laguna honda hospital replacement program. i apologize being before you just one month after this was brought before you b