. >> well, i think that mr. corp. bit and those folks did an excellent job they've made a strong case for it and i move that we adapt the recommendation for approval. >> second. >> thank you first and second by commissioner pearlman. >> yeah. mine was a exempting comment about how these things open our eyes and thirty years ago when was it designated to a category 5 we're asked the question about needing more information and don't do something hastily i used to go by that on the bus and walked mid-market many times i was struck at the orientation that's a rare thing and such an interesting unique thing you don't see in san francisco interest pits one of the things that opened my eyes we have all those things i'm excited this came forward because now i need to pay attention to all buildings thanks it was an excellently written report and support this. >> commissioners any other comments before we call the roll. >> on that motion commissioners to adapt the recommendation commissioner honda. commissioner johns. sxhoout.

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. >> what happened in this case, as john mentioned, is that the corps of engineers issued mr.t order. they've done this on erroneous facts. >> they just assumed he must have? >> their order is based in their own words on available information. despite our requests on what they base it on, they have never told us. >> wetlands are important. the army corps of engineers says it's habitat for fish and wildlife. >> they are important. they are protected and we stayed out of them. and if we had had the opportunity to explain exactly what our practices were before we planted any wheat, we could have solved this ahead of all these troubles. >> so what's this about? >> it's about due process. this -- >> what's in their heads? >> we can't tell you that. i can tell you we want to farm property sensibly. we want to farm it sustainbly. we know the public is demanding it be done in a sustainable way. we're game. we're happy to play ball. but there has to be a reasonable process for the regulators to oversee that. >> tony, the pacific legal foundation sees lots of these cases. the bureaucrat

mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to captain thomas clarke of the army air corps, flight lieutenant rakesh chauhan of joint helicopter command, acting warned officer class do spencer faulkner, corporal james walters of the army air corps, and lance corporal oliver thomas of the intelligence corps, reservist who also worked as a research assistant. these tragic deaths remind us of the continued commitment and sacrifice of our armed forces, and i know that our deepest concerns are with the families that is very, very difficult time. i'm sure the whole house will also want to join me in paying tribute to and mcgwire who was stabbed to death in her classroom on monday. it is clear from the tributes paid she was a much loved teacher that work to school for over 40 years. she gets so much about her pupils, should come in on her day off to help prepare them for exams. our thoughts are with her family, her friends in the entire school community who have been left devastated by this truly shocking and appalling tragedy. the criminal investigation is underway in everything

the marine corps is on for smith foundation has been based to people -- three people, one by the name mr. ricci and jihads and dave gibbons and dan mike $5 million in a unique way. they gave $30,000 to every child as a scholarship if anyone killed in the marine corps or the fbi are in a any law-enforcement agency. their overhead for this is era. when the irs can at $55 million you run it out of the garage and they get the money right away. so it is a terrific organization. relatives to islam as, we are fighting an ideology of radical islam and we cannot win that site. we can keep smothering it down, but it will gradually burn itself out as a critical turning point will come when seniormost one liters say this is wrong. he will not go to heaven by blowing up innocent civilians. until islam's leaders cannot say that you will go to and not to heaven, you will have people misguided and not to believe that by murdering other people, they will be forwarded by god and that is wrong. only islam can address that direct way. >> lloyd, charleston from the south carolina in the uri with being less.

captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> mr. speaker, an i.r.s. agent testified under oath, the taxpayers who fight back are us, gond i quote, sue right ahead, sue us and prove wrong. are think about it, after our taxpayers are hit with tax bills, heavy enough to cause a hernia for the giant, they're told, if you don't like it, sue us. hearsay, this isn't rumor, this is an exact quote of an i.r.s. agent who also said, the i.r.s.gress, will tell you these are isolated incidents. that's not true. is, in fact, standard policy. time forp, i say it's congress to shove these illegal the assets ofup the i.r.s. the i.r.s. has been created by congress. this problem.d congress must solve this problem thecongress must change burden of proof of the tax case or the i.r.s. will keep saying, it, sucker, prove it, wrong.e're >> find more highlights from 35 years of house floor coverage on page.cebook c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and today as a public service by your local cable or provider. spokesmanwhite house jos

mr. west. in the early 50s the quantico marine corps base, the best years of the teenage/. secretary of the navy made an honorary marine. but the u.s. army be at times 65 to 67. so i love the marines dearly. i think to ask you a question. everybody seems to call you as emotional tent to their voice, especially those who were more and it's hard to befriend top court in it to someone who did not go through a war. we're talking about years to iraq and dan in vietnam. you just can't do that in a short conversation. i'm just going to ask you a couple questions. i know quite a bit about the beginning of the war, the chinese fighting against the vietnamese to take over control of the town. ho chi minh was first and nationalists in the town. he did not want china to be a part of p. at him. the next most important question i have this in the earliest book i read about vietnam was called a bright and shining lie. he was a "new york times" reporter and spent several years. >> host: lloyd, what is your question, or? >> caller: the question asked by you or one of the callers what his fe

mr. runcie service company head of equity corporate finance of ubs investment bank held numerous executive positions of american securities corp. and the xerox corporation. mr. runcie is a graduate of the college of holy cross the bashur's degree in mathematics earned his masters in business of administration with distinction from harvard school of this is. mr. runcie welcome. your statement will be part of the record in its entirety and if you could sum it up in five minutes or thereabouts i would appreciate it very much. >> thank you. chairman harkin ranking member alexander and distinguidistingui shed members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to discuss the federal student loan program. fsa is responsible for administrative and overseeing the federal students a national assistance program. these programs represent the largest source of student aid in the united states. last year at the assay process more than 21 million applications. we also delivered more than $137 billion in aid to 14 million borrowers. today our loan portfolio is valued at more than $1 trillion to 40 million recipients. fsa does not work alo

. >> john, what happened in this case as john mentioned is that the corps of engineers, agency of the federal government, issued mr duarte and his company a cease-and-desist order which basically prevents them from farming their property. they've done this on a completely erroneous version. john: they never looked at the property, they assumed he must have? >> their order is based on available information, and despite our requests for what they base it on, they have never told us. john: now, wetlands are important. the army corps of engineers says this is habitat for fish and wildlife, flood protection, water quality improvement. >> yes, they are. they are important. they are protected and we stayed out of them. if we had the opportunity to explain exactly what our practices were before we planted any wheat, we could have solved this ahead of all these troubles. john: so what's this about? >> about due process. john: what's in their heads? >> we can't tell you that. i can tell you what's in our heads is we want to farm property sensibly, sustain plea, we know the public is demanding farming be done in a sustainabl

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the ommanding general of the third armor hood.ed corps in fort and mrs.ma, fox,y secretary of defense secretary mchugh, general and general and mrs. odierno, lieutenant give duwhurst, distinguishing and civiliansiers and most of all the families and and ds of our fall en wounded warriors, thank you all deeply for being here today. e sincerely and from our heart of hearts appreciate your and nce and your support your compassion as we struggle .hrough a very difficult time today we mourn for those we lost one week ago on april 2. honor the lives they l led. three fallen soldiers came from as far as puerto rico and central illinois. hey had different hobbies, passes and different lives but they were united by a single esire, the desire to serve their country and their willingness to answer their in time of war. fallen, amilies of the although all of the words you the today are inadequate in face of the magnitude of your loss we want you to know that we at fort hood, we are here in central texas, we here in the and the ates army entire nation want you to know

. >> what happened in this case, as john mentioned, is the corps of engineers, which is an agency of the federal government, issued mr company a cease and desist order, which basically prevents them from farming their property. they've done this on a completely erroneous version of facts. >> they never looked at the property? they just assumed he must have? >> their order is based on in their words is available information. despite our requests of what they base it on, they've never told us. >> well, wetlands is important. the army corps of engineer says this is habitat for wildlife, water improvement. >> yes, they are important, they are protected and we stayed out of them. if we had the opportunity to explain exactly what you're practices were before we planted any wheat we shall could have solved this ahead of all these troubles. >> so what's this about? >> it's about due process. >> what's in their heads? >> we can't el you that. i can tell you what's in our head is we want to farm property sensibly, we want to farm it sustainably. we know the public is demanding farming be done in a sustainable way and we're gam

corps. i knew what i was doing. , i wasey left rwanda seeing them. i wanted to shame them. today we are calling president clinton. , thee calling mr. blair u.k.ime minister. there is this guilt. they are the ones who were in government. because of that sense of guilt, i think they are not yet through. they have been helping the rwanda president who is today the one who has killed as many killer ofe highest the 20th century. it is also writing his aim in the 21st. -- he is also writing his name in the 21st. >> we have had george w. bush sends him and now barack obama. -- since then and now barack obama. >> i would say that the u.s. government so far has not yet done much. >> we haven't done much? >> you have not done much. we saw president clinton apologizing with his sense of guilt, excusing himself in a weak position. we saw president bush -- actually, he did a lot. he listened to our messages. we had an opportunity to meet with him. myself, i met with him twice. in that time when we brought the rwanda situation to the table and talked about it, what followed was the fact that the president of rwanda was no more received at the white house t

ladies and gentlemen, the commanding general of the third armored corps in fort hood, lieutenant general mark a. milley. >> president and mrsgeneral and mrs. odierno, lieutenant governor duhearst, visitors, civilians, and most of all, the family and friends of our wounded warriors, thank you all for being here today. and we sincerely and from our heart of hearts appreciate your presence and your support and your compassion as we struggled through a very difficult time. today we mourn. we mourn for those we lost one week ago on april 2nd. and today we honor the lives they led. the three fallen soldiers came from hometowns as far apart as puerto rico, central illinois. they had different hobbies and passions and they all had different lives. but they were united by a single desire. a desire to serve their country and their willingness to answer their nation's call in time of war. to the families of the fallen, although all of our words you hear today are inadequate in the face of the magnitude of your loss, we want you all to know that we here at fort hood, we here in central texas, we here in the united states army and the e

mr. milli band. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> as we leave this discussion, the ap reports new development on the situation in ukraine. there is an agreement in geneva on immediate steps to ease the crisis. the cream it was reached by top moments from the u.s., eu, russia, and ukraine requiring all sides to refrain from provocative actions. allalls for disarming of illegally armed groups. also this from the ap, russian president putin has rejected claims that special forces are fomenting unrest in ukraine and recognize for the first time that troops in unmarked uniforms who had overtaken crimea before its annexation by moscow were russian soldiers. putin expressed hope for a solution for the worst yeast-west crisis since the end of the cold war. presshagel conducted a conference. focusedeading today was -- our meeting today was focused on reinforcing our solidarity and partnership for the future of the polish-u.s. defense relationship, especially in light of the situation in ukraine. and its impact on european securi

mr money. what rate is the optimal rate for shareholders to make the most money owning key corp. >> i will tellou, any lift in the short end of the curve will be very, very good for banks but particularly good for a bank like key. with the large commercial lending book, 70% of those are variable rate loans tied to one-month libor or prime rate. as we get lift in the short end of the curve you will see momentum in our earnings and revenue. >> you mentioned the commercial doing great. you have an impeccable home equity book. 60% of the mix is first liens. what is it that you guys do right that the other guys aren't doing? >> good old-fashioned back-to-basics lending. the home equity book is branch originated. they are customers of the bank. we make sure they have strong credit. it's also for a strong need. as you pointed out, 58% of them are first liens. many of them act like a mortgage for our clients. we keep strong fico scores and very low loan-to-value. at the end of the day it was a high performing book through the crisis. for us it's been one of the most profitable consumer lending products

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the ommanding general of the third armor hood.ed corps in fort and mrs.fox,y secretary of defense secretary mchugh, general and general and mrs. odierno, lieutenant give duwhurst, distinguishing and civiliansiers and most of all the families and and ds of our fall en wounded warriors, thank you all deeply for being here today. e sincerely and from our heart of hearts appreciate your and nce and your support your compassion as we struggle .hrough a very difficult time today we mourn for those we lost one week ago on april 2. honor the lives they l led. three fallen soldiers came from as far as puerto rico and central illinois. hey had different hobbies, passes and different lives but they were united by a single esire, the desire to serve their country and their willingness to answer their in time of war. fallen, amilies of the although all of the words you the today are inadequate in face of the magnitude of your loss we want you to know that we at fort hood, we are here in central texas, we here in the and the ates army entire nation want you to know e s

mr. speaker. e.p.a. and army corps of engineers has proposed under waterways of the united states that the e.p.a. claim of jurisdiction not just over nearly every navigable waterway, but virtually every body of water in the nation no matter how large or small. mr. la malla: using a creative interpretation of a 40--year-old law it holds it has jurisdiction over any activities that could impact not just navigable waters but any waterway that eventually flows into a river, watterway, or wetland which is simply near, yes, near, a navigable waterway. furthermore, the e.p.a. doesn't stop at claiming control over water, it also claims control over any activity that could impact those waters in any way. this rule drastically limits private property rights by inserting the federal government into local land use decisions. the rule would also expand epp's authorities from rivers, bays, nd wetlands into manmade waterways, and others unconnected to any waterway, and even puddles. that's right, puddles. the e.p.a.'s rule specifical

corp. plant purple dinosaur that nice mr.ave you, you are nothing special. >> he gave that speech back in 2012 and he thought that's where it ended. now it's the subject of his brand-new book that has done so well, welcome, david. >> thank you very much. >> so give us the circumstances that led to your commencement speech at the high school. >> i was sitting at my desk and one of my students walked in and said, will you be willing to give the commencement speech this year? and i said, i just did it a few years ago. she said please? i said okay. so my daughter had a soccer tournament in new jersey that weekends and so i mulled as i drove and she did homework and the next morning i got up and out it came. >> how are you going to make that speech different than the one you gave a couple years earlier? >> i thought about the event. i thought about to whom i would be speaking. i realized that everyone is dressed the same in this ceremonial costume, which eliminates individuality. each kid crosses the stage in alphabetical order. e

sarah ping is a member of food corps a nationwide group that connects kids to real food and helps them grow up healthy. she serves in the oakland unified school district. mrsvolunteers to the garden. program is now in its sixth year and part of first lady let's move campaign to improve the health of american kids. >> the first album of new music from michael jackson available. entitled escape will feature 8 previously unrelated songs. epic record says variety of music producers worked on the track to give them a quote fresh contemperary sound. songs were discovered in the jackson estate vault which contained 4 decade of music. fans can pre-order the new album on i tunes starting tomorrow. it will be in stores around the world on may 13. >> apple co-founder steve known as practical joker and video just rae leased proves that. >> hello? the i am making a delivery from apple store. >> no way. >> some one here. are you ann. >> yes. >> okay. >>reporter: well that's no kidding. personally delivering a new to the daughter took place few years back but video just rae leased. the girl dad e mailed and asked if he would be willing to deliver the xairt he purchased f

corps. mission, accomplished, sir, simpler fidelis. -- simpler fidelis. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor national autism awareness month. modern science has helped control or eliminate many once deadly and debilitating diseases and conditions. but our understanding of autism remains an unsolved puzzle. mr. messer: more children than ever are being diagnosed with communication and behavioral disorders that lead to a diagnosis of autism. it now affects one in 68 children, according to the c.d.c. my nephew, trey, is one of them. i've seen firsthand how autism strains families, stretches their resources and makes life more challenging in many ways. i've also seen the amazing joy that an autistic child can bring to a family. trey has sure brought a lot of joy to ours. families with autistic children do everything they can to help their kids maximize their god-given abilities, whatever they choose to be. but it's not always easy, especially in a world where many don't

mr. president, it's always a great honor, and we're deeply humbled as a team to be here today to be your guests. you're coming out of the marine corps general james amos told our football team the night before the army-navy football team that our country needs men of character, and behind you there are p 5 young men of great contact. as you mentioned, 22 of them will serve you in yut fleet. and may the lord continue to bless you, our young men, and all those that serve our country, the greatest country in the world. thank you again for having us. >> all right. president obama awarding the trophy to navy. you are seeing the president also wrapped in a little bit of education and service and character into his introduction. all right. police are holding a press conference to update the arrest of a suspect in a string of highway shooting that have been terrorizing residents for weeks. later in the day, thursday, dozens of officers and tactical gear descended on the suspect's home, which is located near seven of the more than one dozen shootings under investigation. undercover officers had reportedly been tracking the men since last wee

corp pushing for even more aggressive stance, listen. >> isaac from "politico." where are you, isaac? >> thank you, mr. president.iven all you were just saying about the affordable care act do you think it's time for democrats to start campaigning loudly and postively on the benefit of obamacare? will you lead that charge? jon: well, kirsten powers is a usa today columnist and fox news contributor. that was edward isaac devore from "politico" who teed up that softball for the president. why doesn't the president, you know, begin this full-throated defense of obamacare, and why don't other democrats take up that exact same thing? >> well, i think the president has been doing that. i think that question was actually a reasonable question because in a way it is almost a little bit of a dig at democrats in the sense that they haven't been touting what has been the president's most significant achievement according to -- jon: unpopular achievement. >> right. i think he was asking a legitimate question, are you now going to start making a more vigorous case for obamacare? so, you know, but i think the president has bee

mr. president. [applause] >> give these extraordinary women one more round of applause. thank you, sylvia and kathleen, for your service. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] erkornhave jennifer hab on the phone. sylvia burwell at the white house, nominated to replace kathleen sebelius. what is her passband -- background? >> she comes into this through the senate confirmation process. she served at the office of management and budget. she was in the private sector she works at the gates foundation. she served during the entirety -- clinton administration. she comes from an economic management background. management of the economy is more her thing. that might be what they need right now. they need to continue to right the ship on health there -- healthcare.gov. >> you mentioned if she gets through the senate. you talked about that in your politico article. what do you expect? >> the nomination will have to go through the senate finance and ready. she got through the confirmation a year ago. she got three unanimously. this is a very different process. republicans will use this hearing to relitig

satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [no audio] some reaction from capitol hill to the march implement report. john boehner said -- -- nancy pelosi >> mr. speaker, an irs agent testified under oath that taxpayers who fight back are sue sue us, go right ahead, us, and prove that we are wrong. think about it, after our taxpayers are hit with lls, theyry tax bi are told if you do not like it, sue us. this is not hearsay, this is not rumor, this is an exact quotation on an irs agent who also said beware, congress, the irs will tell you these are isolated incidents. that is not true. this is in fact standard policy. beam me up. i say it is time for congress to shove these illegal tactics right of the assets of the irs. congress caused this problem, congress must solve this problem, and congress must -- thethe bird burden of proof. i yield back. >> the gentleman's time is expired. ourind more highlights on facebook page. c-span, created by cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> the chair of the house budget committee announced this week a house republicans budge

mr. olson: madam speaker, i want to share with the american people a poem written by a marine corps officer. it's about two former seals, navy seals, ben and ty, that were killed in benghazi. it's called the valley boys of benghazi. we're the bally boys of ben combazzy, no fame, no glory, no paparazzi. just a fiery death in the blazing hill, defending our country we loved so well. it was our job, we answered the call, fought to the constant and scaled the wall, we pulled 20 countrymen from the jaws of fate, led them to safety and stood at the gate, just the two barred the door, all were denied, so we fought and we fought and we fought till we died. we gave our all for uncle sam but our leaders didn't give a damn. just two dead seals who carried we were just bumps in the road. let's do our jobs and bring those thugs who killed them to justice. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without obje

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] purpose does the gentleman from new jersey, mr garrett, seek recognition? mr. garrett: i seek unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on this bill, h.r. 187 , which is the budget and accounting transparency act of this year, 2014. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey, mr. garrett, seek recognition? mr. garrett: pursuant to house resolution 539, i call up the bill h.r. 187 2. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 284, h.r. 1872, a bill to amend the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985 to increase transparency and federal budgeting and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 539, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on the budget printed in the bill is adopted. the bill as amended is considered read. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. garrett, and the gentleman from

satellite corp. 2014] >> with congress to wait for the easter passover break this week we are checking in to see what numbers are doing in their home districts. >> i move for consideration. mr. baker i move for consideration. >> the gentleman moves to stand. >> fujian when both on the prevailing side. >> well i, until the game started. >> then you call a fiv -- qualified. ust be madeon m from someone on the sidewalk qualifies. >> parliamentary inquiry. >> the motion to reconsider laid up on the table. objection is heard. >> parliamentary inquiry? our limiter inquiry? >> the gentleman from maryland. >> i'm not going to object. democraticn say, the rosses is that we come to this floor. we have 17 minutes to vote. clear, he sent us the notice, he said, 15 minutes and we will give you two more minutes. this boat has now been held open longer than any vote that i can remember. i've been here 23 years, prep some of you have been here longer. the outrage that was discussed when speaker wright held the less time thanar this was palpable on your side of the aisle. democracy is about voting, but just as you cannot say on tuesday of election day we will keep the polls open for 15 more

mr. swalwell: lance corporal silva was a 2009 graduate of james logan high school where he played football. after high school he joined the marine corps reserves where he most recently served in a combat logistics battalion based in san jose. in february, he returned from a deployment to the afghanistan supporting operation enduring freedom. though his life was cut far too short by a heart breaking tragedy, corporal silva and his service to the country was long and he will be remembered by many. his work as a marine illustrates the heroism of the service members across our country who are serving in the military to support freedom everywhere. lance corporal silva is survived by his wife and 2-year-old son. my thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends and may he west in peace. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, the united stat

mr. lee, thanks. guest: thank you. host: coming up, we'll look at the clean water act, the environmental agency and the army corps of engineersants to amended the act and give jurisdiction over streams and wetlands. we'll talk more about that decision with annie snider. and a look at a study by the pew research center and finds in 2014, 18% of adults with internet access have important, personal information stolen. that's an increase from 11% in 2013. lee rainie will talk about what it means as far as data security. all that when "washington journal" continues up next. >> we're at the museum of history and the exhibit we're in now is our crurl -- agricultural exhibit citrus, cattle and cane, the big three that really made florida what it is today. interesting, all three of those were originally brought over by the spanish in the first inhabitants here in florida. the cattle in the first place were brought over as a food source for the settlement of florida, and citrus and cane were later brought over as cash crops. well, the cattle established itself as almost a native breed here in florida. in fact, the early american settle

mr. speaker, put their lives in danger to serve their communities and their country. leaving us with an enduring example of service and sacrifice. they are a part of our domestic defense corps. while we honor their memory each year at the national law enforcement memorial in may and on the west front as well, congress agreed that a museum would be a fitting way to tell their stories year-round, especially to the many school children who are expected to visit us every year and who will visit this museum as well. we extended the original authorization, as has been said, in 2010, and now after years of work to obtain permits , receive design approvals and secure outside funding the national law enforcement officers museum fund is ready to break ground. the funds of course are private . but this is a public good and a public end. first it's up to congress therefore to re-authorize this project through 2016. so we can see this magnificent museum completed. in closing, let me congratulate craig floyd who worked in the congress, who has spearheaded this effort for a very long time. his leadership, his vision has made it possible for us to be n the cusp of realizing this museum's e