ladies and gentlemen, mr. frank ware. [ringing bells] [applause] >> ah-ha! yes! oh, yeah. >> frank ware, ladies and gentlemen! got a little body english in there. frank ware. our fifth contestant is his second time to qualify for the finals. he is a grip. he's been with muni for nine years and spent seven years with the cable car division. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome mr. trini whittaker. so trini -- >> like i told frank, the cable car has two people. who would you take as your second person? >> my son. my son loves the cable cars. >> oh, that's fantastic. work on the sentimal -- sentimental vote. very smart. very smart. ladies and gentlemen, mr. trini whitaker. [ringing bells] [applause] >> nice. trinny whitaker, ladies and gentlemen. our sixth contestant is qualifieding for the -- qualifying for the very first time today. he's a conductor. he's been with muni 15 years, with the cable car division nine years. please welcome joseph hsu. mr. hsu, how's it going? if you weren't driving a cable car, what would you be doing? >> watching tv? >> so you can play

mr. frank: i yield one minute to the speaker of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. pell pell thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank -- nancy pelosi thank you very much mr. speaker are, mr. speaker -- the speaker: thank you very much, mr. speaker. as i listen to the debate here, i can't help but remember, and i have a vivid memory of it, a couple of years ago, almost two years ago, september 18, a thursday afternoon, we were gathered in our office and had just seen a week and a half proceeding, a week and a half to two weeks preceding that day, some unusual events that related to lehman brothers, merrill lynch and then a.i.g. and the said bailout of a.i.g. i called the secretary of the treasury and said, we're meeting here in my office and wondered if we could be helpful in any way in terms of public policy because what we seemed to see coming out from the executive branch is chaos, different responses to different challenges that were not adding up to us, could you, mr. secretary, come to the congress tomorrow

mr. franks: he should have been there in two days. mr. akin: that's convenient, anything that goes wrong, he could say it's all b.p. b.p. was wrong, but i'm not sure if it was more equipment or more human. i suspect it's more operator error than technology. but be that as it may, it seems to me that the only thing that eclipsed the foolishness and the incompetence of b.p. is the federal government response, it's even worse. mr. franks: it really is. regardless of whose fault it was on the ground, regardless of whether it was a mistake made by the ompletor or by the driller or by one of the contractor there is, the bottom line, b.p. is the operator. they're ultimately responsible. everybody knows that. this administration was focused on blame and political expediency rather than fixing the problem. mr. akin: thank you gentlemen, thank you for joining us. thank you, mr. speaker, for allowing us to talk about budgets and the situation in the gulf. god bless you and good night. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced -- announc

mr. frank: i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 587 . -- 5872. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman call up the bill as amended? mr. frank: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5872, a bill to provide adequate commitment authority for fiscal year 2010 for guaranteed loans that are obligations of the general and special risk insurance funds of the department of housing and urban development. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. frank, and the gentlewoman from west virginia, mrs. capito, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. frank: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the f.h.a. has become a very successful program. it has taken up the slack that was created by problems elsewhere in the housing area. it is being run very well. they deserve a great deal of credit. in a bipartisan way, the committee on financial services

mr. frank: i yield one minute to the speaker of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. pell pell thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank -- nancy pelosi thank you very much mr. speaker are, mr. speaker -- the speaker: thank you very much, mr. speaker. as i listen to the debate here, i can't help but remember, and i have a vivid memory of it, a couple of years ago, almost two years ago, september 18, a thursday afternoon, we were gathered in our office and had just seen a week and a half proceeding, a week and a half to two weeks preceding that day, some unusual events that related to lehman brothers, merrill lynch and then a.i.g. and the said bailout of a.i.g. i called the secretary of the treasury and said, we're meeting here in my office and wondered if we could be helpful in any way in terms of public policy because what we seemed to see coming out from the executive branch is chaos, different responses to different challenges that were not adding up to us, could you, mr. secretary, come to the congress tomorrow

mr. frank ware. and before we announce the winner i'm going to drag this out even longer.oment to thank the kind people who made the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest possible the the vice chair of the sfmt board of directors. and friends of the cable car music, union square association, trophy masters shanghai restaurant, ghirardelli chocolatesing, and the american automobile association and the $250 cash prize, deluxe sightseeing. let's bring up gilberto gad oy with the hand-crafted bell. and the winner is -- >> mr. leonard oates. congratulations. >> leonard oates. he retains the crown. [applause] that concludes the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest. thank you, everybody, for coming. don't forget next year the 48th annual cable car ringing contest. stay tuned for details. >> welco" today we are visiting southern exposure in san francisco alison prepares to launch a fantastic new project called beautiful possibilities. we will send them on a two-year adventure crisscrossing the united states to investigate american history and contemporary culture. it is

. >> this question is for mr. frank. i am "the new york times" this morning there was an interesting story about the lack of success that the obama and administration had in convincing the public that there are good things about the health care bill. they referred to studies from ann arbor saying that people with his -- specific political opinions, confronted with facts contrary to the opinion, they may be reinforced into the wrong opinion. wrong opinions may be reinforced. you are talking about the amortization of the media, but on a political scale people want to read what they want to read. getting people to read something different is extremely challenging. how do you address that? how much responsibility the media -- responsible to its stockholders, to challenge the leadership to read something different? >> a really good question. i hate to fall back on the british model again, everyone loves british newspapers that because they are very lively and fun to read. they managed to figure out exactly where they are. the

mr. frank: i hope he would join me in something significant like getting our troops out of iraq for a year and a half and save about 1,000 times as much as this recommit. mr. hensarling: reclaiming my time, with the chairman being in the majority, i'm certain he wants to do that, he has the opportunity to do that. if the democratic majority wants to raise taxes on those who have less than a quarter billion dollars in income, that is their opportunity to do that. if they want to quit funding our troops in harm's way, they have the opportunity to do that. what we are saying is there's an opportunity right here, right now not to create yet another duplicative program and add to the debt burden. now, i'm shire we might hear that somehow this is going to create more jobs, but i ask where has the spending led to? i encourage all to support the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. waters: i rise t

mr. franks. >> f.a.q, mr. chairman, and think you, mr. secretary for being here. i appreciate your service. mr. secretary, i know that a challenge like this is very complex logistically, that it is a significant undertaking to organize something as large and, again, just the reality is of the challenges on the ground, but i guess, and i believe that you and all of us are more primarily concerned than anything else, and that is to assuage the grief and the difficulty of people that have dealt with this and that their loved ones are affected, and that those that they remember with such a love and honor that they are somehow, but that has been diminished, and so, i guess there are two things that i think we should focus on. number one, of is the, is to figure wrote what haven't got caught not so much for blamed but to be able to reorganize and restructure so that it does not happen again, so i guess my first question is, and least in terms of the structure, some of the people it caught in the top echelons were at war with each other, and that seems to have filtered d

today to thank the chairman of the committee and my good friend, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. frank, and the ranking member, baucus, for their leadership on this issue, as well as chairwoman waters and ranking member capito. unfortunately the iowans i represent know all too well how flooding can ravage a farm, a neighborhood, a city. much of the state is still recovering from the devastating floods of the 2008 as high rivers and creeks are threatening their homes and businesses yet again. neighborhoods are sandbagging and some residents have left their homes for iowa flooding is real and tangible. just last weekend as i arrived back in my district to my capital city i met the mayor, city manager, public works and we went to the leffees -- levees and we were worried whether we would make it through the night. we understand it very well. the bill before us is a good bill. i intend to support it, however i rise today to offer a straightforward amendment that will strengthen this legislation for iowans and the residents of other states that are often affected by flooding. i rtainly unde

mr. franks. >> thank you, mr. chairman and mr. secretary for being here and general whitcomb, we appreciate your service. secretary, i know that they challenge like this is very complex logistically. this is a significant undertaking to organize something as large and of the realities of the challenges on the ground. i believe that you and all of us are primarily concerned to as sways the grief and difficulties of people who have dealt with this and their loved ones are affected and those that they remember with such a love and honor that somehow that has been diminished. there are two things i think we should focus on. number one is to figure out what happened not so much to blame but to be able to reorganize and restructure so that it does not happen again my first question is -- in terms of the structure, it sounds like some of the people at the top echelon were at war with each other. that seems to have filtered down and added to the confusion that may be at the base of what happened here that we are all concerned about. what

frank sinatra. i said, how you doing, mr. sinatra? no, no, no. call me frank. when we get to know each other you call me francis but right now you call me frank. >> larry: that's the way he feels. >> >> he said i want to have a meeting. he said. great. let's have it right now. i said terrific. come on over. he said no come over here. i said where are you? palm springs. i said i'm in los angeles. he said yeah. you go out to santa monica airport. my plane is waiting. it'll bring you down to palm springs. >> larry: that's the way he was. >> come over to the house and we'll talk. went down to palm springs, walked in the house, we sat down, we had a drink, he told me what he wanted to do. he said you think you can pull this off? i said absolutely. >> larry: what did he want to do? >> he wanted to do a concert to start someplace important. i started it at carnegie hall. that was the first place we played. then i took him on a tour in arenas. he wanted to do what elvis did. he was very smart, frank, as you remember. he knew. he said to me after we finished talking, ok

mr. hayworth. >> frank, thanks to you and channel 3 for hosting this debate and thanks to my to opposing candidates and thanks to the voters who have a big decision to make in this republican primary for the u.s. senate. you can either of for a consistent conservative that has fought to reduce taxes and says no to amnesty and node to camp and trade, and no to any further works. the first line of advocacy in arizona, i would be a senator for arizona, not merely from arizona. i have the pleasure of having the endorsement of the phoenix law enforcement association, the arizona police association and the association of border patrol radiance for the tucson sector. they know that i want to enforce the law. i am pleased to have the endorsement of one of john's former pows. he served honorably while in captivity and he has endorsed my candidacy. the endorsement i ask for the most is yours. let's have conservative record -- representation in the senate. i ask for your vote in the primary august 24. >> i am jim deakin and you have a choice in this election. america is the greatest nation in the w

the first group includes david hardy, eli young, frank fay, and herbert weiner, and elica edimad. you have three minutes. mr. siegel has a time indicator. please respect the time and wrap up in about three minutes. >> my name is david hardy. i have a question. i wonder if it would work to consolidate some of the bus lines. with its save any money to consolidate some of the bus lines -- what its save any money to consolidate some of the bus lines? a short line could be combined with one of the general lines. >>> can you give an example? >> dvd 17 line could be combined with a 2the 29 or 18 lines. i do not know if this would save money. i have seen several times when there has only been one train on the m ocean view line when two were clearly needed. i am sure there are plenty of times when they of had the cars available. you do not have to have a driver on the second car. i am wondering if something can be done about this, having more double trains. that is it. >> good morning. i am talking about -- i want to talk about some concerns that i personally experienced with the muni. i have been living in the city

mr. shelby: madam president, i rise today to offer some remarks on the dodd-frank regulation conference report which is now before the senate. madam president, nearly two years ago, the financial crisis exposed massive deficiencies in the structure and the culture of our financial regulatory system. years of technological advances, product development, and the advent of global capital markets rendered the system ill-suited to achieve its mission in the modern economy. madam president, decades of insulation from accountability distracted regulators from focusing on that mission. instead of acting to preserve safe and sound markets, the regulators primarily became focused on expanding the scope of their bureaucratic reach. and after the crisis which cost trillions of dollars and millions of jobs, it was clear that significant reform was necessary. but despite broad agreement on the need for reform, the majority decided it would rather move forward with a partisan bill. the result is a 2,300-page legislative monster i believe before us that expands the scope and the power of ineffective bureaucra

mr. shelby: madam president, i rise today to offer some remarks on the dodd-frank regulation conference report which is now before the senate. madam president, nearly two years ago, the financial crisis exposed massive deficiencies in the structure and the culture of our financial regulatory system. years of technological advances, product development, and the advent of global capital markets rendered the system ill-suited to achieve its mission in the modern economy. madam president, decades of insulation from accountability distracted regulators from focusing on that mission. instead of acting to preserve safe and sound markets, the regulators primarily became focused on expanding the scope of their bureaucratic reach. and after the crisis which cost trillions of dollars and millions of jobs, it was clear that significant reform was necessary. but despite broad agreement on the need for reform, the majority decided it would rather move forward with a partisan bill. the result is a 2,300-page legislative monster i believe before us that expands the scope and the power of ineffective bureaucra

mr. stinehorn talks about, where do we go from here as far as discussions are concerned not only talking to generations but political strategy about these things? guest: we've got to be frank and honest and stick to the facts. and the facts are that racism, sexism, antisem itism is wrong. that black bigotry, white baggetry, gay bashing, immigrant bashing, all these ways we try to put blame on somebody else always works against the best interest of our country. it depleets our ability to get to the greatness that is there. so if we keep focusing on the facts and run the discussion around that and let that be the litmus test, not what somebody said on a blog or website or what somebody says at a 6:00 p.m. newscast that's uncontrollable. it's got to be around the facts. people have discussions about race every day in communities that never get on tv. they have it at the corner store, they have it when they're meeting the postman, they talk about it on their jobs. we can't assume that it is such a situation where nobody talks about it. i think the people who should be talking about it are not. the bully pull pits are not being used except to react to it. host: you mean the pre

mr. issa, for facilitating this bill coming to the floor. i have been working on this issue along with frank wolf for a very long time. indeed over two decades. congressman wolf and i, congressman wolf from virginia, a republican, myself, serve on the treasury postal committee which is now called the financial services subcommittee of the appropriations committee. that committee many, many years ago, and interestingly enough john berry, who is now the directoff of the -- director of the office of personnel management, was on my staff at that point in time, we worked on this issue of telework which makes so much sense for so many reasons. it saves gas, that's an important issue. it helps the environment in doing so. reduces road congestion. lowers commuting costs for all drivers. helps employees balance work and family and saves employers money. let me speak about the family aspect of this. think to yourself the average commuter certainly in the washington metropolitan area spends some 35 minutes on the road. if you are in my district you spend 45 to an hour on the road. mr. connolly is shaki

mr. stearns: when congress passes a 2,000-page bill it's not surprising to find objectionable items tucked away in the pages. such is the case with the dodd-frank financial reform legislation. this bill creates many new financial regulatory offices for the same federal regulators who failed to perceive the financial collapse in 2008. with this bill congress is giving the american people the gift of more bureaucracy with an office of financial research, a financial stability oversight council, 20 offices of minority and women inclusion, a federal insurance office, an office of fair lending and equal opportunity, an office of investor advocate, ombudsman, consumer financial protection bureau. it goes on and on. note that the problem with fannie mae and freddie mac with a not even addressed. these agencies were the cause of this economic crisis. so this bill is nothing more than a stimulus for more government. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, tate i not only stand in support of continu

mr. speaker, h.r. 4973, the national wildlife refuge volunteer improvement act, was introduced by our colleague from maryland, representative frank kratovil. the national wildlife refuge system encompasses a national network of public lands and waters set aside to conserve habitat and protect natural resources and consequently plays an integral role in our national network of federal public lands. during these difficult economic time the government has looked for efficient and practical solutions to lower costs while maintaining critical refuse system services. the national wildlife refuge volunteer program serve this is purpose. last year, volunteers contributed to more than 1.5 million hours of support, the equivalent of nearly 750 full-time employees. this is better than $7 returned on each $1 invested. the pending measure would make the volunteer program permanent, establish a volunteer coordination strategy and form alingize a reporting schedule to asewer -- assure oversight and compatibility. i ask members on both sides to support passage of this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentle

mr. willard sco scott. >>> everybody should blow out birthday candles and we have some to blow out today. 100 years old today, clifton, new jersey, frankma vonnoh out of chattanoo chattanooga, tennessee. worked out of the munitions plant to help defeat the nazis. and we have verda vanalstine of cobleskill, new york. 103 years old today. wish her a happy birthday. also goes to play the stock market and has fun doing it and loves ballroom dancing. you can't beat that. take a look at george. good old george gordon of lauderhill, florida, 100 years old today. played baseball when he was just a kid. happing greenberg was on the same team. and he says kosher hot dogs has kept him living 100 years. can't beat that. and ferne austin of laingsburg, michigan. lives on her own and says she has a sweet tooth for m&ms. and who doesn't? and finally virgie jarrett from alexander, louisiana. a proud member of the alpha delta kappa sorority. keeps busy going to lunch. i've been doing that almost 100 years. that said, that's all. back to new york. >> hey, willard, thank you so much. while those people enjoy their birthday, someone else enjoying a birthd

mr. stinehorn talks about, where do we go from here as far as discussions are concerned not only talking to generations but political strategy about these things? guest: we've got to be frank and honest and stick to the facts. and the facts are that racism, sexism, antisem itism is wrong. that black bigotry, white baggetry, gay bashing, immigrant bashing, all these ways we try to put blame on somebody else always works against the best interest of our country. it depleets our ability to get to the greatness that is there. so if we keep focusing on the facts and run the discussion around that and let that be the litmus test, not what somebody said on a blog or website or what somebody says at a 6:00 p.m. newscast that's uncontrollable. it's got to be around the facts. people have discussions about race every day in communities that never get on tv. they have it at the corner store, they have it when they're meeting the postman, they talk about it on their jobs. we can't assume that it is such a situation where nobody talks about it. i think the people who should be talking about it are not. the bully pull pits are not being used except to react to it. host: you mean the pre

mr. mccain, you have been criticized for advocating amnesty. you have been quoted as "building that dang fence." is that trying to appeal to the conservative votes of your party? >> thanks, frank. that's a very important question in this debate, object obviously. amnesty means no penalty. in every bill we had had, there were penalties that would be imposed. after the bill was raised in 2006, and i said when i ran for president, and in 20008 and 2009 -- 2008 and 2009 that the borders need to be secured first. we invited the president of the united states to come to the border and see how badly it is out of control. the violence has escalated dramatically. hours ago a car bomb went off in juarez just across the border. 21 mexican citizens were killed just 12 miles south of nogales, arizona. i have been down to see the widow of rob krantz. they should not live in an environment of insecurity. our border is not secure. our 10-point plan completes the fence, surely -- surveillance cape -- capabilities and many other operations, such as operation stoneguard where a repeat crosser will have to go to incarceration for 30, 60, or 90 days. >> thank you very much. mr. deakin? >> we shoul

mr. stinehorn talks about, where do we go from here as far as discussions are concerned not only talking t generations but political strategy about these things? guest: we've got to be frank and honest and stick to the facts. and the facts are that racism, sexism, antisem itism is wrong. that black bigotry, white baggetry, gay bashing, immigrant bashing, all these ways we try to put blame on somebody else always works against the best interest of our country. it depleets our ability to get to the greatness that is there. so if we keep focusing on the facts and run the discussion around that and let that be the litmus test, not what somebody said on a blog or website or what somebody says at a 6:00 p.m. nscast that's uncontrollable. it's got to be around the facts. people have discussions about race every day in communities that never get on tv. they have it at the corner store, they have it when they're meeting the postman, they talk about it on their jobs. we can't assume that it is such a situation where nobody talks about it. i think the people who should be talking about it are not. the bully pull pits are not being used except to react to it. host: you mean the presi

mr. speaker, as americans ask, where are the jobs, we see the job creation of one family at risk thanks to the president's ill-conceived offshore drilling moratorium. steamworks corporation was founded 32 years ago by frank and mary. while frank ran the shop, mary served as secretary an a truck driver to help out. their children grew up sweeping the floors and learning the business. working their way up in a company that today employs 70 people in the district i represent. the president's moratorium will cause them to lay off people soon if production doesn't restart quickly. jobs have already -- are already headed overseas as two rigs have left the gulf. the c.e.o. apologized for the quote, loss of u.s. jobs, unquote, because of the moratorium. mr. speaker, this -- we must lift this job killing moratorium now. americans are tired of asking, where are the jobs? yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. baca: the american people know that we cannot go back to the failed policies of the bush administration and the republicans in congress.