i would like to ask mr. gregg to come up or mr. harney to speak to what would be agreeable. there have been some offers made today. i looked at this yesterday. we talked about increasing, cutting out the portion of the living room of unit one, which would allow more light and air. apparently, they have done that. it seems as though the amount is not adequate for what to expect. >> there is no question that each of the -- each increment of cutting back the existing structure is an improvement. i believe that the pictures i showed of the mass of the building as it would affect the outlook from those buildings, from the tenants windows, would be essentially the same. it is just that the plane of the wall that faced the tenants in harney's building would be farther back. commissioner antonini: i understand that. of course, if you move a building from two feet up to 6 feet away from a particular building by increasing or making a matching light well, you're still going to see that building. you will let more light and air in as a result. i'm trying to say, what is it that specifi

gregg, republican call. caller: mr. lahood, let me ask you about amtrak and the government running that, and they are losing money. also, you are thinking about more rail systems and the government running it? we are in debt up to our eyes. guest: no question, and the president has called legislative leaders to continue the conversation about how we reduce the debt and deficit. but you can have debt and deficit and you can also have priorities. we are going to continue to have priorities. amtrak made money last year. ridership was way up. people are using amtrak, particularly in the northeast corridor. amtrak is doing well because they are providing a service at a cost that people can afford, and they're trained to arrive on time. that is why amtrak is doing better. the reason we are promoting passenger rail is because the president has a vision for alternative forms of transportation. we have never had a president that has invested this amount of money to get people onto trains. high-speed intercity rail is coming to a

gregg, republican call. caller: mr. lahood, let me ask you about amtrak and the government running that, and they are losing money. also, you are thinking about more rail systems and the government running it? we are in debt up to our eyes. guest: no question, and the president has called legislative leaders to continue the conversation about how we reduce the debt and deficit. but you can have debt and deficit and you can also have priorities. we are going to continue to have priorities. amtrak made money last year. ridership was way up. people are using amtrak, particularly in the northeast corridor. amtrak is doing well because they are providing a service at a cost that people can afford, and they're trained to arrive on time. that is why amtrak is doing better. the reason we are promoting passenger rail is because the president has a vision for alternative forms of transportation. we have never had a president that has invested this amount of money to get people onto trains. high-speed intercity rail is coming to a

mr. allman him self. back in 1971. he looks good after that liver transplant. good luck, gregg. thanks for being with us had. i'm dr. sanjay gupta. time to get you back to the newsroom to get a check on your top stories making news right now. >>> good morning. a major victory overnight for the gay rights movement. new york becomes the sixth state to approve same sex marriage. >>> also the casey anthony trial resumes this morning after both her mother and brother cried on the witness stand yesterday. >>> and this morning we could be hearing from the man who found 2-year-old caylee's body. >>> also, imagine this, folks. having sex in your own house and going to jail for it. it's happening. we'll explain. that's coming your way at the bottom of the hour. >>> but let's start in new york right now where same sex marriage is now legalized. the bill passed the legislature last night to a wave of applause and cheers. >> ayes 33, nays 29. [ cheers and applause ] >> that was the reaction in albany, new york. governor cuomo made new york the sixth state to approve same sex marriage. we go live to new york this morning. good mo

mr. cain, i'll ask you. you're a businessman who at least supported the tarp program. former senator judd gregg was one of the architects of that program during the late hours of the bush administration and you said we needed to do something drastic because we were facing a very drastic situation. >> i said financial meltdown and concluded on my own we needed to do something drastic, yes. when the concept of tarp was first presented to the public, i was willing to go along with it. but then when the administration starts to implement it on a discretionary basis, picking winners and losers, and also directing funds to general motors and others that had nothing to do with the financial system, that's where i totally disagreed. we should -- the government should not be selecting winners and losers and i don't believe in this concept of too big to fail. if they fail the free market will figure out who's going to pick up the piecings. >> let's stay on this topic. let's bring in tom fahey into the conversation. he has a question. tom? >> thank you, john. i wanted to ask governor romney about the auto

mr. coats: i want to thank my colleague from oregon, senator wyden, for working with me and particularly working for senator gregg, who is now retired from this chamber. but they spent an extraordinary amount of time, very productive time but very time-consuming time trying to put together a comprehensive tax reform, which as senator wyden has said, has been 25 years since we have tackled the tax code to try to simplify it, to try to take out egregious things that have been put in there over the years that may benefit a special few but don't begin to address the average taxpayer, the middle-income taxpayer who is bearing a very substantial burden of taxes paid in this country. probably the most egregious provision in there, as senator wyden said, the poster child for the current dysfunction of the tax code in our tax system is the alternative minimum tax. senator wyden and senator gregg, the program that they put together -- and senator gregg urged me as i was coming into the senate and he was leaving, to work with senator wyden in terms of keeping this bipartisan effort going forward. and i've had the pleasure o

mr. chairman, and thank you to jamie and his team. lisa, david, come, greggjeffrey for helping us make this reality. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> he's saving his voice for hurrica season is available at request. [laughter] >> thank you come all of you. let me ask my colleagues if you have any questions. >> i think it is great news we are going to do a test of the úa system. ú it's a ú national challenge buta also in national opportunity toú develop a system that we are going to increasingly rely on t@ deal with national crises and weather emergencies and man-made emergencies and anbar alerts and objected children, and i want to highlight two things. i want to commend the public-private partnership that is behind this. he mentioned the stakeholders and participants and it's a pretty wide range of folks, so getting them all working together and coordinated and pulling together for the common good is admirable and i congratulate you on that. it works best when we can do that we found that out during the dtv transition just a couple of years ago. i also want

mr. chairman, i'd like to recognize the staff for all of the work and the time that they have put into this bill, from the minority committee staff i'd like to thank danny and michael and gregg from my personal staff. from the majority committee staff, i'd like to thank tim peterson, sue, siri and tracy as well as alec and evan. from the chairman's personal office. i'd also like to thank mr. dicks, ranking member, and mr. rogers who set the standard for the committee and for the subcommittees in their collegial relationship and they've worked together and their effort to make sure that we move these appropriations bills through regular order. i appreciate that very much and i reserve the balance of my time, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: mr. speaker, it's my privilege to yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished chairman of the full committee. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding this time. i want to at the outset congratulate him on a great job on this bill. he and his terrific staff

mr. chairman, i'd like to recognize the staff for all of the work and the time that they have put into this bill, from the minority committee staff i'd like to thank danny and michael and gregg from my personal staff. from the majority committee staff, i'd like to thank tim peterson, sue, siri and tracy as well as alec and evan. from the chairman's personal office. i'd also like to thank mr. dicks, ranking member, and mr. rogers who set the standard for the committee and for the subcommittees in their collegial relationship and they've worked together and their effort to make sure that we move these appropriations bills through regular order. i appreciate that very much and i reserve the balance of my time, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: mr. speaker, it's my privilege to yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished chairman of the full committee. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding this time. i want to at the outset congratulate him on a great job on this bill. he and his terrific staff