mr hudson requires water rights privately all purchases whole areas outright.hich is what happened in the form of a preacher in. poland springs are nestle's would like to saw the tire area here and get all of its mountain water and sell what all over the world for money regardless of what it does to the college degree they are very very students in dealing with. changing regulations or working within regulations. to meet the demands and the goals that they have if there was no. resistance to them coming to town it would be no office with a good labor policy giving away free coffee the funny part is they give away free water they're giving away a case of free water to the first fifty people every month that come in there and for me it's extremely ludicrous because that water is water that we get when we turn our sink they use it up there and wash their hands. and flush their toilets with the same water. felling is spreading mortar. think of that. in maine opposition is growing many people are angry that nestle is making big money out of the water i meet up again

mr. hudson. in your submitted testimony, you stated these provisions require insurance companies to accept all applicants. even if they wait until they get sick before applying for coverage. the companies are now prohibited from charging premiums based on likely cost. is that accurate? >> yes. >> are you referring to the guaranteed issue and community rating provisions of the affordable care act? >> yes. >> tank you for clarifying that. personally, i can't understand why you would oppose these important protections in the affordable care act. a recent analysis estimates that between 50 million and 129 million nonelderly americans have some kind of pre-existing condition. without the guaranteed issue and community ratings protections, the pre-existing conditions would put them at risk of not being able to obtain health insurance if they are self- employed or experience some other change in life circumstances. story --e heard the she was here earlier. the ranking member described it in his opening

mr. hudson. mr. hudson: i joan my colleagues to voice the strongest on session to the united nations arms trade treaty. by signing this overreaching treaty, the united states is crippling one of our most fundamental right the right to keep and bear arms. the second amendment is our most fundamental right because it ensures we can maintain our other rights. second, by their own admission, the president and his administration have said this vague treaty is difficult to interpret. why engage in an ambiguous and harmful agroment like this? finally the president's own state department said this treaty will have international implications for u.s. arms sales to israel and taiwan. why engage in an agroment that would damage our relationships with two of our strongest allies and give veto power to sell arms to our allies to other nations around the world. i spent the last weekend in a deer stand and cannot imagine allowing the laws of other countries to stop my ability and the ability of other americans to en

good friend from the other side of the hudson narrowly always dressed representative donald payne jr. and i yield to him such time as the gentleman may consume. mr. payne: mr. speaker, i'd like to thank the gentleman from new york for that kind introduction and his consistent leadership on the c.b.c. special order hours. night's topic is african-americans and the labor movement. and it is an american story. historically union members have played a critical role in the civil rights struggles of the past and the involvement continues today. when dr. martin luther king was jailed for civil disobedience, it was unions and union members who came to the legal and financial aid of dr. king. african-american workers have played a pivotal role in strengthening our unions and our economy. the path to the middle class for african-americans has always been through union jobs. and what we see today is an .rosion of that dream people's way of life, what they're used to, the levels of which they're used to live at is eroding. and it is because there's an attack on organized labor in this country from forbeses within this nation -- forces within this nation tha

mr. tadros also spoke about the situation in syria. >> thank you, nina. it's a great pleasure to be here at the hudson institute which is an enormously influential actor in the washington policy debate, and i'm privileged to be here to talk about sam tadros' book. let me first make an announcement on behalf of nina and hudson. here they want you to keep your cell phones on. turn them to silent, but tweet as much as you like. [laughter] a real privilege, as i was saying, to be here to talk about sam tadros' book. i'll say at the outset i'm a sam tadros fan. i think this is an outstanding book. it's a gem of a book. and i want to make four points, and what we're going to do in our procedure here is i'm going to offer a bit of a book review and make four major points, and then i'm going to discuss these with sam. and then we're going to open this up for discussion and debate with all of you. but i get, first, to make observations about this gem of a book. it's not just an insightful and sensitive look at the world of coptic christianity. sam has written a very brave book. it could easily have been, in "m

this past weekend, she and her daughter swam the hudson river to raise money for the leukemia and lymphoma society. swim fromree-mile nyack to sleepy hollow, mrrman. i am not sure either of us could have accomplished that. and amazing feat. but back to the introduction. caroline kennedy was educated in new york and massachusetts and thended the academy of sacred heart. she earned a bachelor of arts at harvard university, her jd from columbia law school, graduating in the top 10% of her class. from there, she embarked on a long and distinguished career, including politics and charitable work. it is a career that leaves me know -- he is well-qualified to take on this great task that awaits her if she is confirmed as the next united states ambassador to japan. caroline kennedy grew up in the public eye, and we as a nation grew up with her, sharing her joys as well as her heart breaks. family built a legacy of service both domestically and globally. she has dedicated her life to public service into the elevation of our public debate, something badly needed these days. she has authored books on the bill of rights, the right to privacy, poetry, and

john hudson, of foreign policy.com reports the english editor of that russian publication indicates mccain has been an active anti-russian politician for many years already. we have been critical of mris stances but we would be pleased to publish a story by such a prominent politician as john mccain. should he take the opportunity to write the op-ed? >> mccain or president obama? >> mccain. >> why not. >> you think president obama should? >> i don't think president obama has much to gain from that unless he and putin start wanting to do it in the "washington post" op-ed page. but as far as president obama doing it, i don't think he has much to gain. for mccain, why not. this is something he talks about a lot. i don't think he has anything to lose. >> what's the response at the national review when you picked up the "new york times" and saw the op-ed from vladimir putin? what was your take? >> well, we thought that -- certainly i thought that putin was sort of doing his victory dance over having gotten this new role in the middle east, that soviet and russian leaders have been trying to get for decades. >> it's a complete insult. he's preening and promoting himself. there's a kernel

mr. chairman just this past weekend she and her daughter totyana swam the hudson river to raise money for leukemia and lymphoma society. it's a 3i all swam to sleepy hollow mr. chairman pubic i'm not sure either of us could have accomplished that amazing feat. but back to the introduction. caroline kennedy was educated in new york and massachusetts and attended the school content of the sacred heart in the concord academy and earned her bachelor's of art that harvard university. her j.d. from columbia law school, graduating in the top 10% of her class. from there she embarked on a long and distinguished career that spanned politics as well as education and charitable work. it's a career that leaves me no doubt she is well qualified to take on this great path that awaits her if she is confirmed as the next united states ambassador to japan. caroline kennedy grew up in the public eye and we as a nation grew up with her sharing heard jul es allows her heartbreak. born into a family that has built a legacy of service both domestic and globally she's dedicated her life to public service and to