mr. hudson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to urge my colleagues to support my amendment that prohibits funds from this appropriations bill from being used to transfer prisoners from guantanamo bay. over the weekend, we were tragically reminded of the very real threat of radical islam hen 49 americans were murdered in the worst terror attack since 9/11. as we continue to mourn and pray for the victims and the families, we must remember we are war with islamic extremist. yet, the president is so focused on closing guantanamo, he ignores the people detained there. the american people are counting on us to protect them. this is a prison that houses some of the world's most dangerous war criminals and hardened terrorists. including some responsible for 9/11. how can this administration guarantee these prisoners won't return to the battlefield? he fact is they can't, and a gutwrenching admission saying former guantanamo inmates are responsible for the deaths of our fellow americans overseas. according to "the washingto

mr. hudson: mr. long asked about the d.o.e. proposing new standards for some products while the underlying test procedures are also changing. would you like to elaborate on how this is a problem for you? mr. mcguire: it's a major issue. because a manufacturer cannot tell whether -- what they have to do to comply with a new standard until they know how to test to it. so that's why the laws to the test procedures come first. but that process is a little out of whack right now. so we, in the case of portable air conditioners, we've had to comment on a proposed standard before we knew what the final test procedure was. that's really impossible to do. but that's what we're forced to do under the current process that's being employed. mr. hudson: that seems like it's not serving the best interest of the people either. if we aren't getting a true assessment of the results of these tests. obviously see why that's a mistake. many of your manufacturers make several regulated products and face multiple rules. what's the challenge sort of

mr. rock hudson has acquired immune deficiency syndrome. >> it was a huge news story and rock hudson hadovie stars of three decades prior to that. >> rock hudson made more than 60 movies, earning an oscar nomination for "giant" with elizabeth taylor in 1956. >> hudson came to get treatment under an ex-peefrmtal treatments. >> immediately after finding the virus, started looking for treatments. rock hudson went there, many other people went there. the united states of america didn't have anything. >> the disclosure comes as aids victims and allies in this country are becoming increasingly impatient with what they see as lack of commitment to conquer the disease. >> everybody is saddened rock hudson has aids, people should be sad that almost 12,000 other americans have aids. >> it was ironic when rock hudson was on the cover of "people" magazine. you focus on him. >> mr. hudson returned to los angeles in order to be in a familiar environment and to be cared for by his own physicians. >> you have money that the media spent getting that helicopter shot getting him on the gurney from paris, m

mr. hudson said we live in a neighborhood and have two grandchildren i brought an overheads. >> yes. >> i brought an overhead to show you what in the general vicinity in addition to edward at second the marshall local marshall arts facility mr. hudson mentioned people wants smoke son is premises that is one of the regulations i cemented that not accepting the medical marijuana i'm a biologist we all live several hundreds feet away i have experience with my children being exposed to machinery smokers near a facility i oppose this location this is specific location because of reasons and so if you look at the overhead we have the little gateers preschool and the preschool on lombard street sf art that has in the cal hallow playground all within a few blocks of this location so i wanted to the board to consider that. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm sarah i share the zip code with the proposed location and work with many families in the marina as a family coach a member of the junior league and an affordable housing i didn't do runner i finished under four hours and practici

mr. hudson for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank the panel for being here today. very informative discussion. which of your appliances have been regulated multiple times? do you believe we're reaching a point of diminishing returns with this serial rule making. >> virtually all of our products have been regulated multiple times. the current refrigerator standard that's been in effect since last year is the fourth version of that standard. same for dishwashers. the rule i mentioned that was proemzed last year was the fifth division. we believe we reached the point of diminishing returns in the last tranche of standards negotiated through the consensus process. we think standards going forward for most of our products are not justified on the economics or the energy savings. >> appreciate that. mr. long asked one of the other panelists about the issue of having the d.o.e. propose new standards for some products while the underlying test procedures are also changing. would you like to elaborate on how this is a problem for you? >> it's a major issue because a manufac

mr. hudson, for five minutes. >> thank the panel for being here today. mr. mcguire, which of your appliances have been regulated multiple times? do you believe we're reaching a point of diminishing marginal returns? >> virtually all of our products have been regulated multiple times. the current refrigerator standard is the fourth version of that standard. same for dishwashers. rule i mentioned proposed last year was the fifth revision. so we believe we hit the point of diminishing returns in the last tranche of standards negotiated in the process. we think standards going forward for most of our products are not justified on the economics or the energy savings. >> mr. long asked one of the other panelists about this, having the d.o.e. propose new standards for some products while the underlying test procedures are also changing. would you like to elaborate? >> it's a major issue because a manufacturer cannot tell what they have to do to comply with a new standard until they know how to test to it. that's why the loss of the test procedures come first. but t

thank you, mr speaker, and thank you, prime minister, and rose hudson-wilkin, our wonderful chaplain, for accompanying me to the vigil for jo last friday at the priestley statue in the centre of the lovely town of birstall. we, all of us, were moved by the unity and warmth of the crowd brought together in grief and solidarity. i have been very moved by the public outpourings since her deaththe hundreds of letters and emails we have all received in solidarity with jo's family in their hour of griefand by the outpouring of charitable donations to causes close to her heart, the white helmets, hope not hate, and the royal voluntary service. last night, my hon. friend the member for islington south and finsbury and i held a vigil outside our town hall, one of hundreds of vigils attended by tens of thousands of people right across our land who are so shocked by what has happened and want to express that shock and grief. i also want to thank the other parties in this house, which have offered their sympathy and support at this very difficult time. we are united in grief at her loss, and we m

mr. david satter, a senior fellow from the hudson institute. thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. we have mr. vladimir kara-murza. i know you were at an earlier hearing we had this year, and all of us wanted to have you back. we thank you for making the effort to be here. so with that, mr. satter, if you would begin with about five minutes, we would appreciate it. we'll move to mr. kara-murza. now it's on. good, thank you. >> thank you, senator. i'm very glad to be here. -- ine a short, victorious war to boost the rating at that point of president yeltsin, who was suffering because of the aftereffects of privatization and the impoverishment of the population. the war proved to be neither short nor victorious. second chechen war was undertaken in order to guarantee the succession to yeltsin. this is one of the most important episodes of russian history. also one about which americans are very much in the dark. a terrorist act took place. it was used to justify a new war in chechnya. yeltsin -- putin, rather, who was very little known, became the prime minister. took charge of that w

mr. david s att er from the hudson institute. mir karamoza.i know you were at an earlier hearing we had this year and all of us wanted to have you come back. we thank you for making the effort to be here. so with that, if you would begin with about five minutes e would appreciate it. >> thank you, senator. i am very glad to be here. very anxious to talk about u.s.-russian relations. not only from the point of view of policies, treaties, and bilateral arrangements, but also very important question which informs all of the latter, which is the spirit of russia. oftentimes we make policy on the assumption that the spirit of russia is actually very little different from the spirit of the united states. this is one of the reasons why we often are surprised by russian behavior. if we take it for granted that the leaders of a country are dedicated to the national interests and the welfare of the population of the country we find it hard to understand a country in which the leadership is totally indifferent to the welfare of the population. if we take

hudson and it goes right over the bridge into new york. >> reporter: and avoids the tax. >> and avoids the tax. >> reporter: you're saying what's happening in new york -- >> will happen here. >> reporter: mr. day has been in this business since he was six years old. he says his firm will pay all the taxes philadelphia wants but suspects there will be others who will skirt the law and the tax. everyone including the mayor is expecting a legal challenge of the new tax. today a coalition against the tax announced that it has retained the law firm of kline and specter to pursue legal action. live in yeadon, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> thank you, john. >>> broad street is getting a makeover just in time for the democratic national convention next month. former governor and current host committee chair ed rendell helped announce the plans today. a new mile long mural will be painted along south broad from city hall top washington avenue to represent the city's beauty and diversity. the horticultural society is hoping to soften the urban landscape by creating a garden walkway along north broad from city hall to race street. >> we're adding a beautiful border of perennial pl

mr. speaker. and thank you to the prime minister, and to rose hudson wilkins, our wonderful chaplain, for accompanying me to the vigil for jo last friday. at the priestly statute in the center of that lovely town. we, all of us, were moved by the energy and warmth of the crowd brought together in grief and solidarity. i've been very moved when the public outpourings since her death. the hundreds of letters and e-mails we've all received in solidarity with joe's family in their hour of grief. and by the outpouring of charitable donations to causes close to her heart, hope not hate, and the royal voluntary services. last night my honorable friend the member for south and myself held a vigil outside our townhall. one of hundreds of vigils attended by tens of thousands of people the right across our land who are so shocked i what happened, and what to express that shock and grief. also what you think of the parties in this house who offered their sympathy and support at this very difficult time. we united in grief at her loss, and we must be aware her killing is an attack on our democracy. it is an attack