mr. pilpel: i suggest replacing"nopa" with north of the panhandle. mr. mcdonnell: if you eliminate the institutions, you have eliminated the disk -- the descriptions from the task force. referring in this case to bthe submission, -- >> i would just propose -- never mind. i will stop talking. mr. mcdonnell: ok. mr. pilpel: i suggest replacing nopa. i would add cole valley. we can discuss lower hataight. mr. mcdonnell: objection to japan town-fillmore? objection to the north of panhandle? objection to cole valley? all right. there will be three neighborhoods listed or recognized in d 5. can we -- >> can we keep in those listed here? mr. mcdonnell: ok. the proposal to list each of them. any objection to listing them? any objection? we move forward. district 6. from the consultants, we remove all of those. referring to ms. tidwell's list. >> we left the tenderloin out entirely. that was one of our primary concerns. mr. mcdonnell: we are on 6 now. so, tenderloin. >> we look at district consultants now? where are we? mr. mcdonnell: we are on district 6. this is

mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on h.r. 4305 as amended, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. chabot: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the house is still not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. members are reminded not to traffic the well. the gentleman from ohio. mr. chabot: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 4305, a commonsense bipartisan bill which would increase resources for local law enforcement to aid in the recovery of missing children and elderly adults. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house will be in order. members are reminded to take their conversations off the floor. the gentleman from ohio may continue. mr. chabot: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd also like to thank my colleague, mr. deutch of florida, for his di

i wanted to have that out there. mr. mcdonnell: ok. we will go back to the consultants one more time so we can appreciate what we're looking at. what exactly are we looking at? >> when i compiled this list of neighborhoods, i looked at each district and looked through the list of publicly submitted neighborhood boundaries. i also looked at the planning neighborhood boundaries, and also looked at the department of elections boundaries. in any case where any of these neighborhoods were intact in the district, then those names made it onto this list. >> can i add clarity around my list? mr. mcdonnell: you don't have to. >> at 11:30 at night, i drafted neighborhoods, glancing at the map and sort of generally guessing. for instance, central richmond, as somebody lives in that area, i suggested those. i do think there is a slight difference as opposed to the richmond. just want to clarify that. >> one last note on what i submitted. if there is no parentheses with a note at the end, it is just the neighborhood boundaries, unless otherwise note

mr. van hollen: i thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank my colleague, mr. levin. look, i was just listening to the previous speaker. the issue is not whether we reduce our long-term deficits. we got to do that. the question is how, and every bipartisan group that has looked at this issue has said, in order to do this in a smart and credible way we have to make some additional tough cuts in reform but we need to raise additional revenue. and if we don't raise any more revenue, it means that everybody else is going to get hit even harder. seniors on medicare will have to pay more through the voucher plan than our republican colleagues have proposed. kids' education voucher -- education grants and loans will be cut. our investment in infrastructure will be cut. so what we've said is let's take that balanced approach to reducing the deficit and folks that have done very well need to contribute more to helping our country in that very well. and our republican colleagues have said, no, no, no. we're not going to ask people like warren buffett or mitt romney or very wealt

mr. speaker. i think mr. -- i thank mr. dold -- i think mr. dold dealt very well with many of the specifics of h.r. 2827, relating to the regulation of municipal advisors. so before i lose people, i want to briefly talk about the process that brought the bill to this point and to thank a lot of people for their contributions to the final legislation. as you've heard, the bill that passed the financial services committee by 60-0 reflects the legislative process at its absolute best. it was a collaborative effort between republicans, democrats, issuers and market participants and very, very diligent staffers on both sides of the aisle. if there's a single element that is most responsible for the bill getting to this point, it is the integrity of the people involved. it speaks to their professionalism, that they stayed at the table and negotiated with the singular purpose of getting to the best result for the municipal market. there were times when the issues were tough and the disagreements real. times when it would have been very easy for people

i saw mr. van hollen on television this morning, it was the first i'd heard of his proposal so i had toance -- i had a chance to go and look at it today and also had a chance to look at the c.b.o. report that was performed on it. and saw some interesting things. i don't know if we've discussed fully here today, it raises taxes by $85 billion other the 10-year window. according to the c.b.o., it raises spending by almost $80 billion. this is a refrain i used to hear a lot when i was younger, taxes and spend, taxes and spending, raise taxes, increase spending. mr. duncan: i thought it was gone from today's party across the aisle burr here it is alive and well in mr. van hollen's substitute, raising taxes and raising spending, a deficit re ducks of $5 billion, it increases the deficit by $5 billion in the first year. it does that, part and parcel but offering what they call the buffett rule. the last time i came to this well, i believe the gentleman from maryland and i had an exchange about whether

mr. chairman. i thank chairman upton for his leadership on the solyndra investigation. and i also thank chairman stearns for the great work you did to really, no pun intended, bring this issue to light, the issue with solyndra over the past year. last week was the solyndra anniversary of the bankruptcy filing, a bankruptcy -- an anniversary that was by no means met with parades around the country. i held town hall meetings in my district which they talked about responsibility, responsibility of the federal government to watch how our dollars are being spent to make sure that the federal taxpayer dollars are being spent wisely. and then they talk about solyndra. they don't talk about solyndra and say, you know, you should have kept giving them money. why didn't those people keep giving solyndra money? they talk about how did it happen in the first place. how did a committee that said no then come back and say yes? how did a committee succumb to political pressure, to put on a press conference for the

and i have to say, mr. chairman, on my committee, a lot of our discussion on a variety of issues talks about private property rights. and when we have debate on that and we have votes on amendments on those issues, i find it rather ironic that the party of the gentleman offering this amendment always tend to vote against those amendments that protect private property rights. once again, this amendment, the net result would be to give the federal bureaucracy a bill -- ability to slow down carrying out this act. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from minnesota. the gentleman has 11 fourts minutes remaining -- 1 1/4 minutes remaining. mr. ellison: i'll reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: i only have one other speakers and we have the right to close. so if the gentleman wants to use his time we'll -- the chair: the gentleman from minnesota. mr. ellison: c

mr. camp: i yield another additional 30 seconds. mr. paulsen: we cannot allow them to circumvent congress and undermine welfare-work requirements. i urge my colleagues to support the resolution and yield back the balance of my time. mr. levin: i now yield 1 1/2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from new york, charles rangel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. rangel: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rangel: thank you. i thank you for allowing me this opportunity to participate in the republican presidential campaign. because that's exactly what this is. i saw a commercial with a white guy working and sweating and, looked like america to me, except they had something in there about president obama wanting people who didn't want to work and all they had to do was have a welfare check. i thinkle it had something like, i paid for this commercial or something like that. i'm part of it. that's the first time i hav

mr. speaker. i rise in support of the has orderous waste electronic manifest establishment act as amended. mr. speaker, this legislation will establish a centralized federal electronic manifest system for tracking hazardous waste for both the federal government and the states and will pay for it through the collection of user fees. protecting the public from hazardous waste is certainly a critical mission of the department of transportation and e.p.a. both departments in coordination with industry and state agencies have been vigilant in the treatment and transport of hazardous waste because of the safeguards established by the hazardous waste manifest system. paper manifests provides shipping information to help with the tracking of potentially dangerous materials and information about the contents of each shipment for emergency responders. the requirements of the current system were established over 30 years ago. since 2001, e.p.a. has proposed a nearly paperless manifest system which would reduce

as we have completed each of the draft maps. >> i see, thank you. mr. mcdonnell: okay, any other additions to the appendices? >> i asked if that is duplicative? >> needs and bounce our defense from the district descriptions. they will take about eight, 10 hours. little description as a rough summer rates so that people can follow along. we have the district descriptions, and those are already on the website. i'm not sure if you wanted us to do district descriptions before those are completed. there are more formal. -- they are mor formal. >> when i spoke with john, he indicated before the actual final map, he would have to work with the consultant. since they are waiting for precincts and such, he was indicating a final product would not be available for about a month or more. maybe just the final draft map, where we are doing it now with descriptions? like, monday? >> i think he might be talking about something different. they're starting to precinct monday, based on our lines, and then they're making allies available five years. they're getting a fin

mr. chairman, i commend mr. gosar for offering this amendment and i sincerely encourage my colleagues to support it. the chair: the gentleman from arizona reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. waxman: mr. chairman, the e.p.a. is not going to shut down the power plant, but if this amendment passes they can do nothing to get some reductions in pollution and work with the power plant to accomplish that goal. i'd like to now yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from new mexico. the chair: the gentleman from new mexico is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. lujan: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to the amendment. this amendment is being offered under the guise of protecting tribal sovereignty when we have seen the complete opposite from the majority during this congress. we have seen time and time again the majority's unwillingness to ignore tribal issues that are important to indian country, case in point is a bill the gentleman from arizona, mr. gosar, sponsored, h.r. 1904, entitled the s

i saw mr. van hollen on television this morning, it was the first i'd heard of his proposal so i had toance -- i had a chance to go and look at it today and also had a chance to look at the c.b.o. report that was performed on it. and saw some interesting things. i don't know if we've discussed lly here today, it raises taxes by $85 billion other the 10-year window. according to the c.b.o., it raises spending by almost $80 billion. this is a refrain i used to hear a lot when i was younger, taxes and spend, taxes and spendi, raise taxes, increase spending. mr. duncan: i thought it was gone from today's party across the aisle burr here it is alive and well in mr. van hollen's substitute, raising taxesnd raising spending, a deficit re ducks of $5 billion, it increases the deficit by $5 llion in the first year. it does that, part and parcel but offering what they call the buffett rule. the last time i came to this well, i believe the gentleman from maryland and i had an exchange about whether my amen

mr. hastings: i have 3 1/2 minutes? the chair: you do. mr. hastings: i do. i'll be more than happy to yield to the author of the legislation that accompanies title 1 of this bill, the gentleman from ohio, mr. johnson. the chair: the gentleman from ohio. mr. johnson: i thank you, mr. speaker, mr. chairman, for yielding the time. i must say my colleague just commented on the brucks' rewrite of the -- bush administration' rewrite that took five years. he called that as a midnight rewrite. my goodness, that was a really long night. it took five years to do it. you know, today i rise in strong support of legislation that i've sponsored to stop the administration's job-destroying war on coal. this legislation is in direct response to the president's ongoing rewrite of the string buffer zone rule, a rule that according to the administration's own estimates would cost at least 7,000 direct jobs and potentially tens of thousands direct and indirect jobs. mere days after assuming office, president obama set out to rewrite this rule, cut coal production up to 50% in ame

mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. -- mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield

as i recognize mr. meeks, i would like to say members have come up to me from both sides of the aisle and have indicated that they wanted to be able to talk about this. one of them is our friend from virginia, mr. moran and he handed me some talking points and i ask unanimous consent for them to be included in the record as well. i yield time to my very, very good friend from new york, mr. meeks. the speaker pro tempore: request is covered by general leave. mr. dreier: great. so it's going to be in there. the speaker pro tempore: if the gentleman wishes to ask for it. mr. dreier: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks for general leave and any great remarks they would like to include in the record and with that, i recognize my colleague, mr. meeks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. meeks: this is a bipartisan bill that makes common sense, common sense that we get this done. so, as i stand here today, i sa

so as i understand it, mr. president, the request that i made has been objected to, the request that the the senator from arizona made, that's been objected to. is that right? a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader's original request as to h.r. 8 has not been objected to. mr. kyl: the leader is right with regard to intentions. his intentions was to object to my request. mine is to object to his request and i do object. the presiding officer: objections are heard. mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: last month the senate finance committee reported legislation, bipartisan legislation, by the way, on what are called the tax extenders. the finance committee tax extender legislation addresses a significant part of the so-called fiscal cliff. the finance committee bill would extend relief from the alternative minimum tax through 2013. it would extend tax incentives for re

i would also, mr. president extend my appreciation to all senators who have been involved in this contentious issue for a while at least and especially senator thune who has helped us work through this and a number of other things. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

mr. harkin: i thank the senator. mrs. boxer: so i will finish up and just say to you this: however you look at this, this ryan budget is a road map for disaster for the american people. he cuts the heart out of things the american people like. the american people want clean air, they want safe drinking water, they want medicare, they want to make sure our seniors can be safe in nursing homes. the american people want transportation, and they don't want to be worried if a car is on a bridge that's going to fall down into the water buy low -- the water below. it's a happened. and here's the deal. if you were to say to mr. ryan, are you cutting all of this so you can balance the budget today? he would say, oh, no, no, no, that's 25 years from now. what he doing from the savings -- quote, unquote -- "savings"? i'll close with this. people earning more than $1 million a year are going to receive $400,000 more in tax breaks every year. so he cuts everything to give these tax breaks to the people who already have millions and bil

so i say no to f. >> all right. mr. lagos. >> i agree with everyone and on the grounds it's too costly and if it's not needed. if it's not broken you don't have to fix it and i would vote no on f and in my opinion possibly a cynical ploy to privatize water distribution to san francisco, so i would definitely oppose it. >> thank you sir. mr. rogers. >> i too say no on f and the assumption with this proposition is that it would be torn down. they're studying it, so they're trying to plan or justify a reason to tear down the hetch hetchy dam and i think it's a bad idea. they have other places where they're studying water reuse here in san francisco, and we do need to have water reuse. san francisco is the only city in california that doesn't use any water reuse. orange county it's up to 65%. it's a very high%. we use the cleanest water in the nation to wash our streets. that just can't happen. we need water reuse but that doesn't mean we need to give up on hetch hetchy. >> i can scnt guarantee i won't hit the 15 seconds and

mr. hall: i thank you, mr. ourse rise today in support of h.r. 6007, north texas zebra mussel barrier act of 2012. and when i read in the papers and hear in the press that republicans and democrats can't get together on anything, well, we're together on something today. i think the gentleman adequately described the enemy. north texas has a very serious problem with this invasive aquatic species called the zebra mussel. i'd never heard of them before. i hope i never hear of them again. zebra mussel is going to attack probably just about anything. they infest and cover rocks, attach to boats and docks and clog water pipelines. north texas has a unique situation due to a texas-oklahoma boundary charge and a change that required congressional solution. you know, you hear people say, it takes congress to get something accomplished. well, that's what we're doing today. our local water folks have been working extremely hard to prevent the spread of zebra mussels while attempting to provide enough clean water for our c

mr. alonso? >> i would prefer that it remain separate. >> ok, thank you. ms. melara. >> i'd include it. >> ms. lam? >> include. >> ms. mondejar? >> include. >> mr. pill -- pilpel? >> i think i would include it except for the last sentence. >> we're not going to it. in or out? does that change your vote is the question? fully appreciating your point of view. does that change your vote? >> i stated my point of view. that's the best i can do. >> what's your vote? >> i've stated my point of view. i would include it except for the last snefpblets that's it. -- sentence. that's it. >> mr. schreiber? >> yes, on balance, yes. >> ms. tidwell? >> i apologize for -- >> sorry, the question are we looking at the individual member submissions and whether there's consensus around them sufficient to include them in the body or keep them as individual submissions and the first one we're visiting is member leigh's. >> i apologize member leevement i will go with the group. >> so it will be included in the body. >> safety concerns in the neighborhood and whether it should be made

mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent, mr.resident, that the bill be read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate, any statements related to this matter be placed in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask consent that the senate proceed to s. res. 551. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 51, commending the four american public servants who died in benghazi libya, including ambassador j. christopher stevens for their efforts on behalf of the american people in condemning the attack on the united states consulate in benghazi. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i now ask that the resolution be bread to the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate, and all senators be added as cosponsors to the resolution, that any at the same times related to this

mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i might consume. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 406 this legislation was introduced by our colleague, congressman walter jones. it simply amends the federal election's campaign act of 1971 to permit candidates for election for federal office to designate an individual who would be authorized to disburse campaign funds in the event of the death of the candidate. every private citizen who decides to become a candidate for public office is driven by issues that inspire and motivate them to want to serve. often those issues outlive the individuals who champion their ideals. this this bill will ensure that every candidate can appoint a trusted individual to distribute campaign funds in the event they die. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 406 and i would reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i yield myself as mu

when i think of mr. alaska, when i think of mr. lahood, i think of the comradery we have shared on the committees working together to get things done and look up and many of them are leaving. it is so unfortunate that we are losing such a stellar example of the commitment needed to be even effective public servant. he began his public service at an early age working in law enforcement while attending college. he has built his career on bipartisanship and depend built and has always kept the needs of his constituents and the american people foremost in his mind and close to his heart. congressman costello is a devoted family man, who treasures his wife, georgia, and their three children and eight grandchildren. and i have shared with georgia a trip around the world where we became almost like family. unique perspective and be much more effective as a member of congress. i remember one time we went on the trip and at the last minute georgia couldn't go and we ended up being seat mates all the way and he said at the end, i enjoyed you

mrs. bono mack i recognize my colleague, mr. rigell, for five minutes. mr. rigell: i thank the gentlelady for yielding and thank my colleagues for being here tonight to support a great and much needed piece of legislation. and i rise in support of the drywall safety act of 2012. this is a bill about protecting the american family, both their physical health and financial health. mr. speaker, this is about doing what is right to address a terrible injustice that is followed upon so many families, many of overwhelm who live in the second congressional district of virginia. these are families that are reeling financially and also in their health has been damaged because of drywall that was manufactured in a detective manner in china and installed in homes across our great land. they are friends and neighbors, hard-working folks who saved and both homes and were living the american dreams. and their dreams, mr. speaker, so often has turned into a true nightmare. their children have developed bloody noses and respiratory ailments. i have met with these families an

mr. speaker, thank you very much. first, i join the american people and members of congress in extending my deepest sympathy to the families of the four americans killed yesterday in libya. it was such a tragedy. mr. speaker, there's another tragedy. it's called afghanistan. like most of my closing last month, i was home, been here in washington three days and back home as well as the last three days here, more and more people coming in concerned about budget cuts, worried about sequestration and we are all hearing it. and yet there's no debate about afghanistan. it just keeps going on and on and on. i'm pleased to say next thursday, a group of democrats and republicans have joined me for a press conference. the author of this book called "funding the enemy." subtitle, "how u.s. taxpayers bank roll the taliban." the author of this book is coming to washington next wednesday and we will hold a news conference at 10:00. the reason for this is to continue to remind congress the american people are for -- excuse me -- has been spe

i know in mr. wolfe's circumstances he is specifically interested in sunshine and transparency and open government and for that reason i would like to support him as well. i want to recognize supervisor farrell's comments though regarding the fact that -- (no audio) -- i do want to give him an opportunity to do so, to meet with my colleagues and see if he's able to garner some other support. if it isn't, i suspect -- i know that this item will then come back and be referred to rules committee. i know mr. oka, i'm a huge fan of mr. oka. i'm glad that he's interested in this committee. unfortunately his application did not come in by the the time we agendized the rules committee and for that reason i feel for the sake of the process and honoring the process i will be supporting moving this motion out to the full board. but i do think that there is some -- i do think that supervisor farrell had brought some valid concerns but i want to give mr. wolfe that opportunity to lobby and make his case to other

i might also add, mr. ut spending, look to real entitlement reform and raise revenue. if you don't do all three, then frankly you won't achieve your goal. we have seen a budget proposed by the house republican budget leader, congressman paul ryan of wisconsin, the republican nominee for vice president, which unfortunately is -- does not reach that goal because he preserves tax cuts for the highest income people in this country instead of asking some sacrifice, some effort that they pay their fair share. he extends spending in the department of defense at beyond war-time levels despite the fact that president obama has successfully brought the war in iraq to a close and is doing the same in afghanistan. you can't do those two things and reach real deficit reduction in a meaningful way, in a timely way. unfortunately, congressman ryan's budget does not pass the basic test of arithmetic. i hope that when we consider important spending like this veterans job corps bill, that we find ways to pay for it, to offse

i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. lautenberg: i ask unanimous consent that the calling of the roll be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lautenberg: mr. president, today marks a time in america that must always in the future be remembered. it can't be forgotten because it was the worst day on american soil in modern times, the worst day. it was the attack on the world trade center in new york, shanksville, pennsylvania, the fact is right here at the pentagon, there was an attack as well, and the -- these attacks put together such a horrific toll that we must constantly be reminded, and we are every day of the year, we are reminded that -- how terrible this attack was. it was an unimaginable thing. the picture that we saw on tv this morning, if anyone turned on a tv, on almost every station there was a picture of the strike at the world trade center, an airplane running int

mr. wagner's comments? >> i think mr. wagner raises a good point, mainly on a perception issue. what i believe the board is seeking and what i felt i could do without putting myself in a conflict situation is simply report to the board what this commission did and what findings it made. essentially reiterating the written document. the board wants someone there to be able to make that presentation and answer questions. i don't think there is an ideal solution to who that right person should be. if it were the chair, it would be awkward, because the chair is the one dissenter from the decision. if it one member of four-person majority, that would be awkward, because that person may be asked questions to speak for the entire majority and not feel comfortable doing that. if it were me, there is some awkwardness with the legal advice that i might be called upon to present to the board and what i hope to be a very dry and neutral presentation of what the findings are here. but it puts me in some of the an awkward situation, so i don't disagree with mr. wagner, but it may be the best o

mr. price: i thank my colleague for yielding. mr. dreier and i have partnered for many years and the work of the house democracy partnership which we and many others in this body believe in very deeply, that we need to be good colleagues, not just nationally but internationally and we need to reach out in ways that can strengthen democracy, strengthen institutions in countries that are friends of our country and we can help bring those parliaments along. that's exactly why we visited libya back in the spring. a delegation led by mr. dreier. we were there a few weeks before ambassado stevens arrived and i think it's fair to say that we were struck by the promise of libya. of course they've had 42 years of dictatorial rule. the country has been liberated. there's still major challenges. obviously security challenges as we are lening in a tragic way today, but the country is gradually being secured. elections have been held and parliamentary elections are on the way. so we have great pe for libya and we will be a friend to libya. we have

mr. price: i thank my colleague for yielding. mr. dreier and i have partnered for many years and the work of the house democracy partnership which we and many others in this body believe in very deeply, that we need to be good colleagues, not just nationally but internationally and we need to reach out in ways that can strengthen democracy, strengthen institutions in countries that are friends of our country and we can help bring those parliaments along. that's exactly why we visited libya back in the spring. a delegation led by mr. dreier. we were there a few weeks before ambassador stevens arrived and i think it's fair to say that we were struck by the promise of libya. of course they've had 42 years of dictatorial rule. the country has been liberated. there's still major challenges. obviously security challenges as we are learning in a tragic way today, but the country is gradually being secured. elections have been held and parliamentary elections are on the way. so we have great hope for libya and we will be a friend to libya. we

and if i may now address the issue of mr. emblig representing the commission before the board, i think this is a thorny issue, as the commissioners are aware, we initially filed a motion to or may be aware we filed a motion in civil court to have the city attorney's office disqualified from the case and the ethics commission of its own accord determined to hire outside counsel and did so. throughout this process to my one another mr. hemblig has been representing both the commission and the board simultaneously. now that the commission by vote of 4-1 has decided to move forward with the mayor's efforts to remove the sheriff or at least find that he engaged in official misconduct, it occurs to me or seems to me that the commission takes on a prosecutorial role in trying to convince members of board of the mayor's position, at least as reflected in counts 4 and 5. so that you now have the same attorney, who is now taking on a prosecutorial role advising the decision-maker, and i think that raises a conflict of interest and we wo

mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent, mr. president, the reading of the nails b names bed in this instance. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i have a motion to commit the joint resolution with instructions. that has also been filed at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. reid notifies commit the joint resolution h.j. res. 11 to the committee a eption pros with instructions to report back forthwith the following instructions: amendment number 2486. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays on that. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: i have an amendment to the instructions. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, proposes an amendment numbered 2847, to the instructions of the motion to commit. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays on that amendment. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? therthere appears to be. the yeas a

i yield to my friend. mr. cantor: i do, mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman for yielding. again, i'd first of all ask, was there over 8% unemployment then? that's the first thing, mr. speaker. we are about trying to do something to get people back to work. and if you're worried about the 98%, which we all are, the best thing we can do is to make sure there are more jobs and so our objection to the gentleman's proposal to raise taxes is the fact that those taxes, that tax hike that he's advocating, is going to affect 53% of all small business income. that's joint committee on tax says that. mr. hoyer: reclaiming my time, just so we're accurate, but not 53% of small businesses and the gentleman knows that, it's a misleading figure because 53% of the income comes from a very small percentage of so-called small businesses that are not in our opinion small businesses at all. the gentleman can correct me if he believes that 53% of small businesses -- because it's our contention that 97% of small businesses, really small businesses, people who are working hard, making it from day

i think the alternative to mr. emblig would be a member of the commission. i welcome the views of our commissioners. >> i for one have no objection to you being the spokesperson even though you dissented to the result. it's laid out why you dissented. but the question that might be asked by the board, i have perfect confidence that will you make a fair presentation of what took place. >> other views of commissioners? >> i echo commissioner renne's view. i think would make a fine presentation and i this you have presented both sides very fairly. >> i have full confidence in you, commissioner hur. look, you have done really a magnificent job of creating the process and running these hearings. and i don't think that any one of us really has the intimate knowledge of the page by page transcript of all of the questions of all of the issues that have come up more than you. and yes, you casted the dissenting vote. i am not sure what the hearing will be like before the board of supervisors, but i don't know, but i would think that those of us who can be in attendance

mr. chip in. i certainly want to thank the witnesses for their participation, and especially for their insights in their answers. i was thinking back, unicom we can always know what happened. because we have the information. it's obviously far more difficult to determine why it happened. or the causes that made generated or caused it to take place. mr. winter, let me ask if i could, you indicated that policies are that investigators and agents have 90 days to work on leads. and that sometimes individuals have more call for activity been time, or there's not enough personnel. there's so many leads, trying to follow up on all of them. are their thresholds that will jump out at you? i mean, if you are reviewing tips and information and allegations that a person can just kind of see that this appears to be over the line and we need to try, check it out as quickly as we can? >> yes, there's significant amount of training on many different levels on how to deal with tips, information, intelligence of diff

before i start, mr. resident, i want to take a moment to say my thoughts and prayers are with the families and the victims of the horrific bombing that -- attack, i should say, that happened in libya and that it is now time to remember all of the men and women who serve our country abroad in these embassies and to thank them for their service and hope for their protection. mr. president, on a chilly day in january of 2009, americans watched with pride as barack obama stood before the nation and took the presidential oath of office. for some, that experience was another milestone in a long journey to ensure that america lives up to the ideas that this country was built for everyone. the election of an african-american president shattered a barrier that many thought would never happen. the american struggle for civil rights has produced many seminal moments. rosa parks and the montgomery bus boycott, martin luther king and the march on washington, jackie robinson stepping up to the plate for the first time.

i understand we do have a comment from mr. lee. >> hi, my name is tony lee, i am speaking on behalf of my parents, their property owner to market street, at 16th street. they had a tenant that apparently wasn't paying their water bill, and i guess out of policy, the sfpuc sends a notice of any kind, which is a lien notice five months after bills have already incurred. so the first time that a property owner, my parent's english is very limited. i helped them, so the first time my parents even heard there was a problem was five months on or after usage already occurred. so, we know after my parents heard, they started the eviction process. so 11 months later, my parents who didn't use a drop of the water is having to pay $9,000 plus, so, i understand the concept of making the property owner pay for things, but the question that i have is, why does a notice have to be sent out only five months later? and so i ask this question, i have written a bunch of letters. the first was support to marge viscara and basically the statement w

my first hire i was able to have. katherine gillic, mr. small and i would be remiss not to mention amealal and sherral tailor and todd who is the assistant general manager of sfpuc and getting to where we are is really a strong effort on everyone's behalf as well -- like i said the folks named already barbara lafco and i appreciate the recognition and i look forward to seeing where the program goes. thanks. >> thank you very much mr. campbell. congratulations to you. [applause] colleagues again congratulations and thanks to both mr. harrington and mr. campbell and now if you can call item five. >> item five is execute -- executive director report. >> jason is going to talk. >> the san francisco lafco has been approached by other bay area lafcos to be the host city for upcoming staff workshop. every year the association rotates around through the different regions and do the staff and commissioners workshop. in april 2014 the coastal region which is the one san francisco is in is host to do the staff workshop and the other bay area lafcos as