mildred mr. james howard. on behalf of president chiu, chang. >> is there any more business in front of this board? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are a juror for today. -- adjourned for today. the >> welcome to the board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, february 1st, 2011. >> all members are present. >> can you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? >> are there any communications? >> i have no communications. >> items 133 comprise the consent agenda. they will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. >> would anyone like to sever any of the items? seeing and nonnone, please calle roll. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> talked aye. >> item four. >> this is a resolution authorizing the recreation and parks department to enter into a lease with stpw ; -- stow lake. >> i would like to thank those that have been coming down to speak about the boat house whether it has been to the reparations and parks commission but almost and the bud

good morning mr. james, how are you feeling this morning. he would say i am stepping, but not high. isn't that wonderful? okay. okay. i go play down by the creek. he would say yes, tkarlg, but be particular. that meant be careful because i love you and don't want anything to happen to you. it was coded in the be protected. he often said be careful now. that meant one thing, be particular, there was stuff down by the creek and he wanted me to be careful and watch because he didn't want anything to happen to me. be particular did it all. when he would say when you go over there, i want you to walk and hold your head up like you belong to somebody. that meant you were representing your family. i want you to carry yourself in a way that you represent your family well with. he didn't have to go through all of that. hold your head up and act like you belong to somebody. if you didn't, you were growing up like a weed. i love dunbar for that reason. fast forward many years later, i am a teacher of 8th grade english. i want to give my students dunbar. there is nothing for young readers. so i

mildred mr. james howard. on behalf of president chiu, chang. >> is there any more business in front of this board? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are a juror for today. -- adjourned for today. director beach: present. director bridges: present. director heinicke: present. chairman nolan: present. >> mr. chairman, you have the form. please refrain from using cell phones or electronic devices. the party responsible for one going off may be removed. the board respectfully ask that they be placed in the off position. would you like to do all of the items? approval of the minutes of the january 11 closed session ended january 25 special close session? >> the items so moved. >> second. >> all in favor, say aye. >> aye. >> there will be no discussion of an anticipated litigation in closed session today. >> a couple of things, members of the board. on february 15, we are having our workshop on the agendas. several members of the board have expressed interest in the discussion fo

mildred mr. james howard. on behalf of president chiu, chang. >> is there any more business in front of this board? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are a juror for today. -- adjourned for today. director ford: good morning. i would like to call to order the jury 132010 meeting for the transbay joint powers authority. madam secretary, please call the roll. -- january 13, 2010 meeting for the transbay joint powers authority. [roll call] mr. chairman, you have a quorum. >> item 3 is communications. director ford: ok, no communications. let's move on. >> board of directors new or old business. director ford: ok, none. >> item five. executive director's report. >> happy new year. what we are going to do, which is customary at the first meeting of every year is go through the mosque of we achieved through 2010 and give the board a look ahead of what we plan to accomplish in 2011 and beyond. what we are going to present today is our accomplishments in 2010, our cost and schedule

we will start off with mr. james cagney. please, welcome the poet james cagney. [applause] >> there is sun. there is sun. there is a snake on the path sunning. there is sun. there is water in the stream, there are daisies, there are sun. there is a snake on the path sunning, there is sun. there are trees, there are daisies there is a feather there is sun. there is the feather that she gave me there is a feather there is sun. there are daisies there are words trees things there are more things than words, there is sun, there is sun. there are fox tails there are blank there are irises that are blank there is a snake on the path in the path sunning. there is a squirrel in the trash, there is sun. there is water in the stream, there is a squirrel in the strash, there is a snake in the path on the sun sunning. there is is sun. there is song, there is a song being sung by the birds in the sun. there is flavor, there is a feather. there is hair in my mouth from her hug in the sun. there is sun. there is flavor on my tongue. there is singing there is sun. there is a sna

mildred mr. james howard. on behalf of president chiu, chang. >> is there any more business in front of this board? >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are a juror for today. -- adjourned for today. supervisor mar: the meeting will come to order. happy monday afternoon, everyone. this is a regular meeting of the land use and economic development committee of the san francisco board. i'm the chair of the committee. to my right is the vice chair of the committee, and to my left is supervisors got wiener -- supervisor scott wiener. are there announcements? >> please make sure to turn off cell phones and pagers. any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the february 8 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor mar: thank you, and i would like to thank the staff from sfgtv for broadcasting this meeting. can you please call item 1? >> item 1, or in its amended the planning code to ame

i believe mr. james is here. >> good evening, members of the commission. i am c.e.o. and general manager of the agency that represents 26 of your wholesale customers outside of san francisco. i would like to meet with you and check with you. president -- commissioner torres, i have not forgotten my promise to meet with you. i hope the rest of you stay put so we can schedule meetings. i will keep my remarks brief. you had a discussion in december at your last meeting. you had a number of items on your calendar. i want to make comments about some of those. you had a presentation by mr. rydstrom on financial issues and rate setting. part of that had to do with water savings and how

i believe mr. james is here. >> good evening, members of the commission. i am c.e.o. and general manager of the agency that represents 26 of your wholesale customers outside of san francisco. i would like to meet with you and check with you. president -- commissioner torres, i have not forgotten my promise to meet with you. i hope the rest of you stay put so we can schedule meetings. i will keep my remarks brief. you had a discussion in december at your last meeting. you had a number of items on your calendar. i want to make comments about some of those. you had a presentation by mr. rydstrom on financial issues and rate setting. part of that had to do with water savings and how that affects rates. part of it has to do with how to explain rate increases to customers. i wanted to offer my suggestions because we are some of your customers, and the explanations from you would be useful as well. first of all, on the matter of conservation, excellent graphics here today show you what is happening with water use. i believe all those represented county feeders, for example t

need to but elsewhere in the region that this group which does to some extent have and this one mr james could be gaining momentum the muslim brotherhood after meeting with the government did issue a statement in which it said it did not trust the government so how this will evolve and how this will develop remains to be seen. but as i discussed with a number of people it certainly is an issue that people are focusing on it didn't get more than a passing mention in the mainstream media hizbollah hamas and muslim brotherhood members in a jailbreak of keep from here and want to lebanon there is no way to go to lebanon from egypt only to go through this she or to fly so who help them any one of the thousands of protesters on egypt streets was support for the demonstrators has fled fast and although the muslim brotherhood the country's largest opposition group with an islamist agenda got involved only on day three that says mom do ramsey is part of the plan the muslim brotherhood will appear when they're sure the presidency will fall and when they have the support and power to control everyt

it is the same federal prison where mr. james walker is, and i don't know if any of you know the gun runner to libya he was also there from the early 80's. so there's a great number of spies at the prison and also a great number of members of the mafia. [laughter] >> yes, ma'am. >> why was the law enforcement community not chosen to prosecute as an accessory when she knew he was a spy tech in the very beginning and could have prevented all of the -- if she had gone to the fbi. >> well, you know, she can always say i didn't know. it's a hard thing to prove. they did interrogate her for about eight hours and they were pretty sure that -- you have a we give blocking things out sometimes the you don't want to know. it's very interesting that bonnie hanssen's brother is an fbi agent in the chicago field office. so, i mean, it is a good -- and another brother is a priest. so a sterling family. yes, ma'am. >> did you interview robert hanssen himself? >> i did not interview robert hanssen himself. the fbi won't let anybody near him. they

i am pleased to reappoint mr. james p. mcgovern of massachusetts to the board of trustees to the congressional hunger fellows program. thank you for your attention to this appointment. signed sincerely, nancy pelosi, house department leader. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to section 4-d of house resolution 5 111th congress, i am pleased to appoint the following members to the house democracy partnership. the honorable david e. price of north carolina, the honorable lois caps of california, rush d. holt of new jersey, the honorable allison schwartz of pennsylvania, the honorable donald m. payne of new jersey, the honorable sam farr of california, the honorable keith ellison of minnesota, the honorable macey hirono of hawaii. the honorable roybal-allard of california. thank you for your attention to these appointments. signed, sincerely, nancy pelosi, house democratic leader. >> and -- the speaker pro temp

he was speaking to our diplomatic correspondent james robins, who is traveling with mr. hague on his emergency tour of the region. >> now, this is the fear. i've said this is a moment of opportunity, and not fair. but part of the legitimate fair is uncertainty and change across the middle east can complicate still further making progress on the middle east peace process and that means there's a real urgency for the peace process. for the israelis, for the palestinians, for the united states, are usual in giving -- maintaining a leading role in pushing forward the middle east peace process. recent events mean this is an even more urgent priority, not something we set k set on one's side because we're so busy thinking about other things. and that's the case we are putting strongly to the israeli government and indeed in washington. >> the immediate reaction to the israeli government is the anxiety, fear that egypt seems it might fall apart. isn't it for israel something rather bold, some gesture to revive the peace process rather than retreat? >> this situation does requir

. >> james stiffens mr. ron4 news. >> james: huge if you have a comment or a story idea you can email stanely at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m. that is a grassroots backed here this evening for the evening news. see you back here tomorrow for the kron 4 morning news. have a good day. (music) >> announcer: the following is a paid presentation for russ dalbey's the real estate secret. >> hi, i'm kirsten gum, and thanks for joining us on the successful living show. on today's show, we're going to reveal a timely moneymaking secret you've never heard of before-- a real estate secret that can make you a fortune. my guest is russ dalbey, a self-made multimillionaire, business entrepreneur, nationally known educator and one of america's top success stories. his groundbreaking new book, the real estate secret: how to make a fortune without ever buying, selling or investing in property, reveals a little-known secret-- a secret that has already led people across america to make, combined, millions of dollars. russ, we

res. 78 relative to the death of james albertus mcclure, former united states senator for the state of idaho. mr. crapo: thank you, mr. president. i would note this resolution was submitted earlier today by senator risch and myself. in fact, our leadership helped in preparing it and bringing it forward. and all 100 senators are cosponsors of this resolution. i think a fitting tribute to the respect and honor in which senator james a. mcclure is held by this united states senate. before i ask unanimous consent to take action on the resolution, i would ask if senator risch had anything further that he would like to add. mr. risch: thank you, senator crapo. i think we have gone through the various things that jim mcclure was known for. it is a true loss to idaho and a true loss to the nation. he was held in such high regard by all idahoans, and i'm proud to be a person holding his seat. he was a cofounder and a charter member of the steering committee here on the republican side. and the steering committee was a group that was brought together to talk about and develop policies from a conservative

had his state of this congress and of this country, the assistant minority leader, congressman james clyburn. mr. clyburn: i thank the gentlelady for yielding me this time and i want to thank her for organizing this special order in honor of black history month. i want to take a few minutes to talk about the future. last december when faced with the prospect that tax rates for the richest 2% of americans would rise to where they were in the 1990's, when we balanced the budget and enjoyed unprecedented prosperity, republicans decided that extending these unnecessary and unaffordable tax cuts was their number one priority. as you all remember, they gave much--- held much needed relief to the middle class hostage. that relief to the middle class was held hostage. and they got their tax cut for millionaires and billionaires. according to the joint committee on taxation, this tax is adding $39 billion to the deficit this year and will add even more next year. speaker boehner said our national debt is a moral issue, and i agree with him. we need to act to curb our exploding deficit and debt. but repub

in just a reminder that my guest in the studio is james path or i nato's deputy assistant secretary general for political affairs and security policy mr pastor i will i have another quote here well maybe it will be the last quote for today but there were lots of quotes something john mccain said a couple of days ago for two years mostly out of deference to russia defensive arms sales have not been authorized for georgia this has to change says mccain at a minimum we should provide georgia with early warning radars and other basic capabilities to strengthen its defenses what school active nato has approached possible rearming of georgia well of course i don't speak for the u.s. government. and now that you said you. were seriously nato doesn't sell weapons we don't sell weapons to anybody individual nations to that and it's national decisions to take as far as i'm aware georgia there's no arms embargo on georgia but the united states makes its own decisions all allies make their own decisions. and they have to do this but from an organizational point of view we have no view on this issue. and you don't influence such things so for exam

special discussion on ronald reagan and egypt as well with former secretary of state james baker and the rest of our panel. mrn about egypt. you have heard the discussion here. why is the united states not doing more to provide the clarity we seek? why not lay out the plan? you were talking about ronald reagan speaking truth to power around the world. >> ronald reagan did speak truth to power when he gave the speech at the brandenburg gate but he was also willing to ask a tyrant to leave in the philippines. i think this is a different situation. we had a special relationship with the philippines. we had bases there. it was a different situation. this has to be done -- the clarity has to come from the egyptian people and egyptian government. it's not up to the united states to say, here's how you form political parties in egypt. here's exactly the way you ought to conduct this campaign and everything. we can lay out the principles and we should and i think we have. that's some of the things i heard senator kerry say. >> will broie brown, let's talk about politics. let's talk about the view of government. ronal

mr. dellinger if that's ok, professor. do you agree, first of all, with james madison's assessment that mr. corn inquoted a few minutes ago, that while the powers of the federal government are few and defined, those that are left to the states are numerous and indefinite? >> i do agree. and i think senator cornyn correctly cites federal list 45 or that proposition. as i said, senator lee, within the area of congress' authority to regulate national commerce, what has grown is the interdependencey of national commerce, not our understanding of the constitution. >> sure, sure, it has grown but they had interstate commerce then. they were interconnected. in fact that was the whole reason why we needed to be a union in the first place, right? >> correct. >> we couldn't survive. so they understood this interconnectiveness. it's not new and been facilitated by jet airplanes and the internet. >> but if you got sick in north carolina in 1787, it had no affect in utah. >> or in mexico. it's still a lovely place. >> it had no affect in pennsylvania. >> ok. but they were i

mr. dellinger if that's ok, professor. do you agree, first of all, with james madison's assessment that mr. corn inquoted a few minutes ago, that while the powers of the federal government are few and defined, those that are left to the states are numerous and indefinite? >> i do agree. and i think senator cornyn correctly cites federal list 45 or that proposition. as i said, senator lee, within the area of congress' authority to regulate national commerce, what has grown is the interdependencey of national commerce, not our understanding of the constitution. >> sure, sure, it has grown but they had interstate commerce then. they were interconnected. in fact that was the whole reason why we needed to be a union in the first place, right? >> correct. >> we couldn't survive. so they understood this interconnectiveness. it's not new and been facilitated by jet airplanes and the internet. >> but if you got sick in north carolina in 1787, it had no affect in utah. >> or in mexico. it's still a lovely place. >> it had no affect in pennsylvania. >> ok. but they were i

mr. russell brand and james marsden, stars of the upcoming film "hop" from universal.ork together to do some of the recording. >> we did work together. >> yeah, we did. when russell did preliminary records and then i asked him to dress up as a bunny. he was gracious to do that. >> i would also dress up for james' children and sometimes his wife. >> i heard about that actually. >> it's so nice to be here promoting our film. >> and the film is for children actually. >> what? it's a family film. directed at families. >> there are a lot of easter movies. it's been a holiday that's been ignored. i'm glad you're representing it. >> we thought we'd jump on that. >> and there are not a lot of children's films with russell brand. >> i'm quite a family-oriented man now since i have been become wed and my adventures with james' wife in the rabbit costume. >> how about "saturday night live." >> you're going to host. here's what you tweeted. i am hosting "saturday night live" february 12. if you have any sketches, jokes, please send. remember, i will only play drug addicts. >> my l

squaw valley =26,170 revenues. >> james: i read up a live picture from sugar bowl showing you a lot of great snow on the ground during the as this morning is mrare actually in utah >> caller: ? yes. we're making our way to sugar bowl this weekend to >> james: . what is going on? >> caller: we have the boarding for breast cancers there will be there all day. >> james: tom a. wohl you see there? >> reporter: it's very interesting you how to skiers and snow boarders are performing tricks. they're judged on many different things. >> james: big checks of news and raw >> reporter: is? yes. for folks going to other parks what we have? >> caller: we are going to have some new resorts of lift tickets.com $61 a ticket to alpine real sense and $39 tickets. hallwood $48. >> james: fantastic after assume all of this bill has been great for you guys we have more of the way it could be mark >> gabe: report. >> caller: late february has been fantastic. we're looking at another 6-10 in. in the area. it will be fantastic. >> james: thank you, that is a boarding for breast cancer you can go to their web site from our permission. we will take a quick break, more

mr. dellinger if that's ok, professor. do you agree, first of all, with james madison's assessment that mr. corn inquoted a few minutes ago, that while the powers of the federal government are few and defined, those that are left to the states are numerous and indefinite? >> i do agree. and i think senator cornyn correctly cites federal list 45 or that proposition. as i said, senator lee, within the area of congress' authority to regulate national commerce, what has grown is the interdependencey of national commerce, not our understanding of the constitution. >> sure, sure, it has grown but they had interstate commerce then. they were interconnected. in fact that was the whole reason why we needed to be a union in the first place, right? >> correct. >> we couldn't survive. so they understood this intercnectiveness. it's not new and been facilitated by jet airplanes and the internet. >> but if you got sk in north carolina in 1787, it had no affect in utah. >> or in mexico. it's still a lovely place. >> it had no affect in pennsylvania. >> ok. but they were inter

james, you listened to mr. geithner for almost half an hour. you came away thinking what?was particularly understand his comments about community banks. we believe they are extremely important to the life blood of their communities. and one the disturbing thing that is we've heard from community banks recently is they are being asked to add another compliance officer to deal with the thousands of pages of new regulations are coming out. we want job growth, but i'm not sure that's the innovative. >> you are saying the administration's what? >> well, the bill that got passed by congress last year has already created 1500 pages of proposed regulations. we think it will be thousands of pages. and for the medium sized community bank in this country, they only have 37 employees. they are small businesses. to deal with that volume is becoming extremely hard. and, in fact, one the most disturbing things to me was we had a number of bankers tell me they have been in meetings with the regulators. they said if you are a bank, small bank, less than $500 million. that's 5,000 banks in

mr. dellinger if that's ok, professor. do you agree, first of all, with james madison's assessment that mr. corn inquoted a few minutes ago, that while the powers of the federal government are few and defined, those that are left to the states are numerous and indefinite? >> i do agree. and i think senator cornyn correctly cites federal list 45 or that proposition. as i said, senator lee, within the area of congress' authority to regulate national cmerce, what has grown is t interdependencey of national commerce, not our understanding of the constitution. >> sure, sure, it has grown but they had interstate commerce then. they were interconnected. in fact that was the whole reason why we needed to be a union in the first place, right? >> correct. >> we couldn't survive. so they understood this interconnectiveness. it's not new and been facilitated by jet airplanes and the internet. >> but if you got sick in north carolina in 1787, it had no affect in utah. >> or in mexico. it's still a lovely place. >> it had no affect in pennsylvania. >> ok. but they were inter

james lewis many there is some difference there you're getting. there were some of the same and we're ready to add new dynamics to our dialogue just as but in the young mr president aleutian. said something for the full hearing good for me or will you vote for you he gave us a very good formula a very good idea actually you could doubt but i see he said you know the russian energy industry guarantees in the book as well being of europe actually we could stop there our press conference which. of course. we also discussed a great number of its other equally important issues. he would know them to tell us this morning that the musical we had when you can meetings between you should hear them say that it is the representative self some government agencies of the russian federation are ministers can be collating and their european counterparts european commissioners. if you might need change to look at the earth again you don't know we all would like to know that. because our laws are welcome for the native looking anti-crisis measures by the russian federation and been put in the governments of european countries economic growth but actually each of reasons

(james buckley 1970 run for his senate seat, the anti-ballistic missile treatly in 1969, and failed nomination of mr. haynesworth, and north vietnam. the national review concluded, surprisingly, where the new standards of "the times" were bd ly emanated, the nation would be far better informed and more honorly served. this was clearly a tribute to the journalism practiced by abe rosenthal. he was executive editor, and journalism based on professional detachment as much as possible, impish -- impartiality. it was important to keep the right hand, because the newsroom would naturally drift to the left. he believe there should be no editor needles in which reporters used their personal or political opinions to go after anybody. he believes there should be no quotes that were either unattributed or made somebody look bad that weren't fair. rosenthal was raid -- was paid -- patriotic, and weary of conflicts amongst the reporter. when he found out a woman he hired had an affair with the politician in philadelphia, maybe the mayor, he fired her and said, i'll pay deference to the fact this is a catholic in

next morning, a great tribute to the president with the keynote address by secretary james baker, a flyover, and mrs we have a series of partnerships with four great american universities. last week we were with the university of southern california that focused on leadership by biography of the president and what made him over the course of his life a great man and a great leader. yesterday and today we spent with the university of virginia, which focused on the international accomplishments and achievements of the president, and later this year will be at the university of notre dame and then the u.s. naval academy for additional conferences. we also opened a renovated museum at the library. you have never been our have not been recently, now is the time to come. it is an incredible place with interactive exhibits and a true trivia to president reagan. there is a tribute to the president at the super bowl on sunday. next week we are at the daytona 500 where they will give a tribute to president reagan. the most important aspect of this centennial is not reflective ornis doubt it. we also everyone

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james bond" villains. >> oh, yes. yes. >> jimmy: and this is brilliant. here's rob brydon in "the trip." >> i'll deliver it with a nice little understatement. "come, come, mrright. this is it. this is it. >> "come, come, mr. bond. you get just as much pleasure from killing as i do." >> "come, come, mr. bond. you get just as much pleasure from killing as i do." >> [ bleep ]. >> yeah. >> watch. >> see what i did on my face. >> "come, come, mr. bond you get just as much pleasure from killing as i do." >> "come, come, mr. bond. you derive just as much pleasure as i do." >> "when i kill i kill the queen of the country but i admit killing you --" [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: "the trip" is in theaters may 20th. the great rob brydon, everybody. lissie performs next. come on back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ as a mom, you surely know ♪ ♪ band-aid® brand is the way to go! ♪ ♪ yes, that's true ♪ and neosporin® works great too ♪ ♪ but when they get together ♪ they are exponentially better! ♪ ♪ they work from inside out ♪ five signs of healing make us shout! ♪ ♪ when they fall ♪ always squeeze ♪ then stick! ♪ when they fall ♪ always squeeze ♪ then stick! ♪ [ che

james franco movie. it's time to make a decision. you're going to die on this bed if you don't go to ralph's and get gatorade. so, i drove my weary, you know, mrled a 32 ounce gatorade in the aisle and checked out with a bunch of empty gatorades. i took me 12 hours to get in the car and drive back. and people were like, how did i got? it did not go well. >> jimmy: kristen bell told me about it. why do you have to go to palm strings to write? >> because i get distracted easily. you have to find a hotel with terrible wifi so you can't watch videos. and i don't mean the comedic variety. >> jimmy: i see what you're saying. >> you want to find a nice desolate location, get dysentery and pound out a script. >> jimmy: did you yell at theless yaunthe le restaurant? >> no, i didn't. by the way, i had eaten nothing that day, so, there's very little question about what -- >> jimmy: there is always a question, though, you never know. >> it could have been the delayed 72-hour later thing. one time, also, i believe there's no question about this one. worst food poisoning i ever had at a buffet bar in kuwait in the first class lounge. that's a shocker that i

mr. ackerman. the chair is now pleased to welcome our witness, james b.rg, deputy secretary of state, serving as the principal deputy for secretary clinton, appointed by president obama he was confirmed by the senate on january 28, 2009 and sworn in by the next day. prior to his appointment in the obama administration to mr. steinberg served as the dean of the lyndon b. johnson school of affairs when the vice president director of the foreign-policy studies at the brookings institute. from december 96 to august 2000, mr. steinberg served at deputy national security adviser to president bill clinton. mr. steinberg also was held numerous other posts on the state department and capitol hill. deputy secretary, thank you for attending out kindly remind you to keep your oral testimony to know more than five minutes. and without action committee or written statement will be inserted into the record. while gone. >> thank you, madam chairman. let me congratulate you on the tablet here and express how much we look forward to working with you and ranking member per

mr. president, i'd ask consent to put an article by james q. lynch that was in the "cedar rapids gazette" and also a chart showing the reimbursement to iowa hospitals under our new medicare rules for 2011. i'd ask that those be printed at the end of my remarks in the record. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. harkin: finally, i'd just say, mr. president, for those of us in iowa, in a small rural state with a lot of mid-sized hospitals, with a lot of people uninsured, and quite frankly, we're not in the upper echelons of income in the united states, that for us this health care law, this health care law provides immediate protections, immediate benefits and promises even more benefits as we get to 2014 and beyond. it would be a devastating blow to my constituents in iowa to have this health reform bill repealed. that's why i so strenuously urge all my colleagues to oppose the mcconnell amendment. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. a senator: i ask u

mr. ackerman, thank you. the chair is now pleased to welcome our witness, james b.ecretary of state serving as the principle deputy to secretary clinton. appointed by president obama, he was confirmed by the senate on january 28th, 2009, and sworn in by the secretary the next day. prior to his appointment in the obama administration, mr. steinberg served as the dean of the lyndon b. johnson school of public affairs and the vice president directer of the foreign policy studies at the brookings institute. from december '96 to august 2000, mr. steinberg served as deputy national security adviser to president bill clinton. mr. steinberg also has held numerous other posts in the state department and on capitol hill. deputy secretary steinberg, thank you for attending, and i would kindly remind you to keep your oral testimony to no more than be five minutes. and without objection, your written statement will be inserted into the record. welcome. >> thank you, madam chairman. and let me begin on behalf of secretary clinton to congratulate you on taking the gavel here and t

james madison described this authority as -- quote -- "the most complete and effectual weapon with which any constitution can arm the immediate representatives of the people." close quote. mr. president, we don't know what programs that the director of o.m.b. will decide to reduce under the approach that some have proposed, but i do know that what they are proposing is that this would be his decision and his decision alone. what are some areas that the o.m.b. director could unilaterally cut? what is the universe of the potential cuts? do we care? we surely should. because the implications for our constituents will be significant. disaster relief enhancement funds were set aside to help states affected by natural disasters in 2008. according to the appropriations committee, 13 states received such funding, and they all have unobligated balances. would the senators from those states turn over to the o.m.b. director the decision whether to eliminate the unobligated balances affecting their states? we will, i wouldn't. but that is what could happen under the proposal that is going to be considered here later. the appropriations committee tells us that the e.p.a. has $624 milli

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