plan, though, has been an extraordinary experience in part because of the incredible competence of mr. john gurgina, the head, as well as the passion and commitment of the other board members. it's all of us are passionate about really trying to deliver the best medicine we can to an underserved population and to a previously medically uninsured population which thanks to the affordable care act is rapidly disappearing. that's been a really gratifying thing to see. but we do have challenges, some challenges we are confronting is how to grow, we have doubled our membership our member from 65,000 to 130,000 just since june in 20011. we have increasing requirements imposed upon us by the state regarding our reserves. our reserves are approximately $60,000 and that's a multiple of 8 what we are required to have. the trick is that as we are growing we have to keep that multiple and therefore keep markedly increasing reserves so we maintain fiscal solvency and can continue to serve the underinsured and uninsured people of san francisco. i thank you for your time and i'm happy to answer any questi

the other applicants, reappointments, specifically the constituency issue and would you agree with mr. johns this was an issue two years ago? >> i would take it even further back. it felt like it was further back. when i was on the historic preservation board we had split votes. we had a couple of folks on the commission to be honest that were -- they read the rules of historic preservation and that was interpreted in the most conservative fashion they could take it -- >> are they still on? >> no. they are not, and so that really -- it was very frustrating to be honest with you. you would have homeowners and get a full redesign on the fly as commissioner johns was mentioning and they had no idea and the process seemed out of control and we were able to real that in and make it much more predictable. that is key with us and just like the previous commissioners said we had fantastic uniformity in our view and we come together on our voting very, very well, but we have preservation professionalos there so it's not -- i don't feel like it bends in any direction too much to preservation or too mu

that the acts on tax avoidance and evasion, why doesn't he start with the labour's biggest donor mr. john mills? yes. we all remember this. you gave his donation in shares in order to cut his tax bill. has he paid back the taxes yet? >> i'm really pleased -- i'm really pleased him i'm really pleased he wants to talk about donors. let's talk about his donors. 7 million -- >> order. the question will be heard. very simple point. i've had to make a second time. i will make it has been times as necessary. the right honorable gentleman will be heard. the right honorable member. >> 7 million pounds living in monaco 3 million pounds for michael hintze, company based in new jersey. and michael spencer who gave him a 4 million pounds and called in the libor scandal. same old tories. now, now let's give them this chance, this chance. i know he doesn't do his homework. i know he doesn't do his homework. this chance. [shouting] the hedge funds are avoiding tax to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds. will be now promised from the dispatch box to act for the national health service? >> we had to

sure that he acts on tax avoidance and evasion, why does he not start with labour's biggest donor, mr. john-- yes, we all remember this -- who gave his donation in shares in order to cut his tax bill? has he paid back the taxes yet? >> i am really pleased the prime minister wants to talk about donors. let us talk about his donors. £7 million -- [interruption] >> order. the question will be heard. it is a very simple point. i have had to make it a second time, and i will make it as many times as necessary. the right honorable gentleman will be heard. >> £7 million from lord laidlaw, a tax exile living in monaco. £3 million from michael hintze with a company based in jersey. and michael spencer, who gave him £4 million, involved in the libor scandal. same old tories. let us give hima fifth chance. i know he does not do his homework, but this is his fifth chance. the hedge funds are avoiding tax to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds. will he now promise, from that dispatch box, to act for the national health service? >> we had labour for 13 years. no action on stamp duty, foreigners no

mr. john woodcock. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker.this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> mr. john woodcock. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the report in ukraine -- combined efforts have been woefully lacking against president putin's naked aggression. when he leaves office in 70 days -- [laughter] [shouting] >> when he leaves office in 70 days these content with his place in history to be the prime minister whose weakness -- years of conflict? >> at the end of this parliament i believe those on this side of the house can be proud of the fact that we closed the massive blackhole in our defense budget left by the party opposite. we can be proud of the fact that we see voyager airplanes flying. we can be proud of the fact we are building two aircraft carriers. we can be proud of the fact -- we can be proud of the fact that submarines are rolling out of his constituency and into the seas of the atlantic to keep our count

honorable speaker -- [applause] honorable speaker of the house mr. johns of congress, my esteemed brothers of the 1st special service force, family members and guests, i would like to thank everyone who undertook this very important and noble assignment to honor and recognize the most versatile and effective world war ii fighting unit from the usa and canada. the 1st special service force was activated july 1942 under the able command of lieutenant robert t. frederick, who became a brigadier general at age 36, and the youngest major general at 37. under his command and profound leadership, the 1st special service force composed of 900 men from the usa, 900 men from canada, plus a service battalion of 800 members who provided support to the combat troops. the fssf men captured between 30,000 and 35,000 prisoners of war and a remarkable kill ratio of 25 enemies to 1 forceman. since the first shot was fired on april 19, 1775, the beginning of our quest for independence and freedom, 1.3 million men and women have given their lives to safeguard america's freed

. >> i'd like you to give a real tonight welcome to senator of massachusetts, mr. john kennedy. i ask you -- so i don't look too naive, a tough question right off the bat? >> whether i'm democrat or republican? >> people recognize television was now the medium that mattered. it wasn't before 1960 and it was every day after 1960 in those presidential debates. >> try to find a western. >> all right. >> once everyone had a tv set in their living room and advertisers had fully gotten a grip on how effective this is a way to sell products, the definition of what you were doing was to create entertainment that would appeal to as many people as possible. >> beaver, eat your brussels sprouts. >> i can't. my stomach's filled up to my throat. >> no excuses. >> "leave it to beaver" was something that a lot of families understood. it's the first show that was ever shot from the perspective of a child. >> beaver. >> most people have had a lot of the experiences that the beaver or wally has had and everyone in their life has an eddie haskell. >> wally, some dumb kid fell in the soup. good eve

mr. john mcmillion and then shantanu agrawal. >> yes. >> the deputy administrator and director of the senate program integrity for centers of medicare and medicaid services and mr. robert lightfoot junior jr. we thank you for your patience and it's been a while to get to this panel but we do appreciate you being here. so if you could please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony will be the truth and the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> yes thank you. >> let all the witnesses answer in the affirmative and you may be seated. we will start with you mr. john koskinen. the single will be introduced into the record, please limit your testimony to five minute to thank you. >> chairman ranking member, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the government accountability offices high risk as it obtains to irs operations. i am delighted to note that business systems modernization was removed from the list in 2013 after bein

mr. gibner. >> john gibner, deputy city attorney the gentleman is correct this ordinance breathes a new 10.8 and refers to that the second item on the agenda modifies section 102 and puts the definition of homeless shelter in under we can by tomorrow morning go through and. >> or so how to think up the first piece to make sure there's the references for 102 i suggest you not make the amendment amendment today but tomorrow >> great. thank you very much mr. gibner is there any additional public comment on item 1 seeing none, public comment is closed so first, i want to thank even that participate in making this project and moving forward happening i had an opportunity to go with mr. duffy and the gentleman to visit the site it seems like an exciting project to me and i hope it after it is mod it defines a permanent home it should be successful i hope it end up being a model for not only san francisco but another places we for too long we've had a disjoined approach to certain populations of homeless people and this seems like a pro tem way for them to bring everything together for certain popu

this morning we're pleased to be joined by mr. john kerry, the 68th secretary of state. and mr. secretary, welcome again here to the committee. without objection, the witness' full prepared statement will be made part of the record. and the members here, each of you, will have five calendar days to submit any statements or questions or extraneous material for the record you may wish to submit. so mr. secretary, if you open for five minutes, then we'll go to the members for their questions. >> well, thank you very much, mr. chairman, congressman engel, ranking member, all the members of this committee. to respect your time, i will try to summarize my comments, and mr. chairman i hope i can do it in five minutes. there's a lot to talk about. and your questions will needless to say elicit an enormous amount of dialogue. which i really welcome. i can't think of a moment where more is happening, more challenges exist, there's more transformation taking place. some of it with great turmoil. a lot of it with enormous opportunity that doesn't get daily discussion. but all of it with big

that the acts on tax avoidance and evasion, why doesn't he start with the labour's biggest donor mr. john mills? yes. we all remember this. you gave his donation in shares in order to cut his tax bill. has he paid back the taxes yet? >> i'm really pleased -- i'm really pleased him i'm really pleased he wants to talk about donors. let's talk about his donors. 7 million -- >> order. the question will be heard. very simple point. i've had to make a second time. i will make it has been times as necessary. the right honorable gentleman will be heard. the right honorable member. >> 7 million pounds living in monaco 3 million pounds for michael hintze, company based in new jersey. and michael spencer who gave him a 4 million pounds and called in the libor scandal. same old tories. now, now let's give them this chance, this chance. i know he doesn't do his homework. i know he doesn't do his homework. this chance. [shouting] the hedge funds are avoiding tax to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds. will be now promised from the dispatch box to act for the national health service? >> we had to

mr. commissioner johns is there 0 any way in light of the fact there's significant changes and a dr request my neighbors and i might get two minutes. >> this is the second time you'll have 3 minutes and the dr requester 3 minutes if you want to comment there maybe questions we may have. >> can i get time back from n. >> good afternoon. i'm chris may i have the projector please because your time is constrained in my i my neighbors will continue i want to start with a picture of the neighbors and with the tree a surveillance in permit is required a permit is required and a variance is required to cut down the trees we've requested a variance this is where our rear yards are by the rh2 zoning adds to the character of the street if you step back those same greens are x's you'll see what happens in if this precedent you'll be connecting those dots with lines state street is unique it gives us greenery it has a mid block state street has a character of the street we have today, the planning go ahead the planning reviews those are projects on a project by project base it is getting mocked the the

john: mr. halperin, your grade? mark: b plus, i think he was not 100%. john: i agree with you, i don't think he is catching fire yet. ok, we got one last one? mark: first big one of the day ben carson, who had the burden of warming up the crowd. again, let's talk about the standard, no new material. it was a classic ben carson performance, strong, but it touched some buttons, but again, it was at 9:00 in the morning, and not a lot of energy in the room, and by the way, i gave him a b minus. john: you are very generous to him, he has a lot of things on paper that makes him very attractive, but he is not going to set the campaign trail on fire. mark: all of the candidates are guilty of this, and again, i graded them on substance, and he was not doing well on substance. he has never been big on specifics, and this is not a format that you need to make a policy paper. eventually they have to be slightly grammatical, and that is his thing right now, and i think if you need to go up to the next level, he can do it. john: i agree with you, and i think all of the

so please help us welcome mr. john abdo. john, thanks for being our guest. >>mike, jj it's a pleasure thank you >>i john. john, you know, we talked about this earlier, in the opening, you obviously in health and fitness, in strength training, you've trained olympic athletes. tell us how you actually got involved in developing products for male sexual performance. >>i actually always wanted to be a great athlete, started training in competitions in my teenage years, started actually coaching when i was 17. i'll be 57 next year, do the math, i've been doing this for over 40 years, and over the decades you really learn a lot my goal was to learn the techniques, legal techniques safe techniques that increase both sexual and sports performance. and it's interesting, because both we did the same thing athletes take anabolic steroids, when i was younger i took anabolic steroids, and what it does, it makes your body stronger, but it shuts down your internal biochemistry. we had to figure out how do we restore that. so then i started saying that eating antiaging medi

mr. gibner. >> deputy city attorney john gibner. the board it continue it but you have to keep it open to continue for three months so take the motion to continue the hearing open per a subsequent hearing at the continued date. >> okay. thank you. and supervisor campos. >> to clarify that that in fact the motion is predicated on the understanding that the hearing remains open to a later date. >> okay. with that mr. clerk can you please call the roll on the motion to continue. >> open to april 28, 2015. supervisor breed. >> aye. >> supervisor campos. >> aye. >> supervisor christensen. >> aye. >> supervisor cohen. >> aye. >> supervisor farrell. >> aye. >> supervisor kim. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> supervisor tang. >> aye. >> supervisor wiener. >> aye. >> supervisor yee. >> aye. >> supervisor avalos. >> aye. >> there are 11 aye's. >> okay the continuance passes unanimously. thank you very much. and we also have our second 3:00 p.m. special order. and mr. clerk can you please call the items item 28, 29, 30. >> 27-30 comprise

honorable speaker -- [applause] >> honorable speaker of the house, mr. john boehner.e and those in america and canada, the first special service force with the individual that became a brigadier general at 36 and the youngest general at 37. under his command and profound leadership, the first special service force composed of 900 men from the usa 900 men from canada and the service battalion of 800 members who have a variety of support for combat troops. they captured between 30 to 30,000 prisoners, enemy prisoners of war as any remarkable ratio of 25 inmates tuan force man. since the first shot was fired on april 19, 1775 the beginning of our quest for independence and freedom 1.3 early in men and women have given their lives to america's freedom and to keep this country how high and proud. this includes accomplishments with general frederick's profound leadership. he stressed the importance as he did in many battles. he rules with an iron fist in a velvet glove. he was wounded eight times in combat. the following is from the independent record. never in all its ferv

honorable speaker honorable speaker of the house mr. john would like to thank everyone who undertook this very important and noble assignment to honor and recognize the most versatile and effective world war ii fighting unit from the usa and canada. the 1st the 1st special service force was activated july 1942 under the able command of lieutenant robert t frederick who became a brigadier general at age 36 and the youngest major general and 37. under his command and profound composed of 900 men usa neither mental canada and the combat troops. should between 30 and 35,000 prisoners of war and a remarkable show of 25 inmates to one enforcement. since the 1st shot was fired on april 19 1775, the beginning of our quest for independence and freedom 1.3 million men and women have given they're lives to safeguard american freedom and to keep old glory waving hi and proudly. one of the most important command components under the fss accomplishment on the battlefield the profound he stressed the importance that line officers should leave from the fron

next we have mr. john grueling. he's a board member of the coalition for america's gateways and trade corridors. welcome, sir. >> thank you. thank you for this opportunity. today i'm representing both the will county center for economic development and the coalition for america's gateways and trade corridors which is a diverse group of 60 public and private organizations dedicated to increasing federal investment in america's multimodal freight infrastructure. i'm also here as the ceo of the will county center for economic development. our responsibility today is marketing the largest inland international container port in north america. will county is crossed by six class one railroads, five interstate highways several commercial water ports on our nation's largest inland waerts waterway. last year we processed over three million containers. our first and last mile infrastructure requirements today total $3.6 billion of new investment just in our accounting. that does not include bringing our existing road infrastr

house of representatives sir, pursuant to 44 united states code 2702, i am pleased to reappointment mr. john a. laurence of washington, d.c., to the advisory committee on the records of congress. thank you for your attention to this appointment. signed sincerely, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. security continuing resolution vote breakdown, depen they needed 217 and they only had 203 for the continuing resolution. to fund the department for another three weeks. john harwood says this is the biggest repudiation house speaker john boehner has suffered yet and then "roll call" says g.o.p. leader says additional votes now possible late they are evening and over the weekend as the shutdown continues to loom. we also heard from a retired member of congress john dingell who says congratulations, house g.o.p. this is one hell of a way to run a government. again, taking your phone call, want to know what you think about the funding for homeland security failing tonight

mr. john mcwilliams senior advisor at the united states department of energy and shouting arbor will. >> the deputy administrator and director of the center of a program integrity of the centers for medicare and medicaid services. robert amway for junior. we thank you for your patience. it's been a while to get in his this panel that we appreciate you here. all witnesses be sworn before they testify. raise your right hand to use all is well worth the testimony are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and the truth? thank you. i'll witnesses answered in the affirmative. you may be seated. we will start with you. your. you. your full statement will be introduced into the record of the we ask that you and your testimony to five minutes. >> thank you chairman ranking member of members of the community. thank you for the opportunity to discuss the government accountability office is high as high-risk list as it pertains to irs operations. i'm delighted to announce that one of our progr

mr. president, jihadi john doesn't want a job. he wants to see paradise. and i think we should help him get there as quickly as possible. [applause] and with the growing threat of homegrown terror, it's important to remember our first line of defense is the right of self-defense. now more than ever, the right to keep and bear arms must not be infringed on the american people. but violent jihad is not our only threat. in asia, china is massively expanding its military. the pentagon admitted that the china satellite and ballistic missile technologies are rapidly approaching parity with our own. and as we gather here tonight, a new iron curtain is descending down the spine of europe. modern russia seeks to draw the map by force. unlike the former soviet union that respected the strength of the west, president putin supports rebels in ukraine with impunity. and if we didn't know enough about the threat we face, the heritage foundation index of military strength lists it as "by far the most significant security challenge facing the united dates and its allies a

mr. gibner. >> sure john gibner deputy city attorney under the stalling the city must complete whatever levelf review required under ceqa before committing the city to a type of that action this particular resolution is not requiring the environmental review it will be completed before the board or so any other city body takes that kind of approval action so you are not committing the city to this project you're only approving the first step of laughing the financing to move forward with the first steps of bond and the environmental review will be before the project comes back to you for approval action. >> a little bit out of sync he's basically saying that's legal if i can translate that i've had a few conversations with the project sponsor about how serious they're in pursuing a project that has 20 percent of affordable housing on site proposal they've insured me they're absolutely complete to 20 percent on site and given little crisis that we're in for housing this is softened any position if this project is we don't know if it will be or what density i'd like to see i want to see as much

this morning we're pleased to be joined by mr. john kerry, the 68th secretary of state. and mr. secretary, welcome again here to the committee. without objection, the witness' full prepared statement will be made part of the country. and the members here each of you, will have five calendar days to submit any statements or questions or extraneous material for the record you may wish to submit. so mr. secretary, if you open for five minutes, then we'll go to the members for their questions. >> well, thank you very much mr. chairman congressman engel, ranking member, all the members of this committee. to respect your time i will try to summarize my comments and mr. chairman i hope i can do it in five minutes. there's a lot to talk about. and your questions will needless to say elicit an enormous amount of dialogue. which i really welcome. i can't think of a moment where more is happening, more challenges exist there's more transformation taking place. some of it with great turmoil. a lot of it with enormous opportunity that doesn't get daily discussion. but all of it with big choi

honorable speaker -- [ applause ] honorable speaker of the house, mr. johnvery important and noble assignment to honor and recognize the most versatile and effective world war ii fighting unit from the usa and canada. the 1st special service force was activated july 1942 under the able command of lieutenant robert t. frederick who became a brigadier general at age 36 and the youngest major general at 37. under his command and profound leadership, the 1st special service force composed of 900 men from the usa, 900 men from canada, plus a service battalion of 800 members who provided support to the combat troops. the sff men captured between 30,000 and 35,000 prisoners of war and a remarkable kill ratio of 25 enemies to 1 forceman. since the first shot was fired on april 19 1775 the beginning of our quest for independence and freedom, 1.3 million men and women have given their lives to safeguard america's freedom and to keep old glory waving high and proudly. one of the most important command components of the fss accomplishments on the battlefield was general

mr. john is the deputy director of the us department of the treasury's office of foreign asset control and previously served as expert to the united nations al qaeda and taliban sanctions committee from 2004 to 2007. mr. matthew borman currently serves as the deputy assistant secretary of commerce for export administration. without objection the brief and full prepared statement will be made part of the record. members will have five calendar days to submit any extraneous material. so ms. jacobsen, if you would please summarize your mark -- summarize your remarks in five minutes. >> thank you very much chairman, ranking member members of the committee command thank you for the opportunity to testify on knew approach to us cuba policy. i appreciate this committee's engagement in the western hemisphere and know all of your strong commitment, the democratic values social and human rights and diplomatic community in the americas and cuba and thank you and support for the long overdue return for al

mrs. bush: [speaking spanish] john: some of the other candidates are a lot more active. here is kelly hall -- kelly paul. kelly paul: real change and taking on the establishment is hard, and that is why so few people in government actually do anything. rand always fights for the principle that he believes in. john: so kelley has a book that is coming out and she is pretty active politically. so which one, based on what you know kelley about, have the potential to either be helpful or harmful to the candidates? mark: i, like most americans don't know very many of these spouses, just at the first cut. colombo bush is a compelling candidate, she was born in mexico, she could be as big an asset as any spouse in either party, but we just don't know. john: when one candidate ran into some turbulence, he did not have his spouse's to stand by and validate. when and how we start to see and hear from mrs. bush, but mrs. christie has something of a profile, and mrs. cruz is a something of a bright person, but we have not heard mrs. walker, i could not pick her up out of a lineup, a

mr. john smith is the deputy director of the u.s. department of the treasury's office of foreign asset control and previously he served as an expert to the united nations al qaeda and taliban sanctions committee from 2004 to 2007. mr. matthew boreman serves as the export administration. without objection, the briefer's full prepared statement will be made part of the record and members will have five calendar day to submit statements and questions and extraneous material that members of the committee want to put in the record. miss jacobson if you would summarize your remarks, we will hear from you. >> thank you very much chairman. ranking member engle and members of the committee and thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the new approach to u.s.-cuba policy. i want to say that i appreciate that committee's engagement in the western hemisphere and i know all of your strong commitment to democratic values and human rights and economic opportunity in the americas. i want to thank you for support in becoming the long overdue

mr. chris john who's here on behalf of the fertilizer institute where he serves as president. thank you so much for being here. i look forward to hearing from you. we will start to my left mr. lonegro. >> good morning mr. chairman. mr. ranking member and members of the committee. i am frank vice president. thank you for the opportunity to appear here. i am here to represent csx and our current view of the state of tran train control in preserving the safe tif of our workers the safety of our communities and operating capacities in the thousands of decisions that we make everyday. since the year 2000 the freight train accident rate has fallen to 42%. through the consistent investment in infrastructure and new technologies. america's railroads invest more than $25 billion annually. for the last six years we've also been investing in a key safety technology known as positive train control or ptc. ptc is not a single system but rather a large number of subsystems linked together designed to stop a train before certain accidents occur. the act of 2008 requires rail ways to install t

i think that mr. john a responsibility to lay out a strategy, and that backs up the legal.et me rephrase -- there is no language that will make everyone happy on capitol hill. democrats for the most part, i'm painting broad strokes, think this is way too broad, especially with language were loaded related to enemies. host: do you think the 2001 aumf needs to be repealed? guest: i will stick to what i said before, that is, unless the threats directed by that 2001 aumf cease to be threats to our country in a substantial nature, we should not repeal it. should be there point in time where we as americans can say we defeated that enemy and we do not know when that is. i do not think it should erupt into this amf. i think this aumf has serious deficiencies, by do not think it should be repealed. host: jennifer daskal, the front pages of thhe newspapers this morning, the egyptian president saying the u.s. needs to lead a coalition into syria. does the aumf allow him to do that? guest: yes. there is no geographical limitation on the aumf. there's unfortunately very little as to mi

mr. williams and representative john lewis, 500 of those brave soldiers, determined to have their voices heard and their right to vote he recognized as they lined up. these initial marchers were then rudely assaulted and then beaten by alabama state troopers as they attempted to cross the bridge seeking to have their constitutional right to vote. that became known as bloody sunday. if you years later, foot soldiers led by dr. martin luther king jr. peacefully assembled and again attempted to cross the bridge. the group marched to where the attacks occurred a few days before on bloody sunday, and at dr. king's request, they stopped and knelt in prayer. following the prayer, the marchers turned around and returned to selma. then on march 21, under the protection of federal troops and the alabama national guard, that group has: to 8000 foot soldiers who were escorted safely for 54 miles from selma to montgomery, and by the time it reached the state capitol steps, that group had grown to approximately 25,000 people strong there on the steps in montgomery. mr. speaker, instead of bringing the