mr. johnson. we had, by chance, an opportunity to have a few minutes in my office and he said he has supported the law. so i asked him why he wanted this job because he was not going to be allowed to enforce the law. because this president's policies were contrary to that. he had his own ideas about -- he had his own ideas about immigration inconsistent with the law of the land and he was executing his idea about immigration laws, not what was the law of the land. so i'm going to detail, if i don't finish, i'll offer it for the record and maybe speak on it later, just a host, a long, continuous trail of violations of law and improper policies designed to block the enforcement of law in america concerning immigration. it's really stunning, and we should be talking about that with mr. johnson. but he doesn't have to answer our questions. he just says he'll give you some general ideas about what his views are and the views that he has at this time. of course, they may change. most americans probably

mrs. johnson wasn't necessarily about that but got used to that. as first lady, mrs. johnson the rancht of time at and it was very important because it provided such a respite from the turmoil of washington, particularly later in the presidency where the home,ns could come recharge their batteries and make the connection back to the land in the place they valued so much. how important was the ranch to them? allhe didn't like it at when -- she said the house looked like a charles adams house. annoyed when he bought it but she got to love it and as you heard, called it her heart's home. >> in the first ladies series where we refeferred to a lot, writtenraphy of her is by lou gould. pointed about the difference between the kennedys who were people of the east sea andd people of the as the johnsons who were people of the land and spurred her love of conservation. does that connection makes sense? >> sure it does, makes a lot of sense. that whole being part of texas, is a whole almost country of its own, is very different early part ofn the country, all of that. this is whe

mr. johnson in the back with both hands. mr. johnson fell face first to his death. the government plans to call 39 witnesses, including experts to detail evidence found at glacier national park. like a piece of clothe near diopson's body.

mr. johnson. i hope you think that these would be reasonable questions, that any secretary ought to tell wheys going to do if he gets sworn into that office. i think they underscore how important it is that we have answers before we move afford on the nomination. first and foremost, we asked mr. johnson about his commitment to uphold the laws on the books. we asked if he would continue the lawless policies created by the former secretary and deputies. we asked about what he would do to improve the morale of immigration officials and agents concerned about their nonenforcement protocols and we want to know how he would strengthen cooperation between the fed and local law enforcement entities. second, we asked mr. johnson will what he would do to improve border security. we want to know what specific measures he will implement to ensure the department -- that the department will comply with the secure fence act of 2006. in 2010 secretary napolitano suspended our nation's only comprehensive border se

mr. johnson along with several colleagues on the judiciary committee. we on the judiciary committee asked for his views on a number of important matters, including our nation's immigration policies and the fair treatment of whistle-blowers. we asked if he would cooperate with us on oversight matters and work with us to improve immigration policies going afford. because the judiciary committee has primary responsibility on immigration matters, it is necessary for us to know any nominee's position on almost any issue. it has been nearly a month and there's been no response to our letter and no indication that he might respond. in fact, i would be surprised that any nominee would respond to congress anymore, given the majority only needs a simple majority to vote for

mr. johnson i'm sure has many abilities. he's apparently a wall street lawyer, big political campaigner, raised a bunch of money, gave money to president obama, is a close confidante of president obama, was made the legal counsel for the department of defense, which he said he was president obama's man at the department of defense. but he's not had any kind of real leadership, and i would expect leadership in management experience. he shows no interest in or desire to seize control of this department and try to make it better and to honor the officers who are a part of it and who serve their country often at risk every day only to find that high political appointees in that department undermine their ability to enforce the law and place their lives at risk. you say, jeff, that's an exaggeration. i'm going to talk tonight in some detail about just a list of some of the things that this administration has done to undermine, block and frustrate the ability of the fine law officers, i.c.e. officers, customs and enforcement offic

mr. johnson in the back with both hands. mr. johnson fell, face first, to his death.that he fell by accident after graham pushed his arm away during an argument. >> she openly admits she took a dear friend from us, it boggled my mind. >> reporter: they say they plan to prove that for nine days after johnson's death, graham went to great lengths to hide her crime from friends, family, and law enforcement. allegedly sending herself e-mails from a fake account she made named tony. >> prosecutors have to prove she intended to kill him. >> reporter: she's pleaded not guilty. in their legal briefs, her attorneys admit her story changed over time. but maintain that johnson's death was an accident. the defense writing in the brief that despite expected testimony that graham suffered from cold feet, witnesses thought that the wedding was perfectly normal. >> this case will come down to whether the jury believes that she regretted this marriage so much that she pushed him off the edge. literally. >> reporter: graham's attorney revealing the plan to show a starkly different imag

mrs. johnson who were seen in fort worth. and there was a large crowd gathered behind the fence line and the president noticed him and immediately went to that crowd to shake hands. mrs. kennedy normally wouldn't do that. she joined him and went to the crowd as well and shook hands and the photographers were having a field day and they were getting a good photo and this includes the radio stations that were going crazy with what was going on with the people of dallas. and they were built largely as we proceeded into the city. there are some points where it was difficult to get through the crowds. and the president was in the right rear, and he was trying to keep away from the crowd, that mrs. kennedy was in the left rear, not put her right up next to the crowd. so occasionally i would get up in the back of the car. to be its closest proximity as i could be to prevent anything from happening. and we had been told that the president did not once in the back of the car. that had happened the previous situation. i would answer to

mr. johnson in the back with both hands. mr. johnson fell face first to his death.l by accident after graham pushed his arm away during an argument. >> the fact she openly admits she took a dear friend from us boggles my mind. >> reporter: u.s. attorneys say they plan to prove for nine days after johnson's death, graham went to great lengths to hide her crime from family and friends and law enforcement. even allegedly sending herself e-mails from a fake account she created named tony. prosecutors have to prove she intended to kill him. this was not an accident. >> reporter: graham has pleaded not guilty. in their legal briefs, they admit graham's story changed over time but maintained johnson's death was an accident. the defense also writing in its brief that despite expected testimony that graham suffered for cold feet, witnesses thought the wedding was perfectly normal. >> this case is going to come down to whether the jury believes that she really regretted this marriage so much that she really just pushed him off the edge literally. >> reporter: graham's attorne

mr. johnson identified we need outline r all those we need urban core and everybody to work across different racial ethic divides. we're not going to end this is about mary helene rogers legacy. i condominium to you this is just another beginning of more projects to come as we bring more people across. this is a city that's rich in resources. we've got 80 get those resources to talk to each other and make a commitment to build more housing in the city. reverend fong i'd like to have the rogers family come up and present to them this pramgs declaring today mary helene senior day in san francisco (clapping.) i think mario is going to speak and could you introduce the artists as well. nancy where you at? >> right here. oh, there you go. this is after the doing the murals. i'm mario i'm one of 9 sons. my mom and dad raised us in the community awhile she fight in the community she didn't fight us she beat us and made the familiar roses that reverend townsend talked about. i want to thank everyone for coming out. in the one of my mom's themes. sure. michael, thank you for doing this project. i nee

mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, many members think that the suspension calendar is reserved for unimportant legislation. that is not the case today. it is reserved for bills that need no amendments and on which more than 2/3 of the house agrees. the community fire safety act of 2013 meets those two tests. sometimes when we budget our time, we ask ourselves, what should i work on first? the urgent or the important? h.r. 3588 is both urgent and important. it corrects a problem that first surfaced in october of this year, but which impact it's all water utilities and fire fighting units in the united states, effective next month. water utilities have made it clear that they have two choices come january 4. law to comply with federal or leave gaps in critical fire hydrant service. no one should ever face that choice. here's the background. on january 4, 2011, the president signed into law t

mr. johnson deceived just as he deceived his own family and friends. n as we found tout truth we took immediate action to refund the donors' money and make things right. we tried speak with johnson but he wasn't home and didn't respond to our e-mails. >> i think that they are both responsible. i think that give forward has a responsibility to its donors. >> now a federal judge could decide. in court records, give forward says it is immune under the communications decency act. and that it didn't provide, creator select any con ten for the fund-raiser. the companyays that it is not responsible for what third parties post and does not have an obligation or resources to research each user. hodges' attorney argues give fofrd should take some blame since it provides coaching and makes money by keeping 7.9% of all money raised. >> what's that 7% going to if not to protect the citizens donating to help people's needs? >> do your homework and research. >> tom mitchell says month matter what group or site you are donating to, find out if the profiles are vetted.

mr. johnson: madam president? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. johnson: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: madam president, like the senator from south dakota, our office continues to get e-mails and phone calls and contacts from our constituents. tonight i'd like to read an e-mail we received from david and shannon mckitchen. they write, "i am trying to contact you with very little left to do. my wife and i, as of of i ha to, received a notice that our health policy is going up from $389 a month to $1,177 per mon month." that's more than 200% increase. basically, it is going from $4,600 per year to $14,000 per year. this is for the same level we have, which is an h.s.a. policy, $5,000 maximum out-of-pocket per year. this policy works for us, as we both self-employed small business owners. we have been hammered during the economic downturn and this is the straw that breaks the came camel's back. we feel that our government is attacking us, and we have nowhere to turn. we are both in our mid-50's, and if things stay the same, w

mrs. johnson, a first lady was considered to have a project. >> she wasn't considered a serious first ladya cause. >> 19 years after she left the white house, mamie eisenhower sat down with barbara walters to give her views. >> you think presidents need their wives at home? >> i don't know. i don't think -- i think you have to -- mine has to be encouraged. i told ike every day how good i thought he was. your ego has to be fed. >> gary robinson wants to know what would mamie say was her greatest contribution to the role of first lady? >> i would say giving ike a comfortable home life where he could relax and get away from the pressing issues of the day. i think her greatest contribution was in institutionalizing the first lady as a campaigner. i think that is the role that has really carried on with later first ladies and in american political life. >> what would your answer be? >> i would agree that privately it would be creating that home. and when she said homemaker, she meant it in the truest sense, making a home that was comfortable and welcoming and gave ike a place to escape and for

mrs. johnson tried a couple of more times and she gave up. she had acopy painted.here were two copies made. one of them hangs in the truman library down the road. >> i do not know who did the portrait. [laughter] i can look it up. we have to tell the story about the renovation to the white house. trumans were there are almost eight years in the white house and spent less time in the building than any other president. absolutely. >> it was falling down. the piano almost fell through the floor. the engineer was worried it would fall on them. >> and there was an engineering survey. members of the crew, the ceiling in the east room had dropped 40 inches. he said he walked in there. it was considered a fire trap. they recommended that they moved out. they said they wanted to paint it. after the war, when truman was there, the house was kind of empty upstairs and the floor jiggled and teddy roosevelt loved houses that did that. the plaster began to trickle down. from the light fixtures. they found they had to get out. they moved across the street. plans were done. they w

mr. johnson fell to his death at glacier national park wearing a blind fold.ng the murder up sending herself a series of e mails from a fake account. >> the prosecution is going to say the story doesn't make sense, they've got evidence she was engaged in a cover up. >> reporter: graham's defense attorneys claim her 25-year-old husband fell accidentally when she pushed his arm away during an argument. >> she admits she took a deer friend from us. >> reporter: the defense admits graham's story changed but maintains the young bride sin sent. >> the government is expected to call 39 witnesses, including forensic experts. the judge says he hopes to have the trial to the jury in five wilderness adventurer will not face charges the movie "127 hours ou" tells the story of aaron hallston he cutoff his arm with a pocketknife. police arrested him after officers say he got into a fight with his girlfriend a spokesperson says the case was dropped. >> there is more still to come on abc7 news at 4:00 including a snow ball fight including university of oregon football players

mr. johnson in the back with both hands. mr. johnson fell face first to his death.nesses, including experts to detail evidence found at glacier national park. like a piece of clothe near diopson's body. authorities believe graham blindfolded her husband before he fell 200 feet to his death. prosecutors accused graham of an elaborate coverup. they plan to show the jury text messages and e-mails they claim she sent herself from a fake account to throw authorities off her trail. >> the prosecution basically saying she was lying. because she was lying, therefore, she's a murder. >> reporter: fwragraham pleaded guilty. her defense team hopes to keep her free admitting her story change over time but that the situation was self-defense. they were arguing when the newlyweds struggles. he grabbed her and she fought back. this morning, jury selection begin. will they decide she's a calculating killer or a innocent young bride. for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc news, missoula, montana. >> more from dan abrams. now it will get started. what do you expect opening state

mr. johnson had pulled up to this location like right directly across from us at which point he was shotinstantly. it was a single shot. we know that the shot came back from the wood line no more than 30 to 50 yards away. >> as you can see, the forward most bus up there is the one where the -- >> johnson's death brings the entire case back home to montgomery county. >> i can remember just thinking, they're back. >> police find another note in the woods. >> we knew that if we could engage them we would be that much closer to them either screwing up or making another mistake that would help us catch them. >> they did exactly what we asked them to do. they started writing us letters, they started calling. >> one of the phone calls basically told us we needed to look at a robbery that had occurred in montgomery, alabama. >> the call it later turned out was from lee boyd malvo. was he just bragging or hoping to get caught. no one knows but it was a critical break. >> he didn't identify himself as the sniper. he says, you got to look at that. >> i called montgomery, alabama, i said, did you ha

mr. johnson at jcpenney tried to do craziness of discounting to cheapen the brand and he failed.s that mean we'll never see a store do that? >> he failed miserably and he is not in the job. stores will continue to do it. discounts are a race to the bottom. what is ultimate thing? giving products away for free. that's where they're moving. this is big problem. adam: brian and bruce, thank you for joining us. >>> money is flying around the world today, first in the netherlands, they offered tiffany's to pay half a billion dollars to settle a lawsuit. that lawsuit was from accusations, tiffany was backing out after joint venture both companies entered into in 2007. it was a 20 year deal for swatch to make watches under tiffany brand. in addition to the 449 million bucks for compensation and they have to pay $9 million for swatch's legal fees and plus the cost of arbitration. >>> in u.k., british retailer marks & spencer under fire after a worker in london store refused to sell champagne for religious reasons. according to the report the employee asked a customer to wait before calli

mr. johnson: mr. president, last night i read a number of e-mails we received -- of the hundreds we've received from constituents in wisconsin specifically talking about the problems they've had in losing their coverage and -- and certainly finding this law not being affordable. they used words like "scared," "begging for help," feeling they were just collateral damage in this scheme that simply is not protecting patients or offering affordable care. they just can't fathom that this is actually happening to them because they knew it wasn't supposed to. well, today i rise to read an e-mail received from steve walrath from beloit. steve writes, "i'm 54 years old, in good health and no prior conditions. i just received my health insurance renewal bill. i used to have affordable and user-friendly health care that cost about $290 a month with no co-pay. according to my renewal letter from dean health care, my choices are now $854 a month with a 10% co-pay up to $1,315 a month with a zero percent co-pay. le

mr. johnson. he was first and foremost an african nationalist. there were communists who wanted to coopt, if you will, the movement there and he once famously went onstage at a rally of i believe the african national congress and tore up the posters of the communists who had tried to sort of commandeer the movement over there. larry, a moment ago used the word forgiveness. there was a divineness about this man's spirit, wasn't there? >> i think you would have to say if anybody would ever dare say that someone carried a christ-like mantle in their life, you would have to say that about president mandela. he clearly understood that, you know, as i think one of the authors of "cry the beloved country" wrote about south africa where she said i hope when the whites turn to loving, the blacks have not turned to hating. and that i think was president mandela's, what i call his humanitarian genius. he knew that there was hatred out there. he had seen it. he just would not under any circumstances give credit to that hatred so it would inflame south africa

mrs. johnson, who they had just seen 10 minutes before over in fort worth. but that was politics. so there was a large crowd gathered behind a fence line. president noticed them, immediately went to that crowd to shake hands. mrs. kennedy normally wouldn't do that. she joined in and went to the crowd as well. they shook hands and they walked down the line. photographers were having a field day. they were climbing on everything they could get up on to get a good photo. the announcers on the radio stations and tv stations were going crazy with what was going on here with the president being received so well from the people of dallas. we started into downtown dallas. the crowds were built largely from very few as very many as we can see as we get into the city. you'll notice there are some points where it was difficult to get through the crowd. the driver of the presidential victor was keeping the car father -- farther to the left hand side because the president was in the right where and just to keep away from the crowd. at mrs. kennedy was in the leftt rear and output are right nex

mr. johnson, three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes. madam nson: thank you, speaker. mr. chairman, i think it's time this morning to reveal a little bit of truth. e have had reports of trolls just running through the marketplace of america. trolls. you know those, the one that is hang out under bridges and scare you when you were a child. a troll is just something that s -- oh, boy, it's to be avoided. all patent plaintiffs bringing actions to protect their patents, we are now calling them trolls. and that's not true. that's not accurate. in fact, it's very inaccurate. cases thatthe patent are filed in the courts of this country could be considered done in bad faith. so you could call those plaintiffs, i suppose, patent trolls, but 5% of the litigation oes not equate to we are being overrun by patent trolls. that's just not correct. there is a problem with abusive litigation. so how do you get at that? how do you -- how do you, without closing the courthouse door on plaintiffs seeking to assert their rights to their patents, and those pl

mr. johnson's change? and did this split the republican party or is it going to save it in the end? maybe we need a little less rhetoric and a little more policy. >>> more obamacare problems, by the way. one week until the deadline, yeah, but is the site going to be ready? not just to take the signups, but to protect your identity. the answer, apparently, is no, it will not. >>> and on the fed's 100th anniversary, who is the best fed chairman in recent memory? the contenders, paul volcker, alan greenspan, ben bernanke. i will have my pick and so will our panel of experts. >>> don't forget, folks, free market capitalism always the best path to prosperity. we're "kudlow" and we'll be right back. my mantra? family first. but with less energy, moodiness, and a low sex drive, i saw my doctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. we talked about axiron. the only underarm low t treatment that can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women especially those who

mr. johnson, some of the detainees that are still at gitmo have been there more than 10 years.ment on the u.s.'s government inability to bring them to trial? >> well, the real problem here is that the u.s. government has basically aborted human rights obligations, treated guantanamo as a political issue instead of a rights issue. that's really dangerous, because guantanamo's not only a place, it's an idea, and the idea is that the government can strip your rights, civil liberties and there's nothing you can do about it. that threatens all of us. we need the government to change course, respect human rights and get this problem solved once and for all. >> one of president obama's big promises in his first term was to completely close the prison at guantanamo bay. do you see that happening now with the passage of this defense bill? >> this bill will definitely help. i certainly think it's possible that president obama can get this place closed, but it's not just a question of closing the detention facility. it's closing it the right way. we've heard that part of the plan may be t

mrs. johnson is exhibit a in exactly how to do that. mrs. ford said she thought that being a good housewife and mother was a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it. so she was both a traditionlist and a trail blazer. as we've already said she had not only balanced the job but before they were in the white house she was in a sense mother and father. >> during that very brief presidency they hosted 33 state visits. >> the reason it was so by entrated is it was the centennial year. in addition to being this hotly contested republican relation and then of course the fall campaign, it played out against the backdrop when steve talked about her blossoming, and this is what he meant. this is a woman who was accustomed to being on the stage. as first lady, she was back on the stage. entertaining.oyed the entertainments were really personalized. the president of egypt was a great fan of the american west. she rounded up original sculptures to decorate every table in the dining room. bailey became a great favorite as an ente

mr. johnson: mr. president, i rise to speak in support of dr. janet yellen to be chair of the board of governors of the federal reserve system. as we continue to recover from the worst economic crisis since the great depression, we need a strong and thoughtful chairman of the federal reserve. we need a chair who has learned from our economic successes and mistakes over the past several decades. we need a chair who understands how monetary policy affects the everyday lives of americans. and we need a chair who understands the importance of implementing wall street reform to promote financial stability. dr. yellen has all these qualities, and she is ideally suited to be the next fed chair. dr. yellen's experience is unmatched. she currently serves as a member and vice chair of the board of governors. she previously served as a member of the board of governors in the 1990's. she was chair of president clinton's council of economic advisors, and she serves six years as president of the san francisco fed. dr. yellen also has an impressive economic re

mr. johnson. mayor -- not only mayor of chicago. one of the leaders of the democratic party, and of course, he's very close to the president, who is another leader of the democratic party. it represents the interest of the leadership of the democratic party. do you think your respective goals and agendas can be met under by pressuring democrats here at the local level and followup in light of what happened in seattle, would you support a non-democratic candidate for mayor? [applause] [inaudible conversations] yes. we'll coone more. okay, good. [laughter] yeah. we're going do four questions. >> my name is rodney priewt. i'm a displaced teacher. i stood on the stage at the auditorium and helped convince the teachers to walk out. i joined you in front of full torns on the river to deal with them. one thing i will say, i used to be head of one of the committees then i resigned. i felt like we were doing anything. until this city addresses race and call it as it is, nothing positive will happen in this city. that mayor will be re-elected

mrs. johnson is exhibit a and exactly how to do that. mrs.d said she thought that being a good housewife and mother was a much tougher job than going to have officer and getting paid for it. so she was both a traditionalist and a trailblazer. and as we have already said, she not only balanced the job but of course before they were in the white house she was in a sense mother and father. >> during that very brief presidency, they hosted 33 states. >> yeah. because the reason it was concentrated, of course, it was the by sen -- bicentennial year. in addition to being hotly con teed republican race for the nation and the campaign. it played out against the back drop of the american bicentennial. ..

mr. johnson is recognized for five minutes. forhank you, mr.chairman, holding this very important and significant hearing today. let me get my notes squared away. this hearing is here political theater. it is a farce. the audience has seen it so many times it is no longer funny. this hearing is an egregious waste of this committee's time. when one considers lefthe legislation untouched by the house. the senate has passed formehensive immigration -- reform but the speaker of the house continues to refuse to bring to the floor. yesterday, i watched as most members kept their heads down. they wanted to avoid eye contact with the 50 or so young people standing at the foot of the steps in the cold wind. clasped their hands together, the young people, in prayer. the prayer was on behalf of immigrantsies of that are being destroyed as a nation's failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform. simple 1 --as a that speaker boehner allow the house to vote on comprehensive reform and for the end of this session of congress. kids --tral of those could no

mr. johnson: i thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to join my distinguished colleagues in tribute to the life of nelson mandela. i do so with a heavy heart. world-at-largehe have lost a great human being. although president mandela has and d, his legacy is vital will rebhain with us. he taught us how to live and also how to die. he inspired hope in the people of south africa. he set an example of leadership. we would all do well to follow. he showed the world that an impassion the pursuit of justice could win over come placens si and corruption. i will remember him as a man and movement. in 1990, not long after mandela's release from jail, i attended a speech he gave in atlanta, georgia. seeing this icon in the flesh and hearing his voice, something of the nature of a true revolutionary, that they are very real people. nelson mandela was a real person who faced oppression. facing that reality made his legend made it all inspiring to me. it is not a product of wishful thinking. radical change comes from determination with

mrs. johnson and chief magapate before the trouble started. >> what was the trouble, do you know? >> and i went through every single story ever published. >> this man said the "national geographic" played an important role. its photographers showed us the way the world lived. >> they were ambassadors of the sort, weren't they? >> absolutely. they represented in a sense this little pioneer spirit of america. >> what did it mean to be a photographer for national gee graphic? >> it meant a lot. >> he's traveled the globe for nearly a half a century. >> this figure crawled around the facade is you? >> it's me in a three-piece suit. you always wear a three-piece suit around the vatican because you never know when you're going to run into the pope. >> how did you get this shot? >> i'm in a plane strapped in. >> he worked in egypt and tiera dell fuego. >> it was harbor for 8,000 sheep. they brought them in to market. >> 8,000 sheep. >> that's right. this guy is trying to herd them down the street. this is a story on rats. >> on rats? >> in a 1975 story he shot in a temple where rats were

mr. johnson, is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. for holding this very important and significant hearing today. get my notes squared away. this hearing is pure political theater. it's a comedy but the audience has seen it so many times now that it's no longer funny. in fact, this hearing is an egregious waste of this committee's time. especially when one considers all of the legislation that remains unaddressed by the house, like immigration reform. the senate has passed comprehensive immigration reform by the speaker of the house continues to refuse to bring the issue to the house floor. yesterday, as house members walked down the capitol steps on their way home from an exhausting one hour workday, i watched as most members had their heads down. they wanted to avoid eye contact with the 60 or so young people standing at the foot of the steps in the cold wind. they had their hands clasped together, the young people, in prayer. their prayer was on behalf of those families and immigrants that are being destroyed as a result of this na

mr. johnson, please explain to me how on earth this is affordable and fair. i can't. it's not affordable. it's not fair. it's utterly unfair. and it is utterly unnecessary. but it's a fact. it's one i hope everyone who supported this bill can live with. i hope it is a fact that everyone who voted in support for this bill thinks about, and is held fully accountable for. i find this affordable care act to be divisive, unfair, and an unjust tax on the middle class. i will not vote for anyone that supported this act or continues to support this act, given the effect it is having on my family. sir, i am begging for your help please find a way to help my family and the rest of the americans like us. did you hear that? an american citizen begging for help from the harm that the affordable care act, the patient protection and affordable care act inflicted on his family and he is begging this congress, this chamber, this president for help. please hear him. another constituent writes, "i'm feeling very upset and stressed over the new health care laws. i feel they are unfair an

mr. johnson: a young woman of that same age, 27, is seeing her premium increase by 78%, going from about $1,400 per year to about $2,500 per year. that's not bending the cost curve down. and that's not even talking about the added or the increased cost of their deductibles, the increases in their maximum out-of-pocket amounts they're going to be spending every year. so again, the patient protection and affordable care act does nothing that it promises. it is a disaster for our health care system, it is a disaster for our federal budget, it is a disaster for people and their health and their lives. now, i'm down here on the floor of the senate tonight -- i'm normally not down here at this time. normally i'd be sitting at home and doing a little bit of homework. and so i guess what i'd like to do is spend a few minutes doing what i'd be doing at home, reading letters from constituents from wisconsin. now, when i introduced my piece of legislation trying to protect as many americans as possible from the damage of the health care law, trying to honor the promise that president obama and memb

mr. johnson: thank you. mr. speaker, for the last 30 years social security has been required to make deceased americans' social security numbers and other personal information public through the so-called death master file. unfortunately, identity thieves have been using this file to obtain fraudulent tax refunds based on the identity of deceased americans, particularly children. like 4-year-old alexis agin here. no grieving family should have to go through this. to put a stop to this heinous crime, earlier this year i introduced the alexis agin identity theft protection act with my democrat colleague, javier becerra, and thanks to the budget deal, which includes a provision to restrict access to the death master file, american families will be better protected from tax fraud. i salute the agins for their tireless advocacy. god bless america. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the entleman from new jersey rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

mr. johnson is very qualified to meet that person that's a buffer, being that he is an attorney and very capable of doing that, but we also need someone to lead and make home land security more of a presence within our nation. >> who do you think should have gotten the nod? >> an office name that comes to mind an discussed and deemed this person was greg kelly. he's obviously leading police commissioner of nypd, numerous experience and background. he led customs and was under secretary of the treasury department and an obvious person out there looking for home, if you will. >> when we talk about homeland security nowadays, we are not only talking about people that might want to do us harm physically, but people who might want to do us harm in the cyber rein that, as well. is somebody like a ray kelly the best pick for something like that somebody who has to direct the grid? >> kelly did so within the nypd, working with f.b.i. and c.i.a. others bill branton. somebody with a bigger name, a bigger force i think would have been better for the organization in order to lead it from the front a

mr. riskin and miss johnson are pretty familiar with my complaints so i will make a couple suggestions. one is to educate people about instead of spending $50,000 to send those rude people out to tell us we only have two minutes to talk, take some of that $50,000 and educate people who are parking in the city about, you know, what the rules are. and my theory on this is, i look at around city hall here and around no. 1 south van ness, a lot of people with permits on their cars and two blocks away there are blue zones with nobody in them for short periods of time. so my theory is the thing that says $250 fine on there, i think if people are misusing it maybe we can educate folks. my second one is to make sure mr. planthold addresses the california state assembly. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> karen mccoy, jonathan lyons, howard strassner. >> (inaudible). >> thank you. jonathan lyons, howard strassner. is mr. lyons here? he's coming up, good. >> good afternoon, mr. lyons. >> thank you very much, my name is jonathan lyons, i am president of the fdr democratic club of san francisco

you know, johnson used to sit in a hideaway office kneecap to kneecap with edward dirksen, the minority leader, and dirksen would say to them, mr. president, i know a fine young man in my home state of illinois who i believe deserves a judgeship and johnson would say, we will look into that. the deal was cut. johnson is going to get dirksen to vote on something and dirksen was going to get the judgeship for his constituency. if this were the case now, they would screen ugly bargain, political corruption. but that's how politics works. that's how it worked in the past, you see. and so it's so much more difficult i think to operate in that way. there were leaks of course to the press. johnson hated the leaks. kennedy hated elites. roosevelt didn't like it, although johnson and roosevelt and kennedy, they would leak things to the press themselves in order -- ross once told me when johnson appointed him national security advisor, he called them up the night before the announcement was being made at midnight and said to him, why did you tel tell the press on te pointing you national security advisor? and he said mr. president, i did

johnson. colleagues, any questions. >> okay. mr. rhodes can we go to your budget analyst report, please. >> mr. chairman, supervisor mar on page 39 of our report we report that attachment 1 to our report which we prepared summarizes the types of contracts leases or operating agreements required to pay for prevailing wages with respect to bargaining agreements and labor unions, the amount of allocated wage increased compared to 2013, and the amount of 2014 and compares to 2013 and finally the proposed prevailing wage raise themselves. we know any increase as a result of the proposed prevailing wage rates depends on future contract bids and which results on higher rates. there are such potential increase cost to the city cannot be estimated at this time. inform are that reason we consider this approval of the decision be for policy decision for the board of supervisors. >> at this time we'll open to public comment? anyone wishing to comment? is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.. >> we can do s

congratulations, johnson, thanks for your fantastic design and working together for putting this on and to your whole family happy holidays! and congratulations. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, mr. mayor. i had the pleasure of first working with dave johnson on the development of square one here in soma. i'm glad we can collaborate again today. please welcome our architect dave johnson. [ applause ] >> good morning, everybody. thank you very much. these are such kind words, it's amazing. it's a beautiful day. thank you, mike. but i want to say this you to the people to the community of south park who might be here today to see this conversion that it's making from a parking lot that had a cultural history from a chili cook off that will be a new vibrant addition to the neighborhood. this is such a tremendous change. this neighborhood is an important fabric of san francisco and the future of san francisco. our approach when we started this project was humbling by first understanding the nature of this place as the mayor described. one of the textures of the neighborhood, one of the opportunities for light, air, views, shade, habitat, art and joy, where could we tap into. single