. >> oh, why so glum, mr. jay k n carney? does it have a little splg to do with the funding bill?ya? we know why jay carney is so upset. three words for you. boston red sox. but first, all about some girl power. the top five most powerful women in business. coming at number five, angela braly. four, ellen kullman, ceo of dupont. three, patricia woertz, ceo of a company that processes after the break. >>> who are the most powerful women in business? the second most powerful, indra nooyi and the most powerful businesswoman, irnen rosenfelt. the agony of defeat. nothing the worse for a sports fan, especially an outspoken one like jay carney, who's team, the boston red sox, out. and did not at all make the playoffs. he had to face perez today. joe johns is out, but brianna keilar is in for political pop and was in the room. but before we talk carney and what he did, just take me through what happened last night. >> let me preface this by telling you the last time i reported on baseball was in high school. so, here goes. here's what happened last night. late last night, bottom of the n

k-53? thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. kelly. >> ok. before i get to g, then, i've been asked to announce this for the following -- not the following, but for a few meetings. as a reminder to the public in accordance to 11-2 of board policy page 120, and an individual wishing to address the board on agenda items or matters other than those calendarred for board action can call the board office. by 4:30 on the day of the meeting or by completing a speaker card on the evening of the meeting prior to the item being called. cards being turned in at the same time an item is being discussed will not be accepted. so that was just an announcement. let's move on to g. consent calendar. can i have a motion for the consent calendar? >> move the consent calendar. >> second. >> any items corrected by the superintendent? >> yes. there's a number of corrections. the first set of corrections are to the summary page or the table of contents on roman numeral page 21 for k-42. the requesting department should read "the baby zone." and for the summary page

mr. yee, ms. mendoza. >> yes except on items k 1, 12 and 19. >> item p, we have one item. >> on page 113, k-22. the reason i pulled this actually, i have already spoken to the folks submitting it but the reason i pulled this was because i wanted to just discuss, not discuss but highlight, i think, the need for our parent engagement department to actually review and at least review the curriculum that is being presented to our students, our parents to make sure it is aligned with our overall parent engagement plan and aligned to the goals of our strategic plan. i would hope we would have evaluations for training such as this that we would hold our own selves accountable to which is really the impact and are we moving our parents from a dependency model to an empowerment model. also hopefully once we have the capacity ourselves as a district to do these type of workshops ourselves we will have our folks doing it also. to make sure that everything is aligned to our strategic plan and also to our overall district goals around parent engagement an our beliefs. i wanted to mention that, i'm ready to

k." oh, my god. it really was him. wait. mr. monk, this is good news. this should inspire you.o. [groans] sure you can! i'll help you. we'll do it together. okay, so we're just going to take this really slow. mr. monk? okay, now, you're afraid of a lot of things. 312. right, 312. but all we want to do today is beat one of them. wouldn't that be great if we just crossed one of those right off your list? okay, here are four things that you're scared of, but don't worry, you don't have to do all of them. you can just pick one. you can drink the milk, or you could play the harmonica, put the ladybug on your finger, or you can climb the ladder. that's a big ladder. it's only four feet. [mumbling] harold krenshaw did it... excuse me? is this how harold krenshaw did it? why, i don't know, mr. monk. but yeah, probably. something like this. you know what? soon you'll be climbing skyscrapers! [groans] oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. we're not even gonna think about that right now. we're just going to concentrate on one thing, okay? uh, baby steps, okay? little baby steps. here you go. ba

i think 50 canned dals is something like 15 k to blow that cake out mr. president.he good thing about tufrning 50 barack obama is that now the money you donate to aarp will go right back into your pocket. you will be greased by yourself. >> you pay your dues it kicks back in a campaign donation. >> i don't know how it feels the 50 thing that's a few years away for me. but you have experienced that a number of times. >> yeah. >> you can't sit here and tell me, i know on your birthday if somebody wants to pay you 35,800 bucks you are not going to let them hang around with you because you are. >> on your 50th birthday they don't tell you your prostate turns into the under dog balloon from the macy's parade. >> is that so? >> i think. >> don't worry. obama care will take care of it. >> that is written up in there. that's how specific that bill is. >> every day that i stood here i knew that this was exactly where i was supposed to be. >> are you an oprah fan? did you watch the program on a regular basis and what do you think about her not being on any more? >> i didn't w

mr. steven clemons, partner, k. and l., and former deputy chief of litigation counsel, division of enforcement with the sec. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> glad to have you. i've read all your testimony and i believe all of it is of value as we try to determine with the sec what's the best approach, and a collaborative effort. former secretary, u.s. securities and exchange commission on behalf of the u.s. chamber of commerce. >> good afternoon mr. chairman. thank you for inviting me. >> thank you. welcome. we have assembled this panel because we believe all of you have valuable insight into what direction both the commission should go in and the congress and addressing it. the honorable harvey pitt, chief executive officer, and former chairman of the u.s., securities and exchange commission. it's great to have you back. always enjoy your testimony, your insight. mr. j. w. -- assistant professor of law at george mason university who of law. and this is your first time to testify as a witness for the majority? >> as a

something like 15 k to blow that cake out, mr. president.t turning 50, barack obama, is that now the money that you donel nate to aarp will go right back into your pocket. you will be greased by yourself. okay? >> bill: pay your dues kick it back into the campaign donations. >> there you go. it all comes back. >> bill: i don't know how that feels. that 50 thing. i guess that's a few years away from me. [ laughter ] you have experienced that a number of times. >> yeah. >> bill: you can't sit there and tell me, miller, i know you, that if on your birthday somebody wants to pay you $35,800, you ain't going to let them hang around with you because you are. >> you are probably right, billy. on your 50th birthday what they don't tell is you that your prostate turns into the underdog balloon from the macy's parade. [ laughter ] >> bill: is that so? >> i think. [ laughter ] >> bill: don't worry, obama care will take care of it? >> there it is. that's actually written up in there. that's how specific that bill is. >> every day that i stood here i kne

mr. haley goes too far away, to follow up on the question about three cars. there are folks on the k and the l that want to cars. i'm wondering if we can entertain that response -- that once two cars. >> two cars on the l -- we try to get to cars on that and part of a we are doing with the plan to go to three cars in some cases would allow us to balance the load because the challenge on k line, they get one car because of the platforms on the t side. we could look at that from a service perspective, but as long as they're hitched together, it's one of the things if you look at the service standard, the t line, which is the newest part of the line, goes along faster for some of the signal priorities we put in their whereas the other end of it, the k line, i don't need to tell you, along ocean avenue and some of the stops, that is where the balancing and the other thing about the k line is flexibility is limited if we do have a service disruption, but the three-car idea is for us to try to increase capacity without increasing the number of cars and times and locations we really needed.

k. smith who was the moderator said mr. vice president, we have a makeup person here. no makeup, he had somebody put powder on which made it worse. >> rose: and kennedy was rested >> and, you know, it's a cliche now but many of these debates and... this was the first one where people who listened to it on the rad thought nixon won, people watching on television thought kennedy won. >> rose: and that's why nixon realizeed that, too. >> absoluty right. >> rose: there is also this famous one which we're going to see now where ronald reagan used humor because in one debate he seemed old. >> he was old. >> rose: and the next one people were beginning to speculate maybe. and here's what ronald reagan said and we'll talk about it. roll tape. >> you already are the oldest president in history. some of your staff say you were tired after your most recent encounter with mr. mondale. i recall that president kendy came in with very little sleep during the cuban missile crisis. is there any doubt in your mind that you would be able to function in su circumstances? >> not at all. an

k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i would ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: following any leader remarks, the senate will be in morning business for an hour. the majority will control the first half. the republicans will control the final half. following that morning business, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.j. res. 66. this legislation is the vehicle that we need to do the fema funding. the senate will recess, as we always do, on tuesdays, from 12:30 until 2:15 for our weekly caucus meetings. madam president, this week, the republicans sent a message to victims of devastating hurricanes, wildfires and tornadoes. that message was tough luck. last night, we tried to move fo

k. kind of headline to come out of a gossip columnist. mr.had a long and distingished career and i hope he focused on that and not cheap shots against me and other members of the administration who served to the best of our ability for president bush. >> chris: you have the classic cheney half smile. he said look, i am the goy who said to president bush the pottery barn rule. you go in iraq and you own it. >> guest: if you look at the book and i know you have read it. the fact of the matter is, there is a lot more in the book that talks about the positive relationship i had with general powell when we were both in the pentagon. and i had lected him to be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and we worked well together for four years through operation desert storm and so forth. i think -- i don't think general powell read the book when he made those comments. >> chris: you were tough on him in the book. >> guest: it portrayed what i perceived to be the situation. i am assuming it is only one time to write a book. president wrote a book. cia d

mr. chairman. at this time i'm very pleased to yield five minutes to the gentleman from california, the chair of the k-12 subcommittee, mr. hunter. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. mr. hunter: thank you, mr. chairman. i also want to extend my appreciation to chairman kline for his leadership and tireless work toward improving the quality of education for america's children as well as ranking member kildee, my colleague on the subcommittee and full committee, ranking member miller, as well as jared polis from colorado who's not even on this full committee but was very supportive of this legislation. the empowering parents through quality charter schools act is a bill that will have a direct impact on our nation's children. expanding access to high performance charter schools has the potential to make a world of difference for students across the nation. simply adding a much-needed layer of choice of competition that is good for the entire school system, not just charters. unlike public schools, the charter school is not limit bid a one-size-fits-all approach. ins

k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i'd like the senators from rhode island to have the privileges of the floor at this time. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from rhode island is recognized. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to thank and commend senator whitehouse for inviting rabbi leslie gutterman here to deliver the prayer. les gutterman has been an extraordinary figure in our state. a man of great wisdom and compassion and kindness who has, since 1970, contributed extraordinarily to the state of rhode island and to the people of rhode island. his ministry goes far beyond denominational lines. he literally is the rabbi for everyone around. in fact, he is my rabbi, and i'm pleased and proud to say that. so, mr. president, again, i'm delighted to welcome rabbi gutterman here today. mr. whitehouse: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: it's a great honor and a g

k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader.eid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business, senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. there will be no votes today, and the next vote will be on monday, september 19, at 5:30. we begin we'll begin consideration of the trade adjustment assistance bill on monday. we're working on procedures to get to that today. we have a lot to do. next friday, we have to have a continuing resolution passed in this body. we had a good week this week. we were able to get the highway bill extended for six months, federal aviation administration for four months, and of course we were able to have that significant vote on the fema legislation so vitally important to the entire country. it's interesting to note that the president has had emergency declarations of disasters in 48 states. the presiding officer's state is one of those that did not have one, as the state of michigan. h.r. 2587 is due for a second reading and it is at the desk. the presiding of

mrs. wilson is nodding her head. >> that is 6 ayes. >> we are on consent calendar resolution for discussion and immediate action. the you want to comment right now? the first ones i see ouare k-28. 2-e, page 25. go ahead. >> my question was about 2-c. i just needed to clarify for myself. they are about our relationship with cbos. however, any actual contracts such as those you saw, they have to come back. this does not authorize the staff to pay money to the cbo's without authorization by the board, so i thank you for the question. i wanted to clarify for myself, which is as i thought it was. for me that was resolved spirit of my question about -- that was resolved. my question about 2-e was about transportation services, the medical transportation services for special aided, and there waa question raised to me about the bidding process. as i understand it, we got a letter. during the bidding process, one bidder had been given notice they had won the bid, and the process was reopened again, apparently because of a complaint by another bidder, and after the same organization and also submitted the lowest dibid it was given to someone else, so there was some question about the

k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president stph-p. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following leader remarks there will be an hour of morning business. republicans will control the first half, the majority will control the final half. following morning business the senate will resume consideration of the america invents act. there will be four roll call votes starting at about 4:00 p.m. that time could move a little bit but not much. and we're doing that in order to complete action on this patent bill that's been so important to the country. it will be the first revision of this law in more than six decades. senators should gather in the senate chamber about 6:30 this evening to proceed as a body to the house for the joint session with president obama. when we return this evening there will be an additional roll call vote on the motion to proceed to s.j. res. 25, which is a joint resolution of disapproval regarding the debt limit increase. as i indicated to everyone last night, if the motion to proce

k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in morning business. during that period of time senators will be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. there will be no votes today. i'm working with the house to find out what they can work with us on. we know we have the f.a.a. bill which expires next friday. the highway bill expires at the end of this month. those are the two primary things we're working on in addition to the fema bill we have in virginia as well as the around of the country. we're going to make a decision on what we're going to work on but i need to hear from the house first. i applaud the bipartisan approach taken by the president last night in his jobs act. he described it and described it well. it's really a commonsense plan. this plan will cut the middle class -- it will be a tax cut for middle-class families and small businesses. it will put teachers and first responders back to work. it will put construction workers on job sites around the country to

k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, if any, there will be an hour of morning business with the majority controlling the first half, republicans controlling the final half. following that morning business the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to the america invents act. the senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15 for weekly party conferences. at 2:30 there will be 30 minutes for tributes to the lake senator mark hatfield of oregon, and i would indicate if people are unable to come during that 30 minutes, i would solicit their statements so that we can put them together as we often do in these situations so they're in a nice little book let that people can look at at a later time. i would say, madam president, i had the god fortune -- the good fortune of being able to serve with mark hatfield. a treasure of a man. i don't know of anyone from oregon -- they have had great leaders from oregon -- but he is equal to any of them, a man who was not bound by party. i h

k, >> welcome to the department of building inspection brown bag lunch. today we have an extremely special event. we are here at paige glass on mission street in san francisco with mr. ken paige. ken paige has generously invited us into his glass shop and gallery. and the paige glass goes back a long, long time, right? to preearthquake, whichever earthquake -- >> all of them. they're all good. >> when did paige glass start? >> the big one, 1906. >> this happened afs in your family, was paige glass back then? >> well, the 1906 was a very important year, of course, for san francisco, needless to say. the bad news was the death and destruction, city in flames. the good news for my grandfather was even though he was living, at that point, in a tent out in golden gate park, you know, one of a whole lot of people. the good news, he was a young glazer, and every window in the city was broken. >> a holy grail of glazing. >> [laughter.] >> so at that point, shortly after the tremors sopped, he said wait a minute, i've got this idea. so paige glass really started in 1906, with that quake. >> wow. >> and he was so busy, he didn't really form an actual company-company, a regis

k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following any leader remarks the senate will be in a period of morning business. senators will be allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes each. following morning business senate will resume consideration of h.r. 2382, the trade assistance legislation, tied in with the g.s.p. bill. at 5:30 there will be a cloture motion to proceed on h.r. 2832. we'll move to consideration after the vote. i ask unanimous consent that morning business be extended till 5:00 p.m. today so senators can speak regarding the tributes they wish to make to former senator charles percy of illinois. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i am told we would like to end morning business at 4:45 so i ask unanimous consent morning business expire at that time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i was saddened to hear the terrible accident on friday which killed ten people and injured many more. we just received word an hour ago another person had died in

k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will proceed to morning business until 5:00 p.m. today. during that time senators will be allowed to speak for up to five minutes each. i'm sorry, ten minutes each. pardon me. at 5:00 p.m. the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of bernice bouie donald of tennessee to a united states circuit judge for the sixth circuit. there will be 30 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on confirmation of the nomination. upon disposition of the donald nomination the senate will resume consideration and vote on the motion to proceed to invoke cloture on that patent reform bill. senators should expect two roll call votes this evening at about 5:30 p.m. mr. president, first of all, i welcome the presiding officer and everyone back to the senate after the august recess. my good friend, the republican leader, and i look forward to the number-one priority we have, and that's job creation. this isn't just a conversa

mr. president. the cut the marginal tax rates four times, how many and they said once. he of course went to school in the 20's and he was the president and this was pre-k and they were teaching the laws of economics and the old school economics in the old economic sociology major something stock. >> you bring calvin coolidge number 12 as right after jfk. jfk you have tied for seventh place and he gets straight force across the board of the six categories except the character of three. two things about kennedy he was never a winner. you never heard stories about the isolation of the presidency which we've heard from the current leader you never heard the warning from kennedy and it was like reagan and the fact that kennedy took responsibility for his mistakes he said before the cameras the president of the commanding authority of the government and i don't want any questions. the first time that -- the whole congress would be taken to the woodshed. the down is unless they are sure we would recommend for the successors i'm not even talking about the personal life and talking about perhaps putting oneself at risk and questions about the foreign government

k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: republicans will control the first half and the majority will control the final half. following morning business the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.j. res. 66, which is now a resolution regarding burma sanctions and the legislative vehicle for fema funding. we expect to begin consideration of this legislation today. we also hope to consider f.a.a. and highway extension which we received from the house yesterday. senators will be notified when votes are scheduled. madam president, the house sent us a package, and i appreciate that very much. it funds the highway bill for six months. it funds the fema bill for four months. that's terrific. now we should move to this just as quickly as we can. however, we're told this is going to be held up by the republicans. if someone wants to have a vote on an amendment that relates to this, i'll be happy to discuss this with the republican leader to see if we can work something out. in the instance i'm talking a

mr. wolf said. doesn't have the big bucks. no k street lobbyists, but it is a wonderful and very important and effective commission that keeps track of religious persecution globally, keeps you us -- keeps us in line in the house and senate, and also the state department. i read their reports. i read them from cover to cover. please, i would ask members in this body support this legislation and call on our friends in the senate to do likewise. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2867 as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, mr. smith: i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered

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k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: madam president, following the morning business, following morning business the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 2832, the g.s.p. bill and the vehicle for trade adjustment assistance. at approximately 12:30 p.m. there will be two roll call votes in relation to the hatch amendment regarding the effective date of trade adjustment assistance and the mccain amendment regarding a two-year extension of that program. additional roll call votes are expected during today's session. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour, the time equally divided and senators permitted to speak therein up to 10 minutes each. mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority will control the first half, the republicans the second half. the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: this morning we learned that the republican leaders of the house of representa

k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader.reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:30 p.m. today. at the time, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to concur can in the house message to accompany h.r. 2608. filing deadline for second-degree amendments to the house message is 5:00 p.m. today. at 5:30 there will be a cloture vote on the motion to concur in the house message with the reid of nevada amendment. mr. president, two weeks ago the senate passed a bipartisan bill to fund the federal emergency management agency known as femme mavment and for two weeks house republicans have been sitting on that bill taking into afntle the howrnt refused to on a bipartisan bill that funds fema for the next year. not only have they not moved that bill in any way, but they've left town. the house of representatives as we speak on the eve of the government shutting down next saturday, just a few days from now, and fema on the verge of having no money, they left, they're gone. th

k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i would yield to my friend, the junior senator from delaware. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware is recognized. mr. coons: thank you, mr. president, thank you, leader reid. i rise simply to give honor and gratitude that this morning our opening prayer was offered by the reverend dr. silvester s. beaman of a.m.e. zion on the east side of wilmington, a great voice for justice in my home state. it is a critical part of our nation's tradition that we begin every session with prayerful reflection. i'm thrilled that today he's able to be joined by his wife, renee, a registered nurse, and to be able to comment for a moment that reverend dr. beaman, born in niagara falls, new york, who started his mission work and his service in hamilton, bermuda with his wife. early on saw the challenges of h.i.v.-aids and the risks and opportunities for worship and for mission that this pandemic provides to our community. he's been with us now 19 years in delaware, and the two of them ha

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k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in morning business for an hour and the republicans will control the first half. and the majority will control the time half. following that morning business the senate will be in consideration of h.r. 2832, which is the generalized system of preferences act. that is a vehicle for trade adjustment assistance we're going to be working on. we're going to recess today from 12:30 to 2:15 for our weekly caucus meetings. at 2:30 today, senator heller will be recognized to deliver his maiden speech in the senate, work through amendments to trade adjustment assistance. we'll notify senators when votes are scheduled. madam president, i see on the floor today my friend lamar alexander from the great state of tennessee. and i just received a news flash that he was going to relinquish his leadership position and stay in the senate and run for re-election. i don't know all the reasons for his doing this, but i want to record to be spread with the f

k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following any leader remarks, the senate will be in morning business until 4:30 p.m. today. at that time, the senate will resume consideration of h.j. res. 66. at 5:30, there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to h.j. res. 66. at 5:50, members will gather in the rotunda to proceed to the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the east front of the capitol. mr. president, i remember tuesday, september 11, very, very clearly. 219 is where senator daschle held his tuesday morning leadership meeting which started at 9:00. i was the first senator in that room, and john breaux of louisiana came in a short time later and he said something is going on in new york, flip on the tv, and we did. there was a tower burning. how could an airplane run into that tower? we basically didn't pay any attention to that tv. we turned it off because there was a meeting there. we assembled for our meeting. senator daschle called it to order. just a short time after the meeting was started, he got a n

mr. mcconnell, saying that we need free trade agreements with colombia, south america, panama. "usa today," saying that the company behind restaurants like talk of l n kf say hit -- kfc has been allowing -- lobbying for more states to allow food stamps in their restaurants. one report saying that they're looking to cut costs in some states. how would you cut costs at the postal service to keep it solvent? here is how you can weigh in this morning. for republicans, 202-624-1115. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for independents, 202-624-0760. we have set aside a special line for those of you who are current and retired postal workers. 202-737-5579. you can also send us an e-mail at journal@c-span.org and reach out to ouessant twitter, twitter.com/c-spanwj -- reach out -- reach out on twitter, twitter.com/c-spanwj. the postal service could lose up to $10 billion and have less than one week's worth of money in the bank at the end of the fiscal year, according to the postmaster general. the writer of this story for " the washington post," joins us on the phone right now. caller: they have billions of dollars in labor and health care costs that must be paid

mr. tonko: well, representative sarbanes, i couldn't agree with you more. i know what happens when we retrain, retraining, apprenticeship programs, in pre-k through 12, in research centers, i witnessed the inspiration that a clean room science course provided for a young man, 30, 35 years old, unemployed, ready to leave our area when he saw this clean room science at the local community college which was an investment from the federal government, he did a u-turn in his stated plan. this was something that was exciting. this was something that spoke to his heart and soul. this was something he wanted to engage in, and that's the opportunity that we can give people here. the storyline of america is basic. as you say, get me that american dream. let me unleash my skills, my talents. let me raise a family, build a home and dream that american dream, and we owe it to america and people have placed their faith in this jobs agenda. i can't tell you how many times, and i know we've talked, we've heard it from our colleagues people believe it in the make it in america opportunity. they believe in tethering that dream, that american dream so that households, middle class

k-8 charter school that opened four years ago. i'm glad that one of the amendments made in order is an amendment from mr. paulsen and i that would say that schools with three years with -- of success would be eligible for expansion. it provides after school studying, full day kindergarten, every student studies chess. it's 95% latino, 86% english language learners, 90% free and reduced lunch, that means poor families, yet they've scored far above the state average. the state average, including our wealthy suburban districts like some other areas i represent in the past three years. they scored 95% to 100% proficient in math, 77% proficient in reading and writing and for third through fifth graders averaged 30% higher than other schools. other charter schools in denver have achieved positive outcomes with low income students. i'm surewell have the opportunity to talk about many of the amendments made in order under this bill. we did propose an open rule for these bills and it would have been nice to have a more thorough discussion, which is why i oppose the rule but i'm glad it made in order several amend