now i would like to recognize mr. kline for the purposes of an opening statement. thank you, mr. chairman, and good afternoon to all. welcome to our witnesses. today we will examine federal child nutrition broke rams with an eye toward improving children's health. childhood obesity rates are a serious concern for parents and families, and it does adjust to the health of our nation as a whole. what children eat at school certain plays a role in their overall nutrition. so i welcome this opportunity look at what parents and local schools are doing to grow healthy giving habits. the last time we reauthorized the federal nutrition program, congress golden school districts to establish whelchel until local wellness policies. in fact, it was my friend mike gaskell who took the lead on addressing children's health with these local policies. local policies are the most direct and responsive strategy for promoting healthy eating habits at home and at school. they allow schools to get buy-in and development for parents and students. they count for demographic and economic differences as we

mr. kline, do you have any think? >> just again, thank the witnesses. >> thank you so much. and without objection members will have 14 days to submit additional material or question for the hearing record. and without objection, the hearing is adjourned. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> t. minus 15 seconds. >> space shuttle discovery launch this morning on its way to the international space station. the 13 day mission will deliver thousands of pounds of supplies and equip it to keep the station running long after the program and later this year. >> blazing a trail to scientific discoveries aboard the space station. >> houston, discovery. >> discovery is rolling into a head down position. eventually the international space station. now throttling down to reduce stress on the shuttle. discovered is at an altitude of 4.7 miles, or 26,500 feet. traveling -- discovery, go and throttle up. >> roger. go at throttle up. >> traveling 1000 miles per hour, discoveries engines are now throttled back up and performing at full capability. >> weighs more th

and also as mr. kline brought up, we want to make sure that our approach deals with all the environments and climates and contacts that children have. so it's not just in school. but it's also at home and in the community. so that students who are -- do not have access to low nutrition foods in vending machines, for example, aren't just bringing them in or buying them elsewhere or eating differently at home than they do in school. so i think it's important to take -- as comprehensive approach as possible and to recognize that successful solutions to these -- to these issues need to have strong engagement from the local level. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> mr. polis? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i couldn't agree more that nutritional education is essential for our country to tackle the obesity epidemic. my first question is for ms. rivas. numerous scientific statistics have show low fat high fiber plant-based options for several children. several organizations have promote

mr. kline: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr.speaker, i rise today with my colleagues to honor the memory of the 29 miners who lost their lives in the upper big branch mine and to express our gratitude to the rescue teams who bravely pursued a tragic recovery mission. the nation watched in collective apprehension last week as mine rescue teams rushed from the coal fields of appalachia to the small town of whitesville to help their own. for a week we all clung to the hope that four missing miners might have found refuge. it was not to be. over the weekend the mine rescue teams performed a more solemn duty, bringing these men out of the mine one final time. you understand the best conditions, mining is dangerous work. after an explosion the mines are even more treacherous. mine rescue teams undertake rigorous training and exercise valiant resolve. today we recognize their bravery in the face of danger and tragedy. h.res. 1236 honors their commitment to service. chairman miller has announced our intention to investigate this tragedy

mr. kline: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today with my colleagues to honor the memory of the 29 miners who lost their lives in the upper big branch mine and to express our gratitude to the rescue teams who bravely pursued a tragic recovery mission. the nation watched in collective apprehension last week as mine rescue teams rushed from the coal fields of appalachia to the small town of whitesville to help their own. for a week we all clung to the hope that four missing miners might have found refuge. it was not to be. over the weekend the mine rescue teams performed a more solemn duty, bringing these men out of the mine one final time. you understand the best conditions, mining is dangerous work. after an explosion the mines are even more treacherous. mine rescue teams undertake rigorous training and exercise valiant resolve. today we recognize their bravery in the face of danger and tragedy. h.res. 1236 honors their commitment to service. chairman miller has announced our intention to investigate this traged

mr. john kline. >> thank you, mr. chairman and to the witnesses for being here today. i was struck that it seems everyone of you have something in common in that every program does seem to need more money. we have heard calls for adequate resources, enhanced meal reimbursements, covering the cost of transportation and delivery and so forth. we have got that message,. we did not actually have the money, but we do have the message that there is more money required. we had a difference of opinion about role of the federal government, how much will be dictated by the secretary of our agriculture. miss dora rivas, i think you said that you were emphasizing the national school board association -- that there ought to be more local control and the federal government has to be careful about how it is intrudes in that. it does seem to me that the programs at the local level allow for more input and support from parents, which i think we would all agree is very helpful. the more parents involved in education, in general, the better we are, not just on nutrition. could you addres

klein: it's time to -- mr. kline: it's time to repeal this law. the speaker pro tempore: the the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. record votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? ms. velazquez: i now move that the house suspend the rules and pass s. 3253. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 3253, an act to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the small business act and the small business investment act of 1958, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from new york, ms. velazquez, and the gentleman from missouri, mr. graves, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the g

some of the members on this committee, mr. klineda, others have various proposals both to the regulators and that could be legislated to do with this. i think there's general agreement that getting responsibly with the commercial real estate is very important one of the things that occurs to me again to stress is some of this has to do with concerns of the county. and i would really the position we've been taking. i don't think we should be done via county board what to do. but we can i think urge the regulators to show some discretion and flexibility and act on what the accounting rules require. so with that, i'm not going to recognize the gentleman from alabama for two minutes according to the minority's list, and the remainder of the hearing will be under the chairmanship of the gentleman from north carolina. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for holding this hearing, and thank you, chairman bernanke, for your testimony. the federal reserve was 1 trillion a half dollars of additional liquidity in the system is faced with a ve