mr. larson is here from the group to answer any questions. and out of that study came the findings yes. there's growth in san francisco that warrants raising the rates not to the full amount allowed you currently but to a higher amount then we're assessing. it let's us raise the residential fee $0.62. and it will be able us to raise the rate on arrangement, research and hospitals. each one of those categories has a specified rate that goes up. it will helps us do a lot more of the things we need to do. it's the time to do that. so with that there is is special order of business in our package and tied to the special order of business is a resolution we need this board to officially passed. this was noticed in the newspapers for several weeks. a copy of the report has been for the public to review. so there's a specified number of steps and the legal office has been a great help. i want to thank mr. davis and his team for helping us as well. i'll answer any questions. my colleague is more experienced than i >> i actually need you to read the action on page 1 for the record. >> i can do t

mr. larson: thank you, mr. speaker. . mr. larson: our hearts go out to the people of oklahoma and our colleague, representative tom cole, whose district has been devastated by the latest befalling that has our country. i recall the great courage of tom cole on this floor and in his conference putting aside politics and ideology and voting for relief after hurricane sandy. as the death toll rises and the search and rescue valiantly continues, let us not just offer our prayers, as much as they are needed and welcomed, but let us act as united citizens and send with all due speed relief for he people of oklahoma. disasters, tragedies, should never be about ideology or , itics or geographic locale when americans are in need of to this congress needs respond. hat is who we are as a people. that's what leads us to become a more perfect union. any americans befallen by tragedy or national disaster needs the assistance of its nation and its fellow americans. let us act in this congress before we leave, before we go, on an extended bre

mr. larson: i have an idea. what if the heritage foundation had an idea to reform our entire health care system? even better, as mr. neal says, hat if that idea was piloted successfully by a republican governor in a democratic state who would go on to become their nominee for president? what if that idea were brought to fruition nationally through the affordable care act so it could provide american citizens, especially the uninsured, and those with pre-existing conditions to become the focus of our energy and concern in washington? an emphasis on wellness, by seeking to invest in the private sector, the best in the academic sector and the public health i shall i was in that have guided our great country of ours. what if we do what the american people expect us to do instead of quivering over partisan issues, rolling up our sleeves and coming up with a solution to the american people? mr. levin: i yield an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional 30 seconds. mr

mr. larson is an expert. guest: free reese ponce questions, for me, i would list -- free response questions, for me, i would list all the key themes and tried to cross pollinate. in our class -- and i am sure in your class -- federalism, participation, political parties, interest groups come campaigns. congress, president, and courts. those 10 themes, i am writing them down before anything else and i ask for each of the four, how can i include something about federalism, how can i include something about campaigns, how can i include something about interest groups? repeat the exact words of the prompt in each of the answers. host: the power of judicial review established in the case -- guest: this is another one of those court cases where we would say you just have to know this one. judicial review, i can remember and exam where it was not asked and cannot remember and exam where this court case did not appear -- marbury versus madison. host: just to give you a little bit of context, we have a ,egislator, sen

mr. larson of connecticut. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. larson: i thank the gentleman. i rise today to oppose the pay china first act. and i do this with a heavy heart because i know a number of the talented individuals that we have on this committee and a process we've been through where we're working together. it asounds me that somehow the ideological tail of the tea party wags the whole republican effort in this area, and the ideological reach of the tea party exceeds the certainty that we should be bringing to the american people. instead, we're paying hostage politics again, holding up the american people, creating all the uncertainty that we don't need in this kind of climate. instead of demonstrating we can sit down and work together. i get the politics. i understand how you have to exceed to a group that continues to take us to the precipice and then pull back. the american people are through with it. let's sit down and deal with it and th

mr. larson will go to tent b, south and west of the student union so he can meet you and autograph copies of his book, and of course if you can turn off your cell phones now, that would be great. so let's get introductions out of the way. eric larson is an activist and commentator, in addition to writing the people's pension, he has cowritten the crash and has written for a wide variety of publications, including the nation, the village voice, and the huffington post. so please welcome eric larson to the festival of books! [applause] >> very good to be here again. >> let's start with the question raised by the title of our session here, and that is: is social security a manufactured crisis? >> the short answer is, yes, there is no existential crisis that social security faces in the sense it will not exist in x number of years if something drastic isn't done. but there's two crieses we talk about. number one is a fiscal crisis. will it we have enough income or revenues to support nit future years, and the second crisis is a political crisis, and i define that as a crisis in terms of wheth

mr. larson of connecticut. >> the gentlemen of connecticut is recognized for one of the half minutes. >> i think a gentleman. i rise today to oppose the pay- china-first act. i do this with a heavy heart because i know a number of the talented individuals that we have on this committee and a process we've been through where we were working together -- it astounds me that somehow the ideological tale of the tea party-- tail of the tea wags the republican effort in this area. the ideological reach of the tea party exceeds the certainty that we should be bringing to the american people. instead, we are playing hostage politics again, holding up the american people, creating all the uncertainty that we do not ,eed in this kind of a climate instead of demonstrating that we can sit down and work together trade -- together. i get the politics. i understand you have to exceed to a group that takes us to the precipice and then pull back. the american people are through with it. let's sit down, deal with this, and then move on, create a certainty that will create the jobs here. let's not find ours

larson: watch turning point with dr. david jeremiah right here on this network. >> find mr.ht, because in my mind when you found your mr. right and started your family, that's when grown-up life started. >> a search for the right guy turns into a search for the right god. hi. welcome to a.w. we're so glad you're with us today. we're talking about personal journeys. you know, sometimes your personal journey can affect your spiritual journey or your spiritual journey can also affect yourer