something that ronald reagan did mr. levin: i yield the gentleman 3 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. blumenauer: something ronald

mr. levin: thank you, mr. van hollen. well, where do we start? clearly there's a feeling this s more than an anticlimax. you know, we should have a debt ceiling bill before us. why don't we have that? we haven't acted on medicare part b premiums. they are right before us. instead we're doing this. e highway trust fund faces a deadline. where is it? where is our legislation? x extenders actually expired much, much earlier. where is the legislation? so instead, because the republican conference is essentially mostly fighting itself, this institution is handcuffed on these issues. so the decision is, pass a reconciliation bill, get a bill to the president to veto because so far 60 or 61 efforts have never been table get to the president for veto. well, i think this is a waste of time when there are other issues because the president has also said he'll veto. so what's this really all about? i think this is all a prelude, as was the so-called prioritization bill yesterday, and i think also the beng

mr. levin, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin mr. ryan. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 692, the default prevention act, currently under consideration. and also raise the fact that the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, if you want to guarantee that the united states will never default, then you should vote for this bill. if you want to protect working families from the consequences of default, then you should vote for this bill. if you want to make sure that seniors get every dime of their social security, then vote for this bill. mr. speaker, this bill does not raise the debt limit but it eliminates the threat of default. the full faith and credit of our country is too important

mr. levin of michigan, a distinguished ranking member of the ways and means committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. levin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. levin: first and foremost, this bill takes the important step of protecting the full faith and credit of the united states. we will pay our obligations and not only to foreign bondholders, but to our citizens. whether veterans or our children, unlike the republican majority bill last week. it protects millions of seniors from a 50% increase in their monthly medicare part b premiums an spreads out the cost of paying for the fix over a number of years. it ensures that all 11 million americans that rely on social security disability insurance won't see their benefits cut by 20%. it is fiscally responsible, while not undermining our changing the structure of vital programs in any way. let me repeat that. it is fiscally responsible while no

mr. levin of michigan, a distinguished ranking member of the ways and means committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. levin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. levin: first and foremost, this bill takes the important step of protecting the full faith and credit of the united states. we will pay our obligations and not only to foreign bondholders, but to our citizens. whether veterans or our children, unlike the republican majority bill last week. it protects millions of seniors from a 50% increase in their monthly medicare part b premiums an spreads out the cost of paying for the fix over a number of years. it ensures that all 11 million americans that rely on social security disability insurance won't see their benefits cut by 20%. it is fiscally responsible, while not undermining our changing the structure of vital programs in any way. let me repeat that. it is fiscally responsible while no

mr. levine was the teacher. sarena dawn moore of myrtle creek, 44 years old. treven taylor am paw t1 years old and rebecka ann 18 years old. >> you saw the picture as we have pictures of three of those victims. there is also an incredible story of a man who tried to stop gunman ended up being shot several times, but somehow survived. cristina rendon is in our newsroom with more on this. >> reporter: frank, the families of the three men who died released statements today read by the douglas county officials. the sheriff saying that the families are asking for privacy. >> reporter: these men are three of the nine victims killed at umpqua community college. quinn cooper, lucas eibel, and jason johnson. eibel's family describing the 18-year-old as an animal lover and soccer playing. saying describing how amazing his son was would take 18 years. they released a statement released by officials. >> he was an umpqua community college scholar award recipients, studying chemistry. >> reporter: jason johnson's family say that the 34-year-old was proud to be a christien a

mr. levine was the teacher. >> an assistant professor of english, lawrence levine was a member of steamboaters fly nikolishining and -- fly fishing group. >> lucas iebel was a quadruplet. >> we have been trying to figure out how to tell everyone how great lucas was. he loved future farmers of america and volunteering at saving grace animal shelter. >> quinn cooper. >> quinn was funny, sweet, compassionate, and such a wonderful loving person. he always stood up for people, quinn and his brother cody were inseparable. >> rebecca ann carnes of myrtle creek, 18 years old. >> rebecca carnes' cousin lisa crawford set up a good fund me site to help her family with the fine amexpenses. >> sabrina dawn moore. >> serena moore was a member of the seven day adventist church. >> trevon anpach was larger than life and brought out the best around him according to his family. >> in justin and kim's words, trevon was a perfect son. >> lucera. her sister wrote that she would have been a great pediatric nurse and would do great things. courtney keeley, al jazeera. >>> well, this year's u.n. general assembly saw

mr. levine was the teacher. sarena dawn moore of myrtle creek, 44 years old. treven taylor anspach of sutherlin, 20 years old. and rebecca ann carnes of myrtle creek, 18 years old. >> we now know the names of those killed. more on what we've learned about their lives. what have you found out? >> they're more than just the names the sheriff was reading. they were students, just four days into their college career, many of them. there were nine lost in all. eight of them students, one of them was their teacher. the teacher you heard, larry levine. these are sons, daughterins. two of them were related to firefighters in this town. many of them liked to be in the outdoors. a lot of them were athletes. what they all had in common is that they all had this thread of education. and we want to take a look at just a few of these people so we can get to know them. lucero al luceroalcarez wanted to be a pediatric nurse. she wants to be able to joke about the size of starbucks cups. >> her sister never got to say how proud she was of her. >> and it's through that public d

mr. levine was the teacher. serena dawn moore of myrtle creek, 44 years old. treven taylor anspach of sutherland, 20 years old, and rebecca ann carnes of myrtle creek, 18 years old. >> douglas county sheriff josh hanlan saying the names of those remembers. lucero alcaraz was in the honors program in a full school lob shif. her older sister said i never got a chance to tell you how proud of you i was. i ache for you so much right now. lucero alcaraz 18 years old. rebecca ann carnes just started a new job who writes this isn't supposed to be how life works. lieu cause eibel was a quadruplet. he and his sisters and brother graduated from high school this year and attended on a scholarship studying creme most industry. he was 18. quinn glen cooper, yesterday was his fourth day of college. he and his brother cody were instepble. jason dale johnson was 33, a proud christian according to his family and enrolled college student. they say he finally found his path. lawrence levine taught the class where the fatal shootings took place, he was 67. we don't yet know much

mr. levine was the teacher. serena dawn moore of turtle creek, 44 years old. trevon taylor anpatt of southerland, 20 years old and rebecca anne carnes of myrtle creek, 18 years old. >> those are the names of the nine victims from the shooting yesterday. the sheriff would not name the shooter. but that's an emotional moment for us to finally learn the names and ages of the people who were shot. >> it's the most powerful part. you hear, it's just kills you. emotionally. >> several of the people were only 18 years old. colleges have become your community college, it's called that for a reason. i think it becomes where all your hopes and dreams are being sewn together for the future. i think that's one of the hardest things when it happens at a school. >> when you have people from all different walks of life and ages, some starting out in life trying to hope for a new career. others coming back to try to broaden their life, horizons and finish their education that they had started years ago, now that they have the opportunity. it was kind of a melting pot. reflect

mr. levine was the teacher. serena dawn moore of myrtle creek, 44 years old. trevon taylor anspach, 20. and rebecka ann karnes, 18-years-old. >> the bodies arrived by black hawk helicopters after they were released by the medical examiner in portland. the body of the gunman was not among them. with the nine victims back home, if you like, that means another painful chapter for the families and friends that will start planning funerals and memorial service. >> such a tough time for those families. looking at the gunman, we know it was a young man who had quite a collection of handguns and rifles. and a serious special in high-profile shootings -- serious interest in high-profile shootings. what can you tell us? >> reporter: we were told a lot more details by officials. mostly that he had a lot more firepower. officials with the department of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms now say that he was linked to 13 weapons in all. they recovered six weapons from the scene that includes one rifle as well as five handguns. at his apartment, a shotgun, two handguns, and four rifles. also, they found b

mr. levine was the teacher. serena dawn moore of her te-- o myrtle creek, 44 years old. trevon taylor anpak of southern land, 20 years old. rebekah ann carnes of her telecreek, 18-years-old. >> each of the victims the sheriff listed have a unique life that was cut short on thursday. alcarez wanted to be a pediatric nurse or doctor. she graduated from high school this year and was a ucc scholar. rebekah ann carnes was 18. she had just started her college career. lucas iebel was a quadriplegic -- sorry -- she and his siblings were at ucc studying chemistry. quinn glen was just 18. thursday was his fourth day of college. his family says he and his brother, cody, were inseparable. and there were five other victims, each with their own stories. their precious lives also taken away. cnn's kyung lah is in roseburg with reaction from some of the survivors' relatives and details regarding the investigation. >>> dispatch as many ambulances as possible to the incident. we have victims -- >> reporter: the gunman came heavily armed to kill as many as possible. >> he's in the classroo

just for a little taste of mark levin, here was mr. levin on his conservative radio program giving his reaction to the cnbc debate on wednesday night. >> now, i didn't agree with every candidate on every issue. that's quite beside the point. that wasn't even the purpose of this debate. this debate was a hifrkts debate. it was a historic debate. because the republicans, not all of them, but most of them on that stage had had enough! enough is enough. and i say that reince priebus should be fired over there at the republican national committee. i don't know. did you hear that today from 12 different people? i doubt it. i don't know. that guy's an incompetent. he's a boob! the head of the rnc needs to go. these debate formats are preposterous. and let us not forget. the moderator food fights did not begin with cnbc. it did not begin with cnn. you know damn well who it began with. >> he means fox news, who had the first debate. what he means is that fox news is biased against the republican party. and why is fox news biased against the republica

mr. levine was the teacher. serena dawn moore of myrtle creek, 44 years old. of sutherland, 20 years old. and rebecca ann carnes of myrtle creek 18 years old. >> reporter: and this horrific shooting incident is said to be very personal for members of the first responder family. two of the individuals are said to be characterized as extended members of that family, one was a son of a firefighter or ems person, the other being a niece. there were very moving statements read by the sheriff from some family members. at this point, wolf, of course, all of them want privacy. >> dan simon, thanks very much. we're learning more about the nine individuals wounded in the shooting massacre, our chief medical correspondent is at mercy medical center in roseburg. tell us what the conditions are as far as you know of these nine. >> reporter: well, we know that there were ten patients brought here originally, one patient died when they arrived here, wolf. they have -- several patients received operations, there are now three patients left in the hospital. they gave us good n

mr. garcia. public speaker: good afternoon, commissioners and board members. my name is toby levine and a mission bay resident. the same building and mr. garcia. i'm very pleased about a few things going on today and one is that you are thinking about using demographics for building new schools and planning that future. that is extremely important because this city is changing and the weight is moving in different directions. we find in mission bay that we are really pact with kids. it's something that just seemed to have happened over night. it used to be that we were birds, sea lions and dogs. the sea lions have gone away, we still have some birds but we now have lots and lots of children. when you are planning this school and i hope it will go forward, i'm very appreciative of what you are doing now. when you do the planning for mission bay, that you look at all the other possibilities that we have. we have that beautiful library. there is a new park that's going to open up for children very soon. we have different possibilities in terms of creating a school that becomes a center

mr. garcia. public speaker: good afternoon, commissioners and board members. my name is toby levine and a mission bay resident. the same building and mr. garcia. i'm very pleased about a few things going on today and one is that you are thinking about using demographics for building new schools and planning that future. that is extremely important because this city is changing and the weight is moving in different directions. we find in mission bay that we are really pact with kids. it's something that just seemed to have happened over night. it used to be that we were birds, sea lions and dogs. the sea lions have gone away, we still have some birds but we now have lots and lots of children. when you are planning this school and i hope it will go forward, i'm very appreciative of what you are doing now. when you do the planning for mission bay, that you look at all the other possibilities that we have. we have that beautiful library. there is a new park that's going to open up for children very soon. we have different possibilities in terms of creating a school that becomes a center

mr. garcia. public speaker: good afternoon, commissioners and board members. my name is toby levine and a mission bay resident. the same building and mr. garcia. i'm very pleased about a few things going on today and one is that you are thinking about using demographics for building new schools and planning that future. that is extremely important because this city is changing and the weight is moving in different directions. we find in mission bay that we are really pact with kids. it's something that just seemed to have happened over night. it used to be that we were birds, sea lions and dogs. the sea lions have gone away, we still have some birds but we now have lots and lots of children. when you are planning this school and i hope it will go forward, i'm very appreciative of what you are doing now. when you do the planning for mission bay, that you look at all the other possibilities that we have. we have that beautiful library. there is a new park that's going to open up for children very soon. we have different possibilities in terms of creating a school that becomes a center

mr. garcia. public speaker: good afternoon, commissioners and board members. my name is toby levine and a mission bay resident. the same building and mr. garcia. i'm very pleased about a few things going on today and one is that you are thinking about using demographics for building new schools and planning that future. that is extremely important because this city is changing and the weight is moving in different directions. we find in mission bay that we are really pact with kids. it's something that just seemed to have happened over night. it used to be that we were birds, sea lions and dogs. the sea lions have gone away, we still have some birds but we now have lots and lots of children. when you are planning this school and i hope it will go forward, i'm very appreciative of what you are doing now. when you do the planning for mission bay, that you look at all the other possibilities that we have. we have that beautiful library. there is a new park that's going to open up for children very soon. we have different possibilities in terms of creating a school that becomes a center

mr. garcia. public speaker: good afternoon, commissioners and board members. my name is toby levine and a mission bay resident. the same building and mr. garcia. i'm very pleased about a few things going on today and one is that you are thinking about using demographics for building new schools and planning that future. that is extremely important because this city is changing and the weight is moving in different directions. we find in mission bay that we are really pact with kids. it's something that just seemed to have happened over night. it used to be that we were birds, sea lions and dogs. the sea lions have gone away, we still have some birds but we now have lots and lots of children. when you are planning this school and i hope it will go forward, i'm very appreciative of what you are doing now. when you do the planning for mission bay, that you look at all the other possibilities that we have. we have that beautiful library. there is a new park that's going to open up for children very soon. we have different possibilities in terms of creating a school that becomes a center

continue our visit to santa rosa california with charles levine who shows us around the jack london state historic park and the cottage where mr. london, author of call of the wild and white fang did most of his writing. >> jack london was one of the most famous authors in the world. he was the highest-paid author in the world getting ten to $.12 per year for his writing. while he is an american who is one of the authors that was without the world including soviet union, and russia at the time. japan which was translated into language after language. people found his writing compelling. he was deeply concerned about the human condition and much of what he wrote about, it may have seemed like stories of dogs in the yukon, they are often about the state of humanity and his concern for humankind. >> we are on jack london speedy ranch also known as the ranch of good intentions. this is where jack london lived until his death in 1969. the entrance to the cottage provides people of georgia of his life. there's a video for him to see, so they can get a sense of jock london in london in the 1905 to the 1916. as they walk through the c

levine, senior strategist, i whatnot to talk about you have lost some very seven people, including peter stauffer, your deputy leader, megan leslie. what do you account for these big losses? >> well, certainly mrnadians, and in some of these writings where we have outstanding members of parliament, like peter stauffer, megan leslie, robin chism. it's unfortunately the change went to the liberals. that unfortunate because they were such wonderful members of parliament and the next parliament will be less so because of their absence. >> now, we have seen that at the top race for a leader tom mulcare. what do you account for that? >> i think it's the early polls. he is going to win his seat and we'll be winning a lot more. i've been noticing a lot of the seats that have been coming in on the counter, we're still waiting for a lot of our targets. obviously british columbia writings in saskatchewan. >> where do you seen games, most in british columbia? >> for sure. vancouver island will be strong, the interior, prince george', cam loops, a lot of pickup. edmonton for sure, sass sass sass sass saskatoon. it's still early. >> are you disappointed about what has happened out east so far? >> no. listen