mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentleman from california, the honorable chairman of the rules committee, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. i want to thank him for his eloquent statement. i want to thank him for bringing this to the floor. as he mentioned he and i co-authored a dear colleague in support of the underlying legislation, and it was a pleasure to work with him on this important bill. i know there will be other opportunities to say this before he departs, but i want to thank him for his service to this house of representatives, which i know he loves very deeply. and i want to thank him for his service to our country. mr. speaker, h.r. 6156 joins together two pieces of legislation that deals with trade and human rights in the russia federation. the distinguished chairman has provided a clear description of this bill that grant permanent normal trade relations to the nations of muldova and the russian federation. it is fairly straightforward. simply put, after more than

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, at this time it's my pleasure to yield two minutes to my gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. connolly: i thank my colleague from massachusetts. i also want to thank my colleague from california. this is one of the last rules mr. dreier will be managing here on the floor. mr. dreier: would the gentleman yield? mr. connolly: yes. mr. dreier: i would like to ask my friend if he looked at the schedule. it's light years away until i deal with the last rule. mr. connolly: when it comes to fiscal cliff i hope he's right. i hope he'll be so busy that you'll have no time to think about anything else. but i do want to congratulate you on this rule and on your tenure here in the house. you will be missed. the jackson-vanik amendment, mr. speaker, was a product of the cold war. when the communist threat was ever present, communist countries had little or no rights. as mr. rohrabacher, our friend fr

mr. mcgovern, ms. ros-lehtinen, mr. cardin, former member of the ways and means committee now in the senate. and this is the seventh bipartisan trade bill we have had this congress. also not to be forgotten that this also moves mole dovian -- moldova pntr. they joined the w.t.o. 11 years ago. finally we are seeing a resolution and some movement there. but as others have said, russia is and will be a member of the w.t.o., regardless of whether the united states grants russia pntr. but the commercial benefits, the jobs that will be created here in the united states, because of russia's accession are significant if we do grant pntr. and as a w.t.o. member, russia will be subject to rules and regulations that the w.t.o. creates that they are not subject to now. they must comply with all of their rules and regulations that helps level the playing field for our workers, our employers, our exporters as they -- particularly in the areas of discriminatory practices, intellectual property rights, more transparency, implementing u

mr. mcgovern. my first of 10 proposed bills is from career politicians the gridlock believes the people to believe we have two parties. we only have one party. in the gridlock quote-unquote is proof of that sorry fact. if you call the party donkey's capitalist then you do not have to parties because then they devote to free enterprise that is not the right answer. >>moderator: mr. sanders? sanders: congress is way out of touch with needs of ordinary americans. washington is influenced especially since citizens united with wall street. virtually all republicans and some democrats say we have to do deficit reduction to cut education, the sole security and traneight. others say ask the wealthiest to pay their fair share to do away with a tax haven in the cayman islands and look at military spending. congress is out of touch because of big money. diamondstone: there is no gridlock. they get what they want. war. he says he is opposed for it by the votes for it and israel, the boats for the money for afg

mr. he hadward patrick mcgovern. f of supervisor campos, supervisor mar, supervisor kim and avalos, for the late mr. howard l. wallace. >> president chiu: thank you, madam clerk. is there any more business in front of the body? >> clerk calvillo: that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> president chiu: i want to wish you and your families, members of the public and everyone watching on sf gov tv, thank you for your service and wishing everyone for a very, very happy thanksgiving. this meeting is adjourned. >> san francisco recreation and parks department offers classes for the whole family. rec and parks has a class for everyone. discover what is available now and get ready to get out and play. henri matisse. frida kahlo. andy warhol. discover the next great artist. get out and play and get inspired with toddler classes. experience art where making a mess is part of the process. classes and the size the artistic process rather than the product. children have the freedom to explore materials at their ow

mr. he hadward patrick mcgovern. ervisor campos, supervisor mar, supervisor kim and avalos, for the late mr. howard l. wallace. >> president chiu: thank you, madam clerk. is there any more business in front of the body? >> clerk calvillo: that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> president chiu: i want to wish you and your families, members of the public and everyone watching on sf gov tv, thank you for your service and wishing everyone for a very, very happy thanksgiving. this meeting is adjourned. >> roll call. >> commissioner bonita and lev are on their way. >> i will make an announcement for those in the audience that item 11, the outside music festival permit will not be on the agenda. we will put that off, make sure it is properly posted. with that let us proceed. >> just a reminder to everyone. if you can please turn off any electronic sounding devices. on public comment. general public is item number four. it is again item number 12. so general public comment. you can comment on any items on cal

mr. mcgovern. you the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: thank you. i thank the gentleman for yielding. and for his leadership. i know those of us in the massachusetts delegation always welcome the opportunity to pay tribute to tip o'neill. a giant of this house and legend in massachusetts politics. for decades, tip o'neill represented the people of his district with distinction, hard work, and wit. and for 10 years he led this house as speaker. tip got into politics for all the right reasons, to help people. as a new deal democrat he believed while government doesn't have all the answers, it can and should be a force for good. and while he may be best remembered for his admonition that all politics is local, and he always put his constituents first, he always made a great -- he also made a great mark in national and international affairs. he fought to protect and preserve social security and the safety net. he worked with peace in northern island and against the war in vietnam. and he was a great source of advice to me and so many

mr. he hadward patrick mcgovern. of supervisor campos, supervisor mar, supervisor kim and avalos, for the late mr. howard l. wallace. >> president chiu: thank you, madam clerk. is there any more business in front of the body? >> clerk calvillo: that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> president chiu: i want to wish you and your families, members of the public and everyone watching on sf gov tv, thank you for your service and wishing everyone for a very, very happy thanksgiving. this meeting is adjourned. impossible. announcer: when you open a book, you can explore new lands... [bird screeches] meet new friends, and discover new adventures. there are amazing possibilities when you open your mind to reading. [roar] you can log onto he library of congress website and let the journey begin. >> the annual celebration of hardly strictly bluegrass is always a hit now completing itself 12 year of music in the incredible golden gate park. >> this is just the best park to come to. it's safe. it's wonderful and

mr. he hadward patrick mcgovern. or campos, supervisor mar, supervisor kim and avalos, for the late mr. howard l. wallace. >> president chiu: thank you, madam clerk. is there any more business in front of the body? >> clerk calvillo: that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> president chiu: i want to wish you and your families, members of the public and everyone watching on sf gov tv, thank you for your service and wishing everyone for a very, very happy thanksgiving. this meeting is adjourned. oppos sfpd recommends approval of the project. >> i'm the executive operating director of sf jazz and after about 30 years of performance here in san francisco started by our founder, ronald klein, my co-executive director who is here with us as well, we're thrilled to be at this moment where we're able to bring a venue, a home for jazz, a freestanding institution of education, of food, of community, of jazz, music to san francisco, so we're thrilled to be at this moment. for the past 30 years as many of you will

mr. he hadward patrick mcgovern. r campos, supervisor mar, supervisor kim and avalos, for the late mr. howard l. wallace. >> president chiu: thank you, madam clerk. is there any more business in front of the body? >> clerk calvillo: that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> president chiu: i want to wish you and your families, members of the public and everyone watching on sf gov tv, thank you for your service and wishing everyone for a very, very happy thanksgiving. this meeting is adjourned. >> president chiu: good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of tuesday, november 20, 2012. madam clerk, call the roll clmpletsd supervisor avalos, present. supervisor campos, present. president chiu, present. supervisor chu, present. supervisor cohen, present. supervisor elsbernd, present. supervisor farrell, present. supervisor kim, present. supervisor mar, present. supervisor olague, present. supervisor wiener, present. mr. president, all members are present. >> president chiu: t

mr. he hadward patrick mcgovern. of supervisor campos, supervisor mar, supervisor kim and avalos, for the late mr. howard l. wallace. >> president chiu: thank you, madam clerk. is there any more business in front of the body? >> clerk calvillo: that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> president chiu: i want to wish you and your families, members of the public and everyone watching on sf gov tv, thank you for your service and wishing everyone for a very, very happy thanksgiving. this meeting is adjourned. ♪ >> our concern is they are going to be here for a couple of days and everybody is going to have a great time. and we have three days of them and 362 days of everybody else using the park. ♪ ♪ >> this is the fifth year of our partnership with another planet entertainment, where another planet puts on probably the greatest music festival in america for three days here in golden gate park. >> we work with them a lot to prevent and not have any problems. and what we have done with them is have roads buil

mr. he hadward patrick mcgovern. f of supervisor campos, supervisor mar, supervisor kim and avalos, for the late mr. howard l. wallace. >> president chiu: thank you, madam clerk. is there any more business in front of the body? >> clerk calvillo: that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> president chiu: i want to wish you and your families, members of the public and everyone watching on sf gov tv, thank you for your service and wishing everyone for a very, very happy thanksgiving. this meeting is adjourned. >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to the tuesday, november 20th, 2012 meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority. my name is david campos and i am the chair of the commission, the authority. we are joined by the clerk of the authority, erika cheng, and we would like to thank the following members of sfgtv staff for covering the meeting today. nona and jessie. madam clerk, if you can please call item 1 roll call. >> commissioner avalos? >> present. >> [speaker not understood]. c

mr. mcgovern, some feel your opposition to the proposal is because senator sanders supports it, and it'solitical expediency; true? mcgovern: the reverse of this. this is an issue that politicians don't make decisions based on the facts. this is the facts. let the chips fall where they may. that's how i made the decision. i looked at the facts, and one of the facts is expressing crch about national defense, one of the big problems with national defense is politicians using defense budgets to help them get re-elected as projects, not looking at the merits, but to generate pork. that is a big problem. the congress establishedded -- established a closure commission because they recognized they were incapable of making decisions based on national defense so i made the decision based on the facts, the air force said it's inappropriate to a residential area. i'm greatly concerned about the residential area, and i think it's not in the interest of the guard to be going forward with a project, a mission, that alienates any large portion of the community. i think it's a mistake. >> moderator: what

honorable george mcgovern, former united states senator and congressman from the state of south dakota. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. levin: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble agreed to, the motion to reconsider laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and any statements relating to this matter be placed in the record as though read. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. levin: finally, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 2:00 on monday, december 3, 2012. that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning business be deemed expired and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, that following any leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of the d.o.d. authorization bill, s. 3254, and that at 5:00, the senate proceed to executive session under the previous order. further, that following disposition of the order with respect to the grimm nomination, the senate immediately resume consideration of s