mr. miller: mr. speaker, i ask to claim the time in opposition although i am not in opposition to the manager's amendment. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. miller: i thank the gentleman. i'll be brief here because i want to yield to mr. polis, but i want to point out the manager's amendment again was a lot of hard work by the staff to put together the various ideas from the members of the committee on both sides of the aisle but i think they did a -- done a spectacular job and the chairman and myself both support this legislation. i'm very supportive of the efforts in the manager's amendment to make sure that parent and community input is a priority in the implementation of the charter school improvement -- in the operation of those charter schools. and we require that -- as you consider the beginning of a charter school that you take into consideration and the states take into consideration the input of parents and the community. i think this is very im

mr. miller, who is the incumbent, one of the incumbents and mr. mauniz. i was impressed with their applications. they are people would be happy to support. >> i spent some time looking at the applications and it is great to your people speak in person. there are three mayoral appointees. i am hoping he will appoint some of the applicants that are here today. i am supportive of reappointing miller and mike ngo and jamie. i do not know of there is a consensus, we have consensus on mike ngo. iand gerald miller for seat one. i have the sense of openness because we have so many amazing appointees -- candidates. muniz is qualified for -- kimberli and ronnie are qualified for seats to end four. we need a woman so kimberli would be qualified. i would support her moving forward as well. i have gerald miller for c one, -- seat one and jamie brewster for seat four. >> we have to do our residency waiver. we have gotten a lot of sentences consider qualified. i believe mr. burster works in oakland -- lives in oakland. we have some san franciscans and -- i am impressed.

mr miller has problems. in investing in projects in russia because for large companies it's much easier to survive it's much easier to find. communication with the government much easier to find financing to attract financing it's much easier to structure projects because they have a lot of serious freshness in their big structures maybe they don't want to be surviving the work so when i am firm make business and have fun. maybe when you know because the reason they are asking is where i asked the same question to mr miller and he said i will be investing just watch me in a couple of months i will be putting money into projects in russia and he's still not doing that well well well this is this is trade ok according to the government's program of innovating development the main task for years two thousand and eleven two thousand and thirteen is i quote to raise the receptiveness of economy and business to innovations does it mean that now russia is not prepared for innovations and what does it look russia as

mr. miller, a could not see on your slide -- as to whether you were suggesting -- on the corner of masonic? you are showing this turn back into -- do i still see letters on there? i thought i did, but in not quite sure what you have in mind there. >> yes, we did a singular color. we did have a tenant lettering, as was previously proposed. the only change today was related to the colors of the screen's. >commissioner moore: we would like a uniform color, but he would still have distinguished letters? >> the design was for three tenants, yes. commissioner moore: this is not applied to the window pane itself? this is suspended in front or in rear of the window? >> the screen would be in front of the window, actually mounted on the building, and the tenants sign it would be mounted on the screen. nothing would be mounted on the window itself. >> it is the same design. it is just the colors are changed. it would cover the area, and that is the fact. it would cover the same area. there would still be signed on at. the proposal is rather than having the yellows and the oranges, it is a series of

mr. miller: 30 seconds? mr. andrews: i yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. miller: this is a first in america. we must repudiate this on behalf of families that are struggling all across the country. those who are fortunate enough to continue to have a job. but they can't have a job living under this threat that they won't be able to better themselves if their employer decides to be selfish, decides to retaliate against them. for seeking to organize, to do something on their behalf. it's a fundamental part of the contract in america. it doesn't exist in other parts of the world, but it does here. and it's led to the middle class in this country and it's the middle class that is threatened by this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from minnesota. mr. kline: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia, mr. westmoreland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one mi

to get to their rings crew was lucky to be stranded at this place there mr miller guardian angel watching from above because the ship was thrown over a reef into this cozy bay. most of the bering crew managed to survive precisely because they had london shore but the commander died unable to withstand the harsh winter for a long time nobody knew where he had been buried for his grave was found only in one nine hundred ninety one during an archeological expedition organized the purpose local residents. was on that expedition. scientists tested the soil in several places to see how much phosphorus it contained they found the greatest amount of phosphorus around bearings grave. burying was not put in a coffin he was buried on the plank survivors were too weak to dig deep graves all agree is for shallow this is the place. the members of the bering expedition were amazed by the diversity of the island's foreigner particularly the shooting out in the rain animals according to their records the first seals breeding grounds took up nearly the whole coastline now there are just four seal nurseries

mr. miller has served for two years. >> two years. supervisor kim: i was going to suggest appointing the incumbents back to their seats and have low level of continuity. i am open to hearing from my colleagues. this is a challenging decision for all of us. the other thing i did want to point out is we have to appointees from the sheriff's department. i know the sheriff has a seat on the council and i do not want to be random about how we're making the selection process but we have so many applicants that was something i thought about as well. supervisor elsbernd. supervisor elsbernd: i will start with what i think maybe a potentially easy one. we do have three applicants that qualify for seat 3. i was impressed with [inaudible] and the work he did. thai would like to see him on this council. on the seat 3 spot. supervisor kim: i would like to see that as well. supervisor elsbernd: i wthink it is important that this committee has tried to bring diversity

mr. miller: 30 seconds? mr. andrews: i yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds.ro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. miller: this is a first in america. we must repudiate this on behalf of families that are struggling all across the country. those who are fortunate enough to ctinue to have a job. but they can't have a job living under this threat that they won't be able to better themselves if their employer decides to be selfish, decides to retaliate against them. for seeking torganize, to do something on their behalf. it's a fundamental part of the contract in america. it doesn't exist in other parts of the world but it does here. and it's led to the middle class in this country and it's the middle class that is threatened by this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from minnesota. mr. kline: mr. speaker, i yield one minu to the gentleman from georgia, mr. westmoreland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. westmorelan

mr. miller. '80s, paul volcker as fed chairman. inflation came down under paul volcker. it was alan greenspan in the late 1980s. until 2006, inflation stayed pretty low. under ben bernanke's chairmanship, bernanke, according to newt gingrich is the most inflationary fed chairman of all-time -- bink. that's his inflation record. it's kind of anti-climactic, right? again, in normalsville, if you were assessing the inflationary prowess of the guy furthest to the right in red on this graph, he doesn't really look all that inflationary. in normalsville, that guy does not look like your inflation problem, but in republicanland, he must be replaced. he must be fired immediately. he must even be treated ugly by an imaginary mob in the great state of texas because of his horrible, horrible inflationary measures. as represented, again, by bink, that tiny little last position on the graph. it's the same thing with the effect of economic stimulus. with the whole idea of whether government can do anything to create jobs. when we have a really bad unemployment problem. it is held as a

mr. nelson. miss miller, can you call in #3? >> it ordnance amending the planning code for the mortality -- we have several presentations. thank you. >> that afternoon. i am pleased that this is before you today for potential adoption. we believe this to be a reasonable solution to the problems of the last few years. the commission has considered how the wild birds are part of the environment, with reviews to these specific buildings, and we have a presentation. until now, this has been dealt with on a case by case basis with sequel, which is an extensive process. the commission adopted a policy document for the ordinance that would implement the policy and establish universal rules to discuss this issue. you'll be translating 30 years of research into local policy. will this mean that i know -- no bird will ever fly into san francisco again? no, but this will greatly reduced collisions outside of those environments cherished by the residences -- residents. we are not the first to consider building buildings in this manner. this

mr. miller received a bachelor's degree in business administration from florida university, now the universityral florida, which i understand has the best cheerleading squad. miller spent most of his life working at red lobster. restaurants, and most recently he was the chief executive officer of the steak house, so now you know his connection with sean hannity. during that time, he had led the company through record growth and profits. he has served the state of florida in multiple capacities, was appointed to the state's tourism commissioner and has served in the board of trustees. mr. millar presides not far from here with his wife and children, and they recently became grandparents. craig miller. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. we have heard three find new republican conservatives talking to us. what you are now going to hear is a business person and not a politician. my name is craig miller, and i am applying for the john, so you are going to interview me from the great state of florida. when you hear from a business person, you hear from a totally different perspective. we fought

mr. campbell. ms. miller, did you want to add anything to that? >> briefly, through the chair, the plan was that the sfpuc would approve the term sheet, and we would hear on friday any of the changes or comments that they had. since that did not occur, i want to briefly say that that may change my recommendation to you. a number of questions they had related -- i think mike did a good job of summarizing this. the related mainly to risk and what the risk was to the city, so there are some specific questions that the sfpuc is bringing back to them. hopefully, they will be able to meet in august. if that does not occur, we might want to consider meeting with them in a joint meeting in september. the only thing i have been at is if you want to fall -- hear the full presentation, mike is perfectly willing to give it to you. it could be that because the puc did not approve the term sheet, we may be continue each day until such time as they do approve it. given that, i would like to hear your comments or questions. supervisor campos: colleagues, if i may

lungren of california, mrs. miller of michigan, mr. smith of nebraska, mr. huizenga of michigan, mr. meeks of new york, ms. slaughter of new york, mr. welch of vermont and mr. larsen of washington. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. shuster, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. shuster: i thank the speaker. today i rise to honor the distinguished service of my good friend, his excellency, yasher aliev who was appointed by the president as ambassador. i'm proud to serve as the co-chairman of azerbajan. located in a geopolitically location between russia and iran, it is a predominantly muslim population which has been home to vibrant christian and jewish communities. they opened caspian energy and has emerged as a key player for global energy security. on the security front, immediately after 9/11, it was among the first to offer strong support and assistance to the united states. it participated in operations in kosovo and iraq and is active

the chair appoints the gentlelady from michigan, mrs. miller, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 1892, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 2012 for intelligence and intelligence related activities of the united states government, the community management account, and the central intelligence agency retirement and disability system, and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. the gentleman from michigan, mr. rogers, and the gentleman from maryland, mr. ruppersberger, will each control 30 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. rogers: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: madam chair, i first wish to announce that subsequent to ordering the bill reported, the committee has modified the class

mr. knew car eye, christy miller will be talking about her book on woodrow wilson's first ladies, ellen and edith. now, that book is part of the university of kansas press' first ladies' series. ms. miller will then join us again here in our booktv set to talk about ellen and edith woodrow wilson's first ladies. adam good hart published the civil war awakening. he'll be here for a call-in show as well. that's at about 4 p.m. eastern time this afternoon, and then in about four hours david mccull laugh will be in the history and biography text talking about his most recent book, "the greater journey: americans in paris." after that the pulitzer prize-winning historian will be with us to take your calls, e-mails and tweets. in fact, booktv will join mr. mccullough in the history and biography tent to continue the conversation. so that's our

mr. campbell? >> yes, with the s.f. p.u.c., miss miller is quite right, there's a $500,000 not to exceed contract the p.u.c. has with power, with $390,000 remaining on it. as miss miller notes, every dollar that we can husband will be available for outreach and marketing and potential appropriations that might be needed. so there is a very strong interest in keeping consultant costs down to what actually lines up with what we need. on that point, one of the bits of direction we also heard an item similar to this, an item that was related to the extension of the contract, it's now been extended for another 12 months that was approved by my commission last week, last tuesday. it had a clear direction to only be hiring consultants for projects that directly relate to the scope of the program that we are envisioning. there are parts of the proposed scope better currently in discussion with local power and the advocates that do not line up with the existing plan for the program. supervisor campos: supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: mis

. >> miller highlight says they are going to pay mr.oe lopez's tax bill because the yankees are giving him front row seats for the rest of the season. jeter gave him a whole bunch of stuff. another could have sold the ball. he's a patriot can guy. >> i like lopez. i am kidding. you can see how we are over thinking things that you can't even catch a baum and give it back to a guy without putting yourself into a weird system where geithner and the feds come in just trying to burn it to the ground. it is crazy. >>> how do they sleep at night? >> i don't know how they sleep at night. i don't know how you do. >> i don't. they put a taxonomy. >> dennis miller everybody. >> kim kardashian had a wedding costs $85 million. it was in your neighborhood, right? that was close to your house, was it not? >> once again i was at my weekly slip and slide demonstration with barney frank. i saw tax seismologists say the weekend kim was up here the san andre i can't say fault was only the second biggest fault line. evidently she superseded that. >> did any

. >> well, miller high life the beer people say they are going to pay mr.bill because the yankees are giving him front row seats for the rest of the season. >> good for them. >> bill: jeter gave them a bunch of stuff. the point is another person could have sold that jeter ball for maybe a hundred k. this lopez kid is a good guy. is he a patriot, right? >> i like lopez, kidding. he did the right thing. you can see how we are overthinking things in this culture now that you can't catch a ball and give it a back to a guy without putting yourself in a weird system where geithner and the fed come in burn it to the ground. it's crazy. >> bill: tax everything. the tax man the beatle song. >> take it all from buffet and gates. how do they sleep at night. >> bill: i don't know how they sleep at night, miller. i don't know how you sleep at night. so things that you said during the segment. >> i don't. they put a counting sheep tax on me. >> bill: dennis miller, everybody. kim kardashian a big wedding. i understand it cost $85 billion. paid for by the federal governme

mr. o, when are you and the ever amazing dennis miller going to bring the tour to myrtle beach?the oysters. miller will like that you called him ever amazing. you can watch a 15 minute clip on billoreilly.com. everybody can do it. info about our upcoming appearances, connecticut, virginia, and new jersey posted on billoreilly.com as well. pin heads and patriots. the scholastic corporation has put together a press corp., kids make it up. in july, some of the budding young reporters went to the white house where a ten-year-old asked president obama this question. >> mr. president, i live in central florida and some of my friends in my neighborhood have had to live in hotels because their parents lost their jobs and lost their home to foreclosure. what would you say to kids and families who are struggling in this economy? >> the economy is going through a very difficult time. we've gone through times like this before where a lot of people get laid off from work. we had a big economic crisis. it's getting better, but not as fast as we would like. >> bill: of course, that was a nonan

mr. chair, we have three ayes and one no. >> the motion passes. madam clerk can you call item number five? >> item number five, executive officer's report. >> ms. miller? >> i have no report, thank you. >> but, i'm sorry, i do want to introduce -- i'm going to have jason interview our new intern. i just wanted to get the opportunity to introduce our intern for the summer. last summer, she had different tasks to do. she is currently going to u.c. davis and is looking to do green type work in her future. i just wanted to welcome her do our internship program. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> colleagues, any questions? is there any public comment on this item? any money -- body wanting to speak? public comment is closed. madam, can you call item number six. it's within the jurisdiction of the commissioner. seeing none public bhick comment is closed. item seven? >> item number seven, future agenda items." >> colleagues any member of the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment was closed. >> just a quick question in terms oaf the join meeting with the -- of the joint meeting with the p.u.c., do you need specific dates for us. >> i