mr. miller: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. hinojosa, the senior democrat on the higher education subcommittee. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. hinojosa: madam chair, i rise today to express my opposition to h.r. 2117, the protecting academic freedom in higher education act. misguided legislation that repeals efforts to protect students and taxpayers' investment in higher education. every year the federal government spends billions of dollars on student financial aid and we must account for these federal investments. as ranking member of the subcommittee on higher education and work force training i am deeply concerned that h.r. 2117 would undermine the secretary of education's ability to oversee and safeguard our federal investment in higher ed. in my view strong regulations strengthen the accountability and reveal of institutions of higher education that participate in federal student aid programs and help to maintain program integrity. in a globally competitive world, our students des

mr. miller's article today? it's called the zuckerman tax. zuckerman is going to get about $28 billion worth of shares most of which he'll never pay a dime of tax on. what mr. miller is advocating is why not market those shares in a given year and have him pay taxes on it, rather than waiting until it's realized, which may never occur in his lifetime. if he passes it on to his heirs, they may never realize the gains from the shares. this i think is one of the reasons why we have huge wealth disparity in our country, because it favors those that are accumulating wealth through shares primarily that never get realized. they're able to borrow off those shares in order to maintain their living standards. so maybe there is a way for us to explore trying to eliminate the corporate tax rate entirely given the small percentage of revenue it ultimately brings to the country, helping our countries be more competitive, but make it fair and start exploring ways to tax wealth to a greater extent to pay for lower or no corporate tax rates in this country.

mr. miller ? let's just say i work for people in business who work with people in politics. i do not understand. what was wrong with jess' speech ? nothing. the bottom line is, you can make speeches until doomsday. what you need more than anything else is money. without that you haven't got a prayer. i have a few hundred dollars available. i would give it to jess in a second. no, i'm talking big money, as in lots of zeroes. well, that's not going to happen. of course not. jess is not going to win by buying votes. i'm sure you're right. well, good luck to you. and thank you for the coffee. what does he know ? probably a lot. [ narrator ] "government of the people, by the people and for the people--" a basic principle that is the foundation for government in the united states. most citizens see the close relationship between government and the people... at the local level close to home. the mayor of a city or town represents the executive branch of local government. motion to second to approve recommendations of staff. please vote. the role of the mayor of riverside is both co

mr. miller and recognize him for two minutes. >> thank you. mr. roseman had questions about risk appetite. he also had questions about liquidity, whether there was money to pay a margin call, to cover a margin call if you got one. mr. stockman, you talked about the limited conversation that you had with mr. roseman and about the interviews that you had and discussion of risk appetite in those interviews. how about liquidity? whoever was interviewing you, did you talk about liquidity concerns, whether you had the money or liquid assets to meet a margin call if you got one? >> sir, as i pointed out, we analyzed the risks in -- >> you start with a yes or no? >> i'm sorry. can you repeat the conversation? >> did have you a conversation with mr. roseman about liquidity concerns? >> we did not. >> did you have a conversation in your interviews for the position about liquidity concerns? >> during that period of time, liquidity was fully available and there was -- >> that's no. okay. so at what point did you ever raise the liquidity concern in the 11 mont

mr. miller, five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in response to your questions, you said i only spent an hour with mr. roseman and that the subject of the concerns about the sovereign debt positions did come up. but you also knew that you were being hired from the outside to replace a cro who was being asked to leave. did you have any conversations in your interviews about why mr. roseman was leaving and if it had to do with his risk appetite? >> in those conversations, we were -- it was congenial meeting. we talked a little bit -- it was a congenial meeting. we talked about the concept of my being hired was really related to the company's stated goals of transitioning from a broker, future commissions broker to a broker/dealer and that my skill set was more -- had more history and more aligned with what the firm is trying to do. so it was really more about that as it relates to their hiring. >> and that's the reason this gave that you mr. roseman was being asked to leave. did they discuss his risk appetite? did they have discussion

mr. miller is saying why not market those shares in a given year and have him pay taxes on it rather

mr. miller. >> thank you. mr. stockman you only spend an hour with mr. roseman in the subject of his concerns about the sovereign debt positiosu that came up. you also knew you were being retired from the outy,ide to replace cro the with the nafta leave. any conversatiosu in your interviews y mr roseman was leaving and it had to do with his risk appetite. >> in those conversations we continue the meeting and talked about this. it was more in line with what i am trying to do. it was really more about that as it relates. >> that was the reason they gave you this. mr. roseman was asked to leave. did they have a discussion with you about risk appetite? what they wanted to have enough term? >> as a general manner yes. we talked about if you are referring to the point about when i got to the firm, we certainly talked-about stated goals going forward and the types of analysis and assessment that would have to be performed in order to accommodate that. >> according to published reports mr. roseman had direct access to the c e o and to the board and when you came

mr. miller. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for three minutes. mr. miller: i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. i rise in strong opposition to this legislation. let us understand what's faking place here. in california for the first time in 40 years all of the various water parties have gotten together to try to work out these disagreements and to come up with a sustainable water policy that serves all the needs of all californians, agriculture, manufacturing, municipal uses, the environmental uses, all that together. it's blessed by the state legislature for the first time passed historic legislation empowering the negotiations to take place, to take care of the despair ate interest. there are those threatening to walk out of the room. they are going to walk out, walk out, walk out. they walked out and came back to washington, d.c. to cut a separate deal. these are among the largest water users in the state. these are among the most heavily subsidized users in the state. one of our conservative friends on the other side was complaining about the def

mr. miller: i thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this conference report. this compromise stands as an example of why it is counterproductive to negotiate with hostage takers. initially the republicans insisted that to keep the f.a.a. up and running we make union elections as unfair as possible. for instance, they said that if a union election we should count anyone who did not vote in that election as a no vote. members of congress immediately recognized that none of us would win those elections and none of us would be here today. if it's unfair for us, it must be also unfair for the workers of this country. the republicans gave up that demand thanks to the democrats. the rule providing for fair elections is protected. but instead of succeeding in making union elections unfair, this conference report makes these elections difficult if not impossible to hold at all. this report contains numerous statutory changes, not rules changes, but statutory changes that will make it harder for workers to get an

mr. miller, congratulations on your retirement.u're leaving after 35 years in the industry. it's nice to have you on the program. >> yes. >> chairman and ceo, jim miller, thank you, sir. >> thank you, simon. >> hasbro's fourth quarter profits slipped a bit on weaker demand over the holiday. in an effort to breathe some new life into decades' old brands, hasbro is turning board games like battleship into video games and movies. they will also create real life toys based on zynga's red hot roster of social online games. the giving hasbro up today. first on cnbc we're pleased to welcome hasbro's ceo. welcome. nice to have you here. >> hi, sue. how are you doing? >> i'm doing great. i'm surrounded by a bunch of toys and games. i couldn't be happier. tell us why you partnered up with zynga at this point. >> well, zynga has a raft of very powerful games from citiville and farmville and words with friends, we feel there's an opportunity to create an analog and ecosystem where people play online and enhances our analog play and that brings

mr. miller for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in response to mr. capuano's questions, you said you only spend an hour with mr. rosen and in the subject concerns about the sovereign debt positions did come up. but you also know that you were being hired from the outside to replace the sea are zero who was being asked to leave. did you have any conversations in your interviews about why he was leaving and if it had to do with his risk appetite. >> in those conversations, we were -- it was continual meeting. it was a continuing meeting. we talked about the concept of my getting hired was really related to the company's stated goal of the transition from may future commissions broker trade broker-dealer, and in my skill set, was more -- had more history and more in line with what the firm was trying to do. so it was really more about that as it relates to their hiring. >> that's the reason that they give you that he was being asked to leave. did they discuss the risk appetite? did they have a discussion with you about the firm and what they wanted to h

mr. miller of california this. law would require the secretary of labor to promulgate standards for regulating combustible dust. we shouldn't wait until another disaster strikes, we owe it to the dead and wounded to take action today so that disasters like the imperial sugar explosion will never happen again. with that mr. speaker, i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman ask for unanimous consent? >> yes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to speak about an issue that's deeply important to me, not as a republican or democrat, but as a catholic american. president obama's department of health and human services announced it will require religious institutions like catholic schools, catholic hospitals and catholic charities to cover services that violate their core beliefs, like contraceptions, sterilization

mr. miller. >> what is -- when you look at this, because you did used to run this. give us an idea.hreat is something like a terrorist attack? is an awards show something that would be targeted, any intelligence there? >> well, it's one of the most watched events on the planet. so you take the oscars and the super bowl and you put them side by side and say for somebody who is looking to get their message out through violence in a global way, they're targets. you make that too hard by making it unattractive. >> what's the biggest challenge? >> the biggest challenge is not securing event. the biggest challenge is doing it without killing the event. you've got over -- you've got 600 cops and a few more hundred support people there and thin you've got -- 500 people not counting the show through a security checkpoint and do it on time. it's a live show. there's no such thing as starting late. so it's a big deal. >> when you were running this, were you always getting threats, people would somehow say even though they were not real? >> i mean, i had the counterterrorism end of it. mike dow

mr. miller and his wife to repay $94,000 in burial fees that they supposedly received. is not going to cough up that cash. we've got your back my man. martha: we sure do. bill: america's top intelligence chiefs are briefing lawmakers on the biggest threats to our national security. all this coming now as we are getting word from the white house. it's planning to move taliban leaders out of gitmo. catherine herridge is on this. what is the status of these detainees and how dangerous could they be. >> reporter: bill, thank you and good morning. a senior congressional official confirms to fox that the obama administration has taken, quote, operational steps to move five taliban leaders from guantanamo bay as part of a confidence building measure to further peace talks with the afghan taliban. what's strike -rg the connections between some of these taliban leaders and al-qaida. one of them fought along al-qaida as a taliban general. another was a deputy of intelligence who described himself as a taliban memorandummer. and another one passed messages to members. they say the

mr. miller. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 45 seconds. mr. miller: i thank the gentleman from louisiana for the time an thank you for all you've gone to bring this forward. i want to thank my colleagues from the gulf coast who fought so hard to make sure this legislation came to the floor. i would say that given the time that i have that this amendment is vital and it's porn to not only the state of florida but the entire gulf coast area because it would rainshower a great portion of the fines that will ultimately be paid for the spill back to the gulf coast. the amendment is the first step, the first step in a very long process to make sure that b.p. and the other responsible parties are held responsible and would start to restore the gulf coast from the damages that were suffered as a result of the worst oil spill in the history of the world. so i urge all my colleagues to support this amendment and i do yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from florida yields back. the gentleman from louisiana reserves. the gentlelady

miller, could you please read items number two and three together? i believe that mr. chiu is on his way. there he is. clerk miller: item number two, the planning code for the chinatown transit station, and item number three, the zoning map amendment. supervisor mar: thank you. president chiu? president chiu: thank you. i would like to ask to have a continuance. i would like to ask that this item be continued until next week and that we have it listed next week as a committee report so it can come out to the full board on tuesday. we do have a tight time frame for that, but i want to make sure that we got our eyes -- we dot our i's and cross our t's. if you would like to make any presentations at this time, it is up to you? >> thank you, supervisor mar, president chiu. i think if we are going to be coming back, we might as well just wait until next week. we will be working with staff to make sure we have any unanswered questions answered that we are able to present and move things forward next week. if that is ok, we will do that. supervisor mar: if i can just add for s

the chair appoints the gentlewoman 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 consideration of h.r. 3581 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to amend the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985, to increase transparency and federal budgeting and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the first time, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ryan, the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen, will each control 30 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ryan: madam chairman, i want to thank my colleagues who helped pass the pro-growth budgeting act last week. today we are here to continue that work. focused on changing washington's culture of spending and ensuring policymakers serve as responsible stewards of hardworking americ

mr. miller is advocating why don't to mark-to-market on a given share and pay persisted which may realizewhich it doesn't occur in his lifetime and he if he pass it is on those heirs they may never gain those shares and that's why we have huge wealth disparity in our country because it favors those accumulating shares that never get realized and they are able to borrow off those shares in order to maintain their living standards so maybe there's a way for us to explore and trying to eliminate the corporate tax rate entirely given the small percentage of revenue it ultimately brings to the country, helping our countries be more competitive but keep progressity in the tax code and make it fair and start exploring ways to tax wealth to a greater extent to pay for lower or no corporate tax rates in this country. we would probably put you guys out of business. you guys would losses your jobs as far as corporate tax is concerned. what i'm hearing you lower the better and zero might be ideal. that would be a real game-changer around here rather than us going through this kabuki dance with these

the chair appoints the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. miller, to provide 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. 1173 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to repeal the class program. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour with 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce and 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on ways and means. the gentleman from georgia, mr. gingrey, and the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, each will control 20 minutes. and the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, each will control 10 minutes. and the chair now recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. gingrey. mr. gingrey: madam chair, i yield myself such t

miller. >>gueses thank you mr. smith. >>shepard:ed blot shed in syria, now, what do you do? can you do? >>guest: there are many options such as arming the opposition. >>shepard: well, that has worked out so jeanous for us think to afghanistan and what, which weapons ... please! >>guest: right now assad is free to kill any opposition, any journalists who tries to report on that and they have nothing to fight back with. >>shepard: i want to talk to you about this. the journalist, our colleague, a very good friend of judy, and we will get into the matter about syria, it is "mind your own business," in syria, that is what russia and china are telling us but that is not stepping 70 names including the united states from making another attempt to stop the slaughter there. we are approaching the bottom of the hour and that is the top of the news next. nable choices i'v? [ club scene music ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choo prego. completely out of the blue... i was so young... you just don't think that that's something that can happen to you. i'm on a bayer

mrs. clinton now. anybody else in that group? >> cheryl miller works with hillary now too. >> and her personal assistant as well, memory to anthony weiner. the reason i show the pictures to ask you about how this town works and -- are yo9u all friends now and do you all stay close? a lot of the people have gone to other jobs. >> behalf. >> how does it work? >> in work with hillary off and on for over a decade. i started working for hillary when i was 28. and -->> 3 or four years ago to. it's i will not say how long. i think most of those people are still friends. wasously, hilary's campaign challenging and had some rocky moments. but has affected relationships. i consider myself friends with most of the people in that picture who i was friends with at the time. >> how did you get your first job with hillary clinton? >> i was working in the communications office of the white house. i had become -- >> president clinton? >> yes. there was a job opening in the domestic policy council on the children and families team under president clinton. there wa

miller with who is driving what and why. >> la plata is more than 60 miles down route 301 in southern maryland. but each day, mr. phillips makes a trip in an suv provided by the taxpayer. he is the inspector general for the baltimore housing authority. her job is to investigate fraud and waste. >> you have a take-home vehicle because we are on call 24 hours as the inspector general. >> phillips lives so far from the job she pays for her own gas. >> who pays for the maintenance, repair, where and care? philips is one of 37 housing employees in baltimore who get to take home vehicles. most are suvs or trucks. the housing commissioner gets a ford explorer. a deputy commissioner has this jeep and a prime parking space at the front door of housing headquarters. the head of construction gets a jeep cherokee the head of the authority gets a dodge durango. he drove it to our interview and argued it is essential for taxpayers to pay for employees to have the vehicles and commute back and forth. >> it is responsible for us to have vehicles available for key employees who have a responsibility of dealing with any propertie

mr. heyman for his testimony. >> thank you, chairwoman miller, ranking members, and other distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear here today. i'm pleased to highlight the department's work in the area of supply chain security in maritime security. this is an issue of great importance to us. international trade is the engine that has now has the power of economies all around the world, billions of dollars of commodities and merchandises move between trading partners every month by land, sea, and air, and the modern international trading system, or the global supply chain that undergirds the exchange of goods between countries is a system that's evolved over decades, and we experienced a dramatic transformation over the past import of a century with the interconnection of buyers, sellers, supplier, and manufacturers all over the world. information and communication technologies enabled this transformation creating jobs, wealth, and opportunity. today, that supply chain provides food, medicine, energy, and a myriad of other products that sustain our daily

mr. chairman. >> thank you, got a lot in that minute. >> i'm a fast talking new yorker that is for sure. >> i recognize the gentle lady from michigan, sub committee chairman, ms. miller. >> we talk fast in michigan too as well. secretary, welcome, we are delighted to have you here. i want to follow-up on a couple of comments that have been made by some of my colleagues about various things in regards to the department of defense and how they may have overlap or over lay with the department of home land security as well, i think as a nation, particularly as i've been following some of the d.o.d budget hearings this week, we miss the boat sometimes. i don't know if i'm asking you a question. just offering some thought for as we go into the future here. i think we missed the boat during the last -- we could have utilized some things by the dhs, as we go forward, they are talking about go additional braks here, you may think about that a bit. i throw that out there. i think there's potential and i say that because i've been a proponent of having regional homeland securities around the kwun a-- around the country, an tom rich was one of the people supporting that. i feel

mr. chairman. and thank you madam secretary for your service, and the steady hand we've had with this department. it's been noticed and greatly appreciated. my first question to build upon ms. miller's committee hearing and you spoke about your intentions of requesting for the two-year extension for the 100% screening and i'm sure that your staff has briefed you on my concerns and other members' concerns, specifically i wanted to speak to at that meeting, it was said on the record that 4% of the containers identified through the screening process as high-risk containers are then allowed to leave foreign waters and then to come here to u.s. land. so my question is, specifically, i realize it's going to take us time to get through this 100% issue, but clearly i wanted to find out what were your thoughts when we found out what to prevent those high-risk containers that go through the process that is currently identified going to the shores and without being scanned and without being inspected. >> well, there is a number of things that are under way in that regard to make sure that before those containers are unloaded in our ports and shipped across the country what have you, that we as

mr. heyman for his testimony. >> thank you, chairwoman miller, ranking members, and other distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear here today. i'm pleased to highlight the department's work in the area of supply chain security in maritime security. this is an issue of great importance to us. international trade is the engine that has now has the power of economies all around the world, billions of dollars of commodities and merchandises move between trading partners every month by land, sea, and air, and the modern international trading system, or the global supply chain that undergirds the exchange of goods between countries is a system that's evolved over decades, and we experienced a dramatic transformation over the past import of a century with the interconnection of buyers, sellers, supplier, and manufacturers all over the world. information and communication technologies enabled this transformation creating jobs, wealth, and opportunity. today, that supply chain provides food, medicine, energy, and a myriad of other products that sustain our daily

george miller, a california democrat, told ed foulke that lawmakers would impose a new safety standard if foulke continued to resist. >> mr tell you, i just see such an incredible lack of urgency on your part about the role of your agency to protect workers that it's astounding. you're here clinging to what you've done. and it's turned out to be fatal for the american workers. >> if the employers comply with the housekeeping standards, it would eliminate, or at least mitigate, the hazard of having a combustible dust explosion. >> tammy miser, who lost her brother shawn in that 2003 explosion in indiana, now speaks out on behalf of other dust explosion victims. >> our losses are a lifelong, needless sentence, because a few people couldn't or wouldn't do what was right. >> what responsibility do you think osha bears? >> i feel that they should take most of the responsibility for this. because they know. and they're the ones that can prevent it; nobody else can. there's nobody else out there to take care of it. >> in april 2008, the house voted to force osha to impose new safety rules for combustible dust, but that bill neve

mr. santorum's controversial remarks. play them for with you juliette huddy later. coming up next, going to the beaches get some political commentary. dennis millern high gas prices. miller will also have some final thoughts on whitney houston's funeral. we hope you stay tuned to those reports as the factor continues from los angeles. we'll be back in a moment. >> bill: watters world segment tonight, we asked jesse to go down to venice beach north of the l.a. airport where there are lots of dudes and dude deaths, but dudeeths. they can vote, too. >> who are you supporting for president. >> that's a loaded question. >> romney. >> romney? >> a lot of his views i believe in. >> i imagine i will vote as obama. but not as confident as i was last time. >> make it sound complicated. >> who are you supporting in the presidential election. >> obama. >> not obama. >> obama. >> why? >> why not? >> barack obama. i voted for him last election. >> you know you can change your vote. >> how do you know. >> i have to go with obama again. >> again? >> yeah. did you vote last time. >> no, i didn't. >> this guy is a real zero, that's true? >> i'm tired of old white

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