mr. miller or whoever is involved with that. so anyway, thank you for letting me speak now. >> thank you. i'm going to ask that you only remember we start the meeting with general public comments so you will go there next time, but your points are well-taken. thank you. >> madam secretary? >> item 8 is a consent calendar.

mr. miller: thank you, mr. speaker.ain i encourage all members to support this piece of legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 3521, as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, it the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and -- the gentleman from florida. mr. miller: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? if mr. miller: i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1402 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of

mr. miller or whoever is involved with that. so anyway, thank you for letting me speak now. >> thank you. i'm going to ask that you only remember we start the meeting with general public comments so you will go there next time, but your points are well-taken. thank you. >> madam secretary? >> item 8 is a consent calendar. their considered to be routine by the commission and acted upon as a group. >> is there anyone who would like to separate an item? >> 8e. >> and 8 h. >> with respect to 8abcfg. >> it's been moved. >> any discussion. >> i guess i will call for items 8abcfg. seeing none, public comment is closed. i will call for a vote, all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> 8 e. madam secretary. >> approve plans and specification in work contract. >> mr. president, my question on that goes to why we only had one bidder. i understand we did it twice. there was only one bidder the first time and only one and the same bidder the second time. i couldn't see in reading through this anything that made this work unusual. it seems like the

when the obama supporters to the phones all but mr miller. heard that i was politically corrected i'm clark correcting conservatives according to a pew research center poll sixty three percent of conservatives believe that our nation and our culture are spirit of the rest of the world they believe wholeheartedly in the idea of american exceptionalism and think that america is the shining city on the hill for the rest of the world to admire that is c.j. world and at alter net points out. america looks a lot more like a broken banana republic than a shining city on the hill. notes that a single u.s. not not one single u.s. city is included in the world's top ten most livable cities and only one u.s. airport makes the list of the top one hundred in the world our infrastructure is literally crumbling to the ground and our transportation systems are stuck in the twentieth century meanwhile student american high school students are ranked thirtieth in math the world when it comes to life expectancy and infant mortality in the u.s. picture isn't muc

there you lose your friends mr miller but we're about to enter a new year. fourteen. new few minutes which i think we will take a step or two on the present into the future. at meijer to celebrating this wonderful holiday is one of our most heartwarming traditions see additional revenue . and as it has done for a new generation to generation bringing us all together in the ocean got to number of course we face some problems and serious trials in twenty thirteen don't include in the atrocious terrorist attacks in volgograd the vogue idea and the under president and the natural disasters anything in the far east and then you must look at the news but then you russia has always stood united in face of trial. but i'm going to better you that this year dear friends i address you are new year's eve not from the moscow kremlin as usual and i'm in the far east i came here to celebrate new year's day with the people who are strong and brave in the face of the elements but who don't yet have a new home of their own to celebrate their stay there in mr together with these people

mr. miller: thank you very much, mr. speaker. at this time i yield such time as she may consume, the member who brought this attention -- to our attention and to the full committee, mrs. brooks of indiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from indiana is recognized for as much time as she wishes to use. mrs. brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you. i want to thank the distinguished gentleman from florida and the subcommittee chairman, mr. runyan, for bringing up this important piece of legislation today, senate 1471. mr. speaker, during the season of christmas, we seek to surround ourselves with our family and our friends to give thanks for the blessings in our life. but unfortunately one family from my district will be spending yet another christmas season without their wife, without their mothers, without their daughter-in-law because of a senseless act of violence that took place at an apartment complex in indianapolis, indiana, on may 30, 2012. on that date michael anderson, a deranged army veteran, went on a shootin

mr. miller. this money should be put to the use of supporting our military members and their families by providing them a place to rest at the airports. i would like to thank chairman miller for his tireless effort, his work on this issue. also, other members of the homeland security committee, particularly want to recognize the ranking member on our subcommittee, mr. richmond, who has dedicated himself to this work, who's worked with me on this and many other issues in a bipartisan way. and mr. speaker, that's what the american people are looking for. they're looking for us to come here and work together for solutions for the american people. mr. speaker, i'm proud of the work we produced with in bill, and i urge my colleagues to support in bill. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina yields back. does the gentleman from texas continue to reserve? mr. mccaul: yes, i do. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized. mr. richmon

mr. miller about it. were really the ones that saw it through. >> principal miller, as i understand it, matt is a pretty popular kid there at school. he's got a lot of friends. so when he brings you this idea, now to see how it's gone viral, this must make you really proud, not only of christian but also of your school community. >> absolutely. that hits it on the head, erica. we try to set up an environment where the kids feel safe and comfortable and they can bring ideas like this. we call it a hope and dream and christian is your made a hope and dream and we made it come a reality and we try to empower the students. it's through classroom philosophy. >> at other schools around the country, what is your dream of a buddy bench? >> that there will be a lot of friendships made and other kids will just have a friend to play with. >> wow. that is a great hope and a great dream to have and it looks like you are starting to process for kids across the country. nice to have you all with us. christian and alliso

mr. miller, the principal, welcomed the idea with open arms.ed in picking out the bench and working up a presentation to the school board and to the other students at the school. and rolling out this idea to be implemented at round town. >> allison, you have to be quite the proud mom. >> absolutely. >> what's the next step, you think? what's the next iteration of the buddy bench? >> well, we've really been -- everything has moved very quickly since this got out and we're just excited beyond belief and hope that other schools around the country will adopt this idea because it really just creates more compassionate and empathetic kids. that makes the whole world a better place. >> christian, what have been the reactions from some of your friends at school? >> they're just really happy that they can now like have some more friends to play with. they're really happy for me. they're just saying, great job. >> great job indeed, my man. great job indeed. christian bucks and his parents there. christian, good luck with the grand opening, with the grand

mr. miller: mr. speaker, a year has passed since the 112 garment workers, mostly women, were killed in a factory in bangladesh that produced clothing for brands like wal-mart, sears, and kmart. earlier this year i went to bangladesh and met with women who left from the third and -- leapt from the third and fourth windos of their factories to escape the fire. there's no good way to jump from that height, and the women who survived the fall were broken, crippled, and unable to support their children. since the fire, several brands have stepped up with payment for survivors. yet some of the companies that were presumably profiting quite nicely from the production at the factory have opted not to compensate a single victim. wal-mart is one of those. they have chosen not to compensate a single woman who died in the factory, was crippled in the factory, lost their job in the factory. all because of a fire of an unsafe facktry. it was known as a deathtrap. windows were barred and the management lked the doo

mr. banks," bradley whitford. and music from mac miller. with cleto and the cletones. and now, while's i'm at it, here's jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: hi, everybody. i am jimmy. glad you are here tonight. if you came to shop, you are out of luck. we ran out of everything. we have guests. celebrity guests today. we have music from mac miller. and from saving mr. banks, bradley whitford is with us. we will have the funny amy poehler. last but not least, ryan seacrest is here with us tonight. [ applause ] very emotional for ryan to appear on a show he isn't hosting. i appreciate his courage. he is on his way here right now. he comes straight from djing down in long beach. ryan seacrest works a lot. he gave me a bit of insight into why he does with the quote on twitter two days ago. ryan tweeted, work while others are loafing, prepare while others are praying, dream while others are wishing. nerd alert tonight. this, this is an amazing thing. i'm sure you know there was a big memorial service for great nelson mandela yesterday. in south africa. many prominent leaders from around

[explosion] >> there is a lot to digest in that, miller. >> that's what i think, billy. >> i want to recommend to mrick's tailor that he might get glasses. what about that suit, miller? i thought the kingston trio was on stage there for a minute ♪ a worry song ♪ i'm worried. >> you and i come out in medallions. >> now, are you an angler? areare you a fisherman? do you throw that line out there once in a while. >> i have been known to work an angle, of course. >> putin and miller and i are big putin fans. >> yeah. >> apparently putin went to siberia and caught a pike that weighs 46 pounds. >> billy, the monitor is partially obscured here. did you just put up another anthony weiner photo. >> there was no time for small thoughts. >> that was putin. >> just scared the living hell out of me. i thought this is getting really weird. that's beyond limit. you can't keep that. >>. no. >> so he got it but here's the controversy. fishermen tell me putin is fudging it here. >> yeah. well, i love putin because he wears camo out on the lake and waders when he is inside the forest. i don't know what the hell that i

mr. nappier. >>> it will be miller time. some folks asking a congresswoman tough questions of benghazi. miller is next. >>> i'm bill o'reilly. we begin with the doctor that designed some of the obama care law. ezekiel emanuel recently appeared on fox news sunday. >> he never said you'll have unlimited -- >> he asked a question f. you like the doctor, keep your doctor. did he not say that, sir? >> he didn't say you can have unlimited choice. >> simple yes or no question. if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. >> yes. but look. if you want to pay more for an insurance company that covers your doctor, you can do that. >> what do you say about that? >> well, first off, billy, i have apl apologize for my hair tonight. it looks like somebody set up a fracking operation as i look in the monitor. as for ezekiel emmanuel. i know his brother. he headed the agency where i was for a while. i like ari. he's funny. he's smart. he gets it. he plays rough in show business which i like but i'll tell you this. if he developed the script called the obama carolout and a writer named ezekiel ema

the clerk: mrs. miller of michigan, chairman. mr. price of georgia and mr. lat -- mr. latta of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. rostrost: i ask unanimous consent -- ms. ros-lehtinen: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. ros-lehtinen: today i visited a group of advocates who 21 days ago vowed to abstain from food to raise awareness of the need for a bipartisan remedy for our broken immigration -- immigration system. support for the fasters is growing. like many in the united states -- in the u.s. they want to find a solution for immigrant families living in this great country that they call home. we can all agree it's time to modernize our immigration laws. fixing what is broken will not be an easy task but it will bring benefits to our nation which can be strengthened and reinvigorated by t

mr. banks," bradley whitford. and music from mac miller. with cleto and the cletones. and now, while's i'm at it, here's jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: hi, everybody. i am jimmy. glad you are here tonight. if you came to shop, you are out of luck.

mr. banks," bradley whitford. and music from mac miller. with cleto and the cletones.m at it, here's jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: hi, everybody. i am jimmy. glad you are here

. >> dave miller band. >> mr. speaker, i'm glad he agrees on this issue. does he also agree we should not let it hang around as an issue until after the general election, hanging over politics? i cannot urge you to work with me to find a way on a cross party basis of making us think again and stop this package happening. >> my doors always open open to the rates old gentleman. i'm happy to discuss this or any other issue. i stress the point this is not a final recommendation. i think it's a three party leaders can unite behind the position of saying it wouldn't be right to make this pay raise, to not sure that's the strongest message we can give. >> mr. speaker, i agree with the prime minister, but i hope he agrees with me that waiting and seeing what worked and we have to get together to deal with this. now come in the reason this is not the right time for this pay rises most people are going to the biggest cost of living crisis in a generation. last thursday to chancellor claimed living standards are rising. bush is not the case, if it? >> let me at one

miller, u.s. ambassador to ukraine from 1993 to 1998. let's go back to the 90's, mr. ambassador, it looked like for a while the ukraine had managed the trick of making the transition from a post self yet soviet state that could stand on its own. they worked out deals with the arsenal, soviet navy, territorial pursuits, the ukraine for some time looked like it was ready to become an independent country. >> it was first in line, but unfortunately the politicians in charge tried to play both sides against each other. east and west. and they lost their way. but more significantly the leadership of ukraine initially was soviet. soviet in background and soviet in mentality, and soviet in behavior. and it's only now that we're beginning to see the generation that it was born after independence. it was not brought up in soviet ways, and is definitely on track to become a democratic nation. >> katherine stoner, are we watching ukraine art the precipice trying to figure out if it wants to be more like poland or it's next door next-door neighbor belarus. >> it's broadly reflecti

this time he'll look for and find a guy named tony the incredible mr lip it for the 33 yard score. braxton miller went around. suddenly gank is not enough in the third. touching down. six wards up. they are up for the first time. >> it was ending on a 17-0 run. 34-24, punching the ticket to the rose ball and knocked ohio out of the picture. >> ohio's loss was celebrated in auburn. they were holering louder. auburn football nation new that the buck eyes loss new they could make the game with a win. speaking of share k, quarterback nick marshall shared the ball. he lost two, including this one for an 11-yard score. mason at 194 yards. in the first half auburn led. whatever happened at half-time, it did not work. missouri with the lead. it was mostly auburn from there. mason, corey grant 65 yards. it put the hurt on the 15-yard run. within three, in the fourth quarter, two more touchdowns. rushing almost 59-42. afterwards the coach made the case for the receiver to go to the final game. >> we play the toughest schedule of any team and the best football. a lot of teams are not getting better each wee

miller please call item number 3. >> the cleanpowersf program and the california public utilities commission and cleanpowersf energy efficiency and facilities and local jobs patrols strategies and. >> maybe thank you mr. chair typically we start the status with the status of the puc and barbara hail is here to provide that to you. >> thank you. most of our activities recently on the cca front for in puc proceedings where pg and e's green tariff option has continued to move forward. developing a green rate the statute requires a commission decision by july so we are expecting that the commission will need to issue at least a proposed decision in the april time frame in order to meet that statute requirement at this point we would expect pg and e's projected green tariff rate to be initially offered at 12.3 cents a kill owatt hour and that rate is forecast to increase to 9.4 cents a kilowatt hour in january so pg and e's basic service energy component of basic service rates is increasing come january to 9.4 cents and their current proposal before the cpuc under the green tariff option would be to offer the one hundred percent green power at 12.3 cents a kilowatt hour again that's just a proposal. we're

mr. chairman. >> thank you, ms. titus. with that, i ask unanimous consent that chairman miller and the ranking member be able to participate in our hearing today. hearing no objections, so ordered. at this time, i would welcome our first panel to the table. your complete and written statements will be entered in the hearing record. mr. and mrs. price, thank you for your service and for being here this afternoon. mrs. price coming are now recognized for five minutes for your oral testimony. >> thank you, chairman. chairman runyan, ranking member of nine, members of the panel, better and faster to express gratitude for inviting ourselves as delegates to represent their views on the va's handling of complex claims and the challenges that are faced with most of this panel has no idea who veterans awareness is. it's exactly what it sounds like. we are just a bunch of veterans. but we are specialists that come from a wide variety of fields and bring in some cases decades of experience table in the team. our perl-based is to do with not just complex claims, but all issues relating to the va function. in particular, i am a combat

miller. thursday, music from jeff campbell. join us then. our first guest needs no introduction. a multiple oscar, golden globe winning actor, brings walt disney to life in "saving mrh. thank you for coming. so, you know, i got a name for guys like you. >> jimmy: what is it? >> guys that don't signal when they change lines. i'm behind you. you slide over without a signal. i say, hey, thanks for the signal, [ bleep ]. like, like the world knows what you are going to do in that car. like you send out an espnessage th -- esp message, i pick it up like a degree or something. use the signal, [ bleep ], that any what it is there for. >> jimmy: tom hanks! >> don't know if you can use the word on your tv show. >> jimmy: of all the people that would get under your skin. >> yeah, yeah. the worst thing they're coming toward you. turn left in front of you. signal, man. >> jimmy: i always signal. >> looking for somebody that can support this. trying to crack up your wife. she is bored with you already. >> jimmy: am i wrong? >> not entirely. >> jimmy: in l.a. if you signal people will use it against you. >> you are so wrong. if you are in l.a., traffic flows normally. we do not

mr. boehner is renting an apartment from a guy who owns tanning salons. we'll get to that down the road. a picture of joe biden socializing up or posing for a picture. now, millertures with nice people. they look like nice people. i don't know who they are. they look like they're having fun at the vice president's christmas party. miller and i were not invited. that's a streak of 18 consecutively so you saw that picture and what did you think? >> the biggest gift they could give me is not inviting me to the white house christmas party. look how happy. give him a little nog and put a pretty chick with him and you could run garland from that christmas tree into his one year and out the other and brain floss for three minutes and you would come out with nary a fleck on the floss. the woman is practicing self-defense technique she won at a woman's empowerment ceremony. they are telling her to break the grasp and crush it and run like hell, lady. joe biden is uncle ricoh. he just wants to live in the past and he can't imagine how they got the big ship into the little body. secret service code name is zero under dark 30. i wish him a happy new year cashing his checks

miller? nothing? i want to thank you all again for your >> at this time, i welcome panel two, which includes mr.sherman gillums come associate director for veterans benefits, paralyzed veterans of america, mr. ronald abrams, executive director of the national veterans legal service program and mr. zach hearn commit director for claims of the american legion. we appreciate your attendance today. a complete and written sando be entered into the hearing record. you are not recognized for five minutes for your testimony. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman runyan, members of the sub committee on behalf of paralyzed veterans of america come out to thank you for the opportunity to discuss complex claims, a topic that is near and dear to veterans like me and those who represent tba. complex claims in both cases they require the most experienced minds to properly adjudicate. this video is claimed for mandatory but small school issues with the most complicated circumstances to unravel such as military trauma, pts and catastrophic disability. since the membership is predicated on disability, that would b