mr. morton did not provide a break down of the noncriminals. we do not know how many were charged of crimes or not yet convicted or are criminal gang members. additionally, mr. morton did not think any of the individuals released were national security concerns. d.h.s. claimed that all released illegal immigrants are low priorities and have not committed with serious crimes. this is inconsistent that morton has detained "the worst of the worst illegal immigrants in their ability to detain, deport that the agency encounters." your decisions to release the immigrants unnecessarily put the public at risk. the question remain, are these individuals being released based on legitimate concerns or because sequestration gave the obama administration a political reason to release deportable aliens. surely other budgetary considerations could have come first such as cutting conferences or travel. releasing illegal immigrants gives them little incentive to report themselves. many will become fugitives. further more, the director has indicated that i.c.e.

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mr. morton did not provide a break down of the noncriminals. we do not know how many were charged of crimes or not yet convicted or are criminal gang members. additionally, mr. morton did not think any of the individuals released were national security concerns. d.h.s. claimed that all released illegal immigrants are low priorities and have not committed with serious crimes. morton inconsistent that has detained "the worst of the worst illegal immigrants in their ability to detain, deport encounters."cy your decisions to release the immigrants unnecessarily put the public at risk. the question remain, are these individuals being released based on legitimate concerns or because sequestration gave the obama administration a political reason to release deportable aliens. surely otherle budgetary considerations could have come first such as cutting conferences or detailees or travel. releasing illegal immigrants ves them little incentive to report themselves. many will become fugitives. further more, the director has indicated that i.c.e. has had t

mr. morton to resign. rather than making commonsense cuts like reducing administrative staffing, cutting overhead or taking other action, i.c.e. chose to release thousands of known criminals directly onto our streets and into our communities. i.c.e.'s justification for this plan is that those individuals will remain in a monitoring program while deportation proceedings are ongoing. really? it baffles me that i.c.e. officials continue to insist that someone who has already committed a crime by entering this country illegally would willingly participate in a monitored self-deportation program. the sequester has started an across the -- and across-the-board cuts will affect us all but we cannot stand by while i.c.e. makes irresponsible decisions. i call on john mortgagen to resign and make a full accounting of his debacle to the american people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts ise? without objection, so ordered. mr. kenne

mr. butler i don't think asked about fine arts. >> thank you. come on up. >>> supervisors, my name is stuart morton. served under three mayors, moscone, feinstein and jordan on the landmarks board. i am also right now the chair of the preservation consortium which is a city-wide group of preservations and neighborhoods and professionals. we interviewed mr. pearlman in 2009 prior to the hpc's commissioners being appointed. we did not recommend mr. pearlman at that time, feeling he was inappropriate for the seat which he was being proposed. again, we have the same problem. we haven't had a chance, however, to interview him once more, but the consortium is against his nomination. thank you. >> which seat did you interview him for in 2009? >>> i was trying to think just a moment ago. i don't remember. >> all right, thank you very much. >> thank you. seeing no other public comment, public comment is now closed. because of the way this was stated on the agenda, we have to make an amendment. colleagues, can we have a motion to amend the motion to confirm the appointment of jonathan pearlman to the historic

mr. downey became a board member and spokesman for something called the national smokers alliance. it was not that big a leap, right? fronting for the national smokers alliance. since mortonjr. was himself all but a synonym for smoking. but then morton downey jr. got sick. >> morton downey jr., former talk show host and lung cancer survivor, joins us this morning. good morning, morton. >> good morning. >> how are you doing? >> i'm fine, thanks. >> it's great to see you and in such good health. >> i've got to tell you, you look a lot better than wally. >> thanks, morton. i hope he's not watching. so tell me, how are you feeling? >> i feel like a million bucks, thank god. yeah. i feel great. it's almost a year since i had -- >> has it been a year? >> -- my two lungs, my two lobes on the right side excised, removed, gotten rid of. and i'm hanging in there pretty good. >> it must have been such an ordeal. how did that change your life? >> you know, it changed it for the better. a, i don't smoke anymore. which i was a four to five-pack a day smoker. >> morton downey jr. eventually died of lung cancer. but not before he repented publicly for the smoking habit he used to glorify

mr. spin zone, you would jump up and down. i guess you've been in the rain forest, john. i have been attacked on a daily basis, all the time. just makes me stronger. neil mortoni will tell you why no one should ever stomp on your name. you do it wrong and someone has a stronger argument and you present both sides of the issue. i appreciate that. from arkansas, o'reilly, you're correct that clinton and obama changed their positions on gay marriage for political reasons. rabbi, fresno, california answer to the marriage debate get the government out of it. marriage should return to religious institutions whence it came. i agree, rabbi, the government wants the money, that's why they have he' co-oped marriage it's big because and so is inheritance. >> my wife just gave me "killing kennedy" and two tickets to see you and miller. nice wife, marks the 50th anniversary of jfk's assassination. and thank you for calling out cliches and please add, "it is what it is." that's so annoying, thanks for pointing it is. oh. marco anderson, bali, indonesia, when i hear someone say "oh, my god", i compliment them on being religious and blank stares come back. so religious, i li

mr. morton said they released ten level one offenders. these are people convicted of violent crimes. they are repeat drunk drivers, as an example. yesterday he said they only released eight. but he also said they were trying to relocate them and bring them back in. if you got these dangerous people out on the streets, the public ought to know about it. and so i suspect that when i'm asking unanimous consent now, that the other side will object to my amendment. and i don't know why they want to go to such lengths to protect this administration when all we want is simple information. just simple information. we aren't saying that the decisions made, even though we disagree, ought to be changed. we're just saying the public ought to know when you've got people that are violent people out on the streets, that they shouldn't be out on the streets, we ought to know where they are, why they were put out there and what about it. i say the option of not allowing this amendment to have a vote, as i presume it's going to be objected to, i think the objections are indefenseible. at this point i