mr. murphy? miss spear. >> miss spaer votes aye. >> mr. kucinich. >> you're not recorded. >> i vote aye. >> mr. kucinich votes aye. you are not, sir. >> mr. burton votes no. >> mr. mckenry. >> votes no. >> mr. mchenry votes no. >> anyone else seek recognition. >> votes aye. >> mr. murphy votes aye. >> the clerk will report. on that vote, mr. chairman, there are 14 ayes, 23 nos. >> the amendment is not agreed to. we now call the roll on the lynch amendment. mr. i. no. >> mr. mica votes no. mr. plats votes no. mr. turner. mr. turner votes no. mr. mchenry votes no. mr. jordan votes no. mr. chaffetz. >> no. mr. chaffetz votes no. mr. mack votes no. mr. wahlberg. mr. wahlberg votes no. mr. langford votes no. mr. move votes no. mr. gozar. mr. labrador votes no. mr. meehan. mr. walsh. no. mr. gowdy votes no. mr. ross votes no. mr. ginta votes no. mr. thentholds votes no. mr. kelly votes no. mr. cummings. >> yes. >> mr. cummings votes aye. >> mr. towns. >> mr. towns votes aye. miss la moaneny votes aye. miss norton votes aye. mr. kucinich votes ay

mr. murphy of pennsylvania regarding air marshall service. an amendment by mr. -- air marshal service. an amendment by mr. pierluisi. an amendment by mr. polis regarding across the board reduction. an amendment by mr. price of georgia regarding immigration

mr. murphy. public comment, i believe. good afternoon. >> i did send an internal memo to the board. >> we have a number of speakers who wish to address the board. he was not first. >> i did send a memo expressing some of my concerns and i want to affirm one thing. one thing that is very symptomatic of the poor operations of mta, there is a bus stop that does not have announced destinations and arrivals. you have not installed a system that announces the arrival of muni buses. it is symptomatic of the flawed operations of mta. the other symptoms are buses that do not arrive on time. even if you installed the most ideal transit effectiveness project, it would all bread down if they did not arrive on time. -- break down if they did not arrive on time. would i would like to see is a public disclosure of the internal operations on an annual basis. there is an internal operational audit that is done every year. i would like to see it public. i think it is very important that it should be stated in lucid terms. this is a very imp

mr. murphy of pennsylvania regarding air marshall service. an amendment by mr. -- air marshal service. an amendment by mr. pierluisi. an amendment by mr. polis regarding across the board reduction. an amendment by mr. price of georgia regarding immigration laws. an amendment by mr. ryan of ohio regarding visas. an amendment by mr. schweikert regarding the secured communities program. an amendment by mr. sullivan regarding section 287-g of the immigration and nationality act. an amendment by mr. thompson of california regarding deportation of certain aliens. an amendment by mr. turner of new york regarding surface transportation and security inspectors. an amendment by mr. walsh of illinois regarding software licenses. and at each further amendment may be offered only by the member named in this request or a designee, shall not be subject to a demand or a division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole and shall not be subject to an amendment except that the chair and the ranking minority member of the committee of appropriations or their respective designees each

mr. murphy votes no. 23 ayes and 17noes.yes have it and a contempt report is ordered, order reported to the house of representatives. without objection the staff is authorized to make necessary technical corrections and conforming changes to the report. the committee stands adjourned. >>neil: as expected and along party lines the house oversight committee has voted to hold attorney general holder of the united states in contempt of congress. this would be loading to a full vote in the house of representatives. hardly a given but along party line. that would be in keeping with the republican majority. this would presumably go nowhere in the senate but republicans are going to make a powerful point here that key documentation needed on things like "fast and fewer identification," and what the administration knew be brought to the committee's attention and documents be fessed up and they said reviews would be necessary, the white house did, and nothing more than that and this has led to something republicans have likened to a w

mr. murphy, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky. mr. whitfield: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in support of h.r. 5625, introduced by representative murphy of connecticut. this legislation would provide the federal energy regulatory commission with limited authority to reinstate two terminated hydroelectric licenses and transfer them to a new owner, the town of canton, connecticut. the licenses are associated with the upper and lower collinsville dam on the farmington river in connecticut. both projects are under one mega watt each and i would urge all members to support this legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentleman from connecticut is recognized. mr. murphy: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. murphy: thank you, madam speaker. i would like to thank the chairman for his assistance in leadership in bringing this bill forward today. this legislati

mr. murphy. >> no. >> miss spear. >> no. >> miss spear votes no. >> the clerk will report. >> 23 is, 17 noshave it. and a contempt report is ordered reported to the house. without objection the staff shall be authorized to make necessary and technical corrections and conforming changes to the report. >> mr. chairman, file. >> file. >> yes. >> there you have it. a strict party line vote. 23 yais, 17 nos, the attorney general according to this house oversight committee role call should be held in contempt of the u.s. congress. kate bolduan is watching it up on capitol hill. jessica yellin's watching it from the white house. first to you, kate, i take it this is no great surprise spriz e strictly along party lines because of the fast and furious documents that the obama administration is refusing to share with this committee, they are holding the attorney general in contempt even though the president of the united states today in his first time since taking office has cited -- has exerted his executive privilege opportunity to explain why he's not sharing those documents. go ahead and give our

mr. murphy? ms. speer votes aye. >> mr. kucinich. >> am i recorded? >> i vote aye. >> you raare not, sir. mr. burton votes no. mr. mchenry votes no. >> does anyone else seek recognition? aye.. murhpphy votes >> the clerk will report. vote, 14thtate ayes and 23 nos. >> that vote is not agree -- that amendment is not agreed to. we know claall a vote on the lynch amendment. >> [calling roll vote] >> the clerk will report. >> on the vote, 15 ayes, 23 nos. >> the moment is not agreed to. the question occurs on the amendment offered by the lady from new york, in which the nos prevailed by a voice and a recorded vote was ordered. the clerk will calle the roll. >> [calling roll vote] >> that vote, 16 ay commites, 23 no's. >> the amendment is not agreed to. it will now proceed to the amendment previously passed by voice vote on which it recorded vote was asked for and delay. the clerk will call the roll on the gaudy amendment. >> [calling roll vote] >> ms. norton? >> it is really a good amendment -- [laughter] >> no. >> mr. towns votes no. ms. norton? you're n

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator murphy. for your sponsorship of the bill and your strong support for it. i would ask if anyone has any last thing they want to add before i close down the hearing. any last thing they want to bring up. we'll hold the record open for ten days. senator frank had some additional questions he wanted to ask. we'll hold the record open for ten days for further insertions or for questions that other members of the committee might have. i'll close by saying that i thank you all for being here. i just echo what senator murphy said. this is an issue we have to confront as a nation, and we have to get over it and move on. again, i want to be as protective as anyone of religious liberty in the country, but i also remind you that in 1964 when we passed the civil rights act, arguments were made that this would violate the religious liberty of employers. that bans discrimination on the basis of race. 1964 civil rights act. violate the religious liberty. if we said we couldn't discriminate against african-americans in our society. so we've been down that road before. and

mrs. dimon? >> murphy's law says, charlie, if anything can go wrong, it will.ing to keep in mind when you're planning that next vacation. >> in the last few months, we've seen a cruise ship disaster in italy, a major airline go bankrupt and an earlier than usual hurricane season. peter greenberg is here to remind us about travel insurance. peter? >> good morning, charlie. it's one of the most confusing areas of the travel proposition. there's so many different language problems and understanding the policy. when you need to buy it and who you immediate to buy it from. >> the question is who should buy it and what kind of policy should they about buy? >> there are a lot of reasons why. if your flight is canceled, someone is going to lose their luggage, passport, medications may be stolen. you may need medical insurance as well if you're in a foreign country. your trip could be canceled. all good reasons to consider travel insurance. >> what kind of policies, especially when you say your flight is canceled. what kind of policies can you buy? >> it's trip cancella

mr. murphy: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. chairman, what good are life-saving drugs if you can't afford them? that's why real reform of the neags' health care system begins promoting quality and affordability. i'm excited this legislation is moving forward because the f.d.a. will finally have a system for bringing more life-saving generic drugs to mark. today's bill authorizes the first generic user fee program to expedite approval of generic which is a faction of the cost of brand name drugs. they can save a patient $1,000 a year on medication alone but it may well yield billions in savings across our nation when affordable generic drugs are used to treat acute and chronic illness. right now consumers are spending millions if not billions more in out-of-pocket costs because the f.d.a. doesn't have the resources to tackle 2,800 generic applications awaiting review. there will be fewer strokes, heart attacks and cases of cardiovascular diseases when this bill moves forward into law and will be assure the medicines our families

patricia murphy of citizen jane politics and a contributor to the daily beast. and mr. sunday morning himself, the "new york times" magazine's hugo lindgren. ronald reagan's legacy is causing a bit of fracture in the gop as party leaders debate what role the herolded republican president would play today. jeb bush is taking flack for saying republicans today have moved too far right for reagan to be accepted in the party. meanwhile, this morning, tim pawlenty said mitt romney embodies reagan's principles. >> say the republican party currently wouldn't endorse ronald reagan or something like that, we just nominated mitt romney or presumptively nominated mitt romney, who is in the reagan tradition, a conservative with a conservative record, governed effectively in a blue state, working across the aisle, somebody who has produced results. >> but as republicans make comparisons to reagan, the one glaring difference is ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times, in fact. the tax equity and fiscal responsibility act of 1982. the highway revenue act of 1982. the social security amend

patricia murphy of citizen jane politics and a contributor to the daily beast. and mr.w york times" magazine's hugo lindgren. ronald reagan's legacy is causing a bit of fracture in the gop as party leaders debate what role the herolded republican president would play today. jeb bush is taking flack for saying republicans today have moved too far right for reagan to be accepted in the party. meanwhile, this morning, tim pawlenty said mitt romney embodies reagan's principles. >> say the republican party currently wouldn't endorse ronald reagan or something like that, we just nominated mitt romney or presumptively nominated mitt romney, who is in the reagan tradition, a conservative with a conservative record, governed effectively in a blue state, working across the aisle, somebody who has produced results. >> but as republicans make comparisons

murphy, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> you're welcome. >>> still ahead, our jim accosta on the campaign trail at a special event that mr. romney and mr. obama will be speaking at. jim? >> carol, that's right. in a few hours from now, mitt romney will be speaking to a national hispanic leadership conference here in orlando, florida. what will he say? and will it help the gop contender with latino voters? we'll talk about that in just a few moments. the all-new rx f sp. this is the pursuit of perfection. [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums nothing works faster. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy

murphy. >> the yellow buses pulled up as the grade schoolers head for their classrooms. the principal inside was calling it an unexpected meeting. it was about mrsshire, the pretty young kindergartner teacher. >> he said, there's no easy way to tell you this. and then he said, justine was killed last night. she was hit by a hit-and-run. and i was silent. >> fellow kindergartner teacher could not believe what she was hearing about her friend, justine abshire, the newlywed who taught one door away. another fellow kindergartner teacher was devastated. >> i was just shocked. just in disbelief that she was gone. she was my best friend. i mean, she was my kindrid spirit. we were the same person. >> 27-year-old justine had married her long-time boyfriend eric just that spring. she loved being a teacher and by all accounts, the little kids in her classroom loved her back. >> she was a very darling teacher. she was the kind of teacher that you would want for your own child. >> but on that november morning, the stunned teachers had few details. it seemed justine had been out driving after midnight and her car had broken down. she was apparently struck by

murphy to serve on the d.c. super kwror court also be included -- superior court also be included in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lieberman: at this time, therefore, i ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the republican leader, the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: calendar number 231; that there be two hours for debate equally divided in the usual form, that upon the use or yielding back of time the senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on calendar number 231. the motion to reconsider be considered, made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order, that any related statements be printed in the record, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: senator demint has some concerns about this phogs, and -- about this nomination, and, therefo