mr. norton >> thank you, thank you. whereas today marks the one hundred and 8 history of the 1906 san francisco earthquake the defining moment in our cities history and whereas we're grarthdz in the presence of the dignitaries and honor the survivors therefore be that roerltd that we morton the first, by the grass of god and protectorer off meblgs do hereby proclaim this the one hundred and 55 day of our reign to be individuals day and order all the citizens to perp for the next one that will occur. (clapping.) lightning empire norton. yes >> and now we have a have special announcement that our great don nasal has to say please welcome her, she as a historical society announcement. >> for one hundred and 7 years old i look good. i just want to acknowledge this special lady where are you and thank you for being here we've lost leo and remember karen that kept this going. i want to acknowledge the guardian of the city we painted the two twin silver giants the little hydrant and a quick announcement the one hundred anniver

mrs. maloney votes no. ms. norton. mr. tierney. mr. clay votes no. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper votes no. mr. connolly votes no. mr. cartwright votes no. ms. duckworth votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welch votes no. s. grisham votes no. ou are not recorded. >> does anyone else seek to be reported? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the report is ordered to the house. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. >> mr. chairman, i asked a number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. >> today on c-span, the freedom summit from manchester, new hampshire. including appearances by senators rand paul and ted cruz, mike huckabee and donald trump. we'll have live conversation all day so you can join in the conversation on facebook and twitter. it begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i think what we need is something akin to the grace commission during the reagan administration or the brack commission, the base realignment and closing commission during

mr. chairman. >> miss norton. >> thank you, very much, mr. chairman. i want to ask a question of the contractors. i don't think there has been in all the hearings that have been had enough of a focus on the contractors. congress is so busy fighting off the affordable care act itself, but i must say that the number of state exchanges have problems , when you combine that with the problems we have in the federal exchange, really does show that technology is overrated. i must say it also shows that since this has not been found just in the federal exchange. this rollout problem. problem with technology in this state or that state but rather much through a wide cross-section of states that we're dealing with a new problem with, with, and, that we ought to approach it that way. now, that means, if it was new to the government, state and federal alike, it is certainly looks likes what we did not anticipate is how new it would be to those contractors. and that was perhaps overreliance, overreliance faith put in the contractors. now i know that one of them, ct

norton: thank you, mr. speaker. while i'm waiting for my four posters to arrive at the rostrum, i am happy to yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia. >> i thank the gentlelady for yielding. ou're allowing me to correct a mistake i made earlier today. mr. woodall: we passed the budget committee balanced budget, i think that's a success but those successes don't happen by themselves they happen because we are surrounded by staffers in this institution who do an amazing amount of work, day in and day out. in my case, it's will dunham who is staff director at the republican study committee, the very able budget staffer there, matthew dickerson and my own budget associate nick myers. without their help, it would have been impossible to put that budget together and i am so grateful for their commitment to this institution and to the very difficult work that we do. with that, i thank my friend very much for yielding and yield ack. ms. norton: mr. speaker, all this week i have come to the house floor for a very spec

mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from the district of columbia, ms. norton, for five minutes. mr. speaker, april 16 marks emancipation day in the district of columbia when the slaves who lived in the district of columbia were emancipated. i come to the floor this week to discuss a different kind of emancipation. today i begin as the nation without taxes representation. if i would ask you who pays the highest taxes per capita in the united states of america, who would you say? what jurisdiction would you say? new york, connecticut, arizona, texas. it would be the citizens of the nation's capital who support the nation without representation in the congress of the united states. 650,000 citizens. that's why you see license plates that say taxation without representation. that was not the thought of the government. it was a citizen who came forward to suggest that that should be what was on our license plates. so april 16, we celebrate or commemorate emancipation every day because we had the distinction of being the first jurisdiction in the united states where

mr. issa, and the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, ms. norton, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. issa: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and their remarks include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. issa: madam speaker, i rise today in support of senate bill 994, the the distinguished gentleman from at that time accountability and transparency act, or data act. as chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee, i have looked to tackle major problems pervasive in the federal government. over the past four years, our committee, the majority and the minority, have taken up and moved several bills designed to reform the federal government. majority leader cantor has worked with leaders on both sides of the aisle to take most of these reforms and vand them through the full house, often on an unanimous basis. all members of the hou

norton. >> wow, hard to follow the superintendent. when he gets fired up. and i support you mr. superintendent. i just have a couple of questions, the first question is that so i mean, one question that occurred to me when you are talking about the kc result and also just the on track and off track and the superintendent referred to it and this is better data than we have had ever and do we have any defense as to how these statistics might have look td last year and you know the class of 2013, and 2012, what percentage were off track at this point in their graduation area year? the different requirements do you have any idea? >> commissioner, norton this is the third time today that i have had this conversation. if there is a mile on my face, that is the reason why. as you know, we did not have this particular process, in place for the class of 2013, one of the things that i continued to caution folks about is that when we start to compare apple and bananas or apples and orange its can be a slippery slope sometimes, and we have many different variables for last year's graduating

norton: thank you mr. speaker.an a series of remarks yesterday as the district prepares for emancipation day, april 16 when lincoln freed the slaves in the district of columbia before the national emancipation proclamation. i began with a status all the citizens of the district of columbia today is taxed without representation. the slogan the founders of our nation and the framers of our constitution used to start the revolution that created the united states of america itself. with those taxes should come statehood, but if there is any issue with greater command, then taxation without representation for statehood for the district of columbia it is surely fighting and dying for one's country without representation. securing the vote for the people of iraq and afghanistan only to come home with no vote of your own in the congress that sent you to war or not coming home at all. d.c. residents fought and died in the war that created the united states of america itself and have served in every war since, often sufferin

mr. righteous. and it is tv's andy levy. and his act is bluer than a smurf orgy and more foul mouthed thankirstie alley at a popeye's chicken. and jim norton now available at gym norton.com. yea, jim. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. >> greg, i loved you in "twins" plastic. >> if it tease it leads. walter con cite once said that. should your nation lead to incarceration? >> "red eye" debate, 2014, live from the" red eye" debate center. >> all right, welcome to "red eye -- tonight's" red eye" debate, i am greg gutfeld host of tonight's "red eye" debate still in middleburg, flay you flaw and i would like to thank them for their kind hospitality for not pressing charges after that fire. a man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for peeing on the alamo. he was found zipping up his pants and a p could noticed there was, quote, a puddle on the original border of the shrine. according to the police report urine erodes the lime stone of the landmark. along with the prison time he will pay up to $4,000 in restitution. it is a dumb thing to do, daniel. but is it as dumb as this? >> slow motion, please. >> see, the thing and he was fine