president peterson: mr. paul? >> thank you, president peterson. jeremy paul for sally unterberger. this is not an appeal of a faulty notice of violation. this is an appeal of a permit issued to comply with the notice of violation. that notice of violation does not talk about the plumbing intrusions at the lower bathroom. none of the light well issues that mr. kornfield was addressing are part of this notice of violation. we have a clear notice of violation. i did not have the detailed scope of work from the contractor because reading the note of violation it seems pretty clear to me the task list defines the specific things mentioned here. this building inspector knew exactly what he was citing and knew exactly what was needed to comply with this. they're very well may be other issues elsewhere in these houses. there is no question that there are. this is what these property owners bought into. they bought into a three it structure -- three houses that were split in 1953 in an imperfect process in an imperfect bureaucracy in an imperfect city in an imperfect world. these things can

i understand the frustration of mr. paul and mr. kucinich, i share thatting an psi a-- anxiety and frustration as well. but it seems to me that we in congress have a responsibility too. these wars are not just the administration's wars. they are our wars too, we found them. we're the ones who go along with it. we're the ones who decide whether to condition aid or withhold aid. i think we should be doing a better job. we have known for a long time that the pakistan intelligence agencies have been undercutting our efforts in afghanistan. they have put our soldiers at risk. we have known that for a long time. yet what have we done? so this may be a time for us to raise some of these issues, raise some of these questions, hopefully have more -- prompt more memories of this body to get involved in the debate but also to send a signal to the administration that we need to re-evaluate what we're doing. if we're going in the wrong direction we need to have the courage to change course if necessary. so with that, mr. speaker, i would urge a

mr. paul spks what if it was -- mr. paul: what if it with it was reported when freedom fighters were killed as when they were our friends and allies, the whole thing would change. they were formerly our allies and our so-called friends. so this is just a reflection on the ridiculousness of our endless policy of intervention and how so often our allies and our friends turn against us and our money, taxpayers' money is so often used against this. i think this is a perfect example. we like to stop it. that's why we brought this resolution up. we don't want to see this war spread, and we want the american people to mow about it and we want this congress to know about it because foreign policy isn't even written in the constitution. the responsibility of how we run our foreign affairs is with the u.s. congress, and when we go to war it it should be a congressional function, not an executive function, and someday we may get there but right now today we have to do our very best to let people know the shortcomings of the policy

i just wanted to hear from mr. paul. when you and ms. unterberger review that list? did she review this list? >> she did. >> was there an opportunity would have had to discuss this, or was it -- >> she discussed it with a contractor. i was not involved until after this appeal was filed. commissioner hwang: got it. do you know what happened, based on your discussion, whether any attempts were made to get to this fourth column, a possible remedy? >> no, i do not believe so. in march of this year, sally's hands were both bandaged from surgery she had experienced. she was not in a position to be putting a lot of energy into resolving the problems that may occur with mr. wermer's remodel. she wants to correct situations that exist on her property. she now has an nov to act on. that is what she is trying to act on. commissioner hwang: thank you. president peterson: mr. kornfield? >> i have only to add that in exhibit a, where it is talking about the location on property in the description of property, this is not the assessment for the reported property description. this i

mr. paul spks what if it was -- mr. paul: what if it with it was reported when freedom fighters were killed as when they were our friends and allies, the whole thing would change. they were formerly our allies and our so-called friends. so this is just a reflection on the ridiculousness of our endless policy of intervention and how so often our allies and our friends turn against us and our money, taxpayers' money is so often used against this. i think this is a perfect example. we like to stop it. that's why we brought this resolution up. we don't want to see this war spread, and we want the american people to mow about it and we want this congress to know about it because foreign policy isn't even written in the constitution. the responsibility of how we run our foreign affairs is with the u.s. congress, and when we go to war it it should be a congressional function, not an executive function, and someday we may get there but right now today we have to do our very best to let people know the shortcomings of the policy

mr. paul: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders levert entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material, thompson and fortenberry today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permit todd address the house for five minutes, revise and stepped their remarks and include extraneous material, ms. woolsey, ms. kaptur and ms. jackson lee for five minutes, mr. defazio, mr. schiff. the speaker pro tempore: without objection.. for what purpose does the gentleman from vermont rise? mr. welch: i rise to request permission to put in the record that on h.r. 433, i mistakenly recorded my vote as a no, i meant to record my vot

mr. paul: mr. speaker, i rise in support of this legislation. it's called the fair sentencing act. i'd like to rename it, though. i'd like to call it the slightly fairer resentencing act because it really makes an attempt to correct a very, very serious problem in equal justice in our system. that effort, i think, we should all applaud. but i would have much preferred h.r. 4235, i was an original co-sponsor of that, along with congressman scott. i think this is a typical example of trying to fix the problem that we invite upon ourselves. in economics i adhere to the position that once you want to do good in the economy and with all the best motivations we do things and we create new problems then we have to go back. if you get two new problems for every intervention then you're constantly writing laws. in social policy i believe the same thing. it was trying to improve social policy with crack cocaine. there was no me left nens on this -- ma left nens on this. they thought this was terrible. and it turned out that it backfired. it actually hurt minorities. it didn't help them. here

>> belva: well, one big issue in california always is the environment, and of course that's why mr. paulers is here tonight. if you're an environmentalist, though, you are happy with a poll this week that said that proposition 23 was not doing well. first tell us what it is and why it's not. >> there are a lot of propositions on the ballot coming up. a number haven't quite sunk in with everybody just yet. but there's an easy way to remember proposition 23. it's actually an anagram. proposition 23 would overturn ab-32. 23, 32, mirror image. what is ab-32? some folks might remember in 2006 the legislature passed and governor schwarzenegger signed the nation's furthest-reaching state global warming law. and this law, which the state is now writing the regulations for and which takes effect in 2012, would require that california emit the same amount of greenhouse gases by 2020 that it emitted in 1990. and that's a drop of about 15% from current levels. it's basically going to really hit oil refineries, you know, people who burn a lot of fossil fuels. cement kilns, power plants. so those indu

stalwart for creating jobs and helping us turn the economy around, in his home state of new york, mr. paul tonko. mr. tonko: thank you, representative wasserman schultz. thank you for britain bringing us together to discuss an important aspect -- for bringing us together to discuss the important aspect. creating the dignity of work for individuals and families across the country. it's great to join you, i know we're going to be hearing from representative murphy, but to be with everyone here and put our thoughts into a context that allows people to understand where we're headed with this recovery program, and i think this chart expresses it in a very straight forward, simplistic way, a simple straight forward decline for many months, where we lost $17.5 trillion of household income, where 8.2 million jobs were lost. we were headed for a deep, deep depression. then a sharp, straight line upward which expresses a recovery. i should point out that many of us believe, all of us here on the floor tonight, believe we're not only recovering the economy but we're restructuring the economy. that's

mr. paul of texas. under pe the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from missouri, mr. akin is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. akin: thank you, mr. speaker. we'll take just a moment to get a few charts up here. mr. akin: thank you, mr. speaker. we're going to talk about an interesting subject here this evening, one that might seem a little boring to start with but actually has tremendous ramifications and that is the question and the subject of budgeting. now, budgets are always kind of an unpleasant thing because there's a natural requirement of a budget to balance a couple of things. balance spending, and how much money you take in. so when a family works on a budget, it may be a hard time because you have to make choices between what are you going to spend your money on and how much money do you have to spend? budgeting is one of those tough things, but it's necessary for organizations in order to be organized enough to try to keep some se

developing story this morning with british labor party wimpy for a new paul west paul flynn who's opposed to the war in iraq mr flynn thanks for being with us this morning these allegations still sketchy we must point out what do you know about. i think it's probably true the story is there appear to completely verify it but we know that in the first iraq war depleted uranium was used in shells and it certainly is very very likely to be used again and it's used as a ballast because of its density and shells but unfortunately it's not as radioactive is it might be. two three eight with the gamma radiation is being reduced under a weapon of mass destruction but sadly you to a weapon of eternal destruction because it would dust on the battlefield and get into the water supply into the. can because give children. a birth defect and the iraqis have been saying for a long time that where the battles to plays there's evidence of big increases in childhood cancers and even birth defects and they're threatening to sue. the united kingdom the united states government is awful contamination you know it's almost certainly

mr. edwards writes elsewhere, st. paul addresses the ephesia s ephesians. wl inhabit the whole of the earth. mr. edwards points out, of course, some other issues in the old and new testament. one is in matthew. mr. edwards always writes timothy that paul warns that if anyone does not provide for his relatives and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than a non-believer. here it is made and plain that we each have a very special obligation to those who are closest to us by family and blood ties and their needs and welfare must stay tops in our priorities and what it saysless the local civic community can besaid about the community on a larger scale. we have a greater more immediate moral obligation to be concerned with the welfare of the united states than any other countries, just as the residents of other countries should be concerned with what kboes on in their countries. e each of us have ties and we must all acknowledge the legitimacies of the ties. statesmen and political leaders have a special obligation to look out for

mr. edwards writes elsewhere, st. paul addresses the ephesia s ephesians. they shawl inhabit the whole of the earth. mr. edwards points out, of course, some other issues in the old and new testament. one is in matthew. mr. edwards always writes timothy that paul warns that if anyone does not provide for his relatives and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than a non-believer. here it is made and plain that we each have a very special obligation to those who are closest to us by family and blood ties and their needs and welfare must stay tops in our priorities and what it saysless the local civic community can besaid about the community on a larger scale. we have a greater more immediate moral obligation to be concerned with the welfare of the united states than any other countries, just as the residents of other countries should be concerned with what kboes on in their countries. e each of us have ties and we must all acknowledge the legitimacies of the ties. statesmen and political leaders have a special obligation to look

mr. speaker. senator paul coverdell one of the most kind, thoughtful, and deliberate members of congress passed away 10 years ago this past sunday. he was a strong leader in georgia for decades serving as a state senator for 19 years and united states senator for seven years before his untimely death of a cerebral hemorrhage on july 18, 2000. his dedication to service extended far beyond the political arena. he was a veteran of the united states army and served as the director of the peace corps from 1989 to 1991. in honor of senator coverdell the centers for disease control established the paul coverdell national acute stroke registry that helped implement state registry able to track care for acute strokes and help expand the knowledge and improve the quality of care. his legacy lives on. he was an inspiration to so many of us. to dream big dreams and answer the call to preserve this great nation. he knew that the wonder and awe of america rests in the principle of our founding documents and people. we will

mr. conway understand the unique needs of our state. dr. rand paulily live in bowling green, where he has operated his ophthalmology practice practicing medicine and performing i surgery's for the pass 17 years. dr. paul grow up in lake jackson, texas, and is the third of five children born to carol and representative ron paul. he graduated from law school in 1988, completed an internship at georgia baptist medical center in atlanta, and completed his residency in ophthalmology at duke university medical center. upon completion of this training in 1993, he and his wife moved to bowling green to start their family and began his practice. dr. paul founded the kentucky taxpayers united in 1993 to better inform residents have elected officials voted on key spending and taxation issues. in 1995, he founded the southern kentucky eye clinic, an organization providing exams and surgery's to needy families and the details. dr. paul also participates in the children of the americas program, where he has provided free surgery to many children from around the wo

until it was greeted chatted with mr medvedev influence russian he with her off to a top local restaurant where they enjoyed octopus but later promised it was not paul the octopus who predicted that germany would lose in the semifinal all over the world well there was talk of a trio of world leaders forward looking leaders barack obama to reach madrid if i glue merkel a transatlantic troika if you like moving the world forward on security and defense issues with food as the unifying force let's listen in to new money and let me draw your attention to the fact that germany is number one on the list of russia's partners we have a long time relations which have not been spoiled even by difficult chapters in our history. when it comes to russia and germany's relations with other countries it's not like in school where you have just one friend we can have many friends germany and russia have their own issues they're completely different in nature to translate into problems it's useful for us to be able to discuss them together the room for dialogue doesn't exist in the same degree with president obama as a does between us but the u.s. relationship is sti

pauls pails i rise to -- mr. paulsen: i rise to praise eden prarie. it is one of the best places to live in america. the people of eden prarie have known that for some time and we are modest about our achievement. in fact, you won't hear from anyone from eden prarie brag about our companies that we are home to, our beautiful lakes and rivers or the miles of hiking and biking trails that run through time. you won't hear from anyone that brags about our award-winning schools or civic-mideness of our community and our citizens. our preference is to leave that type of grandstanding and others like matt lauer and magazines. eden prarie has been my family's home for close to 20 years and place i represent in the minnesota state legislature and now in congress and i can't think of a better honor be being named the best place to live in america. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? mr. burton: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. . i'd say bewar

mr. ryan's remarks and budget issues. paul ryan is a congressman from the first district of wisconsin and is ranking member for the republicans on the budget committee, a member of the ways and means committee, and one of the few congressmen who is as comfortable around nerds like us as he is in political circles. mr. ryan -- many of us think of him as the thought-leader in the party. his remarks are always food for thought for those of us assembled. mr. ryan will speak. we will have to run for a vote. the plot is not taking for that. i will hand it off -- the bell is ticking for that. i will hand it off. >> i will give an abridged version. i can make it to the floor fast. we just got this yesterday. this is the cdo long-term budget outlook. it is pretty scary. our economy is going off a fiscal cliff. we will have our own debt crisis of we do not get the situation under control. the legislation really -- received very little attention. it was designed to prevent high premium increases for seniors. i want read a quote from sten

mr. clapper as head the nga -- his candor, his st. paul ordinance, his willingness to tell it like it is not the way the top brass wanted to hear it, i thought that was refreshing and enabled us to work very well. in his job, i think he will be able to speak truth to power, which god knows we need, and he will speak truth about power, which we also need. and i would hope that it has -- we don't know if we won a military guy hitting the dni, mr. clapper, he left the military service in 1995. he does not come with an extensive military staff, and i think he is going to -- he is probably the best qualified to do this job because he is not only been a nighthawk standing sentry over the united states of america, but he has run in intelligence agency and he had their run -- had to run with dramatic leadership at the top. i think we ought to give him a chance and i think we ought to hear what he has to say today. i acknowledge the validity of the questions the chair and the ranking member has raised, but i think we would do well to approve genera

mr. milken jenkins. he called and said hey, man, i'm back in town. i said great, because i need a tenor. i looked at gourde and he wants to sign us. great, can i bring paul williams? i said as bad as paul williams s. please bring him. at that time the group consisted of melvin franklin, a guy by the name of rich brian and myself. when paul and eddie joined, that's when we became the temptation and four years later, david ruffin. so it was something that happened to us and evolved to be what we were today. tavis: the temptations, that's not the first one? >> the first name after the elgins were the elgins and we found out there was another group called the elgins. tavis: i like temptations better. respect to the elgins but the temptations sound better. i'm glad you got that right. 50 years later, the elgins. >> don't have that ring. tavis: it don't sound the same. how then does one step into being the lead singer in -- in this kind of history-making enterprise? >> you know what, you better do your homework first. but it's been a wonderful journey. you know, the audiences that we perform in front of, you know, you can't come in here trying to reinvent some

mr. edwards also writes about the same issue in acts, addressed by st. paul. for every one man, god made a nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth, and he set for the time in places where they should be. mr. edwards point of some other issues in the old and new testament. one is in matthew where jesus says render unto caesar the things better caesars and to render unto god the things that are -- the things that are cesar's and render unto god the god's. that are b we each have a special obligation to those who are closest to us by family and blood. their needs and welfare must be our top priority. what he says here about a local civic community can also be said about the community on a larger scale. we as americans have a moral obligation to be concerned with the welfare and quality of life in the united states and in other countries, just as the residents of those countries should be more concerned with what goes on in their countries. each of us has ties to various particular communities and we must all the knowledge the legitimacy of those ti

mr. speaker, we have the second highest corporate tax rate in the world. it's 35%. second only to japan. and in fact i talked to manufacturer to manufacturer and they tell me, paul, if you just lower my corporate tax rate to 25% that would help me in being able to create jobs in my company. just lower it 10%. mr. speaker, i think corporate tax rates should be zero. in fact, mr. speaker, not only should corporate tax rates be zero but dividend taxes should be zero, death taxes should be zero, capital gains taxes should be zero. we should have an immediate write-off of capital expenditure for businesses. not have this prolonged depreciation schedule that the internal revenue service code forces us into. they have to write the check. they should be able to write it all. if we could change just the tax law we would create jobs. and in fact i introduced h.r. 4100, the jobs act. my jobs act is an acronym for jump-start our business sector. and what it would do for two years it would cut in half the payroll tax for businesses as well as for individuals. it would lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%. it would suspend the death tax, suspend the dividend taxes for

mr. johnson if he really that said i'm disappointed. yes he wanted us to break up all the bank. i agree with paul volker and others to break up every institution right now at an economy that's still just recovering, to force massive fire sales all at once could have been destabilizing. instead we substitute up to bad practice. aig no longer will anybody be able to do what aig did, namely indebt themselves through these derivatives without any limit. we make that impossible. we make it illegal. >> charlie: are there things that the chair of the financial services committee wish were in this bill that are not in it? >> yes. not a whole lot. i would not have exempted the automobile dealers. by the way this has the biggest package of consumer protection ever adopted in american history. elizabeth warren who has become the premier advocate of the consumer federation of america, all the others that deals with consumers. we set up an independent consumer agency. the federal reserve has no power over it. we've taken from the bank regulators all of the power to regulate credit cards, overdrafts, payday le

paul does not. diane, go ahead. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, senator shelby, senator reid. it is a great pleasure for me to be here to express my strong support for dr. janet yellen, obama's nominee for vice chairman of the federal reserve. and i know dr. yellen. she has dedicated her life to studying the complex field of economics. her background makes for a strong candidate at a time when the country is recovering from the economic crisis. she graduated from brown in 1967 summa cum laude. she began her teaching career as an assistant professor at harvard, where she taught from 1971 to 1976. from 1977 to 1978 she served as economist at the federal reserve board of governors. in 1971 she moved onto another teaching position, this time at the london school of economics. in 1980, she began as an assistant professor at the university of california berkeley and she has been there ever since. today, she is professor emeritus of business and economics. why she has been awarded teacher of the year at uc-berkeley's school of business. during her time at berkeley and elsewhere, dr.

paul arjenierrri is his attorney. >> i can offer to mr.ckerberg himself personally or any of his attorneys, i'd be happy to show him the original contract. >> reporter: according to the lawsuit, zuckerberg signed this contract in 2003, when he was a freshman at harvard, calling for seglia to pay zuckerberg $1,000 for some computer programming and another $1,000 for controlling interest in a new website zuckerberg was working on called the facebook. but on abz zuckerberg disputed the document. >> we're quite sure that we did not sign a contract that says that they have any right to ownership over facebook. >> reporter: a facebook spokesman says the contract may have been forged, which seglia's attorney denies. last year the new york attorney general sued seglia for fraud involving a wood fuel business. it's not the first time someone's tried to get a piece of mark zuckerberg, who is just 26 years old. three former harvard classmates sued him in 2007, claiming he stole their idea. the case settled out of court last month, for a reported $65

paul does not. i want to make sure we take care of you. >> thanks very much, mr. chairman, senator shelby, senator reid. it is a great pleasure for me to be here this morning to express my strong support for dr. janet yellen, obama's nominee for vice chairman of the federal reserve. she has dedicated her life to understand the complex field of economics. her background makes her a strong candidate for vice chairman at a time when the country is recovering from the economic crisis. she graduated from brown in 1967. she earned a doctorate in economics from yale in 1971 and began her teaching career at harvard where she taught from 1971 to 76. from 1977 to 1978 she served as economist at the federal reserve board of governors. in 1979 she moved onto another teaching position, this time at that london school of economics. in 1980 she began as assistant professor at at berkeley and she has been there ever since. today she is professor emeritus of business and economics. why she has been awarded teacher of the year at uc-berkeley's school of business. during her time at

mr. oberstar: i rise with a heavy heart in mourning the untimely loss of terry mcgou fwmbings hey, founder, empreczar yow of the paul bunyan bicycle trail. it was terry who 20 years ago saw the notice of termination of rail service along central minnesota's area from baxter, minnesota, up to hackensack, and rode out to -- like a modern day town crier, alert communities along the trail to join together, save the right of way to build the paul bunyan trail, which now has 650,000 users a year. every year, terry mobilized group rides and engaged the business communities all along the trail to see not only the physical and outdoors enjoyment and health benefits of a bike-ped-inline skating trail but also to see the business opportunities that have benefited the communities along the trail. we didn't expect terry's loss. he had suffered from parkinson's, but he was there at the helm of this year's ride and he was already planning for next year's ride. i shall miss him greatly as a friend, a treasured participant in bicycling, and all of bicycling in minnesota will miss terry. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does

. >> paul, welcome back to the familiar haunts. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i am pleased to be back with you. we used to sit up there and conspired together. i have commit. i am here in strong support of sarah bluegrass in to be on the federal reserve board. -- sara bloom raskin. i am not going to repeat the biographical statement that senator card in made. i do want to make a few quick observations. sarah has been an outstanding commissioner of financial regulation for the state of maryland over the last three years. forhe 1990's, she served five years on the staff of the banking committee. she was an outstanding member of the staff, very measured in her judgment, extremely hard- working, very smart, and very able to do with people across the board. she was part of a terrific staff, including, incidentally, kathy casey who went from the committee staff to the sec and is serving there now with distinction. i want to take just a moment of the committee's time to quote some letters that have come in in support of sarah. the conference of state bank supervisor h

mr. kevin and others on how to clean this up. additionally, i'm proud to have authored an amendment, along with paul tonko, that would allow us to prestage both technologies for cleanup and research studies so that should there be an event we can make use of that event to fwear more knowledge on what we can reduce oil in the water and to mitigate the environmental impact. the other thing people are asking is what do we need to do to make sure we clean this up better? the areas we visited in the gulf, there are areas that are doing remarkable work to prevent oil from coming onshore. and trying to clean up the beaches when they've been contaminated. but one thing we know, this is going to be a long-standing impact and we need to not only research what's happening today, we need to continue to research what's going on in the future. and this will be a long-term research project. this legislation recognizes and supports that. and finally, i should say that this is an international issue and this legislation provides for major collaboration with national entities. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. baird -- mr

paul, republican line. caller: good morning. did not think you would ever get to me. i will try to make this as quick as i can. mr.erra, i do not think i will be as nice as some other callers. no disrespect to you. guest: none taken, go ahead. caller: the little people, i call us, we are sick of the federal government. we are sick of them. they just take our money and spend it anyway. to be caught -- quite honest, i think your state has a big helping hand in this immigration thing. we just sit back and take it and take it and nobody says anything. i used to be a registered democrat and i am sick of the democratic party, said of obama. he came in and spent trillions of dollars and every american in america would have plenty of money if they just gave us 10% of the money this man spent. it is ridiculous that the democratic party has failed to protect us while at the same time taken the money right out of our pocket and spending it like it is nothing, like feeding a baby ice cream. it is ridiculous, we are sick of it. i hate to say it, but i think republicans will take over this november, that is why you are wanting

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