mr. peters: i yield myself such time as i might consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. peters: i rise today to offer an amendment that will save taxpayer dollars by reducing waste and prescription medications at the v.a. currently whenever patients leave a v.a. hospital, leftover medications like eye drops and inhalers are just thrown away. often veterans would have to go right to the pharmacy to refill what was discarded. my amendment simply directs the v.a. to implement a program that would relabel prescription drugs used in v.a. hospitals to be sent home with discharged patients for outpatient use. my amendment offers a simple commonsense change that will save taxpayers an estimated $14 million over 10 years while saving patients both time and effort. i'm proud that this amendment has the support of the american legion and the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america and urge its passage here today. i reserve the balance of my time. >> i just want to commend the gentleman. this is such a good amendment. sometimes commonsense can prevail. mr. edwards: it certainly make

mr. peters, who has worked extremely hard on this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. . mr. peters: it's hard to believe that this sort of thing even chists and a new law is needed to prevent it. animal torture is outrageously disturbing and common decency and morality dictates that those doing it should not be profiting from it. that's why i worked with my colleagues to introduce, the prevention of interstate commerce in animal crush videos act of 2010. this will prevent videos of small animals willing tortured and slowly crushed to death and other animal torture. we respond to a recent holding that a 1999 statute banning crush videos was overbroad and invalid under the first amendment. h.r. 5566 carefully parses and responds to the stephens decision and is written to survive another round of judicial review if challenged after enactment. i appreciate the leadership of my colleagues, representatives gallegly, moran, and blumenauer, on animal issues generally and specifically on this issue. as co-chairs of the an ma

peter is moved. he is devastated. >> before sentencing, mr. son apologized to his victims. the prosecutors say about 500 victims most of them here in the bay area lost at least $60 million in the fraud. another suspect has not been captured. he is believed to be hiding in korea. >>> we are getting a look at what happened when the chp nabbed an nba player for speeding in citrus heights. today the patrol released this aerial video of sacramento kings player tyreke evans driving his mercedes on highway 80 may 31. officers say he was going anywhere from 120 to 130 miles an hour. officers eventually caught evans and arrested him. he pleaded no contest to reckless driving. >> he made a mistake and he said that before. >> that's crazy driving. i think he should get punished big time. >> now, earlier this week, a judge imposed a 30-day driving ban on evans. another speeding car which appeared to be racing evans is also seen on that tape, but that driver was never caught and racing charges were never filed. >>> you hear it all the time. our earth is changing. but how often do you ac

mr. crowley. >> thank you very much. >> that was yuko aotani speaking with a unicef representative in afghanistan, peter crowley. >>> at the first ever clean energy ministerial meeting participating nations agreed on stronger cooperation to prevent global warming by using clean energy resources such as solar power generation. the two-day meeting brought together 24 industrialized and emerging economies, including japan, the united states, and china. japan and the united states proposed setting up joint government and industry task forces aimed at raising energy efficiency for sectors including steel and electricity. the participants agreed on 11 proposed initiatives to promote energy conservation and the use of clean energy. south korea was among those that proposed the creation of international standards for new generation power grids known as smart grids. these would deliver stable and effective electricity supplies generated from sources such as solar and wind. the u.s. and china proposed the promotion of electric vehicles. after the meeting u.s. energy secretary stephen chu, who chaired the meeting, stressed the su

peter rodriguez was raised in both stockton and jackson, california where he first developed an interest in art. his fascination for art grew when mr. rodriguez went on a second trip to mexico in 1956 bringing with him some of his paintings hoping to exhibit during his trip. he found the appropriate venue to display his art, but was faced with a problem, no frames for his paintings. ever resourceful, peter, and relying on his background in advertising and window display used black yarn to draw frames around the paintings. in the 1975 he opened up the museum to present the artistic expression of the mexican people regardless of their birth nation from the informed perspective of the people themselves. as a museum expanded, it began to attract the attention of a broad scope of individuals including art collectors, and, thus, began to form a permanent collection now consisting of over 14,000 pieces. as the collection grew, so did the number and scope of exhibitions presented to the public. the community has come together to nurture and vision building a resource for the arts and the cultures and a home for generations to come. peter's

mr. perkins. and now peter kursinou, a partner in the labor and employment practice group and serves on the u.s. commission on civil rights. he is a former member of the national labor relations board to which he received a recess appointment from president george w. bush. he received his ba from cornell university in new york state. and his jd from cleveland state university. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am a member of the joous commission on civil rights. u.s. commission on civil rights was established pursuant to the 1957 civil recognizes acts to act as a national clearing-house for information related to denials of equal protection and in furtherance of the clearing-house function, we reviewed the documents related to civil rights authored by miss kagan from her time as a clerk to justice marshall through her tenure as solicitor general. our review revealed at least two significant concerns with respect to miss kagan's approach to cases involving racial preferences and school assignments, which approach ha

mr. speaker, i have asked the rt. hon. sir petergibson, former senior court of appeal judge and currently the statutory commissioner for the intelligence services, to lead the inquiry. the three member inquiry team will also include dame janet paraskeva, head of the civil service commissioners, and peter riddell, former journalist and senior fellow at the institute for government. i have today made public a letter to the inquiry chair setting out what the inquiry will cover, so sir peter gibson can finalise the details with us before it starts. we hope it will start before the end of this year and will report within a year. this inquiry can not and will not be costly or open-ended -- that serves neither the interest of justice nor national security. neither can it be a full public inquiry. of course, some of its hearings will be in public. however, we must be realistic. inquiries into our intelligence services are not like other inquiries. there is some information that must be kept secret -- information about sources, capabilities

mr. speaker, i have asked the rt. hon. sir petergibson, former senior court of appeal judge and currently the statutory commissioner for the intelligence services, to lead the inquiry. the three member inquiry team will also include dame janet paraskeva, head of the civil service commissioners, and peter riddell, former journalist and senior fellow at the institute for government. i have today made public a letter to the inquiry chair setting out what the inquiry will cover, so sir peter gibson can finalise the details with us before it starts. we hope it will start before the end of this year and will report within a year. this inquiry can not and will not be costly or open-ended -- that serves neither the interest of justice nor national security. neither can it be a full public inquiry. of course, some of its hearings will be in public. however, we must be realistic. inquiries into our intelligence services are not like other inquiries. there is some information that must be kept secret -- information about sources, capabilities

mr. speaker. i'd also like to thank my friend, peter king from new york, for this thoughtful bill, and my ranking member for his cooperation and support. i urge a yes vote for this, again, this courteous bill to our fallen heroes that have paid the ultimate sacrifice, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. all time has expired. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 415. those in favor signify by saying aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5810 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5810, a bill to amend title 18 united states code, provide penalties for aiming laser pointers at airplanes, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the

is a roundtable of the business council on june 21 sent to peter orzag, a list of things, the letter that accompanied it is a follow up to mr. herzog's request to the roundtable and business council on pending legislation that could have a dampening effect on economic growth and job creation. surveyed our members to get their views and included a detailed description of government initiatives that will help with growth. are you familiar with this document? >> i am, need. on page 10 of the detailed portion, about the middle of the page, there was a paragraph citing a new source review. this is a complicated subject and know it's not the subject of our discussion today but let me use this as an example of some of the things that are happening at the level of the administration that are having an inhabitory effect on adjustment, certainly in my home state of texas. on march 31 of the e.p.a. formally disapproved the provisions to the texas call find exemption rule that allowed facilities to use certain types of change in their equipment without going through permit review as long as these changes did not result in a net increas

move over from the state department to fill the place of outgoing director peter orszag who steps down this month. if confirmed, mr. lew will assume the cabinet level post with the administration facing a deficit that exceeds $3 trillion for the first third quarters of the fiscal year. we'll have more live coverage of the oil spill commission when the house takes a break. you can watch all the proceedings on our website at c-span.org. yesterday, a number of people gathered outside the hotel where this oil spill meeting is being held. they were protesting the response. >> why are you out here protesting today? >> because this is an enormous environmental disaster and economic disaster and b.p. and the government have been consistently consealing the truth of censoring the truth, have been reducing full accountability and full transparency. they have not mobilized all necessary resources to stop this catastrophe. they have not protected the public health. they have not protected the environment. so we need a massive people's response to fight, you know, all hands on deck, a societal-wide battle to save the environme

mr. chairman. >> you mention your sons' lives semi-independently. what does it mean to peter that he lives in an apartment rather than a larger institutional setting? >> the means he is able to participate in this community. he is able to make decisions about his lifestyle, with the help of staff to be sure, but he's not living the regimented, compartmentalized, segmented life that institutional care involves. one of the major challenges we had to face when i was governor of pennsylvania was the preponderant of the population of people with mental and psychiatric problems being confined and it -- in institutions. i remember very well the day when our appropriations for community-based living first exceeded the appropriations for institutionalized care. that was the day we broke out the champagne. because that was the very distinctive message sent to the people of pennsylvania. there's no question that there's some persons who require institutional care, and i know parents who have had to face up to that reality, something we had to consider in peter's case, to be honest at th

roundtable and the business council ong june 21st sent to peter orszag a list of things, the letter that accompanied it says as a follow-up to your request, mr. orszag to, both the business roundtable and business uncil, for examples of pending legislation and regulations tha could have a dampening effect on economic growth and job creation surveyed their members to get their views and a detailed description of what they see as deposited initiatives that will inhibit growth paraphrasing there a little bit. are you familiar with this document? >> i am. >> on page 10 in the detailed portion, about the middle of the page, there's a paragraph devoted to texas title five permitting and new source review. and this is a complicated subject. i know it's not really the subject of our discussion today, about let me use this as an example of some of the things that are happening at the level of administration that are having an inhibtory effect on investment certainly in my home state of texas. on march 31, the epa formerly disapproves of provisions to the texas exemption rule that allowed facilities to use certain types of control equipment to mak cng