mr. peterson. welcome, thank you for coming down today. >> my name is christopher peterson again. thank you very much for the presentation on this issue. i'm happy to see the problems have been identified. i want to stress how utterly dysfunctional the west portal station is especially during the eveni evening communicate. it's routine to have problems and you're torturing your passengers when they're stuck and you should be addressing the technical issues that were identified but i also think you should be looking at the management of the intersection outside the station commonly you have trains on the verge of leaving and some cars make left turn or some passenger decides to walk or pedestrian decides to walk in front of the train. i think you should give series commission how the intersection is managed or no left turns or some way to minimize how much it's delaying the trains. i hope you look beyond just technical fixes and how can you really genuinely give the muni rail priority in getting through that intersection efficiently. >> thank you, well said, mr. peterson. thank you

mr. peterson's point, later in the week i'm going to watch my son's basketball game. shut you had be a 30 minute ride and turns into a 50 minute ride and again no announcement. again the service for the past six has been spotty. the communication around the service incidents have been worse. passengers are frustrated because they're not hearing what's going on. and they don't understand. what's frustrating to me a little bit is i understand you're dealing with aging equipment and systems and have been candid and trans parent about that and an appreciate that personally, but the system functioned better eight months ago so we know it can be done. so i want the public to know the board gets it. we're not oblivious to it and we see it and get it. you've identified problems i've been hearing about for the 12 years i've been on this board. i talked about some of the solutions but i'd like to talk about accountability for those solutions. we spend a lot of time on the board talking about plans for things that are 20 years off in the future. sea rise, these beautiful thoroug

mr. peterson you're pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter that's a class d felony.the alford case? >> yes, sir. that's -- was the most difficult decision i ever made in my life was to take the alford plea. >> and that's gonna give kathleen's family an opportunity for what they call the victim impact statement - >> right >> michael peterson you are pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter you will be treated as guilty for murdering my sister kathleen and you will be a convicted felon forever. >> it was very cathartic to say, ahh, this is what i fought for we weren't quitting until we heard the word guilty. we thought we were going to hear it from another 12 jurors but we got to hear michael say guilty michael peterson, not only can you wear the scarlet letter a for adultery but also the black letter g for guilty. not perfect justice but justice. >> reporter: michael peterson was sentenced to time served his daughters say that at long last they can properly grieve kathleen's death together. >> i think a big piece that's importance to our family is to be able to say g

mr. peterson, mr. loftis for what they have done in collaborating with the jackson center. as mentioned, the title of our consideration is jehovah's witnesses, canary in the home lin coal mine of human rights. is a dangerous job. you hear of collapses all the time. miners face another danger. is was is gases. as recently as 1980, coal miners had the custom of caring canaries -- carrying canaries with them deep into earth. anatomy,f their canaries receive one dose of austin with a brief and and another dose of oxygen when they breathe out and as a result, they get a double dose of air. that means canaries are more susceptible to toxic gases like carbon monoxide detector i. and methane. it showeders knew if signs of distress, they had to get out, and if they did not get out, it could cost them their life. even as those miners depended on canaries to save their lives, when it comes to human rights, as i am going to explain in a few minutes, jehovah's witnesses are the canaries in the coal mine of human rights. in the following minutes, i would like to discuss four questions wi

mr. peterson and others are beginning to show some interest in doing what the congress is supposed to do,ch is debate your differences, find a place that you can agree on and move forward. we need to do that. i, frankly, think the president's effort over the weekend was the first step in putting ideas out there that you could further debate. >> dana: as the conference chair, are you concerned, as this has gone on, public opinion hasn't really moved in the president's direction. it's kind of moved beyond it, in terms of his approval rating. only 48% of the american people think he needs a state of the union. do you worry the republicans are digging themselves into a hole? >> on the state of the union, i don't know what the view is of whether the state of the union should be done or not. but i do know that this is something that every president since woodrow wilson has done. the first two presidents gave their state of the union speech in person. jefferson didn't particularly like to speak in person, so he started sending it up. but every president since wilson has come to the capitol, give

mr. collin peterson, democrat from minnesota. quote, give trump the money. i'd give him the whole thing and put strings on it so you make sure he puts the wall where it needs to be. why are we fighting over this? we're going to build a wall anyway at some time. adam smith, chairman of the house armed services committee, quote, the wall is not in itself a bad idea. it's been done. sherry bustos from illinois, quote, if we have a partial wall, if we have fencing, if we have technology used to keep our borders safe, all of that is fine. so we see a a growing list of rank-and-file democrats and committee chairmen saying let's just do this. and get the speaker -- yet the speaker refuses to do t the president invited some members of the democrat majority in the house to the white house. the first meeting, mr. speaker, some of them didn't even show up. we want to talk about civility? we're in a shut down and the president of the united states says i want to bring some democrats in to see if we can resolve this. they won't even show up. maybe they were told not to g

mr. collin peterson, democrat from minnesota. quote, give trump the money. i'd give him the whole thing and put strings on it so you make sure he puts the wall where it needs to be. why are we fighting over this? we're going to build a wall anyway at some time. adam smith, chairman of the house armed services committee, quote, the wall is not in itself a bad idea. it's been done. sherry bustos from illinois, quote, if we have a partial wall, if we have fencing, if we have technology used to keep our borders safe, all of that is fine. so we see a a growing list of rank-and-file democrats and committee chairmen saying let's just do this. and get the speaker -- yet the speaker refuses to do t the president invited some members of the democrat majority in the house to the white house. the first meeting, mr. speaker, some of them didn't even show up. we want to talk about civility? we're in a shut down and the president of the united states says i want to bring some democrats in to see if we can resolve this. they won't even show up. maybe they were told not to g

mr. mccarthy: that is coming from speaker pelosi. why don't we listen to some of her members and one of her chairs. the agriculture chairman, colin peterson, he said give trump the money or the armed services chairman, he said the wall works. the majority leader said walls actually work. we fund the facts from san diego understand americans you have to have some barrier to have border security. all of a sudden they are saying no. pleevedn, if they truly that, end it. and let's see those actions. >> reporter: secretary ross was on television said he didn't understand why federal workers were going to food banks. does this administration not understand the impact this is having on federal workers and what is your reaction? mr. mccarthy: this is having a real impact. they live paycheck to paycheck. and i'm staying here and i want every leader to be here in the room. we will not come out until we solve this problem. they are being harmed and at the same time, they are continuing to work. and that's why on this floor, what do the republicans do? and we put it on the floor. all it took was a few more dem cats, they would be getting paid. they c

mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize g.p. "bud" peterson who will retire as president of georgia tech in the summer of 2019. after 10 years serving georgia tech, president peterson is certainly leaving it in a better place than he found it. under his leadership, georgia tech became the first university in a decade to be invited to join the association of american universities. research funding increased, and nearly doubled. the size of enrollment grew, including the number of women enrolled at the university. and these are only a few of president peterson's most notable impacts on campus. thank you, president peterson, for your service to georgia tech as a premiere research university that cultivates innovative leaders in georgia, across the u.s., and throughout the world. i wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. and to georgia tech, i wish you the best of luck in your search for a new president. hank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize national pharmacist day you 2019 on january 12. according to census dat

mr. peterson, chair. two, committee on armed services, mr. smith of washington, chair. three, committee on education and labor, mr. scott of virginia, chair. four, committee on foreign affairs, mr. engel, chair. five, committee on homeland security, mr. thompson of mississippi, chair. six, committee on the judiciary, mr. nadler, chair. seven, committee on natural resources, mr. grijalva, chair. eight, committee on oversight and reform, mr. cummings, chair. nine, committee on rules, mr. hastings, ms. torres of california, mr. raskin, ms. scanlon, mr. morelli, and, 10, committee on science, space, technology, ms. johnson of texas, chair. 11, committee on small business, ms. velazquez, chair. 12, committee on transportation and infrastructure, mr. defazio, chair. 13, committee on veterans' ffairs, mr. takano, chair. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from wyoming seek recognition? ms. cheney: mr. speaker, by direction of the house republican confere