and you can thank mr. pitts for his advocacy on that. supervisor kim: thank you. is there any further public comment at this time? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you again to all the applicants. homelessness again is another important issue, and i am very familiar with the organizations you represent and the amount of work you do for our community, and is very challenging and very tough work, so thank you for your willingness to serve on the board. there is a motion to move the three applicants for with positive recommendation to the full board. seeing no objection, so moved. thank you. madam clerk, can you please call item 7? >> i did seven, hearing to consider appointing two members, terms ending december 31, 2011, to the western soma citizens planning task force. there are two seats and two applicants. supervisor kim: thank you. i believe neither applicant was able to make it to this meeting. one is a new appointment and what is a reappointment. at this time, i will open up for public comment if there are any. >> thank you again, supervisors. as c

mr. pitts: since 1976, the hyde amendment has been included in appropriations bills to ensure that federal funds are not used to provide abortions. this policy provision has passed year in and year out with bipartisan support. h.r. 3 would just take that provision and put it into law. this may make sense to most americans, but for some rson, this idea receives great pushback in washington. health care refo also placed abortion funding at the center of its debate. in their haste toass obamacare last congress, the democrat leadership in washington neglected to include any adequate prohibition on abortion funding. the president did issue an executive order to support the intentions of hyde, unfortunately, the order merely reiterated the accounting gimmick in the health care bill. the esident's own chief of staff at that time wou later comment on how he thought the idea for this executive order so that they could, quote, allow the stupak amendment not to exist by law but by executive order, end quo

mr. pitts: since 1976, the hyde amendment has been included in appropriations bills to ensure that federal funds are not used to provide abortions. this policy provision has passed year in and year out with bipartisan support. h.r. 3 would just take that provision and put it into law. this may make sense to most americans, but for some reason, this idea receives great pushback in washington. health care reform also placed abortion funding at the center of its debate. in their haste to pass obamacare last congress, the democrat leadership in washington neglected to include any adequate prohibition on abortion funding. the president did issue an executive order to support the intentions of hyde, unfortunately, the order merely reiterated the accounting gimmick in the health care bill. the president's own chief of staff at that time would later comment on how he thought up the idea for this executive order so that they could, quote, allow the stupak amendment not to exist by law but by executive o

mr. pittssince 1976, the hyde amendment has been included in appropriations bills to ensure that federal funds are not used to provide abortions. this policy provision has passed year in and year out with bipartisan support. h.r. 3 would just take that provision and put it into law. this may make sense to most americans, but for some reason, this idea receives great pushback in washington. health care reform also placed abortion funding at the center of its debate. in their haste to pass obamacare last congress, the democrat leadership in washington neglected to include any adequate prohibition on abortion funding. the president did issue an executive order to support the intentions of hyde, unfortunately, the order merely reiterated the accounting gimmick in the health care bill. the president's own chief of staff at that time would later comment on how he thought up the idea for this executive order so that they could, quote, allow the stupak amendment not to exist by law but by executive ord

as the subcommittee chairman who spoke before me had said, mr. pitts had said, you know, you don't tend to -- children's hospitals in the same way, you don't tend to nurses in the same way. there is this discretionary for teaching hospitals, a total of $230 million million, over $40 million a year. now, it doesn't matter if you need the money or not, it doesn't matter where you're going to use it or not. the money is going to be appropriated. it's put on autopilot. doesn't matter what we say is going to happen with the government if we need are reduce it. they're going to get that money. that's why this bill is so important. you'll notice, mr. chairman, that 2,700-page bill, we're able to delete $230 million of that appropriation, mandatory appropriation with the bill that basically is about two pages long. and what we do in this two pages is responsibly address what the american people want to sues us address. they know that the federal mandates are costing private sector jobs. they know that the federal government coming in and taking over health car

mr. pitts: mr. speaker, we only need to look at massachusetts to see a preview of what is in store if we fail to repeal obamacare. just a few years ago it was predicted that the massachusetts health reform would reduce emergency room care by getting patients in to see primary care physicians. but a new survey shows that only half of primary care physicians are able to accept new patients right now. it now takes 48 days to see an internist for a routine checkup. premiums in massachusetts remain among the highest in the nation. low reimbursements in the commonwealth care health plan mean only about half of doctors accept the state managed insurance. far from solving massachusetts' health care crisis, the health reform law has created problems of its own. the massachusetts medical society finds that the environment for physicians continues to deteriorate despite billions in government spending. just a sample of what awaits the nation under obamacare. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

mr. pitts: i'd like to thank the gentleman from kentucky for his leadership on this issue. it authorizes the secretary to award grants to teaching health centers to establish newly accredited or expanded primary care residency programs. the new health care law, hi packa, provides a mandatory appropriation of $230 million for this purpose for the period from f.y. 2011 through f.y. 2015. you may recall that in the president's fiscal year 2012 budget he eliminated funding for training athildren's hospitals. because of this i and the ranking member of the health subcommittee, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, have introduced h.r. 1852, a bill to re-authorize the children's hospitals graduate medical education program for an additional five years at the current funding levels. while the administration couldn't find money in its budget for training at children's hospitals, hipacca had an additional $230 million for other health centers without any input or approval required by congress. if it did this with a number of funds, appropriations. the bill before us today, h.r

mr. pitts: however not everyone saw it the same way. the leader of hamas in gaza called bin laden a sheikh and said, quote, we condemn the assassination and killing of an arab holy warrior, ep quote this comes the same week palestinian political parties reconciled and formed a unity government. how can the united states provide aid to a unity government if one of its most important leaders praises a mass murderer. how can they have a government composed of a party actively seeking its destruction. there cannot be true peace as long as hamas holds up osama bin laden and others as true heroes. they must realize terrorism will never bring them true peace an true independence. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker: the gentleman is recognized. >> i rise to honor and recognize the rich history of the jewish-american history in the united states as we mark jewish-american heritage month. it is fitting that the words of the jewish a

mr. jimmy fallon. ♪ >> jimmy: all right, that's ridiculous! [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, sir. i signed it "brad pitt."ou win "celebrity apprentice." >> god bless you. yes sir. >> jimmy: and you raised so much money. over a million dollars for st. jude. >> $1.4 million for the kids at st. jude. it was unbelievable. >> jimmy: come on buddy. [ cheers and applause ] and not only that, you got -- you got to, i don't know how you did this. you put a cowboy hat on donald trump. >> i know. >> jimmy: that was phenomenal. look at that. >> he looks like john wayne. >> jimmy: yeah, he does. he does look good. it was so weird, when -- because he did, he put the cowboy hat on. i'm like, "how the heck did you get him to do that?" >> i didn't think he would do it. >> jimmy: i know. >> i brought it out as a token of our esteem from the country music world just to say thank you for the opportunity. st. jude is such a huge charity for country music, and people, really, everywhere. but country music's really adopted it. and was like, thank you very much. he went like that. and i said, "put it on." he went "eh." i went "c

mr. president, thank you. and i am deeply appreciative of the dialogue that has just taken place. it was william pitt in england who commented that the wind and the rain can enter my house, but the king cannot. it captured the spirit and understanding of the balance between personal privacy, personal freedoms and issues of the crown regarding maintenance of security. and it was this underpinning that came -- this foundation that came in for our fourth amendment of our constitution, that lays out clear standards for the protection of privacy and freedoms. so, as we have wrestled with the standards set out in the patriot act, a standard which says the government may have access to records that are relevant to an investigation -- no that term is on the face -- now, that term son the face quite broad and expansive, quite a low standard, if you will. but what happens when it's interpreted out of the sight of this chamber, out of the sight of the american people? that is the issue my colleague has raised. it's a very important issue. and i aplods the chair of intelligence for laying out a process whereby w

william pitt annunciated and with the principle we adopted in the 4th amendment to the constitution, that the right of the people against unreasonable seizures and search shall not be violated. thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, last week the chairman of the house budget committee, paul ryan, came to the chicago to speak to the economic club and to articulate his vi the republican vision, on how to reduce our nation's debt. it was an interesting speech because congressman ryan's budget, the republican budget, which passed the house of representatives, has become an object of debate and controver controversy. i know congressman ryan and we served together on the president's deficit commission. i know he is a very thoughtful and learned and sincere individual, but i certainly have to say that his approach to dealing with our budget deficit is one that i believe falls short of the mark. i