mr. rhodes is agreeing to and we're agreeing on this, it might be a happy medium and i'm just asking because of staff time and you well know the workload that mr. corso has, he shoulders the burden of going through what we need to go through to get back on square 1 again as opposed to maybe you are familiar with the concept held in reserve in this committee and if it is one or two less steps, better it is for everyone. >> so -- go ahead. >> chief. >> i'd like to make this cut and i'd like the fire department to make it work. we can do it, you can do it. you can do it. make this cut, you can make it work. then we can go on and you don't have to waste any more overtime being here while we are discussing this because i think we're at the point and we can go around in circles but we've already had this conversation 5 times over. and i think it's really, we have 3 votes to do it and then i think the fire department, you have everything in your power and the mind power and the bodies to make it work within the means we provide today. i would like to see that happen. >> okay, colleagues, if there's

mr. rhodes which i think is sort of a compromise, if you will. i'm all about efficiency, i know all of you are. it sounds as if, and you all know this better

the chair: pursuant to house resolution 164, the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: without objection. mr. langevin: madam chair, my amendment ensures that utility districts are not unnecessarily and unintentionally limited from protecting their own information and ultimately will lead to a broader, more effective information sharing structure leading to better cybersecurity across all infrastructure. specifically, the amendment replaces the word local, which is typically interpreted to mean city, town and county by the court. such a definition i believe could potentially leave out special district that provide utility services like the saltwater river project, the central arizona project, the metropolitan water district of southern california, and other smaller special districts. my amendment, madam chair, which is supported by the american public power associa

mr. langevin of rhode island. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of epresentatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas were 411, the nays are 3, the amendment is adopted. the chair: for what purpose does gentleman rise? >> i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. . the yeas have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the chair: the committee of the whole house having had under consideration, directs me to report that they have come to no resolution thereon the speaker pro tempore: the

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. with whitehouse: mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i come to the floor again to address climate change particularly today, the change that carbon pollution is wreaking in our oceans. water temperatures are increasing, sea level is rising, ocean water is growing more acidic, and powerful storms are becoming more frequent and more intense. it is time to wake up to the threat to our oceans and coasts posed by carbon pollution. the rate at which carbon is now being dumped into the atmosphere and absorbed by our oceans is unprecedented. noaa estimates almost one million tons of the carbon dioxide we dump into the atmosphere is absorbed into the oceans every hour. one million tons of hour. we know with scientific certainty that carbon pollution causes the o

mr. whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i assume we're in a quorum call and would ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you very much. i am back again to speak again about carbon and climate and to remind my colleagues that it is long past time for us to wake up and to address the causes and consequences of global climate change. carbon pollution is changing our world and it's time that our national policies reflect the reality of that changing climate. we can't pretend that the change is not going to happen when it's actually already happening all around us. air and ocean temperatures are increasing. sea level is rising. oceans are growing more acidic, seasons are shifting. and extreme events like heat waves or powerful storms are becoming both more frequent and more intense. well-established science tells us that these changes are caused by carbon pollution in our atmosphere, mostly from burning fossil fuels. these changes to our p

mr. cicilline rhode island for five minutes. afterwards we'll go to three minutes per member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, mr. secretary, thank you for your continuing service to our nation. i, too, want to extend my condolences to you for the recent loss at the state department. i know i speak for all rhode islanders when i extend our condolences for the residents of the city of boston and massachusetts. and express that they will continue to remain in our thoughts and prayers. i'd like to also add my voice to the priorities set forth by my colleague, congresswoman bass about the continent of africa and being engaged in that region of the world. pleased to hear that response. with your indulgence i'll submit written questions with respect to the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the accountability review board as they relate to diplomatic security. question regarding the waiver program for portugal, and the air force base in the azores and mitt gating the impact there. and question regarding armenia.

mr. cicilline of rhode island for five minutes. afterwards we'll go to three minutes per member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, mr. secretary, thank you for your continuing service to our nation. i, too, want to extend my condolences to you for the recent loss at the state department. i know i speak for all rhode islanders when i extend our condolences for the residents of the city of boston and massachusetts. and express that they will continue to remain in our thoughts and prayers. i'd like to also add my voice to the priorities set forth by my colleague, congresswoman bass about the continent of africa and being engaged in that region of the world. pleased to hear that response. with your indulgence i'll submit written questions with respect to the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the accountability review board as they relate to diplomatic security. question regarding the waiver program for portugal, and the air force base in the azores and mitt gating the impact there. and question regarding armenia.

mr. sosa leaning of rhode island for five minutes, and afterwards we'll go to three minutes per member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome mr. secretary and thank you for your continuing service to our nation. i, too, want to extend my controls is to you for the recent loss at the state department. i know i speak for all rhode islanders when i extend our condolences for the residents of the city of boston and of massachusetts. and i express they will continue to remain in our thoughts and prayers. i would like to also add my voice to the priority that was set forth by my colleague, congressman bass, about the continent about the importance of remain fully engaged in that region of the world and please do your response to the. and with your indulgence i will submit written questions with respect to the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the accountability review board as they relate diplomatic security, question regarding the waiver program for portugal, and the air force base and impact of there. a question regarding armenia, particularly -- a question about a long-st

the speaker: without objection, the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline, is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. as the representative for rhode island's first congressional district, which is home to many armenian american families, i'm honored to rise today in order to thank his eminence, the archbishop, for offering our opening prayer and for recognizing the 98th anniversary of the start of the armenian jep side. a native of -- genocide. a native of syria, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. he majored in history and later received two masters degrees from the princeton theological seminary. since 1998, the archbishop has served part of the armenian apostolic church of america and has strengthened churches on behalf of his jurisdiction. on behalf of armenian community in my state of rhode island, i want to join him in remembering the victims of the armenian genocide, living under the ottoman empire in the early 20th century. join the armenian caucus and that we recognize the armenian genocide as a historica

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, are we presently in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. whitehouse: may i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted? the presiding officer: yes. whitehouse thank youery much. i'm here on the floor today to say and -- mr. whitehouse: thank you very much. i'm here tonightor today in support of the marketplace fairness act. eprese rhode island, and i have to say that my governor, a former member o this body, lincoln chafee, the president of our state senate, senator theresa pavoweed, our speaker of the house, gordon fox, and numerous other rhode island organizations have ardently urged that we pass this legislation. and the reason for that is that, twofold. one, they're losing immense amounts of tax revenue that is swirling down this loophole of noncollection. nationally the number, i think, is $23 billion for 2012. rhode island's not the biggest state, so we don't have a huge chunk of it, but it's about $70 million for rhode island, which is pretty si

mr. sosolini of rhode island. >> thank you. and welcome to the committee.to begin by thanking the leadership and work. as we all know, our investments in development in aid are not only important for us to do in terms of our national security, but they're important because the american people benefit when we help to create a more stable and more democratic world. i particularly want to compliment you on the work to reform our food aid. the whole usaid forward, which i'm anxious to hear more about, the great work that the mcc has done in places around the world. and this is an opportunity, i think, for us to really reinforce our responsibility to make these kinds of investments around the world, which is one of the great strengths of america that we bring these values. and the democratic values we all share. i want to compliment both of our witnesses for your outstanding work and i yield back. >> thank you very much. this morning, we are joined by rajiv shah, the administrator of usaid. and daniel johannes, the chief executive officer of the mcc. dr. shah is

april 17, 2013, amendment number 4 printed in house report 113-41 offered by the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, had een disposed of. it's now in order to consider amendment number 7, printed in house report number 113-41. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from arizona seek recognition? ms. sinema: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i have an amendment. the chair: does the gentlewoman offer an amendment? ms. sinema: yes, sir. the clerk: printed in house ms.rt number 113-offered by ms. sinema from arizona. the chair: a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from arizona. ms. sinema: my amendment is simple and straightforward. currently this bill, 624, requires the inspectors general of the intelligence community, departments of justice and defense, as well as the privacy and civil liberties board to submit a report to congress every year regarding the use of the information shared with the federal government. this amendment asks the inspector general of the department of homeland security to list enspectors general required to su

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, later today i will join house democratic whip steny hoyer to announce our make it in america agenda, a legislative package that will help reinvigorate our manufacturing sector and grow american manufacturing jobs. these bills will help put our country back to work by helping to create good-paying jobs. the kind of jobs that built the american middle class of this country. earlier this year i introduced one such proposal, make it in america manufacturing act, which establishes a competitive grant program that will help small to medium-sized manufacturers retrain their workers and compete in the 21st century. senator gillibrand of new york introduced a companion bill in the senate that's co-sponsored by jack reed and sheldon whitehouse. these are the commonsense proposals we need to support if we are going

mr. bender, there is a wife here, tamerlan's wife down in rhode island as she still as far as we know hasn't been interviewed by the fbi. do you know anything about that? >> well, yes, tamerlan was married. and we had one child and apparently living with her parents from north kings town rhode island about an hour from boston. we do know the fbi visited her parents' how many where she was living at least three times on sunday. what's not clear is whether they have interviewed her officially or whether she has just been cooperative giving them information. clearly the fbi wants to know what she knows because she was. >> >> bill: why didn't they take her in? can you take somebody in for questioning. why isn't she in an interrogation room? >> it's a good question, bill. we don't really know. >> bill: we don't know yet. we don't want to speculate. >> it could simply be that she is cooperating and telling them everything she knows. she does have an attorney, apparently. >> >> bill: it's a little training strange. not getting anything out of the finel are they interrogating her. whatever. we are g

quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, madam president. i would ask unanimous consent to dispense with the calling of the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: thank you, madam president. madam president, since 1968, more americans have been killed by gun violence in the united states than have died in all of our wars in our nation combined, from the revolution to the last casualty in afghanistan. that is a heavy toll on public safety and public health, and as a body, this senate can do more and should do more to make our communities safer. it has been too many years with too little action, too much tragedy and heartbreak since the last debate on guns. i know all of my colleagues share my utter horror at the mass shooting at the sandy hook elementary school last december, and yet our responses to this and other tragedies in some cases are vastly different. i am motivated by them to demand passage of serious, concrete, and comprehensive measures to try to safeguard innocent and preciou

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island rise? mr. cicilline: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the national day of silence which is coordinated nationally by the gay, lesbian, and straight education network. and organizers across our country to take a vow of silence that many lgbt youth encounter in their schools. i'm proud to join congressman engel from new york to introduce a resolution today to support the goals of the national day of silence and i will continue to work in this chamber to raise awareness about this ongoing problem. ask the house now join me in observing a moment of silence for lgbt youth who are victims of violence across this country. and as a symbol of our commitment to guarantee that every child in america can study and learn in a safe environment. thank you, mr. speaker. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois rise?

mr. schwartz man, i understand this is going to be base on the well-known model of the rhodes scholarship% of the students come if this country, 20% from china, 35% from the rest of the world. how did you come up with this idea? and why did you decide to do it? >> thanks, bob. the idea actually was started by the people at a chinese university for their 100th anniversary in 2011. and they asked me if i would be interested in thinking about an international program. and i thought about the rhodes, and how effective that's been, developing so many leaders over the years, including bill clinton, as a model. and what we tried to do is adapt that as best we could tow bring students instead of to oxford in england to bring them to chen wa university in chineap. the reason for that, the center of the world's economy is moving to asia, much more than it used to be. in 1902, when it was more u.s. and europe, when the rhodes was established. and i think that wringing bringg students to china is an essential part of their education. china is not longer an elective course. it's core curriculum. >> sc

at this time i'd like to yield to my colleague from rhode island, david cicilline. mr. cicilline: i thank the gentlelady very much for yielding and thank my other colleague for accommodating me. my home is in providence, rhode island, which is about an hour south of boston. two weeks ago several of my neighbors and friends traveled to boston to compete in the marathon. when i first learned of my horrific thoughts, my thoughts immediately turned to them and their families. like all rhode islanders, i kept the people of boston and their loved ones in my thoughts and prayers over the past two weeks. it's in moments such as this that words can't adequately describe the pain we feel in our hearts, our continuing sense of disbelief and the anger we hold toward those responsible for such a senseless and vicious attack. the actions of these two individuals that demonstrate such a calous disregard for so many lives, some were ended and many more were irreversiblely changed, these attack were to shape our lives. after the bombs exploded on this sunny day in boston and we saw the i

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island rise? mr. cicilline: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, today, april 9 is equal payday, the day on the calendar that marks more than three months into 2013 when women's wages finally catch up to what men earned in 2012. nearly half century after the passage of the equal pay act women continue to face unfairness in the workplace. according to the american association of university women in rhode island's first congressional district, women working full time year round still only make 83 cents on the dollar compared to the average man. for all the progress we've made in the fight for women's rights, the issue of pay equity continues to persist. that's why i'm proud to voice my strong support for the paycheck fairness act, a commonsense bill that would strengthen the equal pay act by providing effective remedies for women who are not paid wages for equal wor

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek to be recognized? mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i am encouraged by the clear bipartisan support in the senate for a full and fair debate on meaningful ways to reduce gun violence in our country. after experienced a gun accident myself that left me paralyzed more than 30 years ago, i know firsthand the answer to keeping people, especially our children, safe is not having more guns around our kids and our communities, as the gun lobbyists propose. i am hopeful that the senate heard the public outcry for real change. with 90% of americans favoring the basic step of universal background checks, 40% of the gun sales in america occur at gun shows that require no background check at all. let's close the gun show loophole and if a gun is sold there is a background check to keep guns out of the hands of criminals or those

mrs. biden attend a memorial for sean collier, the 26-year-old m.i.t. officer slain during that city's week of terror. also verts want to talk to tamer lan tsarnaev's wife reportedly with her family in rhode island. so far they've spoken to her attorney. laura? >> do the suspect's claims that they acted alone seem to be checking out so far? >> at least so far. they have a lot of leads to check out. in terms of cell phones, computer records and who they may have talked to in the days and weeks and months preceding the bombing, it looks as if they acted alone and not under the as you mi-- auspices of some terro group abroad. >>> a fund to help the victims of the boston marathon bombings has generated, listen to these numbers, $20 million. all over the world people have contributed to what they're calling one fund boston. donations can be made through the website one fund boston.org. >>> 6:33. new details on reported patient dumping by a nevada psychiatric hospital. sacramento bee is reporting that five of the more than 1500 patients sent out of state on greyhound buses ended up in san jose. the rawson-neal psychiatric hospital reportedly shipped patients all over the country in the past fiv