mr. rhodes if you will. >> mr. chairman, supervisor winner, the sources of the proposed $10 million appropriation are summarized in table 3. that's on page 20 of our report. on page 21 of our report we note that of park improvement funds of the capital committee that these funds would potentially be used for 1 $1.8 million leaving remaining unidentified projects under the proposed supplemental would be appropriated to the 2008 project to be allocated by the parks and commission. below on page 21 we say on 6.8 are to be reported to the capital planning committee that these funds would be used for approval for 4.3 million for dolores park. 800 thousand for the playground and for the beach los angeles. supervisors i would note if you appropriate these funds today it would be strictly up to the department of recs to make the allocations. with regard to the dispositions being requested for the department manager 1 position and each in fiscal year 13-146789 for the additional annual salary $238,000 for both positions. th

mr. rhodes if you will. >> mr. chairman, supervisor winner, the sources of the proposed $10 million appropriation are summarized in table 3. that's on page 20 of our report. on page 21 of our report we note that

mr. rhodes can we go to your budget analyst report, please. >> mr. chairman, supervisor mar on page 39 of our report we report that attachment 1 to our report which we prepared summarizes the types of contracts leases or operating agreements required to pay for prevailing wages with respect to bargaining agreements and labor unions, the amount of allocated wage increased compared to 2013, and the amount of 2014 and compares to 2013 and finally the proposed prevailing wage raise themselves. we know any increase as a result of the proposed prevailing wage rates depends on future contract bids and which results on higher rates. there are such potential increase cost to the city cannot be estimated at this time. inform are that reason we consider this approval of the decision be for policy decision for the board of supervisors. >> at this time we'll open to public comment? anyone wishing to comment? is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.. >> we can do so without opposition. thank you very much. at this point wei go

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. 1797, which was submitted earlier today. that the bill be read three times and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: mr. president, i want to reserve the right to object. i'm certainly willing to let the good senator make comments. but at this point i want to reserve the right to object. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. hoeven: object. yes, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. reed: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: first of all, i -- i think it's appropriate to make some comments and i appreciate certainly the senator from north dakota being here and making the point. but we are at a juncture that within two weeks,

mr. reed: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, madam president. first let me thank chairman baucus for his very kind words, but also salute the president of the united states for the wisdom of his announcement that he intends to appoint the senator to be our next ambassador to the people's republic of china. i can't think of anyone whose integrity, whose intelligence, whose commitment to the nation, whose patriotism would be so well served and so beneficial to this country as continuing his public efforts after his days in the senate in the embassy in beijing. thank you, mr. chairman. i also want to thank the chairman because he's been an articulate and effective advocate for unemployment compensation benefits for hardworking americans who are without work because, through no fault of their own, this economy has had a drastic contraction beginning in 2007, 2008, 2009. we're seeing some improvements. but in this period, the chairman has been the key actor, the key force striving for extended benefits. and he's done

mr. davis of rhode island. >> thank you, mr. secretary for being your.thank you to the administration and for the important information you have served -- shared today. thank you for the good work you are doing. each person reaffirmed our commitment to ensure that iran not develop right -- a nuclear weapon. everyone is asking of this makes us safer. question is is it more likely or less likely that it will prevent iran from having a nuclear weapon. i think the question is, doesn't make it more likely we will achieve this objective? there seem to be computing time eyes one timeline is doing nothing and the development of a nuclear run. the other timeline is official sanctions so severe that either iran abandons the nuclear ambition or the regime is rundown. the other timeline is negotiate -- negotiation. we act as if nothing will happen if we don't pursue some alternative. ike everyone on this panel, hope that you are successful in leading this effort. i think something great will be achieved if we prevent a nuclear iran as expeditiously as we can. have s

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent to dispense with the calling of the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: and, mr. president, i also ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. i come again to the floor to remind my colleagues that in 11 days, 1.3 million americans will lose their unemployment insurance. with the goal of providing certainty to these families that they will continue to have access to this vital lifeline, i and my colleague from nevada, senator heller, are introducing a bill that would extend unemployment insurance compensation benefits for three months. i hope this sensible and bipartisan approach will provide a path forward to extending the program through 2014, which will give families and our economy more time to recover. and in many parts of the country, the recovery is just getting underway. my own state of rhode island has 9% unemployment. there

mr. whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, may i ask consent to speak as if in morning business for up to 20 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you very much, madam president. this is my 53rd time for consecutive weeks that we're in session that i've come to the floor to speak about climate change and to urge my colleagues that it is time to wake up. these speeches aren't easy and a great deal of effort goes into assisting me with research and crafting of them. and i am particularly grateful for the hard work of dr. todd bianco in helping notice prepare them. he's the fellow sitting on the other side of the sign looking embarrassed that i've just called him out. todd joined my office in september 2012 as a geological society of america u.s. geological survey congress science fellow, and he has contributed considerable scientific understanding and analytical rigor to our work. his ability to interpret the latest climate research has helped me to convey complex s

mr. chairman of rhode island, we basically got paid to have a waiver because the administration of the time. they wanted to get rhode island am, but i don't think that is going to be the common outcome. >> you are all very progressive in rhode island in so many ways. >> senator ayotte. >> thank you mr. chairman and mr. ranking member. i also want to thank you from portsmouth hampshire that works in this area and i appreciate him being here today on this important issue. i wanted to follow-up on this issue of waivers because i think it is related certainly to the important issue senator collins raised which is how we make sure the definition fits to allow more community and home-based treatment so that we are allowing people to stay in their homes longer because the average cost for care in a nursing home is approximately $80,000 a year so i could see this being certainly important in terms of cost but also in terms of people having a better quality-of-life. so, with regards to the the waivers is it based on what the commission found or should we give the states greater flexibility particula

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. may i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for up to 20 minutes? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. this is the 52nd consecutive week we're in session that i have come to the floor to ask us please, for lord's sake, to wake up to the damage carbon pollution is already doing to our atmosphere, oceans and climate, and to look ahead to use our god-given sense, and to plan for what is so obviously coming. in those weeks, i have talked about all different aspects of carbon pollution, its effect on sports and our economy, its effect on oceans and coasts, its effect on agriculture and wildfires, its effect on storms and insurance costs. i've talked about the measurements, measurements we can already make of the harm already happening, sea level rise which you measure with a yardstick, basically, ocean temperature which you measure with a thermometer and ocean acidification, the fastest in 50 million years, according to rese

mr. smith: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and i rise in strong support of the house amendment to h.r. 3304, the national defense authorization agreement for f.y. 2014. this legislation represents the best path forward for the work we must do in order to support our men and women in uniform and our national security. i applaud chairman mckeon and ranking member smith for their efforts to ensure that it is enacted. i'm pleased the bill continues its strong support of the virginia class submarine, the payload all of which are critical to our future capabilities. i'm also pleased that it improves on key aspects of the house-passed defense authorization, including a number of issues designed to confront sexual assault in our military, policies making progress tow

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. mr. whitehouse: mr. whitehouse: i rise today with my colleagues, senator blunt, senator blumenthal, and soon to be joining us, senator graham, to speak about our cybersecurity public awareness act of 2013. it is now broadly accepted in this body that the cyber threat posed by criminals, foreign intelligence and military services and even terrorists is enormous and unrelenting. but useful information about cyber attacks and cyber risks still is not consistently available to consumers, to businesses, or to policymakers. the legislation that the four of us introduced, the cybersecurity public awareness act is an important first step toward fixing this problem. senator blunt has earned a reputation for working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle, particularly on issues of national security. i was very glad to have the opportunity to work with him last year as part of a bipartisan group of senators seeking a sensible middle ground on cyber security legislation. he has brought his keen understanding of

quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, madam president. i would ask to dispense with the calling of the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 259, s. 1797, a bill to extend unemployment insurance benefits for one year, that the bill be read a third time and passed, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. cornyn: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. cornyn: reserving the right to object, madam president, it is unfortunate the senate's schedule is completely full of pending cloture motions on controversial or completely nonurgent nominations. i would ask if the senator would consider amending his request to withdraw all of the pending cloture motions on executive nominations and that the senate would proceed immediately to conside

mr. woodall: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the yom from new york. ms. slaughter: i'm pleased to yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one and a half minutes. mr. cicilline: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. the budget deal we're voting on today is a step in the right direction because it blunts some sequestration. but a critical piece is missing, extending unemployment benefits that are due to expire at the end of this year. it's a disgrace that this body would consider leaving town without finishing our work. just three days after christmas, 1.3 million americans struggling to find work will immediately be thrown out into the cold and lose their unemployment assistance, including 4,900 rhode islanders who will lose their benefits on december 28. much of the economic gain achieved in this budget deal will be nearly wiped out by failing to extend unemployment insurance. mr. speaker, how do you plan to explain to your constituents, your three-week vacation, when this you have constituents who won't be able to keep the heat on or put the next meal o

rhode island. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. secretary, for being here and thank you to the administration for briefings and important information you have shared with us today. thank you for the work you're doing. i was happy to reaffirm the commitment for iran not to enrich. it makes us safer, our allies safer. the question is whether or not this is likely to make it more likely or less likely that we prevent iran from having a nuclear weapon. the scepticism everyone has expressed is healthy, but i think the question is does this make it more likely we achieved this objective. i think there seemed to be very competing time lines. one time line is doing nothing and the development of a nuclear iran. the other time line is additional sanctions so severe that either iran abandons its nuclear ambition or the regime is brought down. another time on the negotiation, we have questions as if nothing will happen if we don't take some action or pursue diplomatic alternative. so like everyone on the panel i hope you achieve this effort,

this further we're now joined live by professor from the university of rhode island and he's in ukraine at the moment thanks so much mr retro for so i'm just here on r t well first off as we just saw we see politicians add their rallies participating in a key meeting of the opposition figures so what sort of message in your opinion does the stand to ukraine's government. well clearly it's a one sided message of support for the policies of the of the you and it is an attempt to attract ukraine to sign the association agreement but i think. the ukrainian government is really trying to play the two sides off each other on the one hand the e.u. and on the other hand. russia in order to get the best deal that it can from either one without alienating the other. well. also you know we see that the e.u. deal that sparked riots in kiev doesn't imply green joining the e.u. automatically and in fact it would mean massive cutbacks for key if so why do so many people still want it to be signed. it's been portrayed in the ukrainian media simplistic terms as what is called here a civilizational choice in other words if you hope eno

rhode island. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. secretary, for being here and thank you to the administration for briefings and important information you have shared with us today. thank you for the work you're doing. i was happy to reaffirm the commitment for iran not to enrich. it makes us safer, our allies safer. the question is whether or not this is likely to make it more likely or less likely that we prevent iran from having a nuclear weapon. the scepticism everyone has expressed is healthy, but i think the question is does this make it more likely we achieved this objective. i think there seemed to be very competing time lines. one time line is doing nothing and the development of a nuclear iran. the other time line is additional sanctions so severe that either iran abandons its nuclear ambition or the regime is brought down. another time on the negotiation, we have questions as if nothing will happen if we don't take some action or pursue diplomatic alternative. so like everyone on the panel i hope you achieve this effort,

mr. president. i ask my colleague from rhode island to stay on the floor for just a couple of minutes because i wanted to thank him for the very erudite and eloquent explanation that he has just given for why our focus should be so aggressively and unrelentingly on the tremendous opportunities for saving health care costs and raising health care quality at the same time. and i'm very proud to have joined him and others of our colleagues in a task force or group that is seeking commonsense solutions to lower the costs of health care and at the same time increase its efficiency and quality. the two go together. the phenomenon that he just discussed of reducing readmissions to hospitals once patients are discharged also means that the quality of those discharges and rehabilitation plans and handoffs to primary physicians and suffering and pain to those individuals, patients is reduced. and that is just in microchasm just one example of how this goal can be accomplished. we are late in this year and we have no real time remaining before the end of that year to do legislatively the kinds of reforms that wi

had a meeting with her and the junior senator from the state of delaware -- i mean rhode island just a few minutes ago. mr. president, in the world today, we have something called climate change. it's here. climate is changing all over the world. we have global warming. are we doing anything legislatively to address that? no, nothing. she has a portfolio of legislation that she would like to take care of, and there is going to be zero done because we are sitting here under these lights complaining about -- again about wasting time -- the republicans wasting time. we could finish these votes now. we're going to work into the weekend. now, we had a break for thanksgiving. it was very -- very pleasant for me. i got to be home for two weeks. unfortunately, i had a death in the family that put a little cloud over things, and that's an understatement. christmas is coming. everyone should know that we are going to work until we finish the stuff we have before us this week. i'm going to file on a number of other nominees as soon as i get a chance, and we're going to finish those. if we have to work the weekend be

rhode island. >> in so many ways. >> senator ayotte? >> thank you, mr. chairman.i want to thank the ranking member. , also want to thank paul forte who is here from portsmouth, new hampshire, who is someone who works in this area. i appreciate him being here today on this important issue. i wanted to follow up on this issue of waivers. think it is related, certainly, to the important issue that senator collins raised. how do we make sure that the definition fits to allow more community-based and home-based treatments, so that we are allowing people to stay in their homes longer? because the average cost for care in a nursing home is approximately $80,000 a year. i can see this being important in terms of cost, that also in terms of people having a better quality of life. the waiver issue, thet, based on what commission found -- should we give states greater flexibility in this area for innovative programs that are going to allow more flexibility on home and community-based care? because i think that also fits in with this -- obviously would be defined by the overa

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, i rise today to recognize the 250th anniversary of the synagogue in new port, rhode island, the oldest synagogue. dedicated in 1763, it has been a monument to the history of religious tolerance in rhode island. before construction even began, the design of the building was conceived as a balance between european architecture and tradition alk jewish worship. this became the symbol of the freedom to worship in peace in the 17th century and championed by roger wells. in 1790 in a letter reassuring the hebrew congregation, george washington famously declared the values of our nation at its stark pledging that the united states would, quote, give to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance. this weekend it was my honor to attend the rededication of the synagogue which mains a testament of the enduri

senators as follows: reed of rhode island, durbin, heinrich, carper, schumer, feinstein, murray, sanders, king, franken, harkin, murray, warren, whitehouse, blumenthal and brown. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection so ordered. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. 1882, a bill to extend the exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits, that the bill be read three times and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: mr. president, i understand and appreciate my colleague's commitment to this particular issue. however, this is just one of many tax provisions that will expire at the end of the year. in the past the senior s

mr. chairman, we basically got paid to have a waiver because the administration at that time wanted to grant waivers to get rhode island in, but i don't think that's going to be the common outcome. >> you all are very progressive. >> in so many ways. >> senate terse ayotte? >> thank you mr. chairman and as the ranking member and i also want to thank paul who is here from portsmouth hampshire who is someone who works in this area, and i appreciate him being here today on this important issue. i wanted to follow-up on this issue of waivers because i think it's related certainly to the important issue senator collins raised which is how we make sure that the definition fits to allow more community-based and home-based treatment so that we are allowing obviously people to have to stay in their homes longer because the average cost of care in nursing home is approximately $80,000 a year so i can see this being important in terms of cost the also in terms of people having a better quality-of-life. so with regards to the issue, is it based on what the commission found should we give states greater flexibility particula

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i would ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, in 12 days unemployment insurance will expire for 1.3 million americans. this will impact virtually every state. and over the course of the next year it will setback millions of hardworking families, slow down job growth and retard our economic recovery. today i filed three amendments to the bipartisan budget agreement act. the amendments would extend u.i. for one month, three months or a year respectively. and while i believe the best policies extend unemployment insurance for one year in order to keep our economic recovery moving forward, i'm willing to work with my colleagues who objected to extending it for the full year to find a path forward. but we must, i think, we must provide at least a message to those people that they will not see their benefits eliminated on december 28. that we will in fact be working to mak

mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, a piece of part tri business. may i ask unanimous consent that a military fellow with senator murray's office, major james o'brien be granted floor privileges for today's session of the senate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: i ask unanimous consent that -- the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: i come to the floor once again to talk about jobs, mr. manufacturing jobs. this week under senator amy klobuchar's leadership, the joint economic can committee released a report that lays out thoroughly and thoughtfully why manufacturing jobs have such promise and how congress can act to help spur manufacturing job creation now and into the future. the report shows that today manufacturing jobs are high quality jobs, that they pay better than jobs in any other

mr. president, i thank the senator from rhode island. he is correct. there are the individuals who win, the state -- in this case saves medicaid dollars -- and the federal government slaves dollars as well. but the individual, if you ask them, this is their choice, they want to stay at home. nobody says they want to go into nursing care. we appreciate the nursing home care delivery aspect of health care and they deal with some of the most complex patients, but they don't need to deal with people that don't need to be there. but we have to have a delivery system that helps support community-based care for long-term care. and i hope that -- i hope that we will get more support for these ideas and that we will help figure out a way to get a score for them as well. i think that part of the mystery in this whole issue of health care savings is figuring out ways to take things that are -- they're not so complex in what they are doing, moving from nursing home care to community-based care, $1,200 versus $1,600. that's not the hard part of the equation. what's

mr. chairman, as the rhode island president we basically got paid to have a waiver because i thin think the administration at the time wanted to encourage waivers so they wanted to get rhode island and. i don't think that's going to be the common outcome. >> you all are very progressive in rhode island. >> in so many ways. >> senator ayotte. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the ranking member, and i just want to also thank paul who is here from portsmouth new hampshire who is someone who works in this area and i appreciate him being here today on this important issue. i wanted to follow up on this issue of waivers because i think it's related certainly to the important issue that senator collins raised, which is how do we make sure that the definition fits to about more community-based and home-based treatments so that we are allowing obviously people to stay in their homes longer because the average cost for care in a nursing home is approximately $80,000 a year. so i can see this being certainly important terms of cost but also in terms of people having a better quality of life