mr. rhodes: we have noticed an uptick already, and we aren' t even into the throws of our heating season yet. brian rhodes says no one has died, but there have been close calls, and it can happen to anyone at anytime. mr. rhodes: carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas. kristen: and without working co detectors, it will go unnoticed. mr. rhodes: the simplest way to protect yourself is to have a carbon monoxide detector on every level of your home and to have one outside your sleeping areas. kristen: rhodes says co is created when fuels burn incompletely. the deadly gas can come from heating and cooking equipment. mr. rhodes: we cannot stress the importance of having your heating system, any of your heating appliances serviced by licensed contractors. kristen: rhodes also says co can also come from anything that has an engine, so never run a car or generator inside a closed space. and after a snow storm, make sure vehicle exhaust pipes are not blocked by snow. the same goes for vents on the outside of your home for the dryer, stove, and fireplace. mr. rhodes: sometimes we forget that

mr. rhodes? >> hello, supervised. my name is stuart rose. i been residing in cultivating medical cannabis in the bayview for 15 years. i love it and i never want to leave it. i also hold a cultivation seat on the medical task force. i operate a small electrical safety and efficiency consultant practice servicing clients in san francisco and oakland. bottom line here offer you 15 years of local experience in the trenches of this cause turned industry. my passion for science, safety, and good business and good government will get you to the best possible outcomes to this body. with 10 state ballot initiatives outcomes are difficult to predict. amendments filed only use number seven expanded enormously on the previous language including strengthening requirements to keep cannabis away from you than changing the deadline for businesses receiving priority licensing of november 1-2015 through september 1, 2016. given us the opportunity to be proactive. because the initiative allows for cannabis consumption into regulatory categories of retailer an

mr. rhodes? >> hello, supervised. my name is stuart rose. i been residing in cultivating medical cannabis in the bayview for 15 years. i love it and i never want to leave it. i also hold a cultivation seat on the medical task force. i operate a small electrical safety and efficiency consultant practice servicing clients in san francisco and oakland. bottom line here offer you 15 years of local experience in the trenches of this cause turned industry. my passion for science, safety, and good business and good government will get you to the best possible outcomes to this body. with 10 state ballot initiatives outcomes are difficult to predict. amendments filed only use number seven expanded enormously on the previous language including strengthening requirements to keep cannabis away from you than changing the deadline for businesses receiving priority licensing of november 1-2015 through september 1, 2016. given us the opportunity to be proactive. because the initiative allows for cannabis consumption into regulatory categories of retailer an

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, one of the features of our trip to paris was the presence of america's corporate leaders there urging us on, and we not only met with significant corporate leaders like people from citigroup and pg & e and others, but they were cheering us on publicly and advertisements like this one taken out by the food and beverage industry calling on a strong paris climate agreement. and the companies who signed this include mars. if you like m & m's, you like mars. general mills, coca-cola and pepsico, hershey and nestle, kellogg, unileaver and others. the food and beverage industry was joined by an advertisement from some of america's apparel leaders, v.f. corporation based in north carolina which produces northface and timberland and a whole variety of other very, very well-known and popular drandz. adidas, the shoe manufacturer. levi's. if you know jeans, you know levi's. gap which has stores all over the country and others from the apparel industry. perhaps the biggest advertisemen

mr. rhodes? >> hello, supervised. my name is stuart rose. i been residing in cultivating medical cannabis in the bayview for 15 years. i love it and i never want to leave it. i also hold a cultivation seat on the medical task force. i operate a small electrical safety and efficiency consultant practice servicing clients in san francisco and oakland. bottom line here offer you 15 years of local experience in the trenches of this cause turned industry. my passion for science, safety, and good business and good government will get you to the best possible outcomes to this body. with 10 state ballot initiatives outcomes are difficult to predict. amendments filed only use number seven expanded enormously on the previous language including strengthening requirements to keep cannabis away from you than changing the deadline for businesses receiving priority licensing of november 1-2015 through september 1, 2016. given us the opportunity to be proactive. because the initiative allows for cannabis consumption into regulatory categories of retailer an

mr. whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: thank you, madam president. i'm here to join the chorus for providing some additional help to our seniors on the on on socl security. what can i say? here we go again. in 2010 and in 2011, america's seniors got told by the social security administration there'd be no cost-of-living adjustment, no increase for them. and now it's happening a third time. we all know that the price of the things that seniors actually buy has continued to go up, and yet no cola. in 2010 and 2011, we tried to remedy that with senator sande sanders' emergency senior citizens relief act. we did not succeed. there was opposition from the other side. we did succeed at getting a one-time $300 payment to seniors under the economic stimulus act in 2008, back in the depths of the great wall street recession, and another $250 under the recovery act. so we've done this before, and it has helped, and i strongly encourage that we do it. there is a flaw built into the social security cola, which is that the

mr. engel: madam speaker, it's now my pleasure to yield two minutes to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline, a valid member of the house foreign affairs committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for two minutes. mr. cicilline: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman, the distinguished gentleman from new york for yielding time. i rise in strong support of h.r. 3766, the foreign aid transparency and accountability act. i want to begin by recognizing my colleagues, the distinguished gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, and the distinguished gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for all the work they've done to get this important bill to the floor and to thank them for working, as they always do, in a bipartisan way, on behalf of the members of our committee and also to thank chairman royce and ranking member engel for their leadership on this bill but also for their creating an environment on the foreign affairs committee where we work together in a bipartisan way and this legislation is a product of that work. the foreign aid transparency

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, thank you. thank you very much. i'd like to ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, senator ben cardin, led a delegation of 10 senators to paris this past weekend. we went to support the high ambition coalition on an international climate agreement. it was truly impressive at the meeting to see so many nations represented, there active and trying to help. we all in the codel came aka way from paris -- came away from pair which is a good dealing about the prospects for a strong climate agreement. i had the chance to speak at oceans' day where people were keenly aware that the effects of carbon pollution on our oceans are undeniable. you can measure the warming oceans with thermometers. you measure sea level rise with basically a yardstick. you can measure acidification of the seas with simple ph tests, and you can

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, last friday a planned parenthood clinic incolorado springs became the target of the 351st mass shooting in the united states this year. three people were killed in iraq war veteran, mother of tureks and local police officer. they are now among the more than 12,000 americans who have died in gun related incidents since the start of the year. the shooter in colorado springs is reported to have used a semiautomatic ak-47-style firearm. an assault weapon that has its origins in stalin's soviet army. this firearm and others like it are weapons of war not tools for self-defefpblets this serve no purpose other than kifment we can no longer permit the proliferation of and easy access to these weapons nunts. that's why in the coming weeks i'll introduce legislation that re-authorizes the assault weapons ban. during the 10 y

mr. merkley: thank you so much for the comments and insights from my colleague from rhode island. and now we're going to turn to the senior senator from massachusetts and would be delighted to hear your thoughts on this challenge of taking serious issues related to the wall street casino, a system that brought down the prospects for so many american families, and how there is consideration of restoring the wall street casino in the dark of night by policy riders being attached to other bills. ms. warren: thank you. mr. president, i am glad to join senator merkley, senator nelson, and senator reed on the floor today -- i thank senator merkley for pulling us together here. we are here to say "no." "no" to the industry lobbyists, "no" to their friends in congress who are threaten ago government shutdown if we won't roll back rules that protect consumers and protect the safety of our financial system. you know, it is a pretty neat trick. the lobbyists know they probably can't get a rollback of financial regulation passed out in the open where the american people can actually see what'

mr. superintendent will be please have designee read into the record. >> thank you president murase michael davis to read the resolution entered into a record. >> thank you so the recognition for the prep rhode island newly pay attention for the mission preparatory charter school whereas pursuant to california education code mission preparatory submitted a permit for the san francisco unified school district and whereas pursuant to california education code section the board of education of the district is in receipt of the application and whereas the district this comply with the action on petition and whereas the board of education shall consider the level of support and review the petition with respect to the petition and confusing the supporting of documents and whereas reviewing the petition it shall be incited by the california legislator that california schools are an integrate part of education system and whereas the district superintendent the district superintendent and staff completed a review the petition and issued the attached report and recommendations to the board of education regarding the review the petition therefore, be it resolved that the board of education shall grant

mr. superintendent will be please have designee read into the record. >> thank you president murase michael davis to read the resolution entered into a record. >> thank you so the recognition for the prep rhode island newly pay attention for the mission preparatory charter school whereas pursuant to california education code mission preparatory submitted a permit for the san francisco unified school district and whereas pursuant to california education code section the board of education of the district is in receipt of the application and whereas the district this comply with the action on petition and whereas the board of education shall consider the level of support and review the petition with respect to the petition and confusing the supporting of documents and whereas reviewing the petition it shall be incited by the california legislator that california schools are an integrate part of education system and whereas the district superintendent the district superintendent and staff completed a review the petition and issued the attached report and recommendations to the board of education regarding the review the petition therefore, be it resolved that the board of education shall grant

mr. kelley had informed us. we were able to bring in resources. remember, we're dealing with a system that is -- we have local towns, counties, the state. now one of the hot areas was providence, rhodeisland. we are dealing with the mexican border and mexican government. ondcp pulls all that together so we get all of these resources. i had a number of homicides in my district that had the population. brutal, brutal murders and directly tied to the drug trade. ondcp did a remarkable job. member to member, how you deal with this in your district, ondcp is an important job of that. and that's how we bring all the resources together, which are scarce. i want to express support for mr. turner's idea about making accesses samsa. they are short funded on that end as well, as the director pointed out. maybe we can do something on a pilot program where county or state prisons might identify a certain area like dayton, ohio, or gloucester, massachusetts where we try innovative stuff to deal with the inmate or potential inmate population. so i just appreciate the work that you all doing and thank you, mr. maurer, for your testimony as well. i want to just back up a little bit. one of the thing

mr. whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: thank you, madam president. i'm here to join the chorus for providing some additional help to our seniors on the on on socl security. what can i say? here we go again. in 2010 and in 2011, america's seniors got told by the social security administration there'd be no cost-of-living adjustment, no increase for them. and now it's happening a third time. we all know that the price of the things that seniors actually buy has continued to go up, and yet no cola. in 2010 and 2011, we tried to remedy that with senator sande sanders' emergency senior citizens relief act. we did not succeed. there was opposition from the other side. we did succeed at getting a one-time $300 payment to seniors under the economic stimulus act in 2008, back in the depths of the great wall street recession, and another $250 under the recovery act. so we've done this before, and it has helped, and i strongly encourage that we do it. there is a flaw built into the social security cola, which is that the c.p.i. measures things that a lot of sen

rhode island. i would ask consent to add them as cosponsors. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. enzi: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr.order in the chamber, please. mr. enzi: i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. senators casey and baldwin have proposed an amendment to further shift the tax burden on to other taxpayers. it would pay for the new text credits with the buffett tax through taxing foreign inversion corporations as well as domestic and by expanding limitations on executive compensation deductibility. this legislation is not the place to add one-sided cuts that have not been included in regular-order negotiations going on between congress and the administration and in the finance committee. further, passing this reconciliation legislation will repeal a dozen new taxes used to offset the cost of obamacare. comprehensive tax reform is needed to examine our system of credits and deductions to create a pro-growth tax policy across income spectrums but not in this bill. washington already takes over $3 trillion per year from the am