mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4152. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4152, a bill to provide for the costs of loan guarantees for ukraine. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. rogers, and the gentlelady from new york, mrs. lowey, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and on the heir remarks consideration of h.r. 4152. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rogers: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to bring to the floor 4152, a bill providing the authority for loan guarantees for ukraine. as we all sadly know, ukraine is facing an extraordinarily difficult time. as a valued partner and friend of the united

mr. rogers. next speaker >> sorry commissioners but i also am seeking that appointment by no longer in that district but not seen mr. larson in any meetings. my concern with the planning commission and some of the boards and panels we have some people being appointed and become a rubber stamp but i haven't seen mr. larson's plans the concern is that when you have public interests at stake on the citizen's advisory council you should have someone on the panel that represents the largest you community out there and district. i think that's key as well as having other neighborhood or at least people involved in transit that are dealing with the issue when it comes down to you have a lot of neighborhoods i would recommend someone like george who would speak up for the entire population first and foremost so before i appoint sympt someone i would look at the views and i don't know mr. larson's vision i've never seen a recommendation as to the 19th traffic study >> mr. goodman what district do you live

i wanted to say i'm sorry mr. roger we already closed public comment but i want to say the 28 line that dbe's north and south on 28 line to sf state as mr. pan raised increasing the efficiency and the use even if north, south corridor is an issue as we look at the results of this study. i don't know if the corridor was from is it fair to say cycle to pretty much the ingel side but i hope we look at how to maximize the transit along the north, south corridor that goes up to golden gate park to park presidio boulevard sometime in the future. so colleagues, any other comments? then we have an action item before us is there a motion? >> moved and a by supervisor yee. >> supervisor avalos. supervisor london breed ask absent >> supervisor campos. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor yee. this item passes >> thank you and supervisor breed has left the meeting and we're joined by supervisor avalos. we're going to item number 9 now. call the next item >> item 9 presentation of draft strategic analysis report on local and b

mr. rogers. that's going to really tell us what's going on -- >> mr. rogers is dead right on this.you're taking the under, is that right? i want to get this straight. the under? >> yeah, i've got the under, 135,000. >> now tell me why in succinct fashion you're taking the under. >> i think there is a definite weather effect going on relative to trend. it's the weather. >> all right. it's the weather. do you agree with that, brian kelly? >> well, yes and no. i take the under, i agree with him on that. i think there's more to it than weather. when i look at services that's where you're starting to see a decline. we even saw it in the revisionses back in november when it wasn't weather. so to me, i think there is a trend of weakening job growth. but i think tomorrow if we get an under, the market's not going to care. everybody's going with weather. >> say you get 80,000, 85,000, what does it do to the stock market? >> who cares? >> say you get 225,000 -- >> market rips. >> right now -- i don't know. i'm a bridge player. not a poker player. i take the over. >> you take the over. >> i d

mr. rogers withdrawal?it's kind of like in the final hour now republicans have to scramble and we are trying to maintain control of the house and went over the senate. finding who's going to be the successor. so i don't know, there's probably something more going on. maybe you them knowledge that it doesn't want to have her it so you got me on that. >> i don't know, but i want to know more. mike rogers was shaping up as the most orton national security guy in the house will leave him in the lurch. lou: he's also someone who went through a lot of criticism. going into business with people cism.re part of the scope of the going into business with people who are part of the scope of the investigation of benghazi. some people said he's been a little timid and investigating benghazi in particular. >> well, head of the house intelligence committee, he's an important player which has dragged on ultimately but also he hasn't served them as well as letting go this far. trixie would like him to shut it down? >> i thi

mr. rogers? what's the show called? >> it is now. mr. rogers' neighborhood?d it with congress. this is -- there's been a wave of retirements this year. and he's just the latest. >> it's becoming, al, more -- it's becoming less fulfilling to be a senator or a congressman. >> impactful. >> less impactful. you would never have heard ten years ago somebody as a united states senator saying, you know what, i'm quitting to run a think tank, like jim demint did. >> or a radio show. >> or i'm quitting -- >> to do a radio talk show. >> yes. >> i would just say mike ronalders was supposed to be an interview with me and bloomberg television, and he backed out of it. and i wrote a blistering letter, saying, what possibly could -- and now we know. >> oh, al. it does not make sense to go to washington if you want to make a difference, and this is a great example. i bet you he will say he has more of a platform to make a difference and to reach people with a message on the radio than he does going to washington and dealing with that big pile of -- >> you guys are on the hil

mr. rogers from kentucky that has joined us this morning. i'd like to recognize him for any remarks that he might like to make. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for getting us off to a great start on the subcommittee. this is the earliest that we've started off these hearings in my memory or recollection. and we're doing it because we inherited a top number that both the house and senate can appropriate to. we're not dependent on waiting for the budget committee to come forward with a budget resolution that can be agreed to by the other body. so consequently we're way ahead of ourselves and we're going to try to keep going that way, mr. secretary so that we can get this committee back to regular order like we used to do things. 12 individual bills, conferenced separately with the senate. let me start off by thanking you, mr. secretary, for coming to my district recently. to help announce, as you did, the strike force program of the department, to try to help rural communities combat the difficulties that they're in economically. and

mr. rogers. >> thank you. thank you, commissioner. this is the very first of what will probably be 100-120 committees our committee will conduct during the spring season. you are the very first one. you have the privilege and honor of sitting in that chair for the first time. before we get to the important business at hand of the day, let me first echo the chairman sentiment regarding the appropriate -- of reparations process. fiscal 2014 is a true result of compromise. my partnership with the ranking member and her counterpart on the senate side and ranking member shelby -- together, along with the subcommittee, we made responsible choices to reline our nations funding priorities and target precious tax dollars were they are needed the most, all the while continuing the trend of reducing federal discretionary spending. while the omnibus is a testament to the long-standing tradition of bipartisanship, now is not the time to rest on our laurels. as chairman crenshaw as mentioned, i expect the committee to move forward under regular ord

mr. rogers, and mccarthy, and say put in the special committee or be gone tomorrow, if they were serious. they are not serious. this is the problem with our politics. if bob woodruff or live this never would've happened. there are conservative --mentators on my network and this is not about politics. it is about the truth. two thirds of the american people believe there should be a select committee. 60% of democrats believe there should be. so what the hell is going on here? the political elite, the political class does not want it. i want to react now to what the future is. a system oriented liberals and conservatives, democrats and republicans. i am telling you there's a different paradigm. i will give you the first tenant of it. the first tenant was serious, where the president said do not cross the red line. syria, where the president said do not cross the red line. there was no organized movement. they just had, stop it. same thing with the nsa. we have people telling us how great it is that they are spying on you. and the young people are going, this is appalling. but we do not have

mr. rogers and its great but then if it wants to get on the internet it has to speed up a little bit.e per speed per minute, it's a little bit like this this is how we talk on-line. >> i have a concussion. >> i everyone believes this video is fake. >> fake. >> no, really, it's fake. >> that awesomeness, you have two weeks, let's jump not story of -- >> the first thing i would like, gosh, i wish you would stop twerking, she's to the good at telephone. for whatever reason it is kind of gross. >> this isn't the only word. >> cutting it all the time. >> totally sheered. are you going to be like this all the time, filming everything. >> yeah. >> well, according to -- >> 3.4 million views? >> robin hood. >> why don't you come around. >> on this, the first night of the new "pbs newshour" we have a lot of news for you. we also have a new look. >> we could try this, coy talk fast. and you could just-- cut it together quickly. >> you want to try it? >> hi, youtube, coming at you from anaheim, are you in the 6 billion hours of video watched each month, almost an hour for every person on earth, a

mr. rogers. ♪ it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood ♪ then you add a little john way. here we go.er the ridge. wow put them together, you get george herbert walker bush. it's been quite a year. got a little nausea there in tokyo. should have seen the look on the prime minister's face there, ooh, mr. bush, you look like you going to bro chunk. >> ronald reagan was known for his wise cracks. in one instance, he even posed with a leprechaun in the cabinet room in 1996. it's clear the obamas aren't embarrassed by this kind of thing. we saw michelle obama host kermit the frog in an event for military families at the white house just yesterday. anyway, up next, want to know why the cia was worried than senate investigation? that's coming up. they got a reason to worry. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the all-new 2014 lexus is. this is your move. >>> welcome back to "hardball." senator dianne feinstein's remarkable rebuke of the cia from the senate floor this week has put the focus again on the issue of torture. and if you go back to the day

mr. rogers and mr. mccarthy and so you either put in a special committee or you were gone tomorrow.applause] if they were serious. they are not serious. this is the problem with our politics. part of the benghazi story is the media. if the real bob woodward was alive, this would not happen. there are many who poopoo benghazi. it is not about politics, it's about the truth. it's about dead americans and 2/3 of americans believe there should be a special committee and 60% of democrats believe there should be. what the hell is going on here? the politicalelite does not want it. and i wanto tell you to react to what the future is -- we have a system designed but only has liberals and conservatives, democrats and republicans on a very flat axis. there are different paradigms. i will give you the first tenet which was syria last summer? the president talked about a redline. republican leadership in the democratic leadership all united to support the president. the american people rose up and said the hell with you and stopped it. it was not an organized movement. it just stopped it. we se

mr. rogers. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, let me ask you about the snap program. in your budget request, you propose $147 billion in food champions. i am told there is 47 million p p p p participants per month. whether you call it recruitment or not, there are people out there in the government aggressively getting people to sign up. and where in your budget request do you have money for quote educate on the program. >> mr. chairman, we provide several hundred millions of dollars to states through the education and training part of the budget that provides them resources to do several things. one is to make sure those who are eligible are aware of the existence and work with us to create the 8% of people without dependents to access work opportunities if they are available of jobs. one of the great opportunities the farm bill presents for states and us to connect that abled-body people able to work. i think it will result in a decline in the number of people participating right now and we anticipate decline because of the improving economy. >> the farm bill is pla

mr. rogers. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, let me ask you about the s.n.a.p. program. in your budget request, you propose that we spend $104.7 billion for food stamps. that's 3.3 billion dollar increase in one year. i'm told that there's some 49 -- 47 million participants per month. and whether you call it education or recruitment, there are people out there, from the government, that are aggressively seeking out people to sign up. and let me ask you, where in your budget request do you have moneys for, quote, education, unquote? >> mr. chairman, we provide several hundred million dollars to states, through the education and training part of the budget, that provides them resources to do several things. one is to make sure that those who are eligible are aware of the existence of the program. and to work with us to do a better job of connecting the 8% of snap beneficiaries that are able bodied without dependents, to be able to access work opportunities if they're aware of jobs that are available. one of the great opportunities, i think, that the farm bill presents is t

mr. whitfield, what i like to call the good mike rogers, we have two, but actually they're both good, mike rodgers from michigan, ms. castor, but also mr. waxman's staff too. i know that he wishes he was on the floor. together we really did get this thinged out in a way that the american public would be certainly very proud of and i would hope, i know that we've lost mr. widen, he's moved to another committee, but i would hope that a strong vote this afternoon would send a pretty good message to the senate that in fact they can embrace these bills. i know that the majority leader a week or two ago said something along the lines, if he wanted to pick a number of issues we could work on together and get them out of the way and debt them to the president's desk, these are pretty good bills. i'd like to think that the new leadership there in the senate energy committee could simply move these bills from the desk, once we pass them, and get them to the president's desk in an expeditious way. so i want to conclude, i want to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for developing this legi

mr. rogers from kentucky has joined us this morning. i would like to recognize him for any remarks he might like to make. >> thank you for getting us off to a great start. this the earliest that we have started off these hearings in my memory or recollection. we're doing it because we the top number that both house and senate can appropriate to brute we are not waiting on the budget committee to come forward with a budget resolution that can be agreed to by the other body. consequently we are way ahead of ourselves and we will try to keep going that way, mr. secretary. committee backhe to regular order like we used to do things, doing 12 individual bills, conference separately with the senate. youme start off by thanking for coming to my district recently to help announce, as you did, the strikeforce program of the department. communitieslp rural combat the difficulties that they are in economically. the strikeforce that you announced, we are incorporating in kentucky with a program that the governor and i just announce called shaping o

mr. rogers from kentucky and i would like to recognize him with any remarks. >> thank you chairman and thank you for allowing us to start so early. we inherited a top at the house and senate appropriate and we are not dependent on waiting for the budget committee. we are ahead of our severals and will continue to go that way. ourselves -- and we will continue to do the 12 individual bills separate with the senate. let me thank you, mr., secretary, for coming to my district to help announce as you did the strike force program of the department to try to help rural communities combat the difficulties they are in economically. the strike force we are incorporating in kentucky with a program the governor and i announced spall shore, shaping our appalachian region, and it will attempt to find new ways to make livings in a formally coal-dominated part of the country. ranking member lily and i have committed to moving all of the 12 bills through the subcommittee, full committee and the floor. we plan to move it along at a brisk pace. ing i think you are the fifth secretary we have had on the hill.

mr. bomber, when roger approached me and said neil i'll do a news channel, you're out of your mind.l never work. so let's cut some slack here. so the blitzers, wayne rogers, and it is too late for microsoft to play catch-up or is in the way to go about it? what do you think? >> i think a little bit of both. i think it's an acknowledgementt that in the tablet space the ipad won. microsoft has their competing product, the surface, which no matter what they've tried, changing the technology, reducing the price, it's been pretty much a failure and on the plus side -- am i the only perse country who likes that? i guess i am. >> anwayne what do you say? this is not that hail mary pass. >> i think there are people i know who try the circus love it but they're late to the market. i don't know whether it's a question of timing or attitude to say that are they saying, look, we'll abandon or proprietary product and support whatever there is out there, whatever comes up, whether from microsoft or somebody else. that's what we'll do. i don't understand if they're late to the market, constantly l

mr. reiteratinger. >> good afternoon. i'm roger witnessinger president of the balboa organization.e've oppose this first balboa terrace was a single-family neighborhood and it remained one every sense and they're part of the housing mix and are part of the density independent that's an important point. they also preserve san francisco's unique character and prevent the manhattantion of san francisco. second balboa terrace like others have their own cc and railroads that have the covenants for fees to allow the secondary units in violation of cc n rs my constitute a problem with enforcement of our contract. the legalization of the secondary units is not necessary for the families to live where they don't have their own kitchens they're already allowed. in fact, balboa terrace welcomes extended families living together. just this weekend we welcomed an immigrant family to reorganize their housing. this legislation constitutes a total rezoning of the city draft with rh one and rh d zones and deserves a thorough discussion if the city wants to change one hundred years of zoning laws it

mr. rogers right now. ♪ it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood ♪ >> on social media, nobody is ever negative things about your dress. >> i thought they were funny. >> i don't understand it. >> focus on the people who put the happy emoticon. i don't focus on the negative ones. >> they are hiding something. people use emoticons are hiding something. >> and scene. >> i like the happy face. you say, hey, good morning, happy face. >> it was okay when they started with a few of them. now you look at that emtoicon, it's frightening. some psycho emoticon. >> i like the blushing one. >> what is going on here? there are streams coming from some of them. whoa, emoticon. >> can you delete that app off my phone? >> it's like a freddie krueger emoticon. >> what message is that sending? >> i don't know. i don't want to find out. >> there is a happy devil. he's smiling. >> their e-mails are all emoticon. >> do you do the homemade? >> old school. >> i go old school but i mix it in. there is a new update. i have to get the new update. i love emoticons. >>> let's get a check of the weather, al. >> let's be pos

mr. rogers, mr. mccarthy and say, either put in a special committee or you are gone tomorrow.f they were serious. they are not serious. this is the problem with our politics. part of the benghazi story is, u know, if the real bob woodward were alive, this never would have happened. there are people even on my network, fox, who poo-poo benghazi. this is about the truth. it is about dead americans. two-thirds of the american people believe there should be a select committee, and 60% of democrats believe there should be. so you have to ask yourself, what the hell is going on here? [applause] the answer is, the political class does not want it. i'm here to tell you, and i want to react now to what the future is. we have a system designed, we are told, that only have liberals and conservatives, democrats and republicans on a very flat axis. what i'm telling you, there are different paradigms. i will give you the first. the first was syria. remember when the president said don't cross the red line. now i have to go to war and i don't want to do it. the republican leadership and demo

mr. secretary. i would like to welcome chairman rogers, mr. price, for their leadership. we value our role in protecting the homeland as well as the bipartisan working relationship we foster to meet that goal. secretary, as you appear before the house appropriations committee for the first time, i welcome you. last year, there were acts of terror and cyberattacks on american businesses and drug cartel violence along the u.s. and mexican border. that has resulted in the murder and0,000 people since 2006 turned some border towns into a war zone. certainlylenges alone make an extremely difficult job. yet, you oversees 16 different agencies and offices. that is no small feat. i wish you luck, i am ready to work with you to provide our first responders and border patrol officers, special agents , and every federal law enforcement officer with the resources to keep our country safe. budget yet again proposes to consolidate fema, state, and local grants to a large pot, without authorization from congress. it expressly, against the wishes of this committee -- such a consolidation

mr. chairman. chairman rogers, ranking member moran, welcome administrator mccarthy. it is pleasure to welcome you to the first meeting. to be blunt the fy '15 request of $7.89 billion is unacceptable at $310 million below current levels. last year i voiced concern that americans don't see the importance of the epa's work in their every day lives. despite existing environmental programs, the epa's successes in improving the environment with the passage of the clean water act amendments of 1990s and the laws of the 1980s establish the super fund program address the most aagraze grnlgs threats to our well-being. my colleagues and friends, although we may have disagreements, they don't value your purpose. the house votes on a bill to roll back the epa's ability every week to pull back and democrats opposing them overwhelming and republicans supporting them overwhelming. this budget request seems to indicate that epa doesn't fully value the importance of it's -- its -- own work in the lives of millions. i am concerned about the cuts to the state revolving loan funds that

mr. chairman. member, rogersranking it is a pleasure to welcome you to the first budget hearing before the appropriations committee. to be blunt, the fiscal year 15 budget request of the environmental protection agency of $7.89 billion is unacceptable , $310 million below current levels. last year i voiced concern that americans don't see the importance of the work of epa in their everyday lives. despite existing environmental programs, the successes of the epa in improving the environment with the passage of the clean air act, amendments from 1990 and the laws of 1980, establishing a superfund program addressing some of the most egregious threats to our well-being. my colleagues, my friends, although we may have forcefullyts, attacking the epa, in my judgment, they do not value your purpose. it seems like almost every week the house votes on the bill to roll back their ability to environment, with democrats overwhelmingly opposing these bills and republicans overwhelmingly supporting them. instead of making a fu