mr. ross. mr. ross votes no. mr. mathisson votes no. mr. butterfield votes aye. mr. barrow votes no. mrs. christianson votesaye. ms. castor votes chairman upton. no. >> others wishing to cast a vote? seeing none, the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, there were 19 ayes and 34 nays. >> the amendment is not. the next vote will occur on the doyle amendment and those in favor will sayos opposed will say no. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. barton votes no. mr. sterns votno. mr. whitfield votes no. mr. shim kiss votes no. mr. pits votes no. mrs. bono mac votes no. mr. walden votes no. mr. terry votes no. mr. rogers votes no. mr. mi rick votes no. mr. sullivan votes no. mr. murphy votes no. mr. burgess votes no. mrs. blackburn votes no. mr. bill bray votes no. mr. bass votes no. mr. skilis votes no. mr. lata votes no. mrs. mcmorris rogers votes no. mr. harper votes no. mr. lance. mr. lance votes no. mr. cassidy votes no. mr. guthrie votes no. mr. olsson votes no. mr. mckinley votes no. mr. gardener votes no. mr. pompeo votes no. mr. kin singer votes no. mr.

mr. ross: and i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. mr. faleomavaega: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. ross: i rise in support of h.r. 3835, to extend the pay limitation for members of congress and federal employees. our federal employees provide an essential work function for the federal government. they're good people. they do good work and they do good work so long as the federal government functions. we appreciate their service and believe federal employees should be compensated fairly. yet, current federal salaries and benefits are not in line to the marketplace when compared to the work force. they receive generous benefits, pay and job security. there is a four time greater chance of losing your job in the private sector then there is with the federal work force. they provide essential functions. we appreciate their service and belie

gentlemen, mr. ross? >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me lay the predicate for my questioning so that you gentlemen know where i stand. i recommend a district in florida, predominantly rural. my county leads citrus production in the state. we have a lot of specialty crops, a lot of row crops. we have a tremendous demand for labor, and i concur with several of your testimony today that this is an issue that must be addressed. it has been debated. it has ing willered, and no action has been taken, but i have growers and harvesters back home who cannot meet their labor demands, who are sincerely concerned because the department of labor cannot meet their demand and the labor forces they need. they're ineffective. they're inefficient. we have litigation out of control and now we're looking at how we can keep our growers from trying to farm their property for houses instead of crops and to keep them from taking the crops overseas because it's the only way they can make a living. having said that, we have some wonderful proposals on the ta

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mr. ross? >> thank you, mr. chairman. speaking of economic development, i want to thank governor snyder because my hometown is lakeland, florida, the spring training home of the detroit tigers for the last 75 years. we're at that time of year now where your constituency is migrating to my area for economic development purposes and i thank you for that. to both governors, the nlrb decision, especially health care case, allows for the creation of many unions. of like kind now unionize as well as the nlrb's promulgation of rules that expedite the voting for unions from 90 days to 14e significant for organized labor. and i thinkant pacts on job creators. my question to both governors, i'll start off with you, dr. snyder, is do you support these efforts by nlrb and how will they, if they efforts as a job >> one of the challenges much like some of the other issues, i view that as just creating divisiveness. you're going to create environments where people are at conflict. we shouldn't be wasting time on things where we're going

. >> we now go to the gentleman from florida, mr. ross. >> thank you, mr. want to make sure i understand your testimony today and the facts as well. you have indicated today that you were not aware of any gun walking at all until you were briefed it looks like 2001. january or february of 2011. >> january or february of 2011. >> and you are specifically speaking of gun walking. >> and i didn't know about fast and furious until the same time period. >> and prior to the end of january of 2011. >> i learned of wide receiver later on. i became aware of that as we were preparing documents to be submitted to the committee. >> without regard to the memo, which you were not aware of, you did not know anything about wide receiver. >> and you are not aware of the term, fast and furious, fast and furious being used, at the time of mr. terry's death. and it was going on as a result of his death. >> as a result of his death. i certainly was affair of the fact that there was an investigation into who killed him, there was a criminal investigation, that started december -

mr. ross: thank you, madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ross: and i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. mr. faleomavaega: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. ross: i rise in support of h.r. 3835, to extend the pay limitation for members of congress and federal employees. our federal employees provide an essential work function for the federal government. they're good people. they do good work and they do good work so long as the federal government functions. we appreciate their service and believe federal employees should be compensated fairly. yet, current federal salaries and benefits are not in line to the marketplace when compared to the work force. they receive generous benefits, pay and job security. there is a four time greater chance of losing your job in

attorney general i want to follow up on what mr. ross says, management in general and how the doj is managed. i think you told him that you were informed about agent terry's death but never heard anything back about it being associated with the guns that walked. i'm the kind of person, maybe our management styles are different, if an employee under my charge was killed in the line of duty, i would want to be briefed almost on a daily basis as to how that investigation is going. i'm asking you again, you didn't hear for quite some time that the fast and furious guns were involved in this? >> that's correct, i didn't hear about that for a while. i mean, you know, to draw a distinction here, and i'm almost hesitant to do this, we are talking about a brave law enforcement officer. well, it wasn't a part -- that doesn't matter. i was brought up to date about the ongoing investigation, what we were doing at the justice department, but did not hear anything about the connection between that death and the gun walking tactics until, as i said, fe

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impose the windfall tax on your cynical you're getting the wrong guy and you can't go and empty mr proc ross bank without cause we've got problems point you've certainly been a rush for a number of years perhaps it's time for you to give back to the country and cash in your super your on just a humble reporter rory this is for the presenters to do one of the only cypriot that i have happens to be a yellow rubber duckie that i play with in the morning when you should trade up time to upgrade nick nick poole from the art of business structure thank you. we're coming to you live from the heart of moscow this is our city and israeli citizenship law is denying thousands of palestinians the right to permanently settle down with their israeli spouses and children and the government says the law was designed for security reasons but as paula slayer reports it seems the battle against terror could actually be doing more harm than good tearing apart families this is the document that's ruining lana's life it makes no mention of a university degree husband or two children it's simply states she's pales

mr. ross: thank you, madam speaker. mr. chairman, i rise in support of the stock act today and in support of extending its reach to the executive branch. all of us who have been honored by our fellow citizens with the enormous responsibility of protecting the liberties of this republic have a duty to hold ourselves to the highest of standards. you know it's ironic that in 2012 we are here debating a bill that would prevent public officials from enriching themselves through our positions. it's ironic because one of the great causes that impels the separation from great britain was the common practice of public officials using their office to increase their personal wealth. madam speaker, 236 years ago those patriots said enough. that spirit is in america's d.n.a. and we would do a disservice to all who came before us if we failed to act. i know that a vast majority of my friends on the other side of the aisle share this belief as well. a calling to service noes -- knows no party label. madam speaker, i urge a yes vote on the

mr. ross: thank you, madam speaker. mr.hairman, i rise in support of the stock act today and in support of extending its reach to the executive branch. all of us who have been honored by our fellow citizens with the enormous responsibility of protecting the liberties of this republic have a duty to hold ourselves to the highest of standards. you know it's ironic that in 2012 we are here debating a bill th would prevent public officials from enriching themselves through our positions. it's ironic because one of the great causes that impels the separation from great britain was the common practice of public officials using their office to increase their personal wealth. madam speaker,36 years ago those patriots said enough. that spirit is in america's d.n.a. and we would do a disservice to all who came before us if we failed to act. i know that a vast majority of my friends on the other side of the aisle shar this belief as well. a calling to service noes -- knows no party label. madam speaker, i urge a yes vote on the bill a

if you impose the windfall tax on oil you're getting the wrong guy and you can't go an empty mr prohack ross bank account cosmonauts of problems. with the idea for luxury tax which was actually on things like. he's quite explicit about the idea that this is not going to be a tax on the middle class it's just for this very small minority of wealthy people now it's difficult to generalize about. any population feels but i think it's a safe bet say that they don't really like the tycoons because the oligarchs and taxing them not likely to be a vote loser let's put it that way. all right let's get to some other global news for you in brief this hour with the world up to germany's finance minister has been caught on tape saying that. bailout plan may need to be revised once a second bailout for greece has been finalized the comments came in a meeting with other eurozone ministers the first acknowledgement from a high level you are official the portugal may need more time and money to get its economy back on track the country received a seventy eight billion euro bailout last april and has since f

mr. ross: thank you, madam speaker. mr.hairman, i rise in support of the stock act today and in support of extending its reach to the executive branch. all of us who have been honored by our fellow citizens with the enormous responsibility of protecting the liberties of this republic have a duty to hold ourselves to the highest of standards. you know it's ironic that in 2012 we are here debating a bill that would prevent public officials from enriching themselves through our positions. it's ironic because one of the great causes that impels the separation from great britain was the common practice of public officials using their office to increase their personal wealth. madam speaker, 236 years ago those patriots said enough. that spirit is in america's d.n.a. and we would do a disservice to all who came before us if we failed to act. i know that a vast majority of my friends on the other side of the aisle share this belief as ll. a calling to service noes -- knows no party label. madam speaker, i urge a yes vote on the bil

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from florida, mr. ross, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3835 on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 3835, a bill to extend the pay limitation for members of congress and federal employees. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a fiveman minute -- five-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 representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 309, the nays are 117. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the unfinished business

when we have a president -- mr. ross: when we have a president cutting our military budget while private sector payrolls go down, there's something wrong with the way washington works. washington is broken. i submit we need to lead by example. we have done so by reducing our accounts by 11%, by reducing our committee budgets. we need to go further. if we're going to lead by example. leadership is not a title, leadership is an act. i submit to you that today we lead by example and i urge my colleagues to support the passage of h.r. 3835 and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida yields back. all time having expired, the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h r. 3835. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the gentleman from florida. mr. ross: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore

mr. ross. >> thank you mr. chairman. speaking of economic development i want to thank governor snyder because my hometown is lakeland. we are at the time a year now where your constituencies migrate to my area for economic purposes and i thank you for that. to both governors, the nlrb decision and especially in the health care case allows for the creation of many unions of lifetime vocations that are now unionized as well as the nlrb promulgation of rules that expedite the voting for unions for 90 days to 14 days. these are significant impacts are organized labor and i think it would have significant impacts on job creators. my question to both governors and i will start with you mr. snyder is do you support the nrl pm how will they if they happen have an impact as a job creator? >> one of the challenges, would be much like some of the other issues, i view it as creating devices because all you do is create an environment where people are in conflict and we shouldn't be wasting time on things where we will get into confl

mr. ross. >> thank you mr. chairman. speaking of economic development i want to thank governor snyder because my hometown is lakeland. we are at the time a year now where your constituencies migrate to my area for economic purposes and i thank you for that. to both governors, the nlrb decision and especially in the health care case allows for the creation of many unions of lifetime vocations that are now unionized as well as the nlrb promulgation of rules that expedite the voting for unions for 90 days to 14 days. these are significant impacts are organized labor and i think it would have significant impacts on job creators. my question to both governors and i will start with you mr. snyder is do you support the nrl pm how will they if they happen have an impact as a job creator? >> one of the challenges, would be much like some of the other issues, i view it as creating devices because all you do is create an environment where people are in conflict and we shouldn't be wasting time on things where we will get into confl

mr. bear in ross lind.all, andrew sent out an e-mail trying to find two face a home. >> she was actually escorted with armed security. >> reporter: john saw this photo of her and was sold. >> she smiled. she definitely has us wrapped around her paw. >> reporter: andrew says he considers saving these dogs one of his biggest accomplishments while he was overseas. the issue though cost and security. there are hundreds of dogs that he wanted to help but only four have been able to making the trip. >> i had dozens lined up at different stages. >> reporter: so far, operation baghdad pups has sent more than 300 dogs state side. eight are scheduled to arrive in the u.s. soon, five need homes. >> you made it, kid. you hit the lottery. >> reporter: northeast washington, melissa mel i you news4. >> for more information on adopting those dogs that will be arriving in the states soon or to donate to operation baghdad pups, we invite you to our website, nbcwashington.com. >> got to be happy for them. >> mm-hmm. absolutel

francisco, a judge ruled that crucial evidence can be used against sheriff ross mirkarimi in his domestic abuse trial. video of mrs. mirkarimi crying and showing off the bruises on her arm. today's ruling could be a game changer, especially if mirkarimi's wife takes the stand. >> she has to decide if she's going to testify. >> and jury selection could begin next week. >>> tonight, people at a fancy bay area restaurant ate a ton of fat and cholesterol. but they insist it was for a good cause. robert lyles on the fund raising feast for a delicacy whose days are numbered. >> it is the four star, six course meal. >> i know what's going on. >> six of the bay area's finest chefs turning duck liver into wound errors. and more than 80 diners pay $200 a person just to get inside because there's little time to save what the venture dubbed fat liver. come july 1, it will be illegal. serving it a criminal act. >> i'm sorry. animals, just like cats. >> just outside the serving trays, animal rights activists served up their version. >> it is the diseased liver of a dying animal. >> she recorded this under cover video inside cal

mr. mayor. we're looking forward to work with you to make this wonderful city even better. [applause] >> [speaking foreign language] i am rossce since 2005, but long before i was elected, this is a commemoration, a recognition that i am very proud to be a part of for many years, because i am iranian-american, the first iranian-american elected to office in san francisco. said there is a great affinity between our communities and one that i have not lost sight of since taking office when we were the first city hall in the united states and opening our doors for the persian new years. many in our community have celebrated together. this is not an occasion i would miss. very proud to be here. [speaks for the language] >> thank you, mayor lee and supervisor mirkarimi. next i would like to introduce the ceo of art.com which has sponsored a moderate iraqi art exhibit. he will give a few words about this amazing collection. >> thank you. thank you, nearly peter i am and and a grid myself, a french- american. i became american in the beautiful city of san francisco three years ago, so i can relate a lot to what you said earlier. i a

time for the global markets report with ross westgate. mr. westgate standing by in london with, well, there we see some logos and some red. more red than green. not a good way to start the morning, my friend. >> we had a bit of a turnaround, andrew, today. we were certainly up particularly after we had the ifo business climate index. we saw pmi weak. a key sentiment indicator for germany came in better than expected so that took stocks up clawing back most of yesterday's losses and helped to take brent up to $124 a barrel, well over a dollar on the day and the high, a fresh nine-month high. since then what we saw, if you take a look at the chart and you see we then started to turn a little bit and helping us loyer with the fresh release from the eu commission. our forecasting is that the eurozone will contract this year. the rest will be flat and also sharply lower forecast as well for italy, 1.3% in 2012 and they also upped for italy and, of course, they were forecasting a fairly positive next year as well. so all of these things are combine

mr. lockyer if he had any comment. he had nothing to say. >>> the domestic violence trial against san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi will resume this morningere. the judge is expected to make significant rulings on evidence. amy hollyfield is live at the hall of justice. critical stuff. >> reporter: yeah, they are fighting over peufrbg . arguably prosecutors don't don't have a case without the pictures they say they feel confident they are going to win in court today. here's a still picture taken from video that shows a bruise on eliana lopez's arm. prosecutors say that bruise was caused by her husband sheriff mirkarimi. the defense wants the pictures tossed saying lopez made the video as a wife preparing for a possible custody battle not as a crime victim so they say she had motivation to lie. prosecutors respond and say it is clear she is in a mental state of extreme agitation. lopez went over to her neighbor's house to tell her about a fight she had with her husband and to get her to make the video. today both sides will make their argument to the judge about whether the video should be part of the trial. no doubt the prosecution's most

ross is here now with some sports. >> i live in annandale. i should go say hi to the president. >> you should. >> hey, mr. president!e all in that high tax bracket as well. >> i do want know about that. the wizardsen in a higher tax bracket because they looked like a real life nba team. only the second time this year that they've actually gone on the road this year and won. they did it in pretty impressive fashion. javel mcgee, they got the trade deadline coming up in a month. he will be one name to watch out for that the wizards move. they only have a couple of movable guys. the wizards went on a 22-2 run to break open a tight game and win by 21 on the road. woirtdz, we need to see more of this as we go forward from here. now, let's talk a little college hoops too because i guess, you and i talked about it last hour, the most pleasant surprise we've had locally this year, probably the georgetown hoyas. we didn't expect them to be this good. -- wizards, we need to so more of this as we go forward from here. this game was pretty competitive throughout most of the game in single digits. but starks going out to the fre

ross perot running. a great many republicans voted for him because they thought that george bush was turncoat. i think mr. bush's support for a tax increase in 1990 was an enormous act of courage. that no republican has been willing to show since and probably never will. i mean, would you want to be a republican running in a republican primary where grover norquist comes in and says, this guy must be defeated because he violated the pledge? or he refused to sign the pledge? members of the tea party don't know anything else. that guy's history. we saw during the 2010 campaign these tea party people are capable and perfectly willing to defeat incumbent republicans even at the cost of having that seat go to the democrats. you saw guys like robert bennett in utah who is no liberal by any means. >> the epitome of the conservative stalwart. >> he wasn't conservative enough. so they tossed him out. republicans lost seats in places like colorado and delaware where the tea party people were so insi insistent that these rhino republicans, that stands for republican in name only -- there is nothing worse you can be

mr. xi's day and a half visit is largery ceremonial but -- largely ceremonial but they hope for investment in high- speed rail in california. >>> and a very pointed billboard targeting embattled sheriff ross mirkarimi was unveiled in san francisco today. anti-domestic violence advocates raised $4,000 to post their message near the sheriff's office at the hall of justice. the billboard's slogan: never a private matter. it references a remark made by mirkarimi during his swearing- in ceremony. >> we're very excited as to stand in front of our new billboard that say, domestic violence is never a private matter. and join with you today to say that san francisco cares about domestic violence and it is a top priority. >> mirkarimi goes to trial on domestic violence charges later on this month. d.a. george gascon says today he will not prosecute mirkarimi's wife eliana lopez on any charges stemming from the case. >>> investigators are preparing to expand their search for victims of the speed freak killers. they are now bringing in cadaver dogs to help in the ongoing excavation near the town of linden. and as the evidence pours in, len ramirez tells us so are the calls from frantic families with

mr. rasmussen, we're out of time but thank you very much indeed for the time you've given us, ceo of carlsberg. christine? >> and, ross, we have to thank our guest host mikio, thank you for being our guest host. always a pleasure. nice beard, by the way. i wonder what ross would look like with a beard 2012. >> try it, ross. >> iran stopping supplies to bri britain and prance before the eu sanctions against them. we'll be talking more about the story when we come back. i'm freaking out man. why? i thought jill was your soul mate. no, no it's her dad. the general's your soul mate? dude what? no, no, no. he's, he's on my back about providing for his little girl. hey don't worry. e-trade's got a totally new investing dashboard. everything is on one page, your investments, quotes, research... it's like the buffet last night. whatever helps you understand man. i'm watching you. oh yeah? well i'm watching you, watching him. [ male announcer ] try the new 360 investing dashboard at e-trade. >>> welcome to the program. the headlines today from around the globe, are the day has come, we think. eurozone finance ministers are fin

ross perot, if he were 25 years younger, he could do it today and possibly get elected. >> here's mr.s country and he's made $7 billion. and he's running company "x" for the last 20 years and now he's going to run for congress. is it true you had an affair in 1992? we want to know? my readers want to know. we want to know everything about your private life. we want your wife's income tax returns, everything. he's not going to run. great people, great people are not going to run. what we fail to figure out and fail to recognize is that the system, the country has changed so much. you say people come from nowhere, no, they didn't come from nowhere. there is now a vested political class in this country that can see the future, they define the future in two-year increments or six-year increments or four-year increments. they don't serve in the military, they largely go to private schools and good colleges, they have no frame of reference to live paycheck to paycheck. none, zero. >> and they don't need it because the billions are enough through the media to get them in office. >> well, the