mr. scott, a constitutional scholar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia for one and a half minutes. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. this rule provides for debate of legislation that was slapped together behind closed doors providing for trillions of dollars in unspecified cuts. the final version was sprung on the house after being made public just this morning and now we are expected to vote the whole thing up or down without amendment in spite of the fact that 53 narts are already on record saying they'll oppose it. this legislation is in response to a manufactured so-called crisis. we can avoid default on our obligations the same way we've done it almost once a year over the last half century, just increase the debt ceiling. and now this final version calls for default on our obligations unless we pass a constitutional amendment mislabeled a balanced budget amendment. the so-called balanced budget amendment reported from the judiciary committee does not require a balanc

but, mr. scott what do you think the rest of the world is making of this? you've got the head of the i.m.f. saying that this isn't just about the u.s. economy, it's about the global economy. how do you feel about that? >> i'm not going sit up here and be lectured on the fiscal by the other side of the aisle. i was elected in 1992, and 1993 when we came in, we passed a budget without any republican help. in fact, they tried to dismantle it after the 1995 election. and that budget balanced the budget, went into surplus if they hadn't messed it up when president bush came in, he would have paid off the entire national debt held by the public by three years ago, would owe no money to anybody. so talk about plans, that's the plan. we need to come together and responsibly get a budget under normal legislative process where you're making choices. these demands right now, we're trying to come up with $400 billion a year. we cut taxes last december $400 billion a year. and now this discussion is how we're going to pay for it. let's do it all at the same time. maybe

mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, we're talking about being serious, and here we're considering a $2 trillion bill, $200 billion a year, slapped together behind closed doors, less than 24 hours when it was printed, no amendments that 53 senators already say they're going to oppose. we have a situation where last december we passed $400 billion a year tax cuts, and now everybody says we need $400 billion a year in deficit reduction. this bill does not cut anything. it has caps. promises for cuts in the future. and we don't know what those cuts are going to be. mr. ryan: will the gentleman yield? mr. scott: we know in a continuing resolution -- i only have one minute. f.b.i. agents, air traffic controllers, flu shots, water grants, schools, scientific research, transportation, health and human services, we can expect all those to be cut in the future all to preserve tax cuts, many for millionaires and oil companies. th

mr. scott. you are welcome to say anything. >> thank you very much. thank you for taking up this bill and giving it board. i look for to see the debate on the house floor tomorrow. i keep hearing these words used danite really need help defining as a common man without a law degree. perhaps you can help me with the definition. the word "restoration." >> if you would, one of the remedies if the violation is proven in court would be to enjoin -- stop the transfer of work from one place to another. whether the facts of this case support that or not -- boeing would say they have already moved the work so it cannot be restored. there is a legal process. >> i just want to know the definition of the word "transfer." not the overall complications of the case itself. >> the word "transfer" would mean the work in building and assembling these airplanes was originally done in washington and is now done in south carolina. what'>> the definition's we comy used in the common world do not apply. the definitio

mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. scott: thank you very much. america, we really need to pay close attention here. first of all, this is a terrible bill at the wrong time. here we are, the number one issue facing the american people is jobs, and this bill is a major job killer of the highest magnitude. it will average a loss of 4,000 -- 40,000 public service jobs in the public sector each month. all we have to do is look at the record from the month of june, and the month of june the private sector created 58,000 jobs, but because of massive cuts in the public sector there was a loss of 40,000 jobs each month. in addition to that, this bill will drastically end medicare. it will reduce medicaid payments to the states, and it will severely cut back the checks to our social security recipients. by an average of $1,000 each month. now, ladies and gentlemen -- mr. dreier: i'm happy to yield my friend additional time. the speaker pro tem

mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, we're talking about being serious, and here we're considering a $2 trillion bill, $200 billion a year, slapped together behind closed doors, less than 24 hours when it was printed, no amendments that 53 senators already say they're going to oppose. we have a situation where last december we passed $400 billion a year tax cuts, and now everybody says we need $400 billion a year in deficit reduction. this bill does not cut anything. it has caps. promises for cuts in the future. and we don't know what those cuts are going to be. mr. ryan: will the gentleman yield? mr. scott: we know in a continuing resolution -- i only have one minute. f.b.i. agents, air traffic controllers, flu shots, water grants, schools, scientific research, transportation, health and human servis, we can expect all those to be cut in the future all to preserve tax cuts, many for millionaires and oil companies. that's not right. let's go through the regular process so we know what we're doing. the speaker pr

mr. scott: mr. chairman, i offer this amendment today to propose what i believe would be a proactive solution for homeowners when they face unforeseen disasters. my amendment would ask the g.a.o. to report to congress the means and effects of facilitating a market for all peril insurance policies. this amendment comes directly from an issue faced by many of my constituents and nearly 4,000 households a around the country. problems associated with the unforeseen disaster caused by toxic chinese drywall. over the last five years nearly 4,000 homes in over 40 states have been discovered to contain toxic chinese dry wall. this dry wall has been tested by the consumer safety commission and found to be responsible for hazardous chemicals oozing into homes, americans living in these homes have experienced everything from cold and flu-like systems to migraine headache, chronic nose bleeds, gastrointestinal problems and other debilitating systems. zsh symptoms. home owners have had the expectation that the c

mr. scott: much has been said about the reason why you would not want to increase taxes in an economic downturn, because you would adversely affect the economy. that's true. but if you have spending cuts, the effect on the economy is not only larger, but more direct and more immediate. increases in taxes don't hit until the following year. as soon as you cut spending, somebody's getting fired and jobs get lost immediately when you have spending cuts. for the same reason that they say you can't increase taxes during an economic downturn, a stronger argument could be made that you shouldn't have spending cuts. the estimates on some of the republican plans are that hundreds of thousands of jobs would be lost if those plans had been enacted. one of the real tragedies about this discussion is sometimes talking about rhetoric and politics, some people are talking about this so-called balanced budget amendment as a condition of moving forward. well, one of the things about the legislation that we'll c

mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. scott: thank you very much. america, we really need to pay close attention here. first of all, this is a terrible bill at the wrong time. here we are, the number one issue facing the american people is jobs, and this bill is a major job killer of the highest magnitude. it will average a loss of 4,000 -- 40,000 public service jobs in the public sector each month. all we have to do is look at the record from the month of june, and the month of june the private sector created 58,000 jobs, but because of massive cuts in the public sector there was a loss of 40,000 jobs each month. in addition to that, this bill will drastically end medicare. it will reduce medicaid payments to the states, and it will severely cut back the checks to our social security recipients. by an average of $1,000 each month. now, ladies and gentlemen -- mr. dreier: i'm happy to yield my friend additional time. the speaker pro tem

mr. scott: mr. speaker, as i stand here, georgia, since 2008 financial difficulty started in this country, we've now lost to bank failure 67 banks that have failed, which makes us the leader in the nation in this area in our state. we have some very capable business people in georgia and in atlanta. very sterling leaders of the financial services industry worldwide. based out of atlanta. we're grappling with the recovery. but mr. speaker, there is nothing, there's no more important sector of our economy than our banking system. it is indeed the heart of our economic system that pumps out the credit, that pumps out the capital that makes our economy go around. so it is very important that we really deal with an area and with information and with an effective study so that we can grasp the full meaning of what caused this to happen, what were the characteristics in atlanta or in georgia that caused this disproportionate number of bank failures and indeed we can learn so much so that we can prevent thi

mr. scott -- if he is here? welcome. >> i didn't know i was spodse to be -- is this just -- supposed to be -- is this normal? >> i'm sorry. there must have been a miscommunication between chris and i. i think we'll have you speak to -- and then as an insurance -- from the insurance industry at all in terms of how some of these accounts are set up, the health reimbursement accounts. >> well, the health reimbursement, the h.r.a.'s are the subject. that is very, very clear. what the h.r.a.'s say over what the laws say is that the employers sets up the terms of the h.r.a. it is my belief that the city in effect is setting the terms of what they can do in their h.r. sambings a violation and i have talked to a couple of attorneys. that is -- basically as i said an h.r. sambings the subject and it is just determined -- the makeup of it is determined by the employer. that's what way it is described to me. as far as the second question was what are employers doing in setting these up? i'm sure that there are employers th

mr. scott: thank you very much. thank you very much, mr. chairman. ladies and gentlemen of the house of representatives, this is not a nation of tea party people. it is not a nation of democrats or republicans. it is a nation of all of us, and what the reid plan presents, it represents the tea party, the republicans and the democrats and the president of the united states. this is what the american people expect us to do. that is what has made this country great. at critical times we've come together and we have compromised. we're protecting medicare. we're protecting social security. we're protecting medicaid as the people of this country want. and yet, as the republicans and tea party wants, there are no tax increases in this. as the president of the united states has asked us, there will be a second act in the year 2013. ladies and gentlemen of this house, the time is present. it is time for us to do the american thing. stand up for the american people and let us compromise in the best interest of all of us so this nation will not go into default.

the clerk: amendment number 23, printed in house report number 112-138 offered by mr. scott of virginia. >> a railroaded vote has been requested. those in support of the recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 192, the nays are 232 and the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 25 printed in house report 112-138 by the gentlelady from michigan, mrs. mirler and the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 25 printed in house report 1123-138 offered by mrs. miller of michigan. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. t

mr. scott: thank you very much. thank you very much, mr. chairman. ladies and gentlemen of the house of representatives, this is not a nation of tea party people. it is not a nation of democrats or republicans. it is a nation of all of us, and what the reid plan presents, it represents the tea party, the republicans and the democrats and the president of the united states. this is what the american people expect us to do. that is what has made this country great. at critical times we've come together and we have compromised. we're protecting medicare. we're protecting social security. we're protecting medicaid as the people of this country want. and yet, as the republicans and tea party wants, there are no tax increases in this. as the president of the united states has asked us, there will be a second act in the year 2013. ladies and gentlemen of this house, the time is present. it is time for us to do the american thing. stand up for the american people and let us compromise in the best interest of all of us so this nation will not go into default.

mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, we're talking about being serious, and here we're considering a $2 trillion bill, $200 billion a year, slapped together behind closed doors, less than 24 hours when it was printed, no amendments that 53 senators already say they're going to oppose. we have a situation where last december we passed $400 billion a year tax cuts, and now everybody says we need $400 billion a year in deficit reduction. this bill does not cut anything. it has caps. promises for cuts in the future. and we don't know what those cuts are going to be. mr. ryan: will the gentleman yield? mr. scott: we know in a continuing resolution -- i only have one minute. f.b.i. agents, air traffic controllers, flu shots, water grants, schools, scientific research, transportation, health and human services, we can expect all those to be cut in the future all to preserve tax cuts, many for millionaires and oil companies. that's not right. let's go through the regular process so we know what we're doing. the speaker

mr. scott, on really sort of getting us through the weeds and in an hour or two or approximately an hour and a half, maybe, the president will speak to the nation. and i believe that this president truly appreciates democracy and frankly has no problem with coming to the american people in a straightforward and honest manner. but it really is important, i think, to educate ourselves, to educate our colleagues. because with all the chatter, it seems as if they've lost their way. soon after the president speaks tonight, i believe around 9:00, mr. boehner will come forward. but if our republican friends come forward are they comeing forward to educate the american people to inform them that the debt ceiling has been raised 100 times before? will they educate the american people that probably for the first time in 2011 they've put debt ceiling in your vocabulary, now it's going to be highlighted in webster's dictionary. most americans did not know that terminology. but i think those of us who remem

mr. obama, scott pelley asked the president about the tone of the debate. >> do you regret any of the things that you've said in all of this? >> no, i think i've been pretty restrained. >> you told the congress they don't do their works as well as your daughters do their work. >> i think they procrastinate and that's true. i don't think that's disputed anywhere in the country. the fact of the matter is we should not be leaving an issue of this magnitude to the last minute. and yet congress often leaves things to the last minute, and engages in the kind of brinkmanship that i think is pretty dangerous. >> how optimistic are you that a deal can be done? time is running out. >> i think we can get it done. if it ourturns out the other si won't budge on anything we're going to be here every day until we get this done. >> but, sir, the republican leader in the senate said today that they can't do anything with you as long as you occupy this house, there will be no deal. >> well, then he's going to have to explain to me how it is that we're going to avoid default because i'm going to be president h

mrs. scott's 7th grade history class. her discussion about note number 17. my question is, well, since i moved to god's acre, a quote from deism, isn't it? [laughter] how were the virginian delegation, particularly mr. jefferson able to convince particularly those in the north to accept number 17 as the argument for the first amendment? >> again, that's the next book. [laughter] i think there's -- let me give you a simple answer and i'd be happy to go into it at length. you have a difference of opinion, and most view the first amendment as a compromise and you need a middle ground. i think, no, not a middle ground. i worked in washington as a a lobbyist for 20 years. you need something both groups get. somebody has to get -- let's make it simple. there's the hamiltons who was very into christian language and documents. they say we want strict separation of church and state. the others say we want to keep the federal government out of the state establishments what john is referring to. perfect compromise. we get a very, very strong first amendment saying the f

mr. scott mcburney, who lives down in yellowstone. the honorable bill kennedy, commissioner of yellowstone county, and gary pruessing, president of the exxonmobil pipeline company. okay. i'll begin with you, mr. kennedy. can i make sure serving your county with distinction and for a number of years, always reelected. bill? >> thank you, senator baucus, and thank you for inviting me to the committee for insight of the oil spill in the yellowstone river in laurel, montana. i have some statements, and after listening to the statements, i have comments on that also want the pipeline crosses yellowstone river located in my county. we are located about 140 miles from yellowstone park, and we had a lot of inquiries was there a spill in yellowstone park. it was a spill in yellowstone river and 140 miles east. we're 300 miles from the con fliewns of the yellowstone river and missouri river. as you can see, we're in the mid area, but the yellowstone flows into the missouri on to the mississippi, and senator vitte, that ends up down in louisiana.

. >> i've largely forgotten education but i remember, mrs. scott in seventh grade in history class, her discussion about number 17. my question is, well, since i moved to gods a good, that's a quote from a dios, isn't it? how were the virginian delegation, particularly mr. jefferson, able to convince, particularly those in the north to accept number 17 as the argument for the first amendment? >> again, that's the next book. [laughter] >> i think, let me give you a simple answer and the happy to go into at any length. you have a difference of opinion. and most people view it as a compromise and you have to have middleground. what i think if you don't have as a lobbyist for 20 years. you don't need a middleground that you need something that both groups get. somebody has to get -- let's make a simple. you have the metazoans and hamiltonian. hamilton was very into christian language and document. madisonian say we want very strict separation of church and state. the hamiltonian's say what really want is to keep the federal government out of the state

mr. scott mcburney. lives on the yellowstone. the honorible county commiggetser of yellowstone county and gary producey, president of exxonmobil pipeline company. >> ok. service commissioner. with the utmost distinction. for a good number of years. always re-elected. bill? >> thank you senator baucus. and thank you for inviting me to the committee for insight on the exxon oil spill in the yellowstone river spill. i've not some prepared statements, and i'd like to after listening to the statements earlier, i i'd like to make a couple comments also. >> i am bill kennedy. the pipeline crosses yell towstone river located in my county. we're located 140 miles south of yellowstone park and we had a lot of inquiries of was there a spill in yellowstone park? there was a spill east where about 300 miles and the yellowstone river and another area. we're in the area. senator that ends up in louisiana. we've received a president shh emergency declaration on our county and statewide. the amount of snow pack is way above normal, and the yellow

mr. scott: thank you, very much, mission waters. let me commend you and chairwoman biggert for your exleapt work on this extraordinarily important -- for your excellent work on this extraordinarily important fees of legislation that is very much needed and people across this country are very grateful we are finally bringing some help here. madam speaker, nothing is more devastating to a family, to a community than to lose almost in the flick of an eye, to lose your home to a flood. i mean totally under water. to lose businesses. this happened in my state in a devastating manner in 2009. it was the worst

mr. scott: i rise in opposition to the amendment. our focus ought to be on jobs and some of my colleagues have said, funding the arts creates jobs. we create lots of jobs, because not only are the arts supported but when you have restaurants and other activities that generate jobs all over the community. and our focus ought to be on education. those children who are involved in the arts do better in school. we are trying to cut funding for the arts in this amendment and we can't ignore why all these cuts are necessary. last december, we passed a tax cut of $800 billion, $400 billion a year. we are looking to make cuts. most of the projections are we need $4 trillion in deficit rezucks, $400 billion a year. that's the same number, $400 billion tax cuts a year and now looking tore $400 billion spending cuts a year. when we talk about cutting the arts and social security and medicare and education and everything else, we cannot ignore all of these cuts are designed to preserve the tax cuts that we passed last december. and so to preserv

mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in opposition of an unfortunate trend that seems to be creeping up all over the country. laws requiring voters to show some form of photo i.d. before voting. currently 29 states have laws on the books requiring all voters to show some form of identification before voting, and many of these require a photo i.d. my home state of virginia requires voter identification or a signature on an affirmation of identity form, which is a much better process. this year many other state legislatures are considering measures that would require voters to have an actual identification. voter i.d. may seem like a good way to keep voter fraud at a minimum, this type of requirement has serious unintended consequences. . mr. speaker, requiring a photo i.d. will make it a little more difficult for voters to exercise their right to vote. we should particularly be concerned if provisions like these have a disper ate impact on my -- desperate impact on my citizens. african-americans are three tim

mr. scott: and made our country a symbol of strength and ingenuity. to honor that spirit, i hope all of my colleagues will join me in listening to those small business owners and job creators who truly drive our economy. that is why we have launched our july is jobs initiative, where we ask the residents of south carolina's first congressional district to share with me through social media and email their ideas on job creation and moving our economy forward. they are the ones on the ground every day trying to grow their business, hire new employees and navigate what is best for their families. at the end of the month i will share a selection of these ideas on the house floor and i am 100% certain that we will learn a thing or two from those job creators. because at the end of the day this isn't about the left or the right or washington politics, it's about -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker p

mr. fisher and scott. we have 2 votes running on the house floor. we have been here for two hours. thank you all. we hope you will be able to come back after those votes. we will reconvene for questions from the other three members of our panel, and then we will vote. the rules committee stands in recess until the ending of the second vote. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the house rules committee voted to allow four hours of debate on deficit reduction legislation. they had four hours of debate on the legislation. we will have more about that in a moment. a number of investigations are taking place in the british parliament over the news corporation phone hacking allegations. this morning on c-span3, rupert murdoch and his son james murdoch will testify today. rebekah brooks resigned and was arrested on sunday. coverage is underway at 9:30 a.m. eastern. >> now available, c-span and congressional directory. inside new and returning house and senate members with contact information, twitter addresses

mr. scott: i would like to focus on the balanced budget amendments because the dirty secret is that it does not require a balanced budget. it will make it more difficult for future congresses to balance the budget so the title is just misleading. let's go through some of the provisions. first provision, the balanced budget amendment requires 3/5's vote in the house and senate. every budget we consider this year and most of the budgets -- virtually every budget in the last 10 years was not balanced in the first year for all of those budgets, including the republican ryan plan and the republican study plan. would have required a 3/5's vote to pass. the deficit reduction requires tough votes, often career-ending votes. 199 clinton budget that was on the way to paying off the national debt if we hadn't changed it after 2001, we would have owed nothing to china, japan and saudi arabia, but that didn't get 3/5's of the vote and 50 democrats lost their seats as a result of that plan. the republican ry

scott? >> mr. president, can you explain why you were offering a dell that was more -- [ inaudible ] >> what became apparent is that speaker boehner had a group of his caucus that actually think default would be okay. and have said that they would not vote for increasing debt ceiling under any circumstances. and so i understand how tle get themselves stirred up. and the sharp ideological lines that they've drawn. and ultimately my responsibility is to make sure that we avoid extraordinary difficult difficulties to american people and american business. and so, unfortunately, when you're in these negotiations, with you don't get a hundred percent of what you want. you don't even get 60 or 70% of what you want. but i was willing to try to persuade democratic leadership as well as democratic members of congress that even a deal that is not as balanced as i think it should be, is better than no deal at all. and i was willing to persuade democrats that getting a handle on debt and deficit reduction is i

the second panel, mr. scott taylor, vice president of hewlett-packard, stuart pratt, presidency of consumer data industry association, ms. ioana rusu, consumers union, mr. tim schaaff, president of sony network entertainment international, and mr. thomas lenard, president and senior fellow of the technology policy institute. at's say it is 20 minutes the maximum. our purpose here will be with the time remaining to us, which is not yet determined. 20 minutes maximum for all five of you to give testimony. that is a challenge, but you are exceptionally bright and well educated people, so you should be able to meet it. we will start with you, mr. pratt. the questions will be submitted from the committee members to all of you. >> chairman rockefeller, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. my name is stuart pratt, -- >> we know that. get to the point. >> whether it is cut tourism efforts, locating a job that has been kidnapped, preventing a violent criminal from taking a j

mr. scott mcburney who lived on yellowstone. nd gary pruessing, president of exxon mobil pipeline company. ok. i will begin with you, mr. kennedy. the county commissioner serves the county with utmost and for a goodng goin number of years. always reelected. >> thank you, senator baucus, and thank you for inviting me to the committee for insight on the exxon oil spill in the yellowstone river located in yellowstone county. i have got some prepared statements, and i would like to, after listening to the statement earlier, i would like to make a couple of comments on that also. i am the yellowstone county commissioner. the pipeline crosses yellowstone river located in my county. we are located about 140 miles from yellowstone park. we had a lot of inquiries about was there a spill in williston park. there was a spill in the yellowstone river. we are about 300 miles to the confluence of the list and river and the missouri river. as you can see, we are in the mid area, but the list to river flows into the missouri river and then on to

tefore the meeting yesterday scott pelley spoke with mr. obama at the white house about what goes on behind closed doors and what's at stake for the nation. >> the consequences of a default would mean, at minimum, that interest rates would go up for everybody. for the person who is borrowing to buy a car, for the small business owner, for a person who is borrowing on their credit card. the person who is paying their mortgage, or wants to buy a new home. everybody's interest rates will go up. >> reporter: tell me about these meetings that you're having. have there been raised voices, tense moments? >> you know, i think everybody has been professional and everybody has been polite. but i think that what we haven't seen is a recognition that at a certain point, you leave politics aside, you set aside what gives you a tactical advantage at any given moment, you leave out your ideological predispositions and you just try to figure out a problem. and the question is why wouldn't we try to solve it right now. and i think the vast majority of peopl

scott horfor. >> mr. president, can you explain why you were offering a deal that was more generous than the gang of six that you seemed to be embracing on tuesday? >> because what became apparent is speaker boehner had difficulty in his caucus. there is a group of his caucus that actually think default would be okay. they said they would not vote for increasing the debt ceiling under any circumstances. i understand how they get themselves stirred up. the sharp ideological lines that they have drawn. ultimately, my responsibility is to make sure that we avoid extraordinary difficulties to american people and american businesses. unfortunately, when you are in negotiations you don't get 100% of what you want. you may not get 60 or 70% of what you want. but i was willing to try to persuade democratic leadership as well as democratic members of congress. that even a deal that is not as balanced as i think it should be is better than no deal at all. i was willing to persuade democrats that getting a handle on

and our sympathies go with scott's father and mother and that particular team. here, here. >> mr. speaker, that yesterday we give 10 billion pounds to the bailout to banks in greece. we give 7 billion pounds to the bailout in ireland. we give 100 billion, this is the british taxpayer, 100 million a year for their -- the quality of the banks in this country for insurance purposes and other purposes, why does the prime minister does not get on his back and go down to the friends of the city? instead -- >> we got the gist. the prime minister. >> first of all, mr. speaker, it is this government who has put a bank levee on the banks so they are paying more in every year than they paid in the bank bonus tax under the last government. in terms of greece, i kept us out of a european bailout of greece. in terms of ireland, i would say that economy is so close and integrated with ours it is right we give them support. that, i think, is the right approach but this government is being tough in making sure the banks pay their fair share. >> severe droughts, conflict in food prices have combine

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mr. supervisors. it is my pleasure to introduce supervisor scott wiener. [applause] >> thank you and congratulations to everyone on this amazing progress. all the three branch libraries in my district were open before i took office, so i like to live vicariously through my colleagues to help celebrate something so important. in a time when we all get down on our city government for not doing as well as we want them to do, in terms of services, what our government has been able to do with renovating and opening libraries, helping to build communities in the neighborhoods is critical. i am optimistic for third street. this is a big part of moving this entire corridor forward. i also want to reiterate something the mayor said. i have the fortune of working with malia cohen. we sit on a land use committee together. she is a tenacious advocate for district 10. she is doing a great job and i am proud to call for my colleague. congratulations, everyone. [applause] >> thank you. my next introduction is someone bittersweet. i know mark leno already did knowledge th

scott, come on up. [applause] supervisor wiener: thank you, mr. mayor. i represent this district on the board of supervisors. we always talk about how important small business is in terms of creating jobs, in terms of having interesting neighborhoods where we have unique businesses and not a complete takeover by chain stores, but then, we do not always put our money where our mouth is, and we make it difficult sometimes for small businesses to succeed. in my office, at least once a week, we learned of a new arcane regulations or permit or fee or something preventing small businesses from succeeding. so it is so nice and so productive when the city is able to take a pro-active steps to help small businesses financially -- take a pro-active steps -- take pro-active steps to help small businesses financially. we have a real diverse array of interesting small businesses, so i am proud that we have been able to do this, and especially what we have been able to do on valencia's street. so congratulations and best of luck. -- especially what we have been able t

mr. willard scott.e candles, because here we are in smucker'sville. happy birthday to one and all. and this is eve jacobson. i'll get that right. 100 years old today. and we wish her a very happy birthday. lives independently and loves her chicago. what a town. nothing like chicago. nothing like chicago. and mary cavotta of mechanicsville, new york. 100 years old today. an avid syracuse university basketball fan and football. loves to watch it on the tv. and we have abraham shenkman of lynbrook, new york. 100 years old today. proud world war ii veteran, and lives independently. drives his own vehicle and still works at his typewriter. how about that? keeping busy. that's part of the secret. and here is elizabeth shamrell from tucson, arizona, 102 years old today. secret to longevity is eating plenty of vegetables, and doing all sorts of exciting things like having a glass of wine with her din-din. he had gar eifert. he is from faribault, minnesota. 100 years old today. served as a minister for 75 years,

mr. willard scott on this 4th of july. hello, willard. >> happy birthday, america. what a country. town johnny carson helped make famous. bob's big boy. oh, my gosh, we love them. 100 years old today. great farming community in the beginning and now the media center of the world. nbc's fabulous studios are there. ladies be seated "queen for a day," the first show i ever saw and it was in burbank. you're the best. and take a look if you will as the jam jar spins about. as we have margaret dunning, 101. she's a car buff, not only does she like to keep her car clean she does all the mechanical work. she is a whiz. happy birthday. and elwyn jackson of salem, oregon, 100 years old, navy man, we wish you a happy birthday. if you listen to this, please, we have marcus linse. marcus is from marion, iowa. 100 today. and lives independently and still drives his own vehicle. there you go. you can't beat that. and helen mcauliffe from beautiful north vernon northern, indiana. loves to get all of her hair done and gets it done every week. she is a beautiful lady. and selma pensky of hollywood,

scott? >> thank you, mr. president. i wonder if you've seen any sign of the daily meeting that republicans are being more aligned with the american majority, or if we are in the same place today as we were on monday. >> it's probably better for you to ask them how they are thinking. i do think that, and i've said this before, speaker boehner in good faith was trying to see if it was possible to get a big deal done. he had some problems in his caucus. my hope is that after some reflection, after we talk through all of the numbers this year and we looked at all of the options, that there maybe some movement, some possibility, some interest to still get something more than the bare minimum done. we are running out of time. that's the main concern at this point. we have enough time to do a big deal. i have reames of paper, printouts, spread sheets on my desk. so we know how we can create a package that solves the deficits and debts for a significant period of time. but in order to do that, we have to get started now. that's

mr. fisher and scott. we have 2 votes running on the house floor. we have been here for two hours. thank you all. we hope you will be able to come back after those votes. we will reconvene for questions from the other three members of our panel, and then we will vote. the rules committee stands in recess until the ending of the second vote. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the house rules committee voted to allow four hours of debate on deficit reduction legislation. it also prohibits any amendments to the measure. the house will bid again the debate at noon eastern -- will begin the debate at noon eastern. >> are documentary on the library of congress. today, president obama appointed richard card rates to head the consumer protection bureau. the non-marks from senate leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell on the debt ceiling negotiations. the house will vote tuesday on a package of spending cuts to do with the debt and deficit. this includes a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. we will

scott. >> thank you, mr. president.t.en any sign this week in the daily meetings that republicans are being more aligned with that american majority or if we are in the same place today that we were on monday? >> it's probably better for you to ask them how they're thinking. i do think that -- and i've said this before. speaker boehner, in good faith, was trying to see if it was possible to gegea big deal done. he had some problems in his caucus. my hope is that, after some reflection, after we walk through all the numbers this weekeknd look at all the options, that there may be some movement, some possibility, some interest, to still get something more than the bare minimum done. but we're running out of time. that's the main concern that i have at this point. we have enough time to do a big deal. you know, i've got reams of paper and printouts and spreadsheets on my desk. and so we know how we can create a package that solves the deficits and debt for a significant period of time. but in order to do that, we've got to g

scott? >> thank you, mr. president.ve seen any sign in the meetings that republicans are being more aligned with that american majority? or if we are in the same place today that we were on monday? >> it's probably better for you to ask them how they're thinking. i do think that -- i've said this before -- speaker boehner, in good faith, was trying to see if it was possible to get a big deal done. he had some problems in his caucus. my hope is that after some reflection after we walk through all of the numbers this week and we looked at all of the options, that there may be some movement, some possibility, some interest to still get something more than the bare minimum done but we are running out of time. that is the main concern i have at this point. we have enough time to do a big deal. you know, i've got reams of paper and printouts and spreadsheets on my desk and so we know how we can create a package that solves the deficits and debt for a significant period of time. but in order to do that we got to get started no