mr. scott: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 5076, the enhancing services for runaway and homeless youth trafficking act of 2014. i'm honored to join my colleagues, mr. heck and mr. kline, and appreciate their leadership on this important issue. our bill makes an important but -- makes an important change in the runaway and homeless youth act so victims of trafficking can be better served. we know that trafficking and youth homelessness often affects similar populations. young people that are runaway or homeless are at risk to sex trafficking. they should be simultaneously equipped to support victims of trafficking when there is such an overlap. research consistently confirms the correlation of running away and becoming exploited through prostitution. for example, according to a 2006 f.b.i. uniform crime report, girls who run away from their homes, group homes, foster homes or treatment centers are at high risk of being targeted by a trafficker nd becoming exploited. homeless and street youth h

could be accelerated by what happens here in brazil a bridge twenty forty ok thank you very much mr scott in brazil for us now talking of the country where the final of the world cup will take place today i went along to the stadium here in moscow where the opening game of the twenty eighteen event to take place here in russia. the winners of the twenty fourteen world cup will be announced in brazil today in fast forward four years and it we happening here in moscow for the twenty eighteen a vent the final will take place just behind me at that is nicky stadia which right now is being reconstructed at a cost of seven hundred million dollars and that's to get it up to the standard and to facilitate eighty one thousand people it's get a ticket sales coming in in order to make up the price tag which at the moment is sitting at around eight million dollars but it's set to eclipse the brazil prize which was around twelve billion to be the most expensive world cup in history now at the moment only three of the twelve stadiums have been finished so the pressure is definitely on the labor is to b

a complete -- what is going on in our ada transition plan for this year. >> thank you very much, mr. scott. i have comments from co-chair zarda. >> thank you so much john paul scott, this is such a comprehensive and detailed view of all the upcoming construction we can expect and thank for putting it together. i just wanted to ask a few questions and part of this is just so i can learn more about the process and kind of educate myself. so what is the process like? and maybe this is in your area or not for negotiating coverage of project budgets -- sharing between departments? i saw you -- i heard you mention during different construction projects this is being shared with the departments and this one is solely done by the mod. can you share a little more insight how that works? >> part of it is the relationship-building that we do with some of these departments. the one-on-one personal relationships. program access, i can look at my problems in their entirety, move the program as round, be flexible, but we had a good feel as to what was necessary. and plus, we have a main mission of access

gentleman from virginia, mr. scott. >> thank you. dr. baker, what problems could occur if we deferred to states for prosecution of virtually all cases that do not have a bonafide federal nexus? >> even today most cases, the overwhelming number of cases are still prosecuted at the state level. is more or less on a selective basis that prosecutors take cases. sometimes there are conflicts between local law enforcement people in terms of where the jurisdiction is, fighting over some cases, high-profile cases. other times it is cooperation based on money. when i was prosecuting in new orleans we had long distances than federal if you can believe that and so all of the federal drug cases, federal agents would steer into our courts because the longer sentences, some states the drug people will steer the case still in to state courts if there is the cover provision on search and seizure so law-enforcement people are practical. >> the general answer you have to be specific place by place. i am not sure what you are trying to -- >> would it overw

the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. baker, what problems could occur if we defer to states for prosecution of virtually all cases that do not have a bona fide federal nexus? >> well, even today, most cases, the overwhelming number of cases are still prosecuted at the state level. it's moeshls on a selective basis that is prosecutors pick cases. sometimes there are conflicts between local law enforcement people in terms of where the jurisdiction is, fighting over certain cases, high profile cases. other in times it's cooperation based on money. when i was prosecuting in new orleans, we had longer sentences than the federal, if you can believe that. and so all of the federal drug cases, the federal agents would steer into our courts because the longer sentences. some states, the drug people will steer the case still into state court if there is a tougher provision on search and seizure. so law enforcement people are very practical and so to give a general answer to it, you'd have to be specific place by place. i'm not exa

before introducing mr. scott for his opening statements, i would like to ask unanimous consent to inclu include for the record a memorandum dated july 21st, 2014, from the office of the house parliamentarian and the crs report titled subject updated criminal offenses enacted from 2008 to 2013, dated july 7th, 2014, into the record. and without objection, it is so ordered. and it is now my pleasure to introduce the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, we have created this task force in recognition of the need to address the explosive growth of the federal prison population and the expansion of the criminal code. for five decades, congress has increasingly addressed societal problems by adding a criminal division to the criminal code. too often, we have done this in a knee-jerk fashion, charging ahead with the tough of crime policy and addressing the crime of the day instead of legislating thoughtfully and with evidence-based research. when it comes to criminal law, only tho

before introducing mr. scott, i would like to include a mem randem and a crs report entitled updated criminal offenses from 2008-2013 dated july 7th, 2014 into the record. without objection is it so order. it is my pleasure to introduce the gentlemen from virginia, mr. scott. >> we created this task force to deal with the growth of the prison expansion and the criminal code. congress has increasingly addressed society problems by adding a criminal provision to the code and we have done this in a knee-jerk reaction charging with the tough on crime policy instead of legislating with thought fully and through evidence-based research. only the matters that can't be handle by the state need to be addressed by the federal government. what valid purpose is served if it is at the federal level and duplicate crimes enforced by the state. state and local law enforcement investigat investigat investigat investigated carjacking for years before making it a crime. judge kelly recommended us of the recommendations made in 1995

mr. scott: though he was born in spain he, led masterful military campaigns against the british and played a crucial role in securing land and sea ports on behalf of american colonists he helped negotiate terms of the treaty that ened the american revolution and secured america's independence from british rule. this is the only -- this is only the eighth time the congress has bestowed posthumous citizenship, most recently in 2009 when we honored the polish military officer who like general galvez fought alongside american colonists in the revolutionary war. this is reserved for the most highly deserving individual bus it is purely symbolic and does not have any substantive effect and has no effect on the immigration status of surviving family members. he played an important role in the american revolution. the time has come for congress to recognize him by granting him posthumous citizenship. i urge my colleagues to support the resolution and yield ba. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yie

i will go to mr. scott and reserve my question is if there is enough time. >> thank you, i would like to thank all the witnesses for their testimony and ask judge keeley un mandatory minimum, the judicial conference for their opposition to mandatory minimums, they violate common sense and discriminate against minorities, waste taxpayer money and frequently required judges to impose sentences that violate common sense. if we eliminate mandatory minimums not just in smarter sentencing but the safety valve act, that would allow judges to sentence below the mandatory minimum when it violates common sense. if the judge would be a departure from the sentencing guidelines would be an appealable issue. >> as i noted in my comments whether it is departure specified under the guidelines or variants pursuant to the 35-53 factors of the sentencing reform act it is revealed oil for reasonableness and no judge has unfettered that area. >> thank you. on the retroactivity you mention those that got retroactive benefit last

before i introduce mr. scottor his opening statement, i would like to ask unanimous consent to include from -- for the record a memorandum dated july 21, 2014, from he office of the house parliamentarian and a crs report entitled "subject updated criminal offenses eneighted from 2008 to 2013," dated july 7, 2014, into the record and without objection it is so ordered and now my pleasure to introduce the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, we have created the task force in recognition of the need address the explosive growth of the federal prison population and the dramatic expansion of the u.s. criminal code. the five decades congress has increasingly addressed societal problems by adding a criminal provision to the federal code, too often in a knee-jerk fashion, charging ahead with the same failed, tough on crime policy and addressing the crime of the day, instead of legislating thoughtfully and with the benefit of evidence-based research. when it comes to criminal law o

. >> the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, mr. rodriguez. about the present process. if we are going to shorten the wait period for determining status, obviously we have to hire more personnel. who do we need to hire and how much would it cost to significantly reduce the time for hearings? >> i am in the process right now of reviewing various issues related to wait time. i do know that there was a time when, for example, the family petiti petition where the wait times for those had been unacceptably long. the agency has been able to restore the wait times to five months, a more acceptable time frame. i am going to continue as part of my transition into the agency to look at this issue of wait times to ensure that we are moving as efficiently as possible. it's important to note that we are a fee-funded agency. there are pressures on us from all sides to do all kinds of things with our fees. we need to live within our budget is the bottom line. we are going to continue to look at how we operate most efficiently, d

and finally, mr. scott ballin. did i get that right? >> ballin. >> i apologize. >> close enough. >> i was betting on ballin. >> and happy birthday, sir. >> mr. scott ballin is a tobacco and health policy consultant. >> yes. mr. chairman and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here. i've spent much of my professional career dedicated to working in the public health arena and in particular tobacco and nicotine area. i worked with the heart association for many years, the coalition on smoking and health. i have been around a long time. i also feel the age. i come here today to give you my thoughts on issues being raised in this hearing as well as on related issues and some of those have come up here on what is a very dynamic, emotionally charged, and rapidly changing environment. this includes the broad topic of how all tobacco, nicotine, and other products, should be regulated, including their advertising and marketing. i and many others including the director of the fda center for leave we are in a new era, and

. >> the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, mr. rodriguez. about the present process. if we are going to shorten the wait period for determining status, obviously we have to hire more personnel. who do we need to hire and how much would it cost to significantly reduce the time for hearings? >> i am in the process right now of reviewing various issues related to wait time. i do know that there was a time when, for example, the family petiti petition where the wait times for those had been unacceptably long. the agency has been able to restore the wait times to five months, a more acceptable time frame. i am going to continue as part of my transition into the agency to look at this issue of wait times to ensure that we are moving as efficiently as possible. it's important to note that we are a fee-funded agency. there are pressures on us from all sides to do all kinds of things with our fees. we need to live within our budget is the bottom line. we are going to continue to look at how we operate most efficiently, d

. >> i'll go to scott sanchez he runs the enforcement. >> thank you, mr. considered. >> thank you scott sanchez planning department. so code enforcement has been historically been understaffed it is the lowest staffing one of the staff members is here doing the work in the tenderloins looking the transparency requirement because many of the issues are not the signage issues but what the store front appears can you see inside or boarded you up because of the machines or registers blocking windows looking more beyond the signage but transparency requirements for the code we've been pro-active in the tenderloin >> i've noticed a difference in the stores walking by they've increased the number of signages on their windows but in terms of you have 7 full time code enforcement officers. >> what's the plan. >> more than 13 hundred codes and packages of regulations from thought clubs and massage enforcement and affordable housing we deal with the general building requirements working with the legal construction activities things that may or may not included like th

mr. scott was with us the other day at delivering alpha. you're back with us again today. >> thank you. >> yesterday was obviously a big day for geopolitical ehaven't. how does an investor like you process those events. did you do anything yesterday in reaction? i want we did not do a lot yesterday in direct reaction to the events. the vast majority of the money we manage is related to our insurance subsidiary. that is truly invested against a liability structured benchmar. we do try to be opportunistic. we did not buy into the rally on rates yesterday, though we did put money to work today on the resulting sell-off. in general we are investing against some intermediate and longer-term benchmarks, and that way we can lock in a good return, sort of irrespective of the rate direction of the rates market. >> when we were speaking the other day, you mentioned a very high percentage of the assets you run are in fixed-income securities. why don't you tell you what that percentage is, and then talk a bit about how you were getting ready, what you

i'm going to go directly to mr. scott and i'll reserve my questions if there's enough time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all the witnesses for their testimony and ask judge keeley, on mandatory minimums, i want to thank the judicial conference for their opposition to mandatory minimums. i mean, they've been studied, they violate common sense, they discriminate against minorities, waste the taxpayers' money and frequently require judges to impose sentences that violate common sense. now, if we eliminate mandatory minimums not just in the smarter sentencing act but in the safety valve act that would allow judges to sentence below the mandatory minimum when the sentence violates common sense, if the judge went awry, would the departure from the sentencing guidelines be an appealable issue? >> yes. as i noted in my comments, whether it's a departure specified under the guidelines or variance pursuant to the 3553 act, it's appealable, so no judge has federal discretion in that area. >> thank you. judge saris, on

mr. sanchez? >> thank you, scott sanchez, planning department and i appreciate the comments from mr. williams and that his client does not want to live next to an apartment building, however this is a three unit building and it is legally a three unit building. in 1966 it did receive a cfc and it could be seen as a birth certificate for a building that is the valid use of the building, in 1966 the zoning was r3 which would have allowed three units and so i don't see any issue with that permit. the 3 r report says two units and two dwelling units with housekeeping, and so again, i don't see any issues with this and it is a legal unit and even if the record was less clear, and the question is whether or not this is a legal unit under the planning code and i think that everyone recognizes that we are in a housing crisis that should not be taken for granted and so the amendments to the planning code over the years to try to see what we can do to preserve the dwelling units and 180 h was added this year, or last year seeks to preserving dwelling units and if the administrative record rega

mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of the work force innovation and opportunity act. as our nation continues to recover from the great recession, we must continue to prepare our nation's workers for the jobs of the future. the work force innovation and opportunity act will make long-needed improvements in the work force investment programs and services including many that will benefit those who are often left behind. this legislation contains and enhances the definition of individuals with barriers to employment that explicitly -- explicitly includes workers over the age of 55 as well as the long-term unemployed. this means that state and local work force plans must include goals and strategies for serving these and other disenfranchised groups. additionally, the bill requires that 75% of youth funding in the bill support out-of-school youth. once a juvenile falls off the right track, he or she will face a range of problems that the taxpayers will be on the hook for, especia

i offer this amendment with mr. scott peters of california. mr. peters and i both have an interest in saving money and $5 amendment would save million. and in putting our moneys wisely in research on renewable energies which saves individuals money, individual citizens' money, and protects our environment. in using that money -- instead of putting the money in the budget, to do research on coal and fossil fuels that contribute to global warming and a threat to our environment. the fact is, the department of energy's energy efficiency program has been effective. this would increase it by $10.3 million. this program is underfunded already in the bill. and it would take $15 million from funds that are in the budget for coal research and development, $15 million that are in excess of the president's budget request. the department of energy's energy efficiency programs partners with private industry, small business and academics to facilitate research development and deployment of innovative energy efficiency technologies in manufacturing buildings and

mr. sanchez? >> scott sanchez, planning department, so we will see a vacant lot as no use. and this case, i think that the closest possible use would be a parking lot, or each going from parking to parking to recycling notice is required, one thing that i will mention in the similar case ss that so the purpose of the suspension, and the new building permit application is to do the section, 312, neighborhood notification which is also, the same essentially the same notice that this board does for appeal hearings and i said that in the past and i will remind the board of that in terms of considering your position on this item. >> any way that you cut it, it is a new use? >> right. >> that was made clear. >> okay. >> okay. well i will move to up hold the suspension on the basis that there was no error, or abuse of discretion. >> thank you. >> so we have a motion then from the vice president, to up hold this order by the zoning administrator on the basis that there was no error, or abuse of discretion. on that motion, to up hold, commissioner fung? >> aye. >> commissioner hwang

i think the chairman for recognizing that, mr. scott, mr. conner, and others for offering legislation which we have some of our most conservative members. hopefully it is something that we can do. if we have to do it incrementally as opposed to trying -- i don't think there is any perfect solution. my would hope that we can take some action on that. it looks like some of the other issues are going to be much harder to gain consensus. we appreciate your testimony. our federal judges have been telling us in my district for years that we had a problem. and they continue to tell us. and i know that our inaction to a certain extent is precipitating the problem. so i thank you for your attendance. this is important testimony. and as we read your testimony, we may have additional questions for you. at that time we have a vote -- less than five minutes remaining on the floor. some of us are not as fast as others. [laughter] this hearing is adjourned. >> thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> now conversation on

mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. this coult matly expand the e.p.a.'s reach further into every part of our country. federal law already requires the e.p.a. to ensure that pesticides cause no unreasonable adverse effects to humans or the environment. labels attached to the pesticides that are crafted 911 mize such impacts. the label is the law today. when a person does not follow the label, regardless of additional permits, they are violating the law. states continue to spend more and more money and man hours implementing and enforcing a water permit process that most regulators do not believe does anything to further protect water quality. that is why h.r. 935 is so important. this bill removes a pointless pay-for exercise in burden through npeds permits that do nothing but create additional hurdles between consumers and benefits like pesticides provide. registration and labeling of pesticides already does as much as any additional permit would require. in fact, e.p.a.'s own analysis suggests that the permits programmed for pesticides is the single gre

. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman.here. a secondto just take briefly in another direction. we don't operate in a back room in the united states. to what extent are the developments in various parts of the world that have taken place now in ukraine, you have the , thetion in iraq israeli-palestinian situation, syria, the world is a flame. to what extent will this have on andglobal economic growth especially the united states economic outlook? something that is going and little but unnoticed is another situation and that situation is he around. -- iran. deadline and there is a decision and agreement that is supposed to come out. in collaboration with all of these other hotspots, what would be the global impact in terms of economic growth and where would ?he united states be treasury is the enforcement of our sanctions. they are based largely on the well-being of the united states economy. if theyld happen sunday don't come up with an agreement and ask for an expansion or they do come up with an agreement that has nothing

review component of dred scott and said in effect you know that decision was a terrible one for poor mr scott but it doesn't apply to anybody else and i am going to emancipate all the rest of the slaves. judicial review really went on steroids in the twentieth century particularly in the presidency of f.d.r. although he slowed it down a little bit nine hundred thirty seven by threatening to use article three section two to regulate the court by adding more members to it and judicial review became particularly toxic in the one nine hundred seventy s. after lewis powell you know the infamous powell memo was paul after he was put on the bench by richard nixon paul pushed through the idea that money is protected by the first amendment as if it were speech and in our political and our electoral system over to billionaires and corporations in the buckley viva laodicea the grandson of that decision citizens united versus f.e.c. has done perhaps irreparable harm to our republic and none of these concepts have ever been legislated or even debated on the floor of the house or so. now the supreme court

i'm going to go directly to mr. scott and i'll reserve my questions if there's enough time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all the witnesses for their testimony and ask judge keeley, on mandatory minimums i want to thank the judicial conference for their opposition to mandatory minimums. i mean, they've been studied, they violate common sense they discriminate against minorities waste the taxpayers' money and frequently require judges to impose sentences that violate common sense. now, if we eliminate mandatory minimums not just in the smarter sentencing act but in the safety valve act that would allow judges to sentence below the mandatory minimum when the sentence violates common sense, if the judge went awry would the departure from the sentencing guidelines be an appealable issue? >> yes. as i noted in my comments whether it's a departure specified under the guidelines or variance pursuant to the 3553 act, it's appealable, so no judge has federal discretion in that area. >> thank you. judge saris, on the

the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm over here in the yellen. i would like to just take us briefly in another direction because we don't operate in a vacuum in the united states. and to what extent are the developments in various parts of the world taking place now in ukraine, you got the situation in iraq, possible caliphate there, the israeli-palestinian situation, syria. i mean, the world is aflame. and i'm wondering what extent this would have on our global economic growth and especially united states economic outlook. but something that's going a little bit unnoticed is another situation, and that situation is iran. and by sunday is the deadline, and the decision and agreement is supposed to come out. and collaboration with all of these other hot spots that's happening around the world, what would be the global impact in terms of economic growth and where would the united states be? i know you in treasury talk in concert on this, particularly in treasury, which is basically the enforcer of our sanctions, which i

and real information for our veterans to honor the service which is why we were pleased to welcome mr. scott davis will be on the panel. his father served in the vietnam. mr. davis is a specialist at the national health eligibility center in atlanta and he' he has been in contact with my office outlining his concerns and he has come forward with those that he has been a courageous manner. i have no doubt his testimony will shine a light on the situation. we must know the facts on the ground. i welcome mr. davis and thank you for allowing me to join this introduction. >> we appreciate you joining this evening and i would ask the us is if you would please rise, raise your right hand. hand. do you swear under penalty or perjury the testimony you are about to provide is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? please be seated. all of your statements will be entered in the record. you are now recognized for five minutes. >> chair man and distinguished members of the kennedy i am honored to appear before you today to speak about my experiences serving in the capacity as the chief of

mrs. coretta scott king. they were my friend. my brother.es and gentlemen, the united states senator from michigan, the honorable carl levin. [ applause ] >> thank you and good afternoon, everybody. the congressional gold medal resolution that we are implementing today commemorates the ability of an inspired couple, armed only with the righteousness of their cause to help liberate millions from oppressive racism. we also commemorate today the ability of elected officials. led by president johnson. armed only with the desire for justice to overcome the divisions of party in order to help overcome the divisions of race. in october 1960, martin luther king, jr. wrote to his beloved coretta from a georgia prison 230 miles from atlanta, a prison to which he had been hauled in irons in the middle of the night. and this is what he said. "i have the faith to believe that this excessive suffering that's now coming to our family will in some little way serve to make america a better country." if the reverend and mrs. king could speak to us now, if our

mr. sanchez. >> thank you, scott sanchez, planning department. and i will leave the legal arguments to the attorneys, and perhaps the deputy city attorney may even want to weigh in, in regards to the vested rights argument and that is something that does appear often here. and it is my understanding as somebody who is not an attorney, that there is an order to be a vested right it has to be a lawfully issued permit that is the problem with the case here that it does not appear that the permit was lawfully issued, the neighborhood notification is required because it is a change of use. the appellant has made no arguments here why this is not a change of use and the argument is based solely on the belief that it does not meet with the definition of community recycling which is a public use, this is a permitted use within the district and just requires the neighborhood notification and if it is not a community recycling center and if it does not meet those requirements then i will ask the appellant to state what use this will be and how it will be a

mr. wiener. >> >>supervisor scott weiner: i would like to ask ted eagan to discuss his report. >> thank you. ted eagan controllers office. supervisor wiener i believe you summarized all the of the main points of the report. it's quite lengthy. i won't go into detail. i'm happy to take any questions that you and the board have. >> thank you. mr. -- you also worked on this. you want to add anything? >> fred brus oh from the budget analyst office. we have a report if you have any questions on it. >> thank you very much. we also, i will note colleagues at the first budget hearing we had detailed presentations from various departments. our departments are here if questions arise, but we are not going to have them repeat their presentations they made at the first budget hearing. so with that, before we start public comment, i know the school district is here, chris arm troud. i want to give him an opportunity to speak on behalf of the school district. >> thank you, supervisor wiener. my name is chris arm troud. i just want to very very briefly come here and say thank you. i'm here on behalf of sup

i'm going to go directly to mr. scott and i'll reserve my questions if there's enough time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all the witnesses for their testimony and ask judge keeley, on mandatory minimums, i want to thank the judicial conference for their opposition to mandatory minimums. i mean, they've been studied, they violate common sense, they discriminate against minorities, waste the taxpayers' money and frequently require judges to impose sentences that violate common sense. now, if we eliminate mandatory minimums not just in the smarter sentencing act but in the safety valve act that would allow judges to sentence below the mandatory minimum when the sentence violates common sense, if the judge went awry, would the departure from the sentencing guidelines be an appealable issue? >> yes. as i noted in my comments, whether it's a departure specified under the guidelines or variance pursuant to the 3553 act, it's appealable, so no judge has federal discretion in that area. >> thank you. judge saris, on

mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, let me say, chairman frank, we really mess your as intelligence, witt and charm. never did we need it more in a moment of crisis. and throughout history, moments of greatness shine at their most brilliant. at moments of crisis. this nation was on the brink of a depression, unemployment was racheting up at 12 and 13%. the worse economic conditions since the depression. and you were, sir, the right person at the right time doing the right job. and we are grateful for that. and america is grateful for that. and i want to say the folks in atlanta, georgia, are still talking about that wonderful time we had when you came down and was there at the riltz carlton. i think you remember that. hopefully that's one of the highlights of your career. it certainly was of mine. let me ask you. i want to go back to a couple of things. i think the genesis of the dodd-frank bill is the essence of the too big to fail. and in there has been pointed out the threshold of $50 billion being that point