mr. smith: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 6620, the former presidents protection act of 2012. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6620, a bill to amend title 18, united states code, to eliminate certain limitations on the length of secret service protection for former presidents and for the children of forming presidents. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 6620 currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. smith: and mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith

mr. smith: i rise -- mr. scott: i rise in support of h.r. 662, because it improves the america invents act. earlier this year, the house passed h.r. 6621 in a vote of 3088-89. the senate passed the legislation with an amendment by unanimous concept. now that the america invents act is law, our focus should be on how it can be improoveed. this is why i support h.r. 6621 because it accomplishes that very goal in several respects. to begin with h.r. 66 1 clarifies and improves provisions to help implement the america invents act, it clarifies provisions dealing with patent term adjustments, derivation proceedings and terms of the patent public advisory committee. the senate amendment to this bill makes one change to the house-passed bill by removing the provision requiring the patent office to prepare a report on patent applications pending before the office for over 18 years. although this provision has been removed, we must continue to study ways to improve the patent system and make sure there are not delatos

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 6621 as amended, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, the lay lee-smith american invents america, or aia, was signed into law on december 16, 2011. it was the first major patent reform bill in over 60 years and most substantial reform of u.s. patent law since the 1836 patent act. the lay lee-smith a.i.a. re-establishes the united states patent system as a global standard. over the past year the patent office has worked diligently to implement the provisions of the act to ensure the bill realizes its full potential to promote innovation and create jobs. the bill that we consider today includes several technical corrections and improvements that ensure th

mr. speaker. i yield -- myth smith thank you, mr. speaker. i yield -- mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for two minutes. mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. langevin: i want to thank ranking member smith for yielding and also wish to thank chairman mckeon, both of them for their hard work on this bill and working so collaboratively and on behalf of the men and women in uniform and i want to thank the committee staff and members of the committee for their work on this legislation. i especially like to give a special thanks to chairman thornberry who has been a superb partner on the emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee. i particularly want to thank him for his hard work and our collaborative work on cybersecurity, which i am passionate about. it represents a compromise that is expected of us to one of our fundamental purposes as members of congress as providing for the

mr. smith, are you aware of this provision? >> i am not familiar with that section. >> let me ask you this. in this provision, you may not know this either, but the word quality is not defined in the statute. it is safe to assume that the secretary, not just secretary sebelius, but every secretary to follow, would be able to define for regulation what that word quality means. yes or no? >> i believe that is the correct interpretation. again, we have tried to introduce quality performances into a variety of parts of our programs, both in managed care, both in the fee-for-service world, and this is another one of our concerns that we will have states with standards, and the federal government with standards. >> this is a huge concern. i know what quality means with regard to the specialty of gynecology as defined by the american college. it is the same thing for the american college of surgeons. they define quality. if the secretary decided to use this provision in the law under 1311 h -- she or

mr. smith's op- ed portrayed a firm that is unrecognized to us, and following its investigation concluded mr. smith appeared to be frustrated about his career and future prospects at goldman sachs." do you agree with that? > > not at all. i was actually doing very well in my career. > > other than being an author, are you working right now? > > i focused a lot of time writing the book, but what i want to do right now is i actually want to be a very vocal, loud voice for financial reform, because i think there's a real place for people from within the industry to reform wall street for the better, to make it more transparent and more sustainable and less dangerous to society. > > good to have you on the show this morning. that's greg smith, author of "why i left goldman sachs." coming up next, hollywood high: the films that lifted the box office to a record year. we will be right back. 2012 was a blockbuster year at the box office in more than one way. our movie man, erik childress, is here with

would you fill this out, mr. smith? it's jonathan. pleasure to meet you... libby. libby. get in tight with the locals. they know the good fishing spots. i had to drag it out of earl. that guy's shy. yeah, i know. what do you mean, you know? libby and earl-- the couple i'm supposed to get together. why didn't you tell me? because you're on vacation. oh, yeah. that's right. reach down and get me a nice, juicy night crawler. here. you do it. a little squeamish, huh? no. i just don't want to be part of killing one of his creatures. think i'll use a lure. any luck? not even a nibble. my friend's a little bitter. how about a cup of coffee? that sounds good. you go ahead. i'll talk to earl about his great fishing spot. i'll clean up and meet you in the restaurant. sure you don't want coffee? no. you go ahead. see you later. i don't want coffee, i want fish! mark's the fisherman. i'm along for the ride. there's something calm and peaceful about boats. you're lucky to live here. it is lovely. occasionally i take it for granted, something i thought i'd never do. taylor, my ex-husba

i suppose mr. smith, mr. greenstein, and mr. alexander, you think the way to solve it is to put it a danger a block grant? >> yes. >> if given the choice, i would take it. >> absolutely. once you three would like the block grant. that simply shifts the cost. the states cut back on services for these people, and the disabled and the port will go without health care. your idea is not going to succeed. that was one of the issues of the presidential campaign, and you lost. we have medicaid. let's accept that fact. you are running the programs, you ought to be supporting the program are running. the medicaid expansion of the affordable care act is a step forward for the health-care system that will improve the lives of tens of millions of americans. the expansion will reduce care costs in states around the country and will provide states with extremely generous enhanced match rate from the federal government. we crafted this piece of the affordable care act to ensure medicaid expansion would not only be good for americans health but

mr. smith: madam speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 668 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 668, resolution to refer h.r. 5862, a bill making congressional reference to the united states court of federal claims pursuant to sections 1492 and 2509 of title 28, united states code, the indian trust-related claims of the quapaw tribe and its individuals members. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, and the gentlewoman from california, ms. lofgren, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. smith: madam speaker, federal i want to thank the gentleman fr

i want to to thank mr. smith for his leadership for the last two years and i want to thank the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, for his collegiality and friendship. and with that, i would yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and concur in senate amendments to h.r. 2076? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative -- the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: madam speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas rise? >> madam speaker, i rise -- move to suspend the rules and pass the bill s. 3666. the speaker pro tempore: clorpt the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 3666, an act to amend the animal welfare act to mod

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>> so mr. smithwhere specifically would you put money to work in terms of, i know you've given us a few i'dos, but for the average investor, something actionable for average investor. >> yeah, i think you know, great point. for the average investor, probably the most important decision around putting money to work and fixed income is the active versus passive discussion. the passive approach brings with it an enormous amount of interest rate risk where the active approach money moneyages for interest rate risk and focussing on security selection. to give the average invest over some advice, there are good risk adjustments available. both investment grade and high yield. those have to be managed on a he is security basis. some are relevering and creating a higher risk for investors. >> what specifically can investment managers like yourself do if interest rates move or back up, even in those corporate credit markets? there is relatively little that they can do to blunt the effect of that, right? >> no

they it want to bring back the filibuster as it existed in mr. smith goes to washington. they want it it to be like jimmy stewart where they had to go to the floor and stand on your principles. now, unfortunately, the filibuster is used secretly behind closed doors to stop debate to prevent us from even having a vote. that has nothing to do with what americans understand as a filibuster and there's no reason to allow the abuses to continue. >> well, it means that if they were to filibuster, they have to go to the floor and do as you say, mr. smith goes to washington, and talk endlessly until some conclusion. what do the changes mean for democratic bills, do you think? >> it could mean a lot. many of the bills that democrats have proposed have majority support. they can win in the senate. the problem is they can't get to the 60 votes that would required to break a filibuster or to force a vote. and so all that's being proposed here is to say, look, if you want to do a filibuster, you have to be public about it, you have to go to the floor, you have to speak openly about wh

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a technique made famous in the classic movie "mr. smithashington and expresses his intention to late dore something." (laughter) now, harry reid's doing this because he claims republicans are abusing the filibuster. >> i have faced 386 filibusters. >> stephen: 386 filibusters during harry reid's six years as majority leader. and given how little congress works, some of that has to be mitch mcconnell stopping by harry reid's family dinner to block passage of the mashed potato. (laughter) but i say so what? that's just politics. and mitch mcconnell is warning it could get worse. >> if the majority chooses to end the filibuster, if they choose to change the rules and put an end to democratic debate then the fighting, the bitterness, and the gridlock will only get worse. in the name of efficiency they would prevent the very possibility of compromise and threaten to make the disputes of the past few years look like mere pillow fights. >> stephen: he's right. to me they already look like pillow fights. i'm pretty sure joe lieberman's jowls are m

woodall: at this time it's my pleasure to yield to the gentleman from texas, mr. smith. mr. smith: i thank the gentleman from georgia for yielding me time. today we say good-bye to a friend and colleague and a friend on the house floor who has served congress for more than three decades. i have known and appreciated jay pearson for many years and he's sitting to my right back there on the floor right now. jay has been an integral part of the daily activities on the house floor, serving as floor assistant to speakers gingrich, hastert and boehner. it seems there isn't a question to which he doesn't know the answer, except perhaps when we leave this week. he's always informed and gives good advice. he's served with a smile on his face for the last 34 years. his expertise an enthusiasm will be missed and we all wish him the best on his well-deserved retirement system of jay, thank you again for all you have done for so many of us. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. woodall: i thank the gentleman. at this time it's my great pleasure to yield to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. petri. m

mr. smith: i move that the house concur if the senate amendment to h.r. 6029. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: ap an act to amend title 18 united states code to provide for increased penalties for foreign and economic espionage and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. smith. mr. smith: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the matter currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: first of all, i want to thank judiciary committee chairman-elect and mel what the for their work on this bill. this deters and pun issues criminals who targ

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mr. smith harkened back to note in the children's health insurance program functions as a block grant. that is true. what we need to recall, although it is hard to remember back, is in the early years states ran out of money. states were desperate because dollars allotted was what congress thought they needed. it was a set amount of dollars and it turns out the enrollment was higher and the need for higher and states were on the verge of shutting down their programs or putting their state dollars on the table to cover children. that is the nature of a block grant. it sheriff's risks onto states ultimately on too vulnerable americans -- it chefs' risks into states ultimately vulnerable. it is really not about trust. it is about having a financial partnership that works. i will submit without the financial partnership, we would be moving into 2014 with state's operating 20-year old legacy systems if we did not provide funding to help states finance eligibility. without the flexible financing, we

. >> thank you, mr. smith. is there any other public comment?seeing none, public comment is now closed. we can move on to our consent calendar. >> we will move into your special calendar. item 7 is a presentation of the transportation bay by architects. >> and it has been some years since we brought the design to you. and now that the towers approvals are now in place i thought that it would be appropriate for the board to hear an update from the architect of the transit tower fred clark and give you and show you the latest design. >> or at proved design. >> great. >> good morning, directors. it is a great pleasure to be here, we have made an enormous amount of progress and let me just characterize what you are going to see this morning as conceptual design in nature. we really have not quite started the full fledged design process. that is waiting for obvious reasons for various approvals. but we have engaged in an extraordinary successful collar collaboration with the san francisco planning department staff and so the design that you are going

in the koreas mrs smith's about the situations and countries like egypt and syria for instance and i think in part this results from a heavy focus by the intelligence community overall on what's called signal signals intelligence that is very very sophisticated intercept systems to the detriment of the traditional human intelligence and i think now what we see in washington is a general acceptance of the fact that you can't do that the system is out of balance that they have to have much better human intelligence gathered on the ground to be able to interpret what they've gotten from signals and this is an effort to to address that problem but it also means continuously ballooning budget for intelligence. the u.k. is accused of abandoning families in need of state support and that some say it was revealed an average household is now forced to pay seventy three percent of its being sent to turn that's coming up after the break. which issues do just what their name implies they get between people and drive them apart like a wage and these issues seem to always take the forefront in the

in the koreas mrs smith's about the situations and countries like egypt and syria for instance and ithink in part this results from a heavy focus by the intelligence community overall on that what's called signal signals intelligence that is these very very sophisticated intercept systems to the detriment of the traditional human intelligence and i think now what we see in washington is a general acceptance of the fact that you can't do that the system is out of balance that they have to have much better human intelligence gathered on the ground to be able to interpret what they've gotten from signals and this is an effort to to address that problem but it also means continuously but wounding budget for intelligence. it's maybe inside of me but it's been revealed to us now relies on a run south that's when it comes to the treatment of its soldiers despite american sanctions imposed on terror ronde they've planted in past patches the nets in from the islamic republic to trim those base and by deadly snakes and up getting this done by dawn the aussies website. else online facebook sent

mr. smith? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i thank you very much for taking the time to hold the hearing. it's a very important issue, as you can described the situation in the eastern drc is dire. it's largest humanitarian crisis i think too few people have heard of. and some estimate of the war going over the course of the last fifteen to twenty years. and nearly 5 million people have been killed. many more wounded, injured, raped. it's a place are a lot of people are suffering. it's a place where i believe we can make a difference in helping to reduce the suffering. stabilitying in the region is important to the united states. we have keep partners in the area we have worked with uganda and rue wan dpa da as we have dealt with situations and the instability coming out of the drc is a threat to all of that. we have seen in recent months that africa is increasingly important in our national security interest. the instability there is given rise to many al qaeda-inspired insurgety and that threatens our security. one of the bi

in the koreas mrs smith's about the situations in countries like egypt and syria for instance and i think in part this results from a heavy focus by the intelligence community overall or on the what's called signal signals intelligence that is very very sophisticated intercept systems to the detriment of the traditional human intelligence and i think now what we see in washington is a general acceptance of the fact that you can't do that the system is out of balance that they have to have much better human intelligence gathered on the ground to be able to interpret what they've gotten from signals and this is an effort to to address that problem but it also means are continuously but wounding budget for intelligence. american police make another controversial step to keep an eye on citizens running all personal text messages that's a new proposition submitted to congress by a group of law enforcement professionals that the afghans have to say about it on the web site at r.t. dot com. and scholarship with the benefit of a website offering university tuition for faxes exposed in the u.k. ge

toria as mrs smith's about the situations and countries like egypt and syria for instance and i think in part this results from a heavy focus by the intelligence community overall on what's called signal signals intelligence that is very very sophisticated intercept systems to the detriment of the traditional human intelligence and i think now what we see in washington is a general acceptance of the fact that you can't do that the system is out of balance that they have to have much better human intelligence gathered on the ground to be able to interpret what they've gotten from signals and this is an effort to to address that problem but it also means continuously but wounding budget for intelligence. in three minutes. luck. was. i've. lived. live live . download the official up location. choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from atsushi l.t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device to watch ati any time. you got.

. >> i would ask -- mr. smith is recognized for his six minutes, the chairman of the subcommittee on africa, global health and human rights. >> thank you madam share. march 12, 1999i chaired a hearing before then a series that focused on the findings of the accountability review boards that had been established in the august 7th 1998 bombing of the u.s. embassies in nairobi. the admiral chair of the two boards told my subcommittee that the car bombs killed more than 220 people including 12 u.s. embassy employees and 32 ken and national employees of the government and injured more than 4,000. he said the war, quote the most disturbed by the intertwined issues. first and adequacy of resources to provide security against terrorist attacks and second the relatively low priority for the security concerns in the u.s. government by the u.s. department of state. the admiral said in 1999 right where secretary burns and nides sits and said in our investigation of the bombings, the boards were shocked how similar the lessons

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don't do this, mr. smith. i certainly had no idea he was about to pull a gun. >> without warning smith reaches into his satchel and pulls out a revolver. >> he pulled it out. i saw the barrel. i immediately started backing up as quickly as i could to create some distance and to get my gun out. >> corporal mecham backs up and stumbles to the ground. >> when he was yelling at me to roll over, my blood went cold. that's when i knew i didn't have any time left. i had to go for my gun right then. >> lying flat on his back, mecham quickly pulls out his gun. >> he fired the first shot, and i can still to this day, i can see the muzzle flash. i can smell the smoke. i can hear the boom. i can hear it all. >> but mecham is not hit and begins firing back. >> i know all total i hit him five times. i don't know how many hit him as he was over me and how many struck as he was running away. >> as corporal smith unloads, daniel smith runs for cover in a ditch. >> i kept shooting. as soon as he hit the ditch, i jumped to my fee

i say, oh, mr. smith, i see you have back pain since 12 years since you fell from a horse.ou're sad. you're worried and drinking maybe is a problem. and you say, oh, my god, someone who finally understands what's going on. >> and patients can even see the results tracked over time. but the question is, is there really time for these types of in-depth conversations in the emergency rooms? you guys are busy. do you have time to be drilling down on someone's pain issues when you're dealing with all the things that e.r.s deal with? >> it may not be any longer than five-minute, honest sit-down conversation. but if we're really out there to save lives this is something we have to take the extra five minutes for. >> dr. anderson walked me around a hospital in tacoma, washington. one of the first things you will notice here and every e.r. in the state is a reminder for patients of restrictions on how much pain medication they can be prescribed. >> not only are we all playing by the same rules, we are also now all communicating with one another. >> this is being done through a state

. >> if you want to see politicians do the right thing, turn to tnt and you can watch "mr. smith goes to washington." >> is that the craziest thing, that the people would vote against boehner for speaker would vote pelosi into the speakership. >> they wouldn't have to vote for pelosi. they could vote for newt gingrich -- >> but pelosi would get the most votes. >> you need to get 218. they would need to find a nominee who had 218. i don't think boehner would ever lose, but i think it would be a big symbol, a very big kind of vote of dissatisfaction among his republicans. >> chris, you know what we don't need right now is another symbol. how about complete chaos. thank you. wait until you see the headlines the next couple days, but the grown-ups who write front pages are going to go these guys are nuts. thank you, chris, up on the hill and, josh, for enlightening us for the purposes of the viewer. >>> coming up, the man in the middle of the republican circus, john boehner. let's figure out this guy. what is his story? he's the leader of the party that doesn't want to be led by him

beginning in about 1803 he comes to washington thinking that thomas jefferson is like mrs. smith fought was evil, this terrible thing, bad for america. jefferson has been over for dinner again. by the end of the second term the are exchanging recipes. [laughter] they are talking about how they will plant pecans on their farms and their children's children will play beneath the trees that they have planted. six years he would have voted to impeach the guy and was a case where the politics called the science of human relationships paid off. and i think it is hugely important. dinner doesn't always end well. you can talk to jesus about that. [laughter] never mind. never mind about that. that's not here. [laughter] last thing quickly. the politics of hope every successful american president has convinced us that the president is really an investment and a sacrifice in a moment isn't simply to the austere, but to make tomorrow better than today. whatever they can, they will conjecture sensitive americans. he said i like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past whic

mr. jefferson, i'm sorry i'm late. and margaret bayard smith's head explodes because she just found him to be the most gracious man she'd ever metment -- met. he could disarm you that way. there is something poetic in the fact that william jefferson clinton is william jefferson clinton. [laughter] by the way, president clinton is still campaigning somewhere. [laughter] i don't know how anyone's going to tell him we voted. maybe he's already starting on the next one. i want to talk a little bit, we -- jefferson, the politician, jefferson, the renaissance man, jeff the symbol -- jefferson, the symbol, you know, secessionists wanted a piece of him in the run-up to the civil war, frank lib roosevelt -- franklin roosevelt wanted him in the runup to world war ii. he can be used in any way you need partly because he was so articulate and so prolific. 20,000 or more letters, brilliantly written, wonderfully eloquent. so what can we make of him? this is, this ises the man, the human being we have, you know, and that's what i always want to get to. answeri

senators to make their case on the floor for hours and hours, like jimmy stewart did in the 1939 film "mr. smith goes to washington." >> i'm not, and i'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. >> holman: or former south carolina senator strom thurmond, who spoke for over 24 hours in an attempt to defeat the civil rights act of 1957. but in today's senate, where 60 votes are needed to pass almost any piece of legislation, it means even the threat of a filibuster can gum up the process. democratic leader harry reid says enough is enough. >> we have this crazy idea, mr. president, that if we're going to have a filibuster, you have to stand and say something, not hide in your office someplace or go to a wedding that you're having in your state. >> holman: one of reid's key allies in the fight is democrat tom harkin of iowa, who has been pushing for filibuster reform for almost two decades. >> when i first broached the subject of changing the filibuster rule back in 1995, i warned at that time of an escalating arms race. i said that, if you look in the past, i said if we don't stop t