and now, the eisenhower said mr. smith were talking. you hear a lot about presentation. we've got people lined up here and i'm going to give everyone a chance. i get my questions out of the way really fast. jean edward smith, did president eisenhower like campaigning? >> certainly not in 1952. in 1952, this was a new job that he had to learn. but he learned it effectively ended in 1956, he campaigned quite a bit. .. is somebody that recreated for me -- and i tried -- we tried to capture that in going home to glory. the ambience around the eisenhower office, people enjoying a quiet morning over coffee, and in that period rusty brown and dr. mccann pick up a lot of things that dwight eisenhower did conversationally, and one comment they made that stayed with me, and i reproduced it, is that his highest praise for anybody was to call them able, and what he was trying to do was to deflate the language. he felt that everything was being inflated in the 1960s. hour notions of drama on the national level. in fact, very telling book, very searching and interesting book on the yea

mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, the ranking member of the air and land subcommittee, congresswoman sanchez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you both to adam smith and to my fellow californian, buck mckeon, chairman, for getting us to this point. it was very, very difficult, i know that on the tactical air and land forces subcommittee, chairman mike turner, his leadership, really led us to be able to get our work done. our subcommittee looks at equiping our troops in particular. everything from body armor to what types of planes they fly in, how we transport them, etc. and this ndaa i believe reflects the needs of the troops in the field and our high priority acquisition program as reflected in the president's budget. it authorizes an adecisional $400 million for the national guard and reserve accounts and m1 er $90 million for abrams upgrades in the army national guard. the bill in

mr. smith to me personally has been polite but i shaunt shouldn't have to call a pg&e representative to get a street light fixed. there's been a lot of fingerpointing. its dangerous residential burglars and public safety is all been mentioned. there's a lot of work to do here thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please good afternoon. supervisors. i'm angie i'm chair of the advisors board of the action group. we serve the commercial corridor on mission street between silver and geneva and our focus is economic development beautification and public safety. we spend a lot of time working on street light issues. we've done a few hot spots we've need lights out on mission street and in the neighborhood as a whole. there are also a lot of lights out. we're very active and report them. i'm not adverse to moving sxhooeflz to make sure those lights are repaired. we're getting some pedestrian lighting installed around the pooesh triangle. it took a lot of push and making sure it funded through one bay

let me ask a question of mr. smith, ambassador smith. ambassador smith, ins has a reputation for quality and independence of its analysis. often overlooked is inr's responsibility to ensure united states intelligence activities are consistent with united states foreign policy and state department officials weigh in on implications of those activities. it's my understanding you have reviewed the parts of the committee study on the cia's discontinued detention and interrogation program related to the state department. what are your views on whether the state department and united states ambassadors had adequate opportunity to consider the potential foreign policy implications of the program? >> madam chairman, i did at the request of the committee examine parts of that report that belonged to department of state and met with your staffer. the report remains highly classified and i don't want to get into too much detail in this setting. i would note i did draw conclusions based on my reading of the report about the role of inr with vis-a-vi

et me ask a question of of mr. smith, ambassador smith, i had it right here. i&r has a well deserved reputation for the quality and independence of its snals. often overlooked is i&r's responsibility to ensthuret united states intelligence activities are consent with the united states foreign policy and the state department officials have adequate opportunity to weigh in on the foreign policy implications of those activities. it's my understanding that you have reviewed the parts of the committee's study on the c.i.a.'s now discontinued detention and intelligence program related to the state department. what are your views on whether the state department and united states ambassadors had adequate opportunity to consider the potential for implications of the program. >> i did at the request of the committee examine parts that have report that pertained to the department of state and had an opportunity to meet private well your staff on this. the report remains highly classified and i don't want to get into too much detail, but i would note that i did draw some

mid-market area for a long time and that's leading and -- luggage store gallery, i want to recognize mr. smith and jessica from counter paul. it's so fun to be able to kind of switch roles as our arts community grows. i remember going to the intersection of the arts and now they are here a block away at 5 m and dr. cohen is now the director of yerba buena center for the arts. that is community begins to evolve, we are here growing the job sector here in mid-market. in 2011 when the mayor held a press conference across the street, we had the highest vacancy commercial rate in the city. what we are seeing now at mid-market is that everyone wants to be here now. of course what that means that everyone wants to be here, what does that mean for the arts community that has always been here. this is going to keep artist and the artist organization here. it was great to work with the california community loan funds and the office of economic development to make this a reality. over the past couple of year with hard work and procuring money and property owners we were able to procure these sites to ens

please let me ask the question of mr. smith, ambassador smith, which i have right here.and we have a well-deserved reputation for quality the quality and independence of the analysis and often overlooked is the responsibility to ensure that the united states intelligence activities are consistent with the form policy in the state department officials have adequate opportunities to weigh in on the form policy implications of those activities. this includes the parts of the committee study including the interrogation program related to the state department. so what are your views on whether the state department and the ambassadors has the potential foreign-policy implications of the program? >> i did at the request of the committee examine parts of that report that pertain to the department of state and have an opportunity to meet privately with your staff. the report remains classified and i don't want to get into too much detail. i would note that i drew conclusions based upon this about the role we are ambassadors in the field in ways we can provide additional support t

we are joined now on the live line, mrs. smith.we had been informed would be coming. that doesn't make it easier. >> i think south africans are pleased. [ inaudible ] he was a healthy man the most of his life. the last year was painful for him. >> we've clearly lost the connection with mrs. smith her authorized biographer. she was speaking on a cellphone. we hope she'll bring a connection back with us. mr. mandela's death comes at a period of deep unease, writes the new york tiles. the past year and a half, the country faces the most serious unrest provokeed by a wave of angry miner, a deadly response on part of police, messy leadership struggle and deepening fishers between south africa's ruler masters. members of the party have said mr. mandela's near saintly legacy from years of struggle has been eroded by a scramble of self enrich. . nelson mandela died with his family around him at a hospital. it was brought to us

anybody see the movie mr. smith goes to washington county old classic film? jimmy stewart is kind of the innocent guy that is very earnest and he comes to washington dc and he just wants to do good. the problem is there's all these bad guys out there, special interests and lobbyists corrupting him. and we've kind of approach to politics in our country that they at least for the past 40 years. in other words the assumption has been that we have these publicly spirited minded people and we've got to keep everybody away from them and if we do that things will be fine. i'm going to convince you that increasingly washington dc is listed jimmy stewart and more like the sopranos. people here watch the sopranos? lots of great stories and lines in that but one of the things you hear isn't a shakedown operation they would say you're only as good as your last envelope. you're only as good as your last of the loop is what i'm going to continue tonight is yes, we have jimmy stewart's still in washington dc that increasingly, we have people that operate like the sopranos.

. >> i had a question, from what miss guma and mr. smith looked at, are there other questions that we need to answer to help policy making? >> that's a great question. as i mentioned this is a huge you -- issue and so some things that i know i have heard from other scientist who have been in inquiring from me with regards to impact of sugary drinks, folks have brought to my attention with impacts on oral health specifically with children in terms of oral health. we have tremendous oral health disparity in san francisco. we have a lack of access to dentistry especially those that will take government subsidized dental insurance. that may change. i know the center for health serves the portola and bayview and there is limited access there. we also know that immigrant populations in particular, asian and latino immigrant children also suffer much higher rates of dental carries or cavities. so being able to quantified the impact of sugar ary drinks on children's oral health will help us get a better picture of broad impact of sugary drinks. the

what mr. smith. >> i had a campaigns with supervisor campos office and of the two major outages this year there was won by a dig in by a city contractor. so our loop is not kausdz by nature failure but they will be fixed by the middle of next year >> okay. any additional public comment on item 1 the street light hearing. seeing none, public comment is closed. so again, i want to thank both the puc and pg&e for the useful presentation and the public. i think we've seen improvement in terms of the average response time to repair 3wr7bd out lights that's been promising. you've seen comforted coordination among the knowing that and he pg&e and 311. there are some fundamental issues we need to those challenges are really a symptom they have old street light and significant capital needs for both systems. we have a continuing need to aggressively add important pedestrian grade lighting that's got to be a high priority as well as to complete the conversion to led lighting. we also need to a deal with the o

mr. smith to me personally has been polite but i shaunt shouldn't have to call a pg&e representative to get a street light fixed. there's been a lot of fingerpointing. its dangerous residential burglars and public safety is all been mentioned. there's a lot of work to do here thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please good afternoon. supervisors. i'm angie i'm chair of the advisors board of the action group. we serve t

. >> "mr. smith goes to washington," it ain't. >> no, it isn't. and look, i tried to find a mr. smith character. i wanted to -- and i had some back and forth with the first publisher of this book, which is not the ultimate publisher of this book, about finding someone to root for. they wanted someone to feel good about to sort of run through the narrative. and there are people i think i could root for, the people i like in washington, i think people who are there for the right reasons. but i couldn't find him or her. and ultimately, i gave up trying. and i tried to sort of create a cumulative picture over a five year period. >> what does that say to you? >> i think ultimately it says that this is not -- well, first of all, it's a very cautious culture. and i think cowardice is rewarded at every step of the way. >> how so? >> it's rewarded in congress. you everything about the congressional system, whether it's leadership, whether it's how money is raised, is going to reward cowardice. the true mavericks are going to be punished in some ways. if you are going -- if you want to bui

i also wanted to say that mr. smith and miss guma looked at other cities. we are trying to draw the best experiences and suggestions from not only dr. riter man in richmond and gale mclauk listen and el monte in the san gabriel valleyey to look at suggestions to help better craft policies in our cities. i also want to say that disparities that christina gupta are bringing awareness to our very critical areas and the maps showing that it's a citywide problem. but again, the funds as we come up with one proposal for the battle we are looking very carefully at targeting in the most appropriate and effective ways to communities that are the most that face the most health disparities. i also want to say how to report shows how urgent the report is before many of us and hope we move as quickly as possible because there is nothing more as local legislators as the health of our children in our community. i want to mention that the nation of mexico's focus on the environment cause by harmful drink companies and junk food companies is critical but our measure is a ve

. >> thank you, mr. smith. directors, any questions or discussion on this? >> move the item. >> second. >> i have a motion and a second. all in favor, aye. ayes have it, motion passes. >> motion approving new notification requirements for operational local neighborhood and white management products proposing the installation of new parking meters. you have one member of the public who may still be here who wishes to address you. >> do we have a staff presentation on this? >> we can provide one if you like. >> has everyone read this fully? do you need a staff presentation? can we please hear from the public. >> martin mcintire. >> martin mcintire, i guess i'm representing the public. >> you are. >> i was the founder of the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods, second neighborhood of park association of richmond, et cetera. i was the past president of the university association and our association fought against parking meeters being put on golden gate avenue across from our homes by sf park. you probably should need going back to the beginning of this se

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the entlewoman from texas. ms. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield five minutes to the gentlelady from maryland, ms. edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. edwards: thank you, mr. speaker. and i probably will not use all of the five minutes, but i wanted to be here today, mr. speaker, to support h.r. 3547, the space launch liability indemnification extension act of which i am an original co-sponsor. i want to thank both our chairman, the chairman of our subcommittee, mr. palazzo, chairman smith, and of course our ranking democrat on the committee, ms. johnson. because we would not have been able to get to this point if we hadn't been able collectively across the aisle to work on a one-year extension that would be provided for in commercial space launch act amendments of 1988. that established the

i have a quote that i'm smithing from for the record from mr. lamar smith and i ask to insert it into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rohrabacher: he says how important it is to have judicial review and americans know how important it is that not just bureaucrats, but they have a judicial review of what their government officials are doing and how important it is to our freedom. well, i would say, yes, mr. smith, he is the chairman of my committee, science committee, i'm the vice chairman of the science committee, we disagree on this bill, but i will say, this is an important part of the bill h.r. 3309 would eliminate the ability of the court to review what these government officials are doing in their job if they hurt another individual. mr. smith thinks that's important when it comes to the environment. i think it's important for the environment and for protecting our inventors. this principle applies to patent review as it does to environmental regulations. the patent officials say they don't want the judicial revie

and mrs. smith, rating their marriage.h a bad deal. >> giving your marriage a numerical score can actually benefit your relationship. here with the questions you should be asking to see how yours stacks up is elizabeth bernstein, who recently wrote an article. >> here with psychotherapist, excuse us, barry neuman, and author of a new book. >> fascinating article. >> how do people go about rating their relationships? >> researchers and clinicians said this would be a very good tool for people to use at home. you want to know what is wrong in your marriage and you basically can't fix something unless you know what's wrong. you also want to know what's good. you go about asking yourself what different areas of a marriage are important? >> these are the three things that you say couples should rate themselves on. these are interesting. here's the first one. my partner doesn't keep any big secrets from me. the second is my partner and i share every day news and experiences with each other. and the third is our bodies respond wh

they say if mr. smith wants to offer a reward, he should contact them in writing. >>> tonight police are looking through surveillance video to find out who stole at least $10,000 in red kettle donations from a salvation army. investigators tell news4 that two men broke into a salvation army office in southeast early this morning. they broke glass to get through one door. and they used to screw driver to break into another. from the looks of it they knew exactly where the money was. >> it tugs at your heart when people decide they want to do this for their own community. i'm more concerned about what they're doing to the neighbors than what they're doing to the salvation army. >> salvation army says a security guard confronted one suspect. that suspect had a knife and got away. no one was injured. >>> people may have showed up for this big shopping weekend, but the latest report from the national retail federation finds they didn't spend as much money as expected. holiday shoppers spent $57 billion over the

short straw when my friend sent me to washington as an idealistic twenty two year old it was my mr smith goes to washington moment with a stack of leaflets leaflet in the halls of congress read a chance meeting which on conyers and it was congressman conyers in one thousand nine hundred one who said that we need help on the outside we're here in washington fighting the good fight against the reagan administration but we need you to take your our message back home and organize in your local community center there that was nine hundred eighty one and we fast forward to two thousand and four when i called congressman conyers back again out of my chance to ask him if he would be with us when he launched progressive democrats of america at roxbury the last day that the democrats met in two thousand and four and we nominated john kerry and john conyers was there that was to launch a progressive democrats of america was a long road but it made a lot of sense working both inside and outside of congress to bring about change and being part of the social movement we were the electoral arm and it w

he was mr. smith goes to washington. everything is going to be fine. harold wilson former prime minister britain said a week in politics is a long time. you have seen that it here lately. three weeks ago republicans were dead and now the democrats are dead for the blowup of obamacare. a week in politics as long time. should people get carried away but one election doesn't decide the future of conservatism or progressivism. the american people are center-right he said and if you give them a chance they will come back to their senses. what we decided was to ask hard questions that conservatives could answer and i've just listed two of them here that we think are important. one is this liberty still resonate? as you go back to the history of conservatism and if you had to pick one theme that is the essence of conservatism i don't know how you could avoid liberty. for edmund burke individual liberty was the essence of the modern conservatives. when herbert hoover started speaking gives the new deal has look in his speeches were called the challenge to libe

i say, oh, mr. smith, i see you have back pain for 12 years since you fell off a horse.e 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 emergency rooms? you guys are busy. do you have time to be drilling down on pain issues when you're dealing with all the things e.r.s deal with? >> it may not be any longer than a five-minute, honest sit-down conversation, if we are 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'll 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 all happens through a statewide database. it provides

. >> we're going to go to mr. smith of new jersey. i would suggest -- asked your question. e will get the response and move along. >> thank you, mr. chairman. spring -- last testified that the state department had told her there was nothing that could be done. she was shocked and dismayed. we were all grateful that in response to her testimony and her appeal, you wish you'd -- issued a statement on behalf of her husband. on thursday, she will testify and from subcommittee her advanced testimony, she will until the been beaten pain has been so great he cannot stand. i fear for the worst. mayar that our children never see their daddy again. she goes on to say, my husband is suffering because he is a christian. he is suffering because he is an american. his own government has abandoned him. don't we owe it to him as a nation to stand up for human rights and for his freedom? say, while i am grateful for president obama's willingness to express concern devastatedand, i was to learn that the administration didn't ask for my husband's release when directly seated across the table f

if we stayed with the hollywood movie theme he was mr. smith goes to washington. everything is going to be fine. harold wilson, the former prime minister said a weekend of politics is a long time. you have seen that here. three weeks ago the republicans were dead for shutting down the government and now the democrats are dead for double a lot of obamacare. the week of politics, the people get carried away in this or that he election but don't decide the future of progressivism. american people are center-right and if you give them a chance they will still sort of come back to their senses. what we decided is to close the book with some hard questions that the conservatives need to answer and we listed the two of them here that we think are important. does liberty still designate? if you go back to the history of the conservatism and had to pick one seem that is the essence of conservatism i don't know how you could avoid picking liberty. for edmund burke, individual liberty was the essence of modern conservatism. when herbert hoover started speaking out against th