mr. walker? >> chairman mccaskill, members of the subcommittee, i am larry walker, president of the louis berger group. i appreciate the opportunity to provide perspectives on the highway project and our observations concerning reconstruction projects in afghanistan. it is an international consulting firm of approximately 3000 employees around the world. we provide expertise including engineering, program and construction management, and economic development services. many projects are carried out in some of the most challenging regions of the world. obg first began working in afghanistan in the 1970's and was one of the first to enter afghanistan after the september 11 attacks. i worked mainly with restructuring of the afghanistan infrastructure. we have provided nearly 40 house jobs to afghanistan people and trained thousands more. we have constructed more than 90 schools. the improved road network has dramatically decreased transit times, which has spread economic development along the road co

mr. walker? >> the largest one is iqc contractor that we hold. >> which is for all the highways? all the roads? >> not all the roads. under the irp contract, task orders -- i believe we have done four roads, if i am not mistaken. >> are there other types of projects that your company is doing? >> we have small projects were a subcontractor to some other firms, non-infrastructure -- we also have had a couple of small projects, but i do not think we have had any current and we have had a handful of those. >> mr. hakki, you indicated most of the work you have done has been under the aegis of working with the army corps for the military as it relates to structures of the military police, the afghan national army, or the united states military. >> correct. >> have you done any projects that would be considered civilian infrastructure projects? electrical plants, health centers? schools? anything of that nature? >> no, we have not. >> let's talk about oversight. i was shocked in your testimony that you

mr. walker? >> the larger -- largest one is iqc that is joint-venture. >> for all of the road to? >> not all of the roads. there are roads being executed under different contracts mechanisms. but our responsibility has been roads. so, under the contract, road task orders -- i believe we have done four road, if i am not mistaken. >> are there other types of contracts company is doing besides larose? >> we have small contractors, a sum -- subcontracted to other firms. we also have had a couple of small projects under the africap contract -- have a handful of those. >> mr. hakki, you indicated most of the work you have done has been with the army corps for the military as it relates to structures, either supporting the afghan police, the afghan national army, or the united states military. have you done any projects that would be considered civilian infrastructure projects -- electrical plants, health centers, schools, anything of that nature? >> no, we have none. >> let's talk about oversight. i wa

mr. walker can stay at home? [laughter] commissioner torres: and does not have to come to this hearing to tell me that nothing is being done. that's what i'm talking about. >> we have mr. shirley walker''s daughter as part of the team. i'm sure he will not say much about that. i know what you're saying. it is important to me is inclusive. commissioner torres: i just want to make sure that this community understands that we're not just here to have a public hearing. we're here to ask serious questions. i know that comes from his heart. i know it comes from the heart of my fellow commissioners. i also want to make sure the public knows where we're coming from and why we are here today, not as show, but to increase and encourage more folks of color -- especially african americans in a dwindling population in this city -- that needs to be improved. president vietor: thank you, commissioner. >> thank you. the selected team scored number one on both the written and the interview section. no protests were filed. they met

mr. walker?, members of the subcommittee, i am larry walker, president of the louis berger group. i appreciate the opportunity to provide perspectives on the highway project and our observations concerning reconstruction projects in afghanistan. it is an international consulting firm of approximately 3000 employees around the world. we provide expertise including engineering, program and construction management, and economic development services. many projects are carried out in some of the most challenging regions of the world. obg first began working in afghanistan in the 1970's and was one of the first to enter afghanistan after the september 11 attacks. i worked mainly with restructuring of the afghanistan infrastructure. we have provided nearly 40 house jobs to afghanistan people and trained thousands more. we have constructed more than 90 schools. the improved road network has dramatically decreased transit times, which has spread economic development along the road corridors and provided a

mr. walker said, i am a senior former resident of south park community. that is something that we have. this is a picture of the old south park. these are pictures -- these are our ancestors. i have raised the kids, i have grandkids. this is my mother. this is where the other ladies. all of these ladies have served different positions in san francisco. all of these people are gone. we get together every year, the first saturday and every month to have this picnic with family and friends. we have issues because the city. one year we pay $65. we need a park ranger, we need two bodies, all of this stuff. we don't have any of this money. we just get together with family and friends, we share pictures, and everything. that is what we do. we have been doing this for 30 years. actually, we have been doing this for 45 years. what i would like to say is that i would like to invite the supervisors to our function to cc -- just to see how we do it. [applause] >> i am a gay activist. i am here to talk about the public property at harvey milk plaza. this property is controlled illegitimately by the

mr. walker. you have talked so much common sense this morning. i do feel from what i have been listening to that republicans have been for tax reform. i am very frightened with what i hear. all i hear is about of class warfare around a blame game. i think both parties are totally responsible for where the country is today. i do not think singing who did what will solve anything. we need a wake-up call in this country. american people better wake up. we are in serious trouble. host: what do you think it is going to take? caller: we need to cut our spending. the american people will have a hard lesson to learn. we are spending too much money. guest: i agree with you 110%. both pitical parties are responsible for where we are. we can blame a lot of people, but it is sought. to be productive. we need to recognize reality. the government has promised to much, grown into big, which it long to respond, spent more than it has. we need to make sure that we discharge our constitutional responsibilities, have a sound in some credible safety net for those th

union he's three hundred thousand members are walking out the proposed reforms to the pension scheme mr walker thanks for talking to r.t. today now this is possible why do plan to cut public spending in this country just how drastic are these cuts going to be gives an impression of what they might mean for the cuts of the big that most people will have seen in their lifetime they are projected to mean half a million jobs lost in the public sector six hundred thousand jobs in the private sector as a direct result we're seeing changes in the delivery of welfare cuts in funding of education for for young people and also a tax on people's pensions in addition to that in many of the communities up and down the country will see libraries close cuts in social care services everything that people have taken for granted over years is ultimately. you seem to see these cuts in terms of right and wrong almost a moral position but isn't there some line that has to be respected for example they didn't reform and see if it looks like they might be able to afford teachers or nurses. in greece this is the fift

mr. walker. you have talked so much common sense this morning. i do feel from what i have been listening to that republicans have been for tax reform. i am very frightened with what i hear. all i hear is about of class warfare around a blame game. i think both parties are totally responsible for where the country is today. i do not think singing who did what will solve anything. we need a wake-up call in this country. american people better wake up. we are in serious trouble. host: what do you think it is going to take? caller: we need to cut our spending. the american people will have a hard lesson to learn. we are spending too much money. guest: i agree with you 110%. both political parties are responsible for where we are. we can blame a lot of people, but it is sought. to be productive. we need to recognize reality. the government has promised to much, grown into big, which it long to respond, spent more than it has. we need to make sure that we discharge our constitutional responsibilities, have a sound in some credible safety net for those

mr. walker. you have talked so much common sense this morning. i do feel from what i have been listening to that republicans have been for tax reform. i am very frightened with what i hear. all i hear is about of class warfare around a blame game. i think both parties are totally responsible for where the country is today. i do not think singing who did what will solve anything. we need a wake-up call in this country. american people better wake up. we are in serious trouble. host: what do you think it is going to take? caller: we need to cut our spending. the american people will have a hard lesson to learn. we are spending too much money. guest: i agree with you 110%. both political parties are responsible for where we are. we can blame a lot of people, but it is sought. to be productive. we need to recognize reality. the government has promised to much, grown into big, which it long to respond, spent more than it has. we need to make sure that we discharge our constitutional responsibilities, have a sound in some credible safety net for those

mr. walker. you have talked so much common sense this morning. i do feel from what i have been listening to that republicans have been for tax reform. i am very frightened with what i hear. all i hear is about of class warfare around a blame game. i think both parties are totally responsible for where the country is today. i do not think singing who did what will solve anything. we need a wake-up call in this country. american people better wake up. we are in serious trouble. host: what do you think it is going to take? caller: we need to cut our spending. the american people will have a hard lesson to learn. we are spending too much money. guest: i agree with you 110%. both political parties are responsible for where we are. we can blame a lot of people, but it is sought. to be productive. we need to recognize reality. the government has promised to much, grown into big, which it long to respond, spent more than it has. we need to make sure that we discharge our constitutional responsibilities, have a sound in some credible safety net for those

mr. charlie walker stated, he has left. what the rest of the city did not want, they put it into this community and we have to accept it. and we did accept it. i received a call that said -- mr. jackson, because that was set out to talk about digesters, why is it they did not put digesters someplace else? why at have to be in bayview? i use common sense. there ain't nowhere for it to go. there ain't such place for the bill then, when it done, will go beautifully. we believe that you can do an excellent job with us working together with my commission. thank you very much. [applause] >> [unintelligible] osiris' coalition. we are here in force now. basically i want to recap what i said earlier. i am going to summarize. we understand about the programs that you have in place. many of the people that were here earlier may not have been aware that there is also an as needed list. by state law you have to have a wastewater certificate. there is loopholes on the as needed list between the airplane and the the power plant. licensing

mr. walker? >> >> guest: we would have to say higher interest rates.her would they be? let me give you a sense. you just saw that graphic that shows under our present path based upon historical levels of revenue, about 18.2% of the economy, the only thing that we would be able to pay for in 2046 is our interest and that's without a significant interest interest rates. we have historically low interest rates but that could change very dramatically if our credit rating changes. for every 100 basis points it's 150 billion in interest and what do you get for that 150 million as we say in the south, shinola, nothing >> host: good morning. >> guest: -- >> caller: good morning. greed, greed, greed all the deregulations have allowed the rich -- the rich and the powerful to get richer. the rich and the powerful are hell bent to destroy this country because of fear of losing their money. we should raise their taxes on the rich. i'm paying taxes big time all my life. now the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance with the calls that come in and it's devastati

walker. being that they weren't where they were supposed to be, i decided to strip them out and find out what was going on, and mr. walter walker had a bottle of tattoo ink on him. which he finally gave over when i started to do the strip-outs. and at that time, he realized i was going to have to write a report on him for having tattoo paraphernalia. >> and i would put some more over here that would go all the way -- >> what's the image, though? >> this is the one i was going to get. wages of syd. right? >>> coming up -- david laudone's case takes an unexpected turn. >> when you go back in your cell you need to sit there and think about it a minute and tell me the truth and tell me what's going on. >>> and later -- >> you know the first thing he asked me, can i keep the fork? oh, he got me for a fork. >> ray slagle's signature dish provides comfort to a friend in need. >> good, man. >>> in a prison where it seems most of the inmates have a hustle, there are some who hold legitimate jobs. >> this here is power sewing at limon correctional facility. they do everything here from t-shirts, greens, socks, boxers. they

mr. chairman, honorable committee, members, i am dr. aurelius walker from bayview- hunters point. the african-american revitalization organization -- i am appalled. i looked at an article and it said -- it was a press release. m "ayr lee -- "merayor lee applauds." lieutenant governor gavin newsom, state controllers, recognition of the hunters point shipyard, a model for redevelopment. i want to applaud the health department of the city. we have an outstanding health department. amy brownell was outstanding. in the face of public insult, public attacks, she still did her job. on one occasion, they went out to do some research on nosebleeds. it was intimidating. they had to stop their research because of the attacks and all of that. one of the things i'm concerned about, supervisors, is last summer, the shipyard's project was approved. the board of supervisors, six other city boards, and the two community advisory groups with jurisdiction over the site, and the citizen committee, the same old, and become a dead rhetoric is what we have been hearing all this time. [tone] supervisor c

she was given the word by president george herbert walker bush in a statement released late this evening in the white house, president of imus said mrs. ford was a powerful advocate for women's health and women's rights. the statement also said that she helped reduce the social stigma surrounding addiction. former first lady nancy reagan also released a statement. the statement said mrs. ford had banned an inspiration to so many through her effort to educate women about this cancer and her wonderful work at the betty ford clinic. former secretary of state henry kissinger released a statement late this evening. he said mrs. ford showed you can have a life after the presidency that was important not just on the president the. according to a family member, 34 date this evening in rancho mirage california with her family at her site. >> tonight, a house financial services subcommittee joint hearing on for a close shave and meditation practices. later, a look at the impact of the supreme court citizen in any decision on corporations, interest groups and campaign funding. tomorrow on "washington journal" comment neil irwin of the "washingt

mr. broun: thank you, madam speaker. this debt ceiling is starting to feel like deja vu. if you think back to 1990, president george herbert walker bush agreed to $2 in spending cuts for every $1 in tax hikes. he agreed to this with the congressional democrats, but that's not what ended up happening. all of the democrats' tax hikes went into effect, but the promised spending cuts never materialized. we cannot fall for this trick again, and that's the same trick that we see from the people on the other side, my democratic colleagues and the president. high taxes do not lead to more government revenue. we've seen proof of this in years past. instead of raising taxes, let's leave money in the hands of small businesses, job creators so they can create jobs. more jobs means more revenue and less deficit. . higher taxes means more people out of work an higher debt. in fact president obama admitted in 2009 that, quote, the last thing that you want to do in the middle of a recession is to raise taxes, unquote. in the past liberals in congress have adamantly spoken out in opposition to debt ceiling increases. this senator obama said in 20