>> i would like to ask mr. welch this subsection that you are recommending in underlying that proposal are there questions answered or is the something missing? >> no. this department recommendeded this last year. the current stain ability program, the tsp which is a success or to the tdif is a proposal to charge affordable housing transit impact fee. this was a debate a very heated debate last year recommended by this commission and your staff whiches to charge affordable housing transit impact development fee. to pretend as if this is not currently under consideration is stunning to me. i think less than accurate on the part of your staff. so if indeed the not the attempt of this department and this staff and this ordinance to do that, what is the harm in stating it does not apply? it applies in the tsb and you guys recommended that it be in the tdif last year. >> thank you, mr. welch. i do believe that needs to be clarified. i ask the director or somebody to please explain it. >> mr. welch is correct. there was th

. >> thank you, mr. welch. i do believe that needs to be clarified. i ask the director or somebody to please explain it. >> mr. welch is correct. there was that discussion. there has been a 2-year discussion about this issue with regard to the transportation sustainability program which is not yet in place. there was that discussion last year with the tidf. the change is made. it was not put in place. this ordinance doesn't change that. it's not proposed at this time. there is certainly going to be discussions about this in the future. this ordinance does not change whether it applies to housing, any type of housing. >> perhaps we should ask mr. welch to circulate back to the originate or to speak about that. we are here to deal with what is in front of us. if it's required i would suggest it's obtained by the legislator of this. >> commissioner antonini? >> i believe i remember that a year ago. it's the question of whether or not we should exempt affordable housing from the fees that were being discussed at that time or not . i think the key of this

mr. welch: yes. mr. ryan: it is the legislative intent that existing contracts are not terminated by this bill. and that they will be permitted to -- tted to compete with the department of education's title 4 services for additional accounts. i yield back to the colleague. mr. latham: mr. speaker, will the gentleman yield? mr. welch: i yield to the gentleman from iowa. mr. latham: i rise to associate myself with the comments of the managers and am pleased to note it is their intent that the use of not-for profit services continues and that not-for profit servicers will be permitted to compete in future -- in the future for additional accounts. i yield back to the gentleman from vermont. mr. welch: i yield to the gentleman from minnesota. >> i thank the gentleman. i also rise to associate with the comments of the managers and am pleased to know it is their intent that the use of not-for profit services continues and that not-for profit servicers will be permitted to compete in the future for additional ac

. >> that would be superfluous to think it was introduced by mr. welch so that doesn't need to be. the rest of this seems to be pretty straight forward. >> yes, we do see this as more of an administrative and putting all contracts with development agreement on equal footing with each other. >> can i ask a question about that. so, none of the d. a. or redevelopment agreements ever imposed a tidf fee on housing? >> it never touched housing. if it's a development agreement it's on other fees but an agreement by agreement basis. >> it maybe outside of this ordinance. do any of those development agreements impose transit fees on housing more broadly? >> not that i am aware of, but it's something we can look into. >> we can go and look in the various development agreements that are existing, but there are developments that are mixed use in nature that have packages of improvement. so there are improvement that the developments have as part of the development agreement agreed to make in the implementation to include housing development component. especially if we called out which relate.

i yield back. >> thank you, mr. welch. now recognizing the vice chair of the subcommittee, mr. lance, for five minutes. >> thank you. i think this is a very important panel. i respect everyone who is on the panel. i hope to participate in the hearing for its full length. i do have a health subcommittee as well. but i certainly am deeply interested in the views of everyone on the panel. to mr. pappas, you've stated in your testimony that the bill does not force any state to participate in an interstate internet poker system. and equally as important, it allows states to implement their own online gaming regulations. as you are aware, new jersey has begun internet gambling. with this legislation, in your , inhat did this legislation your view, in any way preempt what new jersey is currently doing? >> mr. barton's bill, 2666 would not in any way restrict the ability of nevada or any state to provide -- >> i think your microphone is off. >> you're right. i'm sorry. mr. barton's bill would not restrict in any way the ability of new jersey or any other state to provide house casino g

mr. welch: thank you, mr. chair. patent trolls are not about protecting patents. they're about trolling for easy money at the expense of hardworking people. patent trolling is a total and complete abuse of the patent system and a total ripoff of hardworking people. and worst of all, it's a complete abuse of good people trying to do good things in their communities. let me give you a couple of examples. grocier, my webb over 180 employees. they've experienced six patent troll attacks. one of the trolls claim to have a patent, and get this, on surfing the web with a mobile device. this was a stickup. another completely outrageous example is a vermont nonprofit. it assists individuals with developmental disabilities. this nonprofit was targeted by a patent troll demanding payment for a supposed infringement on scanning technology. can you imagine what it's like for a small nonprofit doing good work to get a letter that is essentially a stickup? that's what it is. and what these businesses and nonprofits then have to decide is do they pay the bounty or do they fight.

speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from vermont is recognized for two minutes. thank you. mr. speaker, i support this legislation, but i want to go through the controversy. first of all, the argument about campaign finance reform, this is about taking money away from political conventions, the majority on both sides of the aisle have supported that. number two, there's an argument that this does not restore n.i.h. funding. that is true. that is absolutely true. and we should restore full funding for the national institute of health. passing this bill doesn't stop us from doing that. it may even put us a step forward. third, there's an argument that the money will not get to the intended target because of the way it's designed, but if there is any expression of good faith, it's that the appropriators have made a very clear indication that they're willing to do everything they possibly can in order to make this happen. fourth, it's limited in its scope and in its funds. that's true,

i think -- mr. welch, are you interested in remaining time? i yield back. >> all right. mr. are you now recognized for five minutes. you control the old five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. to my good friend, jan schakowsky, a bot is a computer program that uses artificial intelligence and preprogrammed instructions to play not just poker or games of chance but all kinds of things on the internet. they are not good things in my opinion. that's what a bot is. i want to welcome some former members out in the audience. jon porter of nevada. former chairman of the ag committee from california, i think richard pombo is out there . so we welcome him back to congress. i want to tell the committee, mr. chairman, that god must be for this bill because i got up enis, ning at 4:00 and texas, outside of dallas, braved icy roads and 20 degree temperatures to get to dfw airport when my good friends at american airlines left exactly on time and god put a 200 miles per hour tailwind behind the plane. i got here an hour early. that tells me that god is for this bill. that's my opinion.

mr. welch: for that reason i, along with virtually all of my colleagues, voted for tough, enforceable sanctions. there's a question now in this house about whether congress should present yet another resolution on iran. there's two questions that raises. number one, do we send a message to the world that congress is not on the same page as our president and secretary of state in their absolute determination to rid iran of a nuclear capability? number two, do we send a ssage to our allies in the p-5-plus-1 that include china and russia? not our trusted friends but reluctant allies, who guarantee that the tough sanctions that we impose are enforceable? if we pass sanctions that don't have the cooperation of our allies, they're meaningless. so the question that we have is any action that we take, will it increase or diminish our strength in guaranteeing no nuclear weapons in iran? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texa

welch asked a series of questions on facebook. what aspect of her personality or experience helped mrs. coolidge to be such an effective counterbalance for her husband and do you think he could have had the political career he had without her? >> that is interesting because when he was vice president, she thought she could get back to northampton and her boys quite a bit. he said no, i need you here to help me navigate these political and social waters. so yes, i think she was key in giving him social stability and reaching out to others. she remembered people's names and faces, so she could be very engaging with people, and he could sit back and think, as i said before, and also, they both had a great sense of humor. they had all these jokes with each other, and of course, he played a few jokes on some of the people at the white house as well. >> so as they were coming into office, as warren harding died, there are a number of scandals beginning to come to light. how did calvin coolidge handle these scandals? >> this was one of the tests because it was his own party, and what he did wa

the record a letter from doctor julie welch, an emergency medicine physician and educator from indianapolis. without objection, so ordered. dr. burgess? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. gingrey referenced an offer from the health to the president to provide a platform for the market exchange, and i would like to submit his letter for the record. and i will make this part of a question for the record that i would to a follow-up. >> without objection so ordered. ranking member? >> one is for my constituents in piscataway, anthony weill, that i referenced. another is the one that ms. schakowsky reference. you know, these are the different individuals impacted by the aca. >> without objection spent and then a third one from ms. schakowsky. >> without objection, so ordered. thank you, madam secretary, for your patience, for respond to all of our questions. i remind members they have 10 business days to submit questions for the record, and that means they should submit the question by the close of business on tuesday, december 31. another important hearing. thank you, madam secretary, for your indulgence. with that, without objection the subcommittee is adjo

welch tuned to succeed on dash kmele foster. the first fan the trip to south africa a clear attempt to move past the embarrassing and some disrespect of sophie that mr. obama participated during the memorial service yesterday. i m lou dobbs. lou: good evening the white house flood's news outlets with a series of behind-t-scenes photos showing the obama, the bushes, secretary of state clinton on airforce one among the images the white house photographers the current and former first family leaving air force on in president bush should win his artwork and a joke with president obama. the administration uses the background photos to try to crowd out the images of the president's embarrassing himself be with the prime ministers during the memorial service for nelson mandela. the president under considerable criticism to not conduct himself in a dignified manner just after the president had blotted mandela for making him the the main he is. >> i learn from nelson mandela as the struggle was taking place in this beautiful land. investor something in me. it woke me up to my responsibilities. if to others and myself and sent me on a journey that brought me

the record a letter from doctor julie welch, an emergency medicine physician and educator from indianapolis. without objection, so ordered. dr. burgess? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. gingrey referenced an offer from the health to the president to provide a platform for the market exchange, and i would like to submit his letter for the record. and i will make this part of a question for the record that i would to a follow-up. >> without objection so ordered. ranking member? >> one is for my constituents in piscataway, anthony weill, that i referenced. another is the one that ms. schakowsky reference. you know, these are the different individuals impacted by the aca. >> without objection spent and then a third one from ms. schakowsky. >> without objection, so ordered. thank you, madam secretary, for your patience, for respond to all of our questions. i remind members they have 10 business days to submit questions for the record, and that means they should submit the question by the close of business on tuesday, december 31. another important hearing. thank you, madam secretary, for your indulgence. wi [captions copyright national cable satellite corp.

the record a letter from doctor julie welch, an emergency medicine physician and educator from indianapolis. without objection, so ordered. dr. burgess? >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. gingrey referenced an offer from the health to the president to provide a platform for the