i think mr. west is an excellent choice as well, and i'm not happy, but i think we kind of go with where the consensus is. supervisor kim: thank you so much to all the applicants for being here today. i also pledged to work with all the applicants today along with supervisor farrell's office to see how we can get your voice included. occasionally it happens where this really was an incredibly difficult decision to make. again, super impressed by our applicants. glad to see so that it -- so many of our small business owners who want to be involved in the decisionmaking process. i know how little time you walk out with families and businesses. it is an incredible amount of work, so thank you for making san francisco what it is and hiring people and creating jobs. you have this motion, and we can do that without opposition. congratulations. unfortunately, our meeting has gone kind of long and we do have a schedule conflict. supervisor farrell does neatly. it is a cake, it we could move up items 6. madam

mr. mulvihill would be a great addition. i also personally think mario west would be an excellent choice and has made, i think, a very compelling case, but at the end of the day, i think it is important to us to at a consensus, and the names that each of you had mentioned and the three names i have mentioned, two individuals that i think we all have in common are monetta white and william ortiz-cartagena. not to take anything away from anyone else, but i think that is where we have consensus, so in the spirit of consensus and compromise, and make a motion that we forward those two individuals. supervisor kim: we have a motion on the floor. those were the names that i think all three members of the rules committee product. i know this is really hard. i really wish we could forward more names to the commission. i will certainly work to be an advocate. i know that the mayor does have one more seat that opens this year. first of all, marks at it already, it is amazing

. >> mr. west? >> thank you, mr. chairma membe want to thank the panel. i would like to publicly recognize general odierno. thank you for the privilege and honor of serving under your command and throws my brother red leg sitting back there, colonel thompson could to see you. questions we have. we've been down this road before. mr. wilson talked about task force smith. when i talk about the decrease of brigade formations we're having can you talk to us about the ramifications as you see as far as combat tours of duty. some of these effects that we see with social issues we just talked about relates to the amount of tours that our young men and women are having to serve in these combat zones of operations. so have we looked at the ramifications of what could happen with maybe increased tours in combat zones? >> congressman, thank you very much. in terms of -- we've looked very carefully at this as we decided where to take force structure out. because we're now out of iraq and imade a significant disturbance in the up tempo of our combat forces and now that

. >> mr. west? >> thank you, mr. chairman and mr. ranking member, and also i want to thank the panel, secretary mchugh. and i would like to publicly recognize general odierno and thank you for the privilege and honor of serving as a battalion commander under your command and my brother red leg, colonel thompson, it's good to see you again. questions i have. we have been down this road before. mr. wilson talked about task force smith. but when i look in the decrease of the combat brigade formations that we're having, can you talk to us about the ramifications you see as far as the combat tours of duty? because i really believe some of the second and third order effects we see with some of the social issues we had just talked about relates to the amount of tours that our young men and women are having to serve in these combat zones of operation. so have we looked at the ramifications of what could happen with maybe increased in combat zones? >> congressman, thank you very much. in terms of -- we have looked very carefully at this as we

west, the white house chief usher, mr. west the president tells me that jack mcnally, who was against selling guidebooks in the beginning, now says lots more could be sold on the way out. but he says this is your providence and doesn't want to mention it, which is rather sweet of him. i agree we can use the money. every penny is needed. not long after, her commitment to history led her to support my father to save temples. she wrote a long memo to jfk, which you can see downstairs, laying out the importance of the temples and suggested that this would be a nice gesture to nassar, as he promised not to interfere with them in yemen and south arabia. she demonstrates an understanding of diplomacy writing. the russians are building the dam as strictly an economic enterprise. by saving the temple, the u.s. could show that they care about the spiritual side and realize the importance of saving the cultural patrimony of egypt. ming fath i think my father rolled over on this one, too. the temple was a gift to the people of the united s

mr. mica, and the gentleman from west virginia, mr. rahall, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. mica: thank you, mr. speaker. and good morning. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mica: i am pleased to rise in support of the conference report of the f.a.a. re-authorization. this is the f.a.a. modernization reform act of 2012. first, i want to take a moment to thank ranking member rahall, chairman petri, ranking member costello as well as chairman rockefeller, ranking member hutchinson and the conferees who worked on this conference report and the underlying bill so that we could reach an agreement on this conference report and this bipartisan bill. also, want to thank with us this morning, mr. paul of the science and technology committee chair, his ranking member, mr. levin, ways and means committee for their assistance and our committees in congress who had important parts and provided assistance to our transportation and infrastructure committee to get this

mr. abbas as agreed to lead a new unity government for both the west bank and gaza. >> we did not sign this agreement for the mere sake of signing. we would implement the recommendations and any other aspects, regardless of the hurdles and problems we were surrounded by. >> we are serious about amending the old wounds and closing the chapters of division in order to achieve reconciliation on the ground. >> palestinians have been crying out for political reconciliation for years, but the division between fattah and hamas has been bitter and sometimes violent. fierce fighting erupted, with fattah eventually being forced from gaza and left to govern only the west bank. mr. abbas says that he wants that to change, with long overdue in elections to be held later this year. "mr. abbas is really a fallback choice as prime minister at the two sides disagree and there remain major differences in policy between fattah and ham as, not least how to deal with israel. >> they strive to destroy the state of israel and are supported by iran. i've said many times in the past that the palestinian authority m

. >> i'd like to recognize the gentleman from west virginia, mr. mckinley, for five minutes. >> administrator, thank you very much. i'm sure it's been grueling to go through three hours of this. first question i have, if i could maybe get through a couple quick questions with yes or nos to the extent that we can, have you ruled out regulating cole ash as a hazardous substantial under subtitle c of ricra? >> we have not made a final rule. that would have to be a no. >> with this notice of intent from head waters resources in filing an action against and i get some environmental groups are also doing the reverse, they're taking an action against the epa on the hazardous ways perhaps, can you give us for the record a commitment that you'll take this into consideration when -- if you were to set that will you will consider the fact that headwaters is also put in a concern and that that will be included in the settlement? >> i'm not familiar with the letter. but this is -- >> it was filed in your office -- it was addressed to you on february the 9th. >>

. >>> no secret it is election year and president obama is back out on the west coast. mr. obama arrives in los angeles this morning for a california campaign tour that includes a fund-raising dinner tonight in beverly hills. his campaign says the foo fighters fresh off winning five grammys on sunday night will perform at that fund-raiser. this would be the ninth visit the president has made to l.a. since winning office in 2008. after visiting l.a., president obama heads up this way continuing his campaign tomorrow heading north to the bay area. the president will hold an event at the knob hill masonic center on thursday. some of the students have real concerns this year. >> i hope he says he will fix our education system out here in california. education system out here is kind of screwed up, it's broke. >> tickets for obama victory fund 2012 event will range from $100 to $10,000. two executives of an sfo shuttle bus company will appear in court today accused of making illegal contributions to ed lee's mayoral campaign. the two executives allegedly urged employees to contr

mrs. johnson actually met with west wing staff and had her on call sheet of people members of congress to directly call in lobby. everybody knew that mrs. johnson had influence and mrs. johnson quietly, you know, could work behind the scenes. this was a little too far in front. and there was some backlash over that. and she after that retreated to a more veiled behind the scenes kind of lobbying. but it's also mrs. johnson that takes the first campaign swing solo campaign whistle stop tour. the lady bird special is a trip she takes into the south during the 1964 election campaign. lyndon johnson signed the civil rights act. he is losing support in the south and mrs. johnson alone obviously with a staff and co companions but makes a trip through the south, stopping to speak to the public. strong arming a an, oh, so polite way governors and leaders in that state to meet with her. and speaks to the a public. saying here's my point of view. and takes an abuse from the public and say you have had your turn. i listened to you. now i hope you will listen to me. knowing that southern gentlemen hav

. >> on his way out west, mr. obama stopped at a plant in wisconsin to spotlight u.s.ufacturing improvements. >> for the first time since 1990, american manufacturers are creating new jobs. that is good for the companie companies. but good up and down the supply change. >> the budget includes tax changes to encourage companies to bring jobs back to the country and punish them for shipping jobs and profits overseas. but they have little chance where it's more of a campaign platform than spending plan. the president checked out in labor day and unengaged leading our country every since. it has been a one nonstop campaign trip after another. >> the white house says recalcitrant republicans is the reason that the president is bypassing kentuck capitol hi. most of the teen job initiatives already existed critics say. it may have a marginal impact on the 8.3 jobless rate. things outside the president's control like euro zone debt crisis have their own impact on the u.s. economy. on this day, moody's announced it may downgrade 100 banks in 16 european countries and greece was

. >> reporter: on his way out west, mr. obama stopped at a plant in wisconsin to spotlight u.s.ufacturing improvements. >> for the first time since 1990, american manufacturers are creating new jobs. that is good for the companies but it is also good up and down the supply chain. >> reporter: his 1013 budget includes tax chains intended to encourage companies to bring jobs back to this country and punish them to shipping jobs overseas. the measure has little chance in the house. >> the president checked out last labor day and has been unengaged in leading our country ever since. it has been a non-stop campaign trip after another. >> reporter: the white house says recalcitrant republicans are the ropes the president is bypassing capitol hill with executive orders. e orders. critics say most of the teen job initiatives already existed. but those measures may have only a marginal impact on the 8.3% jobless rate. things outside the president's control are having their own impact on the economy. on this day, moody's announced it may downgrade more than 100 banks in 16 european countr

the speaker's announced policy of january 5 2011, the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. west, for 30 minutes. mr. westmoreland: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. in commemoration of black history month, i ry rise to stand up for the rights of african americans. the first black members of congress served during reconstruction and they were all republicans. they won their seats despite fierce threats of violence against groups like the ku klux klan. one of these members was a slave who earned his freedom through service to the union in the civil war. he settled in florida and was repeatedly elected to congress at-large. in some ways, mr. speaker i carry the torch. in 1876, the democrats contested his election and had him replaced mid-term with one of their own. no black republican would again be elected from florida to this house until november 2 of 2010 when the voters of that state entrusted me to be their representative. on my desk in my office, there is a book called "capital men" and a biography of those first black members of congress. and i stand w

political commentator discusses free speech, america's debt and the growth of muslim populations in the west. mr. steyn's best selling works include his 2011 release "after america." >> host: and mark steyn n your 2006 book "america alone," where did that title come from? .. an elusive title he thought was for losers and guarantee we sold in 2008800 copies, he thought that was -- thought america alone was a hit title, and he proved right on that. >> host: what was your original title? >> guest: i'm keeping that to when i'm in a multibillionaire and i can afford to indulge myself by writing books with oblique titles that sell 204,000 copies. >> host: what is the book >> guest: the book by my original title was on the same fame has "america alone" turned into which is civilization collapse. that is my little niche. i think with a good editor does which is what harry did for me is identifies your unique selling point and get you to focus on it. stop dancing around the issue in the first fifty pages. get straight in on this and that is the book. and he was right. >> host: you write in "america alone

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: mr. president, i rise today to recognize two pillars of west virginia, an educational institution that is kwraeugts the people of our state -- educating the people of our state and a beloved figure who put our state at the forefront in advances of mental health. first please allow me tow recognize southern west virginia community and technical college for its distinguished ranking as the 14th best community college in the nation because of all the work and staff and students have done together to develop the skills necessary to compete in the workplace. all of us in my great state know about southern's dedication to active and collaborative learning, and we are so proud that washington monthly recognized the school's achievements and most recent rankings. this accomplishment is not the work of any one person but is shared commitment to excellence from the school's leadership, faculty staff and students. i applaud everyone involved at southern for their focus on improving educational qualit

at this time i recognize the gentleman from west virginia -- i mean from virginia for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. miss jackson, secretary jackson, today the d.c. circuit is hearing oral argument? the green house gas litigation and that involves the tayloring rule. and in your brief that has been filed on behalf that indicates in that brief that there would be a need to hire 230,000 full time employees that there would need to be an additional 81,000 psd permits per year, six million title five permits and a cost to the epa of $21 billion on top of the current budget, $21 billion per year. and then the sentence right after the numbers, based on this analysis, epa found that applying the literal statutory thresholds on january 2nd, 2011 would, joy overwhelming the resources of permitting authorities and severely impair the functioning of the programs." you would agree with that ass s assessme assessment, yes or no? >> yes, sir. >> and that's why you all have defended the tayloring rule based on a theory that there is a theory of law that says if it's not practical, you can -- you don't h

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr.rockefeller: i note that the time is just before 5:00 he -- 5:00. i believe my distinguished colleague, senator hutchison, is not on the floor at this time. i do not know of nor have i heard of other members -- the presiding officer: we're in a quorum. mr. rockefeller: i ask unanimous consent the order of the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: the earlier part of my remarks is already on the record, so i will just continue, and so i don't know that we really need to do much except to go ahead and vote, and i don't have the power to command that. i see a lot of people up here who do. but i would just say if there is anybody at the last moment who wants to speak, that's fine. we meant to vote by 5:30. i think there are a lot of our colleagues who will not get back here until 5:30 because they are coming on airplanes that will land at about 5:00, so we have to take that into consideration. so i'm simply standing here to say that i happen t

it is the third and the final stop of the west coast fundraiser. earlier this morning, mr. obama departed from sfo. he left the bay area with a lot more money in his campaign war chest than what he arrived with. anne makovec with the warm reception he received on his very short visit. >> reporter: bounding up the stairs, president obama boarded sfo around 9 a.m. with a final wave to the waiting press. his pockets a little fatter than when he landed in the same spotless than 24 hours earlier. greeted by gavin newsom, kamala harris and ed lee. >> this is my midafternoon snack. >> reporter: president obama ordered chinese to go to the delight of the patrons at the great eastern restaurant. another meal followed at the pacific heights home of novelist robert anderson. and this one was a bit more pricy. almost 36 grand for a plate. it was his second big money fundraiser of the day after a meet and greet at a hotel. then the events for the 99%. >> hello, san francisco! >> reporter: 2500 people came to the masonic auditorium on nob hill to hear the president speak last night but s

funimation foreign minister sergei lavrov those amendments were not excessive and mr our law said that russia was urging the west to accommodate moscow's concerns to reach a compromise on this draft resolution china said during the meeting that it supported russia's amendments and said for the council to all of vote knowing there was a divide it did not help maintain the unity or i.v. authority of the security council if russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that moscow art does not support using the security council as a tool to intervene on a sovereign country that is experiencing an internal conflict he believes that could create chaos in international affairs so as we see there was two toes on this resolution it did go through and it's because russia believes that as the draft resolution was presented it had a lot of imbalances in it when it comes to the current circumstance in syria russian envoy to the united nations vitaly churkin did go into detail about those imbalances and whether the security council has not yet reached its conclusion with what resolution put to the bill does not adequately. and

mr. rahall of west virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 3 1/2 minutes. mr. rahall: mr. speaker, i didn't quite know from which side to request time on this issue. you see, i am for legitimate, well scrutinized, scrubbed and screened earmarks. now, unless the g.o.p. leadership can convince me that this is not an earmark, then i will vote no on the bill. we should be here today debating a long-term surface transportation bill, a robust bill that would create jobs and keep our economy moving by rebuilding america and putting americans to work. rather we are considering a bill that authorizes construction of a specific bridge between minnesota and wisconsin with an estimated cost of $66 million and earmark instead of oply acknowledging that it is an earmark, the republicans are not saying it is not one and added it to the schedule less than 48 hours ago. do not get me wrong, i'm not against earmarks, but let's be open, transparent and honest with the american people. that's why earmarks got the bad name it did because we were not open and transparent and hone

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. rockefeller: mr. president, when most americans think of cybersecurity, they conjure up an image of somebody having a credit card number stolen, for example, or a prankster using their twitter account or somebody downloading a movie without paying, and that is all true and it's important but it's not dangerous. the internet is central to our lives, our economy and our society. any insecurity is -- is a worry, it will expand, but we're here today because the experts are warning us that we are on the brink of something much worse, something that could bring down our economy, rip open our national security or even take lives. the prospect of mass casualty is what has propelled us to make cybersecurity a top priority for this year, to make it an issue that transcends political party or ideology. consider the warning signs. hackers now seem to be able to routinely crack the codes of our government agencies, including the most sensitive ones. our fortune 500 companies they do routinely, and then everything

. >>> president obama is out west with stops in california and washington. mr. obama was at a fundraiser in san francisco last night. today he'll visit the boeing plant to talk about u.s. exports. earlier, he praised congress for extending the payroll tax cut. in a statement issued last night, he said leaders of both parties have done the right things for your families and economies that will prevent a tax hike on 160 million working americans. this is real money that will make a real difference in people's lives. >> two fighters were scrambled >> two fighthen mr. obama was a helicopter in los angeles. the jets intercepted a light plane that entered restricted airspace, a plane that turned out to be carrying a load of marijuana. president's marine chopper landed safely at the airport for his flight to san francisco. the pilot of the intercepted plane is in jail facing local charges. oh, flying high in the sky. >>> cbs "moneywatch" time on a friday. signs of a recovering economy in the u.s. are sending stocks higher here and around the world. funny how that word

i yield at this time two minutes to the gentleman from west virginia, mr. mckinley. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. mckinley: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise today in favor of h.r. 1173. this bill would save hardworking taxpayer dollars and eliminate a costly and flawed obamacare provision known as the class act. this program is sold as a self-sustaining program, one that would reduce federal spending. however the program was problematic from the start. the president and the democrat leadership in congress knew this fact for over a year and a half a -- ago and still include the class program in the health care bill. during an investigation it was revealed that the obama administration officials and senate democrats were very much aware that this was not going to work. and that the department officials warned for a year before passage the class program would be a fiscal disaster. as far back as may of 2009, the c.m.s. chief actuary sent an email that warned officials that the program doesn't look workable. these 200 pages o

. >> mr. west -- >> thank you. i want to thank the panel. uld like to publicly recognize general odierno and thank you for serving as a battalion commander. we have been down this road before. mr. wilson talked about the task force but when i look at the decrease of the combat brigade formations we are having, can you talk to us about the ramifications you see as far as the combat tours of duty? i believe some of the second and third order effects we see what some of the social issues we talked about relates to the amount of tours that are young men and women serve in these combat zones of operation. how would look at the ramifications of what could happen with may be increased tours in combat zones? >> thank you very much. we have looked very carefully at this as we have decided where to take force structure out. because we are now out of iraq, it has made a significant difference in our combat forces. now that we are starting to reduce our presence in afghanistan, that has impacted that as well. as we groovy are made to meet those requireme