mr. wolf: i strike the requisite number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. wolf: i have had a difficult time of getting answers out of the justice department. many times before the attorney general. we have six or seven letters there and the night before the hearing we get one letter that says in answer to your letter of october 1, october 15, october 28, and so i completely support it. i urge members to support this thing, to send a message. i think it's important for the justice department to respond. particularly they are the justice department, and so i thank the gentleman for the amendment and urge its support. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from pennsylvania. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. fattah: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. fattah: we fund the department of justice to deal with crime, the protection of our country and our citizens. and the

mr. wolf: if the gentleman will yield? mr. kinzinger: i will. mr. wolf: i want to thank for your work and bringing up this topic. the department of commerce can educate companies on the benefits of manufacturing in the u.s. we want to make sure that they are using important tools, such as online calculators, to assist companies. this online tool has the potential of not only educating companies but also provide clarity in the advantage and disadvantages of manufacturing in the u.s. also, i think people ought to know, this is not only a tool, this is almost a moral issue too. we just had hearings with congressman chris smith when congress was away. this country of china had chin and beat up his wife and did a lot of things. so not only is it this issue, it is a moral issue, and apple, if you have an ipad, it's made in china. iphone, made in china. ipod, made in china, and those should be coming home. we have language for grants to repatriate to bring those companies back. china is in trouble. they have a one-child policy. men cannot find wives. they h

brecht's -- >> mr. wolf, if i could interrupt, i know this was not a question for you to respond to, but given what my colleagues are saying and i strongly agree as well, if we appoint you to the task force, would you consider complying under the charter and working with as to figure out how we can structurally work with the task force to ensure that u.s. quorum -- that you have quorum over adjudicative decisions? gregg's absolutely. -- >> absolutely. i think as far as quorum, we had it once, but we have not had a problem with it since. since the rules have been more explicit, everybody has been on notice. thank you very much. >> we are glad to see you are back in house, and we know that you were out for health reasons. thank you very much. next we have karen and then the lease. -- louise. >> i am here today because i believe that's t

mr. wolf: yes. mr. bishop: this was an action by the department and it was not action taken by the committee. however, some of us on the committee have grave concerns about it and we appreciate the chairman's agreement and his willingness to discuss it with the justice department and see if we can't get the situation corrected. mr. wolf: ok, thank you. with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair -- the noes have it. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida will be postponed. the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: i have an amendment at the desk, mr. chairman. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 36, congressional record offered by mr. chaffetz of utah. the chair: the gentleman from utah is recognized for five minut

mr. wolf: strike the requisite number of words. chairman the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. wolf: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the bill includes $7 million increase for the e.e.o.c. which will allow the agency to make progress in addressing backlog in addressing discrimination complaints. and in the context of a reduced allocation which many agencies account in this bill have been level funded or even cut, that $7 million increase a substantial show of support. and lastly and i'm not going into detail, this again cuts nasa by $26 million. nasa has been gradly being cut down and -- gradually being cut down and down. i would ask for a no vote on the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut rise? ms. delauro: i move to strike the last word and i rise in support of the amendment offered. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms.

i think that mr. wolf has demonstrated not only a commitment to issues of sunshine, but i think that he has a track record of artwork. someone who is prepared. even if you are not in agreement with everything, every position that he takes, i think that one can still respect the reasoning behind that, and the work that goes into it. so, i do hope that we are able to approve the recommendation and i would urge my colleagues to support his reappointment. i also think it is important, with respect to the four remaining seats in the continue on that i supported, in retrospect it is important for us to those names forward expeditiously and i would hope that we could have a follow-up meeting in the next rules committee, where those names are considered. i want to thank the chair of the rules committee of doing an excellent job for leading that challenging meeting. i think that the thing about these bodies is that they play an important function. i say that, and we have to make sure that we protect that. one of th

mr. wolf: i object. the chair: you object. the gentleman objects. mr. fattah: no problem. we'll have an opportunity to have a vote notwithstanding. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will read the amendment. >> amendment number 55 -- excuse me -- 57 to start with. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. 57. the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. flores of texas. page 101, after line 10, insert the following new section. section 542, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to enforce section 526 of the energy ibbeds and security act of -- independence and security act of 2007, public law 110-142, u.s.c. 17142. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. flores: thank you, madam chair. i rise to offer an amendment which would address another restricted and misguided federal regulation. section 526 of the energy independence and sec

smith, mr. wolfhank you very much for having this hearing this afternoon, and for your extraordinary, tenacious leadership on these issues. i think it is not an accident that chen wanted to speak you in particular. i want to start with one premise, which is that if chinese government was serious that its commitments to human rights and rule of law, we wouldn't be having these conversations again and again and again, which does not suggest we are not habit of this discussion with you but i think the fact that 30 years into reform and opening up in 20 years after tiananmen, we're still discussing these issues, is a partial statement about the choices the chinese leadership has made with respect to political reform and the rule of law. to paint a broad picture, year in and year out we continue to document gross abuses, and use the death penalty, disappearances, restrictions on the freedoms of religion and association and assembly. i think chen's case in particular highlights some of the worst abuses tha

so i want to ask you, mr. wolf, and you, mr.chairman, to just get on that with all you've got and find out whether this is true, whether that quote is true. get "the washington post" reporter to find out if it's true because if it is, he has, as i say, forfeited his right -- absolutely -- to serve as chief lawyer for the united states' state department. >> anybody else like to comment on that? >> well, the other issue that raises is what was this hard time deadline? what was driving this time guillotine if it wasn't secretary clinton's talks with the chinese concerning trade? and that raises the further issue of was chen a bargaining chip in all of this. >> i just have to say again, they did it backwards. the fact that the chinese are on the defensive so acutely in advance of this high-level meeting is the reason why time was on our side. as any bargainer would know. and throwing away that leverage on the, on the geithner agenda is itself inexcusable incompetence. so, i mean, to risk this man's life and future over the issue of

mr. wolf: 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. 5326, and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? mr. chaffetz: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. pursuant to house resolution 643 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 5326. will the gentlelady from michigan, mrs. miller, kindly resume the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 5326, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the departments of commerce and justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending sep

. >> greta: and that is the man whose name was mr. wolf. has been prying in the courthouse looking for records. >> his name is michael wolf get >> greta: and where does he work now, do you know? >> i'm told kim stossel from the "wall street journal" has been investigating that and he now works for a company by the name of fusion gps. >> and who are they? >> a company that hires out diagnose they are for hire to dig up clinical and dirt on anybody you want to dig up dirt on and get it posted into so-called journalism. you pay them money and they dig up dirt. >> and do you know who runs that? >> i don't know personally but i he have been told it is a fellow by the name i think it is glen simpson. >> greta: do you know if glen sim he is the one who you said is digging up dirt and getting it out to different media outlets? do you know that fence he is being paid by an anyone connecd with the obama campaign or the democratic party? >> he won't talk to reporters about it. but his business model is to do exactly that. >> greta: are you been able t

mr. wolf, did you ask your questions? mr. horowitz, you made an excellent point about the willingness to negotiate and to be the last person standing, so to speak. your afl-cio analogy was a great one. i actually met with the pentecostal seven in 1982 when they were holed up in the russian-u.s. embassy to the soviet union in moscow and we did stand steadfastly by them and time was not the issue. i thought your point was extraordinarily well taken if you wanted to elaborate that. my hope is and i know the press have all left, but i think it's very important that the president of the united states, i would appreciate your views on this, speak out from the perch of the white house. obviously as the leader of the free world, it's amazing to me that when asked about guangcheng he said he had no comment. during the horrible days of aparthe apartheid, if any president, reagan bush were to be asked about tremendous individuals they would launch into a defense of those brave men and women and yet no comment from the president. your th

there's another gentleman that i have a lot of respect for, also, and that's mr. wolfe. thank you.: thank you. >> supervisors, good afternoon. i'm tony gantener in support of marc bruno. i've known marc over a decade. during that time, he's represented the saint vincent depaul society as a volunteer and professionally arranging for many meals of the homeless, also distributing blankets, socks and food. he's been dedicated to the less fortunate, literally spending thousands of volunteer hours. marc has been involved in community benefit districts, merchant associations, neighborhood organizations in san francisco. he always takes a fair approach to neighborhood concerns. i've also worked with marc on the california public records act request to state agencies and departments pursuant to government code 6252 et seq. he has personally experienced how transparent, responsive and cooperative state agencies can be. he's read and thoughtfully studied prop g and legislative and budget analysis report. i believe mr. bruno has a good sense of how the city's sunshine act should be carried out

it for me, i'm in for brooke baldwin, but "the situation room" is going to take it from here with mr. wolf

"the situation room" with mr. wolf blitzer begins right now. >> you're in "the situation room." we go behind the scenes of president obama's clandestine trip to afghanistan this week and a closer look at the extraordinary precautions and extraordinary risks of taking a president into a war zone. also osama bin laden and documents recovered from the house where he was killed by u.s. forces one year ago this week. plus, mitt romney courting skeptical social conservatives. i'll talk about that and more with this former rival who just dropped out of the race newt gingrich. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> formally this week, satellites would have been dominated by the race for the white house and the increasingly heating battle between the obama and romney campaigns. but president obama rewrote the script, catching the world by surprise with an unexpected trip to afghanistan where he marked the one-year anniversary of the death of the world's most wanted terrorist. >> one year ago from bas

"the situation room" with mr. wolf blitzer. i know you spoke with secretary of state colin powell.ge equality and afghanistan and the threat of al qaeda in this post-osama bin laden world. >> al qaeda seems to be pretty robust there in yemen and apparently according to some reports even in syria right now. we spoke about that. let me play this little clip for our viewers, this exchange i had with general powell on al qaeda. >> all these years after 9/11, are you surprised that al qaeda, even after the death of bin laden is still out there? >> you know, this is an organization that franchised itself out a number of years ago. it isn't just osama bin laden leading a single organization. these are people who have a belief in terrorism and who have some connection to osama bin laden, but it's really a franchised operation and you can expect from the pop-up wherever they find fertile ground whether it's in yemen or syria or in other places of the world. so i think it says to us, be on the alert, don't think it's over and they'll come after you again if you let them. keep up the military

"the situation room" with mr. wolf blitzer is coming up at the top of the hour. have on tap? >> we're standing by. there will be a news conference in connection with adam mayes. he kidnapped his wife, three girls and we're watching -- we're getting the latest developments on what's going on on this front. adam mayes, the accused kidnapper of jo ann bain. authorities are standing by to brief us. there have been more arrests today, as you know. we've taken that news conference and the least part of it right at the top of the hour. also, a lot going in syria right now. professor, the middle east scholar be joining us right now. lots of news, as usual. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> it is a place where many americans retire, safe, serene, but the town is on edge after a stunning discovery. 18, 18 mutilated bodies found most beyond recognition and i'm about to speak live to someone who knew some of these victims. ] sweet! [ male announcer ] the solid thunk of the door on the jetta. thanks, mister! [ meow ] [ male announcer ] another example of volkswage

mr. wolf: i think we have actually said enough. i think it's a good bill. i want to thank again mr. fattah and all members on both sides of the aisle. it was a good bipartisan bill and i urge a rejection of the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. the motion is not adopted. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, on that i ask for the yeas and nays. i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a -- pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 20, this is a 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit which will be followed by five-minute votes on the passage of the bill and approval of the journal if so ordered

"the situation room" with mr. wolf blitzer begins right now. >> you're in "the situation room."go behind the scenes of president obama's clandestine trip to afghanistan this w

it for me, i'm in for brooke baldwin, but "the situation room" is going to take it from here with mr. wolf blitzer. >> i don't have an justify date to provide you on the president's position. >> the white house under pressu pressure. >> a dramatic plea from an american man, he tells president obama, quote, my life is in your hands. plus, an election of evil and a major change of course by a leading ally, france elected it's first socialist president in two decades, we're looking at what it means for the united states. i'm wolf blitzer, you're still in "the situation room." the vice president joe biden said over the weekend he's fine with gay marriage and arnie duncan says he believes gay and lesbians should be allowed to marry. putting him at odds with the president of the united states. jessica yellin is working the story for us. jessica, causing quite an uproar there, what's going on? >> reporter: this is clearly an unwelcome topic for a white house that pronounces to make all decisions based on principle not on politics. it certainly looks as if the vice president supports gay marriage.

mr. wolf? i want to thank you again for sharing your extensive expertise, your passion for human life, and deep concern for guangcheng chen, his wife, and family. we will continue this effort. i'm going to reapply for another piece of, which has been turned down since october. i would love to meet with him and his family. most importantly, i want to hold the administration for account for what they may and may not have done. i think the questions posed by you need to be answered and we need to take it with a grain of salt when he gushes with gratitude for efforts being made on his behalf. i think we have dropped the ball significantly. i have been in the business of human rights for 32 years. my first trip was to moscow in 1982. as i mentioned earlier to mr. horowitz in his mentioning of the siberian seven, the pentecostal christians met with them, we stood firmly, unambiguously, with those sprouting freedom and democracy saying we were in solidarity with them. we risked superpower confrontatio

you are on with mr. wolfe. caller: i have a few comments to make. i have nothing against people being gay, it is just a choice of who you sleep with, basically. i have an issue with the gay movement, so to speak. you confuse everyone all the time. i just turned on the radio half an hour ago to go to work. now it is out people. why are we not saying gay as opposed to our people. is the a not the correct term? no. 2, when you are raising money for a specific candidate simply because they are gay, that is what you're doing, getting money for someone to run for office because they are gay, not because of their issues. instead of raising money to probe the issue of " for the right person, not because they are gay or not. the last thing i might say is that -- first off, i do not understand a different degree lesbian and gay, if your day, you're gay, lesbian just happens to be the female aspect of day, unless i am ignorant and you can explain that to me. i have a heart problem with the trans gender part. you are born gay. that is it. you are born in a male

smith, mr. wolf, thank you for having this hearing this afternoon and for your extraordinary tenacious leadership on these issues. i think it is not an accident that chen wanted t to speak with you in particular. if the chinese government was serious about their commitments to human rights and the rule of law, we would not be having these conversations again and again and again, which is not to suggest we are not happy to have this conversation with you. but the fact that we are still discussing these issues is a powerful statement about the choices the chinese leadership has made with respect to political reform and the rule of law. to contain a broad picture, year in and year out we continue to document the gross abuses, restrictions on the freedoms of religion and assembly. i think his case in particular highlights some of the worst abuses we have seen in recent years. those include a naked disregard for the law both with respect to challenge illegal practices and to hold people to account but als

you are on with mr. wolfe. caller: i have a few comments to make. have nothing against people being gay, it is just a choice of who you sleep with, basically. i have an issue with the gay movement, so to speak. you confuse everyone all the time. i just turned on the radio half an hour ago to go to work. now it is out people. why are we not saying gay as opposed to our people. is the a not the correct term? no. 2, when you are raising money for a specific candidate simply because they are gay, that is what you're doing, getting money for someone to run for office because they are gay, not because of their issues. instead of raising money to probe the issue of " for the right person, not because they are gay or not. the last thing i might say is that -- first off, i do not understand a different degree lesbian and gay, if your day, you're gay, lesbian just happens to be the female aspect of day, unless i am ignorant and you can explain that to me. i have a heart problem with the trans gender part. you are born gay. that is it. you are born in a male b

wolfe, hanley chan and michael kwan. thank you very much. chairperson kim: thank you, mr. nolte. >> good afternoon. my name is paul henderson. i have a lot of familiarity with the task force and i've worked with them over the years. there's a number of really strong candidates both that are reapplying and new candidates that are applying. so i was just here to -- in support of several of the new candidates that are coming in from different organizations. i'll be brief and who they are. kitt grant from the national black journalists association, which, i think it's important, you know. i know this is a city that embraces and welcomes diversity so i'm really excited to see the depth of the candidates that are coming here now to sit on this commission. also, david sims whom i've known for a long time, both from being active in the gay lesbian community but also in the legal community, i think he'll bring a depth of knowledge and commitment to the position. also, my friends from alice, outside of this building, who have been particularly active and that's owen stephens and louise fischer are great peop

wolf. let me tell you something. i think you sound ridiculous. >> what mr. trump wouldn't do is give any evidence at all to back up his claims, that is not new, but what the romney campaign doesn't seem to want to do is dump mr. trump because of the unfounded claims. i pressed romney supporter john sununu on "starting point" this morning. >> it's not an issue. >> you don't think anyone -- you don't think -- >> the romney campaign believes the president was not born in the united states. >> so then how come someone doesn't say donald trump is wrong! we're going to tell -- >> donald trump is wrong. the president was born in the united states. >> so, as i mentioned it has been more than a year since these questions should have stopped. president obama released his long form birth certificate, april last year. he released it to settle the issue once and for all, released it because people like donald trump are going on and on making unfounded claims about the president's birth place. as all of that was swirling, just before mr. obama released his birth certifica

mrs. obama's message at virginia tech was very much tailored to this class, wolf.e hon smord people that she lost when she was in her 20s, her dad and a friend through service and that's something that's been emphasized at virginia tech following the shootings, community service as a way to pay tribute to the victims. >> congratulate all of the graduates. i went there five years ago after the shooting and it's a wonderful, wonderful university and all of those grads should be very, very proud. brianna, thanks very much. let's go back to our strategy session and discuss the politics of graduation addresses a little bit with democratic strategist and cnn political contributor james carville and republican strategist bay buchanon. the president, james, will be speaking at barnard college, part of columbia university in new york on monday. mitt romney is addressing the graduates at liberty university in virginia. very different schools, shall we say. >> yea. if you can't accuse them of playing election politics by giving a speech in manhattan. >> no, the point i was go