mrs. blackburn: we do ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from tennessee will be postponed. who seeks recognition. mr. pierluisi: i have an amendment at the desk, amendment number 16. the clerk: amendment number 16 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. pierluisi of puerto rico. the chair: pursuant to the order of the house of today, the gentleman from puerto rico, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from puerto rico. mr. pierluisi: mr. chairman, violent crime -- mr. aderholt: mr. chairman. i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: a point of order is reserved. the gentleman is recognized. mr. pierluisi: violent crime in puerto rico and virgin islands has been on the rise even though violent crime nationwide has decreased during that same time period. puerto rico's crime is six times the national average. there are a number of reasons for the larges

mrs. blackburn: i will. mr. frelinghuysen: we are prepared to accept your amendment. mrs. blackburn: i thank the gentleman for his support and i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from tennessee. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from tennessee rise? mrs. blackburn: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. will the gentlewoman from tennessee submit or resubmit the amendment. clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. at the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following, section, each amount made available by this act other than an amount required to be made available by a provision of law is hereby reduced by 1%. the chair: pursuant to the order of the house today, the gentlewoman from tp, mrs. blackburn, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the scrom from tennessee for five minutes. mrs. blackb

mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mrs. blackburn of tennessee, at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following, section, each amount made available by this act other than an amount required to be made available by a provision of law is hereby reduced by 1%. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the recognition and i want to begin by thanking the committee for their extraordinarily hard work in identifying ways to cut spending. all of us hear from our constituents, they want us to reduce what the federal government spends. to be wise and proper stewards of the federal taxpayers' dollar. all too often they look at washington and they see a monument to waste of the american taxpayer dollar. now, for the legislation that is in front of us, fiscal year 2013 proposed funding slelf $51.6 billion which is $1ings 9 billion below the president's -- $1.9 bil

mrs. blackburn on which further proceedings were postponed. the clerk: second amendment offered by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. by electric this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 157. the nays are 261. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by mr. mulvaney, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: an amendment offered by mr. mulvaney of south carolina. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of th

mrs. blackburn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. mrs. blackburn: i thank the gentleman from utah for yielding the time and i am so pleased, madam speaker, that we are pushing forward on some bills that are going to actually allow -- create the environment for jobs growth to take place. of course we know that that is needed by the american people. we hear about it every single day. you know, we're at the longest streak that we have had since the great depression, the longest streak with unemployment being above 8%. if you look at underemployment it's at 14.8%. clearly the american people are speaking out that they want action and they want to get back to work. the domestic energy and jobs act will do that. helping to create the environment for jobs growth to take place. helping to create the environment where we take actions to fuel this economy. our unemployment and underemployment numbers should be a wake-up call to the president, should be a wake-up call to the senate. they can't continue to sit on their hands and play the blame game wh

mr. king of iowa. first amendment by ms. blackburn of tennessee. second amendment by ms. blackburn. an amendment by mr. sullivan of oklahoma. an amendment by mr. turner. an amendment by mr. pol is of colorado. the chair will reduce to two minutes after the first vote in this series. this will be a 15-minute vote. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the first amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: first amendment offered by mr. king of iowa. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. by electric tron -- this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage

mrs. blackburn regarding an across the board reduction, amendment by mrs. blackburn regarding section 1705 of the energy policy act of 2005, an amendment by mr. broun, eliminating funds for research project agency, amendment by mr. broun regarding advanced research projects agency energy awards with technology readiness levels. an amendment by mr. chabot regarding funding levels in title 4 of the bill. an amendment by mr. cleaver limiting funds relating to the missouri river ecosystem restoration plan. an amendment by mr. craff etc. regarding the harbor maintenance trust fund. an amendment by mr. defazio section 9104-d of the title 48 code of federal regulations which shall be debatable for 20 minutes. an amendment by mr. denham regarding section 10011-b of public law 11-11. an amendment by mr. engel limiting funds for the new light duty vehicles which will be debatable for 20 minutes. an amendment by mr. flake regarding an across the board direction. an amendment by mr. flake regarding the wind power america initiative. an amendment for the batteries electr

blackburn. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome to all of our witnesses today. i think that from the opening statements, you can see we can agree that the constant in the video arena is change. change in innovation and i was thinking through my nearly 20 years of work in both the private and public sector on this issue, and going from big box tvs to home theaters and then watching the analog to digital, now you can carry pretty much whatever you want on the ipad and plug it into a dumb screen and there you go. going forward, i hope we're going to focus on end use. i think consumers are the best at deciding what they want in content and also in their delivery mechanisms. so i look forward to the discussion we're going to have about how we insert free market principles into the good work and innovation you do. yield back. >> gentle lady yields back. recognize the ranking member of the full committee, mr. waxman, for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman walden, for holding this hearing to examine the future of video. i look forward to working to assemble an interes

mrs. blackburn: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from tennessee will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? ms. jackson lee: i have an amendment at the desk, amendment number 393. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. jackson lee of texas, page 56 after line 24, insert the following new section, section 510, none of the funds made available by this act for department of energy, energy programs, science, may be used in contravention of the department of energy organization act, 42 u.s. cr 707001. the chair: pursuant to the order of the house, the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: i hope to offer an amendment that is a reflection of the time that i served on the science committee for 12 years and now almost a decade-plus on homeland

blackburn england. take a look at what hams when two ice cream men fight over a customer. >> mr.y driver smashing into mr. whipy's window. mr. whipy then slamming his truck into mr. yum my. >> you can't make this stuff up. >> they needed some of the ice cream to cool off. >> it is 43 after the hour. what happens in vegas doesn't stay in vegas for the gsa. a new report claims the financial free for all not limited to the party town. apparently a former gsa official lied about the size of the budget surplus in order to use millions of your tax dollars for pet projects. we have details. good morning, diane. >> according to the washington times recently obtained inspector general report ladies and gentlemens the krscfo's off used the role over the agency finances toward billions of tax payer dollars for its own purposes. in february 2010 the report says then cfo said the office had 25 million in excess cash when it had 52 million in extra cash leaving it 27 million to spend on pet projects. by the time the investigation into that matter was over she had been promoted and investigator

blackburn. >> thank you mr. chairman and welcome to our witnesses.und the world, people are screaming -- streaming this hearing because they want to see what our posture and this is going to be and i think as you have heard, there is agreement on both sides of the aisle that giving authority to an international governing body would put our nation's sovereignty at risk. we are concerned about that and i think that the obama administration should be commended for helping support this power grab and i think we also need to realize that this is one of those areas where concerns we have had about this administration's effort to undermine our efforts, congressman's efforts in this developing fight against international regulatory schemes over the internet. this administration moved forward with regulations over the management of internet networks here in the united states. we are going to continue to work to reign in the regulatory explosion at the fcc. now is time to execute a serious game plan that deals with those who put international politics ahead of