mr. brooks. >>> good afternoon, commissioners. eric brooks with san francisco green party and local grassroots organization in our city. so, first i want to make sure that it's made clear on the pg&e question. a lot of very -- varied environmental and consumer groups made sure the settlement that was reached with pg&e was strong, which is good for us because it gives us something real competition and it gives us -- and they'll have to spend more on it and it gives us a rate we can maybe compete with. but explicitly in that agreement is that pg&e has committed that in its program it will build hundreds of megawatts of solar energy in california and hire people doing it. so, people need to be aware that that's part -- this is not a buildoutless pg&e program. and there is real buildout in it. it's statewide instead of local and it's solar instead of integrated. >>> now, as to the presentation today, a couple of quick things. one is that we need to reel back on the buildout question and ask a very fundamental question that we have been

mrs. brooks : mr. speaker, i have no further speakers. if the in just a moment hawaii has no further speakers, i'm prepared to close once the gentlewoman does. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from hawaii. ms. gabbard: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. gabbard: thank you, mr. speaker. it's been an honor to stand here on the floor today in a bipartisan manner with my colleagues. i want to thank the gentleman from indiana for managing this, and her strong support and advocacy for this issue, which is symbolic of us taking action to honor our heroes, especially as we head into memorial day. you heard from many members why this is a good bill and why it should pass. it's been subject to scrutiny by all the stakeholders, and it has resulted in a bill that will be efficient and effective. one example of steps we have taken to make sure that this is an efficient bill is making sure that as we pr

mr. brooks. next >> thank you for the opportunity to commend you for the bringing up the legislation supervisor kim that he president chiu in moving this forward. for those of you who didn't have my previous testimony. in terms of the immediacy of our needs we need to look at the basis of appeal. appeals must be taken on the accumulate measured open the value of the community involved by their environmental effectual in surrounding areas. this is in tsequa process. i can't arbitrary assign this you have to have criteria. the positive should be fully opportunity by general fund then by the basis of the permit and planning funding it's based on the amount of funding. this punishes small-scale entrepreneurs. third you need a city and county assistance cooperation that will have help from future costly funding. and fund subsidies for public development public builders. i have exceed the two minutes. and that's pretty good. >> next speaker. >> hi i'm michael. i'm a member of the park merced coalition

. >> thank you, mr. brook. >> we have a public speaker on the phone. we'll take it now. >> yes. we have received a timely request for a reasonable modification with our process under our men's with disabilities act in order to allow an individual with a disability to make a public comment by telephone. >> hello. yes. >> you are onto the line. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i have been on the line for a couple hours. this is a very important topic to all of the residents of san francisco. and it's been very interesting to listen to. but i want to thank you for working so hard in trying to come to a resolution because we are in a democratic nation and we are in a city known for the participatory government. i'm concerned that we have the ceqa version, but with the two we are going to go forward and i would like to say that appeals are projects with multiple approvals must be filed within nooipt -- 90 days of the full approval that would result to physical changes to process but i think this is something as the sending speaker mentioned. we have something that we can work with and

mr. brooks. >> good afternoon supervisors. eric brooks representing san francisco green party, local grass-roots organization our city and as the coordinator of the community ceqa improvement team. clearly there are a lot of issues being debated what are sort of three versions of the legislation. we of course still weigh heavily in version of supervisor kim's legislation and also supervisor chiu's direction that he's heading with amendments, but with that said even though there are a lot of different issues kicking around that are important especially with noticing and how it's going to happen really we're starting to get a good compromise on the table with the exception of one key issue and it's the one we keep things bringing it up and trigger on the last approval. what supervisor kim is now interestingly putting forward and a final approval which is different -- by the way i would flip the description of that and call it -- this is just an idea, the first approval for a whole project that is going to trigger physical change

mr. brooks. mr. brooks: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, last week was very revealing about misstatements of truth from the white house. on wednesday, the administration was hefley criticized as the house committee of oversight and government reform held a hearing led by chairman do i recall issa to investigate the benghazi terrorist attack. additionally, on friday the i.r.s. secret operation to target conservative groups was admitted after three years of denial. thomas jeffers

mrs. brooks: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the improving postsecondary education data for students act. i am the mother of a current college student and a recent college graduate. as well as a former general council and senior vice president tech community college in indiana. i personally and professionally understand the difficult and often life-defining decisions our young people make when they decide where to attend college. students want to make the most educated decision they can but currently they struggle to access and process all the data they need to make that best decision for themselves and their future. and it's not because there's a lack of data being reported. currently the federal government requires colleges and universities to report overwhelming amounts of information, as congressman messer already said. rather than having institutions across the country spend over 850,000 hours and almost $31 million to fill out all these required federal surveys, why not allow our

mr. brooks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. brooks: mr. speaker, i rise to proudly vote to repeal obamacare, the most dysfunctional law to pass the united states congress. why is obamacare dysfunctional? for the vast majority of americans, obamacare guarantees worst health care at higher costs. why is it dysfunctional? obamacare imposes 21 new taxes on america, there bep by according to the congressional budget office costing 800,000 americans to lose their jobs. in my home state of alabama, just one of those tax increases imposes $200 million a year in higher tax burdens on blue cross slush blue shield, costs that will translate into higher premiums. why is obamacare dysfunctional? those 21 tax increases come no where close to paying for the increases in obamacare costs, thereby denying health care and forcing higher taxes on already stressed family income. why is obamacare dysfunctional? it gives americans worst health care. doctors and patients will laf costly life saving health decisions. instead, independent payment advisory bureaucra

mr. brooks: when i was u.s. attorney -- mrs. brooks: when i was a u.s. .ttorney i spoke at a funeral historically indiana law enforcement has lost 406 individuals in the line of duty. these men and women gave their lives for their fellow hoosiers. we are forever ef and to their survivors and honor their memories byg and honoring their service and those who proudly wear the badge. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, it seems like each day a new study or report is released that finds serious consequences coming from obamacare's implementation. the law's already hurting job creation. this was evidenced in the latest jobs report which showed an increase in the number of part-time workers and a decrease in the average number of hours worked each week. this law is also raising insurance premiums, increasing deficits and will reduce the quality of health care for americans across the country. m

mr. brooks: mr.speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson. mr. wilson: everyone, including the guests in the gallery, please join in. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, time and time again the presid

mr. brooks, for five minutes. mr.peaker, the president and senate gang of eight bill is not only bad for america, it is a disaster for american workers who are pitted against millions of illegal aliens and the competition for scarce jobs. on april 24, 2013, dr. frank morris, former executive director of the congressional us foundation, and now leader for the american -- african-american leadership foundation stated, quote, the senate gang of eight's immigration bill is not only impractical but immoral. increasing immigration levels through amnesty and new visa programs, particularly at the low-skilled level, will flood the labor market with millions more people, leading to higher unemployment, more poverty, and a lower standard of living for many in the black community. end quote. dr. morris is right. amnesty undermines millions of african-american workers' incomes and job searches, by flooding the american market with cheap labor. in an april 23 news release, the african-american leadership foundation stated, quote,

mr. brooks, for five minutes. mr. brooks: thank you, mr. speaker. what would president ronald reagan do about illegal immigration? mr. speaker, let me share verbatim with you parts of a 2006 editorial by ronald reagan attorney general edwin meese, that is instructive, and i quote, what would ronald reagan do? i can't tell you how many times i've been asked that question. immigration is one area where reagan's principles can guide us and the lessons are instructive. president reagan set out to correct the loss of control at our borders. border security and enforcement of immigration laws would be greatly strengthened in particular through sanctions against employers who hire illegal immigrants. if jobs were the attraction for illegal immigrants, then cutting off that option was crucial. he also agreed that the legislation in adjusting the status of immigrants, even if they entered illegally, who were law-abiding longtime residents, even if they had children in the united states. if they resided in america continuously for five years would be granted

mrs. brooks: thank you, mr. chairman. on behalf of moms and dads that will be affected by the working families flexibility act of 2013. currently private sector employees don't have the same choice that their public sector employees have. there are so many obstacles that prevent workers from being able to take comp time in lieu of the cash wages. but this commonsense piece of legislation removes those barriers and gives the private sector working moms and dads more flexibility. we're getting ready to celebrate mother's day this weekend. i want to make a special note of the difficulty working moms have finding a job that respects their family choices and their pressures. i recently finished a book -- talking about books earlier -- called "leaning in" by the facebook c.o.o. she said many things remain inflexible, often penalizing women with children. 50% of employed mother are unable to take time off to care for a sick child. she also discussed a human rights watch study that found parents delay having their babies immunize

mr. brooks: america cannot afford to open these massive floodgates any more than we can afford an amnestythat rewards illegal conduct while adding $.3 trillion to america's already dangerous and exploding national debt. a debt, i might add, that is already doing significant damage to america's economy and national security. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to honor the memory and sacrifice of walter finch wakinski of delute, minnesota. mr. walz: his story should make each of us reflect on the sacrifices that were made to allow us the precious gift that democracy and self-government, born in 1914 on a farm to polish immigrants, walter enlisted in the army on february 6, 1941. after basic training he was sent to fort mills in the philippines. he man add 12-inch moatar and fought to repel the japanese invasion. standing until the very end with his unit sustaining 70% casual

mr. cantor, i'm mel brooks, i write "the show of shows" and he loved the show.y mother and she told me you actually liked her a lot and you were kind of after her. he said your mother? who's your mother. i said kitty kaminski. he said no. i didn't know -- i'm sorry, i didn't know kitty. i said gee, she's never been known to lie, not my mother. this is very sad. so i walked out, i was very depressed. i said my mother told me eddie cantor loved her. so i walked toward the door. as i got to the door i said wait. her maiden name was katie brookman. he said i loved her! >> jimmy: we're going to take a break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] get email that lets you share, organize and stay up-to-date like never before. choose from newer ] calzones and sandwiches. share, organize go! olive garden's new lunch combinations. go hand-made. go oven-baked. served with unlimited soup or salad. so many lunch combinations starting at $6.95. when you go olive garden. the solos are complete... you are the pig to her blanket. that's not breakdancing, that's break-up dancing. don't give

mr. cantor, i'm mel brooks, i write "the show of shows" and he loved the show.up with my mother and she told me you actually liked her a lot and you were kind of after her. he said your mother? who's your mother. i said kitty kaminski. he said no. i didn't know -- i'm sorry, i didn't know kitty. i said gee, she's never been known to lie, not my mother. this is very sad. so i walked out, i was very depressed. i said my mother told me eddie cantor loved her. so i walked toward the door. as i got to the door i said wait. her name was katie brooklyn. he said i loved her! >> jimmy: we're going to take a break. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, w

mr. brooks, make sure that the declination memo doesn't make any mention of the magner case. it is just a memo on the merits of the two cases, end of quote. now, what could be more clear than that? in fact, mr. perez himself sent an e-mail less than an hour later explaining that he had left a detailed voice mail for mr. brooker. yet when congressional investigators asked mr. perez why he left the voice mail, he told an entirely different story. here's what he told the investigators. quote, "what i mean to communicate was, it is time to bring this to closure. and if the only issue that is standing in the way of how you talk about magner, then don't talk about it" -- end of quote. well, i hope you're listening and you say to yourself, give me a break. this is just plainly not what he said in his voice mail. mr. perez, i was born at night but i wasn't born last night. he didn't say anything about being concerned with the delay. he said -- quote -- "make sure you don't mention magner. it is just a memo on the merits." and that's emphasized. end of quote. his intent was crystal cl

mr. mets, there was some information sent to commissioners from rick brooks and it an accompanied a very interesting charts that would provide services that we are hoping to pro i provide here in san francisco. is there anything you can access as far as data to give us a picture [!ez >> we have done with the marine services. i have to look at the numbers. the structure of that survey and the context of the questions was a little bit different, but the nature of the questions was similar, yes. >> i didn't notice any charts or questions in the is you are service that related to the job of this program. there is some debate about that. did that come across in your questions? >> we did not have questions that would impact unemployment. >> where are the objects? >> this survey was one in which we did not test a series of message that either proponents or opponents might offer. it was focused on specific price where it might vary under those different conditions. there is a whole host of things that people on the other side of issues might including those points that you are raising. >> i'm kn

mr. al-muslimi, very disturbing testimony. and this might be due, professor brooks or to mr.bergen, or to anyone, we have blowback when we do demand airstrikes -- when we do manned airstrikes. what is the difference? in other words, what is, i think you wrote in your testimony, i thought i was here, professor, for your oral testimony, but that they are civilian, obviously civilian casualties when we do manned airstrikes. is there a qualitative difference? on income is there really? welcome anyone who wants to answer that. >> senator franken, this gets to the heart of what others try to get at my testimony, which is one should answer the question that is legal to do a strike, and that it's good strategy to do a legal strike, when you're then selecting a platform, a remotely-piloted aircraft actually gives you better precision with a small warhead with assistance overhead with the ability to abort at the last minute. with a whole chain of command and lawyers watching with intel analysts who are not getting shot at. so once you decided to actually conduct a strike, the rba's pro

mr. blitzer, good to see you. >> a pleasure always, brooke. thanks very much.ng news tonight. another storm system unleashing at least four tornadoes. already in kansas tonight. we are going to speak with a storm chaser who's right in the middle of it all. also tonight, this explosion rocking a suburb of baltimore. >> back up. >> a train carrying chemicals hit a truck, caught fire and blew up. you will hear from an eyewitness. >>> potentially incriminating evidence left unexamined sometimes for decades. rape kits sitting on the shelves while the clock is running out on potentially convictible rapists. all that coming up at the top of the hour. >> thank you. >>> meantime, our fifth story "outfront" tonight, shocking details about this alleged columbine copycat. his name, 17-year-old grant accord. made the first court appearance just this afternoon and according to prosecutors he wanted to outdo the 1999 massacre at columbine high school that left 15 people dead. court records detail his plan to use a stash of homemade explosives including nay palm and molotov co

mr. john villasenor, a non-resident scholar, a senior fellow in the center of technology and center for technology innovation at brookings. he is a professor of electrical engineer at ucla and a member of the world economic global agenda council on the intellectual property system. mr. mcneal is a professor at pepperdine school of law, and he's previously served as the assistant director of the institute for global security and directed a counterterrorism program for the justice department. mr. mclean is a professor at boston university school of law. he has served the counsel of record for aclu and issues addressing fourth amendment issues. the legislative counsel for privacy-related issues in the aclu's washington legislative office. served ashat, he project council on the aclu technology and liberty project. and with that, i will say without objection all the witnesses' statements will be placed into the record. each of you will have five minutes to summarize your statement. you are first. >> good morning, chairman, ranking member, and members of the subcommittee. thank you for asking me to testify today on the import

this while to explain this i'm joined by michael brooks he is the producer for the majority report there michael now let's start by talking about this mr downs that character he says that this is not a conflict of interest so let me ask you was it. great to be talking with you. it's very hard to understand how it wouldn't be you know best case scenario if you have these sort of dual roles as a public policy adviser and then you have direct financial interests in what you're devising about you would disclose that fact and he vaguely disclosed his interest on certain occasions and on other occasions didn't disclose that at all in fact some people that the l.a. times spoke with who had been advised by him had no idea even up to the point of the article being published his financial stakes in this vaccine in this drug use be now u.s. intelligence agencies have never established that a nation or terrorist group has ever made or shown any interest in making in this antibiotic resistant anthrax based weapon so why haven't we spent three hundred thirty four million dollars of government money on this medicine to cure this edge of a arctic resi

brooke: it's not menopause. i'm pregnant, donna. >> donna: and the father...is bill, isn't it? >> bill: you do understand what i am telling you, maya clarisse avant? >> maya: sounds like you're threatening me, mrspencer. >> bill: oh, "threat." threat is an ugly word. it's...negative.

brooke? >> joining me now, forgive me, chris. i thought we were going to hear some sound. joining me here is mr. cuomo, himself. ow was she? was she direct in answering your questions? >> she was. what amanda knox asked for, brooke, was something different. she says she knows there are still a lot of doubts out there. she wanted to deal directly with the questions and issues that few people's doubt about her. this was a very critical analysis. here are the things that raise questions about your behavior before, the day that you discover the scene at your villa, the behavior afterwards, the case the prosecution makes. all of those things. it was very direct. this is what amanda knox wanted and she did seem satisfied afterwards, brooke, that she had dealt with the questions. and what you meet when you find yourself with amanda knox is someone who has obviously been damaged by this experience. remember she's just 20 years old when this happened. she's only 25 or so now. she struggles with something that is very difficult to satisfy, the feeling she is constantly being examined, everything she says, everything she d

mr. john villasenor who is a nonresident caller and senior fellow in governance studies at the center to knowledge and center for technology innovation at brookings. he's a professor professor of electrical engineering, public policy at ucla in number of the economic forum's global agenda council on the intellectual property system. mr. mcneil is professor at pepperdine university school of law and previously served as the assistant director of the institute for global security and codirected a transitional counterterrorism program for the justice department. mr. tracey mclean is professor at boston university school of law. he served the counsel of record for the aclu and issues addressed in first amendment issues. mr. calabrese is the legislative council for privacy related issues and the washington legislative office. prior to that, he served as the project council on the aclu technology and liberty project. with that, i say without objection all the witnesses full text this will be placed into the record. each of you will have five minutes to summarize your false statement. we have a timer in front of you. i think you're all familiar with the

mr. john a non-resident scholar, a senior fellow in the center of technology and center for technology innovation at brookings. he is a professor of electrical engineer, auto policy at ucla and a member of the world council global agenda on the intellectual property system. mr. mcneil is a professor at pepperdine school of law, and he's previously served as the assistant director of the institute for global security and directed a counterterrorism program for the justice department. is a professor at boston university school of law. do next is the consul for issues in a legislative office. he served as a project council on the aclu technology and liberty project. , i will sayt without objection all the witnesses' . ms. will be placed into the record. each of you will have five -- fivedecember 8 minutes to summarize your statement. you are first. good morning, chairman, ranking member, and members of the subcommittee. thank you to testify today on the important topic of privacy and unmanned aircraft systems. i am a nonresident senior fellow for the center of technology at the brookings institution, or fester a

poverty programs because brookings college are the largest of the antipoverty programs and clearly it's a poverty program and not a tax plan. >> i would urge support for it. >> mr. chairman i would like to speak against this amendment. u.s. citizen should have the benefit of various services and the fact is that some 80% of children currently living within undocumented parent who under this bill, many of them would attain rpi status with the deny the benefits of the ietf c.. where going to be particularly harming u.s. children of parents who have rpi status in one of the major reasons i urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment. >> thank you. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> senator franken you have amendment number eight. >> thank you mr. chairman. i have a second degree to this with -- that would fix a typo. >> the senator wishes to amend his amendment. the amendment is amended with the second degree and that is the amendment that is now before us. >> this is a simple bipartisan amendment that would transfer an important program from hhs to d.o. g. -- doj rather where experts think it will find a better

that you would not get poverty program because brookings calls it the largest of the anti-poverty program. really a poverty program, not a tax plan. >> mr. chairman, i would like to speak against this amendment. u.s. citizens should have the benefit of various services, and the fact is that some 80% of children currently living within a document of parent who, under this bill, many of them would attain rpi status would be denied the benefit of eitc. so we are going to be particularly harming u.s. children of parents have rpi status as one of the major reasons i urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment. >> the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] >> the amendment is not agree to. senator franken, you have amendment number eight. >> thank you, mreight. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have a second degree to this that would fix a typo. typo fixing. >> the sender wishes to amend his a minute to the second degree. been the amendment is amended with a second degree. >> thank you. >> that is now the amendment that is not enforced. >> this is a simple bipartisan amendment that would transfer an important program for -- from

mr. speaker, i rise to place in the congressional record the names of six phenomenal women who have positively influenced the lives of the people of my hometown, west palm beach, florida. sherry brooks, renee kessler, and eileen silver, dynamic educators who have devoted their lives to the future of the youth of our community. sherry hymen, the exceptional lawyer who has helped shape our county's physical environment. mona reef, a courageous crusader for women's health and reproductive rights. and young san, a brilliant architect whose projects bring joy to thousands of visitors each year. best yet, these phenomenal women have beautiful hearts and remarkable children. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor lenore chief ken brings could he, the fire chief -- brikcoe the fire chief and term for president as association of fire chiefs comes to an end this august. it's a well-earned rest after serving s