mrs. jackson spoke to you. i am talking about you, supervisor cohen. if she was not going to light one, he wrote -- she was really not going to like you. we are hoping that this will move on to city planning. [bell] >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the director of operations, and on behalf of the agency, i went to star offensive basically we are in full support of the executive neighborhood plan -- i want to start off basically saying that we are in full support. we all know that change is inevitable. i realize my hair is not going to be black forever. we call the the gateway to the city. -- we call it the gateway. to see it take heed and take grasp. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisor:, good afternoon, supervisor marc, good afternoon, supervisor -- supervisor mar, good afternoon, supervisor cohen. the second thing is about housing. reducing the unemployment rate, it is really high in this part of town. so they can benefit from the housing development. but i urge you to please move forward. this is taking too long. thank you very much. supervi

mr. jackson: mr. richmond, i understand that our time is just about to expire but our men and women who are fighting in afghanistan and iraq, they're fighting to defend that flag, they're fighting to build a more perfect union. it's shameful that members of this congress aren't fighting for that flag, aren't fighting for a more perfect union, aren't fighting to expand opportunities for our men and women when they return from afghanistan and iraq. nothing more tragic in this current hour, mr. speaker, than the idea that our men and women could come home to unemployment, to come home without health care, to come home to homes that are in foreclosure. mr. speaker, the 112th congress needs to do something about that. i thank the gentleman from louisiana for participating in this colloquy and in this special order and, mr. speaker, we yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the gentleman yields back. does the gentleman have a motion? mr. jackson: mr. speaker, i move now that

mr. jackson: i thank the speaker. i would just encourage those to continue the civil conversation we're having about a very difficult conversation in our country. thank you, mr. speaker. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. if i -- mr. jackson: point of order, mr. speaker. the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention of the laws and rules of the house. the sergeant of arms will remove those and restore order and would remind all those that are listening that the chair has the authority to clear the gallery. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: mr. chairman, may i inquire as to how much time remains? very seriously, mr. chairman, if -- the chair: the gentleman from maryland has 9 1/2 minutes. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. we all agree, we all agree we have to act now to put in place a plan to reduce our deficits -- mr. chairman, point of order. the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention

mr. jackson: i thank the speaker. i would just encourage those to continue the civil conversation we're having about a very difficult conversation in our country. thank you, mr. speaker. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. . van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. if i -- mr. jackson: point of order, mr. speaker. the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention of the laws and rules of the house. the sergeant of arms will remove those and resre order and would remind all those that are listening that the chair has the authority to clear the gallery. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: mr. chairman, may i inquire as to how much time remains? very seriously, mr. chairman, if -- the chair: the gtleman from maryland has 9 1/2 minutes. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. we all agree, we all agree we have to act now to put in place plan to reduce our deficits -- mr. chairman, point of order. the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention of the l

mr. jackson: i thank the speaker. just encourage those to continue the civil conversation we're having about a very difficultonversation in our country. thank you, mr. speaker. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. if i -- mr. jackson: point of order, mr. speaker. the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention of the laws and rules of the house. the sergeant of arms will remove those and restore order and would remind all those that are liening that the chair has the authority to clear the gallery. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: mr. chairman, may i inquire as to how mu time remains? very seriously, mr. chairman, if -- the chair: the gentleman from maryland has 9 1/2 minutes. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. we all agree, we all agree we have to act now to put in place a plan to reduce our deficits -- mr. chairman, point of order. the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention of the laws an

mr. jackson: i thank the speaker. i would just encourage those to continue the civil conversation we're having about a very difficult conversation in our country. thank you, mr. speaker. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. if i -- mr. jackson: point of order, mr. speaker. the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention of the laws and rules of the house. the sergeant of arms will remove those and restore order and would remind all those that are listening that the chair has the authority to clear the gallery. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: mr. chairman, may i inquire as to how much time remains? very seriously, mr. chairman, if -- the chair: the gentleman from maryland has 9 1/2 minutes. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. we all agree, we all agree we have to act now to put in place a plan to reduce our deficits -- mr. chairman, point of order. the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention

mr. jackson: i thank the speaker. rage those to continue the civil conversation we're having about a very difficult conversation in our country. thank you, mr. speaker. the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. if i -- mr. jackson: point of order, mr. speaker. the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention of the laws and rules of the house. the sergeant of arms will remove those and restore order and would remind all those that are listening that the chair has the authority to clear the gallery. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: mr. chairman, may i inquire as to how much time remains? very seriously, mr. chairman, if -- the chair: the gentleman from maryland has 9 1/2 minutes. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. we all agree, we all agree we have to act now to put in place a plan to reduce our deficits -- mr. chairman, point of order. the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention of the laws and ru

mr. jackson: i request the yeas and nays, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a 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 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 of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 36. the nays are -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 36. the nays are 367. the motion is not agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. sessions: by direction of committee on rules i call up house resolution 203 and call for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar

mr. speaker, i yield -- i -- ms. jackson lee: reserve. mr. garamendi: reserve my time. the chair: the chair -- the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i'm directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california may proceed. mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd love to see what that message is. i think we got some sense of it earlier in the day and it speaks to the issue, i suspect it speaks to the issue of the continuing resolution and it is the promise he made earlier in the day that should the legislation that passed here about an hour and a half ago, two hours ago, that is the continuing resolution, should it arrive on his desk, he will veto it. i haven't seen it but i'll bet that's what in that envelope. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman for the clarification, i want

mr. jackson lee: this is wrong-headed, misdirected. i ask you to vote it down. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i yield one minute, madam speaker, to the gentleman from alabama, a member of the armed services committee, mr. brooks. one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for one minute. mr. brooks: thank you, madam speaker. let's remind everybody why we are here. we are here because we are trying to save our federal government from unsustainable budget deficits. during the regime, the regime of nancy pelosi as house speaker and majority leader over in the senate, harry reid, we have had four consecutive budget deficits that average $1.2 billion a year. those are unsustainable. they threaten our federal government solvency. we are facing a national bankruptcy. so what are we trying to do today? we are trying to protect our troops who are in afghanistan and iraq so that they don't have to worry about whether their homes are going to be foreclosed

mr. jackson lee: this is wrong-headed, misdirected. i ask you to vote it down. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i yield one minute, madam speaker, to the gentleman from alabama, a member of the armed services committee, mr. brooks. one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for one minute. mr. brooks: thank you, madam speaker. let's remind everybody why we are here. we are here because we are trying to save our federal government from unsustainable budget deficits. during the regime, the regime of nancy pelosi as house speaker and majority leader over in the senate, harry reid, we have had four consecutive budget deficits that average $1.2 billion a year. those are unsustainable. they threaten our federal government solvency. we are facing a national bankruptcy. so what are we trying to do today? we are trying to protect our troops who are in afghanistan and iraq so that they don't have to worry about whether their homes are going to be foreclosed

mr. obama will be on jackson street in pacific heights where no parking signs have gone up. 60 people will take part in a $38,000 a plate fundraiser at the home of sales force .com ceo. a few doors down, the president has a big fan in teacher amy hayes. >> i couldn't afford to go, but i guess some people would enjoy it. it would be nice. it is an opportunity of a lifetime to have dinner with the president. >> this next door neighbor won't be going. wouldn't you know it, he is a republican. >> everybody should have a right to give however much they wish, yes. >> but you are not a supporter of president obama? >> i would support another candidate. >> san francisco republican party chairperson says this fundraising trip shows the president is december desperate -- desperate and he should be dealing with the economy and wars. >> i think it could be fundraising, but i think this is pretty obscene the way he is doing it with the lavish functions that are open only to the extremely wealthy. basically the average american can't get him to see him during this visit. >> democratic strategists defend

mr. positivity. he actually said michael jackson's "man in the mirror" is the finest song ever written.even the finest michael jackson song ever written. that's "mama say." there are -- he's not -- he honestly hasn't said one negative thing in a month. but i guess i understand. it's hard to be critical when you're in love. and in love he is, with every female on the show. and to prove it, it's time for steven tyler's creepy leer of the night. ♪ higher ♪ day by day ♪ do i love you >> jimmy: at least she had neck protection, so -- [ applause ] i have to say, i miss simon cowell. he didn't like anyone. simon sat down last night with piers morgan on cnn. he often times gets aggressive with his guests but it was quite the opposite with simon. simon, you know, is his boss on "america's got talent." the interview is not what you could call hard-hitting. if anything, he almost appeared to be infatuated with simon. >> what's his real talent? i said, the genius of simon is your ability to guess what the public is going to like. would you accept that? >> well, thank you. what it is that i know wha

mr. pallone: actually, i do have a few more speakers, and i see that the gentlewoman from texas is here. i'd yield her one minute to ms. sheila jackson lee -- mr. pitts: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for how many minutes? one minute. the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the distinguished gentleman from new jersey and let me thank the chairman of the committee as well. madam chair woman, we just have a disagreement, and i would venture to say that the bulk of sick people in america and others who every day struggle to maintain their health so they can provide for their families would vigorously disagree as well. there is two points i'd like to make. when we repeal this affordable care act and the funding of it is more than the glory that we get from going home and bragging that we have undermineded america's health care system or some would say we have taken away obamacare. preventative care is an unbelievable plus that this bill has generated. i went to one of my mother-in-law centers, a new one t

mr. chairman? for what? e.p.a. administrator lisa jackson herself admits that u.s. regulation of greenhouse gases will not affect global climate conditions. the only environmental impact may be to ship our jobs to countries with no environmental protections at all. so, mr. chairman, at thend of the day the e.p.a. climate regime is all economic pain and no environmental gain. so let's pass this bill today and get american -- get the american economy back on track. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. -- the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. waxman: since the clean air act was adopted 40 years ago, we made steady progress in cleaning our air and protecting the public health and welfare. today, however, the clean air act is under attack and progress is threatened. the upton-inhofe bill is a direct assault on the clean air act. its premise is that climate change is a hoax and carbon pollution does not

mr. poe of texas for today and ms. jackson lee of texas for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. urn the speaker's announced policy of january 5 20 11, the gentleman from georgia, mr. gingrey is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gingrey: mr. speaker, thank you very much and what we're going to do here for the next hour is talk about why we feel so strongly the need to repeal and if not successful to defund so many provisions of patient protection and affordable care act. but mr. speaker, before i get started in the subject at hand, i do want to join my colleagues, particularly my colleagues on the democratic side of the aisle, in remembering our colleague john adler. i didn't realize that he'd been sick. i didn't realize he'd had surgery. i didn't realize until just moments ago that our colleague from new jersey had died. and as i sat here listening to the new jersey delegation on both sides of the aisle talk about john and it helped me understand a little bit better about him

jackson lee: thank you, mr. speaker. this morning we pledged allegiance to the flag of the united states. what a privilege and honor. i think it conveys upon this body to tell the truth. and so this morning i raise a question of my friends' comments about holding the troops hostage. we are not holding them hostage. we were able to provide them with their paychecks, but we wanted to be concerned about their grandmothers and wives and children that were being abandoned by the republican budget. and, yes, can you imagine holding up the pain of the bills -- paying of the bills of the united states because you are against women's health care and family planning and you want to condemn and take away resources to family planning and to planned parenthood? can you imagine taking the oath of the flag and yet not telling the truth? telling the truth about the fact that we had a provision that would allow our troops to be paid. but actuality what we are standing against is eliminating of early childhood education, nutrition program

mr. chairman. let me yield one minute to the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. the chair: the the gentlewoman from is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: my heart pains me for this day and this budget for america. some of us might feel as the president does, a question of whether or not we are saying to the american people that they are not understanding or that we who are fighting simply are stupid. it's a time when you want to reflect on how great a country we live in. and it hurts my heart when i see individuals putting on the floor of the house a budget that unfairly targets low-income communities and senior citizens while protecting the wealthiest americans. americans who i care about. and simply eliminating any sense of responsibility for working and middle class americans. the people's budget, it saves medicare. those are working americans. those are americans that are middle class. and then of course what about our disabled persons? do you think that they are only classified as low-income? these are individuals who become seniors or disabled who

mr. cleaver: i yield one minute to the gentlelady from texas, ms. sheila jackson lee. the chair: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i thank the chair. i thank the gentleman from utah for yielding to the c.b.c. the c.b.c. budget saves $235 billion in interest over 10 years, which the republican budget does not. i am glad to stand here and talk about ports and public transit but i'm even more glad to talk about the $5 billion that goes into general sciences, space, and technology and the $5 billion for community development. the reason why i want to say that is, for all the tax cuts to the wealthy, $800 billion, the c.b.c. budget understands that they can invest in health, income security, education, and transportation. in addition, may i say to you that this is the face of what we're trying to fight for, a hardworking nurse and a beautiful child. this is what america is all about. and i would just say to my good friend that c.b.c. budget does not engage in slash ono, ma'amics. -- in slashonomics. we create jobs in community block g

jackson lee of texas, amendment number 2, amendment number 5, amendment number 6, amendment number 8, amendment number 9, amendment number 10 by mr. rush of know, amendment number 11, mr. doyle of pennsylvania and amendment number 12 by mr. kind of wisconsin. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business the request for recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in house report 112-54 by the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, on which proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in house report 112-54 offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the 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. this is a 15-minute vote followed by two-minute votes. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of re

jackson lee: stop putting your ideas on the backs of americans who need to be able to have the american dream. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: madam speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds. i don't want to be lectured on those who left the debt on our children and grandchildren's backs. this bill is about providing a better day tomorrow than today. i stand proudly in support of it. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from vermont, former member of the rules committee, mr. welch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from vermont is recognized. mr. welch: i thank the gentlelady. the house passed h.r. 1 with the republican majority that can't get it through the senate. they're frustrated. their responsibility, to be direct with the people that supported their passage of h.r. 1. and being direct with those folks is telling them they have a problem in the senate. the reason they have a problem in the senate is because the senate has a problem with the bill. coming into this hous

jackson, i don't want you to feel like you're being ignored here. >> very much appreciated. >> i can barely see her lip move when you speak, mr. chairman. administrator, we were talking earlier, i don't know if it was senator alexander or someone else, who said we were talking about the number of people who have died in the 41, 42 year history of nuclear power plants in this country because of the radiation. folks either who worked in the plants or lived in the area around those. i think i asked this question of the chairman last time he was here, i think he said, to the best of his knowledge, no one has died of radiation poisoning or sickness. that was the quote you said, right in the. >> at nuclear power plants, there have been in related industries some accidents that led to fatalities. in the nuclear power, plants themselves there haven't been any. >> you've been great to work with us on any wide range of clear air issues, including mercury admissions and i don't know -- no want to put you on the spot. i would like to get a sense for the range of injures, death that have bra damaged children born, babies born because of emissions fr

jackson, i don't want you to feel like you're being ignored here. >> very much appreciated. >> i can barely see her lip move when you speak, mr. chairman. administrator, we were talking earlier, i don't know if it was senator alexander or someone else, who said we were talking about the number of people who have died in the 41, 42 year history of nuclear power plants in this country because of the radiation. folks either who worked in the plants or lived in the area around those. i think i asked this question of the chairman last time he was here, i think he said, to the best of his knowledge, no one has died of radiation poisoning or sickness. that was the quote you said, right in the. >> at nuclear power plants, there have been in related power, plants themselves there haven't been any. >> you've been great to work with us on any wide range of clear air issues, including mercury admissions and i don't know -- no want to put you on the spot. i would like to get a sense for the range of injures, death that have brain damaged children born, babies born because of emissions from fossil fuel plants that put out not only co2 but mercury. ca

jackson around of applause for her thoughtful comments. [applause] i would now like to extend a warm welcome to marvin odum, the president of shell oil company. mr. odum began his impressive in 1992.ith shielell he has served in a number of management positions with increasing responsibility. in addition to his corporate responsibilities, he holds several board positions, including the board of directors of the american petroleum council of the dean's the harvard/kennedy school and the board of directors on the council of the americas. he received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. we are thrilled to have you here. i am looking forward to your thoughts on the critical energy issues we are facing today. mr.owing mr. oldham's -- speech, we will take questions. please welcome him to the conference. [applause] >> good to see everyone. quite a nice crowd this morning. it is a pleasure to be here with what is likely to be the most energy informed audience in washington. or the most energy informed audience anywhere. i would like to begin with what might seem like the obvious. i would like to do that because it establishes what has to be the

mr. chairman. >> great of you to come. thank you so much for your contributions. look forward to seeing you soon. thank you. within we will invite ourl second panel, administrator of the n.r.c. and administrator jackson. neither of our guests on the second panel are strangers to this community. great to see both of you. we appreciate your stewardship and hard work you are doing in response to the disasters in japan and first we'll hear fl lisa jackson, administrator of the environmental protection agency and following her testimony, we will hear from the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission. five minutes for your statements and then we'll have some questions. >> thank you to all the members of this committee, thank you for inviting me to testify in responding to the tragedy in japan. i express my sympathy for those who have lost loved ones from the earthquake and tsunami and my support though those who are working to control the radiation at the fukushima plant in japan. their efforts are selfless and heroic. as japan works to address the challenges, many americans are concerned about what the radioed logical releases to the atmosphere may mean to them and what their government is doing to m

jackson, i don't want you to feel like you're being ignored here. >> very much appreciated. >> i can barely see her lip move when you speak, mr. chairman.dministrator, we were talking earlier, i don't know if it was senator alexander or someone else, who said we were talking about the number of people who have died in the 41, 42 year history of nuclear power plants in this country because of the radiation. folks either who worked in the plants or lived in the area around those. i think i asked this question of the chairman last time he was here, i think he said, to the best of his knowledge, no one has died of radiation poisoning or sickness. that was the quote you said, right in the. >> at nuclear power plants, there have been in related power, themselves there haven't been any. >> you've been great to work with us on any wide range of clear air issues, including mercury admissions and i don't know -- no want to put you on the spot. i would like to get a sense for the range of injures, death that have brain damaged children born, babies born because of emissions from fossil fuel plants that put out not only co2 but mercury. can you giv

and rejection -- and andrew jackson was elected and the slurs towards his wife, whether it was the state of the country with the rutherford b. hayes and tilden election, or as mr watergate -- it is hard to say that this is the worst of times. i reject that if we look at the country on an historical basis. we are incredibly resilient as a people and nation because of the way our founding documents and the constitution were worded. having thought about this getting ready for today, i think i came away reassured. it is easy to pick examples. we have so many different media sources now. it is to the point where a everybody who has their own iphone is their own media source and can create their own media. instead of having three networks, we now have 300 million networks out there potentially. as a result, we are bombarded with bad news. the good news is somehow filtered out the way spam used to be. i refuse to believe that we have lost stability compared to before. if anything, it is just the swing of the pendulum politically once more. >> i do not think it has changed. when i was in the campaign meetings in 1976, everybody was yelling and screaming. it was not ci