mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. the economic elites who are the patrons of many of my friends across the aisle believe in trickle-down economics which george herbert walker bush termed to be voodoo economics. my friends believe when you put a quarter in the pocket of a rich man, then there's a hole in that pocket and it trickles down -- the quarter falls out into nickels and dimes and distributed to the waiting folks -- the waiting working class people of the country. they believe that that's how the economy works. give the rich the money and let them operate in an unregulated environment and then somehow magicically the economy trickles down to those waiting at the bottom of the scale, waiting for some kind of a handout. and that's not how our economy works. it works from the ground up. and it works with people going to work making a decent wage delivering services for a period of time, 40 hours a week, that's a regulation we didn't used to have those. there are times when people were poor, predominantly and the na

mr. johnson: mr. speaker, to the extent that a regulation would or would not present a choice between clean air and dirty air i think we can all in unison conclude that we would come down in favor of clean air. if the choice became whether or not a regulation would promote clean water or dirty water, then i'm sure that most americans would agree with me that we would want a regulation that would ensure clean water. clean drinking water. unfortunately, if the reins act passes the jobs that will be created by the regulations which would enforce the requirement that air and water be clean will not come to pass. so we would do without the jobs and we would have dirty water and dirty air. so i would submit that the -- my colleagues on the other side run to the support of my amendment. with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from georgia's time has expired. the gentleman from virginia is recognized to close. mr. goodlatte: mr. chairman i urge my colleagues to support the underlying bill which would

mr. johnson: i'm proud to be on your team. mr. mckinley: we also have a host of the other folks here to address -- we've got this chart up, eventually we're going to get to that in the next part of it. but what we're talking about here, here are all the regulations, these are all the regulations that are affecting the coal industry. the manufacturing industry, all promulgated from the clean air act. we'll get to that in a minute. in the meantime, let's hear from some of the more -- let's hear from more of the individuals. i'd like to provide congressman jenkins from the third district of west virginia for two two minutes. mr. jenkins: thank you congressman mckinley. thank you for your leadership as chair of the coal caucus. it does great work, i'm honored to be a part of it and i'm honored to work with you. as you well know and as the people of america need to know, we are at a critical point in this war on coal and it truly is a war on coal. coal vital to the people of west virginia and to west virginia's economy and to this coun

mr. johnson. i think you highlighted in just a minute and a half the basic problems that we have with dealing with a rogue regime like iran, that cannot be trusted, that has not been dealing with this in a straight manner. thank you very much for your leadership on this issue. mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield such time as he may consume to mr. davis of illinois. to address this threat as well. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i rise today to voice my concerns over the potential deal regarding iran's nuclear program and i stand here thanking my colleague from the great state of florida for putting this special order together on such a very important issue. and it's such a timely issue. i want to read a quote. they will freeze and then dismantle their nuclear program . our other allies will be better protected. the entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons. the united states and international inspectors will carefully monitor them to make sure it keeps its commitments. so

mrs. johnson. lynda is the former chairman of the board for reading is fundamental, the nations largest children's literary organization. she serves on the board of the lbj foundation. she is also the former first lady of virginia and another proud alumnus of the university of texas in austin. i might mention as well her , husband, former senator and former governor chuck robb is here. lynda will be joined on stage by larry levinson, deputies special counsel to larry -- to president johnson. larry helped shape a comprehensive domestic legislative agenda which included medicare, the safe streets act, and landmark education and civil rights measures. he is a harvard law graduate and a lawyer in private practice in washington. finally, it is my distinct pleasure to introduce our first moderator, the great bob schieffer. as all of you know, bob is the cbs news chief washington correspondent and the award-winning host of "face the nation." bob made some news of his own earlier this month when he announc

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i came to the floor and said it felt like open season on black men in america. people around the country agree that police killings undermine the efforts of good police and break the trust between police and their communities. black women and girls face the same threats and many more. unsettling video can of a police officer in texas manhandling an unarmed 15-year-old girl in a bathing suit served as a wake-up call to all of us. the arrest and death of sandra bland reminds us that the fight for equal justice under the law continues. but black women also face a unique and too often unreported violence. sexual assault. in oklahoma, an officer is on trial for sexually assaulting eight black women. tragically this story is not unique. the challenges black men face are real but i was humbled to learn how unequal justice affects black women. black women are the fastest growing prison population and their stories must be told if we are going to break this trend. mr. speaker, it's open season

mrs. johnson. lynda is the former chairman of the board for reading is fundamental, the nations largest to children's literary organization. she is also the former first lady of virginia and another proud alumnus of the university of texas in austin. her husband, former senator and former governor chuck robb is here. linda will be joined by larry levinson, deputies special counsel to larry johnson. larry helped shape a comprehensive domestic legislative agenda which included medicare, the safe streets act, and landmark education and civil rights measures. he is a harvard law graduate and lawyer in private practice in washington. our first moderator, bob schieffer. bob is the cvs news chief washington correspondent and the award-winning host of "face the nation." bob made some news of his own earlier this month when he announced he was stepping down from "face the nation." i'm hoping we will all help change his mind before lunch today. bob has been a reporter for more than half a century and is virt

mr. johnson? is it because over 2 million people have been deported under his presidency? which is more than were deported under the previous administration in eight years with 17 months left on this term. is that the reason why he's known as the deporter in chief? >> well, let me answer -- let me say two things sir. one, as i have mention eded, i believe it is important that we focus our deportation resources on threats to public safety. and with our new policy i believe we are doing that increasingly. so a higher percentage of those in immigration detention today than used to be the case are those who are in my top two priorities for removal. 76% of those in immigration detention today are in my top priority for removal the felons, those apprehended at the border. so i want to focus our resources on threats to public safety. and i know the president supports that. and he shares that view. the other thing i'll say in response to your question sir is as i mentioned earlier i think we need to evalu

mr. johnson: i do.t is the difference between us and the french and one of the reasons they tend to bash on more rapidly. we are a bit measly when it comes to compensation. we should be buying properties at top dollar. when they inevitably inflate in value after the project has gone in, you will find that the status is still good. anna: so he says we are a bit measly on the compensation front. he says that london's population is set to top 10 million. he also sees this as a way of creating jobs and building more housing. manus? manus: he also talked about brexit and greece. what does he have to say about that? anna: we talked about the possibility. he says it is not sensible to leave the eu. that's have a listen. mr. johnson: i don't want to leave the eu. i've never campaigned for leaving the eu. i think the stakes are much lower than they used to be. i think the arguments changed from 40 years ago, when britain last had a referendum on this subject. the eu market is smaller than it was as a share of gl

mr. johnson? is it because over 2 million people have been deported under his presidency, which is more than were deported under the previous administration in eight years with 17 months left on this term? is that the reason why he is known as the deporter in chief? secretary johnson: let me say two things, sir. one is that i have mentioned that i believe it is important that we focus our deportation resources on threats to public safety. and with our new policy, i believe we are doing that increasingly so. a higher percentage of those in immigration detention today are those who are in my top two priorities for removal. 76% of those in immigration detention today are in my top reported for local felons. those apprehended at the border. i want to focus our resources on what's the public safety. i know the president supports that and he shares that view. the other thing that i will say in response to your question sir, is that i mentioned earlier that we need to evaluate carefully whether it is app

mr. johnson. mr. johnson: thank you. i'm a big fan of space exploration, big buck rogers fan, "star trek," all those things growing up with them as a kid. i say that jokingly but i can tell you that sitting in my living room floor between the summer of my ninth and 10th fwrade year and watching neil armstrong and buzz aldrin land on the moon captivated me as it did the rest of the world and i'm not -- i've never gotten over that. so i have tremendous respect for what you folks do and the discoveries that we're making through our space exploration process. mr. gerstemaier one question for you to start off with. the i.s.s. has not yet been extended by congress. however, the administration has proposed to extend to 2024. how many of our international partners have agreed to extension and what steps is nasa taking to build a coigscoligs of our international partners for an extension? >> the canadian space agency has agreed to extend to 2024 so we have one partner on board, the canadian space agency, we do a lot of -- who do

mr. johnson: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: madam president i come to the floor today to pay tribute to -- the presiding officer: senator the senate is in a quorum call. mr. johnson: i ask the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. johnson: i come to the floor to pay tribute to one of america's sons who has fallen in the line of duty. sergeant holmquist from wisconsin who lost his life tragically as a result of a behindous act committed by terrorists on july 16 in chattanooga, tennessee. the sergeant was one of the finest among us. he gave his life to preserve the liberties on which america was founded. he was a son a husband a father and a very proud marine. he also must have been a great friend to all the people he knew and a man who was respected by many people he didn't know. i was honored to attend his funeral this past saturday. i was witness to a tremendous outpouring of support. i saw a line probably about two blocks long, three or four people wide, of citizens of all across

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to use. mr. johnson: h.r. 1656 the secret service improvements act will assist the secret service with its critical mission of protecting the president and vice president and other dignitaries as well as its investigative role in protecting our nation's financial infrastructure against criminal threats. this important bill was introduced by the bipartisan leadership of the judiciary committee chairman bob goodlatte, ranking member john conyers, crime subcommittee chairman jim sensenbrenner and crime subcommittee sheila jackson lee. h.r. 1656 was related to shortcomings related to the secret service that have come to light in recent years. the image of this once reveered agency has become tarnished because of performance issues that resulted in security lapses. last fall, the judiciary committee held and important oversight hearing to determine or to review the operation of this vitally important agency.

mrs. johnson, distinguished guests, you have done me a great honor in coming here today and made me a very happy man. this is an important hour for the nation. for those of our citizens who have completed their tour of duty and moved to the sidelines, these people are our responsibility and are entitled among other benefits to the best medical protections available. not one of our citizens should be abandoned -- we don't want these people to have anything to do with charity or have them have an idea of hopeless despair. mr. president, i am glad to have lived this long. [applause] >> at the signing of the medicare bill, it puts this nation right where needs to be. your inspired leadership and responsiveness, forward-looking congress, have made it possible for the state to come about. i thank you for coming here. it is an honor that i have not had for quite a while. i will say that. [laughter] >> here he is. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] >> the president and mrs. truman. governor herbert, congressman king and the anderson-king team. congre

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. this confederate flag, which is a symbol of systemic oppression and racial subjew gation was -- subgaited was recently lowered in the state of north carolina, but this flag, is still flying high in a figuratively sense over our country. when the u.s. supreme court struck down the heart of the voting rights act, it signaled that african-american voting rights would no longer be protected. pretending that the legacy of poll taxes literacy tests and blatant discrimination was no longer taking place, the supreme court symbolically raised this flag when it gutted the voting rights act. now that this flag has come down from the halls of south carolina, it's time that we lower this flag from its perch over the voting rights of african-americans by passing the legislation in the u.s. congress to restore the voting rights act, and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask un

mr. johnson for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. and director mccarthy -- or administrator mccarthy thank you for being here. when we ended with the last round, you assured me that you had never been -- never attended a goo fest. are you familiar with the goo fest? >> i'll be very honest with you i got the very last invitation. the one that you just showed i think was -- >> yeah. >> one and only one i ever received and i did not respond. >> would you agree though that the epa director of policy -- i mean, this is the person that directs the development of policy having a personal, private relationship, a social relationship at a thing called goo fest shows that the epa critical members of the epa has a close relationship with these outside third party organizations, right? >> sir, i don't think -- >> is there any denying of that? >> i do not think that people are precluded from having friends in every walk of life. >> i don't think so either. but these are people influencing policy. we've already established, miss administrator, tha

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mr. secretary. sec. johnson: secretary of the navy is a lot cooler job. [laughter] mr. o'keefe: yeah, but you had the coast guard. that is one of the tops in my book, the coast guard. sec. johnson: i did not have aircraft carriers. sean, can i take a liberty and recognize the admiral and director? i saw your portrait. thank you for being here. mr. o'keefe: outstanding. it's a great pleasure to see you. absolutely, thank you all for being here. it was an extraordinary commentary, mr. secretary, that you offered on a variety of different elements of the cyber challenge. how would you characterize the nature of u.s. vulnerability right now to cyber? sec. johnson: well, part of it is what i said at the end, what amazes me when i look into a lot of intrusions, including some really big ones, by multiple different types of actors, they very often start with the most basic act of spearfishing, where somebody is allowed in the gate, penetrates the network simply because an employee clicked on something he or she should not have. the most sophisticated actors count on penetrating

mr. johnson. he is from the other great city and tennessee. the second-best barbecue but the greatest in the country. the follow-up on these questions we need to be concerned about threats from afar and recruitment of our people from afar as well as isis. but the fact is that we have more of a threat domestically to our lives than we do internationally and an article in "the new york times" does this past year, just this past month, cites the fact that since 9/11, an average of nine american muslims per year have been involved in an average of six terrorism plot against targets in the united states. but years. in contrast, extremists have averaged 337 attacks per year in the decade after 9/11, causing 254 fatalities, over five times as many as muslims caused fatality this was part of the terrorism center, and this has increased the study was that was released in 2012 and i ask you about the efforts to curtail domestic right-wing extremists. and i believe that 2011 may have been a department that funding was cut or even abolished and is there a

mr. johnson i want to start off what we do in my job we're looking to to find out the recruitment of color and documentary to see people of color and asked them what makes you want to become a police we ran into a unique person this man he actually has applied for the police department and passed the test and

mrs. johnson took those funds and investments and invested in large ranching operations. she also managed to those. she was an early civil rights advocate. she was so strongly in support of the civil rights act she was there when lbj signed that bill, the only woman in the room in 1964 when he signed that. she also was very strongly interested in an advocate of women seeking higher education. most known for the beautification program, it wasn't just planting flowers. the beautification program was very encompassing. it was taking care of urban delights, taking care of cleaning up the highways. there were environmental elements. there were pollution control elements. there was national park conservation elements to what she did. part of beautification program was the committee for a more beautiful capital. they started in washington with cleaning up the urban blight cleaning up around the national mall, making a nicer place for people to visit. then there was the highway beautification act which was very difficult because part of that was to get rid of billboards along the

mr. johnson i want to start off what we do in my job we're looking to to find out the recruitment of color and documentary to see people of color and asked them what makes you want to become a police we ran into a unique person this man he actually has applied for the police department and passed the test and went cold cut as a community and as you guys always say i want more youth and people of color likes males and all of that i'm confused why a great candidate with a great slate not only is he a great candidate but spoken with jason johnson like the chief does so much in his community it confuses we a little bit why a great candidate is not there and as we're going through the process even those students and other people are negative about the police there's a spark there that makes them want to be a police for us to bridge over that we need more community like not only with us ourselves we need it with you guys to become one big community and so basically i actually met jason johnson he said that this man is he helps l

mr. johnson i want to start off what we do in my job we're

mr. johnson for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you director mccarthy. -- or administrative mccarthy. when we ended the last round you assured me that you had never been -- had never attended a too fastest. >> i got the last invitation. i only received one and i did not attend. >> would you agree though that the epa director of policy. this is the person who directs the development of policy. having a personal private relationship, a social relationship at a thing called goo fest, shows that the epa, critical members of the epa have a close relationship with these outside, third-party organizations? >> is there any denying that it? these are some of the people influencing policy. we have already established that you have asked this group to do policy papers for the epa and now you have the epa policy director her in social settings with these folks. let us go for slight three. -- slide three. in another e-mail the senior vice president of government affairs at a conservation organization. i will demonstrate this inappropriate

mrs. johnson i have this has to do with privacy areas being that were trees blocking the areas and some things solutions so the trees will grow there and this one of the speakers on the hill where the privacy is in use we need on this 407 and the apartment building inspector should look into selling those details and know to clarify thank you. >> is there any additional public comment. >> seeing none then we'll take rebuttal starting with the appellant you have 3 minutes. >> all right. thank you very much a couple of things i want to touch on the size of the deck is not the issue but the backyard on the deck the more you see to call that out in is important mr. skaerts man said in the hearing they were not making adjustments outside the envelope it is not correct so i wanted to call that out generally we were not opposed to the investors giving the property adding square footage to make a profit we're asking we do that with respect to privacy i'll mentioned that the owners of the subject property mentioned agreement with everyone i didn't hear this is oifrn not the case i want to call it out w

mrs. johnson and the coalition for all your hard work for the disabled and community. madam clerk we'll return to our regular agenda and go to item number 14. >> item 14 is a ordinance to amend the planning code sex 138.1 to authorize the rincon hill streetscape mast er plan and make the appropriate findings >> supervisor kim >> thank you i justz want to recognize the planning department for their work on the streetscape plan coming before us today. the rincon hill area plan was adopted 10 years ago in 2005. it was the first major area plan adopted by the planning department since the 1990's down town and south of market plan. a response to the changing economy and need to build more housing, rincon hill was known from a former industrial area to mixed use. streetscape and traffic changes continue to be a integral part of the planning process. the area rezoned residential is at the base on the bay bridge with surrounding streets service as regional arteries in traffic ways. pedestrian safety and traffic in the area continue to be a priority and issue. for many residenc

mr. johnson. >> thank you. so, my name is jim johnson, i'm a recently retired executive director for the not for profit asung pacific institute residential care facilities for the elderly that are between haze and grove streets on laguna and we have 90 residents there basically at any time. they have families to visit, medical providers, social workers, etc., always using their cars, we have between 120 and 140 workers there most cannot afford to live in san francisco, they live nr the outer mission or in daily city so they're good at car pooling and sharing housing, they car pool in we give them time to go out and move their cars every two hours so eliminating more parking spaces is really going to be a problem for our workers and the people who visit. i also -- my partner lives in the last block of willis street, she and all the neighbors are considered about all this housing that's coming up there and there's no provisions made for parking at all. now so we ask you to consider this, that is a very congested a

mr. johnson -- i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker here we are with another short-term extension of the highway trust fund. it is silly. it is counterproductive. anybody who knows anything knows this is ridiculous. they say we got to have time to work out a compromise. how many years do you need time? when i served at the state legislature in my home state of washington, a businessman once told me that business owners don't care what the rate is or how long. they just want to know how long they have to deal with something. now, how can businesses in -- do any kind of planning in this country when they get one and two and three-month extensions? this is the 25th time that we've done a short-term extension of the highway trust fund. put another way, this is the 25th time the congress has shirked its responsibility to the taxpayers and businesses to provide reliable transportation,

mr. president they spend more money on lobbying than any outfit. pres. johnson: we are counting on to people who may be gone. you know who those two are? walters is one of them. they say that him and mr. hill always vote on anything pro-doctor. they are counting on his being gone. sen. gore: is there any way on earth to get him? pres. johnson: if his vote had to be there, but i don't know -- in the old days, i would've had him back funeral or no funeral. sen. gore: and goldwater has dramatized it. pres. johnson: that's right. sen. gore: if we get licked on this, it's going to be bad. clint will do what you want him to do. this came about -- i got into leadership with this thing because he was sick in the hospital and i thought the issue had to be pressed. when he came back, i expected him to take over, but clint is not well. he requested that i continue and present the amendment. somebody had to speak for three and a half hours otherwise it was going to be read out. i stepped in and did it. will you assign somebody to look at this amendment? if you can say to cl