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mr. larson. >> well, thank you, joe, and without further ado let me introduce the individual that's spear heading this effort from the great state of minnesota, tim walz, affectionately known in our caucus as a sergeant major and he's got a sergeant major drumbeat to the petition. >> thank you, mr. chairman. javier, i thank you you, and joe, what you do. i represent southern minnesota's first district. it truly is the canary in a coal mine. it's a 50/50 district. it went 50.5% to 49.5 for president obama. pretty centrist on issues. very pragmatic. it's farming district. it has the mayo clinic and gunneder lutheran, spear heading reforms there. i tell you what came through loud and clear from the people in southern minnesota, and i would argue across the country was, why don't we try to focus on the politics of the possible we agree on, move on those things and come back later to the things we disagree? this issue of a discharge petition to move forward, this is an issue we all agree on. there's not a single republican who signs this is violating any pledge they took to raise taxes. this i

mr. larson. the speaker pro tempore: thank you, mr. speaker, thank you, mr. murphy. mr. a vigil on the senate side that senator lieberman, senator plumen -- blumen thall, former senator dodd were at and all of us had the opportunity to be there. joe courtney, when he spoke, spoke of our colleague chris murphy and the incredible job that he's done for his district and for our state. when you hear him speak on the floor about quintessential new england, the community he represented for six years in newtown and the little village of sandy hook, you understand that this is a man who truly represents the people of his district and this great state. all of us have been shocked by the events that have transpired . many things will be said. dick blumen that will, elizabeth -- blumenthal, elizabeth espy, the representative elect, have been there for the last four days. the whole world has looked in on this horrific event, and parents across this country and all across the world understood implicitly what we all fear, the unspeakable. a parent describing a trip in an automobile fro

mr. larson.his is a real trouble here because it always goes back to freedom and the fact we love this freedom we feel. adlai stevenson once said freedom in this country is something you can actually feel. it just feels great, the sense of being a grown-up and being able to go out and get in the car and go -- going anywhere you want in this country. there's so much freedom we don't even know how to think about it, it's like swimming in an ocean, and then we realize some people because of mental problems or because they're bad guys or they want to make more money than they should, are committing crimes or blowing up people because they're mad at the world or mad at their mother. i guess once you shoot your mother, the rest is different, there's a different world out there. you can't say a deterrent is going to work. you can't say to the guy you're going to the gas chamber. he's going to kill his mother, he doesn't care about the gas chamber or anything. so what do we do? >> we know certainly that

mr. larson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ambassador carson first question for you. it that is to do with training and equip i think. we -- several tools available to them a few years back last year even we authorized a global security contingency fund that was created for complex challenges like the issues we have in the drc. can we expect to see a continued to see proposal for the drc in the future? let me say that is under review and it is possible that you will see one. we are, as i said, look agent the perspective of trying to train a second battalion in the drc provided the government is willing to commit to a number of obligations, which we think are important to ensure the effectivenesses of those who might be trained. >> [inaudible] a different source of money to train the first battalion? [inaudible conversations] >> yes. you did? what source of money was that? >> the pko funding. .. >> have we learned lessons is there a thing as saying that we need in the second battalion? what were those things? >> what we said to the drc government is we want you to sign

mr. larson. >> thank you, mr. speaker. thank you chris murphy. we just came from a vigil over on the senate side that senator lieberman, senator blumenthal, former senator dodd were at and all of us had the opportunity to be there. joe courtney, when he spoke, spoke of our colleague chris murphy and the incredible job that he has done for his district and for our state. when you hear him speak on the floor about quintessential new england and the community he represented for six years in newtown and the little village of sandy hook, you understand that this is a man who truly represents the people of his district and this great state. all of us have been shocked by the events that have transpired . many things will be said, dick blumenthal, elizabeth who is the represent elect have been there for the last four days. the whole world has looked in on this horrific event and parents all across this country and all across the world understood implicitly what we all fear, the unspeakable. a parent describing a trip in an automobile from bridgeport to

our clerk today is victor young and at sfgtv we have jessie larson and greg burk. mr. young, do you have any announcements for us? >> yes. please turnoff all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and any documents to be included as part of the [speaker not understood] should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on december 4, 2012 supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you very much. would you call item 1? >> item 1, resolution approving cellular service equipment sites leases between new cingular wireless pcs, llc nextel of california, inc., and sprint spectrum realty, july 1st, 2009 for the term of five years and approving amendment 1 to the cellular service equipment leases. >> thank you very much for this item. we have cathy wetener from the airport. >> good morning, chair chu, supervisor avalos. [speaker not understood]. the airport is here seeking your retroactive approval for four leases with cingular, sprint-nextel, verizon and t-mobile to continue to provide cellular services to our passengers at cfo

mr. evans, i forgot to mention we're being broadcasted by sfgtv and the hard working staff, jessie larson and jeff rob son. i'd like to thank them. mr. evans, could you please call item number 4? >> item number 4, hearing to consider the initial project design of the proposed golden gate -- golden state warriors development on piers 30 to 32 and seawall lot 330, and update on the waterfront transportation network assessment. >> thank you. and the sponsors are supervisor jane kim and president david chiu. so, we're joined by supervisor jane kim on this item. supervisor kim. >> thank you, chair mar. thank you for agendizing this hearing today. as many of you know, last wednesday at the budget finance committee, we considered the fiscal feasibility of the pier 30-32 project which includes a potential arena with our warriors team back here in san francisco. the committee did determine that the project is fiscally feasible, but as many of you know, we do have a lot of concerns in the neighborhood as we move through this process. and, no, i called this hearing to readdress one of the current co

mr. president. i yield the floor. >> about a half hour on the house side -- later, john larson briefed reporters on the latest fiscal cliff news. >> the evening. in keeping with the holiday spirit, maerry everything and happy always. would it be that we could make the american people happy by attending to the work at hand. we just concluded a caucus. our membership is as frustrated as the american people we are sworn to serve because we understand and continue to be befuddled why we cannot bring a proposal to put the country back to work. why we cannot deal with a tax cut for the middle-class, the specially when both sides agree that the country needs to go back to work. and that we need a middle-class tax relief. the president said it well -- both on friday and today. if we cannot -- if they cannot come to agreement in their own conference, if they continue to self-destruct before our eyes in their own conference, then a minimally they have a responsibility, as the president suggested, to bring his proposal to the floor for an up or down vote on behalf of the american people. that is what we continue to focus on, p

mr. president, and i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a forum. >> house democrats also spoke to reporters on the latest fiscal cliff negotiations. you'll hear from house democratic caucus chairman john larson, his soon to be successor, javier bassera and incoming caucus chair joe crowley. >> good evening. in keeping with the holiday spirit, happy or merry everything and happy always. would it be that we could make the american people happy by attending to the work at hand. we just concluded a caucus and our membership is as frustrated as the american people we're sworn to serve because we understand and continue to be befuddled why we can't bring up proposals that put the country back to work, why we can't deal with the tax cut for the middle class, especially when both sides agree that the country needs to go back to work and that we need middle tax tax relief. now the president said it well both on friday and today. if we can't, if they can't come to agreement within their own conference, if they continue to self-destruct before our eyes in their own conference, then minimally they have a responsibility as the president suggested to bring his proposal to the floor for an up or down vote

mr. chairman. thank you, all, for being here and understanding the seriousness and the importance of this issue. as chairman larson said, what happened in connecticut similar to what's happened every place else, there's been gun violence, it's just rotten to the core. it's got to stop. we've got to work in a comprehensive way to make sure that we address all the issues that play into something as tragic, as horrific and as rotten to the core as what happened in connecticut. as the chairman said, i'm a gun owner. i'm a hunter. i've been one for as long as i can remember. the only experience i've had with assault weapons was the one i was trained with when i was in the army and the one i was given when i was sent to vietnam. and i carried that m-16 rifle until i was wounded and came home and when i came home i continued to be gaughan owner and a hunter and i have been to this day -- been a gun owner and a hunter and i have been to this day and i don't see it changing. i know a couple of things. i know this is not a war on guns. gun owners across this country have the right to own guns. our caucus is not going to dec