[applause] >> mrs. mays we thank you inmemories and all you do for the community and continued support and dedication to our youth is definitely commendable and thank you for that. i believe that wraps up our ceremonyism mr. mays and dignitaries will take the inaugural ride. you ready? there we go. thank you everybody, hope to see you [inaudible] where his birthday celebration with continue and it is metallica night so there you go. we'll see you tonight! >> i like to remind members the commission does not tolerate disruption or outburst and please silence your mobile devices. when speaking before the commission if you care to do state your name for had record. like to take roll. wolfram, here, hasz, here. johnck, here. johns, here. matsuda. commissioner pearlman will be absent today. ajnda items your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is

[applause] >> mrs. mays we thank you inmemories and all you do for the community and continued support and dedication to our youth is definitely commendable and thank you for that. i believe that wraps up our ceremonyism mr. mays and dignitaries will take the inaugural ride. you ready? there we go. thank you everybody, hope to see you [inaudible] where his birthday celebration with continue and it is metallica night so there you go. we'll see you tonight! light for our streets illuminating our ideas and values starting in 2016 the san francisco public utilities commission is xhoefl that light with new led with the did i audits for better light for streets and pedestrian and they're even better for this vitally lasting longer and consuming up to 50 percent less energy upgrading takes thirty minutes remove the old street light and repeat 18 thousand 5 hundred times while our street lights will be improving the clean energy will remain the same every san francisco street light is powder by 100 percent godfather

[applause] >> mrs. mays we thank you inmemories and all you do for the community and continued support and dedication to our youth is definitely commendable and thank you for that. i believe that wraps up our ceremonyism mr. mays and dignitaries will take the inaugural ride. you ready? there we go. thank you everybody, hope to see you [inaudible] where his birthday celebration with continue and it is metallica night so there you go. we'll see you tonight! all right. o 2, 1 you innovation on or was on over 200 years they went through extensive innovations to the existing green new metal gates were installed our the perimeter 9 project is funded inform there are no 9 community opportunity and our capital improvement plan to the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood it allows the residents and park advocates like san franciscans to make the matching of the few minutes through the philanthropic dungeons and finished and finally able to pull on play on the number one green a celebration on october 7, 1901, a skoovlt f

[applause] >> mrs. mays we thank you inmemories and all you do for the community and continued support and dedication to our youth is definitely commendable and thank you for that. i believe that wraps up our ceremonyism mr. mays and dignitaries will take the inaugural ride. you ready? there we go. thank you everybody, hope to see you [inaudible] where his birthday celebration with continue and it is metallica night so there you go. we'll see you tonight! welcome to th did you know that many buildings in san francisco are not bolted to the foundation on today's episode we'll learn how the option to bolt our foundation in an earthquake. >> hi, everybody welcome to another episode of stay safe i'm the director of earthquake safety in the city and county of san francisco i'm joined by a friend matt. >> thank you thanks for being with us we're in a garage but at the el cap center south of market in san francisco what we've done a simulated the garage to show you what it is like to make the improvements and reduc

[applause] >> mrs. mays we thank you inmemories and all you do for the community and continued support and dedication to our youth is definitely commendable and thank you for that. i believe that wraps up our ceremonyism mr. mays and dignitaries will take the inaugural ride. you ready? there we go. thank you everybody, hope to see you [inaudible] where his birthday celebration with continue and it is metallica night so there you go. we'll see you tonight! >> are we ready good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon my name is supervisor cowen the chair and this is the regular meeting of land use committee to my right is commissioner weiner the vice chair and our clerk clear and thank to charles kremack and others for broadcasting this meeting electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the june 7, 2016, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you very much call hematemesis one ac.

[applause] >> mrs. maysthank you inmemories and all you do for the community and continued support and dedication to our youth is definitely commendable and thank you for that. i believe that wraps up our ceremonyism mr. mays and dignitaries will take the inaugural ride. you ready? there we go. thank you everybody, hope to see you [inaudible] where his birthday celebration with continue and it is metallica night so there you go. we'll see you tonight! >> the office of controllers whistle blower program is how city employees and recipient sound the alarm an fraud address wait in city government charitable complaints results in investigation that improves the efficiency of city government that. >> you can below the what if anything, by assess though the club program website arrest call 4147 or 311 and stating you wishing to file and complaint point controller's office the charitable program also accepts complaints by e-mail or 0 folk you can file a complaint or provide contact information seen by whistle blowe

mr. speaker, i yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from new york, mr. katko, as a member of the committee on the judiciary and the author of this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. katko: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, let me start by thanking judiciary committee chairman goodlatte for his efforts and his committee's efforts in shepherding this bill through the committee, where it received unanimous support. i also want to thank my colleague across the aisle, representative rice, we have partnered together on many bills that have passed the house, to help keep our country safe and to keep it free from drug trafficking. both of us having a background in -- as prosecutors on a federal level, it's sometimes really helped us going forward. will help us going forward. this legislation makes important changes that strengthen the kingpin act and enhance the protection of classified information. the kingpin act has played an important role in our nation's efforts to figh

mr. speaker, may i have the amendment read back. the clerk: insert before the period at the end, except as required by the first amendment, article one of the constitution. mr. maloney: i would like to ask what is meant by article one of the constitution. no one who supports this amendment has any problem, sir, with the first amendment, the 14th amendment, particularly the equal protection clause or article 1 of the constitution. i would note and i'm sure the gentleman would appreciate that many times, presidents under

mr. young: i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, for the record, this is the same bill that passed this house twice awe nan mousely and over to the senate and sent it back to us. it would direct the general services administration on behalf of the national archives to convey property to the city of anchorage. the house companion bill passed the house twice and now sent whack to my senator. the national archives determined it no long earl needs the property and shrink its real estate footprint and reduce costs. it will require fair market value based on the independent aprail. the proceeds will be depositted in the treasury. this bill is in line with what we have been urging all federal agencies to do, consolidate, reduce their space and sell unneeded properties. the municipality of anchorage requested this land to be made available. the city council passed a resolution thanking the delegation for supporting this legislation. i'm very excited to get this land into the city of anchorage for development purposes. i support pas

mr. yoder, such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas is recognized. mr. yoder: thank you, mr. speaker and thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to honor the life nd legacy of kelsey smith of overland park, kansas. i rise on behalf of kelsey's army, people all across the country who put themselves in the shoes of greg and missy smith who had children who had been abducted who understand we need public safety laws like this on the books to ensure that we can save lives and ensure that these types of abductions and murders never happen again in our country without our ability to stop them as quickly as possible. june 6, 2016 will mark nine years since kelsey smith, was kidnapped from a target parking lot by a predator who sexually assaulted and murdered her soon thereafter. i remember like it was yesterday. we all in kansas and in my community felt immediately associated with the grief and pain that kelsey's parents were feeling, parents worried about their own children, they understood wha

mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time. mr. miller: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 1762, as amended. this legislation was sponsored by my good friend and colleague, congressman greg walden from oregon. it would designate the department of veterans affairs community-based outpatient clinic at dalles, oregon, the loren r. kaufman v.a. clinic. born and raised in dalles, oregon, sergeant first class loren kaufman enlisted in the united states army just one week after the attack on pearl harbor. he went on to serve in combat in both world war ii and in korea until his death in action on the 10th of february, 1951. following his death, sergeant first class kaufman was posthumously awarded the medal of honor for his actions in korea in september of 1950 when his company was attacked by an enemy battalion and his battalion was ordered to reinforce the company. according to the u.s. army center of military history during the battle

[applause] >> mrs. mays we thank you inmemories and all you do for the community and continued support and dedication to our youth is definitely commendable and thank you for that. i believe that wraps up our ceremonyism mr. mays and dignitaries will take the inaugural ride. you ready? there we go. thank you everybody, hope to see you [inaudible] where his birthday celebration with continue and it is metallica night so there you go. we'll see you tonight! okay. >> good afternoon. it is 1:03 p.m. this is the regular meeting of the commission on community investment and infrastructure. the successor agency commission for the san francisco redevelopment agency for tuesday may 17th, 201. welcome members of the public. please call the first items. >> the first item of business is item one, roll call. commissioners please respond. descriptioner pimentel is absent. commissioner bustos is absent. missioner singh. >> here. >> vice chair

. >> well, mr. mays was coming to drop his clothes off. mers had been at counter, and he was waiting. >> after the other customer pulls out, mays attempts to pull in to the parking spot. according to the police report, he went to apply the brakes but accidentally hit the accelerator. >> he was in the cleaners so fast that it -- it was scary. >> mays isn't hurt but is cited for failure to exercise due care. the incident rattles him. >> once they got him out of the truck, which they, you know, had to pull the truck back. and once they got him out of the truck, he was walking around. and his daughter came to, you know, make sure that he was okay. and mr. mays stayed until they loaded brittany onto the ambulance. he was shook up. i mean, he's an elderly gentleman. and he was shook up. >> and while the front of the dry cleaners is destroyed, shawna manages to keep lamas cleaners open for business. >> none of our machines were hurt. it just took out all of our computer equipment and the counter and all of that. you have to come to the back door,

mr. walker: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. walker: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. walker: h.r. 4877 designates the united states post office on grants lake boulevard in sugar land, texas as the lance corporal garrett gamble usmc post office building. garrett gamble was a determined young man who decided even in high school he would join the marine corps. he was killed when he stepped on a land mine. this is a small honor to give to a man who gave his life for his country. i will yield to the bill's sponsor, my colleague, pete olson, to tell us more about the honorable soldier and reserve the balance of my time the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan. >> i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs

[applause] >> mrs. maysthank you inmemories and all you do for the community and continued support and dedication to our youth is definitely commendable and thank you for that. i believe that wraps up our ceremonyism mr. mays and dignitaries will take the inaugural ride. you ready? there we go. thank you everybody, hope to see you [inaudible] where his birthday celebration with continue and it is metallica night so there you go. we'll see you tonight! >> good morning, everybody. welcome to the board of supervisors budget & finance committee for monday, may 2, 2016, my name is mark farrell chairing the committee and joined by supervisor katie tang as well as supervisor norman yee and joined by supervisor wiener and supervisor wasserman thank you longing o london and sfgovtv for covering this meeting madam clerk, any announcements? >> >> yes.

mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: before the gentleman is recognized, he house will be in order. the house will be in order. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. guthrie: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4976, the opioid review modernization act of 2016, introduced by sean patrick maloney of new york and leonard lance of new jersey. opioid use disorder and overdose deaths have reached epidemic levels. a comprehensive approach is needed to reverse these trends and the tragic toll they have taken on families and communities across our country. the food and drug administration does have a critical role to play in such an approach. patients living with serious pain must have access to safe and effective therapies to help them function and lead productive lives. f.d.a. reviews prescription pain relievers, like all new drug products to determine whether their benefits outweigh their risks. it is important that f.d.a. hears recommendations from expert advisory committees prior to makin

mrs. lowey: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, in february, the world health organization declared zika a public health emergency of international concerns and the president called for $1.9 billion to respond to the impending crisis and prevent the spread in our very own communities. according to the national governors association, the nation is on the threshold of a public health emergency. in a separate letter the u.s. conference of mayors, national leagues of cities, national association of county officials wrote to congress to provide emergency supplemental money for zika rather than repurpose money from other high priority programs. i ask unanimous consent to submit letters to the record. as summer approaches, c.d.c. confirmed 1,204 cases including more than 100 pregnant women in the continental united states, puerto rico and other u.s. territories as of may 11. so far all of the continental u.s. cases are associated with travel, but experts expect

[applause] >> mrs. mays we thank you inmemories and all you do for the community and continued support and dedication to our youth is definitely commendable and thank you for that. i believe that wraps up our ceremonyism mr. mays and dignitaries will take the inaugural ride. you ready? there we go. thank you everybody, hope to see you [inaudible] where his birthday celebration with continue and it is metallica night so there you go. we'll see you tonight! and . >> arc and lucky to get 4 to 10 students once a month now 40 students twice a month and all of you are on the committees such things as is esl and many, many resolutions by matt haney and many the fire safety sorry and fire safety and gender policies and vote 16 and human trafficking and the list goes on 2, 3, 4 addition you have instantly doing things to sort of homeless and families you don't do this for the recognition the 3 of you and the other 50 accomplice members are enthusiasm and authentically participating and contribute to anything and ever

mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. paulsen: thank you, mr. speaker. members this week we have thowlses of members of the law enforcement community here in washington to celebrate police week. every day police officers throughout our country wear the uniform with pride and they understand the tremendous responsibility that comes with it. putting the safety of others before the safety of themselves. they protect us. they protect our families. and they protect our neighborhoods. and we owe it to these police officers to give them every reasonable tool possible to solve crimes and keep our communities safe. unfortunately police officers are currently being denied a critical resource when it comes to solving child abduction and missing children cases. while many may picture the perpetrators of these crimes as strangers, the reality is actually very difficult to fathom. that's because every year there are more than 200,000 cases of children that are abducted by a paren

mr. willie mays. [applause]. before we begin i like to mometd to recognize our dignities. he is on his way, mayor willie brown. he heard that a few times. chairman tom nolan. mta board member malcon hine iky. [inaudible] ceo mr. larry bear and his wife pam. mr. peter megalen is on his way. he here yet? he will be here, yes, sir, you know he won't miss this mr. mays. supervisor mark farrell. also we are expecting fire chief joan hayes-white. and director of the mta ed riscon. let me tell you about our honored guest today. born in west field alabama in 19thry 1 willie mays junior was introduced to baseball. his professional career began in 1947 still in high cool. ofew short years later the new york ginets signed willie a minor league deal and made his major league debay in 1941. the next year the army drafted willie removing him from it game befr about a year and a half and returned to baseball in 1954 with a bang winning the mrp award and selected to the a l star team. in 1958 the giants franchise relocated to beautiful san francisco where willie spends most of his

mr. carvin: may i clarify? interest. o show and it's not a constitutional or statutory -- justice kagan so the legally cognizable is, just finish the sent for me. mr. carvin: he wants direct stake in the outcome -- justice kagan: that makes it the same as the injury in fact requirement. mr. carvin: i apologize. i want to eliminate any confusion with justice kagan. why would all the harms in society harms to re-election not be legally cognizable. it is to keep the federal judiciary in the proper limited role in democracy. if two unelected judges falsely altered the state sovereign's view of redistricting, that would be the situation we would want to find the injury most cognizable because that's where the court exercises extraordinary caution and extraordinary -- i apologize. >> there's the question of injury and fact which you are talking about. does a member of congress who wants to be re-elected have a legally cognizable interest in running in a district that was lawfully enacted by the state legislature? mr. carvin: ye

mr. thompson, for any statement he may have. representative thompson: thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you for convening this important hearing. i welcome our witnesses, also, to this hearing. earlier this year, the obama administration and cuban government finalized an arrangement that will resume commercial aviation between the united states and cuba. we, as a committee with oversight jurisdiction of transportation security measures, have the great responsibility of ensuring that the transportation security administration, the department of homeland security, customs and border protection, and other relevant agencies are doing their due diligence to ensure that the flights departing from cuba to the united states are secure. although not last points of departure, the recent bombings of planes originating from mogadishu, which one was killed, and sharm el-sheikh, tragically killing everyone on board, serves as a stern reminder that there are those who wish to do us harm using commercial aircraft. there are over 300 airports around the world that serve as last points of

mr. cole: may i inquire to the time? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma has seven minutes. the gentleman from massachusetts has 6 1/2 minutes. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i will reserve my time at this point. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i would like to yield four minutes to the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the whip is recognized for four minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to thank ms. delauro who is the ranking member on the labor-health committee. this is the story in the "washington post," front page. it is about the crisis that we confront about the danger to americans' health, about the dangers to young children will be born with microselfly and dr. freedian, the head of our disease operation and defense force, if you will, says it will cost $10 million per baby born with microencephaly. $10 million per child.

mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. olis: mr. speaker, i want to take some -- mr. polis: mr. speaker, i want to take some time to highlight some of the provisions that run counter to our national security imperative to create a more sustainable society, that are in this bill or that have been submitted as amendments to this bill. for instance, there's been an amendment that would block implementation of the collaborative federal land use plans and prevent listing of the sage grouse under the endangered species act for the next decade. we have had extensive hearings in other committees this. has nothing to do with defense and we hold up the collaborative federal land use plan as an example of how to avoid listing a species and yet make sure we can maintain viable habitat. i think it was a great success. i think it's ridiculous that we are talking about amending a national defense bill to undo something we have had extensive hearings on and natural resources committ

mr. cole: may i inquire to the time? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma has seven minutes. the gentleman from massachusetts has 6 1/2 minutes. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i will reserve my time at this point. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i would like to yield four minutes to the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the whip is recognized for four minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to thank ms. delauro who is the ranking member on the labor-health committee. this is the story in the "washington post," front page. it is about the crisis that we confront about the danger to americans' health, about the dangers to young children will be born with microselfly and dr. freedian, the head of our disease operation and defense force, if you will, says it will cost $10 million per baby born with microencephaly. $10 million per child.

mrs. clinton may have handed her opponent a trump card this week by claiming she's been taken out of context on her stance on the coal industry. sfwl what i said was totally out of context from what i meant because i have been talkinging about helping coal country for a very long time. >> let's just clear this up. can we get a little context here, producers? >> i'm the only candidate which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity using clean, renewable energy into coal country because we're going to put a will the of coal miners and coal companies out of business. >> hillary seems to take a sick pride in destroying the coal lives of coal miners, as well as coal companies. that's a liberal politician for you. pander to an audience who hate fossil fuel, then when voters call you out, claim you're being taken out of context. will west virginia and kentucky believe her and ohio and pennsylvania? all states which have massive production. you're reading right from the liberal script. remember newly minted president obama blasting small business with the you didn't build that comment? h

mr. speaker, may i ask how much time i have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york has 8 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from kentucky has four minutes remaining. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlelady from texas, epresentative jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is ecognized for two minutes. mr. jackson: let me thank -- ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady from new york and let me thank the chairman of the full committee. and let me thank the health scientists and doctors who have given us the real story of this case. mr. speaker, the first ebola case was in texas. the first case in the united states. and the c.d.c. says that we have not extinguished or eliminated ebola. the proposal today is not $1.2 billion. it is $600 million. because you have taken $600 million or so out of the ebola. and the doctors indicate that there are about eight clusters or more of ebola in africa, where 85 c.d.c. personnel are there, and if one case breaks

may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. rogers: 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 may consume. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i rise to present h.r. 5243, the zika response appropriations act. the zika virus clearly poses a great threat to public health, not only in the united states, but around the globe. it's become increasingly important that we, the congress, act to protect our most vulnerable, particularly infants and pregnant women, from the risks of this disease. our response must be urgent, direct and strategic. targeted at preventing the further spread of this disease. the bill before you today

mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. amendment 16. the chair: does the gentleman offer an amendment? mr. kelly: i do. i rise in support of my amendment, number 16. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 16 printed in part b of house report 114-569. offered by mr. kelly of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 732, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. kelly, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. kelly: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank chairman thornberry for giving me the time to talk. i rise in strong support of amendment number 16, to prohibit the use of funds to dismantle the u.s. stockpile of anti-personnel land meyinsse, a.p.l.'s, unless the secretary of defense submits a report to congress on the operational alternatives to a.p.l.'s. further, my amendment also contains an exception for the destruction of a.p.l.'s that would be unsafe to store. this amendment would effectively renew the ban that wa

mr. smith: i yield myself such time as i may consume. there was an amendment that was in there happening to do with a new rocket engine and launch vehicle and i thank mr. rogers, the subcommittee chairman who worked closely with developing this package. we have a lot of american companies that are working hard to develop a new engine and not rely on the russian engine. the amendment allows those companies to use some of the money that the air force is developing to develop a launch vehicle to go along with that engine and i think pretty soon we have great companies in my district and other folks working on other vehicles and this amendment allows money that the air force is providing to go to the launch vehicle. and will reduce the cost of our launch costs for the air force, so i thank chairman rogers for allowing us to offer that amendment and for working with me on it, and with that -- i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. torn mr. thornberry: i yield back. all time for the

mr. cole: may i inquire to the time? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma has seven minutes. the gentleman from massachusetts has 6 1/2 minutes. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i will reserve my time at this point. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i would like to yield four minutes to the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the whip is recognized for four minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to thank ms. delauro who is the ranking member on the labor-health committee. this is the story in the "washington post," front page. it is about the crisis that we confront about the danger to americans' health, about the dangers to young children will be born with microselfly and dr. freedian, the head of our disease operation and defense force, if you will, says it will cost $10 million per baby born with microencephaly. $10 million per child.

mr. speaker. may i say that the last few things that unite the house more than a concentration on the periodic review and of the boundary are commission which is started with a fierce intensity occasionally cost on constituents, however, we note that the electorate chelsea has declined precipitously against all logic. does the chancellor believe that the prime minister should be concerned about this and if so, what should he be doing? [laughter] >> well i thoughts he was member of parliament for healing but sir, boundary that you were doing their work. drawing up in independent way a good thing about our country. boundary and see that proposal but initial proposals -- [inaudible] >> will chancellor join me in congratulating the u.k. charity which this year celebrating 150 years of reporting, protecting wonderful children. don't you agree that young people need support beyond age of 18 to maximize their life chances and that the government extend duty of the carry to therefore a fitting way to build on

mr. speaker, may i have the amendment read back. the clerk: insert before the period at the end, except as required by the first amendment, article one of the constitution. mr. maloney: i would like to ask what is meant by article one of the constitution. no one who supports this amendment has any problem, sir, with the first amendment, the 14th amendment, particularly the equal protection clause or article 1 of the constitution. i would note and i'm sure the gentleman would appreciate that many times, presidents under their authority of the constitution have acted in the area of workplace discrimation. would the gentleman oppose president truman's intergreags of the armed forces. does that violate article 1 of the constitution, the 14th amendment or the 4th amendment of the constitution. the president under his authority, taken to end discrimation. nothing in my amendment is in any way in odds. but it should not be allowed to go unchallenged on the floor of this house that president obama n his executive action ran afoul. i'm upawar

mr. chairman, may i add one thing? mr. mica: yes. mr. rhoades: we keep talking about the failures at the checkpoint and candidly i think it's insulting to t.s.o.'s because the leaders are what put the t.s.o.'s in that environment and so, yes, they got a difficult mission. yes, we need to resource them. but let's not forget the fact that the people who brought us to the dance of those the failures of the detection rate are still in leadership positions. and what training did they get? so, again, we're deflecting the problem on the t.s.o.'s, but we're not really talking about all the people in leadership positions who brought them to the dance. mr. mica: i now yield to mr. walberg. mr. walberg: mr. livingston, we've been talking about failure at all levels, training, morale, etc., and the consistent terrible rankings that d.h.s. has. what do you think it's going to take to instill a meaningful change in employee morale? mr. livingston: accountable leadership that gets results that's consistent and that is honest because right now there's n

mr. koon, you may proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member and members of the subcommittee. my name is bryan koon, and i am director of the florida division of emergency management. i'm here on behalf of the national emergency management association which represents the state emergency management directors of the 50 states, territories and the district of columbia. as the frequency, intensity and variable about of disasters increase, it is imperative to reduce risk wherever possible. this will focus on life safety and those aspects of the built environment where the risk cannot be reduced everything nema believes the following: meaningful cost reduction should impact all levels. the government practice of spending more money on disaster recovery than risk reduction must be changed. hazard mitigation is a cost effective effort with a documented return on investment. mitigation reduces response costs and speeds recovery. integrating mitigation meaningfully into recovery can be the catalyst for a community-wide focus on preparedness in the future. mitigation and resilience acti

mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 2576, the frank r. lawedenberg chemical safety for the 21st century act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill to update the way our nation assesses and manages the risks posed by chemicals and the products that contain them. this is a sweeping legislation, mr. speaker, with monumental benefits for virtually every man, woman and child in the united states. the culmination of a multiyear, multicongress effort. this legislation on the floor today will mark the first consequential update of the toxic substance control act, or tsca, in 40 years. mr. speaker, i talked to a graduation event over the weekend and i said this in the rules committee last night. in 1976 i was graduating high school. at was the year we had plaid bellbottoms, silk shoes and i had an afro. it was not a pretty sight. much like the bill, the toxic substances control act, well-intentioned, was

mr. speaker. may i say that the last few things that unite the house more than a concentration on the periodic review and of the boundary are commission which is started with a fierce intensity occasionally cost on constituents, however, we note that the electorate chelsea has declined precipitously against all logic. does the chancellor believe that the prime minister should be concerned about this and if so, what should he be doing? [laughter] >> well i thoughts he was member of parliament for healing but sir, boundary that you were doing their work. drawing up in independent way a good thing about our country. boundary and see that proposal but initial proposals -- [inaudible] >> will chancellor join me in congratulating the u.k. charity which this year celebrating 150 years of reporting, protecting wonderful children. don't you agree that young people need support beyond age of 18 to maximize their life chances and that the government extend duty of the carry to therefore a fitting way to build on

mr. nelson, you may proceed. >> good morning. chairman barletta, ranking member carson and members of the subcommittee. thank you for holding this hearing for solutions of natural disasters. my name is eric nelson. i'm senior vice president at travelers insurance. i'm testing on behalf of build strong a group of businesses dedicated to reducing human economic losses. as one of the largest property casualty companies in the u.s., we provide a unique private sector in its own risk and losses from natural disasters. i would like to thank chairman barletta and the members for continued leadership to conduct a series of round tables beginning in january of last year. i begin today by outlining three major take aways from the round tables. before i do that, the main question we want to ask ourselves is what actionable steps can congress take to mitigate risk, lessen the impact to families and communities across america and reduce federal losses from natural disasters. the first take away from the round table is by almost every measure,

mr. speaker. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4981, the opioid use disorder treatment expansion and modernization act. despite the fact that we're in the middle of an unprecedented opioid heroin crisis, we know that treatment gaps continue to limit our ability to address the growing crisis. only one in 10 people struggling with addiction receive any form of treatment, despite fact that we have evidence-based medication-assisted treatment for those struggling with prescription drugs or heroin addiction. one available treatment is the view -- the medication is safely pri scribed from an office setting -- prescribed from an office setting, similar to any other medication a patient might take. unfortunately in the midst of our current opioid epidemic, currently physicians are restricted to how many patients they are allowed to treat with this medication and nurse practitioners and physicians' assistants are not allowed to treat patients with this medication at all. many patients are placed on prolon

mr. lynch -- that may yield to mr. lynch. >> very briefly. i think there's a wonderful opportunity there at the postal service in the census census walking the streets already. there is a way to maximize skills and expertise the postal service has. i do want to push back a little bit again. i cited the oxygen report that said the united states postal service is the best in the world. one of my colleagues indicated his belief was that haven't seen the study, but we were the worst in the world. i think the best judge of this is actually because of her and its american citizens. the pew research center poll americans about their government. i think mr. boyle brought this up is the people of the united states in that poll said the most trusted government employees and the united states today is the united states post worker. have you do you post mustard's and also the people at every single day. they were 84, but after many government employees. congress was also have not daddy. we were around six or seven between swine flu and the talent and tha

mr. woodall: i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i wonder why folks have a negative opinion of congress and sometimes i listen to my colleagues speak and i understand why folks have a negative opinion because the folks who serve in this institution seem to have a negative opinion of congress. and i would say to my friend from colorado, i'm not thrilled about the reform either. when it takes 40 years to get something done. when democrats ran the entire show and failed to get it done and when republicans ran the entire show they failed to get it done. those are hard things to get done. it takes serious, serious people, working serious, serious hours working on serious, serious issues to come to a conclusion and if i loved everything in this bill, i wondered why we didn't get it sooner. all that's left for us are the hard things. and candidly we have a good team on the field to do those things. i hope when we get into the debate, you aren't going to hear from the republican chairman of the committee but hear from a democratic

mr. chairman, i yield as much time as i may consume. mr. chairman, my amendment simply strikes a controversial provision that is irrelevant to the underlying bill. section 111 of the bill explicitly prohibits the secretary of the army from preventing someone from bringing a loaded weapon onto a federal army corps property. this divisive gun policy is nothing more than another attempt by the majority to promote the interests of the gun lobby that chips away at the safety and well-being of the army corps personnel and voundsing communities. not only -- surrounding communities. not only is this gun rider widely considered by policy, the energy and water appropriations bill, it is an inappropriate mechanism for debating the pros and cons of gun control on federal lands. last week the house debated the national defense authorization act, which is certainly a more appropriate legislative vehicle for a discussion about guns. i offered an amendment to that bill to improve smart gun technology and the majority didn't allow it to be debated on the fl

mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. gibbs: comparing responsible pesticide use to protect the environment and protect human health as to agent orange is really over the top. i agree with one thing that the previous speaker talked about, we need to do more about zika. this is one tool in the toolbox to address this. and this bit about spraying pesticides uncontrolably all over the place, as a farmer i've heard that my whole life. it's really expensive. to use these pesticides, you have to be certified by the state, the e.p.a., and you have to be applying it by the label that the e.p.a. already approved. this goes through rigorous testing and regulation. and so it's not uncontrolable rfra, to control this. this is not uncontrolled application of pesticides, contaminating our water bodies. i said the recent geological studies don't document we are not contaminating our water bodies. i'll maybe this clear this is not uncontrolable. we have laws in place that's called

mr. nugent: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time. mr. nugent: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of the senate bill 2755, the fallen heroes flag act. the bill before us would allow members of congress to honor our heros with the united states flag flown over this capitol. these brave individuals include firefighters, law enforcement officers, members of rescue squads and ambulance crews. the measure gives us the opportunity express our nation's gratitude toward those who have answered the call to serve and protect our communities. our nation's flag flown in their honor would also include congressional certificates signed by the speaker of the house an the individual representative or the president pro tem of the senate and the senator providing the flag to the family. when when most people are running away from danger, our nation's first responders runs towards it. whether it's a firefighter rushing into a burning building, an e.m.t. responding at high sp

mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for as much time as he wishes to use. mr. whitfield: thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise in support of the house amendment to s. 2012, the energy policy and modernization act of 2016. in december of last year, the house passed h.r. 8, the north american energy security and infrastructure act of 2015, which is a large portion of the language we are considering today. this legislation together with provisions from the natural resources and science committees would be the first major piece of energy legislation in eight years, and it addresses many outdated aspects of our federal energypolicy. -- energy policy. at this time i yield to mr. upton, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. upton: thank you, mr. speaker. happy birthday, mr. chairman. it's been nearly a decade since we last considered an energy package like this, and in that time a lot, a lot has changed. contin

mr. burgess: ok. that's someone who wants to may play by the rules. someone that wants to not play by the rules, how are you going to exclude them? mr. eggert: well, if you have to prove who you are in order to play, there may be ways around that, but at least i think the states should try to make sure they know who's playing and that they're of age and that they haven't excluded themself. mr. burgess: how do you see addressing that problem? chairman upton addressed it. the underaged person should not be allowed to play. how do you prevent that from happening? [inaudible] mr. burgess: we can't really hear it. mr. mcmanus: we as an industry at fsta have always been against minors playing fantasy sports, paid fantasy sports contests for money. our leading providers use know your customer technology. when people sign up they give a whole bunch of information on them. name, address, they run it through databases using third-party companies to figure out if the customer is who they say they are. and then, you need a credit card. you need to sign up for cred