mr. mcdonnell: thank you. mr. alonso: i am going to say yes, and real quick, it was a pleasure working with all of you, and hopefully i never have to work with you in this capacity again. [laughter] mr. alonso: but in the end, we pretty much brought the best out of the city as we could. thank you. >> i vote in support of the map. i also really want to thank everybody for working together on this, and it has been a pleasure to work with everybody. i personally feel like i learned a great deal about the city, which is what i will take the most value from a personal level forever, really. i want to thank, in that regard, the staff, the consultants, the district attorneys that have worked with us. they have been a tremendous resource to us. i also think everybody in the community. i am amazed summon people have spent so much time, whether in our meetings or submitting it public comment or facebook, or what have you, it has been a very rich and critical source of information for all of us. i admire the dedication of eve

mr. mcdonnell: thank you. we are resolved. ok. with that intro the city attorney just offered, what follows is -- how would you say it in court? >> exhibit a. mr. mcdonnell: recognized neighborhoods. that goes tehre as -- there as a replacement. the intro to those sections is correct. district 1 and the deviation. district to come a deviation. that is probably a break. >> you're suggesting that? the neighbors are listed on exhibit a? mr. mcdonnell: i was being facetious, but thank you for being literal in your interpretation. now, where district 1 and the deviation, the bullets then get replaced with -- >> can we do a recap of where we are? then we can go back and fix the neighborhoods. >> you lost me. >> the percentages for each district. mr. mcdonnell: ok. >> 3 digits? >> i will clean up while we wait. mr. mcdonnell: hold on one second. we are being corrected. >> a want to make sure we're all on the same page. we will replace this list with what is prepared by the consultant and the task force will review tho

mr. pilpel: ok. what are you proposing it is in? mr. mcdonnell: propose what you want, it does not matter. mr. pilpel: silver terrace, candlestick, the central waterfront/dog patch, showplace square. mr. mcdonnell: any objection? it ms. tidwell: yes. i was attempting to be helpful by adding neighborhoods. with 16th street, i don't think we have included potrero, and the ones we have highlighted with issues. mr. mcdonnell: okay, that is what objection. ok, list them off. one more time. >> silver terrace, a little hollywood, candlestick. ms. tidwell: isn't candlestick -- isn't that an institution? >> i think there is a candlestick neighborhood. ms. tidwell: you think, or there is? >> ok, we will exclude candlestick. bayview hunters point, potrero hill, and showplace square. ms. tidwell: i don't think -- sorry, what ever. ms. lam: i think there are concerns including potrero hill as an interactive neighborhood. could we show you the map? mr. pilpel: i suggest we just excluded. i will live with that. i have to go at about 45 minutes. >> i ha

mr. mcdonnell: thank you. do you have an electronic document? ms. tidwell: it is a subset of what i included. maybe just for purposes of, we can move district by district. mr. mcdonnell: ok. we will get that information and insert that. can we move to section 6? anything else in section 5? we are going to insert -- we are going to insert the neighborhoods into this section of section 5 under each district with the deviation. comment? discussion? >> in section 5, that will only include those seven districts that are -- >> we decided to do the mall. >> ok. the header will appropriately reflect where districts deviate more than 1%, but we will list all 11 of them in this section. is that what you're saying? mr. mcdonnell: that is. ms. lam: will -- mr. pilpel: will we edit this after the break? it is our findings as to what constitutes the neighborhood. mr. mcdonnell: you just agreed on something. i have no idea what you agreed upon. ms. tidwell: what the task force lists are the task force's findings. mr. mcdonnel

thank you, mr. brashov ! you won't be sorry. excuse me. - i hope you have fire insurance. - i hope i have a chef. did i mention that i worked at mario's italian restaurant ? ohh ! terrific spaghetti there. - yes ! absolutely ! - it's too bad they closed down ten years ago. good news, mr. brashov. the oven is working. so, where did you work after mario's ? a very special organization. what was its name ? the blake family. i've never heard of it. what kind of food do they have there ? mr. brashov, i'm talking about my own home. for the past ten years i've organized the lives of three people, two dogs and a bird. hmm. i have heard enough. cuse me. i have to check on jamal. well, thank you anyway. so much work to do and you are leaving early ? you mean i have the job ? anybody who could take care of three people, two dogs and a bird... can probably take care of brashov's customers. here, fill this out and give one to rosa - mr. brashov. - now what ? - thank you. - you are welcome. come on, everybody ! let's get moving now ! yes, hel

you did meet mr. piselli? that buzzer on the door, thsecurity camera theye there because i meet people like carl pisei. he came in her he made threats. did you ever hear him threaten mr. kopinsky? several times. m sure kopinsky was sorry he ever took the ce. forget becoming president. the real americadream is inventing the next pet rock. piselli fits the bil he wears glasses and he's mad. one of my husband's custers comes in the hardware store to b parts for an automic toilet-seat drop he's inventing. did he hire kopins? he says it will reduce the conflict between the sexes. you get anything from the cappuccino king? i show him the picture. he wasn't sure. let's bring iniselli, show him our new products. check his alibi first. a free concert central park? you're talking about thounds of people. one who might have been mr. piselli. there were thousands of people here. humor us. we're humoring a lieutenant. plus it was nit, so it was dark. would you just look at the picture? oh, i remember him. you do? head a blo

mr. mcdonnell: it will be included in its entirety. you don't have to do it now. >> going back to district 7 -- mr. mcdonnell: when can you work? during the break. he will get that to you. mr. schreiber: yes. mr. pilpel: pass. ms. lam: the outreach section? mr. mcdonnell: these are lessons learned and recommendations. this is if they go into the body or remain as an individual. ms. lam: can we included in the full body? mr. mcdonnell: all of these are being determined -- considered to determine if they go into the fall letter or if they remain as individual insertions. ms. lam: full body. ms. melara: no, because i think it is included in the body. mr. mcdonnell: thank you. mr. leigh: yes. mr. alonso: no. ms. tidwell: yes. >> i was going to make the same observation. parts of this are already there. it is augmenting it a little bit to get what is not there included. mr. pilpel: if we are not able to edit, i would not include it in this way. mr. mcdonnell: ok. thank you. ms. mondejar: included in the body of the report. maybe at the last sen

mr. leigh? >> yes. >> thank you. mr. alanso? >> yes. >> thank you. please make this change. ok. next question before us is -- we just dealt with central business district. d-9 border at 16th. >> i wanted to do that. >> ok, please. >> to revisit it. but that was something we had already visited. >> miss mondejar? >> that would be testimony we received this morning, a lot of communication, original communication. i would like the task force to reconsider moving the line to 15 and to extend it to valencia and harrison. >> is that the highlighted area? >> i think. >> the population for the highlighted area? >> one moment. one moment. i want to make sure you highlighted the area. ok. population and deviation. >> population for the highlighted areas, 2,205 people. deviation for district 6 would be 3.98% and the deviation for district 9, 1.79%. >> thank you. mr. schreiber. i thought you had your hand -- >> i did. >> this is the question whether we reunite the mission or not. that's what we're visiting or revisiting right now. so i don't -- i have a point of view. should i express that

>> yes. >> thank you. >> mr. leigh? >> yes. >> miss melara? >> yes. >> i'm sorry, could you repeat the proposal? >> 64 reversinging it from d-3 back to d-2. sorry, other way. reversing it from -- thank you. >> yes. >> mr. mondejar? >> yes. >> mr. pilpel? >> i'm in favor of fewer so i think i'm no on the question. >> mr. schreiber? >> yes. >> miss tidwell? >> yes. >> please make this change. as you're doing that can you give the new deviation or temporary deviation. >> for district 3 the temporary deviation is negative 3.5%. for district two the temporary deviation is negative 4.54% and for district one negative 5.23%. >> thank you. >> and the population being 270 with deviation. >> population for this is 331. >> that's what i said. >> deviation for district one would be negative 4.78%. for district two, next to 5%. we're going to look at the decimals right now. look at the decimals after the change. can we make the change temporarily? >> yes, please. let's not presume there's agreement. sorry, even though we discussed it. miss tidwell? >> discu

thank you, mr. brashov. i'm really glad you said that, mr. brashov because tomorrow night there's this rock concert, and i would really appreciate it-- i'm sorry, henry but that is not such a special occasion. but it's my favorite band ! you said the same thing when you left early last week. yeah, but that band has slipped off the charts. - it-- it did what ? - don't ask. how am i ever going to improve my english when people talk so funny ? would you like some fresh coffee, jess ? - more government spending stories ? - what ? i asked if you'd like some fresh coffee. why don't you speak up ? sure, i'd like some more. everybody mumbles all the time. - what are you doing, victor ? - can i talk to you for a moment, my friend ? let's go in the office where we can have more privacy. what's going on ? in here. - i was just leaving mr. brashov. - have a good evening. i really appreciate this. and i want you to know... that i'll be in early tomorrow to fix that burglar alarm. - i promise you. - don't worry about it. good night, mr. washington. what's h

>> i will, chris, thank you. >> mr. kobach, would you be kind enough to repeat it or look look at the screen -- >> mr. kobach has been recognized to state his amendment to the primary amendment. mr. kobach. >> the word "voting" should be struck and replaced with "delivery of ballot os." >> okay. so on your sheet, and it's on the screen, strike "voting" and insert "after electronic delivery of ballots." >> second. >> and it's on the screen. there's been a second to that secondary amendment. any discussion? on that clarifying amendment? hearing none, all in favor of that secondary amendment say, aye. >> aye. >> all opposed? that amendment is adopted. we're now back to mr. hoseman's main amendment as amendedded by mr. kobach. any discussion on that amendment? all right. it's already been seconded. all in favor of mr. hoseman's amendment as amended by mr. kobach say aye. >> aye. >> all opposed say, no. okay. that amendment is agreed to. and i believe that's it for the voter. is there anything else in the voter integrity sect

i thank you, mr. levin, for your leadership, and the members of the committee for all of yours, and i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: i yield myself the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. levin: there are a few unrefuted facts. small business, 97% of small businesses who receive -- will receive all of their tax cut. don't listen to the propaganda to the contrary. everyone will receive their tax cuts up to $250,000. -- up to $250,000 of income. don't listen to propaganda that says otherwise. income over $1 million, for those who have that, would receive under the republican bill 70 times more than the typical family and when the two bills are combined, 150 times more than the typical family. 150. let me say just a word about tax reform, which i favor. it's being used as an argument for inaction but look, let's be realistic. no matter who controls the cong

mr. mcdonnell: thank you. mr. alonso: or perhaps we could have john did a press conference on his own, provided he has time, since he is not an official member of the task force. mr. mcdonnell: okay, and obviously we would have to explore that with him. we cannot commit him at this moment. atmr. lee: i do think it is important, in whatever way, to get the word out quickly, based on the same issues that member pilpel reyes, there are a number of implications that will move quis in our interest and the city's interest for people to know what they're voting, when they did not expect to be voting, and vice versa, not to mention all of the other political activity. i think a press conference would be good. i am find myself with not attending the press conference, but i think we need to do whatever we can to spread the word quickly and widely. ms. mondejar: i'm not really sure bridget ms. melara: i agree this information has to get out to the media and as many people as possible, as soon as possible. by tomorrow, this w

mr. baker? you were asking something? >> no. mr. newton from d.c. adam chairwoman, just a point of order. i called the question, and it was seconded. >> oh, i'm sorry, i did not hear you call the question. >> no problem. >> okay. so ri. we didn't -- sorry. we didn't hear, we didn't hear that. >> no problem. >> so the question has been called, i thank you for the clarification. and there is a second. who seconded the call? mr. cawley seconded the call for the question. all in favor will say aye. >> aye. >> all opposed? >> no. >> aye. [laughter] >> when i've got the gavel, if you're for it, it's a yes. if you're against it, it's a no. [laughter] all right. okay. the question has been called. we are now on the amendment. >> point of order? >> point of order? >> madam chairman? >> yes. >> i believe that, um, to call to question takes a two-thirds majority s that not correct? >> correct. >> it does? i would say that from the way it sounded if everybody had their chocolate, got their energy, we will do it by division if that's the will of the group. all of

mr. deutch: thank you, mr. speaker. first i'd like to recognize chairman ileana ros-lehtinen and ranking member berman for their extraordinary leadership and their tireless work to bring forward a bipartisan, a bicameral bill and i thank you for working with me to include several of my provisions in the legislation, including the iran transparency and accountability act, a measure for the first time require companies to disclose their business with iran on s.e.c. filings and for the first time create a public listing of these disclosures to clearly and definitively let the american people know which companies continue to support the illicit nuclear weapons program of -- elicit nuclear weapons program of iran. this expands sanctions against the iranian regime and those who face -- those who in the face of united international opposition continue to contribute to iran's quest for nuclear weapons. this bill sends one clear message to the entire world. if you do virtually any business in the iranian energy sector, the financ

>> i will, chris, thank you. >> mr. kobach, would you be kind enough to repeat it? >> mr. kobach has been recognized to state his amendment. >> the word voting should be struck and replaced with delivery of ballots. >> okay. so on your sheet, and it's on the screen, strike voting and insert after electronic delivery of balance. >> there's been a second to the. secondary amendment. any discussion? on that clarifying amendment. hearing none, all in favor say aye ago. all of those? that amendment is adopted. we are now back to the main amendment it as amended i mr. kobach. any discussion on that amendment? all right. it's already been seconded. all in favor of the amendment as amended by mr. kobach they aye. all oppose say no. that amendment is agreed to. and i believe that's it for the voters. is there anything else in the voter section? okay, we are going to leave that section open. >> mr. chairman, if i can enter a? >> we will leave that section open up until -- you haven't worked out? >> i believe so, sir. i just wonder if we should bring down to have it printed or if i c

mr. ribble, the final two minutes. >> thank you, m chairman. >> mr. miller, the current heads of fas and pbs at the virginia conference? >> the current head of fas was at the coerence, i'm not sure about pbs, i'd have too look into that. >> do you know if the head of pbs was at the virginia conference? >> i do not. >> could you get back to me with that information please zm. >> >> in your testimony, you said, he looks forward to continuing to work at the committee to refocus to save money for the american taxpayer. what were they doing before? >> the acting administrator has committed to conducting a thorough top to bottom review of this agency, so that every single aspect of the agency is being looked at right now, so that we can ensure it's carrying on its mission in the most cost effective way. >> you say in you're testimony on page 2 that your office reviews each and every planned future conference to makeure these events and any related travel are justified. and then you say, for example, conferences require a business justification, and a submiss

director goldstein: thank you. mr. cooper? >> thank you, commissioners. i am the appellant in this case. i do not have a ton to add to my written remarks. i do not think that nextg has raised any issues that would have been undone at the time of the hearing, and i do not think they and able to show manifest injustice, and i guess ms. earnst raised a few points, and one is the vested rights, which, i read the decision by the courts, and i did not see anywhere where they actually kind of overturned the board's previous decision that vested rights did not apply in this case because there has never been a properly issued permits at this site, a determination that the board made last time is that a properly issued a permit is required in order to result in vested rights, which has never occurred here. the installation picture that ms. earnst is obviously a different location. we are on a quiet, residential street. it is a protected street. it has a good view, and i could actually see it looked like the n-judah turn, a little bit of a commercial corridor. it is

mr. dingell: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman ask for unanimous consent to address the house for one minute? does the gentleman ask for unanimous consent to address the house for one minute? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. dingell: thank you, mr. speaker. the citizens united is one of the most destructive supreme court decisions in the history of this country. it unleashed the floodgates for unlimited expenditures on -- disregarded congressional intent and opened up the floodgates of crime, misbehavior and scandal. and in addition to that, people ought to be spending money without knowing who is having is being spent, who or by whom. that's why today along with a number of my colleagues will introduce a bill. this legislation makes the negative effects of unlimited spending which the court cannot ignore. it reinstates the law that was in place on the day before citizens united was adopted by the courts. it prohibits corporate spending in elections and

thank you, mr. chairman. mr. kobach, would you accept a friendly amendment to use the word "oppose" instead of "condemn"? >> i'm sorry, state that again through the chair? >> would you accept a friendly amendment to change the word from "condemn" to "oppose," "we oppose"? >> yes, i would. >> thank you. >> the amendment from ms. bruce is to strike "condemn" online 1 of the amendment and insert "oppose." is there a second? >> second. >> moved and seconded, that technical amendment be adopted. all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> all opposed, no? >> no. >> okay. [laughter] the condemnation caucus votes no. [laughter] okay. now, we have the amendment of mr. kobach that has been twice amended and agreed to, and now the discussion is on the amended amendment. ms. jocelyn from alaska. >> i oppose that because, first of all -- >> i'm sorry, you oppose -- you oppose what? >> changed to oppose, and i didn't get a chance to -- >> well, it's already been voted on. >> it's poorly worded. >> okay. [laughter] ms. jensen. >> it shoul

mr. miller, you're recognized. welcome. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> chairman denham, ranking member norton, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here to testify this morning. i appreciate this committee's support of inspector general and it's my office's mission to weed out instances of fraud, waste and abuse at the general servicesed a medication. it was with that mission in mind that i wrote my july 19th letter to our committees and jurisdiction, some of which had requested that igs bring matters to their attention earlier in an investigation. in my letter, i had an incident that advised me that gm planned to have similar information in response to information acts. on november 17, 2010, the federal acquisition services, fas, held with a one-day performance awards ceremony in washington, in the washington, d.c. metropolitan area. the ceremony featured a team building drum band exercise conducted by a third party vendor. and speeches by current and former gsa officials. our findings, though subject to further investigations

thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. chairman. i am giving my remarks today while playing the bp's bill kim. i'm not doing this not because i like watching millions of pairs of oil -- and to america's waters and pollute our shores, but rather to help my republican colleagues remember the year they now seem to have completely forgotten. it is bad enough that the republican house has not passed a single piece of legislation to improve the safety of offshore drilling. last week, republicans passed two bills that would put the american people at greater risk of another devastating oil spill. one bill would force us to rush new drilling off the beaches of california, maine, new hampshire, massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, new york, new jersey, maryland and other states, all without any new safety reforms. the other, the republican regulatory freeze act with block all manner of health, safety and environmental protections, including new safeguard being developed by the department of interior to

mr. miller, you're recognized. welcome. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> chairman denham, ranking member norton, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here to testify this morning. i appreciate this committee's support of inspector general and it's my office's mission to weed out instances of fraud, waste and abuse at the general servicesed a medication. it was with that mission in mind that i wrote my july 19th letter to our committees and jurisdiction, some of which had requested that igs bring matters to their attention earlier in an investigation. in my letter, i had an incident that advised me that gm planned to have similar information in response to information acts. on november 17, 2010, the federal acquisition services, fas, held with a one-day performance awards ceremony in washington, in the washington, d.c. metropolitan area. the ceremony featured a team building drum band exercise conducted by a third party vendor. and speeches by current and former gsa officials. our findings, though subject to further investigations

mr. paulen: thank you, mr. speaker. -- mr. paulsen: thank you, mr. speaker. that is really in reality 3.8 million words that make up the entire u.s. tax code. over the past 10 years alone, congress has found itself to make over 4,428 changes to the tax code averaging about one change each and every single day. . it's time we find consensus, prvide a simpler, fair tax code for everyone. over the past two year the ways and means committee has held 20 hearings laying the groundwork for comprehensive tax reform. we've done the meetings jointly with the senate as well this legislation we vote on here today gives us a path forward to allow small businesses and all american families the opportunity to have a simpler and fair tax code, not one that only picks winners and losers. we need to close loopholes, we need to eliminate and reduce the number of expenditures and reduction -- and deductions that bestow favor to certain interest groups. business leaders and economists agree to create more jobs, we have to make america globally competitive, but the complexity of t

mr. forbes. >> thank you. mr. zients, you open the door to my questions when he said that the administration stands ready to work for congress. you are willing to opine as to which action of the administration or congress you thought were responsible or not responsible, and also which ones you thought were realistic or not realistic. my first question to you -- you heard mr. carter about how devastating the atrocities are in sequestration. you heard the ranking member say he voted against that. i voted against that. do you believe it was reasonable to use a draconian method such as sequestration to force congress to do anything? >> let's go back and review the history. >> no, sir. i only have five minutes. >> the vast majority of members of this committee, democrats and republicans, voted for the balance control at. >> you stated in your testimony that you thought certain members of congress were irresponsible. do you think it was responsible to use an action as draconian as sequestration to force congress? >> the

all right, thank you very much, mr. moore. >> thank you. >> take a deep breath. [laughter] mr. frank, you ready to make it rain in here? would you like to call your first witness? >> it's time for us to hear from john mackey, the chairman of whole foods. [applause] [laughter] >> mr. mackey, would you, please, take a seat? we'd like you to take an oath to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. would you like to swear on the wealth of nations? [laughter] or alt las shrugged? -- atlas shrugged? okay. do can you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> can i ask you one thing? have you seen the price of arugula lately? [laughter] so expensive. >> that was good. you're pretty funny. [laughter] i just need to say one thing. i'm, mr. frank, you need not insult me by calling me a registered republican. [laughter] >> forgive me. >> i've only voted republican one time in the 40 years, and i deeply regret that decision. >> i'm apologetic for the miscalculation. [laughter] what i did recognize you to be was somebody with a sincere a