ms. eshoo: mr. speaker, i'm pleaseto yield to congresswoman doris matsui. the speaker pro tempore: for ow long? ms. eshoo: for two minutes, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. matsui: thank you. i thank the gentlelady for yielding me time. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 1076. i can't believe what i'm hearing from the other side of the aisle. it's not a lefty hyped organization. this bill would prevent public radio stations from using -- from purchasing programs. mr. speaker, this would be a huge disrupon to our nation public radio system economy and most importantly the intellectual content and news that so many americans rely upon. according to a recent study, n.p.r.'s overall audience grew last year to over 27 million weekly listeners. that's over 60% overall since 2000. and this is when most other media markets or outlets are struggling. i was a former board chair of sacramento's local pbs tv station, and i was chair

cree que el tps es el tema ms urgente que deben abordar obama y funes? --vamos primero a las noticias stop open ms cesar --barack obama visita por primera vez amrica central y lo hace en el salvador. take vo --en la ltima etapa de su gira latinoamerica na, obama fue recibido por el presidente mauricio funes...y por una serie de protestas callejeras. --los manifestantes aprovecharon la presencia de obama para exigir, entre otras cosas, la legalizacin de millones de inmigrantes salvadoreÑos que viven en estados unidos. ms cesar ---esta visita tampoco fue desaprovechada por grupos defensores de los inmigrantes de aqui de los estados unidos, para hacer escuchar su voz. --pilar nino nos cuenta de que manera se organizaron y como desde aqui tuvieron hoy presencia en la llegada del mandatario a san salvador. take pkg take pkg hoy en el dia de llegada del presidente obama a el salvador, grupos defensores de los inmigrantes en estados unidos, dicen que publicaron en el principal periodico de ese pais, la prensa grafica, esta carta abierta dirigida al presidente o

ms cesar --vamos ahora a las noticias internacionales... la controversia surgida en mxico ante la renuncia del embajador norteamerica no en ese pas --- carlos pascual renunci a su cargo despus de darse a conocer un cable confidencial donde criticaba la efectividad del gobierno mexicano ante la lucha contra el narcotrfico. ---el cable, difundido por wikileaks, enfureci al presidente felipe caldern quien se refiri al ex-embajador como ignorante y desconocedor de lo que realmente ocurre en mxico. take vo.... 3 sec of nats..... --- hoy en santiago de chile, el presidente barack obama se refiri a latinoamerica como un "gigante en crecimiento" y dijo que era un ejemplo de cambio democrtico. --- aÑadi que los pases hispanos son hoy, ms que nunca, importantes para la prosperidad y seguridad de los estados unidos. --- tambin exhort a los gobiernos a luchar contra la corrupcin, a generar ms oportunidades y a respetar los derechos humanos. --- maÑana el presidente obama contina hacia el salvador, tercera y ltima escala en su viaje por latinoamerica. c

ms. slaughter: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for two minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you. i appreciate the gentlelady's courtesy and her advocacy. i guess listening to my friend from colorado, and he gets it sort of half right. first of all, it's ironic that the new republican majority, having been touted on the floor for its openness, did in fact rush this to the floor without the 72-hour notice, not any substantive committee work. if it had been subjected to careful committee analysis, the flaws in the argument would have been revealed. it's not going to save a single penny of taxpayer dollars. not one. even in the unlikely event that this legislation pass through congress, which it won't. it won't defund n.p.r. n.p.r. will exist, and those of us who are in cleveland or new york or los angeles or washington, d.c., will be able to enjoy it, although it may be dimini

i'm going to ask ms.vin to, in 10 minutes or so, stick to two important dates, mentioned by awele. the march to date and the may 11 date in court -- the march 2 date and may 11 date. i know there is a lot to say, but if you could fill us in on that and then move on. >> first, i would like to say, good evening, everyone. i will try to take you back to march 2, but first, i have to begin with when i first understood that the races were separated. i was born in alabama, but i moved to live with my biological aunt and uncle. remember, in the rural area, there are no signs saying " white" and "colored" because it is too difficult, but how i learned about it is in the general store. they sell everything. everything you want to find in the post office, the bus station -- everything has been in the general store. one day, i was standing in line. it was a summer day, and some white kids came in. funny thing about it -- you

i'm going to ask ms.vin to, in 10 minutes or so, stick to two important dates, mentioned by awele. the march to date and the may 11 date in court -- the march 2 date and may 11 date. i know there is a lot to say, but if you could fill us in on that and then move on. >> first, i would like to say, good evening, everyone. i will try to take you back to march 2, but first, i have to begin with when i first understood that the races were separated. i was born in alabama, but i moved to live with my biological aunt and uncle. remember, in the rural area, there are no signs

ms. have bbc all of the internal projections that you requested? yes. we have. >> i assume that you provided that information. >> yes. how can we measure the success of the mortgage modification program now? >> as some of us have been saying, and think we have been seen benchmarks for some of the programs. i think that is what we would like to see. it does not mean they have done all the analysis we would like them to do. we live by them to try to come up with benchmarks for the programs. the public can be able to hold them accountable. >> you have to measure this. you are in the process of doing that. >> when when you do that? >> i do not know that we have plans to do that. we look for to doing it in the future. >> what is the future mean? that we have ongoing work. >> all of you have named recommendations to the in ministration during the course of the oversight. how many recommendations have been made to be administration regarding tarp -- t.a.r.p. >> it has not yet been implemented. w

grossman and ms. liu. thank you for allowing rules committee to continue this item with there being a last-minute applicants hear all the now, it seems he has withdrawn his application. so we are back to square one. colleagues, any comments or a motion? >> i'm sorry mr. turman withdrew his application. would have been interested on his thoughts. we had two solid candidates. we have one solid spots. i believe in reviewing those applications and thinking about the hearing and thinking about the next six years. i think our best candidate and the person who could best represent the ethics commission would be ms. liu, and i would like to put in a motion to send her name forward as our nominee. , i agree with supervisor elsbernd. we have two amazing candidates, both of whom have contributed a lot to the city and have done a lot of amazing work. i want to thank you for your time because this is a commission that involves time commitment and dedication and does some very important work around local government, as

ms. ros-lehtinen: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: could i ask the speaker how much time is remaying for each individual here? the speaker pro tempore: gentleman from ohio has 5 3/4 minutes. the gentlelady from florida has 3 1/2 minutes. the gentleman from california, 9 1/2 minutes. and the gentleman from north carolina, five minutes. mr. kucinich: i yield myself 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kucinich: spending on the afghanistan war is rising at an accelerating rate. in the period of three years, 2010, 2011, 2012, we'll spend 45% more on afghanistan than the preceding eight years. this is an example of out-of-control federal spending. if congress is serious about being fiscally responsible and about cutting the federal budget by three figures, then cutting spending on the out-of-control, $100 billion a year war in afghanistan must be a serious consideration. and this legislation, hous

regarding ms,. liu, i am sure she is a fine attorney, but i am troubled by the fact she represents the city on many matters. i would think that ms. liu would have to recuse herself at a time there was an ethical issue regarding the city of san francisco. finally, let me say this. i would like to see this committee start appointing more seniors ouon commissions and boards. seniors. a lot of wisdom, and most importantly, they're not looking for the next step on the latter, so that can speak more frankly without fearing the consequences of their proposals. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is mike. thank you for the opportunity to address you. as ms,. liu indicated, we serve for the san jose ethics commission since 2002. i have worked with 25-30 commissioners, all of whom have been appointed or served on the commission since 2002, and i really have to say that i think ms. liu as all of the qualities past of a commissioner with not only in forcing the ethics laws but also interpreting t

stop open roll open ms blanca -- y por supuesto comenzamos en japn... cu --all siguen los intentos por enfriar los reactores de la planta nuclear fukushima, con inyecciones de agua. --hoy tambin el gobierno japons dijo que la cifra de muertos asciende a ms de 5 mil-600 personas y que hay casi 10 mil desaparecidos. --la situacin es crtica con la escasez de alimentos y agua y el casi medio milln de personas viviendo en refugios. --el temor a los altos niveles de radiacin est provocando la salida de varios extranjeros. cu - anchor --una de las preocupacion es en california es la supuesta nube o columna radioactiva proveniente de japn que llegar al estado maÑana.. --pero que tan cierto es esto? --jaime peluffo habl con un experto en energia nuclear para aclarar este asunto... jaime.. take anchor live cu - peluffo blanca, hoy hablamos con un cientfico que basicamente dijo que no hay nada que temer.. take pkg japn est a ms de 5 mil millas de distancia, pero hay reportes de que los vientos traern una nube txica a la costa oeste de estados unidos maÑana viernes

ms adelante ariel rodriguez dir hasta cundo durar el mal tiempo.cu - anchor qu tan factible es resolver un homicidio ocurrido hace 17 aÑos? la policia de santa clara espera que una recompensa de 100 mil dlares lo haga posible.. jaime peluffo nos tiene el reporte.. jaime.. take pkg este video que mostr hoy la polica de santa clara durante una rueda de prensa muestra a matthew flores con su beb recin nacido.. 17 aÑos despus de su asesinato, el caso sigue estancado.. s.o.t. rogelio gutiérrez/policía de santa clara 3:04:00 es muy frustrante para los detectives, para el departamento, hemos agotado todas las teorias, todas las pistas y seguimos luchando para resolver este crimen. flores fue asesinado de un tiro en la cabeza en el estacionamiento de la empresa 'applied materials' en la calle oakmead village en santa clara.. s.o.t. rogelio gutiérrez/policía de santa clara 1:40:00 habían si recuerdo correctamente 16 cámaras de video donde fueron causados los hechos, las cámaras no captaron esa area donde sucedio. la polica dice que una ford explorer sport d

que se enfrentan a ms despidos... take vo --en union city, maestros, padres y administrador es de la escuela secundaria "alvarado'' se reunieron para protestar contra la decena de despidos y cierres de bibliotecas debido a la falta de fondos. --ellos esperan que el gobernador jerry brown los apoye y que se mantenga el presupuesto a travs del cobro extendido de impuestos. --las escuelas secundarias han perdido ms de 18 mil millones de dlares en fondos estatales en los ltimos 3 aÑos, y podra seguir perdiendo ms. take vo ---mientras tanto en sacramento, lideres demcratas propusieron realizar un voto sobre el presupuesto del estado. ---los legisladores recomiendan recortes en el orden de $ 12 mil millones de dolares sumados a otros $ 12 mil millones con relacion a impuestos temporales. ---de acuerdo a una encuesta revelada hoy, un 61 por ciento de los californianos esta de acuerdo en mantener impuestos temporales mientras que un 36 por ciento esta en contra. ---los legisladores demcratas necesitan 2 tercios del voto en el

claudia -- to ms. claudette colvin.want to thank him for his efforts in securing these proclamations. if ms. colvin would come up as well. >> it is an honor to be asked to make these presentations. the elected officials represented here are trailblazers themselves. many of them have been the first in their community to hold office. for example, ed lee, the first chinese-american to be appointed mayor in san francisco, is represented in this group. so is our congresswoman, nancy pelosi, the first woman ever to become speaker of the house in the history of the united states. [applause] tom amiano, who has been a historic figure and trailblazer, coming from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered community. [applause] also, our newest elected official, supervisor cohen, with her election last november at age 32, is the youngest african-american ever to be elected to the board of supervisors. [applause] she is now san francisco's highest-ranking elected official who is african-american, one of three women on the 11-member

take vo ms-blanca ---esta visita tampoco fue desaprovechada por grupos defensores de los inmigrantes de nuestro pais. --pilar niÑo, nos cuenta de que manera se organizaron y como desde aqui tuvieron hoy presencia en la llegada del mandatario a san salvador. take pkg take pkg hoy en el dia de llegada del presidente obama a el salvador, grupos defensores de los inmigrantes en estados unidos, dicen que publicaron en el principal periodico de ese pais, la prensa grafica, esta carta abierta dirigida al presidente obama. ana perez/dir.carecen :30 nos hemos organizado para tener presencia, tal vez no estamos ahi pero si estamos en los medios de prensa :36 ana perez, directora de carecen en san francisco dice que junto a 15 organizaciones de la red nacional salvadorena americana y otros, pagaron por publicar este anuncio. abogan no solo por una reforma migratoria integral, sino por una alternativa. 1:50 una reforma migratoria es esencial y tal vez si no lo podemos lograr ahora sabemos que si lo primero que si podemos lograr es que toda la gente tps que se vuelva residente permanente 2:00 se

ms. eshoo, the ranking member of the subcommittee on telecommunication, control the rest of our time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i would like to recognize the author of the legislation, mr. lamborn, he is recognized for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. lamborn: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, madam blackburn, for your great work you do on the committee. i introduced h.r. 1076 because the federal government can no longer afford to fund programs that are fully capable of standing on their own. this is not about the ideology of n.p.r. executives or the content that n.p.r. produces. but whether in this age of trillion dollar annual deficits taxpayers should subsidize a nonessential entity. plain and simple, this bill accomplishes three things. first, it prohibits public radio

ms. wuerfel has no intention of allowing us to improve our home. but years later, i am at the board of appeals. is it reasonable for a homeowner to have to justify a wanting windows in their home to provide ventilation, which open and close, and to comply with fire safety codes? is it reasonable that we should want our children's home environment to be more free? none of these factors are important to ms. wuerfel. they don't need to be. they affect our family life on a daily basis. the appellant has made it abundantly clear by her past and present actions that she will appeal and obstruct any project we propose, no matter how detrimental the actions may be to the property she claims deserves special attention because of its historic nature. i fail to see how preventing whether proving can be -- weatherproofing can be found protective. none of our work affects the historic character. of the 17 complaints filed by the appellant, and others -- a number specifically affect things we wish to c

ms. edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. edwards: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from colorado. i rise today really troubled because i am opposed to terminating the hamp program and the neighborhood stabilization program, but i'm troubled because these programs have actually been very troubled. they are not perfect. they haven't helped every homeowner we want. but we shouldn't be in a position of just destroying the programs. the neighborhood stabilization program in particular was established to help communities acquire, rehabilitate, and resell abandoned and foreclosed properties as a result of the growing foreclosure crisis. there are so many economists across this country who tell us every single day until we get the housing market straight, we will not get this economy straight. and so i believe in theory in these programs, declining home values in my community have led to lower tax revenues for our local jurisdiction tha

ms. norton: ms. edwards, you probably also are aware, we hear about the best and the brightest, the federal work force now with many baby boomers is eligible to retire and there is absolute panic about whether or not we'll ever see a work force as good as the work force we got in the post-kennedy period. these were people who came fresh with the -- with all of the notions of the kennedy era that public service was a wonderful thing. and they made their careers in the federal service. 90% of them could retire in the next 10 years. now the whole world is open to them. they could go to the high tech companies. they could go to hawaii. they could go to california. will we be able to attract the best and the brightest right when we most need them? in an era when the country needs this side as well as in the military side the very best talent we can find? ms. hirono: and the gentlelady raises yet another -- ms. edwards: and the gentlelady raises another interesting point, not only could they go anywhere el

i want to thank pastor curran and ms. suites for their participation in the program. and ms. use this program as an opportunity to present cameos of people who are otherwise engraged shall -- engaged in black history month programs and ms. suites is going to be appearing next

commissioner fung: ms. bright, if the housing authority is no longer supporting this permit, you are saying that your group will implement it if this body overturns? >> i think of would be very interested in finding out if our group can petition the city for removal of the trees, since they do not belong to the san francisco housing authority. as far as i understand, the housing authority is a nonprofit -- commissioner fung: let me be clear. will your group pay for the removal and planting of new trees? >> i would be happy to raise those funds. vice commissioner garcia: and maintenance. >> and absolutely to sign of volunteers. vice commissioner garcia: i am not saying that is going to happen. i think you answered my question. we are going to reopen, with everybody's permission, public comment. you have one minute. you have to identify yourself. >> paul hastings. 25 year resident of the city of san francisco and on 15th street for the last 10 years. the compromise would like to propose, should one be needed,

ms. these are all voluntary programs that are trying to keep american families in their homes, these programs require the banks to agree that this is a good deal. . and it's deserving of these homeowners. these programs require that the homeowner also agree, obviously. and that in many cases that servicer agree. now, because you're requiring a voluntary agreement and an agreement that has been crafted in such a way that all parties are balanced in their interests, it's been difficult to generate the number of families to be helped so far. i do want to also emphasize this program started in november. this program started in november. we've had about four months to get families onboard to be helped by these programs. for much of that four months we have had abject resistance from the servicers. they have been the obstruction in making these programs work. but i am happy to say that in the last 10 days we have had three major servicers, ally, gmac and wells fargo, that have finally come forw

ms. norton: -- ms. norton: to the gentleman who didn't have the nerve to yield to me, this bill, this bill of course -- mr. issa: mr. speaker. point of order. ms. norton: this bill -- mr. issa: mr. speaker, point of order. ms. norton: this bill, this bill -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. the gentleman will kindly state his point of order. mr. issa: isn't it true that the house rules prohibit direct accusations about the intent or the personal features of somebody or in fact whether or not they have nerve? the speaker pro tempore: the chair is not going to respond to a hypothetical question. mr. issa: and i'm not going to take down the gentlelady's words because it is too short a period of time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. norton: the speaker before the last speaker wanted to know what the offense was. the offense is for the whole prerogative of the people of the district of columbia to decide on educational choices for their own children. that's wha

ms. kristen -- ms. nor -- ms. norton: i want to bring this home to what's happening on the floor of this congress as we speak. there is too little recognition of what you have indicated that when you strangle agencies, when you cut agencies, you strangle services. that goes for the federal sector as well. and i think we have to be very leery that this could come to the federal sector. federal workers have been targeted. they've got a great big bull's eye on their back. they are among the best educated workers in the united states. bear in mind, i say to the gentlelady, because this will particularly be important in your state, the deadly deficit commission. warned that no cutting should be done in this year, 2011, that small cuts perhaps in 2012, an no real programmatic cuts until 2013. they gave as a reason. this is the deficit commission. they gave as a reason that you would strangle the recovery. it's a fragile recovery. bernanke spoke, i don't know if anyone has mentioned -- ms. moore: we haven't mentioned it.

ms. hirono: i have an amendment. the clerk: amendment number 10 printed in house report 112-46 offered by ms. hirono of hawaii. the chair: the gentlewoman from hawaii, ms. hirono and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from hawaii. ms. hirono: thank you. i rise to speak in favor of this amendment. i certainly appreciate the opportunity to speak on this amendment. the basic idea of this amendment is to ensure the safety of the traveling public and those whose job it is to get them safely to their destinations and my amendment has to do with smoke in the cockpit. and i do note that the f.a.a. re-authorization bill that is under consideration today already acknowledges the concern about smoke in the cockpit, because it requires the g.a.o. to study what the f.a.a. has done to address smoke in the cockpit. so my bill takes this concern to a more focused level by establishing an aviation rule making committee and are made up of representatives

the butter fly, ms. sisly the cd case. the roses rips at the spit much the phoenix dazzling petals births something. the martir's smile that saves something. what did we make? listen to the butter fly, the pinpoint makes no sound sticking the [inaudible] no brass wail to the air here it's silent as a necktie this is not right. ms. sisly a cd case and a pin striped suit did he stick her lips red. i don't know, i don't know. sometimes he wore a pin striped 3 piece and a dazzling tie. i have a mallet did he kiss her. lips red. did he stick her with a pins point much listen to the brass ware and butter fly the plastic and silence breaks. this is a man thinking he can build with a mallet. a martir with knuckles. this it is a man who through out the notes. wait. dammit, ms. sisly why won't you listen to the man who writes lynches. he had a mallet and the oils in the hands cripple the butter fly won't fly again so butter wait. butter stay. butter still. what have we made that awakes. stay still. listen to the song of a man in his

ms. if you can't cut this program i'm not sure you can cut any. and when we find such programs we as the representatives of the people have a duty and a responsibility to the taxpayers to end these programs. and that's what we're doing this morning. we are going to end this program. that's what we're here for. we are in this legislation by mr. hensarling we stop a $1 billion failed spending program. that's a well-intentioned program. but just as the road to hell is paved with good intentions so is the road to higher deficits and a record-breaking debt, a debt that our children and our grandchildren will have to pay. you know, when we talk about the taxpayers ultimately fund this program, when we borrow 42 cents out of every dollar it's our children and our grandchildren that will have to pay for these programs. we're charging something and we're telling them to pay the bill. today we have an unthinkable debt of $14 trillion. $14 trillion. a debt that imposes a birth tax on every child bor

ms. vigo walsh, in your testimony you referenced the srs problem. by sensitizing communities and local leaders that it's done through training, military and police officials who then become community sensitization leaders. you can tell us how successful that program has been? and secondly, ms. mccain you may want to speak to this as well. the issue of microcredit financing is huge in africa. and you know dollar for dollar i can't think of a better way to helping to empower women especially because most of those grants or loans i should say, go to women. and with a small amount of money, someone can not only get gainfully employed but they end up hiring four, five, six people in many cases. for those women who've been so sexually abused and traumatized do you find that microcredit financing and job skills helps them to mend not only help provide to themselves and perhaps their families but also as part of the healing process? >> thank you, chairman. with regards to our project where we --

ms. jackson lee: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i know we're not supposed to remind us of our history. i won't be long but if you recall some eight years prior to the present administration, day after day after day, our budget was simply imploded with millions, trillions of dollars going into the war in iraq. so here we are. someone wants to blame the american recovery and investment act. well let me explain to you, we were in double digit unemployment. look where we are today, going up and not down. in terms of job creation. and going down in terms of unemployment. the economy was sick and it is coming back. but what do our colleagues want to do? pass c.r.'s that every economist says is the wrong direction to go in 2011. it's like you started out with $150 during the household expenses that you have, you had that money to pay for the expenses of that month and all

unfortunately, ms. hiyashi could not be here today, but i want to turn it over to jarvis murray who will talk about the group and individual members. but they are an excellent growth. >> good afternoon, directors. we would like to thank you very much for this award, and we would like to say that we, frankly, could not have done this without the integration within the mta. many members have gone out of their way to help us become a better part of the mta, and that has been fabulous for us. what also could not have done this without the help of our boss, who, unfortunately, is not here today. as well as ms. sonai bose -- sonali bose and ms. deborah johnson who also have overseen us. i would like to introduce our members individually and give you a little bit of information about them. not too much. i will make it quick. to my left is michael harris. he can out here from philadelphia. he is one of our investigators. he came a long way and has been a really helpful person for us. he has been a godsend in te

ms. slaughter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. slaughter: thank you. and i appreciate my colleague for yielding, and i want to congratulate my colleague, mr. webster, on management of his first rule. i rise today in opposition to the shuster amendment that would undermine the strong flight safety regulations passed by this congress and meant to protect the air travelers throughout the nation. last july congress teamed together to pass the anti-safety and federal aviation administration extension act of 2010. it was landmark legislation requiring the f.a.a. to implement the findings of the national transportation safety board which many of us thought the f.a.a. already did to establish a pilot's record database to provide the airlines with fast, electronic database to disclose who is operating each flight and of vital importance to those who live in western new york, make the necessary changes to address the underreported and deadly issue of pil