ms. johnson: thank you very much, madam chairman. funding for research innovation and stem education is an investment in our future. perhaps the single most important investment we can make. many of our competitors understand this and are striving to surpass the united states in innovation capacity and in the creation of a highly skilled 21st century work force. it used to be that the world's best and brightest flocked to our shores. now many of our own best and brightest are finding better opportunities in other countries. we are chasing them away from stem careers altogether. in 2007 and again in 2010, the u.s. congress passed the america competes act, recognizing the importance of increased investment in research, innovation and stem education, signed into law by presidents bush and obama respectively. appropriations have not kept pace with authorization but not from the lack of effort and commitment by appropriations colleagues. c.j.s. appropriations subcommittee chairman wolf, ranking member fattah, chairman rogers and ranking m

ms. eddie bernice johnson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. let me thank the chairman and ranking member for bringing forth this report. mr. shuster, mr. rahall, the subcommittee chair and the subcommittee ranking member, his really is a very special time. since last year, conferees and staff have diligently been working to resolve the differences between the house and senate measures. it has been six years since congress last passed a water resources bill and the state of our water infrastructure has continued to decline. i am pleased, however, with this final product as it provides for maintenance of our ports and waterways as well as critical flood control projects around the couldn't thrism bill provides new ways to main -- around the country. the bill provides new ways to maintain the water infrastructure and create jobs and shore up our economy. we have addressed many policy reforms in this bill, including reforms the harbor maintenance trust fund, creating jobs for water resource infrastructure and it goe

ms. johnson. if there are members who wish to submit additional opening statements are statements will be added to the record at this point. at this time i would like to introduce our witnesses. our first witnesses lieutenant general john jay raiment commander 14th air force air force basic mandate commander joint command for space u.s. strategic command. as a u.s. air force operational space component to u.s. stratcom general maim and leaves more than 20,500 personnel responsible for providing missile warning, space superiority or space launch and range operations carried as commander jay fcc space directs assigned and attached stratcom space forces regarding timely local and global space affects in support of national uss stratcom and combatant commander objectives better second witness today is mr. george zamka deputy associate demonstrated for commercial space transportation of the federal aviation administration. mr. zamka came to the faa directly from nasa where he served as an astronaut mos

ms. johnson: i have been a long-term supporter and advocate or making the r&d tax credit permanent. he r&d creates retention and creation of jobs but i regretbly rise in opposition to h.r. 4438, a bill that would simply simplify and make research and development tax credits permanent. unfortunately, since being created in the early 1980's, the r&d tax credit has been allowed to lapse and needed to be extended year after year. the business community needs certainty when planning long-term research and development and investments. many have called for this important tax credit to be made permanent. in the famous national academy's rising above the storm report, making the r&d tax credit stronger and permanent was one of their 10 recommendations on congressional actions to improve our nation's competitiveness. private sector leaders also agree there is a clear and necessary role for government in all aspects of our innovation, from direct funding of fundamental research to incentives for the private sector to increase their r&d investments. often private sector research and development

ms. johnson. if members wish to submit additional statements or statements will be added at this point. at this time i would like to introduce our witnesses. our first witnesses lieutenant general john j. raymond coming under 14 air force space command and commander of joint functional component command for space in the u.s. strategic command. as a u.s. air force operational space components to u.s. strike stratcom he leaves her somehow responsible for providing missile warning, space superiority, space situational awareness, satellite operation, space launch and operations. as the commander, jscc space heater acts the stratcom space forces providing tailored responsive timely, local and global space effects in support of the national stratcom. the second witness is mr. george zamka associate administrator for commercial space transportation of the federal aviation administration. mr. zamka came to the faa directly from nasa as an instructor pilot of the johnson space center. he's a retired colonel and an anime core and has more than 5,005 hours in fighter attack test research and train

johnson. >> thank you, ms. goldstein. a few points will this specifics of the permit application this application was irrational submitted in july of 2013 i'm going to put the original application up on the overhead those are the city's check list no requirement that at&t submit multiple location at the beginning of the process. despite the fact it at&t submitted it's application in july it couldn't get a hearing newly january 28th of 2014 is is in visitation of the publics code this department didn't deny the application until march 52013 that is that 2 hundred and 50 days after at&t submitted it's application are the box walk was conducted according to the finding on september well, let's see - . walking was conducted on november 11th commissioner fung asked why didn't at&t identify technical multiple locations at the beginning and tell the hearing officer to pick one of the locations at&t looks at this differently part of the box walk is to work with the community members to identify locations in their neighborhood tha

ms. johnson. if members wish to submit additional statements or statements will be added at this point.at this time i would like to introduce our witnesses. our first witnesses lieutenant general john j. raymond coming under 14 air force space command and commander of joint functional component command for space in the u.s. strategic command. as a u.s. air force operational space components to u.s. strike stratcom he leaves her somehow responsible for providing missile warning, space superiority, space situational awareness, satellite operation, space launch and operations. as the commander, jscc space heater acts the stratcom space forces providing tailored responsive timely, local and global space effects in support of the national stratcom. the second witness is mr. george zamka associate administrator for commercial space transportation of the federal aviation administration. mr. zamka came to the faa directly from nasa as an instructor pilot of the johnson space center. he's a retired colonel and an anime core and has more than 5,005 hours in fighter attack test research and traini

ms. lorenz? staff? >> through the chair, carla johnson.sie, i just wanted to thank you for coming today to speak to the council and for letting us know not only about the good work that you've always been doing, but also about some of the things that are coming up in the future. and certainly the bart action is a very important thing that we want everybody to know about so that they can put in their comment and hopefully change the direction that train is running. >> um-hm. thanks, carla. >> okay, thank you very much. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity. >> you're welcome. i have public comments on this item. jerry grace. >>> thank you, jessie. you did a great job. i know you a long time. but anyway, i think, jessie, you forgot one small thing, about may 21st. it's at the metro rally march coming up. 3:00 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon. if you get in touch with jessie, people want to go, get on the bus and get down to central metro to our rally and we'll give you lunch and we'll go up there to talk to people up there in the capital a

ms. u.s. senator -- former u.s. senator paul perl. olympiaer senator snowe. former governor johnson a new of new hampshire who was resident bush's white house chief of staff. you special personal thank to former transportation secretary andy card who served president bush and that role is white house chief of staff. i can tell you he was essential to the success of the september 11 victim compensation fund. he was my of these on at the white house. what andy did i cannot repay him, i will be at his debt forever. thank you very much. [applause] both of whom served into poetic posts in president bush's administration. thank you for being here. a special thank you to [inaudible] in 2006ived the award and is with us to salute the newest recipients. a past winner of the award. we would like to thank -- there you are. thank you. youfinally a special thank in these -- and the introduction of distinguished guests to our dinner chair and two nights award dinner who helped make this year's dinner and unprecedented success in terms of diversity, amount of money raised by the number of people c

ms. jackson lee votes no. , mr. johnson, mr. pure lisi votes no. mr. deutsch votes no. mr. gutierrez votes no. mr. richmond mr. garcia votes no. mr. jeffries? mr. jeffries votes no. >> the gentleman from virginia. >> mr. scott votes no. as every member voted who wishes to vote? clerk will report. wait, we have got one more. the gentleman from tennessee. >> mr.: votes no. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, 4 members voted aye. 24 members voted no. without objection, the amendment is considered as red, and the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. >> i want to thank you and the ranking member for making progress on this issue. stopping the ball collection and making sure surveillance cannot be used in a similar way are critical priorities, and i am pleased that these have been addressed in the manager's amendment, but i am not satisfied with a bill that does not fully tackle transparency issues about government requests they receive. greater transparency will help inform congress and the public and help hold our government accountable. in january, attorney gener

ms. sangas aye. mr. schuster? mr. schuster? mr. garamendi? mr. garamendi, aye. mr. calloway no. mr. johnson? mr. johnson? mr. lambourn no. mr. itman no. ms. spear? ms. spear, aye. mr. hunter? mr. hunter no. mr. barber? mr. barber, aye. dr. fleming? dr. fleming, no. mr. carson? mr. carson? mr. kaufman? mr. kaufman, no. ms. porter. ms. porter, aye. mr. ridgeel no. mr. mcfay aye. mr. gibson, no. mr. kilmer, aye. mrs. hartsler no. mr. castro? mr. castro, aye. dr. hecht? dr. hecht no. ms. duckworth? mr. runnion, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. scott? mr. scott, no. mr. enyart aye. mr. plazo, no. mr.

ms. jackson lee. mr. cohen. mr. johnson. chu. mr. deutsch. mr. george foot snow. mr. gutierrez. richmond. benne. been mr. garcia. jeffries ssolini ly votes aye. >> the gentleman from idaho? >> other members who have not voted who wish to vote? aye. garcia votesay votes aye. leave votese ye.tes a of missouri mr. chairman -- >> has every member voted who wishes to vote? votes aye. e mr. nadler votes no. mr. chairman, 14 members voted i aye, 11 members voted no. >> amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to hr 3361, authored by ms. lofgren of california. after the last section entitled three, add the following section. section 30 x, limiting the collection of u.s. persons communications to those that include the target of an authorized investigation. 50 usc 1881 av -- >> i ask -- >>ous consent that the recognized. >> mr. chairman, i believe that this amendment fixes a loophole saat was created by the fi court and its two thousand 11 decision is now in the public arena. the amendment clarifies that the government can only use selectors to collect information to or from the target of

johnson. >> aye. >> mr. brady? >> aye. >> mr. ryan? >> aye. >> mr. none? >> aye. >> mr. gurlock? >> aye. >> mr. price? >> aye. >> mr. bucannon? >> aye. >> mr. shock? >> aye. >> ms. jenkins? >> aye. >> mr. pullson? >> aye. >> mr. marchant? >> aye. >> ms. black? >> aye. >> mr. reed? >> aye. >> mr. young? >> aye. >> mr. kelly? >> aye. >> mr. griffin? >> aye. >> mr. runasey? >> aye. >> mr. levin? >> no. >> mr. lewis? mr. neal? mr. doggit? >> no. >> mr. larson? >> no. >> mr. kind? >> no. >> mr. crowley? ms. schwartz? >> no. >> mr. davis? >> no. >> ms. sanchez? >> no. >> mr. wrangle? mr. lewis? mr. neal? mr. crowley? >> chairman camp? >> aye. >> chairman, aye. the clerk will report the vote. >> 23 ayes and 11 no's. >> the motion is agreed to. it is amended to the house of representative and staff is authorized to make technical changes to the bill and members will have two days to file so ordered. the committee stands adjourned. "the communicators" ... from house democratic leader nancy pelosi the departure of secretaries and secchi will not solve the systemic challenges within. it is up to all of us in congress and the administration to review the facts, fix the prob

johnson. >> i don't believe there's anything particularly unusual about this appeal i'll try to be very, very brief there's an 11 most gap and ms. fong again found that at&t complieltd with the requirements of the s m f. during the sidewalk as the hearing director reported two members of the community attend the box walk and at&t walked the neighborhood and found another site - my apologizes i'm reading from 100 furton street. what happened was about at&t offered to walk the site to review alternative site locations, however, the obtain terrors found no suitable area and that's one of the difficulties that at&t faces because the way this process is supposed to work at&t works with the community to find the least impacted loeshgs but if the community won't identify any location then at&t appeal the specific denial was that the hearing officer saw the project maybe in conflict with the plan the at&t cabinet and recommended at&t work collaboratively with the neighborhood association and the only point i'll make is the hearing officer didn't have the discretion to make those kind of particular order >> mr. quan. >> good evening. ge

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johnson? mr. carson. >> mr. carson? ms. duckworth? ms. duckworth? ms. duckworth, aye. ms. gabbert. ms. gabbert. >> is there anyone who's not had the roll recorded? the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, the vote was 24 ayes, and 34 nos. >> the amendment is not agreed to. if there are no further amendments, the chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama, mr. rogers, for the purpose of offering a motion. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to take a minute, first, to thank my ranking member and good friend from tennessee, mr. cooper, who has been a great partner in this process. i think that's evidenced by the fact that in my 12 years here, i can't remember a mark going through with only one contested amendment. and that speaks to jim and his leadership, and his staff out here. it's evidence that women are smarter than men. only one of her, it took three of my guys to keep up with her. steve and tim morrison and drew walter have all been great staffers who worked very collaboratively together. i want to applaud them, and thank all the members of our committee for being such te

ms. u.s. senator -- former u.s. senator paul perl. olympiaer senator snowe. former governor johnson a new of new hampshire who was resident bush's white house chief of staff. you special personal thank to former transportation secretary andy card who served president bush and that role is white house chief of staff. i can tell you he was essential to the success of the september 11 victim compensation fund. he was my of these on at the white house. what andy did i cannot repay him, i will be at his debt forever. thank you very much. [applause] both of whom served into poetic posts in president bush's administration. thank you for being here. a special thank you to [inaudible] in 2006ived the award and is with us to salute the newest recipients. a past winner of the award. we would like to thank -- there you are. thank you. youfinally a special thank in these -- and the introduction of distinguished guests to our dinner chair and two nights award dinner who helped make this year's dinner and unprecedented success in terms of diversity, amount of money raised by the number of people c

ms. dell vain think for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair. secretary johnson, thank you for being here today. i want to take a moment and thank you and fema administrator fugate for traveling to washington, the site of a massive mud slide in my district. i think you'll agree it's impossible to describe the scale of what happened without being able to see it, and i appreciate you coming out. the support of the department through fema assistance has been very critical to everyone there, and as we continue with the recovery efforts, i look forward to continuing to work with you and fema to make sure that we have all the federal resources available to support the communities of oso and derrington and and arlington as they continue in this long rebuilding process. so thank you again. i want to turn to the issue of immigration policy which is particularly relevant in my district because we have the border with canada, the northwestern border with canada. under federal law right now cbp officers have the right to stop and conduct warrantless searches on vessels, trains, aircraft or other vehicles an

ms.? we will find out in a moment. -- in the boutique business? we will find out in a moment. ♪ . . welcome back to "the pulse" live in london. i am francine lacqua. >> i am guy johnsone top headlines. begun ane's army has process to overtake the city of slovyansk. putin is urging ukraine to withdraw its forces from the east. >> the crisis in ukraine is dominating the agenda for president obama and chancellor merkel meeting in washington today. a white house spokesman says er over the nsa surveillance program will not complicate a joint effort to address the situation and ukraine. >> rbs shares are rallying. profit tripling. been combining divisions, scaling back the investment bank and cutting jobs to revive profit after its biggest annual loss since the financial crisis in 2013. >> but good details on the numbers. details on theme numbers. manus cranny joins us for more. the markets have to be impressed that we have missed it this time around. that is as far as we can take this. >> you are absolutely correct. the underlying work done by stephen hester who left the bank, many people are saying that the kitchen sinked the numbers at christmas time. to a certain exten

johnson, you will yield part of your time? >> i will take first minute to ask a question and then i will yield the balance to my colleague to my colleague from texas, ms. sheila jackson-lee. the issue will be the availability for everyone to afford access to the internet. comcast has launched the internet essentials program offering low-income families affordable broadband and digital literacy training. termsrogram is capped in of the number of years that a be a part of it. and then after that, the market rate applies. is there anything that comcast plans on doing for people who are still poor and still unable to afford the service after the qualifying time ends? if you will answer the question for me and at which time, i will yield the balance of my time to ms. lee. in difference, i will give a very short answer to a question about which i am incredibly passionate. toare irrevocably committed essentials. for those not aware, in 30 months, we signed up 300,000 families, 1.2 million low-income americans to the internet, for many of them in the first time. we have trained low income americans and basic digital under that person training. congressman, if