ms. johnson came and answered the door.e process of stepping in and closing the storm door when i see this flash opinion. >> reporter: inside the house? >> coming from the den. >> reporter: so coming up behind ms. johnson? >> yes, yes. and i saw that it was carl saying -- he was yelling at me to close the door. get in here and go in there with his grandmother. >> reporter: once karen johnson was dead lillian says carl led connie to her bedroom where she says carl asked her to pray. >> i see the pillow and then while they're praying, he starts pushing her down onto bed. she fought him. she did. but the doorbell rang, and it scared carl. so he jumped up and he told me to go look and see who it was. >> reporter: lillian says, whoever it was left after about five minutes. it was then, lillian told the jury that carl decided to drive his grandmother to normangee. in your mind, was it clear that she knew that carl was trying to kill her then? >> yes. >> reporter: what did she say? >> she looked at him and said, you tried to kill

ms. johnson for being with us today. >> thank you and thank you for having me. before i talk about crisis intervention training i want to acknowledge that this body is something that i am very pleased to come before. about, i don't want to say how long but close to a decade you supported funding for the very first study of our behavioral health court. it was one of the first studies of any mental health court in any country. it's widely cited and replicated. i want to thank you for putting us on the map. i want to let you know how much we appreciate your advocate for mental health court. i want to talk to you about collaboration. i think it's no longer unprecedented to see the police department and public defenders office to speak in unison. it is very, that type of collaboration has not been easy. the criminal justice system is an adverse real system and it should be adversarial and will remain adversarial. when it comes to mental health disabilities or other disabilities that are ending up in the criminal justice system, we need a different approach because ad

ms. johnson is here from the mental health unit but we have others who provide mental health training at the academy, but it's not mandatory. the idea of providing quarterly statistics as you know provided by malia cohen, and we support that initiative. the final recommendation was to have a youth on the police commission that would require a charter change but we believe it's something we should put forward to. there is a comprehensive report that was developed by the edward burns institute that is a report that reentry council which is an official body of the board of supervisors will be releasing i believe next week. it's a comprehensive study that not only looks at policing but also all components of the criminal justice system. my hope is out of this hearing that we have a continuing body or an initiative where we can continue these reforms. thank you. >> thank you, mr. darchi. is jackie wilson from your office, deputy public defender here? >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is jock wilson. i want to thank you for allowing me to come here today to continue this conversation. i

ms. johnson touched about the average person with disabilities earns 20,000 or $26,000. we have added expenses as persons with disabilities and we need to have the at some point to work at a decent wages our able bodies. thank you. >> thank you, i know the task force is looking at the definition of severely disabled, but also the entry level versus expanding the different opportunities to those are some key issues that they are recommending to make hopefully changes and expand our policy. >> that's one other thing about the certificate. it's certifies that i was severely disabled. >> thank you for testifying. next speaker? >> public speaker: hi. my name is stephanie. i'm with the lighthouse for the blind. we are very lucky in san francisco. we have a great city. our employees should reflect that diversity. rule 115 will enable the city to fillmore jobs quicker. employees with disabilities tend to be extremely loyal to their employees. they tend to stay longer at a job. city jobs are career jobs. they offer competitive salaries. people with disabilities need to continue t

ms. johnson touched about the average person with disabilities earns 20,000 or $26,000. we have added expenses as persons with disabilities and we need to have the at some point to work at a decent wages our able bodies. thank you. >> thank you, i know the task force is looking at the definition of severely disabled, but also the entry level versus expanding the different opportunities to those are some key issues that they are recommending to make hopefully changes and expand our policy. >> that's one other thing about the certificate. it's certifies that i was severely disabled. >> thank you for testifying. next speaker? >> public speaker: hi. my name is stephanie. i'm with the lighthouse for the blind. we are very lucky in san francisco. we have a great city. our employees should reflect that diversity. rule 115 will enable the city to fillmore jobs quicker. employees with disabilities tend to be extremely loyal to their employees. they tend to stay longer at a job. city jobs are career jobs. they offer competitive salaries. people with disabilities need to continue t

ms. johnson.o cement additional opening statement, your statements will be added to the record at this point. at this time i would like to introduce our witnesses. bill gerstenmaier is the associate administrator of human exploration and operations mission directorate at nasa. our second witness today is john elbon, vice president and general manager of space exploration for the boeing company. testifying third is the honorable paul martin who have served as nasa's inspector general since 2009. our third witness is shelby oakley, acting director of acquisition and sourcing management for the government accountability office. today's final witness is dr. james pawelczyk, an associate professor of physiology and kinesiology at the pennsylvania state university and a retired astronaut. in order to allow time for discussion, please limit your testimony to five minutes. your entire written statement will be made part of the record. i now recognize mr. gerstenmaier for five minutes to present his testim

ms. johnson referenced the integrity of the epa. i what to make a comment on that. as you are probably aware, last week, there was an article that came out that said your senior counsel for air and radiation was given by the centers of american progress some talking points for journalists when you were trying -- or when he was trying to move the physicians. as a physician and a scientist who looks at raw data, and makes decisions, i am troubled to say the least when one of your people who i am sure are quite capable of coming up with their own opinions, are being influenced by those on one side or the other. saying that, you also have read -- you also have referenced tornadoes, hurricanes, i am from louisiana and i assure you we know hurricanes. you referenced last week a doctor who used to be on president obama's team of environmentalists, came out and said that president obama is dead wrong on this global warming. these are his words. not mine. if you can give me objective data where we have seen increased tornadoes and hurricanes in the last five years, i would b

ms. johnson. is she here? mr. bera of california. i'm sorry. mr. bera: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the ranking member for this hearing. when -- as a child growing up in southern california and the aerospace industry in the 1960's and early 1970's, it was remarkable what we could accomplish as americans when we dreamt big. when we think about the international space station it's an engineering marvel. something that's over time, has -- as the witnesses have noted, 15 years of uninterrupted humans living in space. remarkable. when we think about this and when we think about where we want to go, we have to continue to think big as a nation. we have to not be afraid of thinking and addressing the issues. particularly as, you know, we dream about human space travel to mars. we don't know how we're going to get there. but that should not daunt us and that should not stop us and it should not stop us from making the investments to allow us to continue to incrementally dream big. that's what we've done throughout our existence as human beings. we've not been afraid to explore. we'v

ms. johnson. our witness today is the honorable jeana mccarthy administer of the environmental protection agency. prior to her appointment as administrator she was the assistant administrator for e.p.a.'s office of air and laidation. previously she served as the commissioner of the connecticut department of environmental protection. during her career which spans over 30 years she has worked at both the state and local levels on environmental issues and helped coordinate policies on energy transportation and the environment. administer mccarthy received a bachelor of arts degree from the university of massachusetts and a master's of science in environmental health engineering and planning. administrative mccarthy, we welcome you and if you would begin. admin mccarthy: thank you, chairman smith for inviting me here to testify on it the environmental regulatory efforts. the mission of epa is protection of public health and the environment and regulatory efforts in furtherance of those goals. we are g

ms. johnson: thank you for holding this hearing. this really is an important topic and i look forward to the testimony of our panel of witnesses and i welcome them. it is no secret that i have been a long supporter of the i.s.s. it plays a unique role in research and inspiring our young people. in addition to being an incredible engineering achievement. it provides a visible demonstration of the benefits that can be did he riffed from peaceful international cooperation in space. failures of commercial cargo transportation missions to the i.s.s. remind us that space flight is not easy. failures will occur and unfortunately, these failures will have impacts on the program. we need to better understand the impacts as well as the plans for dealing with them going forward. and we need to whether there are any lessons learned that need to be applied to the far more challenging commercial crew transportation program. i said before that the i.s.s. is a perishable commodity. we need to be clear on what nasa needs to accomplish with this uniq

ms. johnson, is recognized borders. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman.trator mccarthy. i want to thank you for being here today. and please take that to the employees of epa. my gratitude for the hard work and dedication. epa's job is as hard as it is important. for two generations we relied on epa to be the one federal agency to protect the public and the environment from the pollution that comes with being an industrial society. standing against your corporations have built their profits on a business model that viewed rivers, lakes, oceans and the scott as a dumping ground. two generations of economic growth and generation of china's that we can clean up the apartment and grow our economy. if we were to rely just on the majority of the search engine rethink everything epa does is wrong. for example, that chairman has an intimate on a number of occasions cast epa as a secretive organization setting out an aggressive regulatory agenda that ignores public comments that throttles the american economy. in fact, the reality of the situation is far different

ms. johnson raised the point of stimulus and she said that the stimulus didn't do what it should have doneand i would like to raise the point that -- when the stimulus was during -- first considered we back at the time of the big crash, both of the nobel prize winners said it wasn't enough. and it needed to be doubled. people who -- hello? host: we are listening. go ahead. caller: the people who say that the stimulus failed, it reminds me of someone who would tell the fire department that, gee, the house burned down so it doesn't do any good to poor water on the fire. it should have made more clear that the stimulus didn't feel because basically it was the wrong thing to do, it failed because it wasn't big enough. host: charles, sorry, didn't mean to cut you off. guest: good point, though. he makes a very good point that the stimulus -- it was huge, for sure, but there are number of economists with that you needed, you know, at least double or triple the amount that was passed by congress to really reinject money into the economy. we are only just now recovering. i mean, i have to say, tho

ms. eddie bernice johnson of texas for july 27 through 29th. ms. roybal-allard of california for today. and ms. slaughter for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i move that the house now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. a bill tomorrow will require the tsa to expand its preaching program.

johnson. >> thank you very much ms. hill son your attention to detail is staten island i think i appreciate it and the staff appreciates it with an initiation with a long process staff will be receptive to changes and corrections with the planning code being the he met all eyes are necessary we can simplify and correct you know in an efficient manner hopefully more collaboration i make a motion to accept. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah. i'm in favor i would ask the staff to look at it to make sure all the corrections are correct and whatever else yeah mr. star. >> if i may speak to this one item it was piloted to me i'm not sure of the code one of the ones listed in the sections? not buildings that maybe turn around 35 feet but dwellings may not be so that's why i made the change not to secure vent the process so technically a school or a hospital or something can be 40 feet in an rh1 district but a dwelling cannot but i'm happy to talk to the coalition of the neighborhoods for that and i want to reiterate you need t

ms. eddie bernice johnson, for five minutes. ms. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in opposition to the current version of h.r. 5. the house republican bill which seeks to re-authorize the elementary secondary education act and encourage my colleagues to adopt the democratic substitute offered by ranking member bobby scott. . let me start by reading a quote that truly strikes me as telling from where we have come from and where we find ourselves today. on may 22, 1964, at the university of michigan, president lyndon baines johnson remarked, in many places classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. most of our qualified teachers are underpaid. and many of our paid teachers are underqualified. so we must give every child a place to sit and a teacher to learn from. poverty is not a bar for learning. and learning must often escape from poverty. president johnson went on to say but more classrooms and more teachers are just not enough. we must seek an educational system which grows in excellence as it grows in size. this means better training for

ms. johnson: i rise today with great pleasure to pay tribute to the life and legacy of the former speaker of the house james "jim" wright who passed away on wednesday may 6, at age 92 of this year. speaker wright served in congress for more than three decades and left an indelible legacy as chairman of the public works committee that is now named the transportation and infrastructure committee. he was elected by his peers as speaker in 1987. he was born in fort worth, texas, the son of a traveling salesman. he was educated at weatherford college and the university of texas at austin. he dedicated his life to serving in public service. he bravely served in the united states army air force during world war ii and was awarded the distinguished flying cross for flying combat missions in south pacific. subsequently, he was lected -- elected to the texas house of representatives in 1946. he served as mayor weather -- mayor of weatherford texas from 1950 to 1954 and was elected to the u.s. house of representatives in 1954. and was re-elected 16 times. speaker wright was a visionary who served th

ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you very much, mr. johnson. i think you highlighted in just a minute and a half the basic problems that we have with dealing with a rogue regime like iran, that cannot be trusted, that has not been dealing with this in a straight manner. thank you very much for your leadership on this issue. mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield such time as he may consume to mr. davis of illinois. to address this threat as well. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i rise today to voice my concerns over the potential deal regarding iran's nuclear program and i stand here thanking my colleague from the great state of florida for putting this special order together on such a very important issue. and it's such a timely issue. i want to read a quote. they will freeze and then dismantle their nuclear program . our other allies will be better protected. the entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons. the united states and international inspectors will carefully monitor them to make sure it keeps its commitments. so

johnson v. united states. ms. menendez. menendez: good morning, your honor. mr. chief justice, and may it please the court. the residual clause of the violent felony definition of the armed career criminal act is 14 unconstitutionally vague because it's text and structure do not set out with clarity what predicate offenses fall within its coverage and what do not. its vagueness is proven by this court's inability after repeated efforts to discern a meaningful and replicable interpretive framework that will guide lower courts. justice ginsburg: ms. menendez just to clarify, you are contesting only the residual clause, not the rest of the statute. so if the statute ending with it lists burglary, arson or extortion or involves the use of explosives, you're not attacking enemany of that. it's just the residual clause; is that alderson reporting company 4 official 1 correct? ms. menendez: that is correct, your honor. and we believe, in fact, that the other 4 portions of this statute shed some light onto why the 5 residual clause is -- that the other portions of this s

ms. bush were kind to the staff. the second story about lyndon johnson who is very accessed with the white house shower. it's been reported before. the way this reveals bradd rouson got his nickname because the man with bright red hair may have found president lyndon johnson amusing at first but he was in me completely miserable by the eccentric commands. he started in the white house in 1946 and retired 1979 passed away 2007. place marker proton stories. she remembers how the schedule affected their lives in the life of their three daughters. we were at a restaurant in annapolis and they came through same white house: mr. arrington. i just thought that was so funny. president johnson wanted something done with this commode. johnson tortured with the water pressure and temperature of his shower. the water never came hard enough for hot enough for johnson. when the president was a member to dole out later played the garden path every time and he started his career off as a high school teacher so he would wander the basement floors. everyone was a bit afraid of him because of that. johnson's shower fixati

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ms. eddie bernice johnson of texas. for from the committee on small business for consideration of sections 831 through 834, 832 through 846 871 of the house bill and sections 828 831, 882,883, and 885 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference. messrs. chabot hanna and ms. velasquez. from the committee on transportation and infrastructure for consideration of sections 302, 562, 569 578 591, 1068, 1073 2811 and 3501 of the house bill and sections 601, 642, 1613 3504 and 3505 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference, messrs. graves of louisiana, curbelo of florida and ms. edwards. from the committee on veterans affairs for consideration, 565 652, 701 721 722, 1105 and 1431 of the house bill and sections 539 605 633 719, 1083rks1084 1089, 1091 and 1411 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference. messrs. roe of tennessee, bilirakis, and brown of florida. the speaker pro tempore: the senate will be notified of adegreesal conferees. under the speaker's ann

johnson. i appreciate your service, by the way. we have is a situation where ms.nle was allegedly murdered by mr. lopez sanchez who has been in federal custody for about six years on and illegal, on a felony illegal entry into the u.s. i had a hold on them so that when he was released from the bureau of prisons he would go into i.c.e. custody for deportation again. -- i.c.e. had a hold of it. also i.c.e. has a policy that when a local jurisdiction has an active warrant against an individual, then i see yield to that local -- i.c.e. yields to the local authority holding that work and that local authority san francisco county, in this case decided to pursue its warrant. so we took custody of mr. sanchez, mr. lopez sanchez. and after they took custody of him, i.c.e. patty ward or a detainer lodged against mr. lopez sanchez so that when san francisco finished its prosecution, then it returned mr. lopez-sanchez back over to i.c.e. for deportation. and then what happened was after mr. lopez-sanchez was in the custody of san francisco county, the authorities there decide

ms. fix-it. are you? sandy: am i? i like to fix things. what can i say? i do like to fix things. carol: sandy petersen came to johnson and johnson with a reputation for fixing things at other companies. at j&j, there was plenty to fix. including massive global recalls between 2009-2012. there was also a government takeover of tylenol plants. and billions of dollars of payments to resolve lawsuits. some investors say j&j may have focused on profit margins at the expense of product safety. >> absolutely they got hungry for profits and they like the fact they have consistently grown over the years. when people are seeking that or are rewarded for that, they stretch a little bit. carol: most of the recalls happened before peterson came on board in 2012. coming in, how much did you know and what did you think initially about whether they could tackle all the recalls, the manufacturing problems, the lawsuits? sandy: it was fixable. it would take time, but it was very fixable. carol: part of what needed to be fixed was dealing with a company that included 250 businesses and some said was too big to manage. >> it was a gigan

johnson, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks, ms. mccabe, for joining us again today. you know increased access to low-cost sustainable domestic natural gas production has helped tremendously in fueling the manufacturing renaissance in this country. this expansion has resulted not only in cleaner gas and electricity for manufacturers, but also provides a new source of natural gas liquids which are essential feedstocks and manufacturing such as chemicals and plastics. and a study conducted by the consulting firm frequently contracted by the department of energy, among others shows dramatic cost increases in the price of natural gas under a 60 parts per billion standard. the study projects a 52% increase in the cost of natural gas for industrial use under a 60 part per billion standard. so, a quick question, can we expect our manufacturing renaissance to continue under this type of scenario? >> i can't speak to that study specifically, but i know there certainly has been a significant increase in the development of natural gas, and it's a very important -- >> we know tha

johnson: i yield an additional minute to the gentlewoman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. norton: i appreciate that. in front of the white house, that that space was a first amendment park. i was invited down at the commemoration of citizens who come every monday to urge reform of our gun laws. to respond to fence jumping, some had talk of making it difficult for the public to come onto that space in front of pennsylvania avenue. at hearings i was assured that was not necessary. this bill backs that up. mr. speaker, the spikes have been added for the fence jumpers, making it difficult to jump over. i was pleased today to see that the public continues to use pennsylvania avenue using it as the first amendment space it has always been. i thank the gentleman for yielding. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from georgia reserves his time, and the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i have no further speakers. i'm prepared to yield back if the gentleman from georgia is. mr. johnson: thank you, and i have no addition

ms. >> tom: hernandez charges and throws out markakis. there are two away. sometimes chip leaves some ties around. which would could always utilize. well, here is chris johnsono pinch hit. his secret service duties are over with. he was killing time before when we were talking to jonny gomes. playing the role of the secret service agent. i don't know where he got the ear piece from. >> c.j.: i'm assuming he stole it from somebody down there. somebody had one they could put in his ear. had the glasses as well. stoic. did not move or break from character the entire interview. >> tom: he is hitting .229 with a home run and 7 rbis. there's a strike. it's 0-1. here he is. chris johnson. >> c.j.: perfect hair hasn't put on a hat yet. >> tom: too cool for school. >> c.j.: i love it. >> tom: nothing but the best for our secret service agents. that's a good pitch. breaking ball on a called strike three and the side is retired. one left over at third. last chance for the phillies when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ order a summer priced $2.50 double combo at mcdonald's and get a mouthwatering double cheeseburger and small fries. grab it before it's gone. sfx: jet roaring sfx:

ms. lerner. and february 11th the headline appeared in the press quote, senator ron johnson to irs why did i.g. find 80,000 lost e-mails, end of quote. mr. george you didn't find 80,000 e-mails did you? >> mr. cummings, what we did is we attempted to keep members of congress with relevant jurisdiction over this matter informed at every stage. and i can assure you that at every opportunity where i participated, i made a request -- i admonished staff that this is preliminary information and we requested that they not repeat this information publicly. and unfortunately that was done. so while we were in the process of refining trying to keep congress informed because we've been criticized in the past for not keeping congress informed so we made an effort at my direction to do so. and it was during the process of keeping congress informed with every new discovery and every time my investigative staff was able to parse out, find duplicates, find things that were not necessarily responsive, the numbers changed. >> so you recovered these e-mails, but you had no idea how many had already been turned ov

ms. heitkamp: i also ask that molly johnson an intern in my office, be granted floor privileges for the durationof this year's senate. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. ms. heitkamp: thank you mr. president. once again we find ourselves on a thursday afternoon doing some final business before everybody returns home to meet with their constituents and do this work. i must say how much i appreciate your kind words and your attention when we have been talking about those north dakotans who were killed in action in vietnam. this week the united states senate commemorated that 50-year anniversary, and i -- i know that there are so many members who care deeply and i know you're among those members so i really want to thank the presiding officer and you mr. president, for your attention and your appreciation for the sacrifices of the men that i talk about weekly. mr. president, i rise today to speak about the men from north dakota who died while serving in the vietnam war. we are currently in a 13-year commemoration period honoring the vietnam -- the veterans of the vietnam war. i'v

so it's politics what we're playing up here, secretary johnson, i appreciate your service by the way. what we have is a situation where ms. steinle was allegedly murdered by mr. juan francisco lopez sanchez who had been in federal custody for about six years on an illegal -- on a felony illegal entry into the u.s. i.c.e. had a hold on him so that when he was released from the bureau of prisons he would go into i.c.e. custody for deportation again. however, i.c.e. also has a policy that when a local jurisdiction has an active warrant against an individual then i.c.e. yields to that local authority holding that warrant. and that local authority, san francisco county in this case decided to pursue its warrant. so it took custody of mr. sanchez -- mr. lopez sanchez. and after they took custody of him, i.c.e. had a warrant or a detainer launched against mr. lopez sanchez so that when san francisco finished its prosecution then it would turn mr. lopez sanchez back over to i.c.e. for deportation. and then what happened was after mr. lopez sanchez was in the custody of san francisco county the authorities there decided not to pr

ms. counsel whose our assistant secretary for the office of information technology. she was the it leader for johnson and johnson she was the id leader for dell. i have been working to recruit her for many months, almost since the day i was confirmed. we have to get the right leaders in place. what we then need to do is benchmark other operations which we are doing and in the case of the financial management system we use, the cobalt system i'm talking about we have to replace it. until we do we have to tarke brute force effort to make sure we make a better job of keeping track of our budgets and keeping you informed. one of the issues here was when you passed the choice act you demanded in the choice act that we account for care in the community in a different way than we were doing it previously you asked us to centralize that at our business office. i'm sure you the that had in order to keep control of that money. well that change helped exacerbate this situation. nevertheless, we tried through brute force to try to keep that accounting whole so that werk understand what's going on. but there's no

ms. chu: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the 50th anniversary of medicare and medicaid. when president lyndon b. johnson signed medicare and medicaid into law, he proclaimed that, quote, no longer will older americans be denied the healing miracle of modern medicine. no longer will destroy the savings they have so carefully put away over a lifetime so that they might enjoy a dignity that their later years. ms. matsui: no longer will they see their own incomes and own hopes eaten abay because they are carrying out their deep moral obligation to their parents unquote. we need to continue to keep these promises by protecting and expanding medicare and medicaid. together these two programs provide health coverage for our nation's seniors, people with disabilities and moms and families. we must ensure that these programs are hear for now and for future generations. i thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revi

ms. mikulski: thank you very much mr. president. i rise today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of medicare. 50 years ago on july 30, 1965, president lyndon johnson signed into law the legislation to create medicare. mr. president, i say "thank god for medicare." it was a great idea 50 years ago. twait was a great idea 50 months ago, 50 weeks ago 50 minutes. and i stand on the senate floor to say we must keep medicare as medicare keep the integrity and solvency of medicare. we cannot turn medicare into a voucher. we cannot dilute it, phase it out, or eliminate it. and i will say to this, until my last vote is cast in the senate, i will defend medicare. i saw what this meant in 1965. that summer i had just graduated from the university of maryland school of social work. change was in the air. the civil rights movement was making its progress towards history and moving forward. there were beginning doubts about the vietnam war. the nation was recovering from the assassination of president kennedy, and president johnson wanted to lead in a bold way having had a landslide victory in which said he he said he wanted to create a great soavment and socie

ms. mikulski: thank you very much, mr. president. i rise today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of medicare. 50 years ago on july 30, 1965, president lyndon johnson signed into law the legislation to create medicare. mr. president, i say "thank god for medicare." it was a great idea 50 years ago. twit was a great idea 50 months ago, 50 weeks ago, 50 minutes. and i stand on the senate floor to say, we must keep medicare as medicare, keep the integrity and solvency of medicare. we cannot turn medicare into a voucher. we cannot dilute it, phase it out, or eliminate it. and i will say to this, until my last vote is cast in the senate, i will defend medicare. i saw what this meant in 1965. that summer i had just graduated from the university of maryland school of social work. change was in the air. the civil rights movement was making its progress towards history and moving forward. there were beginning doubts about the vietnam war. the nation was recovering from the assassination of president kennedy, and president johnson wanted to lead in a bold way, having had a landslide victory in which said h he said he wanto create a great soavment an soci. an

ms. kelly: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask that all members be given five days to revise and extend their remarks. i also scr -- i also have a written statement from congresswoman johnson to enter into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kelly: thank you. mr. speaker, we're here tonight to have an important conversation, a conversation that is long overdue, a conversation that is crucial to healing america's deep racial wounds. our topic being the confederate battle flag and why racial symbols matter. the charleston nine killings focused many of our attention on the significance, appropriateness and bigoted history of this flag. in 2015 why do so many still revere a flag that tolerated the shackling of people because of their skin? a flag that allowed human beings to be counted as 3/5 of a person, flag that was flown during lynchings, the holding of children and one that symbolized a movement to deny education and equal treatment under our laws? 50 years since selma, we think of the freedom riders marchers, boycotters protesters and policymakers who pointed our nation in a more positive direction. they knew it was time to reject the traditions o

ms. tsongas: i yield two minutes to my colleague from georgia, mr. johnson. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. johnson: thank you mr. speaker. impartial justice and access to the courts is a right guaranteed to every citizen in this country. across the street from this chamber, lady justice sits blind folded on the steps of the supreme court so we can all be reminded that justice should be blind. today we are debating yet another republican bill restricting access to the courts to only those with deep pockets. h.r. 2647 continues the alarming trend of republican-sponsored legislation that proposes to limit the average american's access to the courts, so polluters that line the pockets of politicians with campaign contributions can continue to profit. h.r. 2647 requires that a citizen post a bond prior to challenging the united states government's forest management activities. this bond must cover all of the defendant's anticipated costs, expenses and attorneys' fees to be paid if the defendant prevails. in the rare occasi