ms. king? >> good evening. seems like it has been a long time since we have been together. [laughter] sorry. i am going to get serious now. the report is in your package. it is fairly short. the legislative and policy update for this evening is simply that the limited live performance legislation that i have talked about a couple of times now has been fast track. an update from the last meeting is that due to the board of supervisors recess that will be coming up shortly, supervisor mirkarimi was able to get the legislation on to the july 7 agenda for the planning commission. staff is requesting that the present -- that the present calendar the entertainment commission discussion for two weeks from now. at that time, supervisor mirk arimi will send staff to the meeting to make sure you get whatever information you need. if you need the legislation yourself, at that time the staff will send you whenever you need to be prepared to have that discussion. president newlin: have you heard anything about any amendments to this? i just got a call by the press today, and just inquir

ms. kaptur: is it possible to gain additional time? the chair: for what purpose does gentleman rise? >> i move to strike the requisite words. mr. king: i yield to the gentlelady. ms. kaptur: i thank the gentleman. the current proposal will silence the nearly 60,000 comments on the rule because it will prevent usda from reading the record and finally it will undermine long fairness for millions of faurmers, ranchers and producers by allowing it to remain in the bill. the house is standing with the few big meat packers and against the ma thousands and thousands of producers. to understand how illogical, i refer the house to the committee report where the committee directed the ump sd arch to issue documents and before the house began consideration of this bill. on its face the agency has complied with something before the house kfered the bill. is this proper? furthermore, i would note that section 721 were to be implemented. , the agency would not comply. if there ever was a time that the appropriations committee has overstepped its bounds this is it. this committee presented usda from implementing a provision of law. it was the same

king of iowa, amendment number 29 by ms. jackson lee of texas, an amendment by mr. scalise of louisiana, amendment number 28 by ms. jackson lee of texas, amendment by ms. hire oweno of -- hirono of hawaii, an amendment by mr. campbell of california, amendment by mrs. blackburn of tennessee, amendment number 1 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 2 by mr. flake of arizona, the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the chair will clarify that the second amendment is amendment number 1 by ms. foxx of north carolina, not amendment number 2. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment offered by the gentlewoman from maine, ms. pingree, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. pingree of maine. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen

ms. hochul: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. rangel and mr. king. it is truly an honor and a privilege to be here on the floor of the u.s. house of representatives where i will serve the people of the 26th district of the state of new york. i promise to work for them tirelessly every single day and continue to fight for them with every breath i have. and i look forward to working with each of you in a spirit of bipartisanship and cooperation as we work toward a brighter future and a stronger america. this is a proud day for my family and for me to begin this new chapter in our lives. a chance that will serve the people of my district and your districts. but before i begin this journey, i must thank the people who helped me get to where i am today. to the people of the 26th congressional district, i am humbled by your support and the faith that you put in me. to my family, my husband, bill of 27 years. you're my rock and inspiration, honey. my son, biy, my daughter, katie, my parents, jack and pat courtney. my brothers and my sister, sheila, who work

ms. hochul: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. rangel and mr. king. it is truly an honor and a privilege to be here on the floor of the u.s. house of representatives where i will serve the people of the 26th district of the state of new york. i promise to work for them tirelessly every single day and continue to fight for them with every breath i have. and i look forward to working with each of you in a spirit of bipartisanship and cooperation as we work toward a brighter future and a stronger america. this is a proud day for my family and for me to begin this new chapter in our lives. a chance that will serve the people of my district and your districts. but before i begin this journey, i must thank the people who helped me get to where i am today. to the people of the 26th congressional district, i am humbled by your support and the faith that you put in me. to my family, my husband, bill of 27 years. you're my rock and inspiration, honey. my son, billy, my daughter, katie, my parents, jack and pat courtney. my brothers and my sister, sheila, who wo

ms. bateman and not mrs. low. the handwriting was on the wall. she left her husband at this point. this was a problem in savannah and in england. these things were normally quiet down, the kings affairs were never mentioned it was not polite. marriage went on no matter what and hear this american woman was going to filed for divorce, this was unthinkable. it was a sad situation for the turn-of-the-century for this generation's low. mrs. low was at her bottom point and has little to no allowance. the family is dividing taking sides on all of this and in the middle is this strange mrs. beeckman who has mr. savannah around her finger. unfortunately, he is kind of going down the tubes, heavy drinking is affecting him in a negative way, sort of illness and other things are clouding him. and in 1906 he did die without executing the divorce while on vacation trip with mrs. bateman to the council to the castle, the home of the west family. and that is winston churchill's stepfather's castle where they were renting. mrs. bateman inherited everything that he had. he left some money to sisters and smaller accounts and a allowance to his wife but she received almost everything. this was

ms. freeman will become the 96th recipient of the spingarn medal this july when she is honored during the naacp national convention in los angeles. passed spingarn medalists include maya angelou and dr. martin luther king jr. this impressive list of exceptional americans gives you a sense of the caliber of the person attorney freeman really is. there is no doubt that attorney frankie freeman is deserving of this distinction. i am so proud of her for being honored with this recognition of her life long dedication to justice and civil rights. she is such an inspiration to me and she has been an inspiration to thousands of young people during her life and to so many americans, regardless of race, an inspiration for what she stands for and what she has accomplished in her lifetime. i am so grateful to call her my friend and i thank her for all that she has done for the people of st. louis the people of missouri and the people of this great nation. congratulations and thank you frankie freeman. mr. president, if i could also briefly spend a few moments to just talk about the economic development administration. there's lots of times that we debate legislation on this floor, and we do it in almost an academi

king of the "lazy" song. there's no lazy folks i missouri. they've got massive flooding of the missouri river, not just in parts of north dakota, but ms.. 600 families have been evacuated. thousands and thousands of acres of farmland have been flooded, and the flooding is going to last right on into the weekend and the beginning of next week. as you look, though, on the other hand, we've got droughto talk about. we've got extreme to severe drought stretching from the southwest, gulf coast, all the way to watoflorida. that drought, of course, causing big problems. in fact, rainfall amounts anywhere from five to 20 inches below rainfall since the >> we don't have big problems here. in fact, we have a pretty nice day after we lose this low cloud cover. mostly cloudy start over the city of san francisco. our highs today really comfortable inland, 78 degrees, fremont, 79 for concord, 65 in the city with low clouds hanging around. probably until 11:30. 79 degrees that's the forecast high in los gatos. through the weekend, temperatures stay nice and comfortable. a little rain possible on monday. go to weather channel on cable. weather.com onl

kings: i yield to my friend from -- mr. kingston: i yield to my friend from connecticut. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. who seeks recognition? the gentlelady is recognized. ms. hanabusa: i rise in strong opposition to the underlying bill -- ms. chu: i rise in strong opposition to the underlying bill. this is yet another exapter in the republican attack on working families to give handouts to special interests. first they came after seniors who rely on medicare and now they're coming after our young children and their mothers. millions of americans are now struggling to get through the worst economy since the great depression. and america's food assistance programs are proving to be an essential safety net for the jobless and low income families of america. at a time when the need is greater than it's been in generations, congress should be reaffirming our commitment to helping needy families, not pulling the rug out from under them. but alarmingly, that's just what the republican agricultural appropriations bill does. this bill slashes funding for the nutrition program for women, infant and children by $686 million. w.i.c. is a program that provides low inc