>> the first issue ms. lee is that, first of all, she's an advocate for the community for many years. first problem is regarding of the layoff in the housing authority. a lot of the workers in the housing authority, for example, the plumber, janitor, has been laid off. due to that, there's a lot of services that have been cut in the public housing. there's, for example, when there's leak, the residents have to wait so long to get this problem fixed. [speaking foreign language] >> thank you, mrs. lee. good to see you again. oh, is there another one? >> and the problem we have is, regarding on the sanitation, so right now we appreciate too the fact that housing authority's got funding to replace the window and the plumbing, but there's no one cleaning the stairways in the corridors, when even we complain to the property managers. we just wanted to -- they only clean for once or twice every year when there's an inspection from the h.u.d. or housing authority. we wanted to stress that you please get someone to clea

ms. lee let me just reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. ms. slaughter: i see ms. lee is back. i'm happy to yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, ms. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i want to thank the ranking member for yielding. and for her leadership. and for the very important debate. this morning let me just say this debate i believe should have taken place at least two weeks prior to the war in libya. the war powers act specifically forbids armed forces from engaging militarily in foreign lands for more than 60 days without congressional authorization of the use of military force or declaration of war. and we should really make no mistake about it. we are at war in libya today. and we have been actively fighting in the gaddafi regime in libya since march 19, which is 97 days ago. no one in this house now would defend the deplorable actions o

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, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record

ms. jackson lee: i would. the chair: the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: first of all, let me thank the ranking member, mr. farr, and his staff for recognizing the importance of food deserts and let me thank mr. kingston, if i might. i would offer out of your thoughtfulness, i would even ask for the point of order to be waived in the face of $23 it -- 23.5 million individuals who live in food dess err the -- deserts. what i would make the argument in speaking to the point of order and particularly procedurally, of course, is that you know it was a challenge to be able to frame language that would allow us to address this crisis. and so i believe we made every effort to ensure that we were in compliance. it is my understanding that the language or funding for this initiative was not in this legislation or polled. we want to give discretion to the office of the secretary to not leave places like this think a just lifted up, disasters, now suffering from not having access to food. i simply ask the gentleman in this moment when i'm asking for a wai

ms. jackson lee: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from texas will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. scalise of indiana. at the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to implement the departmental regulation of the department of agriculture entitle policy statement on climate change adaptation, departmental regulation 1070-001, june 3, 2011. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment prevents any taxpayer funds from being used to implement the department of agricultures a's -- new rule and regulation titled policy statement on climate change adaptation. mr. chairman, we've had this debate on cap and trade in

ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished speaker and to the distinguished members that are on this floor. what a heck of a position to be in, and let me make it very clear this is a set of circumstances that frames itself around the constitution, the war powers resolution that indicates that congress must be consulted. but i am in the middle of my actions that took place months ago or many weeks ago as the crisis and the murderous acts of colonel gaddafi began to seize his people and we went to the libyan embassy to ask for colonel gaddafi to step down and we then joined with the then ambassador in his courageous acts. colonel gaddafi is known to oppress his people, deny freedom of press and speech as well as association to train dictators in oppression and intelligence and the murderous acts still go on. but it is a crisis when we have an administration, unfortunately, that is not seem fit to u

ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 316, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. ms. jackson lee: madam chair, as i rise to offer my amendment, i want to take a moment of personal privilege to say that whatever side members are on on this issue, i know that members want to protect the genius of america. i'd like to thank my ranking member, mr. conyers, for that commitment. as he comes from one of the original genius proponents and that is the auto industry that propelled america into the job creation of the century. and to the chairperson of the committee, mr. smith, who ventured out in efforts to provide opportunities for protecting, again, the opportunities for invention and genius. my amendment speaks, i think, in particular to the population, vast population of start-ups, small businesses, that are impacted by this legislation. in particular it is a reinforcement of congress' position that indicates that the patent system should promote industries

ms. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. lee: thank you very much, madam speaker. let me thank our ranking member for yielding. and let me just say first of all, i rise in opposition to the boehner resolution, but this debate is long overdue. on march 30, myself, along with congresswoman woolsey, grijalva, honda and waters, sent a letter to speaker boehner and majority leader cantor that they hold a vote to continue the use of military force in libya. let me ask for unanimous consent, please, to insert the letter into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. : thank you, madam speaker. i'd like -- ms. lee: thank you, madam speaker. i'd like to read parts of the letter. this was dated march 30, mind you -- we the undersigned members rank to request the united states house of representatives immediately take steps to hold a debate and floor vote on the president's authority to continue the use of military force in libya.

she is single ms. lee is very interested in potter 6. congress and wiener because he was a supporter of plant appear would. in march of 2011 she sent him of positive statement on her block, he responded by a twitter and later by e-mail although discussions at first or about politics, some times he would try to take at another level mentioning his " package on ". she didn't want to go there or that have that type of conversation. his e-mail swearers continuous until about two weeks ago. he was aware of that twitter sex scandal might appear. even with this awareness he continued to e-mail ginger and joked with are about it. then the scandal broke and she became inundated with inquiries, she did not 10 what to do because there's no handbook on how to handle the situation. she asked congress and wiener i got a handle. ms. lee will elaborate on on how congress and wiener told her how can handle the situation. this has caused her a severe mental distress. the statement that he wanted her to put out would only make matters worse. that is been v

ms. sheila jackson lee, for three minutes. the chair: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished member from california and to my colleagues on the floor, this has to be or could have been or hopefully can be one of the greatest opportunities for bipartisanship that we have seen in any number of years. that was the process that was proceeded under in the judiciary committee, though obviously there are always disagreements. but the whole idea of our debate and the support of the present underlying legislation without the manager's amendment was to in fact create jobs. in the committee, a number of my amendments were accepted but in particular the focus of converting from a first inventor to use system to a first inventor to file was promote t progress of science by securing for a limited time to inventors the ex cluesive rights for their discoveries and to provide inventors with greater certainty concerning the scope of protections granted by these exclusive rights. fur

ms. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. lee: thank you very much, madam speaker. let me thank our ranking member for yielding. and let me just say first of all, i rise in opposition to the boehner resolution, but this debate is long overdue. on march 30, myself, along with congresswoman woolsey, grijalva, honda and waters, sent a letter to speaker boehner and majority leader cantor that they hold a vote to continue the use of military force in libya. let me ask for unanimous consent, please, to insert the letter into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. : thank you, madam speaker. i'd like -- ms. lee: thank you, madam speaker. i'd like to read parts of the letter. this was dated march 30, mind you -- we the undersigned members rank to request the united states house of representatives immediately take steps to hold a debate and floor vote on the president's authority to continue the use of military force in libya.

. >> california preparing for fallout, johannes ms. leeay from being released from jail after the shooting death of oscar grant. tonight we have information on the new developments and how oakland businesses are preparing for violence this weekend. our legal analyst explains measure leaves and legal future and why it is unlikely that we will see him in the bay area again. but first, the tilt of the former bart police officers or parole. we have the exclusive information. >> minimal supervision, that is how the officials of the california department of corrections and rehabilitation describe his role conditions. in fact, as a state prisoner convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the shooting death of oscar grant, miserably will be released under what is called not revoke a book or role terms. --not to provoke a bowl role terms. no one will talk about what it means on camera, but the chief breaks it down. >> non levo role did treated differently--on re vokable parole means no supervision and you will not get sent back to prison, he was a

ms. lee spent 11 months behind bars for the shooting of oscar grant.ve the details of a mess and parole. >> minimal supervision, that is what officials at the department of corrections and rehabilitation describe johannes mehserle parole conditions. as a state prisoner convicted of involuntary manslaughter of oscar grant, he will be released under what is called nonrefundable parole terms. no one here at the department with talk on camera what that means, however the chief breaks it down. >> non read vocable parole is treated differently. should the state is broken up in two regions, but it means no supervision and you can never be sent back to state prison. because of what is ultimately convicted of he is considered a lower level of candor, i know that much of the community would probably be offended by that statement. but that is how he is classified by the state system. >> it means no parole supervision and no warrantless searches by parole officers for the next 13 months when he will be fully discharge from the state parole system. >> stay with kro

ms. sheila jackson lee. tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished speaker and to the distinguished members that are on this floor. what a heck of a position to be in, and let me make it very clear this is a set of circumstances that frames itself around the constitution, the war powers resolution that indicates that congress must be consulted. but i am in the middle of my actions that took place months ago or many weeks ago as the crisis and the murderous acts of colonel gaddafi began to seize his people and we went to the libyan embassy to ask for colonel gaddafi to step down and we then joined with the then ambassador in his courageous acts. colonel gaddafi is known to oppress his people, deny freedom of press and speech as well as association to train dictators in oppreson and intelligence and the murderous acts still go on. but it is a crisis when we have an administration, unfortunately, that is not seem fit to undertake the consu

ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished speaker and to the distinguished mbers that are on this floor. what a heck of a position to be in, and let me make it very clear this is a set of circumstances that frames itself around the constitution, the war powers resolution that indicates that congress must be consulted. but i am in the middle o my actions that took place months ago or many weeks ago as the crisis and the murderous acts of colonel gaddafi began to seize his people and we went to the libyan embassy to ask for colonel gaddafi to step down and we then joined with the then ambassador in his courageous acts. colonel gaddafi is known to oppress his people, deny freedom of press and speech as well aassociation to train dictators in opprsion and intelligence and the murderous acts still go on. but it is a crisis when we have an administration, unfortunately, that is not seem fit to undertak

ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman, i've served on the homeland security committee tragically since the formation of the select committee and ultimately the full committee. for many of us who were here in the united states congress and watched the planes attack the pentagon and ultimately visited ground zero in the early stages are well aware of the need to protect america. as the ranking member of the transportation security committee, working with my colleague from alabama as the chairman, we well recognize the importance of transportation facilities and modes. for some reason, terrorist are attracted to airlines and freeways and trains. and so this amendment is a very simple amendment that i believe provides security to the american public. it was no doubt that after the killing of osama bin laden discovered papers suggested had a al qaeda operatives were considering attacking the u.s. rail system on the 10th year anniversary of the september 11 attacks. yes, it was 2010, but if we recall we were unaware th

ms. jackson lee rise? ms. jackson lee: i want to make sure that the corrected vote or lack of vote was amendment number 1 of rokita of indiana, that is a vote of no. i ask unanimous consent that it be placed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman's statement will appear in the record. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas, mr. culberson, rise? mr. culberson: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2055 and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pusuant to house resolution 288 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 2055. the chair appoints the gentleman from nebraska, mr. terry to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the conside

ms. jackson lee was here a few minutes ago. she withdrew an amendment that she offered before the rules committee and a similar amendment was offered by my colleague colleague, ms. eshoo. we chose to make that amendment in order which is virtually identical to the one my friend from houston offered. so as my friend from lawrenceville, georgia, my rules committee colleague said, mr. speaker, here we are, we made 15 amendments in order for consideration allowing virtually every idea to be considered. my friend from california, mr. rohrabacher, has his amendment made in order. and so the idea of somehow criticizing the rules committee and the action that we have taken is just way off base. we have, mr. speaker, 15 amendments made in order under this bill, 10 amendments have been made in order for the energy and commerce legislation that's come before us. i'm happy to yield to my friend. mr. conyers: thank you. my friend, we are not criticizing the rules committee. the cut-go violation which you have not even seen the c.b.o. letter

ms. harper lee hasn't given an interview since 1964, it not be the person who would change her mind. so when i started doing my own documentary, which is about -- i started it about six years ago, i read the novel again, i did a little more reporting, especially about, you know, the summer of 1960 when the novel was published. and i began to see the story i could tell was the story of the novel. not so much the novelist. and the credible impact that the novel had on the civil rights movement, on lives, on careers and on readers to this very day. so that to me seemed to be the story worth telling and that's when i started working on the documentary. >> and sort of tell us how did you arrive at your understanding of the impact that the book has had, particularly on race relations and, you know, the -- so many people cite the book as a reason why they went to law school. why do you think that's true, particularly in light of the fact that atticus lost the case? >> well, i mean, it is true that in the research i've done many people did say that atticus finch is the reason that they went

ms. lee: thank you for your patriotism and commitment to our country and our troops and it is an exciting committee and it is a very important committee and i thank chairman rogers for his leadership and for his service and the attempts to bring this committee together in the spirit of bipartisanship. and i respect and support the president and i applaud him for his tremendous leadership on so many issues. like many of my colleagues, i was tremendously disappoint todd hear the president's announcement last night. three out of four americans want to bring our troops home from afghanistan and this is far from the significant reduction that the american people were expecting. a token troop reduction of 10,000 by the end of this year and waiting another year to remove another 23,000, which in total would reverse the 2009 troop escalation is unacceptable and quite frankly it flies in the face of the growing bipartisan calls across our war-weary nation to exit afghanistan and to refocus on our prio