here we have a wider roadway, this is a crude diagram, but ms. lee -- mostly to show the with. -- width. for the cable stay itself, we're in the process of developing renderings to come up with a lighting scheme. to give you a preview of our intent, our philosophy behind it, we looked at the cable stay beneath the two roadways. we can put a soft glow on the cables to give the structure presence in the neighborhood without necessarily overpowering its neighbors. likewise, the same lighting can be projected down onto the public space below to make it a safe environment. once again, to point out some overlap, our lighting designers are also involved in the streetscape project. we will look at the lighting from below and above to make sure they are working together well. the last item on the agenda is the seismic design criteria. just some main bullet points. we have reviewed this with the seismic review committee, which consists of many people respected in their field. seismic criteria has been established to create a common level of such performance be

ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i am hoping there will be no member that will oppose a commonsense amendment that allows law enforcement officer to be more protected. one might think as i point to this poster of a nurse giving a shot, one might think i would be more in line with the discussion if i put a picture of a police but -- police officer. but i use this to show that a child is squinting in pain for an immunization that won't harm them but someone who stole someone's gun that comes with the national conceal law, may not have a squinting child but a dead child. let me give you an example of the legislation or the amendment that i have in realtime. a north harris police officer in 2008 had a traffic. before he went to this individual that he was stopping, he dutyfully went to the dispatcher, a database to find out who this might be. tragically, it was not soon enough because a gun was taken and he was shot dead. he leaves behind a wife and two children. albeit the fact that i have a child here, beca

you're quite correct, ms. lee, it -- ms. johnson lee, excuse me. that it will -- we do have the next 13 months to figure out, almost 14 months, to figure out a better way, maybe it's revenue, less cuts, maybe it's a little different cuts that are currently across the board in the defense department as well as the discretionary funding, but we have a chance to do that. we have time to do that. so it's not all rost. the deficit has been reduced. now we need to do it in a smarter way, one that promotes american jobs, puts people to work and creates more jobs and manufacturing in america. mr. tonko, you come from a state that really started the great american industrial revolution and an area in which it actually began, the upper hudson river valley. why don't we carry on our conversation here. you were talking about research, take it wherever you'd like to go. mr. tonko: sure. absolutely. let me respond to the absolute clear focus that our friend, the gentlewoman from texas, representative for the strength of texas, representative jackson lee is const

that represents about 15% of revenues, 15% of expenses, just as ms. lee in went through earlier in your quarterly report. this starts with what you adopted as a commission with your 10-year plan. you have stretched your dollars as far as you could based upon the resources we have had. the charter requires that you look 10 years out. the last time you looked 10 years out, we were forced to make difficult choices. we had to admit that in the last part of the 10-year plan, we could not fully fund the city- owned city renewals that we might want to. that was a hard choice. we had to take a $32 million cut. we had to take a cut to go solar of $29 million. and a cut to energy efficiency. all three are important public our programs that are important to you as a commission and other shareholders. he those are 10-year numbers. the shortfalls on the previous page are only as good as they are because we did make these cuts. we are still running out of money, even when making these cuts. what it told us is that the -- is that they are not enough. it only gave us eno

that represents about 15% of revenues, 15% of expenses, just as ms. lee in went

ms. jackson lee, mr. hastings, mr. johnson and ms. maloney. please come forward and please pull ahair up. mr. smith and mr. scott, mr. johnson, do you wish to testify? please take the chair up and we'll -- we're asking you to join this nel. so please pull your chair forward to the table. you can pull your chair right up to the table. does that cover everyone? let's begin with mr. nadler, then ms. jackson-lee, then mr. hastings, mr. johnson and ms. maloney. . nadler, let me say i s a beautifully prepared statement. >> with considerable changes. >> i know since you made the changes, i'd like to say without objection that entire statement is going to appear in the statement and we'd welcome your summary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'll oe i'll omit the first part of the statement which basically describes why the bill is a terrible bill. but let me just address the p t part -- the amendment. with respect to guns, the concerns of more urbanized states like new york are different from like more rural states like alaska. within reason there are str

the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. lee, for five minutes. ms. lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes and also include extraneous material for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise, again, to really beat the drum about the ongoing crisis of poverty and unemployment in america. on november 6, the associated press reported that we have crossed a terrible threshold. more job seekers now in america have run out of unemployment benefits than are receiving them. simply put, the majority of americans who are struggling to find a job are no longer getting unemployment benefits. we need to extend unemployment benefits and we need to do it now. not just for those who are about to run out, but for the millions of americans whose benefits ran out a long time ago. the millions who ran out of time to establish their careers. the millions who ran out of time to safeguard their family's futures. for the millions who ran out of time to ignite t

it first witness on the stand was johannes ms. lee's former boss.am: peter montanegro pleads guilty to attempted murder. he was only 15 when he committed the crime of killing an ice cream worker. >>jacqueline: we will see light showers through most of the day, the rain continues in the monterey and brought them he did read report and it will be the early afternoon before the main band starts to approach the early evening hours. we have a light shower south of the golden gate into 10:00 and if you to moderate to heavy rain over the north bay and not much cause of the golden gate. how come through the later leaving hours into their zero and will continue to see mostly no. they rain. where is somewhat over the san mateo coastline and then into thanksgiving morning and will see the storm split. part of the rain will go to the north and part down to the south and we will have dry conditions into thursday afternoon with a chance a few lingering showers. as for the rainfall totals, we will have light rain to the north bay for most of the day. now watch as

ms. lee: i thank the gentleman for yielding and continuing to fight the good fight on behalf of the american people. many of my republican colleagues have come to the floor to keep telling us that the federal government must balance the budget just like every american family. well, it sounds like it makes sense to me, but it's nonsense. how are those families and businesses feel about congress passing a constitutional amendment making it illegal to borrow money to invest in their tuteturs? what if they can't get a mortgage to buy a house or a credit card to buy a car or get credit to buy clothes, what if they can't get a loan to grow their businesses? that's what this fundamental change to america's constitution would do to the entire country. can you imagine opening up the constitution to make it impossible for people to invest in their future? in addition, millions of families across america are taking in less income than they need to survive because of failed republican economic policies t

ms. jackson lee: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. the house will come to order. the gentlelady may continue. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker very much. we cannot forget our children and i ask that this body not close the doors on the good samaritan. let that person in. i would encourage the support of h.r. 83 that has focused on protecting our children from bullying. i have founded and co-chaired the congressional children's caucus with my colleague from illinois, a bipartisan caucus, that wants to remember the children. h.r. 83 i would encourage my colleagues sign on to h.r. 83 so we can have a national statement against bullying and begin to fund the best practice that is our communities can work on to protect our children. then i want to ensure that the 2.5 million americans that will lose their unemployment in 2012 are protected. l

ms. lee: thank you, mr. speaker. as a founding co-chair of both the congressional out-of-poverty caucus and the congressional hiv-aids caucus, i rise today to draw attention once again to the ongoing crisis of poverty in america. and today i also want to draw particular attention to the impact of poverty on our national fight to stop h.i.v. and aids. mr. speaker, december 1 is world aids day, and this year marks 30 years after the first discovery of aids cases. the united states and the hiv-aids community globally have made tremendous progress in our collective response to this domestic and global crisis. we have reduced the stigmas surrounding the disease and strengthened education and outreach activities which continue to prevent millions of new cases of h.i.v. worldwide. the scientific community has improved the treatment of h.i.v. and aids with therapies and recent breakthroughs have revolutionized the way we think about aids. we have come a long way in our battle against aids. contracting h.i.v. no longer has to

ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 470, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. ms. jackson lee: i thank the chairman very much and my question to my colleagues is whether workers come as republicans or democrats or do they come simply as americans operating under a constitutional provision? that we all celebrate. and that is the first amendment. the first amendment clearly allows the american people to petition, to have freedom of expression and by essence freedom to assemble. we also recognize that in the course of power there is a worker and there is the employer , the employer in many instances intimidates. and so the national labor relations board recognized the unevenness of power with those who, whether they are returning troops or veterans, whether or not they're single mothers, working families who want to better their life, they understand that there needs to be a fairness in order for this little small book, the constitution, to actuall

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker. before i talk about my topic of protecting our children, i want to acknowledge first of all the coming thanksgiving and the many people who are impoverished in this nation. we need to pay attention to and particularly our children, which is the largest percentage of those impoverished are children in the united states. for that reason i think it is important that as we begin this discussion on the supercommittee and its responsibility that we look at the responsibility to the american people. and if we cannot fairly bring in revenue and balance the cuts on the most vulnerable, we should go to regular order. let me also welcome our troops that will be coming home and i will be initiating in houston an idea that every single school will have a welcome home troops all over the community and not one tree will be left undressed, if you will, to make sure that none of our soldiers walk down any block in a lonely way and not know that they are welcomed and loved. and thirdly, i'd like to say

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

the plaintiffs say that miserably in four other officers beat and punched him, ms. leepected to testify during the trial he finished a two year jail sentence for involuntary manslaughter in the oscar grant case. hard times are causing long lines outside of a community service that was the scene this morning. holiday fell to harvest that were provided by sacred heart and other food banks been given out to roughly 4000 low income families. the director says the number of people in need is up about 14 percent over last year. >> we have had an incredible outpouring of need at a time that has been really difficult. we had thousands of families signed up a few weeks ago so we knew how much we need to prepare. but we will provide over 4000 food boxes this week alone. it is a huge level of need. we have been short of some of the financial support and other things that we need, but we are doing very well. we see a lot more seniors and families coming to us on a more frequent basis. >>catherine: those food boxes are part of a year- round program that serves more than 35,000 famil

ms. jackson lee, mr. hastings, mr. johnson and ms. maloney. please come forward and please pull a chair up. mr. smith and mr. scott, mr. johnson, do you wish to testify? please take the chair up and we'll -- we're asking you to join this panel. so please pull your chair forward to the table. you can pull your chair right up to the table. does that cover everyone? let's begin with mr. nadler, then ms. jackson-lee, then mr. hastings, mr. johnson and ms. maloney. mr. nadler, let me say i see a beautifully prepared statement. >> with considerable changes. >> i know since you made the changes, i'd like to say without objection that entire statement is going to appear in the statement and we'd welcome your summary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'll oe i'll omit the first part of the statement which basically describes why the bill is a terrible bill. but let me just address the p t part -- the amendment. with respect to guns, the concerns of more urbanized states like new york are different from like more rural states like alaska. within reason there

ms. jackson lee: so important. mr. tonko: after this economy was brought to its knees but an approach that was hard-hearted to manufacturing. it ignored what was happening and the same is true in agriculture and we'll maybe talk about that in a few moments. jackson scrabs jackson you're absolutely -- ms. jackson lee: you're absolutely right. and just a point about making it america and the companies like the one in california. they are in california, rightly so. and we should be very, very strong on making sure that our federal dollars -- this is not selfish, this is -- we're probably more expansive and liberal than many other countries around the world, to ensure that if you're using our federal tax dollars, you build it, make it in america, and you spread it, there's a company called calf and i know that they're located in new york, we want them to spread some of that construction and building work down in houston, texas, because they're building a light rail with $900 million, potentially, of federal dollars. so we

lee powell ms.ear -- has more. >> reporter: at the national archives in washington, there is no mystery where the constitution is. and some fragile documents here under glass and in near darkness. the archives regard not sure what is the telegram, abraham lincoln's signature, a sword and dagger given to president harry truman. >> part of our history as a nation. >> reporter: the united states is missing some of the national treasures and would like them back. a section of the national archives website keeps a running lest and it's full of civil war documents. >> fights like e -- sites like ebay have a lot to do with where we find ourselves now, where it's popular where someone can put a dollar amount on someone's signature. >> reporter: from paper to the polish of a class ring given to lbj. and the bronco sculpture given to the first president bush. when stuff slips away or gets stolen, the hunt begins. >> one of our researchers who we call regulars, we're in here all of the time, and they saw somet

ms. jackson lee: to adress the house for one minute. the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman may proceed. ms. jackson lee: we have been waiting for a jobs agenda now for as long as this congress has been in session and i can convey to my colleagues that an easy way to attend to creating jobs is to pass a jobs bill. moving on, mr. speaker, let me thank governor perry for making a personal and public statement of his opposition to the state-issued confederate license plate. yet i would advise governor perry that his department of motor vehicle board, nine appointed by him, have now ski squled that vote for november 10. all good willed persons, all good-willed texans, who would oppose a state issued, oppressive license plate reflecting upon the oppression of slavery need to show up on november 10, in austin, texas, indicate their opposition to such a draconian and devastating blow to the people of texas. i would also remind governor perry that the north park independent school district that's now leading and educating 7,500 student a major

ms. jackson lee, mr. hastings, mr. johnson and ms. maloney. please come forward and please pull a chair up. mr. smith and mr. scott, mr. johnson, do you wish to testify? please take the chair up and we'll -- we're asking you to join this panel. so please pull your chair forward to the table. you can pull your chair right up to the table. does that cover everyone? let's begin with mr. nadler, then ms. jackson-lee, then mr. hastings, mr. johnson and ms. maloney. mr. nadler, let me say i see a beautifully prepared statement. >> with considerable changes. >> i know since you made the changes, i'd like to say without objection that entire statement is going to appear in the statement and we'd welcome your summary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'll oe i'll omit the first part of the statement which basically describes why the bill is a terrible bill. but let me just address the p t part -- the amendment. with respect to guns, the concerns of more urbanized states like new york are different from like more rural states like alaska. within reason there

ms. jackson lee of texas. 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 their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 123, the nays are 299, the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 9 printed in house report 112-283 by the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 9 printed in house report 112-283 offered by mr. cicilline o

roll open cu -- el alcalde de san francisco, ed lee, permanecer en ese puesto por 4 aÑos ms. --despus de entrar de alcalde de manera temporal, lee gan con mas del 61 por ciento del voto en una eleccin donde originalmente nadie obtuvo la mayora... de esta manera lee se convierte en el primer alcalde de san francisco de origen asiatico.. --john avalos y dennis herrera obtuvieron el segundo y tercer lugar respectivamente. --tambien en la ciudad.....para la posicion de fiscal de distrito, el ex-jefe de polica george gascn, quien es de origen cubano, se qued en el puesto.. cu ---en una eleccin especial, realizada ayer en arizona, es destituido uno de los autores de la ley anti-inmigrante de arizona, que sirvi como modelo para muchas otras leyes que se han aprobado en varios estados del pais... ---janet rodriguez nos tiene las reacciones en el siguiente reportaje... take pkg take pkg durante los ltimos 11 aÑos pearce represento a la ciudad de mesa con mucho xito y sin oposicin alguna. pero su capricho por crear y hacer cumplir leyes migratorias como la controversial sb1070 termino s

ms. jackson lee, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentleman from florida. the underlying resolution has to do with the balanced budget amendment which most americans might say, yeah. but this is a deja vu because we debated this so many years ago and was found that a balanced budget amendment for the federal government will not work with all of the restraints and necessaryities of -- necessities of serving the american people. but mr. critz' bill and the idea of correcting the turncy -- currency manipulation of china will work. will create jobs. the world trade organization cannot help. all the negotiations with china will not help. i would love for them to stand up and be counted in the world family so that we can continue to churn the economy that all of us would benefit from. but as the euro crumbles and possibly the dollar will step in, i oppose the euro many years ago, we've got to get a currency that respo

lee who has joined me. she's here and great member from texas. thank you for joining me with the progressive message. i yield to you. ms. jackson lee: i'm delighted to join my friend, colleague from the great state of minnesota and the distinguished co-chair of the progressive caucus of which i have the privilege of serving as a vice chair and i truly want to say to our colleagues, progressive caucus has been on the mark and in fact, stays on a pattern, frankly, that should draw good thinking, well intentioned americans from both sides of the aisle. let me recount for my kee chair, the number of job fairs and summits. but i wanted to focus on a couple of points that i believe has been the progressive message. it is a good samaritan message that, we are all in this together. it is to recognize that the nation is not so broke or it is not broke that it cannot help the most vulnerable. in a supercommittee hearing, it was delineated by the head of the o.m.b. that actually, mr. ellison, that our debt-deficit is 8.5% of gross depesk product, 92% is rolling along. and if we took a family budget and they said we have less than 1

joined by one of my colleagues, congressman sheila jackson lee, and if she would like to i'd like to yield her such time as she might consume. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady from the virgin islands, particularly for her leadership. and i'm delighted to join her in what i think is an enormously important discussion. oftentimes, congresswoman, we don't get a chance to have this kind of discussion when we're debating bills on the floor of the house. so let me first of all add again to your statistics, the more we can recite for people what the problem is, the better off we are. so you will see us standing over the next couple of days and weeks and isn't it interesting, as we are approaching thanksgiving and then the christmas holiday for many of us and holidays in different names, many other kinds of celebratory holidays, that call upon fellowship and food, to it realize how many are im-- to realize how many are impoverished in this nation. i'm delighted to stand with our congressional black caucus, our friend, congressman barbara lee, our chairperson, chairman cleaver, and yourself. to firmly stand committed to combating

ms. jackson lee, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentleman from florida. the underlying resolution has to do with the balanced budget amendment which most americans might say, yeah. but this is a deja vu because we debated this so many years ago and was found that a balanced budget amendment for the federal government will not work with all of the restraints and necessaryities of -- necessities of serving the american people. but mr. critz' bill and the idea of correcting the turncy -- currency manipulation of china will work. will create jobs. the world trade organization cannot help. all the negotiations with china will not help. i would love for them to stand up and be counted in the world family so that we can continue to churn the economy that all of us would benefit from. but as the euro crumbles and possibly the dollar will step in, i oppose the euro many years ago, we've got to get a currency that respo

ms. fudge: thank you. now representative sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady from ohio for her leadership, after spending some time with her on the floor, listening to the voter suppression occurring in ohio. i'm grateful for this opportunity, i want to thank the whip for his leadership on voting rights, election rights, for any number of sessions starting as early as the election in 2000, when we were brought to confront the issue of voter improprieties. let me first of all say that we are seeing the ugly head of the suppression of votes rising across america. 40 states have implemented voting i.d. laws. let me explain to the voters, voter i.d. can only respond to voter impersonation. statistics will tell you that most voters do not show up ats trying to be somebody else -- show up at the polls try be to be somebody else. now you will suppress those who are elderly, disabled, young, who do not have a state-issued voter i.d.. in my district alone this past weekend i met a woman who was 97 years old in a wheelchair, who h