ms. norton -- ms. -- ms. norton: i want to thank the gentleman from kale. infrastructure is all made in america if we make sure we don't build bridges, for example, from materials from china, but when it comes to the roads, when it comes to the cement, we don't get those from abroad. we make those here. that's why infrastructure has always been the foremost way to stimulate an economy. it's interesting that it stimulates not only the construction trades but it's best because it stimulates other parts of the economy below it, the way to get everything going. i couldn't agree with you more in pointing out you and i on the transportation and infrastructure committee, the importance of infrastructure. that used to be the great boish issue of the congress of the united states. i think there's some chance it will be again. we node that -- we note that this congress, the bill we just passed the last congress, service transportation bill, will have to be renewed next year. i certainly hope that becomes an opportunity to do a service transportation bill for more tha

ms. norton. that's 6 is. >> okay. we are going to move back to item i and call for creating 121211 a 3 creating an equitable [inaudible] if i hear no objections from the board we will be hearing the substitute motion tonight that was also distributed to the public. you have a copy, a red line and the copy that the public has. seeing no objection we will be considering the substitute motion. commissioner mendoza, may we have a report from the buildings and grounds committee. >> we heard this item and put it forward with a positive recommendation and at that moment decided not to include some of the amendments that were been put forward because it was only information that the board members had at the time. so we put it forward with a positive recommendation in its original form. >> thank you. may we have a reading of the substitute motion by commissioner fewer or commissioner haney please. >> commissioner haney, if you would. >> therefore be it resolved, the board of education of the san francisco unified school distri

ms. norton: that is the first time we have seen that in decades. mr. garamendi: we are seeing the changes. the affordable care act, an annual well-person visit to the doctor. so critically important. why? what's your blood pressure? how's your sugar? what is happening in your life? can we prevent you from getting diabetes? can we get you cheap pills to have your blood pressure go down r you get a stroke and pay big time. the affordable care act has the incentives to bend the cost curve and it is working. ms. norton: it's working and because it's working, we know that the last thing the american people would approve snatching it back since by 2014, it's going to reach everybody. i agree with you, there are ways to cut. and unlike my friends on the other side, this side has never said no cuts, just like -- their view is only spending -- we have never had that view. only this or that. we only are open to the kind of negotiation, tough negotiation it's going to take to come out with something. i will say to the ryan budget, if he says he was questioned abo

ms. norton: mr. speaker, republicans cry that the president and democrats are crying wolf. about sequester cuts and furloughs. well, the wolf is already biting . in my hand is a furlough notice from the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. in d.c. the u.s. attorney still handles local crimes for this big city, as well as some of the most important federal matters, including terrorism suspects. to meet sequester cuts, the u.s. attorneys notice says there will be up to 14 days, that's two weeks, of furlough days for u.s. attorneys and other personnel. on furlough days, the notice says, u.s. attorneys and other staff are not committed to come to the office to volunteer. mr. speaker, the problem with making sequester is budget rather than a product as intended is not the 2%. it's the compression up front in a short period of time. the american people who depend upon u.s. attorneys deserve better than a deliberate and avoidable public safety furlough. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: unanimous cons

ms. norton. in 1962, may 15 was designated by president kennedy as peace officers' memorial day, and a week in which it falls as police week. the memorial service began in 1982 as a gathering in senate rk of just 120 survivors and supporters of law enforcement. today, national police week draws tens of thousands of law enforcement officers and their supporters from around the world who travel to the nation's capital to participate in events that honor our fallen officers. the national peace officers' memorial service, which is sponsored by the grand lodge of the fraternal order of police, is one in a series of events which includes the candlelight vigil and seminars. tragically, over 126 federal, state and local law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty last year. these are brave men and women of law enforcement who put their lives on the line every day. among the fallen officers to be honored include five that served in my home state of pennsylvania. officer bradley michael fox, w

ms. norton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. norton: congress will keep up to a million at home if sequester cuts are buried in the c.r. no emergency like snow or even the deficit will be responsible. the responsibility lies with the house majority that has advocated its responsibility to govern. the c.r. on the floor today embeds cuts that might be tolerated if pred intelligently and selectively over time. but even if the deficit remanded cutting, for example, the women, infant and children program, there can be no justification for doing it in only six months guaranteeing that over 600,000 low-income women and children are most -- our most vulnerable, will lose basic nutrition. dumb cuts are bad. cool cuts are much worse. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentlelady has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: witho

norton smith and meet amanda matthews. she is at the massachusetts historical society where she is a research associate for the adams papers. ms. matthews, we learned there was not much documentary evidence about elizabeth monroe. how about losea catherine adams, what exists? >> quite a wellth. she kept diaries intermittently. she wrote autobiographies and memoirs. there are hundreds and hundreds of letters of hers. we have her thoughts and feelings from her point of view, both reflective and contemporary as the events were taking place. another suggested that in her research she saw louisa adams as the first modern first lady. you agree with that contention that she developed a sense of self? >> in some ways she has her own cause. she works with the washington female orphan asylum, so in that way it's somewhat modern having this cause that she was involved in and she does work politics in her parlor in such a way as to help win the presidency for her husband in her own way. >> well, richard norton smith, explain to people how the residency was won in 1820's, it was a very different system than we have today? >> it was. as we

norton smith and meet amanda matthews. she is at the massachusetts historical society where she is a research associate for the adams papers. mshews, we learned there was not much documentary evidence about elizabeth monroe. how about louisa catherine adams, what exists? >> quite a wealth. she kept diaries intermittently. she wrote autobiographies and memoirs. there are hundreds and hundreds of letters of hers. we have her thoughts and feelings from her point of view, both reflective and contemporary as the events were taking place. >> another suggested that in her research she saw louisa adams as the first modern first lady. do you agree with that contention that she developed a sense of self? >> in some ways she has her own cause. washingtonith the female orphan asylum, so in that way it's somewhat modern having this cause that she was involved in and she does work politics in her parlor in such a way as to help win the presidency for her husband in her own way. >> well, richard norton smith, explain to people how the presidency was won in 1820's, it was a very different system than we have today? >> it was. as we said earli