i know ms. west could not be here. i understand she is being recommended by the district 11 supervisor as well. commissioner avalos? commissioner avalos: actually, i would like to postpone reappointment for one month and then look at other options. commissioner campos: ok. why don't we just move forward with respect to ms. sachs. if we could get a motion -- motion by carmen chu. seconded by david chiu. without objection. thank you. please call the next item. again, thank you, ms. sachs. >> item 5. recommend approval of the fiscal year 2011/2012 transportation fund for clean air program of projects. this is an action item. >> good morning committee members. i will be presenting the fiscal year 11-12 programs and projects. i will start with a brief overview of the tsa process and our fiscal or 12 process and get into recommendations including some short descriptions of the progress we are recommended for funding and those that we are not recommended for funding. i can take questions on the project or process at any time.

. -- ms. west. she has been an active member and all sorts of issues, including public transit, including the use of our parks and facilities. i would want to bring her back onto the citizens advisory committee. i know in the last year she has undergone some help issues that prevented her from attending, but those same to have cleared up, and i want to allow her to continue on the cac. commissioner campos: thank you. i do not think we have any other questions from the committee. thank you for being here and for your interest in continuing to serve. is there any other applicant who is here who would like to address the committee? i do not see any others. why don't we open this up to public comment. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, this is an action item. if we could get a motion -- motion by commissioner avalos 2 reappointee rosie west to the citizens advisory committee. seconded by david chiu. can we take that

northeast and new england, you can see scattered showers and thunderstorms, also attracting the ms. weste have a great crowd here here. some folks visiting from kansas and nebraska. thanks so much for joining us this morning. all right. that's a look at your weather. back to you, carl? >>> scott, thanks. >>> now to the case against casey anthony. with the next hour, closing arguments will begin in the explosive murder trial, and then the jury will begin deliberating her fade. nbc's kerry sanders joins us from orlando. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carl. today for most of the day the jury will listen to those closing arguments, just a short time ago the spectate here's have tickets were escorted into the courtroom. here's how it will go. first, the state will present its closing argument. then the defense will respond, and then the state will get the final word. the judge then gives the jury its instructions and the deliberations begin. for 33 days in an orlando courtroom, casey anthony has cried, remained stoic, at moments, even smiled and laughed, as 61 witnesses for t

a recorded vote on amendment number 3 printed in house report 112-144 by the gentlelady from west virginia, ms. captain toe, on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 3 printed in house report 112-144 offered by mrs. capito of west virginia. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in in support of a re-- recorded vote will rise and be counted. 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 268, the nays are 192, the amendment is adopted. the unfin herbed business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment from the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, on which further proceedings were postponed and on

i'd like to yield now to the gentlelady from west virginia, ms. moore capito. mrs. capito: thank you. i'd like to thank my colleagues here today for the opportunity to talk about something that is extremely important to every woman in america, every person in america. it's really not a man or a woman thing or a child or a grandparent thing, it's all of us. and so i look at things a lot of times, i think like a lot of people. i kind of try to put my own life filter over what's going on here. and i have elderly parents who are having some bumpy roads with their health and i just today for the very first time had my only and most beautiful granddaughter with me today on the house floor. and i realized, she has $45,000 worth of national debt on her head and then i think about my parents trying to manage their health care, manage their finances in their senior years, have they prepared enough, did they make the right choices? and i think about all of that in between generation of which i am and i know that we want to make the right choices for ourselves, too so, that whe

ms. jackson lee: i have great respect to my friend from west virginia and i'm glad she said 90 days. that is three months. they want to take away 90 days and put it forever, almost like dorothy. we are going to the wizard of oz, forever and ever and ever so individuals like michelle whose home was damaged during the hurricane, who got costly repairs but had wage cuts and found that the house might be in foreclosure they sent the company $1,400 and they said there was nothing they could do and they were foreclosed on. the bill to protect them from that has oversight on positive regulation to review it and it goes on while michelle and her husband walks the street. or jacob wanted to buy a cd and wanted to speak to a financial adviser. the man he talked to wasn't in the bank and only made $25,000, he wound up losing $12,000. they want him to wait forever and ever and ever. with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentlelady from west virginia. mrs. capito: i appreciate the gentlelady's passion for this and i would like to say that my opposition -- as the 90-day rul

ms. ros-lehtinen: it is an nontore to yield one minute to my colleague from florida, general west, a hero. the chair: the -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. west: i stand in support of h.res. 26 which supports peace talks between israel and palestine, we must ensure that any palestinian government work on peace with israel. the second thing, we must make sure the leaders of the palestinian people cease all efforts at circumventing the negotiation process including through a unilateral deck la rage of statehood or by seeking recognition of a palestinian state from other nations or the united nations. the third and probably most important, that the palestinian leaders must take appropriation measures to counter the incitement to violence and fulfill all prior palestinian commitments, including dismantling the terrorist infrastructure embodied with hamas. israel is a bright and shining beacon in a sea of despots, theocrats and autocrats. the palestinian leaders can choose to be part of this. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. berman p.c. i'm

west coast as well. all of those projects are jeopardized by this provision in this bill. and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i'm opposed to the misguided cuts to high speed rail funding in this bill. it will eliminate thousands of jobs, will halt a large number of rail projects across the country and we are way behind every other nation, almost, industrial nations anyway, and hurt local and station economies. this is the latest in the majority's agenda that can best be described as penny wise and pound foolish. in the pledge to america, the majority made a promise to the american people, quote, we will fight efforts to use the national crisis for political gain, end quote. at the declared. sadly that's what they're doing today. using the tragedy of the national disasters in america's heartland as a political tool to try to eliminate a job creation program, one of the very few we have, is just wrong. thousands of jobs, millions of dollars in economic investment are at stake and yet this fight brought to us today is little more than an unnecessary ideologic

ms. jackson lee, will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 3 printed in house report 112-144. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from west virginia rise? mrs. capito: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 3 printed in house report 112-144 you are aed by mrs. capito of west virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 347, the gentlewoman from west virginia, mrs. capito, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from west virginia. mrs. capito: thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to thank the chairman on my subcommittee, mr. gibbs, for his leadership on this issue. my amendment is a simple reaction to conversations that i've had with the administrator and others at the e.p.a. and also the president of the united states. in questioning the president i said, mr. president, when you're going forth on your rules and regulations at the e.p.a. do you consider a job and economic impact? and he said, we should. and i say we should and that's the purpose of my amendment. this requires the e.p.a. to analyze the impact on jobs and economic impact prior to issu

west virginia. mr. rahall: madam chair, i yield three minutes to the distinguished lady from florida, the ranking member, corrine brown. the chair: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for three minutes. ms. brown: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank the ranking member, mr. rahall, for his leadership. you know, i am very upset that for the first time after 21 extensions that the f.a.a. was shut down friday night. jeopardizing $2.5 billion in construction projects, 87,000 american construction jobs and furloughing at least 3,6,000 f.a.a. aviation -- 3,600 f.a.a. aviation engineers. this is a sad time for the committee on transportation. we have always worked together in a bipartisan way to make sure that we move america and keep people working. this is america, and i want to say i fully believe that it's possible to build the keystone pipeline in a way that improves our access to crude oil and put thousands of people to work while protecting citizens from hazardous spills. but we have to hold the industry's feet to the fire and make sure they take every possible precaution to build this pipeline. the pipeline and hazardous safety materials administration must ensure full oversight i

we do have an e-mail between richard davis of the west bank to you and ms. warren from back in march where it appears it is a follow-up from the conversation you're asking about details of a needs test. sometimes you are soliciting opinions from the mortgage servicer on what would be workable and i give you another opportunity to answer the question and perhaps i did not worded correctly. . . will cease. we have two special guests at the table. scott pace, george washington university's space policy institute director, and mark matthews, he writes about the space program and policy out of washington for "the orlando sentinel." reflections -- let me start with you -- this historic final day. what are you thinking about as the space shuttle program comes to an end? guest: when i was a young engineer and i could walk out on the shop floor and watch the machining -- i still had to go back to my desk and push paper but it was still cool to see that. i am actually both clad and sad that it is happening -- glad and sad. sad because it is an end of an era but i thin