for what purpose does the gentleman from nevada rise? >> i move we dispense with the reading of the motion. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for five minutes. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. cicilline: this is the final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. if adopted the bill will proceed to final passage as amended. much of the dwabet is focused on the importance of rare earth elements to our national security and economic competitiveness. the gland for minerals continue to grow. these are critical to ensure the long-term viability of our manufacturing sector, public health and our defense capability. new technologies and emerging american industries rely on rare materials. a diverse set of heavy rare erlt elements are essential tore lap tops. and technologies rely on these rare materials. in addition, patient and health care professionals use medical devices and equipme

they list the family research council, godly people, that their sole purpose, their sole purpose is to reach out to families. mr. stockman: this young man, reading literature from southern poverty law center, took it upon himself to feel that the family research counsell needed to be pun herbed this young man picked up a gun and went over there to murder people whose greatest desire was to promote family values. as he unloaded his gun, someone stopped him and today he was sentenced. but to this day we have not heard an apology from southern poverty law center. we have not heard any words from them criticizing those actions. and to this day we don't hear apologies or we don't hear any cries for what that young man did. but the southern poverty law center continues to list an enemies list of anybody that disagrees with them politically. mr. speaker, i yield back the time but i'm waiting for their apology. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek reck necessary? without objection, the gentleman is recognized

its purpose is clear. and if our colleagues on the republican side deny that, then they have no idea of the graphity -- gravity of the situation, to quote the music man, of the trouble that is contained in this resolution today. it is a wolf in wolf's clothing. the underlying bill to shut down government, the c.r., is reason because object to it that bill will cost at least a million jobs in the course of the next year. will cost a million jobs. it will not only do that, it will cut our investments in the future, in education, in biomedical research. the national institutes of health has the biblical powers to cure. we have a moral obligation to meet that scientific opportunity with the resources to respect the talent, the intellect, the god-given intellect of the science of a cure. what do we do in this bill? say no. we cut that. doing serious damage, doing serious damage to science, health, and not only that to our competitiveness as a nation. it's a vote that says investments, not only that if the under

purpose your real purpose. the real purpose in changing of syria is driving and endangering the entire christian population there which is a very large population for the largest middle east countries we need integration religious and otherwise if we're going to be peace with each other. which it is time i've been very close to both and be one of those people over there good news for their strength and their courage but we have to live at peace with them. and i couldn't agree more with alan ramsay you've taken a lot of heat for choosing to be part of saddam hussein's legal representation why did you choose to represent a brutal dictator. who i didn't. see here i i was shocked and. i felt. an absolute duty to do it if i was requested. she brought to bear. we don't have equal rights we don't have rights we have privileges in the underprivileged. and i believe in rights of my adult life striving for people's rights is a royer another way. and he got no fair trial a fair trial would. possible perhaps under the circ

for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. jones: mr. speaker, -- mr. wilson: every day i appreciate concerned constituents reaching out to me expressing their very real experiences with the health care takeover. jennifer says obamacare will put us out of business and make health insurance unaffordable for our family. charlotte writes i do not feel our economy can afford obamacare. i am retired with a history of lung cancer and my follow-up care will be denied under this plan. terry pleads do whatever you can to stop this. it would be an oppression of the people of this country both in terms of health care and jobs. sara has valid concerns for the nation's future. our company has already spent time and money to be client with the plan but there are many what ifs, this cannot be a funded plan. melissa is correct, free ticket, no show. putting people in need of risk. i am

for what purpose does the gentlelady from nevada rise? without objection, so ordered, you're recognized. ms. titus: this week, a leading nevada republican said that the 2014 elections will be a great year for republicans because a lot of minorities and a lot of younger people will not turn out. well, while the g.o.p. plan for 2014 is focused on voter suppression, i'm here to deliver a different message. minorities and women are going to be turning out in droves next year because they see what the republican leadership is doing in washington. they see the dysfunction the republicans have created and are apparently so proud of. they see the republican agenda that's driven by an extremist ideology rather than what's best for americans. in fact, voters of all types are seeing and will see over the next few days just how out of step the house republicans truly are. they grapple not with the needs of americans but with the two wings of their own caucus, the far right and the further right. we need a new agenda. i yield back. the speaker pro tem

for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise?imous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, today we pause to remember and reflect upon the heartbreaking attacks our nation suffered on the morning of september 11, 2001. we remember the lives lost at the world trade center, at the pentagon and the passengers on hijacked planes. mr. yoder: we remember the bravery of the first responders who charged toward the flames and smoke to help their fellow americans reach safety. we remember the men and women who rows to the moment, responding with force to the cowardly attacks suffered by -- who rose to the moment, responding with force to the cowardly attacks suffered by this nation. we remember an united states torn apart by terrorists attacks and today we honor the determination of our nation, which rose from the rubble to rebuild, not just buildings, but our american spirit. mr. speaker, on today's anniversary, we remember to honor the le

for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. speaker, the affordable care act is here to stay, sayeth the president. but his legacy landmark law discriminates. the president has arbitrarily granted extensions to big business, to some small businesses, and some state exchanges, but ordinary americans, no extensions for them. i guess special interest groups just have more clout with the president than normal people do. too bad. everyone should be treated alike, postpone obamacare for everybody for one year. don't discriminate. the second place the president's wander law discriminates is who is subject to this law of the land. the president touts his law as good for america, but why has he granted over 1,200 waivers for special groups? waivers to labor unions, for example. that's not fair. waivers for some but not for others. so delay obamacare for at least a year for all american

if you are done for a religious purpose when the director of the meant says that was a purpose, there's not much you can do. hopefully, i can find to judges who will say, this is ridiculous. we will uphold the constitution. the supreme court has never ruled on this. give the supreme court a chance to see if they will uphold the rights of all americans including atheists. >> we are deftly going to follow the appeal. i appreciate you coming on and sharing your insight on this case and we wish you all of the lock. that was the lead counsel on this case. -- we wish you all of the luck. the cheese capital of the nation might be putting their cheese curd leftovers to good use. they announced they would be trying something different this winter am a using cheese rind to deice the streets. this isn't inexpensive byproduct of the cheesemaking process. they say this will not replace rock salt and instead add to it making it much more effective. they say they already know it will work. the case in point, tiny polk county. they have been using this since 2009. according to the report, the county st

it servings a noble purpose to help you -- it serves a noble purpose to help you when you hit bottom but it's not meant to keep you at the bottom and that's why it's important we ensure the integrity of the program so it's working in the most effective and efficient way. that it works to get you back up on your feet. now, let me highlight some of the provisions that make this possible. first, it incorporates all of the savings and reforms that are in h.r. 1947, that was favorably reported by the house agriculture committee in a large bipartisan vote. h.r. 1947 saved more than $20 billion by eliminating categorical eligibility, to ensure that states are enforcing the asset and income test in snap law. . it closed the heat and eat loophole to prevent stale states from sending $1 liheap checks to snap recipients to artificially increase their benefit levels. it stopped giving officials bonuses for administering the snap program, which is their job. it restricted the department of agriculture from advertising snap on radio and television shows such as soap operas. the bill we are conside

so we're going to give you an overview of the presentation and a review of the t dr and the purpose of our study. we look back at the t dr activities since the program inception in 1980 that. we looked at t dr programs in other cities and a look at the transactions of the markets in san francisco because the t drs are unique and we want the recommends on the programs to refine it and to make recommendations of the publicly owned properties. just a quick review of the t drs. it's from a preservation property to ultimately, the it updated property. the term also referred to the limits. under the t dr program landmarks go consult t dr folks to make sure the code is being followed. the purpose of our study was to review the market and our method daughter-in-law was to review the database. it was a very expensive database. we also looked at body the price of t dr but it was difficult to find base it wasn't until the end of 2010 so that's something now we can get information on. so we interviewed brokers and other t dr market stakeholders to get information. we looked programs in other citie

and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, and the gentleman from the northern mariana islands, mr. sablan, each will control 0 minutes. the chair recognizes -- 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. hastings: i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, s. 304 directs the secretary of the interior to convey 67 acres of natchez -- in natchez, mississippi, to the state of mississippi, and to adjust the boundary of the natchez trace parkway. this property was originally donated to the national park service by the state to construct a parkway. but

in the peace corps, also, summoning americans to a higher purpose. to my mind, a really interesting piece and hereby eleanor roosevelt, actually, about the peace corps, in which he is making a very non-sentimental argument. it is not just about idealistic young people going out into the world. it is about containing the soviet union. she says, i spent time in russia and i see the way they train their young people. i spent time in places like morocco and i have seen the way the colonial powers are retreating. and these countries need experts, and the russians will be in a position to supply the experts to help them make the transition into a new era in full independence. if we don't have our people in there, we will lose the struggle in the long haul. which is a very kind of hardheaded argument on why we needed a peace corps. host: james bennet, editor-in- chief of "the atlantic." talking about the special commemorative edition a just put out. some of the pieces will be available online. but it is a lengthy piece, a special edition with an introductio

for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. defazio: i yield myself such time as i might consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. defazio: thank you, mr. speaker. as someone who represents rural and forested communities that depend upon our national forests, this is an issue i care deeply about and i know that my colleagues on the other side care deeply about this, too. we have many common concerns in terms of forest health, in terms of fuel reduction, in terms of dealing with the bug infestations and other things. there is a common interest in finding solutions to better manage our federal forests. millions of acres are in need of restoration to address climate change, disease and fire. we need a long-term plan to provide for our rural forested counties. many of these counties are struggling to stay afloat. counties in my district are near bankruptcy. public health, education, roads and most importantly, law enforcement have been slashed to the point where some counties have no rural patrols and prisoners have been

for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this week i will reintroduce the resolution recognizing september as national childhood obesity awareness month. it raises awareness of the issue while discussing ways we can engage our families and communities on how best to curb this unhealthy trend. ms. fudge: over the past three decades, child obesity rates in the united states has tripled, and today nearly one in three children are overweight or obese. these numbers are even higher in minority communities were nearly 40% of african-american and hispanic children are overweight. children today experience a different lifestyle 30 years ago when children ate less and exercised more. many groups have stepped to the plate to help. community partners like the campaign to end obesity, cheer for healthier america, ywca and health corps have taken

>> well, margaret, this goes to the question of what was the purpose of the original resolution. the purpose of the original resolution, as articulated by the president, was very narrow, which was stop the future use of poison gas by assad, both to prevent its use in syria and prevent its use in future conflicts including against u.s. forces. obviously if we can put his chemical weapons under international control we have established and met that purpose. now, as you say, there are others who had other motives for the use of american military force, which was to try to get involved in determining the outcome of a syrian civil war. that goal is not one that a lot of us have because we believe it would drag the united states further militarily. we all know a big part of the rebels are al qaeda extremists. you have to worry that if you don't have a plan, that if assad goes and he's replaced by al qaeda extremists, number one, those chemical weapons would fall into even less controlling hands. and number two, you would not have resolved the situation in syria in a way that's in our i

that is not the purpose that the president has articulated so that should not be the purpose of the authorization. what i don't know, because i haven't seen the whole thing is whether it's an authorization. after all, the president has said that our objective ultimately is to get rid of the assad regime, but he's been very clear, the president, that that's not the purpose of this military intervention. he wants to use it by supporting some of the rebel groups. so i have to look at this in context. >> absolutely. >> your bill, and correct me if i'm wrong, essentially would make it illegal for the u.s. to deploy troops on the ground. >> yes. >> it would also limit the president's authority to one round of strikes carried out over a 60-day period there's a limit on what -- it's temperaturing in the president's authority to wage warn, even though these initially requested the white house, as every white house does. fairly expansive powers? >> yes, they were really looking for a partial blank check. as you said, presidents tend to do that. just one clarification. >> please. >> yes, we have a 60-day ex

he has a gift given to him by god for this purpose. the work churches do in our communities change and affect lives for the positive. they reach out to the poor, the sick, the hungry, improving the lives of whom they touch. i've watched dale do these things his entire life. i'm proud of his work and thank him for being with us today. mr. speaker, i yield back. spero: the chair will -- the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain 15 further one-minute requests on each side of the aisle. >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my emarks. mr. walberg: such noble pursuits have been cast aside for part san politics and today the fblc is better known for attacks on judeo-christian groups. they have targeted the alabama accountability act. a school choice law passed earlier this year. under this act, alabama provides tax credit scholarships for students at failing schools so they can attend better performing schools, private, religious and nonfailing public schools. rather than allow students

the 1963 march on washington was built on purpose. just like the people attending that march, all of us are connecting formally incarcerated people across division of race, gender and class and geography with a common purpose of winning back full restoration of our civil and human rights. [ applause ] >> we have received support from allies from all over the nation and yet our collective march toward jobs and freedom is floundering. they are still illusive. access to the right to vote is under attack. the unemployment rate is higher now than 50 years ago and the adjusted minimum wage is $2 lower than it was in 1963. in san francisco, and in the criminal justice system, human rights abuses are rampant and yet invisible. racial profiling and disproportionate arrest rates plague our area. the population of african american is only 6 percent. the sheriff proposes building a new jail even though crime is down and jail cells are empty. 250 women were involuntarily sterilized in the california prison system between 2006-2010. these abuses ar

for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. johnson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. r. johnson: thank you. you know, we're just three days away from october 1, the day obamacare's health care exchanges are scheduled to open. yet, every constituent phone call, news headline and report i come across proves that this law is simply unaffordable and unworkable. on thursday, at 11:22 a.m., president obama said, quote, most of the stories you'll hear about how obamacare can't work is just not based on facts. we're only five days away from finishing the job. exactly 23 minutes later, i received a news alert saying the white house postponed another portion of obamacare. the sixth unilateral delay. worse in my home state of texas, premiums will increase by 53% for young males and 11% for females. mr. speaker, i've heard the personal stories. i've seen the facts. obamacare is unaffordable and unworkable. americans want, need and deserve

he had a higher purpose, and they were immaterial to him. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it's easily the most contentious piece of real estate in the world. and there's no hope, none, of ever talking about it without pissing somebody, if not everybody off. maybe that's why it's taken me so long to come here, a place where even the names of ordinary things are ferociously disputed. where does falafel come from? who makes the best hummus? is it a fence or a wall? by the end of this hour, i'll be seen by many as a terrorist sympathizer, a zionist tool, a self-hating jew, an apologist for american imperialism, an orientalist, socialist, fascist, cia agent, and worse. so here goes nothing. ♪ ♪ ic the other side jewish. i've never been in a synagogue. these guys don't think so either. >> only half. >> jewish? >> yes. >> you writer? >> i'm a writer, yes. [ speaking hebrew ] >> mazel tov. >> mazel tov. o any kind of devotion. certainty is any enemy. i'm all about doubt, questioning onesself and the nature of reality. when they grabbed hold of me and in a totally nonjudgmental way esse

to be managed and the purpose of that study among other thing was to make clear this is an important economic benefit and for jobs and for so many other economic purposes and something that should not bow -- be treated at all as a nuisance but something to key and address. it's not just an economic and strong driver in our city, it's really part of the cultural part of our city. and i will be honest that i have some concerns about where we are going in terms of our approach towards nightlife and what it means for the cultural essence of this city. we are seeing nightlife more and more under pressure for a variety of reasons and city hall in my view and my city government still takes an over reactive view towards nightlife instead of a more balanced view. we know historically what it's meant for our community for young people, four music lovers, for people in the lgbt community. we are at a crossroads and we have to make a choice whether we want to be a city that continues to attract young people here, whether we want to be a city that wants to continue to attract the creative class h

the purpose as stated by the sekret that the director of the mint when this was first put on the on the coins and currency said this is in the official mint directors report and he says we claim to be a christian nation our national coinage the clay are our trust in god in him who is king of kings and lord of lords that's jesus christ. now if you're nuts if you're going to argue that that wasn't done for a religious purpose when the director of the mint tells you that's what it's done for i mean do you know if that's the sort of you know judicial opinion you're going to get is not that much i can do strategically hopefully i can find two judges in the court of appeals who are going to say this is ridiculous it's not even a close case and we're going to uphold the constitution and the supreme court's never ruled on this and give the supreme court a chance to see if they're going to uphold the rights of all americans including a well michael we're definitely going to follow the appeal i really appreciate you coming on and sharing your insight on this case and we wish you all the luck

for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition?ithout objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, a report released last week by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration examined the relationship between climate change and the extreme weather events from last year. the report found compelling evidence that human -- us, climate change, crbletted to many of the extreme weather events seen around the world last year, including some of the droughts seen in the central united states, as well as elevated sea levels that contributed to the unprecedented levels of funding -- of flooding in new york city after superstorm sandy. a report based on the work of 78 scientists concluded that climate change has an impact on extreme weather events. these storms and droughts are endangering lives and livelihoods and costing taxpayers billions of dollars. unfortunately we are failing to address these threats in the house of representatives. mr. mcnerney: the republican majority of the house has refused to acknowl

he had a higher purpose, and they were immaterial to him. they're on the job at the u.s. spending bill designed to create -- the government will shut down monday night at midnig midnight. we've got our eye on the capitol for you and will bring you the latest as it happens. i'm don lemon.

her vision of her purpose for the kids has become our purpose and her vision our vision. her passion has become our passion. so her vision for the kids in reality have become in reality everyone's vision. the program director jonathan lee our satellite program director tony and taylor white and a bunch of well trained coaches and support staff that are posed for the challenge. don't forget the best part of the deal is having emily as the golf pro. he's absolutely qualified for this position and this job. if you want to know more about here visit our site. ladies and gentlemen approve this lease it's the right thing to do >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors i'm judith powell him i i'm the executive director. i want to say first thank you for the opportunity and to speak the program we do is wonderful and we'd be tlieltd to have another opportunity for the growth and he enable this great program to be available across citywide. i started with the first ti i was one of the first employees we is started in a trailer. we now serve close to 12 studen

purposes. one of the things that we did that is effective was we transplanted the paradigm of financing on the issue of counter proliferation. and so now if you talk about the compliance officers and banks or the financial action task force, if you look at the standards they are anti-money laundering, counter perforation financing. and it's hard to say. so you have the tools, you have standards set internationally. the trick is politically what you decide to do. there are sensitivities around these programs. mixed agendas in terms of where they fall in the arena of priority. the whole question of can weapons be a precursor and it will now fall to the top of the scale, people saying "the new york times", why were we worried about this before. clearly we were, but things like nuclear proliferation, terrorism from other things, fall two line. so i don't have an easy answer for you. but the system is set so that you can use sanctions and you can use the financial pressures that we have used all alo

for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stads approved. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko. mr. tonko: i ask that guests please join us in pledging allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. johnson: madam speaker,

so, the big picture is what's the purpose of accreditation? according to federal law, the purpose of accreditation is to guarantee or assure the quality of education for students who get federal money. okay. and this is in the law. it's in section 60 2 of the 34 cfr, okay. everything else that an accrediting agency puts forward in terms of standards and criteria are supposed to substantiate the quality of education. and what accjc has done is distort the meaning of accreditation to make city college fulfill these criteria that don't really talk about the quality of education. let me move on real fast. secondly, punishment needs to fit the crime. okay. i work for muni. you have unreliable schedules. they haven't been fulfilling for 10 years, for over 10 years. shut it down, okay. [laughter] >>> you know the idea. okay. and just a few comments that i hope you guys can pass on. these were collected for accjc for the third -- could i just read one of them, the best one? >> just one. >>> okay, just one. this is from my next door neighbor. there are

for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. he house will be in order. please take your conversations off the floor, the house will be in order. take your conversations off the floor. members please take your conversations off the floor. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to thank the many first national guard, volunteers and local leaders who have worked tirelessly beginning the middle of last week to respond to floods in colorado. mr. gardner: an area the size of connecticut has been impacted by over 0 inches of rain in certain areas of the state. 19,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed. countless people have had their lives changed forever. but as is the case with all tragedies in colorado and across this great country, we come together as a community, as neighbors, to help one another in times such as these. and we know in the months and years to come, there will be great chal

or nefarious purposes. one of the things we did rich i think was effective was we translated the paradigm on terror for financing on the issue of counter proliferation financing so now if you talk to the money laundering committed to whether compliance officers and banks or the financial action task force you look at the standards they are counterterrorist financing counter proliferation financing, it's hard to say. so you have got the tools and web standards set internationally. the trick is i think in this space politically what you decide to do because i think there are sensitivities around these programs. mixed agendas in terms of where they fall on the arena of priority and given the the situation serious the whole question of chemical weapons precursor proliferation is now going to fall at the top of the scale because people are saying "the new york times" "new york times" in a report the other day why were very worried about these before? clearly we were but things like nuclear proliferation and terr

so, the big picture is what's the purpose of accreditation? according to federal law, the purpose of accreditation is to guarantee or assure the quality of education for students who get federal money. okay. and this is in the law. it's in section 60 2 of the 34 cfr, okay. everything else that an accrediting agency puts forward in terms of standards and criteria are supposed to substantiate the quaty

he says biology is a study of complicated things that give the appearance to give the design for purpose for all classical darwinian sticky word is appearance. they're not really designs because there is a mechanism that natural selection with random mutation is not self decider guided in any way though to have to decide without a designer suit challenges that idea. in many cases it is real the best explanation best and what we know the evidence is an actual designing intelligence the purpose the process that gave rise to life. >>host: so is intelligent design a theological term? >>guest: it is a center richer with theological implications based on scientific evidence in the established unreasoning even though with larger implications for a there was a debate yesterday both speakers said the reason it is so contentious matter how you view to the question of biological origin you be giving in the answer that has challenged a world view or somebody else's with the metaphysical question in what is the thing from which ever ready or everything else comes? our ready and said that with that pr

it was done so for very specific purposes. this decision was made long ago because our national forests were intened for multiple use. the most important function of that mission is to properly manage these forests an grasslands in order to retain the ecological health of those resources for sustained economic and reck ragal use. you cannot adqualityly manage a forest without harvesting timber. look to our private and state forests to see how to manage a forest effectively. representing a forested district and outdoorsman i'm alarmed how our annual harvests have dropped off in the past 20 years. between 1960 and 1989, forest service was harvesting 10 to 12 billion board feet per year. nce the 1990's it fell below two billion board feet. this is about one-fifth of what they are harvesting in an average year. we have seen the economic impacts of reducing our harvesting levels in our national forests. 25% of the timber receipts generated on national forests are required to be returned to the county of origin. the purpose of this

or for nefarious purposes. one of the things we did which was effective was we transplanted the paradigm on financing on the issue of counterproliferation and now if you talk to the anti money-laundering community, whether compliance officers in belfort financial action task force you look at the task force there counter terrorist financing and proliferation financing, hard to say, and so you have the tools, you have standards internationally. the trick is in this space politically what you decide to do because there are sensitivities around these programs, mixed agenda ofs in terms of where they fall on the arena of priority. given the situation with syria the whole question of can weapons precursor proliferation is not going to fall to the top of the scale with people saying in the new york times reporting the other day why weren't we worried about this before? clearly we were but things like nuclear proliferation, terrorism and other things fall to the head of the line. i don't have an easy answer but the sy

we want to go over the plan he it's reaching it's 5 year anniversary and about the purpose of that plan and the zoning perimeters that were set up that's october 2nd and fifth for those two hearings - public meetings i should say that concludes my report >> commissioners item 6 review of the past events of the preservation commission. >> good afternoon. this week at the board of supervisors they heard the ordinance that would all the time the a u 0 zoning district to i am sorry that would allow the tourist of any size on the specific 0 zoning eurozone if it had a height designation over 5 feet. this was approved on first reading and you recommended approval. also the commission prosecuted this and if you would authorize an existing at two adjacent properties to establish a religion facility and supervisor met with the two parties and negotiated the following conditions which were introduced by him at the board hearing on tuesday. the first new condition limit no more than 9 children and they could increase the enrollment up to 43. and they shall add one curbside monitor and one addition

the purpose is to determine the grade for the specific purpose of chemical weapons.our intent is to limit it. that is not to say that i can discount the escalation. i can never discount that, but we will mitigate it as much as possible. >> welcome, gentlemen. i know you would all like me to tell you that a number of people came up to me in the airport this morning and urged me to stand with president obama on this issue, or that my phones have been ringing off of with callers supporting the administration's position, but i think we all know that would not be accurate. nevertheless, trying to approach your potential resolution with an open mind and will consider any argument the administration might make for the use of force against the assad regime. i have some serious concerns. and many of my colleagues on this committee probably share a number of them. before we support a resolution on the use of force or not, it will depend on how these concerns are addressed in the coming days by the administration. this is part of that process. secretary kerry, president obama d

she considers it her purpose in life.oshiko nakata, nhk world, hokkaido. >>> we're seeing beautiful blue skies and lots of sunshine here in tokyo. time to check on the weather. now here's sayaka mori. >> skies are crystal clear and temperatures seasonably mild across tokyo and the rest of japan. definitely nice weather to go out. the nice weather will likely continue into the weekend in many places. dry weather for the korean peninsula at this moment, but over the weekend, we are expecting some showers. the low pressure system is expected to move into the peninsula. we're expecting heavy rain as well as thunderstorms going into sunday. some showers for southwestern parts of china today. especially yunan province and more heavy rain once again for the south china sea. we have a tropical depression which could become a tropical storm within the next few hours. it's actual lly in the southwes monsoon. heavy rain will be affecting the philippines. more than 150 millimeters of rain is likely on already saturated ground so floo

as i have said, over time the president has purposively -- purposely taken this to congress. he has asked me and the state department to reach out to more countries and to build the kind of international support that this merits and we will do so. >> thank you. i would appreciate it if we could get a list of the countries and what assets they are willing to -- >> i have -- all broken down. >> not now. we can get that later. i do have a question for general dempsey. what are our goals in the military strike? the president said the military attack would be limited in duration and scope. do you believe that the use of strikes will achieve the president's goal and can you guarantee the american people that the assad regime will be unable to launch any chemical warfare attacks altered home or -- both at home oron their neighbors? do you believe the region will be more stable after u.s. attacks or less stable? >> the mission given to me was to prepare options to attack, deter and degrade andthat would be targets directly linked to the control of chemical weapons, but without exposi

now if you're nuts if you're going to argue that that wasn't done for a religious purpose. when the director of the mint tells you that's what it's done for i mean do you know if that's the sort of judicial opinion you're going to get is not that much i can do strategically hopefully i can find two judges in the court of appeals who are going to say this is ridiculous i did it of course craig certain we're going to uphold the constitution and the supreme court's never ruled on this and give the supreme court a chance to see if they're going to uphold the rights of old americans including eight years while michael edwards definitely going to follow the appeal i really appreciate you coming on and sharing your insight on this case and we wish you all the luck that you very much michael newdow our lead counsel in this case well the cheese capital of the nation may be putting their cheese curd leftovers to good use this week milwaukee department of public works announced they'd be trying something a little different this one are using cheese brine to de ice those famously icy s

the main purpose of the neil smith national wildlife refuge is to reintroduce the prairie.te, one of the ecological researchers here. >> if i was a bison, i would more likely be over th way. >> did he just say bison? >> they are visible just over the hill. there they are. they are all just kind of hanging out. >> wow. just look at these day, beautiful and -- just look at these big, beautiful animals. the refuge provide 700 acres of tallgrass prairie for these bison to rome. just as as they are reconstructing the prairie, they -- alsoso reintroducing reintroducing the bison. speaking, bison are considered a keystone species. that means a species who has a much greater impact on ecology than you would expect for their size, and bison are pretty big to begin with. they come to this landscape and graze it down, but they only eat the grass. they ignore the broadly flowers. that creates more diversity in the prairie. the flowers have a chance to grow. that helps a lot. >> there are presently 84 bison, and that number is sure to increase. of course, their numbers will never come c