chairman. >> thank you, senator shelby. are there any other members to make a brief opening statement? thank you, all. i want to remind my colleagues that the record will be open for the next seven days for opening statements and any other material that you would like to submit. with that, mr. cordray, you may proceed with your testimony. >> mr. chairman, and ranking member shelby and members of the committee, we want to thank you for this opportunity to present the first semiannual report of the consumer financial protection bureau detailing the bureau's work in its first six months. before i became director, i promised members of congress in both chambers and on both sides of the aisle, including a number of you that i would be accountable to you. i said i would welcome your thoughts about our work. i stand by that commitment today. i'm pleased to be here to tell you about our work and to answer your questions. the people who work at the consumer bureau are always happy to discuss our work with congress and this is the 13

plan, which cuts taxes for michigan manufactures, i'm shelby lynn reporting. >> and tonight, santorum is campaigning in the wolverine state. he is expected to harshly criticize. the latest polling has romney and santorum in a statistical tie. >>> plenty of cities have banned smoking in public places or restaurants, but one california town wants to make it illegal to smoke outside their own property. considering the ban after a family complained. they said smoke from their neighbor's backyard caused health problems for their kids. proposals caught smokers and nonsmokers by surprise. >> what about people who have children in their home and they don't want to smoke in their home? >> on your own property, that's unacceptable. >> the council has not yet set debate. california law bans it near playgrounds and parks. >> it doesn't propose a stop on people's rights as a homeowner or do they have legitimate health concerns for the people next door? weigh in. the address is mailbag@wusa9k. >>> coming up, nuttiness for nike. the latest shoe creates pandemonium. but first, protests continue in af

shelby, proposes amendment numbered 1491 to amendment numbered 1470. on page 7, line 7, strike a, insert each officer or employee as referred to in sub shock -- subsection f -- mr. shelby: i ask that further reading of amendment be dispensed with and that i be allowed to speak on it for a period of up to five minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. shelby: madam president, i rise today to talk about the amendment that i have offered, amendment numbered 1491 to the stock act. right now, the stock act, as it is written, does not apply its public disclosure requirements to the executive branch or independent agencies. the amendment that i have offered here this afternoon, this morning, ensures the public disclosure of all trading by senior government officials. yes, i'm going to say it again. my amendment ensures the public disclosure of all trading by senior government officials. this is a very reasonable amendment, as it is limited to the executive branch and independent agency personnel who are already subject to the reporting requiremen

state of arizona challenging it and cities in north carolina, some plaintiffs in north carolina, shelby county, alabama, coming up in florida and texas as to the constitutionality of section five, we'll see whether the court is willing to take that on. that would be a major decision. they will take it on. the question is whether they're willing to use a scalpel or cleaver in striking down section five. and that has sort of cast a shadow a little bit on the redistricting process that the supreme court is potentially going to rule section five unconstitutional. even in the most recent texas case reiterated concerns about the constitutionality of section five and at the same time that we have those cases hanging out there, we have a new standard for section five of the voting rights act passed in 2006 and the voting rights act reauthorization amendments of 2006 said that the department of justice, which is charged with reviewing voting laws by the juror dictions or the d.c. district court when it reviews the voting laws, must make sure that they don't havefully discriminatory purpose and t

costner will speak at the ervice and stevie wonder and arrtha franklin have been tapped o sing.i'm shelbyorting.-----end----- straight ahead... an ameriicn automaker posts record earningg.. just two years after the big government bail out.how well they're doing. doing.and it's cheaper to buy a home now... than 20 years ago.the reason behind it. ((break 3)) hi there. chase freedom is offering 5% cash back at gas stations this quarter. wow. thanks! beep. beep. activate your 5% cash back. at chase.com/freedom. the latest unemployment numbers signal a stronger job market... and edggr treiguts explains... one of thh big- three autommkers posts record profit... 3 --reporter pkg-as followss-- stocks rallied thursday after dow jumpee 123 points.the nasdaq and s and p 500 also posted strong gains. unemployment claims dropped to week.the government said ast thousand... that's down 13-thousand from the previous week.the number of people filing for additional weekssof jobless benefits also drrpped. economist believe the recent trend of declining claims signal the job market is &pbeginning to strenght

no noise shelby audible are on the area of control as defined in 257. interior lighting shall be sufficient to make easily discernible the appearance and conduct of persons and asians -- persons and patrons wear all call is served, delivered, and consumed. the petitioners shall not make any structural changes without prior written approval from the department. 5, the sale of all college beverages for of sale is strictly prohibited. sixth, there shall be no exterior advertising are signs of any kind or type including advertising directed to the interior from within and promoting more indicating the availability of a hot beverages. the interior displays about collet beverages which are visible shall constitute a violation of this condition. >> we should remind everyone that to supervisors have had their phones go off. we should not be an example to other people. >> we have the life venue to box up the hill now active in a way that it has not been active in a few years. i assume this addresses any potential concern you might have with the relationship ther

so -- but i understand the intention of senator shelby. i think it's a good intention. senator wyden has a similar amendment, and i'd like to work with them and i know senator collins would as well to see if we can come to some meeting of the minds that would allow us to achieve the purposes that we all have in the underlying bill, which is to -- to build confidence in our government and its integrity. ms. collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i support the intent of the amendment offered by the senator from alabama. i think that he's right, that we need parity as much as possible in the disclosure requirements. i also believe that he's correct that those disclosure reports should be online so that they are easily accessible. so the intent of his amendment is one that i whole heartedly support. like senator lieberman, i do have some questions about the universe of federal employees who would be covered by the senator from alabama's amendment. we have been working successfully with the

and as shelby lin reports... retail sales caused some worry on wall ssreet. street.ounded in the final few minutes tuesday to end little changed.the dow closed 878.the nasdaq and s and p weee virtually flat.retail sales increased in january, but not by as much as expeccedd they only rose by point-four percent, half as much as numbers were dragged down by a surprise decline in auto sales. michaee kors' stock ii alll ddessed up and looking fabulous.the luxury retailer possed stellar quarterly reeults, which boosted its stock by almost 23-percent. 'michael kors holdings' says its revenue for last quurter jumped 68-percent from the same tiie in 2010.the fashion week staple went public in december and its stock price has steaddly climbbd.here's sommthing that could spur home sales.a real estate company's study says homeowners could be more attractive.in a survey of a thousand single people ... 18-percent of men said they wooll rather date a homeownerr than a renter.more than a &pthird of women said the same thing..s for the home's perks? it appears master baths and walk-i

i had heard of marcus shelby and had been in join his work but never had the opportunity to meet him.e were brought together by the equal justice society specifically for this project. we were charged with beginning work. marquez and i spent a lot of time addressing our own position on the death penalty, our experiences with people who had been incarcerated, family members, friends of friends. pulling our information. beyond that, we did our own research. to create a picture that resonated with humanity. it is the shape of a house. in this context, it is also small and acts like a cell. i thought that was an interesting play on how these people make these adjustments, half to create home. what is home for these people? the home is their cell. people talk a lot about noise -- very noisy in prisons. that is interesting to me. looking at the communication level, the rise of frustration of being caged, wondering, where does redemption fit into the equation here? [singing] i think both of us really believe the death penalty is wrong, and is flawed for many reasons. the list is as long as m

shelby lynn updates on the search for what killed the singer. >> reporter: the los angeles county coroner's office issued subpoenas seeking her medical records. investigators are also contacting her pharmacies and as many of her doctors as possible to determine whether she was filling multiple prescriptions. houston was found dead in a beverly hills hotel saturday. medication was found in her room, but the coroner says it was all in her name and the amount was less than is usually seen in overdose cases. she did visit an ear, nose and throat specialist known for treating sings are just four days before her -- singers just four days before her death. houston's addiction struggles cast a shadow over her career in recent years. a friend and fellow performer says more should be done in these cases. >> record companies and promoters and even the fans have to demand that artists take care of themselves. >> reporter: a private funeral will be held saturday in houston's homestate of new jersey. pastor and gospel singer marvin winen, a close spiritual advisor to the family will deliver the eulogy. >

senators patrick leahy and richard shelby reveal they met with president raul castro yesterday and they discussed the case of detained american subcontractor alan gross. gross is serving a 15 year jail term for bringing communications equipment on to the island. leahy says he also met gross, however, he was unable to persuade president castro to release him. >>> coming up next, howard has the -- forecast. >> jc, sun trying to come out a little bit now. look at the satellite and radar loop before the break. the clouds and the showers and storms are building to the west and southwest. it will get rough in spots this afternoon. i'll tell you about the severe weather threat and the wind damage threat and your weekend forecast when we return. >>> you know, and it's better to let just the plows and salt do the work. >> residents in chicago woke up to a sloppy slushy mix this morning. rain alternated with snow in the overnight hours and then it turned to snow only. of course hundreds of flights in and out of chicago were canceled. >> you know in chicago itself they had maybe just a few inches

shelby lynn has the latest. >> reporter: whitney houston's behavior the days before she died has become focus of the investigation into her death last saturday. the singer was partying at the bar of her beverly hills hotel the night before her death according to a source close to the investigation. investigators requested surveillance recordings. houston was seen drinking considerable amounts of alcohol in the hotel last wednesday and thursday morning according to a source familiar with her activity at the time. the source says other guests expressed concern about her erratic behavior. the source also says on the morning of the day houston died she was seen drinking at the pool. witnesses said her behavior did not appear erratic. houston's cause of death is not expected to be revealed until toxicology tests are complete which could take weeks. meanwhile new jersey police are establishing a secure perimeter around her hometown church where a private funeral will be held saturday. >> there really is going to be nothing to see here at the church. the best thing to do be with stay home and

senators johnson and shelby of banking. senator rockefeller, who worked so hard with senator hutchison, and we hope we'll resolve the outstanding issues in commerce. senator baucus, who worked with senator hatch, and we did get a good finance piece. and we are so ready to go, and so we are going to await to see whether our colleagues on the other side will insist upon 30 hours going postcloture or whether they yield back that time and allow us to get started on the amendment process. so at this moment, i'm going to put in a quorum call, note the absence of a quorum and hope that we can can quickly move to amend this bill. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: skwhrao*eblgtsdz senior senator # quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. begich: i come to the floor -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. begich: i ask to vacate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection.

paul 1487, lieberman, side by side with shelby, 1491, shelby, 1491 as modified, lieberman side by sidel, that's 1485, paul again 1485 as modified, executive and judicial, collins side by side to boxer, boxer-isakson, portman -- boxer-isakson is 1489. portman 1505, toomey toomey-mccaskill, 1472, inhofe 1500, mccain 1471, leahy-cornyn 1483, coburn 1473, demint, 1488, grassley 1493, brown of ohio 1481. as modified. that all other pending amendments be withdrawn from -- with the exception of a substitute amendment, that the time until 2:00 p.m. be for debate on the bill and amendments with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. at 2:00 p.m., the senate proceed to votes in relation to amendments in the order that i have just listed. there be no amendments or points of order to any of the amendments prior to the votes other than budget points of order. that the following amendments be subject to a 50-vote affirmative threshold -- paul 1487, collins collins -- following amendments be subject to a 60-vote affirmative vote threshold -- paul 1487, col

it was jim who told me i should read shelby-foot's gigantic three-volume narrative of the civil war. from then i went on to devour all the books that bruce cat tin and others have written. it was jim who took me on my first battlefield tours of gettysburg and vicksburg. jim and i and pat and deb went to andersonville together. everything i think, everything i think about the civil war is filtered through jim mcpherson. we share a kind of fundamentalist approach to the civil war in understanding this was a war about slavery from the start. but the truth is, i went to princeton as thinking of myself as a southern historian. and i left princeton thinking of myself as a civil war historian. so you can imagine my surprise when a year or so ago a prominent publisher came up to me and suggested that, well, it's almost 25 years since "battle cry of freedom" was published. maybe it's time we need a new synthesis and maybe you should write it. and i was shocked. first of all, 25 years? has it really been almost 25 years? it seems so fresh in my mind. second, why? why do we need a new -- why wo

. >> senator shelby? >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. cordray, as i noted in my opening statement, recently you stated that the bureau will convene small business panels as part of the rule making. your quote is not just because the law tells us to do so, but because we recognize that it will help us do our work better. it's a good quote. however the bureau did not convene a panel before publishing the final rule on remittance transfers, i understand you believe you are not legally required to hold panels because the federal reserve board proposed the rule and the intent of congress i thought was clear regarding the potential effects of your rules on small, medium sized businesses. i'm concerned that you have already displayed a habit of using technicalities to not have to follow. i know you haven't been there long. i know it is your intention to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law. >> yes, senator. i agree. and let me clear up the record on that. i appreciate the opportunity to do that. >> okay. >> so, as i said, the small

forget when i went down campaigning to see the polymer institute, i asked the head of it, i said, shelby, what is a polymer. and he really gave me an illuminating answer. he said a polymer is a repeating molecule. great. you know, what the hell's that got to do with anything. well, of course, it's the heart of the composites industry. and we have a composite center now, associated with our defense industries and our shipbuilding industries on the mississippi gulf coast. to do such things as make paint that won't burn or that won't smoke when you have naval vessel, the ability to keep from having smoke seven levels down in the ship is obvious once you think about it. well, that's a company that was spun off by the university. they went from research and development to application to commercialization. that's what you need your research universities to do. we have four research universities, and in the last eight years they have begun more and more and more to go on past research and development and application to commercialization. and ge is a great beneficiary of that as well i'm proud t

as lecturer, as biographer, jim eyeing the camera suspiciously shooting him with shelby foot. he was smooth sailing onto the lincoln memorial, fame, fortune, fabulous students were coming his way in the '70s, '80s and '90s, we need to reflect this public historian had other roles to play. as a family man. there he is with his father jenny. father of an equestrian. as an extended family adding first a son-in-law and then grandchildren as a story teller. she wants her grandpa to come out of the box to play with her. when does jim ever take time to stop and smell the roses? those of us who follow him know at the huntington library is the only place you can catch him at risk. pilgrimage to normandy, as a babysitter. here he's reminding future students don't even think of getting me a kindle. here he is, jim and pat in the early years. there they are over half a century later still going strong. the napa valley tourist, father of the bride, favorite new role. on tour in israel with his most recent and last graduate student. posing for preservation. winning his prizes. a hopkins reu

another one of my favorite southerners was that nameless soldier whom shelby foot identifies as being a part of long street's army, marching along, and the soldier was tagging along at the end of the column. and as he trudged there, longstreet came up on his horse and with some compassion said, do you think you'll make it, sir? and he said, yes, sir, i think i'll make it. but i hopes to god i'll never love another country. well, i must tell you that there are times in my own life as an american citizen where i have -- i wonder about that. i wonder about that in my basic infantry training in fort mclellan, alabama, named after a general that most alabamans may not know too well, but may if they knew his history might like him pretty well because he directi dragged his feet really also when it came to making war on richmond. at any rate, that we have some reasons for ambivalence is for me a very important part of learning from history. learning from historians like the ones on this panel. i have to say that i have to admire what general grant said at appomattox as right after he had sig

another one of my favorite southerners was that nameless soldier, whom shelby foote identifies as being part of long street's army, marching along and the soldier was tagging along at the end of the column. and as he trudged there and long street came up on his horse with some compassion and say "do you think you'll make it, soldier"? and he replies "yeah, i hopes i'll make it but i hopes to god i'll never loves another country." i must tell you there are times in my own life as an american citizens that i wonder about that, i wonder about that at my basic infantry raining at fort mcclellan, alabama, known as a general that may not have known too well but he dragged his feet also when it came really to making war on richmond. at any rate, that we have some reasons for ambivalence is for me a very important part of learning from history. learning from historians like the ones on this panel. i have to say that i have to admire what general grant said right after he had signed that end of the war with general lee. in his journal he said "i felt sad and depressed at the downfall of this foe

shelby count any kinston, north caro carolina actually at the case of appeals. they're behind that. they have a good claim that if this photo i.d. law, which there's no evidence that it's discriminatory, if the justice department objects to it, that that's further evidence that section 5 really is not constitutional anymore. >> you know, the -- congress went to great pains to establish a record for the extension of the voting rights act in 2006, and it was signed into law by a republican president, and i don't know who was in control of the congress at the time that the law passed. it was split control, one house democratic, and one how republican, and republicans have used the voting rights act in redistricting and relied upon it for, ever since it passed in 1965. so i seriously doubt that in a split congress with a republican president, if there was an -- a record that was absent, that did not demonstrate ongoing discrimination based on race, i seriously doubt the law would have been extended the way it was in 2006. so there is a chance to make the case that we're no longer a nati

. >> wayne is joining us, shelby township, michigan, with bill press, good morning. republican line. >> caller: yeah, good morning, guys. >> hi. >> caller: i think this guy is completely disillusional and he just loves to sell these books to obama lovers. how can you say that rush and sean hate president obama because they vehemently disagree with him? you know, and then everybody is always after me, well, you watch fox news. well, i put up with the one-sided left media for 50 years, and fox finally comes along and we get both sides and everybody whines and cries about fox all the time. so listen, everything that obama does, if it's -- you know, if it were a republican, they would be all over him. they give him a pass on everything. so you tell me where this hate machine is. i just don't see it. >> wayne, thanks for the call. >> well, obviously, if you're watching fox, you're watching the hate machine a good part of it. you ought to recognize that. take your blinders off. but i would just say look, you know, i'm a talk show host, right. when george bush was in the wh

shelby: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. shelby: mr. president, i rise today in support of legislation to authorize -- reauthorize the surface transportation bill and, in particular, mr. president, the federal public transportation act of 2012, which is the transit amendment before us today. mr. president, while we're nearly three years beyond the september 2009 expiration date of safety, i'm pleased that we're -- of safetea, i'm pleased that we're finally moving one step closer to legislation that would allow infrastructure investments to move forward in this country. chairman johnson and i worked together to produce bipartisan legislation that eliminates outdated, inefficient programs and promotes greater efficiency and effectiveness in public transportation systems all across america. the federal public transportation act passed the banking committee with unanimous support. this legislation before us, reflected in the amendment currently under consideration, maintains funding for public transportation programs at $10.5 billion a year

shelby lynne has that story. >>reporter: mit romney and rick santorum turned up the heat saturday.akes' admit ronnie's health care plan. >> governor mit romney created the biggest program. i think less in interest and one wishes to take at what he said and how he voted for some things because he took one for the team. the team has got to the people of america and the partisanship. >>reporter: both candidates into the stage to defend their conservatism. >> i have been a leader on conservative causes, on the most fundamental issues, your health. >> i can attest, conservative credentials by quoting someone who endorsed me in my campaign. senator santorum said that mitt romney, this is a guy that is to be conservative and who we can trust. >>reporter: gas prices will be a hot topic this political season, prices have skyrocketed. the average price for a gallon of gas now costs about $4.25. rob fladeboe presented one station where drivers got a 205 jump in three days. >>reporter: if you often buy their gas of the same station each time, you have probably noticed that prices are literally

. >> a facebook post from shelby. why does a man's behavior change after he, quote, wins you?boyfriend was the most supportive man i ever met, which is why i got together with him. now that he's got me, he's like a ghost sometimes. i told him i have serious reservations about our relationship in the long term because of it and now that he thinks he might lose me, he's shaping up again. >> she got it. no man keeps running for a bus once he gets on it. you know what i'm saying? you got to stop the bus. if you want to shape up, get your butt off this bus. see? >> there's nothing better than comparing a woman to a bus! >> they get complacent a lot, guys do. sometimes when you get into the relationships it becomes a mother/son thing, you start nurturing and they start thinking this is unconditional. it's never unconditional. >> you have to tell them how you want to be treated or else they're going to go down that road. >> you got to kind of let a guy know, look, the same things you felt attractive to me, there's somebody else out there who will find them attractive in me, too. >> n

joe johns is in shelby township, michigan will romney will speak an hour from now., michigan is romney's home state, how can he keep it going -- you got serious weather, don't worry we can see you a clear picture. let's talk romney -- little cold out there. >> reporter: that's right. a mini-blizzard. the fact of the matter is snow or no-snow, the bottom line with romney he's not taking anything for granted. also not conceding anything. this happens to be shelby township, michigan, which is by the way the very same place where rick santorum appeared last friday, just a couple miles away from here. mitt romney expected to appear here in just a little while, he has been very aggressive here in michigan, and also in the buckeye state of ohio, we saw him in cincinnatti just last night. he was taking on rick santorum and his votes in the united states senate. listen. >> he voted five times to raise the debt ceiling, without getting compensating cuts in spending. during his time in the senate only two terms, the size of the federal government grew 80%. when republicans go

we've brought to our work really was captured in the banking committee, where senator johnson and shelby got together, and in the finance committee, where many republicans joined our democratic friends to figure out a way to fund this responsibly. and in the commerce committee, where we have one or two little hiccups but i believe we're going to resolve them, i really do. and i -- and i'm proud that we were out there first showing that we could do this. and people said all over the senate, if boxer and inhofe can do this, you know, anything is possible. map 21 is a reform bill and i'm proud about that. it consolidates 90 programs into less than 30. it focuses us on key national goals. it gives greater flexibility to the states to invest in their top priorities. it eliminates earmarks. it establishes performance measures to improve accountability. it accelerates project delivery. and it provides resources for a new national freight program. this bill is responsible. it continues the current level of funding plus inflation, which, as i said, protects 1.8 million jobs. and the tifia program