participation as of the sbes the total 45 will be sbes and almost 11 percentage women that's a subsection also what's going to happen in mission bay there's payments from 9 master developer to go towards hiring for the job training program so the next pavement of half a million dollar will go for commercial the occurring between the hospital when they finish we have to take a look at so next year's the kaiser building we'll turn to that one and the next is the uber building in the next few months over the next 12 to 18 months we'll have the remaining one million dollars for job training that concludes my presentation. and we are available to answer any questions as i saw in our resolution commission packet there's conditions we've continues to work with them and address any additional issues with the construction drawings thank you very much. >> thank you do we have any speaker card. >> we have one speaker card corin woods. >> good afternoon happy new year. >> happy new year. >> my name is corin woods the chairman of cac i want to echo what commissioner bustos said about the staff their f

shocking how much approval to have gotten from congress -- it was a staggering that they inserted this subsectiono a huge appropriations act just to support bacardi's claim. in the political environment some of the american firms competing with their cuban converts. -- counterparts. >> is anything involving the price of crude oil making any sense? alix steel gives us an answer when "bottom line" continues in just a moment. ♪ >> welcome back to "bottom line ." we are awash in oil right? but u.s. oil is $12 cheaper than the prices in europe. alix steel joins me now to explain what seems to be a conundrum. >> we are seeing it all across-the-board. and oil rally today. this gap is quite significant and speaks -- the speaker which we got here was quite quick. you were still looking at oversupply in the u.s. production still at a 40 year high. this rigs are not dealing with the longer-term production. storage is going pretty crazy. utilization for refineries is down last week. they are using less crude. there are some refiner strikes as well. in europe, it's a different story. demand is picking up worl

the authority granted in subsection a does not authorize the use of the united states armed forces in enduring offensive ground combat operations. >> right. >> what does that northeasternmean? >> you never tell the enemy what you're not prepared to do or what you are prepared to do. this president has been saying since the day he entered office. he going to say to the enemy, we're really not serious about it. this is less a serious move by the commander in chief to actually fight and defeat this enemy, than it is a political fig leaf. when actually he has no intention of fighting this war the way it needs to be fought. >> there's something to be stayed about the timeline of all of this, it's not like he's been wanting to do this right away we have been talking about, we have been bombing isis since august. >> and he's spent so much time trying to minimize the nature and scope of the enemy. if he told us about the enemy, number one he would have to do something to -- number two, he would have to admit he's been a failure because this enemy continues to gain ground and influence and num

. >> pop down your next subsection. >> while poe says he hopes the jail's education program will helpim stay out of trouble the next time he's released -- >> let me see what you got. >> check it out. >> look. >> -- jacob cowin has turned to religion. >> ephesians, huh? >> i wrote that last night. why don't you read it to me. >> oh, armando. >> come on, read it to me, man. read it to me. i wrote it. tell me how it sounds. >> paul begins the letter to the ephesians by stating who he is. >> cowin has had numerous stays at santa rita over the past several years. not all the charges stuck. but one of his stays was the precursor to a five-year prison sentence he served after shooting and wounding another man in a bar fight. this time he's serving 75 days for battery and vandalism. according to police reports, he broke his girlfriend's door during an argument and punched her numerous times in the face and head. >> i only know how to do one thing, and it ain't good. you know? so it's like -- >> what is it? >> it's bad. just trouble. and the thing is trouble was getting me in trouble, you know

under the section on liltations, "the authority granted in subsection a does not authorize the use ofnited states armed forces in enduring offensive ground combat operations." that is a limitation. as you know, senator mccain has a different view of giving unlimited authority to the president. we have some in our caucus who proceeds cautiously on that and that's the debate we will have. the first debate is about an evaluation of the threat and what arrows do we want to place in the president's quiver to deal with the threat. yesterday, again, was a busy day. not busy day in terms of getting things done around here, but nonetheless we went to the floor to award the congressional gold medal to the foot soldiers in the march march on selma, the legislation will award the gold medal when it is minted and presented but we had the authorization for it yesterday. it was very interesting to hear the debate -- inspired, very praise worthy of the people on the march on each side of the aisle. beautiful words on the floor about the foot soldiers. but there are foot soldiers who are marching for

for the use of military force offered by the white house in section 2-c, the authority granted in subsection a does not authorize the use of the united states armed forces and in enduring ground combat operations. and what does enduring mean? >> it means iraq, afghanistan, long-term ground operations. you could define it in terms of months, not years. but it is -- it is a distinction between someone engaged in a rescue mission and going in on a -- on an advise and assist program to help people understand how to do fire control over one or two or three-day period or something. there are all kinds of examples that could be defined. but enduring means we are not beginning the process or committing to a process of a long-term combat troop on-the-ground offensive engagement war. >> and three days is enduring or years is -- >> i'm not going to play with the words. >> how about months. >> it is a non-combat role. >> would two months being enduring? >> it depends on what they are being asked to do or doing. >> two years? >> it -- again, you are talking about a combat troop and combat operations? >>

the authority granted in subsection it does not operates the use of u.s. armed forces in enduring offensive ground combat operations. ambassador jeffrey what does and during main? >> my answer would be a somewhat sarcastic one whatever the executive at the time defines it as about the real problem with that. >> dr. brennan. >> i have problems with that also. not only because i don't know what it means. the lawyers are fighting over the meaning of this but more importantly if you are looking at committing forces for something that is vital or of important interest to the united states and you get in the middle middle of battle and all of a sudden are you on offense are you on defense? what happens if the neighbors cause problems? wars never end the way they were envisioned so that would be a terrible mistake to put in the aumf. >> dr. rand. >> it specifies an open and invest and specifies lack of clarity in a particular objective at hand. >> dr. rand is two weeks and during? >> i would leave that to the lawyers to determine. >> so your answers you don't kno

subsection 554-b-b of the a.p.a. already allows agencies to dispense with notice and comment for good cost. and since the r.f.a. only applies in notice and comment rule makings, a fact the bill does not change, nothing will hinder the f.d.a. from issuing emergency rules if the bill is enacted. i urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman has the only time remaining. mr. marino: i will yield one minute to the leader -- no, i will not yield. i yield one minute to the leader from california. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. -- mr. mccarthy: think about that for a moment, there used to be a time mr. speaker, in the white house when they said the era of big government is over. now it's like we're heading back in time. everyone knows why the era of big government should be over it's because big government has big costs. mr. speaker, large, inefficient programs cost a lot of money which means higher taxes and more debt.

i have a technical amendment that updates the subsection number in the u.s. code for the hotline section, and i ask that that be included. >> without objection that amendment will be included. i support or her amendment. senator leahy. >> i'm a co-sponsor of this. i'm very proud of senator klobuchar expect others -- and the others who have done it. i'll certainly vote for it. i'm also proud that vermont already has such a law. i hope that more states will follow suit. but this may encourage them to. it's worked well in vermont. >> i would like to move now, if i could to a roll call vote on the first bill that we just amended. >> mr. chairman -- [inaudible] >> yeah? without objection, senator hatch would be amended -- or be added as a co-sponsor. >> senator whitehouse has also been added. >> okay. >> thank you. >> now i would go back to 178 and ask -- >> call the roll? >> yes. well, do you want to speak? >> no, no. >> okay. yeah. we're going to have -- [inaudible conversations] we would have a roll call vote on 178. call the roll please. [roll call] [roll call

, two, inverted domestic corporation for purposes of this subsection, a foreign corporation shall bereated as an inverted domestic corporation if, pursuant to a plan or a series of related transactions, a the entity completes after may 8, 2014, the direct or indirect acquisition of i, substantially all of the properties held directly or indirectly by a domestic corporation or ii, substantially all of its assets or substantially all of its properties, constituting a trade or business of a domestic partnership and, b, after the acquisition, either, i, -- either i move more than 50% of the stock by vote or value of the entity is held. capital i, in the case of an acquisition with respect to a domestic corporation -- mr. ryan: ask for suspending of the reading. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. pursuant to the rule the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for five minutes in support of his motion. mr. neal: mr. chairman, i am opposed to the bill in its current form and i want to remind my colleagues that the amendment to the bill will not k

for the use of military force offered by the white house in section 2-c the authority granted in subsection a does not authorize the use of the united states armed forces and in -- enduring ground combat operations. and what does enduring mean? >> it means iraq, afghanistan, long-term ground operations. you could define it in terms of months, not years. but it is -- it is a distinction between someone engaged in a rescue mission and going in on a -- on an advise and assist program to help people understand how to do fire control over one or two or three-day period or> >> two years? >> it -- again, you are talking about a combat troop and combat operations? >> offensive ground combat operations? >> we're not talking about -- we're not doing offensive ground combat operations. >> i'm asking whether this authorizes that? >> no it doesn't. >> okay. good. let me ask you another question. are there geographical limitations to the aumf? >> no. so this would authorize military action in jordan? >> it would authorize action against isil specifically. and the president has said we'll degrade and dest

the authority granted in subsection a does not authorize the use of u.s. armed forces in enduring offensive ground combat operations. ambassador jeffrey what does enduring mean? >> my answer would be a somewhat sarcastic one. whatever the executive at the time defines enduring as. i have a real problem with that. >> dr. brennan? >> i have a real problem with that also. not only because -- i don't know what it means. i can just see the lawyers fighting over the meaning of this. but more importantly f lyimportantly, if you're looking at committing forces for something that's vital or an important interest to the united states and you get in the middle of a battle, and all of the sudden are you on offense or defense? what happens if neighbors cause problems? wars never end the way that they were envisioned. so i think that's really a terrible mistake to put in the aumf. >> dr. rand? >> enduring in my mind specifies an open endedness. it specifies lack of clarity on a particular objective at hand. >> dr. rand, is two weeks enduring? >> i would leave that to th

the authority granted in subsection a does not authorize the use of u.s. armed forces in enduring offensive ground combat operations. ambassador jeffrey, what does enduring mean? >> my answer would be a somewhat sarcastic one. whatever the executive at the time defines enduring as. i have a real problem with that. >> dr. brennan? >> i have a real problem with that also. not only because -- i don't know what it means. i can just see the lawyers fighting over the meaning of this. but more importantly, if you're looking at committing forces for something that's vital or an important interest to the united states and you get in the middle of a battle, and all of the sudden are you on offense or defense? what happens if neighbors cause problems? wars never end the way that they were envisioned. so i think that's really a terrible mistake to put in the aumf. >> dr. rand? >> enduring in my mind specifies an open endedness. it specifies lack of clarity on a particular objective at hand. >> dr. rand, is two weeks enduring? >> i would leave that to the lawyers to de

the authority granted in subsection "a" does not authorize the use of the united states armed forces in enduring offensive ground combat operations. apparently people are confused about what enduring offensive operations mean. what do you think of that language? >> the phrase that is part of the letter the president wrote is no large scale, long-term ground combat operations. and that tells me what he's attempting to avoid is the extended presence of large bodies of american forces. now, we're going to have advisers. and he's said from the very -- the president has said from the very beginning, if the military needs to accompany forces on the front line tell me. as we go into mosul, there'll be the need for advisers and tactical controllers all in the aumf as well. but what he doesn't want is large formations to be there several years at a time. i believe in reading the aumf that it is a very flexible document. it allows for the ability to address the key issues in iraq and syria. and i think that's what the true beauty of this document is. >> general, great to see you this morning.

the authority granted in subsection a does not authorize the use of u.s. armed forces in enduring offensive ground combat operations. ambassador jeffrey, what does enduring mean? >> my answer would be a somewhat sarcastic one. whatever the executive at the time defines enduring as. i have a real problem with that. >> dr. brennan? >> i have a real problem with that also. not only because -- i don't know what it means. i can just see the lawyers fighting over the meaning of this. but more importantly f lyimportantly, if you're looking at committing forces for something that's vital or an important interest to the united states and you get in the middle of a battle, and all of the sudden are you on offense or defense? what happens if neighbors cause problems? wars never end the way that they were envisioned. so i think that's really a terrible mistake to put in the aumf. >> dr. rand? >> enduring in my mind specifies an open endedness. it specifies lack of clarity on a particular objective at hand. >> dr. rand, is two weeks enduring? >> i would leave that to t

section 529 of the internal revenue code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection, g, rates of return and low fees. each officer or employee having control of the qualified tuition program shall take steps to ensure to the extent practiceable, high rates of return and low fees under such program. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes in support of his motion. mr. lieu: this is a 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. let me thank my republican colleagues for introducing this bill. it makes changes to 529 plans and many of my siavcaed for years. i support 529 plans as do many of my constituents and helps people plan and pay for college and my wife and i invest in 529 plans. there is one amendment that will make it far better and that is disclosure. the motion to recommit would put in an amendment that says there has to be a separate report that talks about the amount of fees and how much

host: here's the language, the authority granted in subsection a does not thord the use of the u.s. armed forces in enduring offensive ground combat operations and this authorization for the use of force shall terminate three years. guest: the president said i'm going to put it off until the next administration comes in. gush was my friend. i remember visiting with him in december 2008, begging him not to loan gm money. they are bankrupt and need to go bankrupt. he said i know, mike, i don't want to hand these problems off to the next administration. he was driven and take care of business. this pushes the problem into the next administration and first overt statement that this statement is really disengaging from doing the job. host: how do you view congress having a voice in this issue and how would you write this resolution if you were going to? guest: the use of authorization to use military force should be straightforward and should identify the enemy and give the president the authorization to go get them and kill them. the president's clearly got in his mind to do what he is