to, the bill as amend be read a third time and passed, and the motions to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 529, h.r. 594. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 529, h.r. 594, an act to amend the public health service act relating to federal research on muscular dis-pro-fee and other -- dis-pro-fee and other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. pryor: i ask that the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs be discharged from further consideration of and the senate proceed to its consideration. officer without objection. the clerk: an act to a

highs many investors are wondering if now is the time to sell and take some of those profits off the table. certain stocks are getting hit worst than others, so far in september, the broader s&p 500 has lost about half a percent, but energy stocks have taken up bigger hits. as a sector it lost around 4% during the same time. one big reason is the price of oil. it has been on a steady drop since june which helped drag down oil-related stocks. but not everyone is as worried about oil. >> main street should not look at the price of oil in determining what their investments should be. they should be picking solid energy companies with the focus on the growth in u.s. oil production, which is at a 45-year high, who are the winners, who has proven assets and invest in the businesses. >> reporter: among the top picks are the oil and gas exploration companies like yogi resources and marathon oil. so far in 2014 there have been three notable pull backs in the stock market, but none have been more than 13%. some experts believe that the trend could continue. >> consumer spending is as high as it has

it hasn't been on the table. if the democrats would come to the table on this we could -- >> that's the problem. we've got to get rid of this animosity. >> just real quick here. >> you started the privatization. >> mr. ashford, real quick here. what would you do to shore up social security? >> i think it has to be on the table. i don't think -- we just raised the retirement age. i think we need work year in, year out, provide the congressional overnight. it has to be done in a collaborative bipartisan matter, and that's fine. but, no, he don't think raising the retirement age at this point is necessary. i think we can take the two trust funds and -- it's the bedrock of our social system, i think, as retirees having the social security. that's what i would recommend. >> i think we are going to move now to that portion of the debate where you folks -- you two get to ask each other a question. mr. terry, you're going to get to go first. >> brad, i'm particularly curious about one area that you are deeply involved in,

. >> so it's like half the table is completely boring. >> the bad side of the table. >> what's the verdict? >> hey, guys, what do you think about this? >> chocolate and coffee at any time of day. >> rob, jump into that.

nothing is off the table. i repeat nothing the off the table. >> domestic violence, including child abuse, sexual assault, irresponsible ownership or handling the firearms, the illegal use of alcohol or drugs. these activities must be condemned and stopped. there will be changes to our personal conduct policy. i know this because we will make it happen. nothing is off the table. >> all right, let's bring in around the table, because you whispered you like it? >> yeah, i like it. everybody likes a mea kulpa, there's a man with a plan. nothing's off the table. they're going to make corrections, changes in their personal conduct policy. about time because the nfl has now become the bad boys of all professional sports. that's not a title you want to have. clean it up. and i feel that he's committed to doing that. >> and you're an expert in the messaging, he went to the microphone, and the first words out of his mouth were i got it wrong and i'm sorry for that. >> all the networks and cable stations took it live. th

the want a wage that supports a decent standard of living and want the opportunity to come to the table with their employers to talk about where their interests overlap. >> an opening salvo? >> i think it's strategic, because when we see how these things play out in practice, we see that the raises are based in overtime.  so -- >> that's doubling over time, though. >> but what we see in the policies all enacted, over seven years by the time that reaches 15, it's really -- >> what wrong with that? >> sitting down with at the table with this small business franchisees, they should have sat down with them when they were cobbling together their money to buy the franchise.

companies actually being at the table. we heard from one firm today, firm green, that they were actually excluded from participating in getting a deal simply because the uncertainty of the ex-im bank, financing the deal, was not at the table and we lost out on an asian competitor. during these nine months uncertainty that's going to happen to more u.s. companies, they are going to lose out on these energy jobs that we're looking for overseas. now, i'm talking about things that are part of our energy strategy, everything from sub-saharan africa, power plants in africa, to various investments in the nuclear facilities. a short-term nine-month extension doesn't provide a large enough window for companies to build a pipeline, to construct a wind turbine or develop a nuclear facility. so it will hurt us by slowing down on these energy projects, and just at the time when we're trying to fund the training of troops to combat isis, we're going to be creating uncertainty in places like saudi arabia, egypt, iraq, that water projects,

you always want to leave the all options on the table, option open to yourself. i think this is reflecting from what we've seen from voters around the country, ambivalence and confusion who we'd be helping over there, who our allies would be, whether this is the best strategy to go after isis and so the president is really caught in a very difficult political situation here because he's trying to protect the vulnerable democrats who want to be able to make these promises to their constituents and at the same time deal with a troublesome military problem. >> you make the key point trying to protect vulnerable democrats. you expect the president even though we know he doesn't want do it to the standup in iran over nuclear weapons all options are on the table. i don't want to send in ground troops, all options are on the table. robert, listen here, among those trying to defend the president they've seen democrats do debate is bill clinton on of all places "the daily show" says he thinks president obama has it right. >> we can give them intelligence and we can do bomb

do you think we are taking this off the table at least? >> i think we have. that would bring vow thatn is if the the three parties from westminster said doesn't come through. it would be another argument at that point. i think the referendum and separation question is off the table now for at least my lifetime. the fear that business will drift away because of that uncertainty, you think probably isn't that present? >> all i would say to anybody listening this morning is that scotland is a great late -- a great place to do business. come to scotland, enjoy our brilliant workforce and let's build scotland and let it flourish. >> one final question. was this a vote -- it obviously wasn't a clear vote, but tacitly was this a vote to remain part of the eu? >> i don't really hear that talked about so much. i think this was really about scotland's place within the union. i didn't hear europe talked about. it was talked about in some quarters but i think this was primarily about the union, the united kingdom. >> tom hunter, always a pleasure. thank you very much inde

you put the options on the table to execute that mission and it really is up to the president and hise all the other aspects of it. the political aspect of it. the policy aspect of it. the confidence they have inspect term of execution. >> but you end up having to come up with a plan where you realize boy the politics of this are really impossible, even though we have to do this just because of the reality of the politics. >> i didn't do that. i didn't see military leaders shape options or shape ideas or come up with plans that were shaped by politics or anticipation of difficulties in that arena. no. that, we really kick over to the president and his team. >> and create the fire wall there? >> yeah. >> admiral mike mullen, it's nice to see you. >>> let me get some reaction from the panel. let me start with you, your party, a little bit split on this when it comes sort of the hawks and the doves. you work at a think tank. what are you hearing from the progressive base when it comes to what the president is trying to do in syria? >> there's a lot of an skity about what the president is

as the budget analyst showed in the table of the thorough report we have a spread of values on each thepromises she means to of the values. the evaluations are over a year old this market i'm sure you're aware of is moving at a rapid pace and the upgraded values will likely suggest a disparities between the parcels so we believe that it is the benefit of the city not to refresher and feel confidence that a fair evaluation. we plan to close the escrow as soon as possible the sfuft approval has been secured. i want to personally thank the school district team for the declines making this long, long discussed transaction finally a reality and many of them are here today and look forward to working with them on subsequent agreement 35e and thank to the mayor's office of housing department of workforce development and ellen gross kevin helped push this through obstacle after obstacle successfully happy to answer any questions we have the mayor's office of housing here >> thank you very much mr. updyke mr. rose your report please. >> mr. chairman and supervisor avalos as shown on page 32 of o

hearing, i everything, nothing off the table. ut i would also point to the success recently regarding the strikes where it has been the iraqi security forces on the ground with their special forces and to our air strikes. we didn't have our people imbedded with them. they were very successful. the iraqi security forces have capability. >> i'm glad to hear your answers, mr. secretary. my concern is -- i'm going to echo what the chairman said earlier. sometimes the president takes things off the table right off the bat. that's troubling to me. i want to see as many options on the table as possible. >> well, if i might -- i think you have a little time. so i woen't indulge anyone else here. i know it's not a matter of the president taking options off the table. i think what he wants to always make sure that the american public is certain and clear of what his intent is and what he as the president of this country is willing to do. but he wants the american people to understand, what is it that he's getting them into. what is he askin

there are multiple issues on the table. the hhs and hud have had a collaborative it for several years, looking at homelessness, the way to integrate housing services. hud has encouraged local collaboration that will people score better when they apply for hud support. i do not know if the eligibility has helped. thank you. >> one of the major issues is that there is not enough for housing subsidies for renters of all ages. >> donna betts was generations united. i want to say thank you for today. it has been a rich discussion. one thing that struck me is that lindsay was talking about the three-bedroom apartment. it relates to a report that generations united released last year that vivian and other people were divisors on. we looked at the issue of housing to an intergenerational lens and one of the things we challenge our experts to do was to think differently. one of the the recommendations we had was think about taking lessons from other countries. in this case, it had to do with spain and their home share program. the of

concerns laid on the table, and ultimately some solutions laid on the table, too. everything was on the table for discussion, including whether there should be gaming in other parts of the state. >> we have nothing but up, i am not saying that. we have a phenomenal resort city that honestly some mistakes were made. >> reporter: before the summit, the attorney general issued a directive allowing casinos and race tracks to offer sports betting immediately without fear of criminal or civil liability, although the move is expected to be challenged by professional and collegiate sports leagues, supporters see it as potential game changer for atlantic city. >> it was not time for today at all, this is when he was ready, when he was ready, he issued his directive. >> reporter: for much of the day, protesters stood across the street from offices of the casino reinvestment development authority. >> half the people in that room created this mess. >> the mayor is elected by all of the residents. he was there. the city council president is a representative of the residents. he

we're talking about putting things on the table not take being things off the table so the presidentsn't in this very silly, semantic argument, having to defend a position that others around him, in his own circle are now contradicting. >> i think this is a question, basically, of credibility. what you tell the american people about the mission. how you define it. originally, humanitarian mission. protecting our personnel in baghdad. then there seemed to be kind of a mission creep now to destroy isis. what does that mean? members of congress don't -- this isn't just the president. this is also members of congress who want to know exactly what they're authorizing again if they ever get around to voting. >> i guess it's a little bit unique right now. he may have more support. >> politics now, if the circle -- extremes come together at a point where i think there are -- there is a way in the republican party that is reluctant to do this. >> the isolation. >> smaller than the liberal wing of the democratic party that's reluctant to involve itself in another war. a president does need to

also known as being paid under the table. mexico's finance secretary says the program is good for the economy and workers. on average, formal businesses have a productivity to 3 times higher than those in the formal economy. the informal economy, wages and benefits are clearly lower than those in the formal market. although the government is looking to spends millions of dollars on these cash hand outs and on these incentives, in the long run, they hope it pays off because if they can convince all of these people who work in the informal sect to get on to an official payroll and in the end, they will be able to collect millions of dollars in taxes. as it stands, mexico has one of the worst tax collection rates in the world. it relies on profits from the state oil company to pay for a third of all government programs. but under the new energy reform, the government won't be able to easily raid those profits to pay for tax shortfalls. most informal workers are wary of declaring what they other than based upon government promises

isis, our partners in the middle east, there are a lot of players the table. you can't afford to leave things off if you take seriously the obligation to be the commander in chief. >> can he be a leader that's convincing as a war-time leader, kill the enemy, take them down and be triumphant? >> well, chris, i think he did a wonderful job deflecting any significant criticism from the democratic left by building that stealth coalition. i think people are shaking their heads and saying great job, mr. president. we actually have arab nations dropping bombs on arab terrorists. that's a significant victory which i think ameliorates a lot of criticism on the left. i think he's already set the table for good leadership. i think he and secretary kerry deserve a tremendous amount of credit for putting this coalition together. not just a coalition that's cheering for us. a coalition that actually dropped some bombs. i think it was very impressive and i think he's off to a great start. >> governor, do you think this coalition is more incredible than the one w. had? w. woul

it hasn't been on the table. if the democrats would come to the table on this we could -- >> that's the problem. we've got to get rid of this animosity. >> just real quick here. >> you started the privatization. >> mr. ashford, real quick here. what would you do to shore up social security? >> i think it has to be on the table. i don't think -- we just raised the retirement age. i think we need work year in, year out, provide the congressional overnight. it has to be done in a collaborative bipartisan matter, and that's fine. but, no, he don't think raising the retirement age at this point is necessary. i think we can take the two trust funds and -- it's the bedrock of our social system, i think, as retirees having the social security. that's what i would recommend. >> i think we are going to move now to that portion of the debate where you folks -- you two get to ask each other a question. mr. terry, you're going to get to go first. >> brad, i'm particularly curious about one area that you are deeply involved in,

still no real clear plan the table, beside word reaching out to sunni groups. reforming the iraqi ml terry. the u.s. was building the iraqi mel ter military for more than ten years. more than 100,000 u.s. troops on the ground. still clams edslaps collapsed. >> the elements of the military that were in the north. were possibly, the worst. because the government was so shiite centric. >> secretary of state john kerry told chrrist yahristiane amanpo would have fallen. >> if you told me mosul would have fallen. nothing is impossible. best elements of iraqi military were protecting baghdad. and shiite areas. the trick is to persuade the government to get the best men in the front lines do more than word. reach out off to the tribes. say to them, you break away from isis. we will give you a seat at the table. >> requires skon fi dense. >> requires confidence. statesmanship. requires political skill of an art that they haven't shown. >> colonel. >> very quickly. >> leadership of the iraqi army was gutted. caused the collapse of it. >> generals -- generalship. >> al mal

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i want to put that on the table. there are a lot of republicans who don't support the build up because they didn't trust the president, and the president's actions makes people wonder what's going on. when he promises to do something and then doesn't do it, now he takes the blame instead of shifting it to the republicans. if i'm a republican, let's focus on jobs, the economy, isis and let the president absorb all the fault on immigration, which i think is going to happen. >> did he take a weapon out of his political opponent's hands by this decision? >> i think in some red states he might have. if you look at mark pryor, and mary landrou. they were begging him. >> others want to energy the hips base to come out and this really does not energize the hispanic base. >> there are fewer than 2% latino voter population. >> that's right. colorado, no question. the state with the highest latino electorate in the senate. but let's not forget about two important gubernatorial races florida and illinois. those are expected to b

your bank will benefit if we do this or your business can benefit that we need them at the table and the best way is educational for a longer appear to lifetime but period of time but you are doing great work to make that happen. step two is the education piece. thank you so much. have a great conference. [applause] before we closed the segment i want to extend an invitation to sister simone to be the first to complete an act. one of the opportunities every one of you will have will be to rededicate result the promise of community action and as an expression of that we have a poster we will be able to sign but i want to invite you to be the first. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> that will close this segment. lunch is of course on your own but please be back at 1:00. we will start as close on time as possible to 1:15. books are on sale but sister simone will be outside this room in the back to sign them. thanks, everybody. >> let's look at the track record. what is working and what is sent and when it comes to something like affirmative action action with the evidence shows is t

i would also request that he not take options off the table. it seems to me, every speech he gives, the first thing he says is no boots on the ground. and then makes an announcement of sending more boots. i think that that's confusing to the american people, and i think it builds distrust rather than understanding of what he's really saying. i think no boots on the ground, i think people are thinking divisions and full bore thing we did in iraq, shock and awe. i understand that's not the strategy. but i think the american people get confused. and if we explain to them, look, boots on the ground means no combat forces. or boots on the ground mean we're not going to do shock and awe or whatever. but we are going to have our people there. and there are certain things that they have to do, and without them, we can't be successful in this battle. and i think -- i think they can accept that. and they can -- they're smart enough to figure it out. and if they think they're not hearing the truth, the whole truth, i think then they get -- they kind of get

that issue is on the table. minimum wage is on the table. access to birth control is on the table. equal pay for equal work is on the table. we have to be out there talking about the issues. you're darn right, that's what we have to do. part of what bothered me is when people talk about washington. they talk about gridlock. this is the most frustrated word for me. that's right. because gridlock sounds like a bunch of cars got to the intersection at the same moment and everybody's too dam stubborn to back up. that's not what's wrong in washington. what's changed is fundamental. so that all the old rules, you know, the things we all work on together, roads, bridges, highway transportation bill, education, funding, the national institution of health, that stuff went through. everybody wanted to do it. everybody saw. it's how you make a stronger america. and yet, now, the republicans have blocked on every one of those. and they won't give an inch on protecting loopholes for billionaires, for fortune 500 companies. let them have every tax advantage. don't make them pay a fair share. and

not seeing a strategy that's going to work. >> you're open to the idea of keeping combat troops on the table is the way you're talking. >> i'm no military expert. i'm open to doing what it takes to achieving the goal that president obama has stated to defeat isis. we know what their aims are. they need to be defeated. >> we were successful with the campaign to get rid of gaddafi and with nothing there, chaos has ensued. how do you prevent that from happening in syria? >> we had secretary kerry before the foreign relations committee this week. 90% of the questions we got were about the military strategy. we totally misunderstand how you beat a group like isil. military exercises are a shaping exercise to get the space in order to get political resolution there. our focus should be on enough military power so that the sunnis moderates have a place to go other than isil. we've got to be able to do that inside iraq. >> is the united states more committed to defeating isis than the folks in the middle east? >> i want to meet with every representative, every arab state, to certainly make sure they

all options are on the table. our boots going to be on the ground? all options are on the table. at does not have to include boots on the ground, as people like to say. on theady have the boots ground. prepare for all contingencies. the got to be able to read tea leaves of what needs to be done. does he have a contingency plan? things change. stuff happens. you've got to be prepared and dempsey's and job is to give advice to the president and to congress. he has done that. >> we are waiting for the details on them. in general, i want you to stay with me. you are an expert on nato. i want your perspective on the visit of the president of ukraine today. before meeting with obama, poroshenko spoke to lawmakers and had this to say about what ukrainian soldiers need in their struggle against russian-backed rebels. >> they need more political support throughout the world. they need more military equipment. [applause] lethal and nonlethal. nightvision goggles are important. we can't keep the peace with a blanket. not to most important, win the war, but keep the peace. >> this is a very i

without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i send to the desk praveragede report for the committee on rules for filing under the rule. -- a privileged report for the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the clerk: resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 3522, to authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage inside a faction inside the minimum health insurance coverage requirement and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. recorded votes on postponed questions will be taken later. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. bur

we have not set the table for robust economic growth. a proof of that is in the numbers. we have not done that. what the auditor general and the last treasurer revealed week was not something that happens routinely in the course of any business or state. newin 2.5 months of the fiscal year, we were already borrowing money to pay bills, and not just investment bills. these were bread and milk bills we were paying with that line of credit. if you look at the chart that was in the treasurer's report, 2005-2014 average of cash balances on the daily basis, and then the 2014 cash balances, and then the actual and projected. the first thing i would do is look at the tax allen's great my cfo -- the tax balance. my cfo is here. michael has done this for 20 years. if i showed a cash balance that looked like the state's, a business plan that showed you are getting worse every year in terms of revenues. forget about expenses, your revenues are going down. there is no bank out there that would give me a line of credit. we do not have a business plan that is working. >> let me ask you

. >> or helping the world's hungry find a place at the table. welcome to "titans at the table." thank you so much for joining us. let's have a cheers before we begin. >> [all] cheers. >> let me start with this question. p.j. clarke's has been around since the 1800's, well over a hundred years old establishment. i think it was an irish immigrant who came here, decided this was a great restaurant, bought it, and then expanded it. so, when you look at your own businesses, do you look and say i want to make sure this stays around for over 100 years? >> no. babbo turns 15 this year. i know mesa turned 22. i think we have already outlived our original plans. we planned on getting in but we did not have an out, nor did we have a finish or dream of a finish. 100 years -- >> seems too far? >> no, i love the idea. but that would be four or five generations of chefs and families. if it was something we could do, i would be very excited. >> are you preparing your business for that possibility? >> my mistake was building 21 one-off restaurants. >> wait, you made a mistake? [laughter] >> i ma

was there money left on the table? >> i think from the beginning, everyone knew this ipo was priced for upside. the bankers knew that they wanted to price it so you could see a pop. we heard from analysts all morning that even a pop as high as 20% was expected. we saw 38%. that does not mean money was left on the table. it means the bankers met with management and decided the most prudent thing to do was to price it in such a way where you could avoid the type of debacle you saw with facebook. we learned the new york stock exchange knows how to deliver a smooth delivery. kudos to the new york stock exchange and to alibaba for pulling this off without a hitch. it took until 11:53 a.m. to get the final figure, in terms of supply and demand through the human auction, but they were able to do it. there were no glitches. >> cory johnson, come in on this idea of pricing the initial obligor offering to perfection. did they leave any money on the table? why would the bankers are busily underprice an offering? doesn't that speak

. >> comeback the csf the table. it was a pleasure. -- comeback back to see us at the table. back in a moment. we continue our conversation on isis this evening. the militant group becomes even too extreme for some fellow jihadist. some members are bending the cause. we have two journalist with great knowledge of the issue and region. news foreign, cbs correspondent who recently interviewed a man who left after fighting in syria. and tim arango, "the new york times" baghdad correspondent. isis militants claim to have killed 1700 shiite soldiers at a former american army base in june. here's a look at the interview. >> the recruits tried to flee. but it was too late. isis had arrived. later, the recruits were paraded in public view marching toward their death. >> i'm pleased to have both of them back at the table. welcome. the president has an important speech to make. what is the imperative of the moment, as you see it? >> the imperative of the moment is to deal with not just the but ton a military level deal with this toxic ideology which is spreading like wildfire and inter