that is unconscionable, an abuse of discretion if that is what they meant. i don't think they did mean that. but i am asking this board to give us some definition. that is all i am going to say at this point. thank you. >> i have a question. i am a little unclear about the posture of the case. it is an appeal of a notice of violation, but how did that get built? >> how did it get built? >> yes. why are we talking about something that is already built? >> because there was a submission for a different permit to change the plans. during the course of that submission, we acknowledge some work was done. one of those things that was done was part of this parapet project, cosmetic. when we applied for the permit to be adjusted, that opened us up to a design review, and that is when the neighbors asked for a design review. it is also important to note that your planning department recommended against the d.r. >> i think you have answered my question, and i think what you said was that it was built without a permit. >> it was built during the pendency of the permit

unsustainable, unconscionable, and predictable. but there are many options out there. over two dozens options out there will work and we'll work on them all. and i think if we could resolve that, there would be a sense of confidence in the land that would be good to portray. we have dr. coal burn and andy stern, union member and very conservative member of the senate from oklahoma, very two very good men with sharp minds and sharp knives going over the defense budget without hurting our troops and the mission. plenty of fat in that baby. and then they say, well, republicans never want to touch the defense budget. that's not true. we're going to go wherever the fat is, and that will be the tough part. but here's where we are. every shred of tax revenue at this point goes only to three things, medicare, medicaid, and social security. i see him scratching out. he was going to cover that but i took care of it for him. you'll have to work on -- i'm almost through. and so the rest of the federal government, including fighting two wars, homeland security, education, art, cult

this is just unconscionable in america. >> reporter: today president obama said it's all the republican's fault. republ >> a partisan minority in the y nate has used parliamentary maneuvers to block a vote. it's time to stop holding workers laid off in this recession hostage to washington politics. politics. >> reporter: but in reality, it's not so clear-cut. republicans have also put forth mployment extend unemployment benefits. but they insist the $34 billion cost be paid for with cuts to other programs, causing other progra object. >> how is this paid for? >> with stimulus money. >> yeah, mr. president, that's what i thought, so i object. >> >> reporter: republicans say they are simply standing up for the principle the president himself espouses -- congress should pay its bills. what's wrong with that? >> in a time of great economic necessary thats necessary that we get the benefits that f work.s of americans deserve that are out of work. >> reporter: but pay-as-you-go is the very principle the president has put forward himself. >> there are certain things that >> there always have b a

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it's illogical and its unconscionable. this is just one more -- it's unconscionable. this is just one more piece of evidence that this war is failing the american people, undermining instead of advancing our national security objectives. it's time for a radical change in our policy. it's time to bring our troops home. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. mr. burton from indiana. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: request permission to take the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: madam speaker, it's my solemn honor tonight to pay tribute to an american hero and a son of texas killed in afghanistan in service to our country. staff sergeant eduardo laredo died in afghanistan supporting operation enduring freedom. eduardo was killed by injuries sustained when an i.e.d. was detonated near his dismounted patrol. madam speaker, i.e.d.'s are the way the cowards of the desert fight against our americans. sergeant laredo was just 34 years of age and one day before his bir

that is unconscionable. >> unimaginable to have five pit bulls. >> reporter: linda and kent knew of only one pit bull, the one that darked at their granddaughters so viciously two months ago that linda called animal control. she was told then that there was nothing which could be done. all five dogs, though, were put down today. >> it's sad that it had to involve the killing of a little tiny 2-year-old child or innocent little child for this to happen. >> reporter: police and animal control investigators have been at the house all day. at one point police removed two guns from the family's pickup truck. at another point, an animal control officer arrived at the scene with picks and shovels. they had a tip that there was another dog buried on the property, but that did not turn out it to be the case. there were other children living in this house. their fate tonight rests with children and family services. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> and this does rekindle the argument about pit bulldogs. thank you. and there is a history of this kind of tragedy in the bay area. earlier this mont

this is just unconscionable in america. >> reporter: president obama said it's all the republicans' faultsenate has used parliamentary maneuvers to block a vote. it's time to stop holding workers laid off in this recession hostage to washington politics. >> reporter: but in reality it's not so clear cut. republicans have also put forth a bill to extend unemployment benefits. but they insist the $34 billion cost be paid for with cuts to other programs. causing democrats to object. >> how is it paid for? >> with stimulus money. >> yeah, mr. president, that's what i thought. so i object. >> reporter: republicans say they are simply standing up for the principle the president himself espouses -- congress should pay its bills. what's wrong with that? >> in a time of great economic emergency, it's necessary that we get the benefits that millions of americans deserve that are out of work. >> but pay as you go is the very principle the president put forward himself. >> but there are certain things that are -- that are and always have been considered emergency spending, and extending unemployment

this legislation is unconscionably overdue with unemployment benefits having expired on june 1 of this year. while i'm pleased to point out that this legislation is retroactive to that date, nevertheless millions of americans who desperately needed our support were left hanging by an egregious obstructionism that prevented this legislation from moving forward. this congress, and i include both the house and the senate, has a responsibility to act in the best interest of american people. and to ensure that in this time of extreme economic hardship americans can rely on essential government services to help them through the hard times. unemployment insurance is one of those services. part of a range of urgently needed activities that are necessary to rebuild our economy and recover from the recession. there's no excuse for delay. that only two republican senators saw fit to vote to ensure that 2.5 million americans could claim lapsed benefits demonstrates a complete lack of concern for struggling americans. the fact is that for every open job, there are five applicants. leaving the vast

i urge a yes on the prevention of interstate commerce and animal crush videos act to end this unconscionable practice and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. gallegly: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. mr. scott: i yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate the gentleman's courtesy in permitting me to speak on this as i appreciate his hard work with the judiciary committee, my friend, mr. gallegly from california, this is an area, mr. speaker, that i personally think we ought to be able to come together, i supported the original legislation, i found it horrific that we would have people profiting from the most obscene displays of cruelty to animals. i understand the arguments that were made before the supreme court. but i think they made it clear that there was an opportunity to craft it more narrowly and i think the judiciary committee has done a good job in do

that is unconscionable, unsustainable and it ought to be immoral. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the majority leader of the house of representatives, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yielding. and the time when it's my opportunity to speak is sometimes good and i think this is one of them. mr. hensarling just spoke. i have great respect for mr. hensarling. he works hard and focuses. he's philosophically well grounded and he follows his philosophy. i disagree with his philosophy. his fiscal premises. and his fiscal premises that were part of the last administration's approach to the finances of this country increased our deficit by 87%, from $5 trillion essentially to a little over $10 trillion. didn't quite double it, but 87% more debt under the bush administration. , that i -- think a call fiscal child abuse. why? because it was not done at a time of fiscal crisis, with large unemployment. than yo

and the massive debt which we are saddling our children and grandchildren with is unconscionable. it is time to put sound fiscal policies in place. let's spend less, keep taxes low, and help create an environment in which small businesses can thrive. only then in ohio can we finally say, here come the jobs. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, other the last 75 years social security has been secure and reliable for americans approaching retirement. for some americans, it's the backbone of their retirement. for others, it's all they have. six out of 10 senior citizens in our country receive the majority of their income from social security. four out of 10 widows do. as a matter of fact, after our country's most recent economic disaster, even more seniors were left with only social security to rely on because they saw their retirement accounts dwindle at the hands of wall street. mr. schauer: we

quote from the democratic national committee spokesman in one of the pieces today quoted simply unconscionable that michael steele would undermine the morale of our troops when what they need is our support and encouragement. this comes from brad woodhouse. michael steele would do well to remember we are not in afghanistan by our own choosing. that we were attacked. frankie on the democrats line from jacksonville, florida. hi there. caller: hi. this is frankie from jacksonville. i'm just wondering how long are the republicans going to let michael steele run his loose lips when he doesn't even have the facts straight? yes, he should definitely resign. he should have resigned a long time ago. i'm just appalled how they let him stand up and represent them and he doesn't have factual information, hh runs his mouth when he shouldn't, he should definitely step down for the sake of the republican party. i'm a democrat but even for the republicans, he really needs to do justice and step down. you know sometimes you get what you ask for. the only reason i think they wanted michael steele as their chair

that is unconscionable, unsustainable anit ought to be immoral. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman fr washington. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the majority leader of the house of representatives, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yielding. and the time when it's my oppounity to speak is sometimes good and i think this is one of them. mr. hensarling just spoke. i have great respect for mr. hensarling. he works hard and focuses. he's philosophically well grounded and he follows his philosophy. i disagree with his philosophy. his fiscal premises. and his fiscal premises that were part of the last administration's approach to the finances of this country increased our deficit by 87%, from $5 trillion essentially to a lile over $10 trillion. didn't quite double it, but 87% more debt under the bush administration. , that i -- think a call fiscal child abuse. why? because it was not done at a time of fiscal crisis, with large unemployment. than you empl

and it's just inane and unconscionable that this leadership here in this house isn't even going to attempt, not even attempt to bring about a budget to this congress to vote on. and why is that? why would they not, particularly with these very strong statements that majority whip steny hoyer made in 2006 before they became the majority, john spratt was on the budget committee, when he said, you can't budget, you can't govern. they won't budget and they aren't governing very well. but why? why is that that so? mr. akin: i would like to jump in. i would like to ask the question because when republicans were in the majority, and they are saying the most basic responsibility is governing. this is congressman hoyer and we don't have a budget and he is one of the leaders. and here we have the ranking member on the house budget committee and says if you can't budget, you can't govern. that's what they're saying in 2006, but seems like that's not where we are today, is it? where is the budget? this is something in "the hill". skipping the budget resolution this year would be unprecedented. the hou

unsustainable, unconscionable, and predictable. but there are many options out there. over two dozens options out there will work and we'll work on them all. and i think if we could resolve that, there would be a sense of confidence in the land that would be good to portray. we have dr. coal burn and andy stern, union member and very conservative member of the senate from oklahoma, very two very good men with sharp minds and sharp knives going over the defense budget without hurting our troops and the mission. plenty of fat in that baby. and then they say, well, republicans never want to touch the defense budget. that's not true. we're going to go wherever the fat is, and that will be the tough part. but here's where we are. every shred of tax revenue at this point goes only to three things, medicare, medicaid, and social security. i see him scratching out. he was going to cover that but i took care of it for him. you'll have to work on -- i'm almost through. and so the rest of the federal government, including fighting two wars, homeland security, education, art, cult

tragic, we don't know exactly what happened but perhaps it was a drug smuggler and that is an unconscionablehat needs to be addressed, that needs to be dealt with fairly and justly. on the other hand the person if it were a drug smuggler or a my grant who perm traded that crime, that is not characteristic of the number of people who are crossing the border. it's an entirely different people. >> you recognize the american people are in the multiples, thank you. >> i turn to conyers for his questions. think mr. conyers is deferring to chairman burr who's recogn e recognized for five minutes. thank you. dean staver, i -- this issue of what is amnesty and what is not. what jimmy carter did was a -- was a blanket amnesty that defined a group of people and said they're okay, notwithstanding what they did. the law that ronald reagan signed turned out to be seriously flawed, not because it gave a blanket amnesty. it invited individuals to apply, pay money and take english language in courses. it didn't have all the features we have now, but it was -- it was a specific individual generated legalizati

the republicans' efforts are unconscionable and inexcusable. they fail to realize social security is earned not gifted to american workers. it comes from a lifetime of hard work and investment. democrats will not let republicans play politics with this benefit. they will not and must not succeed in robbing seniors of the benefits they have earned and deserve. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? mr. yarmuth: to request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. yarmuth: madam speaker, we heard a few minutes ago a repetition of the smith that our friends from the republican party tried to foister on the american people. the idea that somehow by restoring the pre-bush tax i rates on the wealthiest meshes we are going to impede small business. i can assure you nothing is further from the truth. i have a brother in the barbecue business. he does very well. makes a lot of money. he used to vote re

it's unconscionable that the military does not have tighter control. but the host nation trucking contract is not the only problem. this week's economists report that 570 nato contracts worth millions of dollars were issued in southern afghanistan, but nobody is sure to whom. in january, the special inspector general for iraq reconstruction, one of our witnesses here today, issued a report about a state department contract which noted that over $2.5 billion in u.s. funds were vulnerable to waste and fraud. in may, the inspector general for the united states issued an audit of his private security contractors in afghanistan which highlighted significant problems with contracts. it found that they do not have, and i quote again, reasonable assurance that private security contractors are reporting all serious security incides as suitability qualifies and are authorized to operate in afghanistan. audits from the department of the state, usaid and others have found problems in embassy construction, fuel delivery and educational outreach programs. the govern

that is unconscionable, unsustainable and it ought to be immoral. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the majority leader of the house of representatives, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yielding. and the time when it's my opportunity to speak is sometimes good and i think this is one of them. mr. hensarling just spoke. i have great respect for mr. hensarling. he works hard and focuses. he's philosophically well grounded and he follows his philosophy. i disagree with his philosophy. his fiscal premises. and his fiscal premises that were part of the last administration's approach to the finances of this country increased our deficit by 87%, from $5 trillion essentially to a little over $10 trillion. didn't quite double it, but 87% more debt under the bush administration. , that i -- think a call fiscal child abuse. why? because it was not done at a time of fiscal crisis, with large unemployment. than yo

poses a danger to children and to do nothing simply because that person leaves our territory is unconscionable. we have the capability to help other governments protect their citizens and we need to do all we can to prevent these predators from circumventing our laws to prey on children of foreign countries. mr. speaker, i urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation. i reserve the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed with amendment h.r. 5610, cited as the independent living centers technical adjustment act in which the concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: i thank the speaker. i rise as a strong and prou

i find this to be unconscionable, inappropriate, and clearly misleading, to be kind. i have an amendment at the proper time. we have to do this the right way and not use t.a.r.p. funds and claim that we're then reducing the debt when we are actually spending the money and violate the law, and i use fdic funds and spend them twice. and i suggest that we use the stimulus funds which actually are available to u.s. and could be spent on this initiative and would be an honest and fair offset. and i will make a proposal at the appropriate time, mr. chairman. senator reid. >> just quickly, i notice some disquiet by my colleague. i think it's because this bill represents one of the first major initiatives that we have taken in the area of financial regulation that is actually paid for. over the course of the last several years, particularly in 2000, many initiatives were not paid for, tax cuts, part d medicare, two wars -- so paying for something comes as something of a shock to the people here. if i understand the previous position that we're now positioning, it calls for ta

tragic, we don't know exactly what happened but perhaps it was a drug smuggler and that is an unconscionable crime that needs to be addressed, that needs to be dealt with fairly and justly. on the other hand the person if it were a drug smuggler or a my grant who perm traded that crime, that is not characteristic of the number of people who are crossing the border. it's an entirely different people. >> you recognize the american people are in the multiples, thank you. >> i turn to conyers for his questions. think mr. conyers is deferring to chairman burr who's recogn e recognized for five minutes. thank you. dean staver, i -- this issue of what is amnesty and what is not. what jimmy carter did was a -- was a blanket amnesty that defined a group of people and said they're okay, notwithstanding what they did. the law that ronald reagan signed turned out to be seriously flawed, not because it gave a blanket amnesty. it invited individuals to apply, pay money and take english language in courses. it didn't have all the features we have now, but it was -- it was a specific individual generated le

unsustainable, unconscionable, and predictable. but there are many options out there. over two dozens options out there will work and we'll work on them all. and i think if we could resolve that, there would be a sense of confidence in the land that would be good to portray. we have dr. coal burn and andy stern, union member and very conservative member of the senate from oklahoma, very two very good men with sharp minds and sharp knives going over the defense budget without hurting our troops and the mission. plenty of fat in thataby. and then they say, well, republicans never want to touch the defense budget. that's not true. we're going to go wherever the fat is, and that will be the tough part. but here's where we are. every shred of tax revenue at this point goes only to three things, medicare, medicaid, and social security. i see him scratching out. he was going to cover that but i took care of it for him. you'll have to work on -- i'm almost through. and so the rest of the federal government, including fighting two wars, homeland security, education, art, cultur

tragic, we don't know exactly what happened but perhaps it was a drug smuggler and that is an unconscionable crime that needs to be addressed, that needs to be dealt with fairly and justly. on the other hand the person if it were a drug smuggler or a my grant who perm traded that crime, that is not characteristic of the number of people who are crossing the border. it's an entirely different people. >> you recognize the american people are in the multiples, thank you. >> i turn to conyers for his questions. think mr. conyers is deferring to chairman burr who's recogn e recognized for five minutes. thank you. dean staver, i -- this issue of what is amnesty and what is not. what jimmy carter did was a -- was a blanket amnesty that defined a group of people and said they're okay, notwithstaing what they did. the law that ronaldeagan signed turned out to be seriously flawed, not because it gave a blanket amnesty. it invited individuals to apply, pay money and take english language in courses. it didn't have all the features we have now, but it was -- it was a specific individual generatedegaliza