the united commercial workers. you have seen me here over the last few years. it's not about access or jobs in the excelsior, the fact is we have the democratically mayor of sebastopol acting like walmart. they are afraid of losing their jobs. how come tonight we haven't seen the axis of love, the direct neighbor to sparks. not one neighbor. why. there is an lgbt location next to sparks. we urge you to open the green zone. thank you very much. have a very good holidays. >> public speaker: thank you. my name is raffial i live on athens street. i think you have heard a lot of opposition. i think our neighborhood has enough and a real issue of clustering. it's unfortunate that the supervisor of our district pulled back on his original commitment that he was going to make a thousand foot radius to a 500-foot radius. i want to remind you, commissioner antonini knows this, there is precedent to these clubs. north beach, sunset, communities that are a little bit more organized have defeated them. i know a lot of you probably voted on that or knew that, but there is pr

latin development and national education association, united auto workers, united food and commercialorkers, united steel workers, asian-americans advancing justice, american civil liberties union. american immigration lawyer's association. appleseed, common cause, fair immigration movement. latino american working group. national council of lareau zoe, one america and we belong together along with 10 stories compiled united we dream. >> those will be entered into the record. the chair recognizes the congressman from california, mr. issa. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you're familiar with youngstown versus ohio? >> yes. >> is there any question in any's mind whether or not the president is relying on his constitutional authority and not any statutory authority in this case. >> he believes he's relying on his constitutional authority. in youngstown steel i don't believe he meets that standard at all. it would be at the lowest ebb. >> presuming he does, not relying on consent of congress and work visas that exist he has only his constitutional authority. let me ask a series of questions a

united food and commercial workers, international unit of painters and allied trade and the electricalcontractors, dairy farmers of america, kelloggs, kroger, land o lakes, penske dairy, u.p.s., others. >> you had me mr. miller until you got to that crowd. >> they are the ones with the union plans. they are the ones with the union plan. >> i thank you very much. i yield back. >> thank you very much. gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. >> thank you. it's been great to listen to the democratic party the last few minutes. i have enjoyed it. been constructive. a couple things. four of my favorite members and i guess we have to do the pension thing at the last minute. your constituents are getting the value of their money to the very last minute of your time. i mean that in all sincerity, my friend. let me start, first, with our friends, my chairman and my ranking member who i am proud of because i think when they took their respective positions, they walked into an appropriations process that had been broken for years before they arrived. you know, when something breaks down, usually ca

layers and outlie craft workers, international union of operating engineers, united association of journeymen apprentices and pipefitting industries, united food and commercial workers, international union. united brotherhood of carpenters and joiners of america. actors equity association. the american federation of musicians. a very diverse group of american workers who are asking us to give them the option to make decisions about the future of their pensions. some of these pensions are in better shape than others. but they are all asking for this right. for those who may be opposed to this legislation, don't like this legislation, they don't have to exercise their right. but we cannot deny these workers this opportunity to make this decision about their very hard earned pensions. as mr. norcross says, they made these decisions together where they are today, and they ought to be able to make the decisions together to change direction and to head off for an opportunity at greater solvency and longevity. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. i want to again thank congressman kline and all of the staff and all those who have cooperated a

north america, national education association, uniteded auto worker, you night food and commercial workers, united steel worker, asian americans advancing justice, american immigration council, american immigration lawyers association, apple seed, common cause, farm worker justice, latino victory project, la tie know american working group, national council one america and we belong together along with ten stories compiled by united we dream. >> without jouks those documents will be in the record. the chair now recognizes congressman from california mr. issa. >> thank you. you're familiar with the youngstown versus ohio -- >> yes. >> is there any question in anyone's mind whether or not the basic question of the president is relying on his constitutional authority and not on any statute tugs authority in any case in. >> he believes he's relying on his constitution authority. youngstown steel, i don't think he meets that standard at all. >> presuming that he is relying clearly not on the intent of congress, clearly when he talks about work permits and so on going well beyond any statutory tree as t

layers and outlie craft workers, international union of operating engineers, united association of journeymen apprentices and pipefitting industries, united food and commercial workers, international union. united brotherhood of carpenters and joiners of america. actors equity association. the american federation of musicians. a very diverse group of american workers who are asking us to give them the option to make decisions about the future of their pensions. some of these pensions are in better shape than others. but they are all asking for this right. for those who may be opposed to this legislation, don't like this legislation, they don't have to exercise their right. but we cannot deny these workers this opportunity to make this decision about their very hard earned pensions. as mr. norcross says, they made these decisions together where they are today, and they ought to be able to make the decisions together to change direction and to head off for an opportunity at greater solvency and longevity. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. i want to again thank congressman kline and all of the staff and all those who have cooperated a

action, those unions are unions like the service employees international union and united food and commercial workers union. these are unions who have a lot of low skilled members who want more members. and the president's action will help them get there. eric: and clearly, how will this affect them politically, voting democratic over republican? >> well there is two ways about it. one it has an immediate effect because even though the immigrants affected are not formally legal, they're not on a path to citizenship and they can not vote right now they do help unions at election time in terms of all of the volunteer activities like phone banks and door-knocking that unions do and the second thing is i think that the unions believe that these immigrants will ultimately be on a path to citizenship. i think that they hope that they will ultimately vote democrat. so there is a benefit now and there is a long term benefit. eric: byron york. fascinating. we'll see how it shakes out in the new year. >> thank you, eric. eric: absolutely. >> president obama marking the end of combat operations in afghanistan t

united food and commercial workers, international union of painters and allied trade and the electrical contractors, dairy farmers of america, kelloggs, kroger, land o lakes, penske, u.p.s., others. >> you had me mr. miller until you got to that crowd. >> they are the ones with the union plans. they are the ones with the union plans. >> i thank you very much. i yield back. >> thank you very much. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. >> thank you. it has been great to listen to this debate over the soul of the democratic party. i have enjoyed it. it has been constructive. a couple things. four of my favorite members and i guess we have to do the pension thing at the last minute. your constituents are getting the value of their money to the very last minute of your time. i mean that in all sincerity, my friend. let me start, first, with our friends, my chairman and my ranking member who i am proud of because i think when they took their respective positions, they walked into an appropriations process that had been broken for years before they arrived. you know, when something breaks