speaker, i ask that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1950, to enact title 54, united states code, national park system, as positive law, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1950, a bill to enact title 54, united states code, national park system, as positive law. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from, texas, mr. smith, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on h.r. 1950, as amended, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: seeing no objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, the rules of the house entrust the judiciary committee the responsibilities of revision and codification of the statutes of the united states. this powe

the clerk: h.r. 4365, a bill to amend title 5, united states code, to make clear that accounts in the thrift savings fund are subject to certain federal tax levies. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz, and the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. maloney, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. chaffetz: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. chaffetz: i now would like to actually yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from new york, the prime sponsor and author of this legislation, ms. buerkle. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. buerkle: i thank the chair for recognizing me. i rise in support of my legislation, h.r. 4365, which would make thrift savin

section 2348-a of title 18 of united states code. section 9009, none of the funds may be obligated prior to approval of the oversight council of the department. section 9010, funds made available for operation and maintenance may be used to purr chance items having an investment unit cost of not more than $250,000. section 9011, $88 million under the heading operation and maintenance, army, may be obligated for the purposes of the task force for business and stability operations. section 9012, under the heading operation and maintenance, air force, up to $508 million. section 9013, available of -- availability of funds. each amount designated by the congress for the overseas contingent war on terrorism shall only be a available if the president designates all such amounts. section, rescissions, funds are rescinded. section 9015, none of the funds under the heading operation and maintenance, defense-wide may be made available unless the secretary certifies to the committees that the government of pakistan is cooperating with the unite

implement an enrollment fee for the tricare for life program under chapter 55 of title 10, united states code, that does not exist as of the date of enactment of this act. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. stearns: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to offer an amendment that prohibits funds made available through this act to implement a new enrollment fee for tricare for life beneficiaries. the department of defense may have the authority to raise fees and implement new enrollment fees unless specified by congress prohibiting such authority. last year through the f.y. 2012 d.o.d. authorization appropriation process the administration increased enrollment fees for tricare prime beneficiaries for the first time since 1995. my amendment will ensure the administration does not implement a first-time ever enrollment fee for tricare for life beneficiaries. for fiscal year 2013, the administration proposed additional fees and cost sharing increases in new enrollment fee for tricare for life, aggressive increases in pharmacy co-payments, and a cap of $3,000 per family.

the clerk: h.r. 1627, an act to amend title 38, united states code, to provide for certain requirements for the placement of monuments in arlington national cemetary and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the murray substitute amendment at the desk be agreed to, as amended, be read three times and the statutory paygo statement be read. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the paygo statement. the clerk: this is the statement of budgetary effects of paygo legislation for h.r h.r. 1627, s amended. total budgetary effects of h.r. 1627 for the five-year statutory paygo scorecard, net reduction of $401 million. total budgetary effects of 1627 for the ten-year statutory paygo scorecard, net reduction in the deficit of $215 million. also submitted for the record as part of this statement is a table provided by the congressional budget office which provides additional information on the bud

under the code, units with the minimum size should have the -- should house no more than two occupants. the ordinance proposes the minimum size would be reduced to match the state code. under the proposal, the total area of the unit could be no less than 220 square feet and the living area and no less than 150 square feet. no more than two people could occupy this efficiency unit. the ordinance would maintain existing requirements for kitchen appliances and workspace as well as a separate bathroom. as he mentioned, a supervisor wiener is going to amend the ordinance so it only applies to new construction and not existing buildings. now i am going to go over some issues and concerns about this legislation. several questions have been raised regarding these units. staff support had a limited amount of time. we would like to share what we have learned. about density, how would that change? some have said the smaller efficiency units will increase density across the city and adversely affect services and infrastructure. staff conducted a quick analysis about how this will affect the city. there are three types of districts throughout the city in terms of density co

code. observers say chinese leaders are willing to accept the talks to weaken the influence of the united states on the issue. they predict the negotiations will take a long time. they say china's concerned the code may limit its territorial claims or expansion of maritime interests. >>> now to other issues facing asean ministers, starting with their plan to prevent europe's financial woes from seriously affecting asia. the ministers met tuesday with their counterparts from japan, china, and south korea. they all agreed to put a new regional system in place. they are building on an agreement finance ministers made in may. the system will allow the countries to provide foreign reserves to prevent sudden drops in the value of their currency or government bonds. the foreign ministers also put their heads together on the north korea issue. they once again criticized the reclusive nation's missile program. sources tell nhk south korean officials and other representatives chided the north in april and called it a violation of u.n. security council resolutions and threat to regional peace. japan's fore

the clerk: h r. 5859, a bill to repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, united states code, requiringr vehicle insurance cost reporting. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlelady from california, mrs. bono mack, and the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from california. mrs. bono mack: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials into the record on h.r. 5 59. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. bono mack: and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. bono mack: today we have an opportunity to slam the car door on an obsolete provision in motor vehicle cost reporting which is no longer used. i commend my colleagues on their bipartisan work in developing this legislation and moving it forward. i want to thank my good friend and colleague, mr. butterfield, for his help with our efforts to repeal this costly and outdated provisio

the clerk: senate 1335, an act to amend title 49, united states code to provide rights for pilots and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 738 and rule 18 the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4078, would the gentlewoman from missouri kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h r. 4078, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to orless than 6.0%. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, amendment number 5 printed in house report 112-616 offered by the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey, had been disposed of. the committee will be in order. it is now in order to consider amendment number 6 printed in part b of house report 112-616. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. watt: i have a

the clerk: senate 1335, an act to amend title 49, united states code, to provide rights for pilots, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from indiana, mr. bucshon, and the gentleman from illinois, mr. costello, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana. mr. bucshon: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on s. 1335. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. bucshon: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bucshon: i rise in strong support of the pilot's bill of rights. s. 1335 is intended to restore fairness to airmen and federal aviation administration enforcement proceedings by providing airmen timely access to critical information and adding an additional level of appeal for airmen disputing enforcement action. this bill also requires the f.a.a. to improve the system of providing notices to airmen and directs t

i do not when it deals with a work permit order to be issued the does not exist in the united states code. that is a province of congress. we will see each other down the line in litigation. >> thank you, mr. king. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, madam secretary. i would like to address the topics. i want to welcome the young hispanics who are here with us this morning. let me tell you. when you have seen sacrament -- celebratory napolitano handing -- you have seen the secretary standing tall on the policy that the federal government is about to implement, that means your dreams are very much alive. now, secretary, as you probably expected, i want to raise the same issue with you this morning because the last time you appeared before the committee, mainly for the crisis in puerto rico. i want to express my gratitude to you and your team for traveling to puerto rico last week in order to investigate the situation firsthand and to meet with the governor and myself. i think our meetings were positive and productive. i hope you will agree. on tuesday i wrote you a letter. in addition to

he needs to recognize the global economy works both way and if the united states corporate tax code is not more efficient, and more effective, and more competitive, we are not going anywhere. >>neil: so if you are arguing that sending jobs abroad is bad, if you argue that entrepreneurs and those who make it in this country, really, don't do it on their own. that it is effectively the government backing them up that allows that, that is a hell of a message. >>guest: a losing message but what is smart here from a campaign strategy, what romney is talking about a lot of americans do not know a heck of a lot is smart is that obama shifted the burden to educating the voter on romney. >>neil: what do you thing of the response. ♪ >>guest: i love it. i want to see more of it and see more position but romney will have to explain how the global economy works to everyone in order for him to come up with a cheer, bold vision, to make america prosperous again. >>neil: thank you, ford. >> rich aren't paying their fair share. if the numberses do not convince you maybe a top fundraiser is ready to tel

i do not when it deals with a work permit order to be issued the does not exist in the united states codethat is a province of congress. we will see each other down the line in litigation. >> thank you, mr. king. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, madam secretary. i would like to address the topics. i want to welcome the young hispanics who are here with us this morning. let me tell you. when you have seen sacrament -- celebratory napolitano handing the policy that the federal government is about to implement, that means your dreams are very much alive. now, secretary, as you probably expected, i want to raise the same issue with you this morning because the last time you appeared before the committee, mainly for the crisis in puerto rico. i want to express my gratitude to you and your team for traveling to puerto rico last week in order to investigate the situation firsthand and to meet with the governor and myself. i think our meetings were positive and productive. i hope you will agree. on tuesday i wrote you a letter. in addition to think he -- thanking you for your business, i noti

of the fund made available by this act may be used in contravention of section 7 of title 1, united states code. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for fufe -- five minutes. mr. king: thank you, mr. chairman. this is the doma limitation amendment. we have seen this last year where it passed out of the house of representatives with a substantial vote. and it says as it reads none of the funds made available by this act may be used in contravention of the defense of marriage act which passed here in this congress in 1996. and what we have seen since the passage of the defense of marriage act is -- it is an effort on the part of the executive branch to undermine, i believe, marriage between one man and one woman within our military ranks. we sue the president of the united states make -- saw the president of the united states make some commence along the way that his position was evolving on marriage which seems the to the department of defense issued two memorandums, one on september 21rk the secretary of defense memorandum that identified facilities and it says that the facilities, military

under chapter 89 of title 5, united states code. effective at the beginning of the first month after the date of the enactment of this act. b, patient benefit protection provisions, for purposes of subsection a, the patient benefit protection provisions described in the subsection include any provision of or amendment made by the patient protection and affordable care act or the health care and education and reconciliation act of 2010 that provides for or protects patient benefits, including the following. one, prohibition of pre-existing condition ex clueses. section 2704 of the public health service act relating to the prohibition of pre-existing condition exclusions or other discrimination based on health status. two, fair health insurance people are qualms. section 2701 of the public health service act relating to fair health insurance premiums and prohibiting gender-based discriminatory premium rates. three, coverage of adult children under age 26. section 2714 of the public health service act relating to the extension of depen

code of conduct and china remains cautious. it doesn't want to sign on to anything that would limit activities. at thursday's meeting the united states strongly pushed all countries involved to accelerate work on the code of conduct. concerns remain that china may try to prolong the discussions and make the rules ineffective. but for now, u.s. pressure seems to have worked by pushing asean to move forward and keeping china in check. >> thank you very much. the asia-pacific is one of the world's fastest growing regions. instability here risks upsetting the entire global economy. a nuclear-free korean peninsula and peace in the south china sea are crucial goals for the international community. this week's meetings have underlined how important it is that nations come together and compromise to find lasting solutions. that's all for our special coverage of the asean meetings here in cambodia. thank you for joining us. i'm dhra dhirakaosal. >>> myanmar used to draw the kind negative attention north korea gets. but that changed once its leaders started implement regforms. now u.s. president barack obama is recognizing the southeast asian

it's code he doesn't belong in the office of the presidency of the united states. when you speak in code, people get it, and you know what, that's a problem. it's a racial problem, it's a religious problem, and if you don't think it is, ask the birthers. ask the people that think he's a muslim. ask the people that say he's un-american. i'm sorry, but that's a major, major problem for this country. this is 2012, not 1963. this is not the pre-civil rights bill. this is a problem. >> john, let's take a page from that jimmy williams' play book, so to speak and talk about the dog whistles and codes. could it be argued with mitt romney's background he doesn't understand what makes america unique? >> of course, mitt romney calling the president out of touch is like calling the president honky. when you think of the use of the word un-american, the use is un-american in itself, only fascist societies or people use that kind of language. you don't hear people saying hey, that's un-canadian of you, un-belgium. un-german, yeah, that's right. it's the birthers, why donald trump

the clerk: of chapter 40 of united states code with respect to funding provided by this act. the chair: the gentleman from iowa is recognized for five minutes. mr. king: this is the davis-bacon amendment that i believe most members of congress have seen that applies to this appropriations bill. we have an existing code, the davis-bacon act. it requires that any construction projects that have federal dollars in them, $2,000 or more, be constructed under what the bill says are prevailing wages. prevailing wages in 1931 might have been a legitimate evaluation. today it's a federally mandated union scale determined by a formerly smoke-filled room of people from the administrative side and construction side of the industry. i've spent my life in the construction business. i've been involved in the construction business since 1970. i've worked on all sides of this that i can imagine. i've been a recipient of davis-bacon wages, i've paid davis-bacon wages, and i've done a fair amount of reporting of those wages to the bureaucrats. this law is the last remaining jim crow law in the

funds made available in this act may be used in contravention of section 41106 of section 49 of united states code. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. runyan: thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to thank the chairman of the committee for allowing me to bring this forward. congress has a responsibility to see that funds are spent appropriately by the department of defense to support missions for our national security. the department has been using foreign-owned aircraft to carry equipment in and out of afghanistan. pulling over $140 million year to date. these missions could have been completed by american carriers. american carriers are regulated by the f.a.a. and have much better safety record than foreign airlines. u.s. government dollars go to develop u.s. jobs. the u.s. government specifically designated the civil reserve air fleet or craft to supplement national security air transport needs through partnership with u.s. private based airlines. the program allows civilian aircraft capability to integrate with military command structures on short notice. using foreign

what happened was not an ethical lapse, it was a violation of article 18 of the criminal code of the united states of america. and so i would like them to address that. and in a conversation i just had, i was also wondering how we might apply some of the moral ethical rules. not necessarily the model rules of lawyers but the ethical rules to situations outside of the law. so, for example, at penn state, there was a reporting up, which is one of the subjects i think jim will particularly be talking about, reporting up. the coach did report up. and nobody did anything. john dean reported up and nothing happened. so it's not just in a legal context. i want you to be able to think about this for those of you who are in private practice or representing corporations. it's not necessarily always just the legal issues. so let's talk about that. and before we get to specific conduct that was involved, i would like to ask each of you a question and have you just each give an answer to kind of put in place your unique viewpoints about was it client confidentiality that was the big problem? attorney/client pr

united states. on monday asean foreign ministers are working on a code of conduct. the focus of the asean meeting on wednesday is whether china accept's asean's position and whether china agreed to start discussing the code of conduct. >> what are the prospects of them reaching a deal? >> china is is expected to agree to start discussing the code of conduct to a wide criticism from the international community. but china's basic policy remains unchanged and what the dispute to be solved bilaterally. it could affect its claim to part of the south china sea. the approach of kwam boda will likely be critical. china is cambodia's leading economy supporter. china has invested a lot of amount of money to build infrastructure in cambodia and helped build the prime minister office where the current talk is taking place. so it's questionable how far cambodia can support other asean members like vietnam and philippines against china. the foreign ministry hinted that cambodia will take the middle ground. >> we hope that we believe that both sides have the patience to work toget

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code of conduct for example. >> will be -- key topics of conversation. the united states is not going to shirk from its interests in maintaining these principled positions going forward. >> more with kirk campbell the assistant secretary of state for >>> we're back with dr. kurt campbell the assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs. dr. campbell, china has been investing considerable sums in its navy but also a whole series of patrols and fisheries and other sorts of vessels. analysts say they're intentionally intended to circumvent u.s. treaty obligations specifically this things that we would really regard as aggression by warships. will the united states consider aggression by these types of ships as the same as it would from a warship? when it comes to the allies? >> on your first point it's very clear that you have a proliferation of agencies coastal ministries and the like that are building naval and -- >> fleets. >> well, you know, coastal patrol vessels for a host of issues. fishing and the like. and they are active in areas approximate to c

>> china has agreed to start the code of conduct favored by asean to avoid international criticism and doesn't want to give the united states an excuse to intervene. but china's basic policy remains unchanged. that means no concessions regarding its territorial claims to the south china sea. it also means taking a cautious approach to drafting any parts of the code of conduct that will tie china's hands. >> what are the challenges? >> a big challenge of reigning in the giant neighbor even as china hardens its stance. the ten members wanted measures they wanted included, including the creation of a monetary system and getting china aboard and achieving these goals is another matter entirely. this weeks talks in phnom penh highlighted differences between asean members. on one hand, there is cambodia, this year's host country and chair of asean. it's biggest economic backer is china. on other hand, you have countries including vietnam, and the philippines that are locked in direct disputes with china. it remains unclear whether the ten asean members can unite behind the code of conduct. the issues arise to the islands is not o

code of conduct? >> many privacy experts have said people in the united states will be very hesitant to accept the adoption of this technology if privacy safeguards are not put into place prior to the adoption of it. we believe if we did not address this now, there will be a visceral reaction from the american public and we will not be able to comply with the spirit of the faa act which requires drones be allowed into the united states national airspace. >> from a commercial use standpoint or local law enforcement use standpoint, is it within the best interest of manufacturers to strengthen their code of conduct? >> we believe it's not only in the best interest for them to strengthen the code of conduct, it also in their best interest to support large-scale legislation related to privacy. >> thank you very much. >> the chair now recognizes billy long from missouri. >> thank you. i guess any of you can answer -- can you define a drone for me? is there a certain size or altitude of flies that? what are we dealing with? >> it varies from hand-held model airplane types to the ones where most familiar with in t

code. >> wayne, as we get back to the u.s. economy and what does happen in the middle east does affect the united states. even if we get some of the scenarios playing out. you think the economy is strong enough to with stand it. >> the economy is strong enough to with strand it and even if they do it, it is it a threat and if they exercised on the threat, the rest of the world would open up the straits immediately. yes, the biggest danger, johnathon is right. biggest danger it will boil over in a military confrontation and that confrontation is one thing that could upset a ot of things it is not the price was oil. a lot of that oil is getting smuggled and you don't know where oil comes on the world market. half of them are misname exclude painted over. it goes on all of the time. oil trading is a bandit's scheme. it happens all of the time and not a question of the prices going up. >> cheryl, we do a topic like this a couple of months. iran stands up and does the sabre rattling. the fact we talk about this is laughable. we don't have a policy. and john talks about it every week . ee that is the root of t

code. the letter from the neighborhood association states support for the project of requests that the sponsors satisfy the affordable housing requirement with on-site units, or land dedication. or the use of the fees with in this area. i will go out and look to see if i can find those letters. and here we are. i will hand these to the commission. there are some corrections i would like to go over. the first is on -- these are changes to the draft motion, on page 3. but is the incorrect date, pursuant to the guidelines -- the date listed there is january 12. this should be june 14 of this year. and further, -- this is monitoring -- on page 2 of 5, there is a heading that says architectural resources. these look like minor changes. we wanted to add a sentence into the draft motion, on page 32. this is paragraph 22, speaking of the community funds. we want to urge the project sponsor, to push for an agreement with hickory street. that will end the staff presentation and maybe we should hear from other people and i will review the docket a little bit more. >> and is there more staff or project sponsors? >> thank you. >> i am lou vasquez. we were the successf

but china's now shipping four billion pounds of food a year to the united states which if you look at all the corners they cut on code violations, um, you know, the food and drug administration at our ports rejects more products from china than anywhere else. thomas jefferson hospital in philadelphia did a study of cook ware that's sent here from china, and 10% of it had lead in it. and that's going to all the stores you know of which i won't mention, but all the stores across the country are selling that stuff. 10% has lead content that wouldn't get approved here. the last thing i'll do, i'll say is there's kind of this myth that american power can't be superseded or, you know, i think it falls back to, i think, which is a beautiful belief in our manifest destiny. but people tend to think that we're always going to be on top, and i think that makes us lazy where we don't have to do what it takes to stay on top. we're cutting our defense spending all the time. the current budget agreement was based on cuts, and if the cuts didn't happen, they'd automatically come out of defense. china increases their military budget

difference but what we can also continue to do is change our tax codes so that we're rewarding companies that invest here in the united states as opposed to shipping jobs overseas, investing in our education system so we have great new teachers, especially in math and science. make college more affordable. invest in our infrastructure and bring down our deficit? a responsible, balanced way. those are all components of an overarching strategy. >> rose: of all of those things, what would be the equivalent of health care for the next term? what is the single thing that ignites your passion, your drive your ambition, all of your skills? >> the most important thing for us to do right now is to go ahead and resolve the fiscal issues-- debt, deficit, who's paying what in taxes, where are we investing. making that decision because once we resolve that issue then it freeze us up to focus on hiri more teachers and helping young people afford college education but as long as we're in this deadlock where we've got a big deficit and debt and we haven't determined how to bring that down we're going to continue to have problems. so that's

united states, did he not? >> well, i think what you are going to -- >> rose: certain code words?or the most part he is trying to placate washington right now, which as was pointed out in the campaign he saidly focus on the violence that is affecting mexicans, and there were some people in washington who took that as a sign he is not going to be serious about fighting the drug trafficking, which is of course the number one concern for the united states. so he is playing this balancing act of wanting to have strong relations with the u.s., wanting to, wanting to maintain to a certain degree the cooperation with the u.s. drug enforcement -- >> and what do they expect from the united states that they are not get something. >> i think they expect a lot of technical help, they have gotten a fair amount of that through the initiative, helicopters and so forth. i think they expect a lot of the expertise and intelligence from the united states, but i don't think that they the new president told us as much that they don't want american troops there, they don't want armed federal agents u.s