captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 196, the nays are 219 and the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 5 printed in house report 112-422 by the the gentlewoman from california, ms. eshoo on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 5 printed in house report 112-422 offered by ms. eshoo of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the clo

i'll conclude here with a picture of menard's arrival in the united states house of representatives in 1869. it was an international media of an african-american arriving on the floor of the house. this was taken out of frank leslie's newspaper. weekly harper also covered it and london "times" covered it. his international stock contributed to the media event around this. the last and final remarkable thing about menard's life is, when he arrived in congress, in 1869, he was only 30 years old. he accomplished this entire career of being a leader within the united states abolition movement, one of the instigato s instigators, a captive and victim of the morant bay rebellion, and the first african-american elected to congress by the age of 30. with that, i'll turn it over to matthew who will speak about his congressional career. [ applause ] >> mr. davis, if you would stay just for one moment. so i am not matt. i am rod ross. and i want to thank both mckendra, a board member here, as well as congressman for coming. arkansas's loss has been illinois's gain for both of them. i'm especially

familiar name for those who know a bit about history of african-american representation in the united states house of representatives. his main claim to fame is that he was the first african-american elected to the house of representatives. but he was denied his seat in 1869. we'll get into a bit of the reasons behind that. but i'm here to talk about some of his life, his background, his history up until this point, because he was actually a very accomplished individual, who sat at the crossroads of two major events in american history, and international history. they were related events, the american civil war had a front-row seat to this right here in washington, d.c. but also, shortly after the war, he migrated to jamaica, and was a participant in a major event internationally in 1865. both of these events had the connection of being tied to the end of slavery, and establishment of greater freedom, civil rights for the african population, both in the british empire and the united states. so he had a front-row seat to two intersecting events at a very tumultuous time in history. we don't know to

but here's where i think it really -- we really want to watch this is in the united states house. right now, we have a total of 270 women who are considering filing or have filed for the united states house of representatives. at this point back in 2010, we had 227 women. and in 2008, we had 184. the ultimate record was set in 2010 with 262 women. but we're, again, ahead of the game. but we are really ahead of the game in what i consider the most important kind of race that women can be in. and, again, that g b

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] on this vote the yeas are 266. the nays are 158. the bill is passed. without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 5 the 7 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 house concurrent resolution 112. will the the gentlewoman from illinois, mrs. biggert, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of house concurrent resolution 112 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: concurrent resolution establishing the budget for the united states government for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 thr

we need a pro-growth agenda from the united states congress. not just the house, but the senate also. we need the president of the united states to understand that his temptation to talk about economic growth should be about job creation not just about picking winners and losers. we need someone who will bring this country together not attacking our free enterprise system, not standing up in front of people and saying, we can work together but actually becoming responsible enough to become engaged in legislation that will pass where we can make this country stronger. the republican party is here today on the floor leading this bill. we've got a rule which allows for 17 amendments, 13 from democrats, three from republicans, one bipartisan. once again i urge speaker john boehner, the gentleman david dreier, the chairman of the rules committee are intensely interested in having this house work in a bipartisan fashion, but making progress for american people. the american people expect us and want us to do better. today is a chance where we can work together, pass a

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 227. the nays are 172. the question of consideration is decided in the affirmative. without objection, a the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the gentleman from utah is recognized for one hour. mr. bishop: thank you, mr. speaker. for purposes of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlelady from new york, ms. slaughter, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bishop: during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. and i further ask that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. bishop: resolution provides for modified ope

lastly, the united states house of representatives passed a partisan bill yesterday that would overridestate water rights and water compacts. while bill did not specifically address the reichardt act or the hetch hetchy system, some republican members talked about their intention to attack it in the future. i disagree with this because the city paid to build the system in the first place and is paying to refit the system now. but most other water projects and california have been heavily subsidized by federal and state governments. these are a few examples of the threats to san francisco water users. i'm asking you to appointment to the -- appoint me to the board. most people are not interested in water, on the other hand have fascinated with it. thank you very much. supervisor kim: any questions? we will open up for public comment. >> ♪ and you can fill our city light and point that, point it right to flood a million streams of the motion ♪ you can fill our city wives and a point to point it rights to flood a million streams of emotion. ♪ bring on the appointment like an ocean. supervi

lastly, the united states house of representatives passed a partisan bill yesterday that would overridee water rights and water compacts. while bill did not specifically address the reichardt act or the hetch hetchy system, some republican members talked about their intention to attack it in the future. i disagree with this because the city paid to build the system in the first place and is paying to refit the system now. but most otherer

he is the historian of the united states house of representatives appointed in october of 2010. he had served as the historian and deputy chief of the office of history and preservation and he's the editor in chief of women in congress and directs many excellent programs in preservation of records and the publication of historical documents and information pertaining to the house of representatives. and on a personal note that prior to coming to the house of representatives he worked at the u.s. capital and historical society. it's a great pleasure to have him on the program. so without further adieu, dr. magness. >> thank you. i'm here to talk about john willis menard. he is somewhat of a familiar name for some. his main claim to fame was that he was the first african-american elected to the house of representatives but was denied a seat in 1869. we'll get into a bit of the reasons behind that. i'm here to talk about his life, background and history up until this point because he was actually an accomplished individual who sat at the crossroads of two major events in american h

right now, in the united states house of roan sentives, democratic women make up 32% of the democratic caucus. part of what's happened is they tend to be a bit more moderate and have a very tough time making it through primaries. and i think for me, watching, a real training day has hatched this year. a moderate republican woman, one of the few voices that was really capable of of working across party lines and trying to seek some places of compromise. we would all agree that we soarly need. there are an array of women, more democrats than republicans. so that's up to you to take a look and see which other women. but they are out there and find the women that you can support and that you believe them if you're not going to run yourself. >> one more question? >> oh, would you like to go? >> i'm sorry. >> oh, okay. two thievings. one, i just want to encourage the younger women in this audience to reach out to older women to get them social media culturally limit. there is a divide in age of the social media which, you know, older women are -- if you just sit with them. goat them online.

ownership of a newspaper in 1866 and uses this as a spring board that gets him elected to the united states house of representatives two years later on a special election. i will conclude here with a picture on his arrival in 1869. it was an international event. this picture was taken out of harper's weekly the times of london covered it and they knew him from the eyre incident. so his international stock. the final remarkable thing about his life was when he arrived in congress in 1869, he was only 30 years old. he accomplished this entire career of being a leader within the united states abolition movement, one of the instigateters and leaders in the reform movement and the first african-american elected into congress at the age of 30. and with that i will turn it over to matthew. >> mr. davis, if you would stay for one moment. so i'm not matt, i'm rod ross and i want to thank you clayton mckendra fellow board member here. arkansas's loss has been illinois's gain for both of them. i'm pleased that the congressman was able to come. the book, a little slave boy with the desire to learn and to be

united states as conducting foreign policy. and the president of the united states was george w. bush, who asked the then speaker of the house, please do not go to syria. do not seek to negotiate with president assad, do not upset the diplomacy that's taking place between the united states in syria, or the lack of that diplomacy. and i think about that time when nancy pelosi, as speaker, crossed that line, even though it was requested of the president of the united states, the commander in chief of armed forces, and the individual who's in command of all of our foreign policy, had asked her not to go. now we see what's going on in syria and i listen to the comments and i just think that if, you know, if the gentlelady from texas had spoken up at that time when i did, it might be a little bit easier to hear tonight than this particularly was. but, mr. speaker, there's many things in front of us in this congress. and among them, of course, are economics and national defense and our national security. right now as i listen to the gentleman from texas talk about the israelis, and there's an event going on tonight that brings tog

are planning to file for open seats, 70 women are planning to run for open seat races in the united states house. back in 2008, at this point, only 32 women said they were filing for open seats. and in 2010, 37. this is what we have to watch. this is what we have to keep our eye on. we have been looking at this for the center of american women and politics for about two years. we have been going out and talking to women all over this country. women who are engineers in scientist and women in business and finance, organizations of women of color, leaders of the nonprofit community. and we are saying to them now is the time. why not you? why not now run for office? this is the payoff. is the increase in the number of women who are saying they're going to run. and now we have, i think, the galvanizing issue where we are seeing the difference that women can make. we are seeing what happens when women's voices are not at the table. there's that great line, you know, if you're not at the table, you're probably on the menu. we need to make sure -- we need to make sure that we are all at the table. and

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 357, the nays are 36. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from new jersey, mr. garrett, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2682 on which the the yeas and nays are ordered the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2682, a bill to provide end user exemptions from certain and the securities exchange act of 1934 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house assist pend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national

. >> here in the united states, house republicans will unveil hair 2013 budget plan at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. house budget committee chairman paul ryan will preview the plan on "squawk box" at 7:45 a.m. it would end the alternative minimum tax and also gets rid of most taxes companies overseas profits and drops the corporate tax rate to 25%. the plan is also expected to include budget cuts for medicare and government agencies. house republicans are hoping for a floor vote next week, but the plan is likely dead on arrival in the democrat controlled senate. goldman sachs has reported they've begun another round of staffing cuts. the latest move is part of the bank's annual review process and follows the 2400 cuts announced last year. reports say that the cuts which began two weeks ago are across the board and aimed at traders who can be replaced with new technology or back office staff who can be swapped for cheaper employees. >>> and ben bernanke is back on campus. he's giving the first of four lectures on the central bank's role in the economy at george washington university toda

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 418. the nays are zero. the resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. petri, to suspend the rules and pass s. 1134 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 1134, an act to authorize the st. croix river crossing project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning

up for her neighbors, first as a sitting member of the city council and then a member of the united states house of representatives and for many years since, for three and a half decades, of the united states senate. we heard senator reed and others earlier in the day talk about senator mikulski, the first female democrat to serve in both the house and senate, first female to be elected to the senate without succeeding a husband or a father, first woman to chair a senate appropriations subcommittee, and perhaps most importantly, setting this -- helping to blaze this path in 1970, only two female senators. one was the daughter from kansas, the daughter of a presidential nima generation earlier. the other barbara mikulski today. there are 17 female members of the senate. it doesn't look like america yesterday, and this body surely doesn't look like america. it doesn't have anything close to the number of minority members as a percentage of the population, as a percentage of the senate that our population does. i hope that changes. i think it will. and it doesn't have anything close to representing

outside of a minority of their caucus, i believe a majority of the united states house of representatives believe that federal investment using taxpayer dollars without creating deficit that federal investment in rebuilding our national infrastructure, the 150,000 bridges in the national highway system that need substantial repair or replacement, the steel that goes into those bridges that's made in america, the workers are american workers, the engineers are american engineers. the $60 billion back log in our existing transit systems, let alone giving americans more fuel efficient transit options, $60 billion. buses made in america. light rail cars, made in america. these are manufacturing jobs. engineering jobs. high tech jobs. these are not just construction job. the construction industry itself is devastated with double digit unemployment. and passing this 90-day extension, according to the association of general contractors a very republican-leaning organization, 80% of their political contributions go to the republicans, so they are not partisan, they say it is going to mean the sta

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 236. the nays are 182. the yeas have it. the previous question is ordered. the house will come to order. the chair would ask all those present to rise for the purpose of a moment of silence. members, please take your conversations off the floor. the house will come to order. the chair asks that the house shall observe a moment of silence in remembrance of our brave and men and women in uniform who have given their lives in service of our nation in iraq and afghanistan and their families and all who serve in our armed forces and their families. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, five-minute voting will continue. the question is on adoption of house resolution 595. those in favor say aye. suppose opposed say no. the gentleman from florida. mr. h

ninety seven congressman dennis kucinich has represented the tenth district of ohio in the united states house of representatives so why then did he have to compete in a democratic primary in the ninth district of ohio this last tuesday it's because ohio lost two congressional seats the last census was taken in with the republicans in charge of redistricting they got rid of congressman because that is tenth district forcing him to run against another democrat congresswoman marcy kaptur and what was mostly heard ninth district unfortunately congressman because something has to stay in congress came up short on tuesday that means for the first time in fifteen years the people of ohio will not be represented by caught by dennis kucinich a true champion for the middle class and one of the strongest voices for peace around the world so what does losing one of its most progressive members mean for the democratic party and for america and where does congress and senate go next here to share some insights on those questions congressman dennis kucinich himself the representative of ohio. district welco

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] can the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 235 and the nays are 183. the previous question is ordered. will members kindly clear the well. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. members are asked to take their conversations off the floor. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the speaker of the house seek recognition? the speaker: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak to the house out of order for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the speaker: it's my privilege today to pay tribute to john sullivan who will retire this week after eight years of service as our parliamentarian and 25 years of service to this house. john leaves his post with much to be proud of, starting with a first rate team of parliamentarians who will do a fine job

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 231. the nays are 179. one voting present. the question is on adoption of the resolution. as many as are in favor signify by saying aye. those opposed will say no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: on that i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is ordered. those in favor of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned cov

they pass the united states house of representatives and now reside in the abyss known as the united nator harry reed. >> that is no surprise. there is not a lot of legislation that passes in the house right now. >> look at what the president said in the rose guard on this. conclude as i did, staggering cynicism. when he was in the senate, obama supported the subsidy he was announcing today. when ed henry asked carney about that, he had no answer. and second, congressional research office in march of 2011, you will have any effect on the gas prices is it to increase the president pretending he is trying to lower the gas prices. lastly, a trivial effect. if you collected this subsidy, this tax for the next 100 years it wouldn't cover four month of deficit spending under the administration. he standing up for the sources of energy. this is three days after the epa overlooked the regulation. end of the coal industry. shut down the plant, the electricity and destroying the great natural resources ahead. of course, if you are obama, you have algae. >> shannon: all right. i will leave that

united states. it's bipartisan. it cuts across the senate into the house. there have been wonderful expressions of support that you just heard from mr. boehner and mrs. pelosi. i think it reflects the general sentiment that we see here today. i think that as we face the challenges that confront our world, the world of the united states, israel, the free nations and, in fact, all nations in the world today, those great challenges require really three qualities to address them successfully. the three are clarity, courage, and wisdom. i don't think that there is a place anywhere else on earth where we can match the clarity, courage, and wisdom that i find here in the halls of this institution and amidst these friends. i want to thank you for your friendship. i want to thank you for your support. i go back to israel feeling that we have great friends in washington. thank you. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was joined by the speaker of the house john boehner and the democratic leader in the house of representatives

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are zero and the nays are 414. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in house report 112-423 by the gentleman from missouri, mr. cleaver, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 in the nature of a substitute printed in house report 112-423 offered by mr. cleaver of missouri. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 162. the noes are -- the chair: on this vote the yeas are 163. the nos are 262. the amendment is not adopted. the committee will be in order. the chair requests that members remove audible conversations so the committee may conclude its work. pursuant to the rule, the it is now in order to consider a final period of general debate which shall not exseed 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on budget. the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ryan, and the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen, each will control 2010 minutes. the chair wreck niesings the -- recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: mr. chairman, let me start by thanking all the staff and the minority and their staff for the hard work--

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states housef representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 371, the nays are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members, please take your conversations to the back of the floor. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, sir, i write to let you know i have submitted the attached letter to the governor of washington to tender my resignation for the united states house of representatives effective at 12 tife 01 a.m. eas

united states house in numbers came out. we are up 12% so far this year. entire month of april. we will move into a slower earnings season. for now might be the time to look at your portfolio in rebalance a little bit. faugh >>catherine: we spoke about this earlier, i'd have had some problems. >> consumer reports is at it again. the ipad third version he stopped a little bit. ultimately when you play a game it will warm up. it does not sound that bad. apple says they will honor any returns. from the media standpoint ipad will not be hurt. >> oracle sells it to businesses. this is a sign that the economy is healthy for. >> there are two of players in the world of media, amc and lions gate. if this will be one of the biggest movies of all time for lions gate. >>catherine: even if he had not read the book, this is an interesting movie. he's been >>jaqueline: and into tomorrow, showers through portions of the north bay. as we head into the 10:00 hour, lighter showers along the north the coastlines. as we head into the afternoon showers remains the north. into

economic data here on the united states. housing starts fell in february, but permits for new construction reached their highest levels since 2008. now home construction did decrease by to 1.1%, from january to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate to $698,000. what about europe? european markets were in broad decline on worries about economic growth, after australia's mining giant, bhp, said demand will slow. in terms of stocks that we're following today, apple, now while there is a lot of excitement around the apple ipad, some owners of the ipad have complained that it's getting really hot and indeed, shedding itself down, due to overheating. giving the user that the message the ipad needs to cool down. nonetheless, the street still very bullish on the stock. also in the news, tiffany's, the maker of fine jewelry and the favorite aqua marine box that everyone loves, is up to $4.05 a share, above consensus. >> i'm sure they're happy to hear that. thanks a lot. >>> many don't consider using olive oil for baking or making sweets. but the

this is where we want to watch this is the united states house. ght now, we have a total of 270 women who are considering filing or have filed for the united states house of representatives. at this point back in 2010, we had 227 women and in 2008, we had 184. the ultimate record was set in 2010 with 262 women. we are ahead of the game but we are really ahead of the game in what i consider the most important kind of race that women can be in and that goes back to those open seats. remember what i said about 1992, the year of the woman but also the year of the open seat. right now, women are either filed or say they are planning to file for open seats, 70 women are planning to run for open seat races in the united states house. back in 2008 at this point, only 32 women were saying they were filing for open seats and in 2010, 37. this is the number to watch. this is what we have to keep our eye on. we have been looking at this in the 2012 project at the center for american women in politics for about two years. we have been talking to women all over

you know that the bottleneck to accomplishing things on a bipartisan basis has been the united states senate. the house of representatives as passed as the speaker indicated on a bipartisan basis and many of them supported by the president of the united states have not been acted upon by the senate. so i hope that the majority leader who is responsible obviously for deciding which bills we turn to will turn to bills that can actually pass and be signed into law. the house has passed a number of those bills, and as i indicated that the president has indicated he is for them, and the bottle neck is in the senate. i think that we ought to pass these bills and get them to the president for his signature as soon as we can. >> couple of questions. >> can you talk directly to the president about the energy policy in, you know, can we move on the keystone pipeline and did you say what can we specifically do in this timely fashion to address the gas prices and what did he say? >> we talked about a number of energy policies. we talked about the bills that have come out of the house, and the president thought tha

captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 36 . the noes are 39. -- the ayes have 3 -- are 368. the noes are 39. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the ayes are 370. the noes are 39. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the house will be in order. members will please take their seats. members will please take their seats. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker: without objection. mr. smith: it is with deep sorrow that i inform the house that our dear friend and kohl leg, don payne, has passed. he had colon cancer. in a few moments a privileged resolution will be offered on the f

. >>> a new protest over the death of trayvon mart oint floor of the united states house of representativesracial profiling. he was removed from the house floor for violating a rule against wearing hats in the chamber. trayvon martin's death is being remembered in another way. the teenager's name is being trademarked. cnn's athena jones is in "the situation room" with this issue. >> it's gotten a lot of attention on twitter and the like and we thought we'd take a closer look. >> reporter: after taking their case to capitol hill, trayvon martin's parents continued pressing their cause in washington, giving interviews and making public appearances. >> we just appreciate the support that we've been receiving. we are thinking about the next steps and the plans that we need to take right now to get some justice for our son. >> they've also had to explain that they're not trying to make money off their son's name by seeking to trademark the phrases i am trayvon and justice for trayvon for use on cds, dvds and videos. >> this is about protection and not exploitation. >> the lawyer who filed the ap

my guest tonight is the united states secretary for housing and urban development.ase welcome to the program secretary sean donovan. sir. ( applause ) how are you? >> doing well. good to be back in new york. >> jon: are you from new york? >> i am, i am, born and bred. >> jon: so the urban development part you are quite familiar with. >> that's right. >> jon: that is our bread and butter so to speak. >> you grow up in new york in the 1970s and you care about urban development. are you a yankees' fan? >> jon: get out of my show. >> come on. >> jon: am i a yankee fan? my father grew up in brooklyn. i am not allowed to be a yankee fan. i am a mets fan. ( cheers and applause ) and i will suffer their fate for as long as they can to suck. i will stay with them until the end. you were raised a yankees' fan? >> i was. i was at the '77 world series, the one.... >> jon: i'm familiar with the '77 world series. >> i was trying to tell an development story. >> jon: bring it on. there's nothing kids love more than a good urban development story. couched in world series trivia. >>