parent that they have t work 16 hours to get access to the tax credit system, i don't think it's unreadable to ask a couple to work an average of 12 hours each. that is what we are asking. that in a way this relates to the bigger picture. we have a massive budget deficit. [shouting] is he not going to support the welfare catholics it is not going to sport the housing benefit cut, if he won't support cuts to legal aid animals support cuts to tax credits how on earth will we deal with the deficit? >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, in cse the prime mister didn't realize, doubts whether a house families, there are five people chasing every vacancy but it's not good enough for the prime minister to say they should get out. they can't find work. they will find it better off on benefits than in work whether the prime minister -- that's something he said he wanted to avoid. and also goes to this matter of trust. the prime minister made it clear promise just like you made a clear promise on child benefit. before the election he said i'm not going to flanagan. i'm going to give it to you -- [laughter]

parent that they have to work 16 hours to get access to the tax credit system, i don't think it's unreadable to ask a couple to work an average of 12 hours each. that is what we are asking. that in a way this relates to the bigger picture. we have a massive budget deficit. [shouting] is he not going to support the welfare catholics it is not going to sport the housing benefit cut, if he won't support cuts to legal aid animals support cuts to tax credits how on earth will we deal with the deficit? >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, in case the prime minister didn't realize, doubts whether a house families, there are five people chasing every vacancy but it's not good enough for the prime minister to say they should get out. they can't find work. they will find it better off on benefits than in work whether the prime minister -- that's something he said he wanted to avoid. and it also goes to this matter of trust. the prime minister made it clear promise just like you made a clear promise on child benefit. before the election he said i'm not going to flanagan. i'm going to give it to you -- [laug

disclosure over the years that those disclosures piled up, piled up, piled up and became very dense, unreadable, consumers were driving very little value from them, confused even if they did read them. and we think we can cut that back in some areas pretty substantially. so this is something we're taking very seriously. the chamber has given us some thoughtful comments, hundreds of others have, as well. we're going to be digesting those. and we hope to walk the talk. >> i'd like to follow up with you on that as time moves on. you know, if you look at it from a community bank perspective, you're having to divert your resources to a compliance officer or an accountant or an attorney to keep up with the vast majority of regulations, not just the new, but the old, as well. and that diverts resources from the job creation or small business lending that we want to see our financial institutions do. the federal reserve initially proposed the qualified mortgage rule before it was transferred to the cfpb. and it offered two different alternative proposals. with differing protections for liability for le

that was the -- there we go, that is totally unreadable, but -- be are these slides going to be available to people afterwards because i included a link at the bottom. okay. so you can follow the link at the bottom of the page, you may want to see what the agreement is. if you are so inclined follow that link. all right, are we ready for questions? >> we will extend the panel ten minute s to allow for ags to ask questions. so do we have questions from any of the ags around the table? i've got one, if you do not. mark, is

that is totally unreadable. are the slides available to people afterwards? it could follow the link at the bottom of the page. in fact, somebody might want to look at what is the "hall pass agreement." are we ready for questions? >> we are going to extend the panel within minutes to allow time for questions. i wanted to ask about what happened in contrast -- in congress and what your forecast is going forward. obviously the problem of piracy continues to persist. general hood and i have been working on this for years at least. by the way, you have been a tremendous leader on this project, including the issue of piracy on campus. senator, at any idea on where we go next with sopa? >> it was a threshold event. normally if you look at this process, you have a unanimous vote of the senate judiciary committee -- agreeing to the bill the vicinity -- senator leahy and senator hatch worked on. the house and a similar situation. not quite as unanimous. we had a degree of unanimity around the subject matter. all of you know we have had domestic legislation to deal wit

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that was, there we go, that was totally unreadable but -- are these slides going to be available afterwards? i did include a link. so you can follow that link at the bottom of the page. i thought some of you might want to go look at what is the hall pass agreement. so if you're so inclined, just follow that link. are we ready for questions because we will extend the panel 10 minutes as was 13 or 15 minutes beyond schedule to allow time for questions or do we have questions from any of the ag's around the table? >> i have one if you don't. mark? i wanted to ask about sopa and what happened in congress and which are forecast is moving forward since i know ndaa was heavily involved in that, and the problem of piracy continues to persist. general hood and i've been working on this for how long now? four years at least. by the way, he's been a tremendous leader on this whole topic, including especially the issue of piracy on campus. really glad you could be here for this. but any thoughts on where go next with sopa? >> it was a threshold event. i mean, i think and watching events as many of you

parent that they have to work 16 hours to get access to the tax credit system, i don't think it's unreadable to ask a couple to work an average of 12 hours each. that is what we are asking. that in a way this relates to the bigger picture. we have a massive budget deficit. [shouting] is he not going to support the welfare catholics it is not going to sport the housing benefit cut, if he won't support cuts to legal aid animals support cuts to tax credits how on earth will we deal with the deficit? >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, in case the prime minister didn't realize, doubts whether a house families, there are five people chasing every vacancy but it's not good enough for the prime minister to say they should get out. they can't find work. they will find it better off on benefits than in work whether the prime minister -- that's something he said he wanted to avoid. and it also goes to this matter of trust. the prime minister made it clear promise just like you made a clear promise on child benefit. before the election he said i'm not going to flanagan. i'm going to give it to you -- [laug

requires farmers to use the program's funding to install a second electric meter that currently goes unread. in these tight fiscal times, i think it's important that every taxpayer dollar is well spent so the bill will eliminate this redundancy and remove an unnecessary burden on program participants. third, our bill requires the usda to include stronger health and environmental criteria when evaluating potential projects, and it expands start-up support and funds for feasibility studies so that farmers and businesses can start projects with sound planning. we're very grateful for the strong support from the agriculture community, including the national farmers union, the minnesota farmers union, the environmental law and policy center, the national sustainable agriculture coalition, the agriculture energy association, the distributed wind alliance, the minnesota corn growers and the minnesota soybean growers. with the chair's -- with the president's indulgence, i have about 30 seconds left. i have an inner clock. i think i am up against my two minutes. i would just like to say i'm really p