i urge my colleagues to support this important piece of legislation and i urge our friends in the senate to take up this bill's counterpart of senator rand paul's s. 209. and i yield back. mr. cummings: does the gentleman from other speakers? i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina. mr. meadows: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like at this point to yield to the gentleman from mr. cky three minutes to massie from kentucky. mr. massie: i thank the gentleman from north carolina. i rise today in support of my friend and colleague, congressman paul broun's federal reserve transparency act otherwise known as audit the fed. a mutual friend, congressman ron paul first introduced this bill back in 1983. his voice and courageous efforts to shed light of the federal reserve have paid off over 30 years later. in july of 2012, congressman paul's audit the fed bill passed by 327-98. sadly, it has yet to receive a vote in the senate. as congressman ron paul stated here on the house floor in 2011, in words that remain current and relevant today in 2014, quote, t

i encourage and urge my colleagues to support this legislation and mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the wrelt from maryland. mr. cummings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is regular -- the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: let me be clear, i support transparency surrounding the operations of the federal reserve. transparency helps ensure the federal reserve is implementing policies that will achieve the obbletives given to it by congress. -- objectives given to it by congress. supporting maximum employment, price stability and moderate long-term interest rates. i emphasize, however, that the federal has been subject to audit since 1978. further, dodd-frank wall street reform and consume brother text act, which i supported, significantly extended the authority of the government accountability office to examine the federal reserve's operations. it also required the federal reserve to make public a wider range of data than it had previously disclosed. for example,

here to urge you to move forward with the facilities district and do so today there's no time to delay i'm getting flashbacks when our preeshgz wafrld and lost this project we lost this project for a few years and had to go back to the ballot it was actually 1998 we had to reaffirm the cities - this cost us million dollars dollars for the funds that are lost costs us millions of dollars in delay so we urge you to move forward today and i also had a the question for you ear rezoning this area why don't people put 5 thousand square feet skyscrapers in the desert there's no sovereignty there no one would inhabit them and the land value is created by society and the infrastructure investment we're making and the people of the bay area have over and over again created the bart and muni system, etc. that have added billion dollars and billion dollars of value to discount land we need more capacity if you have ridden our transportation system it is at capacity this term will provide the capacity but we need to capture the land value to have the infrastructure there's no other sources. so we'r

i urge a no vote and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: works the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion to recommit. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. the gentleman from california. mr. huffman: i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a railroaded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise, a sufficient number having arisen having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. the chair will reduce the minimum time to any electronic vote on the question of passage. 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 coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 177, the nays are 235. the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of the bill. those in fav

i urge a no vote and yield back the balance of my time. i thank the ranking member for his indulgence. thank you. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the afterwest virginia reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. shuster: it's my honor to yield one minute to the chair of the house administration committee, the gentlelady from michigan, mrs. miller. the chair: the gentlelady from michigan is recognized for one minute. mrs. miller: mr. speaker, recently i met with about 600 farmers at an annual gathering in my district which we call dinner on the farm, where local farmers express their concerns over the negative impact e.p.a.'s proposed regulations would have on their misses. the michigan farm bureau showed me this map of my district which shows what could be subject to federal regulation if the proposed e.p.a. rule is actually adopted. highlighted are the water sources that would be impacted. it excludes wetlands because then it would cover my entire district, including just about anything that includes moisture. mr.

terry, and urge its passage. it commemorates the founding in 1917 of boys town, an almost mythic place that cared for youth who had fallen by the wayside in one way or another. it commemorates the spirit of what was then a young country and of boys town founder, father edward flanagan. irish-born, he came to this country only a bit more than 100 years after the first congress met. yet by the time he died he'd been sent by the president to teach others to care for kids as he had done in all corners of the world. after a stint working with homeless men he, decided to focus on youth, founding what later came to be called the city of little men. he famously thought, as the boys town website points out that every child could be a productive citizen if given love a home, an education, and a trade. he accepted boys of every race, color and religion and believed that there are no bad boys. there was only bad environment, bad treaning, bad example, bad thinking. i'm almost certain that every member of this chamber knows t

i urge you to uphold the p.m.d and move this project along. it's interesting to me that this institution the common wealth club chooses to locate in such an historic location. here we have a hundred-year-old public forum that brought the events to the present, whatever that present was during it's history to a location that embodies and reflects much of our history city of change. my earliest memory of my grandfather, my mother's father is having his baby sitting duties on a saturday morning in the late 1930s. me probably six or seven years old sitting next to him in the cab of an old truck when he moved both cargo from one pierre to other. that was my introduction to embarcadero. the old working embarcadero. when the ymca down the block was frequented by sailors. quite a difference today. i know harry bridges is not here to speak for himself, however the common wealth club as consulted with willie adams who is the current secretary treasure and he fully speaks and supports for this plan including the modern facade on the embarcadero. you have

you to do whatever that you can, to urge mr. scarloto and his team to please, make responses to the things that we put forward. and don't just brush them off and don't just say that is too much. and don't just say, status quo. make some responses so that we get a feeling for where you folks really are, and we are ready to get to the point where we can actually have a contract that is signed, and sealed, and makes people comfortable about working in this district. and so that we don't have to have, the situation where there are 84 positions where we have not been able to reach out to people, who want to come here. to work. thank you. >> thank you. >> and good evening, superintendent and commissioners, i am amy ellis and thank you for hearing me today, on behalf of the jewish community relations council of san francisco i am here to encourage you to do everything in your power to settle the labor dispute, could lead to the first teacher's strike in decades, a long history of advocacy for the quality of public school and the majori

money for the purpose of creating housing opportunities for the restricted populations i strongly urge that the question of shiners be addressed it's a question that's necessary to insure that the highest level both the owners of the property at the s c r unit are not the owners or the tenants it's not necessary to stipulate a dollar amount but scripture a sufficient amount of money to be applied - >> thank you, mr. welch. >> supervisors a simple fact you've heard it in testimony and in real estate listing two to three times more lucrative to represent to tourists than people that live and work in the city if you don't put a clear and limited cap certainly in the morning that 90 days hosting or unhosted the effect of the protective codifies the market conditions to drive up marking costs in the city if it's your intent sell it if that's our intent of the legislation what is the better for the working class in the city is you put a clear 90 days i limit the number of units that this legislation permits over a time period two years, that you can study and see the clakz impacts you know t

i urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment. i also urge the same members to stand strong and vote no on the underlying bill. if this it amendment should pass, there is no way to avoid culpability for a military action that is destined to cost innocent lives and will ultimately fail. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to the distinguished minority leader, ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding, and i thank him for his leadership to help us all uphold the oath that we take when we become members of congress, to protect and defend the american people. i believe that the mckeon amendment that is on the floor today helps us to do just that as well. last week the president presented to the american people a forceful strategy to degrade and destroy isis, a strategy bui

i urge you to vote yes and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4 94 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 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: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5462. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5462, a bill to amend title 49 united states code to provide for limitations on the fees charged to passengers of air carriers. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. hudson and the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. hudson: i ask unanimous consent that all members hav

i urge america and the world not to be silent about this crisis. it is ukrainians and crimeans who have been oppressed in crimea right now. it is a time for all the people of goodwill to rephrase jhon kennedy's words from over 50 years ago. i'm crimean tata, and there is nothing that would make me give up my freedom. [ applause ] let me also commemorate another ukrainian hero. he was 42 years old and father of two and member of the municipal parliament of east ukrainian city of gorlov. on april 18th he confronted them over the separatist flag that they were trying to hoist atop the local administration building. exactly just like the other man, he was abducted and tortured. his last hours must have been unthinkable. his body was badly mutilated. today i stand here after this tragedy and after the courage and sacrifice of this man and the courage and sacrifice of the millions of ukrainians from the bottom of my heart i deeply believe that there will be a time very soon when the central square will be named after him and when school children will bri

i urge all members to support this bill and reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman, ms. edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the -- ms. edwards: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. edwards: this bill will approve the prfer of land for economic and economic go the tennessee valley authority act withdrew lands to provide for future development of power plants, ports, and supporting infrastructure. of 971, at the confluence the tennessee river and another river the yellow creek port project was initiate the purpose of the quell low creek port project was to support economic development and local jobs in northeast mississippi. the t.v.a. and state of mississippi is -- has jointly supported the development and growth of the port. t.v.a. initially transferred 289 acres of land to the yellow creek port to facilitate development back in 1971. h.r. 3044 would transfer an additional 173 acres of the land to the state of mississi

and i'm adams a member of the harvey milk club i want to urge you to adapt that i will highlight how many times have you are u you are heard about this this, can easily adapted and grab ahold of someone i heard our stories and i hope you can take a step forward funding and seeing that hiv can be curd thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hi supervisors i'm steven aside from the financial aspect of it being a good investment especially, when we're not in a recession in the future i tried to get prep i had step throat she ended up saying i was stereotyping with my step throat and said maybe you can checkout the health study i was informed and knew when i wanted to get you picked a doctor treating hiv patient in the castro it gives a number of hiv community even with that privilege i couldn't get it from my primary care physician it ended the trust for a dr. patient relationship this is important autonomy to pay lip service but to put money toward it and lead on the issue invading and hope the people that have health care to get the methamphetamines and also as a

i urge my colleagues to support this legislation.s you heard this legislation would allow the town of fremont, maine, to continue to use public land that's been continuously maintained for more than six decades. in 1950, congress transferred a parcel of land from acadia national park to the town of fremont so the town could build and maintain a school. unfortunately, what might have been best for the park service and the community in 1950 might not be best for either in 2014. due to demographic changes, fremont has explored possibility of mernling its elementary school with another in the neighboring town. under the terms of the original agreement if fremont were to stop using the land for school purpose the land would be transferred back to the federal government. complicating the situation is legislation passed by congress in 1986 that established a permanent boundary for acadea national park. the permanent -- for acadia national park. the permanent boundy did not contain the tract of land containing the school system of the change

this is urged and promise with success that has not been kept. the fire department has neither. the ballot will improve or move on and improve public safety for everyone in san francisco. colleagues, i have one other item and in memoriam. this is in memoriam for lawrence edward shelton senior, he was born in alabama october 1941. he was raised and educated in alabama until age of 13. lawrence moved to west virginia to live with his father. a coal miner. he moved to west virginia where he became close to his future wife annette williams. lawrence and annette became high school sweet hearts and began an adjourn journey that will last 67 years. in columbus i ohio she became a member of the local afcio and then lawrence and his family moved to san francisco where he continued his work with labor groups. lawrence is remembered by all for his smile, his love of conversation and his commitment to seeing the good of all people above all. he was a free spirit and a great soul. lawrence is is survived by his wife dr. annette shelton who is here today and one of his daughters is here today

so, madam president, i urge support for this proposal, and i urge an open amendment process and a real debate which, fortunately, heretofore has been completely shut down. and i urge consideration of this amendment. i urge us to place ourselves along with everyday americans in how we're treated under obamacare and everything else. and i urge full debate and consideration of the measure and then passage of it. so, madam president, to further that, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate resume consideration of s.j. res. 19 that it be in order for my amendment number 3786 to be called up. the presiding officer: is there objection? a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: reserving the right to object. the senators heard the reasons for these objections before, but the fact is that staff working here in the senate are covered by the exact same plan that is offered under the exchange to millions of americans. it works just like it's always worked before for employees here in the united states senate and, frankly, for millions of empl

residents are urged to stay inside lock the doors and windows. schools are closed again today. >>> the search is on for three afghan soldiers who disappeared while visiting the u.s. the major and two captains arrived at a military base on september 11th. they went missing in cape cod on saturday. >> they were fully vetted before they arrived and do not pose a threat to the public. >> made to escape the prison back behind bars this morning. an anonymous tip led them to a 30-year-old who escaped his housing unit saturday by breaking a window. jail officials belief the four other inmates escapeed by following him out of that window. they were captured an hour later. >> the most guarded buildings in the world is expected in court today. they are hoping to add more security me-- measures at the white house. >> the secret service is now peaki kicking p around the idea of putting more checkpoints more than a block away. the same tourists same residents having a successful intruder. it comes amid new pressures among lawmakers following this break in. >>

i urge my -- due to obamacare. i urge my colleagues to support this and help ensure that no more montanans see their health care costs rise or are forced out of plans that they like and that they choles. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from maine seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, at a time when we were finally increasing access to health coverage for millions of americans, those who need it the most are left without. nearly every day i hear from constituents in my state of maine who are suffering because they are caught in a political battle over the expansion of medicaid. these people are our friends and neighbors and many of them have chronic conditions, injuries or mental illnesses that prevent them from working. but because they live in states that have chosen not to expand the program, they've been

david cameron urging airstrikes against islamic state jihadist. he says it is in the national and international interest. he calls them psychopathic terrorists. three days of mourning. french flags at half mast for the man kidnapped and beheaded by extremists. muslim demonstrates against the barbarism of the islamic state group. the world needs to help the u.s. in the fight against ebola. there's a gap between what is needed and what is being given. thank you for staying with us. david cameron is urging britain to carry out airstrikes on his stomach state jihadist in iraq. he is leading a debate in a packed house of commons. he called the extremists psychopathic terrorist and a threat to security. he said they will be justified on the request of the iraqi prime minister. the debate is expected to continue. >> is there a threat to the british people? the answer is yes. isil has murdered one hostage and is threatening the lives of two more. the first isil acts in europe have taken place with the attack on the jewish museum in brussels. security serv

i urge the adoption of my amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i claim time in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i most strongly oppose the gentleman's amendment because it seeks to gut this legislation. this would amendment -- this endment would allow thed a administration to go forward and finalize its flawed rule. if they determine entirely on their own that the rule is consistent with the supreme court decisions and other factors listed in this amendment. basically the e.p.a. could self-certify that they're ready to move forward. this amendment is misleading. the administration has already stated that they believe the proposed rule is consistent with the supreme court decisions and other factors listed in this amendment. mr. gibbs: so the effect of this amendment is to allow the agencies to finalize their flawed rule

and i would urge passage of this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. waxman: i'm going to have more to say about this bill later but i want to comment on the comments that were just made to us by the gentleman from kentucky. he suggested that we don't need to do anything more about climate change because green house gas emissions are -- greenhouse gas emissions are falling in the united states. well, that is not an accurate story. because while u.s. greenhouse gas emissions did fall in 2008 and 2009 during the economic recession, since that time our overall emissions have grown. consumetively, u.s. emissions grew -- cumulatively u.s. emissions grew, not fell, in 2011 and -- 2010 and 2011, the most recent years for which data is available. but the fact of the matter is hat if coal is being displaced by natural gas, it's not because of any regulation, it's because the market forces are m

i urge you to consider the additional traffic remember that both the entrance and exit of the emergency rooms and vehicles going down post to the new hospital will be impacted. for all the reasons i urge you to look at the project not feasible it will bring nothing to our community. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speake . >> commissioners i am ted weber and live at the is a questions i am as a board member of the cathedral members in all rolls he have a serious recession as i know the is a questions economists of apartments in which i reside and assistant living facilities and acute care facility and memory unit i'm 90 years old and because of the life unit i'll most certainly die there i think of the current resident and on on behalf of many residents people will be living in those medical facilities i'm disturbed by the eir that talks about the construction of a 4 hundred foot tower will have an medical facilities only 7 feet away as i write this i've been disturbed by a noise of a modest reconstruction are there's been noisy jack hammer and crashing noise i debris is carted

the resolution urges international support for west africa. and calls for lifting travel bans imposed by surrounding nations and eliminating restrictions on flights and maritime travel to and from countries affected by ebola. the world health organization says more than 2600 people are known or suspected to have died of the ebola virus in four west african countries. the number of cases is doubling every three weeks. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe is trying to mend fences. he would like to hold summit talks with south korean president park. abe had former japanese prime minister give park a letter. officials at the south korean presidential office say abe suggested meeting her on the sidelines of conferences this november. park said the japanese must first take action on the so-called comfort women issue. she said relations after past summit talks became worse. and she said she would need to make thorough preparations to realize a meeting with abe. >>> a much awaited report on officials abducted to north korea will likely be delayed. o

thank you very much i urge you to walk cautiously in this area (clapping.) i'm just going to say if i want to express approval or disapproval you do so in a way that's not automobile thumbs up or down it is a big deal to do public comment in front of a large crowd and you get into the applause it can not make people want to do public comment so respect this, please to my left. >> eyewitness i'm peter i support home sharing i own a condominium on katrero hill in the supervisor cowen district i use my spare bedroom for home sharing i'm on the neighborhood katrero next door community i saudi in a home sharing unit when i invested my x home country london it struck me i could use my spare bedroom for that it soda empty for several years my children are grown it is unused space. i'm semi retired this makes it possible to continue to live in this very expensive city. which i've grown to love so much over the last 25 years. i love the idea of using an asset and being able to offer visitors in a place where there's no hotels i have an elderly come up that are living

construction industry is growing if job and contracts and small businesses are hiring especially projects we urge you to not negatively impact the melrose as currently drafted will trigger a loss that will slow or stop the transbay project project spotters if the project is stopped thousands of jobs and millions of of revenues for local businesses will be put into jeopardy and stop or delay the much need open space for offices the mayor the board should come together to negotiate a solution that for the board litigation will protect the project. we're about jobs creating in this community so, please thank you. >> good afternoon board aim peter straus i'm on the board of the transit rider i ask you to move harder aggressively without the transbay transit terminal there will be no plan the plan and the project is an obvious transit oriented development that is predicted on the facility being constructed at the site we understand the motivation of the developers to seek relief from the fees but we ask them to accept the responsibility we need you to be aggressive on this we need you to pursue this a

report, entitled "the port of san francisco, caught between public trust and private dollars;" and urging the mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through his/her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. clerk of city clerk: sf 101234 >>president david chiu: colleagues, same house same call? this resolution is adopted. item 11. city clerk: item 11: 11.140940[board response - civil grand jury - rising sea levels...at our doorstep]resolution responding to the presiding judge of the superior court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2013-2014 civil grand jury report, entitled "rising sea levelsat our doorstep;" and urging the mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through his/her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. clerk of city clerk: sf 111234 zhu >>president david chiu: same house same call? this resolution is adopted. item 12. city clerk: item 12: 12.140941[board response - civil grand jury - ethics in the city: promise, practice orpretense]r

in an responsible way the players involved couldn't be more responsible individuals so i'm here to urge you to approve this item and thank you for your time and consideration >> thank you, supervisors arrest okay. we're ready to open for public comment if i call our name line up on the screen side of the room (calling names) i apologize can't rea >> good afternoon, commissioners jim. i spent 8 years of my life working on, on the western selma plan along with hundreds of my neighbors including representatives of the entertainment community. and we fashioned a plan that opens more than 1/3rd of our plan area up to entertainment as a fully permitted use district 8 and 9 have not done anything approaching that. there's been a lot of misinformation. some out right lies about the selma plan. don't listen to the entertainment lobbyists for your facts give me a call some of you claim the reason we're here because the failure of the western selma plan if it has been adapted as originally written this club and every other club on 11 street would have been grandfathered in you down zoned the neigh

i urge my colleagues to pass it on suspension and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid n the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move the house suspend the ruse and pass h.r. 5461. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: a bill to clarify the clarification of certain leverages of risk based to improve upon the definitions provided for points and thieves in connection with a mortgage transaction and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan and the gentlewoman from california will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is re