us do our work better. it's a good quote. however the bureau did not convene a panel before publishing the final rule on remittance transfers, i understand you believe you are not legally required to hold panels because the federal reserve board proposed the rule and the intent of congress i thought was clear regarding the potential effects of your rules on small, medium sized businesses. i'm concerned that you have already displayed a habit of using technicalities to not have ol

us do our work better. it's a good quote. however the bureau did not convene a panel before publishing the final rule on remittance transfers, i understand you believe you are not legally required to hold panels because the federal reserve board proposed the rule and the intent of congress i thought was clear regarding the potential effects of your rules on small, medium sized businesses. i'm concerned that you have already displayed a habit of using technicalities to not have to follow. i know you haven't been there long. i know it is your intention to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law. >> yes, senator. i agree. and let me clear up the record on that. i appreciate the opportunity to do that. >> okay. >> so, as i said, the small business panels, i meant it then and now, they are both required by the law, except in certain instances and they will help us do our work better. with respect to the remittance rule, that was a rule proposed before we became a bureau, we inherited the rule and took i

i want to see us do more. i do not want to see us cut back on things. that is how come down. president mazzucco: the role as it is stated says as determined by the commission. the compromise perhaps is to say rather than adopt these changes formally tonight, let's proceed with a trowel period for -- trial period. and say we have eliminated the second wednesday and we can see how well we got up to speed doing our community meetings and see if we feel like we fell behind or did not fall behind in our work. we can do that without formally amending the rules but say, we will do it as a trowel and come back. i think that is a reasonable suggestion. >> i do not necessarily say we have to amend the rules. that was on my -- my approach. the proposals that we're about to consider that can make is more efficient. part of the reason that commissioner kingsley and i [unintelligible] wanted to find out where they overlap was, what we could do to assist the occ and the department on cutting back on certain responsibilities of resources and time could be devoted elsewhere. the same works he

of regulatory partnership that's all about protecting the population from what we do, but letting us do what we do within a known framework. that's a big issue. >> there's a number of issues that we could get into, but back to you, jeff. part of this discussion and part of the state of the union was saying to business, you've got some responsibilities, we want to incentivize, but we also want to hold your feet to the fire, use some sticks against you as well. what role, what responsibility do american manufacturers have to bring jobs back home, to try to get involved to a we're all in it together conversation with government. >> look, david, i could give you a classic laissez-faire capitalist answer, on the one hand, i could say we follow the laws, leave us alone. i don't think that fits today. it doesn't fit overall. i think first and foremost what we owe everybody is to compete and win in every corner of the world. first and foremost, invest in technology, invest in people. take our products, gain market share, fight hard against, you know, all of our global competitors. and probably

those are the two things the democrats did not hand them and say do this, this. they are used to having a president who reads from teleprompter spirit we can do better than that, but we need someone to understand his job is to be captain of the team and signed legislation that is already prepared and has been there for conservatives. we're going to when. we just have to remember, the only thing lacking is a great deal of work. lining is not work. if we do the work, out --whining is not work. if we do the work, we will remain america. we will not decrease and wheat -- we will not be in greece and we will not be chicago. [applause] ♪ >> we're going to win this. let's go. ♪ --ladies and gentlemen ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. good to see you. [applause] this exciting three-day conference. we have two main events left. we have been exciting results of our polling numbers. and then we will hear from gov. palin. [applause] great power in store for you. let me get started right away. these polls are sponsored by the great washington times, an institution that we care for

the goal is to improve, and i hope the new car will help us do that. >> mercedes motorsports directors cautious about his hopes for the season. >> we are in a development process that has lasted two years. it takes time to get to the top of the formula one is tough- going, but we're on our way up. >> that is quite an understatement. time is running out. schumacher's contract expires at the end of the season. whether he renews it or not will depend on how successful mercedes is this season. >> and we will have much more after a short break. >> we will have a studio guest talking about yemen, and we will be finding out what is going on with the chinese minority group. so stay with us. ♪ ♪ >> i will like a banana parfait. >> pistachio with walnut. >> panacotta, please. >> the next time you eat up, helping the 850 million people in the world that go hungry. donate the cost of a desert to the world food program. ♪ >> welcome back. as we have been reporting earlier, voters in yemen have been going to the polls in the presidential election that put the country, we hope, in a new path after t

and the answer in both of those was no, didn't know, would get back to us. do you know anything different than that? >> i do not but i can get back to you if you'd like. >> finally, madame chair woman, i would just like to build upon mr. brown's request of not only requesting the information of the cost of some of the technology that's being done but to supply to the question to the folks testifying to supply details on what steps have been taken, what technology is currently being considered, when was that last reviewed and what future technologies are they considering to meet this question, which may require a classified answer. >> thank the gentle lady. the chair now recognizes -- >> did you accept? >> he >> yes, out objection. were you conclude zpld. >> yes. >> without objection, certainly. chair now recognizes miss hahn. >> thank you, madame chair and ranking member. i really am appreciative of this hearing as i mentioned to you yesterday on the floor.friend, and i have founded the port caucus here and in december, we actually sent a letter to the chair of

it was enough. >> what kind of material do you use? what kind of a surface do you draw on and what kind of chalk or whatever, crayon -- >> well, iuse a drawing paper, and it's a good deal larger than the cards, about 10 and a half, 11 inches wide, and it has a pebbley surface so you can use crayon on it, which is hard to do on a smooth surface. and i like to use pen and nk and brush, but also to use dark pencil and crayon for shading, and the paper lends itself to that. >> what do you do with the original? >> save them all, and then there was a time when i used to give them away and it's easier to save, and also if i found out we could use some of those laying around for reproductions for books or other uses. >> do you ever sell them? >> no, i don't. i think the only time i sold some was when the national gallery want nod buy some and they pai a modest price, and they have been hanging in the national gallery. >> i ask sensitive question, but what do you plan to do with all of them when you leave us? >> oh, they will be put aside somewh

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commissioner lee: i know we had a big stack before us. do we want to do them individually? we can do it all at once. >> i make a motion we approve. >> second. >> something to add. it is missing a header for general public comment. we have the commons, but so the motion could be amended to request that change that we add that heading, general public comment. commissioner lee: ok, so you want to do that at the end? >> you can do at the now. the motion just needs to be amended. commissioner lee: why don't we postpone that? ok. >> we are just saying that the motion to approve the minutes, that there is an error in the draft you have. >> mr. president, i cannot vote on this item. i was not here. >> even though you were not here, you can and should bode on the minutes. commissioner lee: why don't we just postpone approval of the minutes until the end of this meeting? >> ok, we will come back to this item. item e, continued appeals order of abatement, case 6752 -- 1/7 43-- 1743 12th avenue. action requested by palin -- to reverse the order of abatement. no, on november 16, 2011, a

i think all of us do. there are times when you have urgent demands and needs when there's got to be some common sense applied. and i hope very much we're able to find a way to do that. the second piece of the president's proposal is $476 billion for a six-year surface transportation re-authorization. that six-year re-authorization includes $318 billion for roads, bridges and improving safety. $108 billion for trans it and $3 billion for tighter grants which are grants the states and localities to fund high priority transportation projects and i must say we were the recipient of a tighter grant in north dakota for minot north carolina which is right in the heart of the energy boom to have a bypass for that city. and it's going to make a world of difference. absolute world of difference. that's the same community, by the way, that was hit by the devastating floods. we had 4,000 homes destroyed in that town. this bypass, you she know, mr. secretary, not only did it make a world of difference for energy traffi

but we recognize that it will help us do our work better. the bureau has yet to convene a small business panel despite having issued multiple rules and moreover the bureau has indicated that it has no plans to convene these panels for most of the important rule makings. the bureau officials said they will comply with the administrative procedures act and the bureau has evaded the intent of the apa by issuing rules without asking for public comment before the rules become effective. consequently the bureau has imposed costly regulations to american population without providing the american population any room for comment. listening to the rhetoric of the bureau's leadership, you would think the bureau would actively seek public comment on its rules. in a speech last year the deputy director stated, the bureau will invite public input to provide a fact base to help the bureau evaluate the costs, benefits and impacts of the rules and on to suggest alternatives. those were his words and he stressed that the bureau would be quote, fact based and

and morality is, makes us do things that we think are good, but it also makes us do things that we often think are bad. it's all part of our groupish, tribal, judgmental, hyper-judgmental, hypocritical nature. we are all born to be hypocrites. that's part of the design. >> born to be hypocrites. >> born to be hypocrites. that's right. >> how so? >> our minds evolved not just to help us find the truth about how things work. if you're navigating through a landscape, sure, you need to know, you know, where the dangers are, where the opportunities are. but in the social world, our minds are not designed to figure out who really did what to whom. they are finely tuned navigational machines to work through a complicated social network, in which you've got to maintain your alliances, and your reputation. and as machiavelli told us long ago, it matters far more what people think of you than what the reality is. and we are experts at manipulating our self-presentation. so, we're so good at it, that we actually believe the nonsense that we say to other people. >> so, take the subtitle. "why good p

i would like them to let us do tattoos, classes to take, use proper sterilization techniques. of the prison culture. it's a big part of the culture. it's a legitimate trade on the streets, and if they would promote it here, it would be a pretty good trade. people would get out of here licensed. you have to apprentice under somebody for two years before you can even tattoo, yourself, out there. but if we get that done here, people can get out, go out there, make money legitimately. i think if they just let us do it, it would be a really positive thing. >>> coming up on "lockup: raw" -- >> if i wanted to be a political columnist like george will -- not necessarily his politics -- sorry, george. >> one inmate kills time with current events. >> people talking about fema, i read about katrina responses. president bush and his budget cuts. you'd be surprised, we discuss the things in here. >>> and later -- steel bars give way to heavy metal. ♪ >>> it's monday at california's kern valley state prison. for inmate marcus armstrong, that means it's laundry day. >> a lot of guys don't tr

that idea of having the move manager, the builder, designer, us all together was what facilitated us doing it so quickly. >> i really want to reenforce that you guys were a fantastic client. there was a lot of collaboration . we would develop a conceptual sketch and pass it off and it was a very collaborative process. it wasn't a hunts man vision. we had one person who we worked with the entire time corralling the entire staff philosophy. >> how did you choose this building in regards to the landlord's receptiveness? >> we did not screen the landlords. if you do want to do a green project, might you screen which buildings you move into. what you find in san francisco, it's very infrequent that there's a whole new subdivision built and you say, i want house b, plan b on this block. here's what i'll negotiate. it's hit and miss and what comes up on the market. finding space that met our square footage requirements, very important for us to be close to public transportation. we fell in love with the high sealings. >> thank you for having us here. it's a terrific project. for hosting us and pr

allows us to do. in an operational setting, soldiers are taking a look at our requirements and making sure they're right. we have a program called the net warrior program, multibillion dollar program that was for light infantrymen, basically a computer on your back so you can have situational awareness and it costs a lot and it weighed 14 pounds. that's a lot for an infantryman to be carrying around when he's carrying around a bunch of other stuff. we put a commercial capability in the hands of our soldiers, connected to a data radio essentially doing the same thing and we found it wasn't that the acquisition program manager was building something bad, we had just given them the wrong requirements to build off of. within 60 days we've completely revamped that program. we've revamped the requirements, we've revamped the acquisition strategy and we're going to deliver capability to eight infantry brigade combat teams in fy '13 almost three years ahead of where we'd have that capability before. when you

us? >> i do not want to go into a lot of activity. the democrats had proposed a permanent document fix. we have proposed after part of that that you use some of the war savings. it is not clear whether our republican colleagues will go along with that. some of the senate republicans have been supportive of that idea. house republicans did not take kindly to it in the public meetings. we're looking for other alternatives. you can have anything from a one-year fixed to a permanent fix. >> a lot of people said this is not -- [inaudible] money that was not going to be spent anyway. how do you respond? thisy don't you look at year's budget and see what is happening? the were savings budget, that has been put aside for the war has been used for other things that may not be directly related to afghanistan. if you do not cap that, what you do is you create a slush fund that exists for years and years. i think part of our hope is to make sure that the defense department, just like every other federal agency, is budgeting on a regular annual basis. you do not have a separate fund that is created.

us. >> i want you guys to support access of love end access of marijuana. >> good evening, board of supervisors. i am a patient advocate, and i do mean that i have a health issue myself. not just me, but everybody else in the community. it is hard for us to get our medicine. we're trying to make sure we can live for ever instead of wasting our dreams down the drain. please help us do this, and all of the people around here that have the health issue need that medicine. >> i am here to represent the thousands of patients, i'd just feel that we should have the right to alternative medicine other than harmful such the tropics. -- psychotropics. >> i am also vice chair of the patient advocacy. i need the medicine because it helps me with knowledge of what i take my age of the medication. >> high made tenderloin the activists, and diane alexian's activists. today, we recognized and honored a woman working for the collaborative that i have been working with a long time. the very first program manager many years ago, i was at a low point and he encouraged by activism. he suggested that some day i'd participate in the reform of what was

do the best we can. and if you want to ask us to do another analysis, we'd be delighted to. >> but we certainly would appreciate that analysis, if that's what it takes to be able to keep the commitment. because i do think it's the right thing to do for the taxpayer. and it's also the right thing to do certainly to keep onsite a lot of highly skilled people who are otherwise going to be found without a job or moving on and more difficult to bring them back to continue the good work that they're doing. the other issue, of course, we're very interested in being able to take some of the materials out of the decontamination and cleanup effort and be able to recycle those materials. we appreciate your cooperation with that effort. i know there is a concern with other agencies looking at the safety of that. but we they is an enormous and also through the processing provides good economic opportunities for our region. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. secretary, for your patience. i want to follow up on what in terms of i call it retrofitting. and i started a retrofitting initiative

doing. the congress is now requiring us to do a number of things to clean up practices in the mortgage market. we take that role very seriously and we will continue to be glad to have your input and counsel as we do that work and as you're hearing from your constituents, we're often hearing from many of the same people but that helps us with our perspective. >> thank you. >> i would like for the record that senator reed of rhode island would have been with us today but he is away at a funeral. mr. cordray, i thiank you for your testimony today and for your willingness to serve our nation. regardless of whether one agrees with the present decision to recess a point richard cordray, the fact of that matter is he is now director of the cfpb. his time for us all to put politics aside and work together to protect american consumers and have a strong and fair consumer marketplace. this hearing is adjourned. >>> coming up, a senate hearing on u.s. defense production. and two fcc commercialers talk about the national broad brand plan and the allocation of broad band spectrum. douglas elmendorf testif

i would discuss the financial plan first, which shows us how we are doing against that nasty rate increase reminder to the commission, this is the fourth time it has been in front of us. you have in front of you their responses to the questions from the january meetings. questions that were asked by the commission. coming to closure today. >> so, item number 16, first? >> item number 16. >> public hearing to consider and possible action to adopt proposed san francisco public utilities commission 10-year financial plan for 2012-2013. -- for the 2012-2013 through 2021-2022. >> we have set the slides to include the changes that were made for this hearing. i will spend more time on the slides that have changed. my colleague will then review the operating and capital plans. you will then have an opportunity to get more detail. long-term financial planning is the best practice for government. so, we are here to present forward-looking financial's over the next 10 years, as required by the city charter. this plan helps to put fiscal decision making into an important context. as we spent time look

it is something we do not have at this moment and i but -- do believe that is the future. the question for ushat step now? we know that is the future and gain $13 million worth of grant funding to accomplish that, or do we want to hold off and hope maybe there is some grant money to do it later? probably not if it is coming from the stimulus funding. for me, it is pretty clear that we need to be part of a regional system. it is important from a public safety point of view and from a big disaster point of view, when we have earthquakes or other big disasters, they do not stop at the borders. they continue on and there is going to be absolute reason for us to communicate and work together and share our resources when those times come. i think it is important for us to do it. it will enhance our local public safety efforts as well. i am supportive of this. i think there are more questions to come to kuwait and departments about them moving forward for the 800 mhz system as well as this one. those questions i am willing to ask is that process comes forward. i would be supportive of this and i wou

many of us do not know what we will do when we get old and not have family helping us. we're going to absolutely need the city and county of san francisco to come up with a model that does not yet exist to help us through the end of our lives so they are dignified. that is it. >> i am executive director at disabled community -- disabledcommunity.org. i have to tell you that there are many of us that are excluded from programs in our city. which -- we're not included because we're younger than the age of most people getting social security. in 2006 i had a more feigned pain pump implanted in my side which made it impossible for me to return to work. i pursued a master's degree in gerontology and tried to return to work at the places like onloc. friends of the elderly, and the jewish home. many of our nonprofits are not getting enough support from the city. even though they're getting grants. many people do not know what the left hand and the right-hander doing. many do not know if their clients are being served by their agency and five other agencies. there is no databas

do a video contest. and we did it with comcast. they are one of the sponsors for us, we could do it nationally. it's virtuely no cost and it' a it's -- it's a video contest. and comcast will broadcast the winners in the fall just before the presidential election. it's supposed to be using their creative way of reaching out to or own fellow students. how would you, why do you want to vote, we are hoping for creativity, this is going to be created by the students through their college media centers or where they do their work. connecticut public television has helped them edit their work if needed. so they will do that on a volunteer basis. we are hoping to get real creative spots to put on in the fall. you know, we figure, when you look at the numbers of how many students, i was impressed with the statistics from rock the vote. there's an estimated -- half of them are voting age. when you start thinking of the numbers of the students that we need to get in the system, it's impressive. so we are hoping that these are psas that will be about young people and by young people and hoping that they wil

to lose -- the navy and a huge part of their military. >> the proposition is that they can't do it without us. >> they can do something. the question is, can they do enough? and you're right, it's not -- >> you know what this spreads out is of nuclear reactors. they have about seven from the northern part of the country up near -- what's the name of the body of water up there? >> black sea. >> the black sea, all the way down -- >> it's a big task. but they look at this jeep that has an effect been at war with them for decades. they don't consider highly rational. they consider willing to do anything, attack diplomats, sponsor terrorism, and it's a risk they don't want it take. >> i think it's the caspian up there, caspian to the black sea. >> caspian is further east. >> mort. >> i do think this is seen by the israelis as a threat, and this is something they're just not willing to live welcome they don't feel the united states is going to be supportive even though they would like the united states to be supportive. but that is a country whose ethic has been captured in a phrase never again, wh

just putting us in wishful thinking is not a good idea. if you do have options that we can actively pursue and are worthy of a robust footnote, and where we can do something more explicit, where there is less uncertainty, that is the number to go with. that will be coming back to us on the 14th. >> right. >> why can any of these be appropriated now in future thinking? reducing that? >> there are some that create property sales. identifying surplus property makes sense. we know that that transaction will close before june, 2014. some of them, they are really predicated upon the decisions, whether you say yes or no. it is not a decision that is made without you making that decision. the other one is increasing it to 15 miles of replacement. even though the numbers are small, that is an area where we look to the commission to say -- is that palatable? do we need that investment? should they continue through the supply assurances? >> with that particular one, you have to show how many miles we can do. >> part of it is -- what is the target? you would no

of the anastazi were beautiful, wise, balanced with the earth people and it's like, no, they were us, doing their neolithic stone age thing but still us, human beings living in a place, chopping each other into little pieces sometimes and living lives of prosperity at other times. >> we have time for one more question. >> was the global warming when they were (inaudible) greenland and a cathedral there and i believe the maya moved from the lowlands to the highlands and the anastazi came down to the salt river. >> yeah, a lot of the movement was based on climate. the anastazi were always moving. the whole thing about the disappearing anastazi, you go to where they are living and they disappear all of a sudden. but you follow them and find, oh, 10 years later they are over here and 70 years later they are over here. they are often being driven by these climate changes which on the colorado plateau, very small changes make you go. if you lose one inch of precipitation in one year, you got to get up to the mesas where there's a little more rain and then when the frost comes in too early, you go

let us do it. but let not -- but as not do it by giving the community which this city serbs. -- service. -- serves. >> i am here to urge you to make sure that local hiring and prevailing wage is put into the dda for the america's cup. i think that after four hours there is no doubt that a lot of money is going to be coming to san francisco. i think it is your responsibility to make sure it is beneficial to san francisco. when mr. barkley was up here earlier, he repeated the commented on the fact that san francisco has won the right to host the america's cup. as a san francisco native, going and raised here, i thought the america's cup was a soccer game, but that is beside the point. i want to make sure that local hiring and prevailing wage go into the dda. i would like to submit that your friend for looking at this agreement not be that san francisco has won the right, but that the america's cup has won the right to host the event here, in this beautiful city. thank you. chairperson chu: thank you.

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doing it? how can you help us get this done? >> well, again, the first -- i agree that in-situ is environmentally much preferred than the open pit mine that started with the oil sands because it leafs a lot of the really gunny stuff that we don't want down in the ground -- >> 80% of the new development is in-si in-situ. >> it is much preferred than open pit mining. again, it's not a question of why don't we. this is where industry's going because as they develop those sands, they're finding out they're going to have to go deeper and it doesn't mack sense economically to do open. mining. there's also environmental clean-up they have to face with open pit mining. the in-situ recovery is much more desirable. >> and you address that problem, too, correct? >> again using natural gas to heat steam is going to cause more carbon. refining issues are much easier, all sorts of issues are easier. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. chu, you've been very generous with your time. we appreciate you being here. so that will conclude our hearing

can kind of use them both in conjunction with each other. >> then the other thing that all three of us do>> seth told me that during the performance, it's surprisingly easy to believe that joey is a real horse. >> you know, i sometimes forget that the puppeteers are even there until i accidentally step on their foot or run into them or something, and then you kind of have to adjust. but, yeah, i think in the same way that joey becomes real and alive for the audience, it happens for me, as well. if joey's going, then i'm going, too! i-i'm volunteering. >> i'm gonna get a quick lesson on what it takes to be a puppeteer. so, show me what to do. >> [ chuckles ] all right, why don't we start with joey's ears. so, as we were saying earlier, when he's a little agitated, the ears go straight back. >> mm-hmm. >> and then when he's trying to check something out, they turn a little bit. >> oh. >> check it out, like that. so, this lever controls the left one, and this one controls the right. >> do you ever get them confused? >> oh, at the beginning? absolutely. absolutely. >> aww. hello. with five to

even though all of us here probably know that there's a need for us to do something to stop the stealing of property. that's the kind of impact the distrust has had and affects us all. the stevens prosecution and these other examples are all serious problems that i hope will be addressed. not to mention the fact that the failed prosecution costs the taxpayers threefold. the cost to investigate and prosecute the special investigators and third the dea dea deaf-defense attorneys, the cost alone is reason enough for us to discuss the cases in the committee here in their oversight capacity and even hold hearings to get to the bottom of what's going on. the public and the -- the best thing the department can do is to be transparent and accountable, something that was promised not only by the president, but also by many confirmation hearings of people working there, the transparency promise has not yet been realizeded. >> as you know, i applaud attorney general holder for his decision to drop the prosecution of senator stevens, which he did, the prosecution which as you pointed out was begun i

anywhere from. >> and especially to think about doing it before high school. most of us, at least my experience with civics education was getting it at the last semester of the senior year, in the theory i suppose that's right before you're going to go out and vote, but that's right before nobody's pay uing attention to anything. so it's much too late to get to young people. there's a -- we specifically work with middle school kids and if we could, we would work with even younger. there's kind of this prime age that those of you who have teenagers would know this. when kids are really, really considered justice and fairness, they're saying that's just not fair. it's a prime opportunity for them to get them to connect their community services to the state and beyond. at a point when they're not quite cynical about the way the world works and are open to learning about all these different things and our democratic values. at a point when they're particularly open to learning about how all of this works. and also, of course, as secretary ritchie had mentioned, we have state

to have to put ourselves on a more -- by reducing our deficit in the long-term, what that allows us to do is to investigative in the things that will help grow our economy right now. we can't cut back on those things that are important us to grow. we can't just cut our way into growth. we can cut back on the things that we don't know. but we also have to make sure that everyone is paying their fair share for the things that we do need. we need to restore american manufacturing by ending tax breaks that ship jobs overseas, giving to companies that are creating jobs right here in the united states of america. we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, by ending the subsidies on foreign oil. and to make sure our businesses don't have to move overseas to find skilled workers, we have got to invest in places like nova and make sure that higher education is affordable for every hard working american. so that's what i want to focus on today, what we need to do in terms of higher education and community colleges in particular. employers today are looking for the most skilled educated worker