thank you, madam president. mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator sph washington. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside and the follow amendments be called up. coburn number 1756, mccain 1803, boozman 1785, and udall of colorado number 1789, that the amendments be agreed to en bloc and the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mrs. murray: thank you, madam president. madam president, it is my understanding that we have a republican senator who is coming to the floor shortly to are make a motion to recommit. and i will just for the information of all members at some point to be agreed upon we will dispense with that amendment this afternoon. we're hoping to do -- a number of members have asked timing on that and i will work with the senator and our staffs to try and do that as soon as possible. i know many members are waiting for that. with that, i will ask -- suggest the absence of a quorum. the pres

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: madam president, before he leaves the floor, i just want to tell senator udall how much i've appreciated having him there in that intelligence room because he has been a strong advocate for making sure that our country can have security and liberty in those classified meetings just as he has been here tonight, and is -- it's great to have you on the committee and to have you as a partner in these efforts. and you are so right when you state tonight that this is a debate that should have begun long, long, long ago, and it's a debate that should have been started by elected officials and not by a government contractor. i very much appreciate your remarks and i think you made this clear, that we're going to stay at this till we get it fixed, and i very much appreciate your leadership. madam president, as senator udall has made clear, these issues are about as important as it gets. when you're talking about how you can secure thes

let me repeat that, madam president. one out of five of bridges in my little home state of delaware are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. they may have major defects and need major repairs or may have been built so long ago that they're not up to current code. either way, i think you would agree this nation, our constituents, our communities, need our bridges to work and work safely. we also need and rely on our highways. the federal-aid highway program uses the highway trust fund to help state and local governments to plan, to build and to repair our nation's needed roadways. it is a true federal-state local partnership and has helped ensure consistent quality and safety standards on highways across our country for nearly a century. i shouldn't have to explain in this body why having functional roads is important to businesses, to families or even to the public safety, but i'll say this -- there are more vehicles on the roads year over year than ever before, and part of our responsibility is to make sure

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. harkin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: madam president, i'm pleased that we're finally at the point where we can vote on the nomination of thomas perez to serve as secretary of labor. indeed, it seems like the most important question before dawes has gotten lost in all the debate. will tom perez be a good secretary of labor? and the answer is unequivocally yes. without question, he has the knowledge and experience needed to guide this critically important agency. his outstanding work in maryland as their secretary of labor has won him the support of the business community and workers alike. here's a quote from the endorsement letter of the maryland chamber of commerce. quote -- "mr. perez proved himself to be a pragmatic public official who is willing to bring differing voices together. the maryland chamber had the opportunity to work with mr. perez on an array of issues of importance to ploifers in maryland from unemployment and work force development to the housin

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon.

madam mao was looking for a piece of white paper. so i was taught how to perform in front of camera by proletariat style. >> can you give us a little rendition? >> teach me how to drink water with correct face. drink the water. so i was given a cup and you start drinking water. ready, set, action and i would start to drink and instructor says, stop. your little pinky is bourgeoisie. much the correct way to drink the water, wipe the mouth with both my sleeves. >> with lipstick. >> yeah. anyway i was picked and i just remember, i couldn't perform. there was no, oh, all i could think i did not want to go back to labor camp because i had a back injury. and, i am must succeed. that kind of shows. the later on the footage was sent to madam mao, her office says it was awful and we were going to beijing to watch madam mao's favorite movies and learn technique and not be poisoned by comments. we had a study section and went through all that. at the moment we saw all the two movies in her private film room. we all got poisoned mentally. one wa

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i wonder if i might ask through the chair the senator from michigan a question. i notice her chart on seven million students. i wonder which seven million students she is talking about. my understanding is that there are 11 million students who will take out new student loans this year, that two million of them are low-income students who get subsidized loans, and that the democratic senators senator's proposal would help those two million students by keeping the rate at 3.4% instead of 6.8%. so who are the seven million students that the senator from michigan is talking about? ms. stabenow: madam president, if i might respond, this number comes from the joint tax committee, so i would be happy to follow up with you on that, but that's where the number comes from. mr. alexander: i thank the senator from michigan. it could be my numbers are wrong, but i don't think they are. i think the seven million student figure is ac

madam speaker, the e.p.a. regulations most likely to be delayed, most likely to be destroyed by this legislation have tremendous benefits for human health and the environment , including money saved on energy bills and at the gas ofp, reductions in emissions toxic pollutants that cause cancer and development delays in children, hospitalizations that would be averted, prevention of asthma attacks and premature deaths, all of which provide real benefits to the american people, real people. madam speaker, the title of this bill is the energy consumers relief act, but yet the majority prevented me from -- 30 secretaries, please. mr. waxman: i yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. rush: but yet the majority prevented me from offering an amendment that simply stated that the e.p.a. rules could not blocked if they resulted in consumers saving money at the gas pump. so if the purpose of this bill was truly to provide relief to consumers, then allowing

reid: madam president? the presiding officer: under the previous order the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid on the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate resume legislative session and proceed to a period of morning business with senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from ohio. mr. brown: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that senator stabenow be recognized for up to 3 minutes and that i be recognized for up to 5. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: thank you, madam president. ms. stabenow: thank you, madam president. i appreciate my friend from ohio yielding for just a moment. i just wanted to indicate as it relates to moving forward on the farm bill, i want to congratulate the house for sending their version of the farm bill to us this morning, so we now have it. and tomorrow it would be our intent, senator cochran and

>> madam clerk? >> thank you, supervisor avalos. thank you, mr. president. item 19, of course, designates the examiner and the chronicle as the official newspapers which would carry our official or legal advertising. item 19 is the item wherein which the city publishes its advertisements to advertise the city services that are occurring in all of our different departments. based upon the discussion at the budget and finance committee last week, i understand there may be a desire for supervisors to add additional newspapers to the already five neighborhood newspapers that are included in item 19. and there was a concern at the committee that the fund called the outreach advertising revenue fund may not be able to build the cost if we were to add those new newspapers. essentially, oca estimates that about 220,000 is in or will be in the advertising revenue fund which would mean 10% of that or 22,000 would be what we would have to pay for that advertising. and just for a brief background, the administra

i yield back, madam chair. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from texas. as many as are in favor will signify by saying aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 10 printed in house report 113-170. and for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition? mr. blumenauer: madam chair, amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 10 printed in house report 113-170 offered by mr. blumenauer of oregon. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 312, the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. and the chair now recognizes the gentleman from oregon. mr. blumenauer: thank you, madam chair. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment that i'm introducing with my colleague, ms. gabbard from hawaii, that would simply restore funding to the fisca

thank you, madam president. ms. collins: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, i just want to second what the chairman of our subcommittee, the senator from washington, said. frankly, we could have done ten amendments today in the time that we were on the floor ready to work through amendments. i know there are many amendments out there and i would encourage our colleagues on both sides of the aisle not to wait till the 11th hour. it's going to be much harder for us to work to accommodate amendments at that point. so tomorrow's the opportunity for people to come to the floor early. we will be here ready to work. thank you,madam president. the presiding officer: the senate is so warned. [laughter] mrs. murray: i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. manchin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morni

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. vitter: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. vitter: thank you, madam president. madam president, i now call up vitter amendment number 1744 to the appropriation bill currently before the senate. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from louisiana, mr. vitter, proposes an amendment numbered 1744. mr. vitter: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to waive reading of the whole. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. vitter: thank you, madam president. madam president, i hope this is viewed universally as a commonsense, bipartisan amendment and i urge all of my colleagues to support this amendment through the roll call vote which we will have. it's very simple, very basic, i think very appropriate. it says that for the most serious crimes that exist, violent crimes, crimes against women and children, very serious crimes by anyone's definition, that these will be disqualifiers for federal housing assistance. i bring this am

thank you, madam president. mr. barrasso: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. last week our nation celebrated america's independence day and the obama administration took advantage of the holiday to slip out a couple of announcements about its health care law. the first one came late one day as th the media and most of the nation were distracted by their plans for the 4th of july. the administration finally had to admit that their health care slaw unraveling before our eyes. several months ago senator baucus preducted that the law was headed for what he called a train wreck. last week we saw the train real i go off the rails. what happened was the treasury department put out a blog post written by an assistant secretary late in the day on july 2 that said it would postpone the implementation of the employer mandate part of the health care law until 2015. now, this was one of the signature parts of the president's health care law. under the law, every employer with more th

grayson: thank you, madam chair. chairman frelinghuysen, thank you for the constructive conversation that we had earlier today about this amendment. i regret that we weren't able to come to some solution to the problem that's meant to address, but i appreciate your time and your sensitivity to the needs of coastal communities. the amendment before us would increase the army corps of engineers' flood control and coastal emergencies account by $10 million. it would doo so by moving the same amount from the department of energy's fossil energy research and development account. the flood control and coastal emergencies account provides communities across the nation with the funds that are necessary to prepare for floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters. it also provides support for emergency operations, repairs and other activities in response to those disasters. currently the committee's requested that we support this account by only $28 million. my amendment would increase that amount by approximately 1/3. the f

madam clerk please call the role (calling names) mr. president, >> there's a guy named mary over here. >> my apologizes (laughter) >> mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you. i'm glad all of us are here and laij can you join us in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. colleagues we have our june 11th board meeting can you have a motion to approve those minutes arrest without objection. madam clerk any communications >> i have none items one through 11 are routine. >> colleagues would any one like to sever any of those items. >> on items 1 through 11. supervisor yee (calling names) there are 11 yes, sir, i's. madam clerk call our proposed budget for f y neo 13 to fourteen and fourteen to 15 >> this is prostrate all the budget items and this is the annual budget and a appropriation ordinance. item 14 is a resolution approving the treasury border authority and this is

blumenauer: thank you, madame -- madam chair. the dispatch with which the committee has moved forward made it not possible for me to offer the amendment that i was going to offer formally. i just intend to deal with the issue very briefly for the committee and look forward to trying to work with the committee going forward. six years ago in section 2032 of wrda 2007, congress directed the president to issue a report describing the vulnerability of the united states to damage from flooding. in addition to examining the risk to public health and property, congress instructed the president to undertake an assessment of existing programs to address flooding, the effectiveness of these programs, and recommendations about how to improve them. unfortunately, despite almost daily reminders that we see about flooding in the news, this report has yet to be written. the president's requested funding for this study in its annual budget request from the corps of engineers. the fiscal year 2014 budget calls the study a, quote, high priority ev

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. udall: thank you, madam president. madam president, i have seven unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and the minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: thank you very much, madam president. madam president, i come today to speak about the rules issue that has come to a head here in the senate. we have seen the unprecedented obstruction by the other side of the aisle. they have continually, continually blocked the nominations and i'll get into the numbers here, but this is something that has been building since we came in in this congress, we had a debate about rules, we didn't do the things that we should have done, we should have put in place a talking filibuster. there's no doubt about it. we should have p

thank you madam clerk. i'd like to thank inspire breed and cowen for introducing that and i want to be added as a co- sponsor. unfortunately, it's something that's happening throughout the city including neighborhood in just about every district. i have one item today and it's with a heavy heart that i am doing a memorial of alicia ross kari she's been focused on historic education in 1983. an architect by trade she's been pioneered by use and was on the preservation board. she believed that historic preservation was is a key to a better life in our city because of the sense of history that the preservation can provided. in her firm she brought together addition and preservation planners who share her he unwaiver commitment to practices. based on in san francisco her firm body of work has expanded to include other states like i nevada and utah and wyoming and new hampshire. it's an award winning architecture firm that has won several award. alicia ross keri has had here violation to the rehabilitation of we

supervisor avalos. >> thank you, madam clerk. today i'm asking to draft legislation around our [speaker not understood] air and transportation ordinance, actually amend that ordinance. [speaker not understood] was passed in 2010 and the goal of hactor was to implement the city's transit first policy for city departments, reduce the size of the city's vehicle fleet and promote the purchase of low emission and zero emission vehicles. since its passage it has led to reducing the city fleet by 99 vehicles. however, this year's budget has raised some issues with [speaker not understood] we need to address. one is the requirement to remove vehicles from service once they are 12 years old. there is a process for waiving the majority of the city's fleet from the required reductions. the ordinance calls for removing from service vehicles that were more than 12 years old by july 1st, 2015. the mayor's budget proposal purchasing 91 new vehicles for total cost of $3.4 million. 83 of these vehicle purchases are classified as hacto replacement

supervisor chiu. >> thank you, madam clerk. first of all, i have an in memoriam for the two chinese students who tragically died in the crash of asiana airline flight at sfo saturday. you may have read about them in the press. the two students were 16 years old, students at one of the top schools in eastern china. they were coming to the united states for a summer exchange program to improve their english that they and their families were very excited about. [speaker not understood] excelled at the piano as she did in her academics. ms. [speaker not understood] enjoyed calligraphy [speaker not understood]. they ate lunch together and no one was surprised to they chose to sit together on saturday's flight. we send our condolances to the families and best wishes to the other injured victims in the crash and their families. colleagues, i am introducing legislation in ordinance today to streamline the financial hardship application process at our rent board. as you may recall a few months ago, we passed legislation that supervisor

and suffice it to say, madam president, in the last eight weeks as this debate has

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. ms. cantwell: i rise to speak in sport of fred hochberg and his nomination as chairman of the export-import bank. i heard now two speeches on the other side of the aisle from my colleagues who not only seem to take exception with mr. hochberg's nominee, but the export-import bank in and of itself. i think they're wrong. i think they're wrong because they don't understand washington's need to focus on the fact that we have an export economy. we want u.s. products to be bought and sold in countries and markets all over the world. what we're here today is to talk about a critical vote to support 225,000 jobs that are part of our export economy. if we fail to confirm fred hochberg for a second term as chairman of the export-import bank, businesses across the united states will lose a key tool in job creation. that's because his term expires, runs out, on july 20. what would tha÷ that would mean that the ex-im bank that needs at least thr

[gavel] >> next item, madam clerk. if we could call items 24 and 25. >> 24 and 25 are the ordinances amending chapter 31 of the administrative code to reflect the regions and update and clarify certain procedures to the california and environmental quality act. >> supervisor wiener. >> i move to continue items 24 and 25 one week to june -- excuse me, to july 16th. >> colleagues, supervisor wiener has made a motion to continue this item for a week seconded by supervisor kim. without objection, these two items will be continued for one week. [gavel] >> item 26. >> item 26 is an ordinance appropriating $1.5 million from the rainy day fund from the san francisco unified school district for fiscal year 2012 through 13. >> colleagues, can we do this same house same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed on the first reading. [gavel] >> items 27 to 31 representing the proposed budget. >> item 27 is the proposed budget of annual appropriation ordinance appropriating the estimated receipts and expenditures as of may

>> thank you, madam chairman. mr. pope, smithfield voluntarily agreed to gurn go a -- undergo a review, and emphasize vol voluntarily, at the time, what were your expectations that the review and i would urge you to respond with regards to the rigorous inner agency review to determine effect on national security. >> r what was your expectation of this? >> we feel it's open to any agencies within the u.s. government so we did make the submission to ensure that they did the review, to ensure there was not a national security issue associated with this, and i don't want to opine in terms of how they are going to conduct that review. it's done in the confidential way, and they certainly don't share with me what they are thinking. you'll have a better understand -- >> yes, i was going to say that falls under the oversight responsibility, and perhaps that should be the focus of another hearing. did you expect the agriculture committee would hold a hearing? did you expect that? this committee holding a hearing on the acquisi

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thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mrs. beatty: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in honor of standing up for women and celebrating the 100 years' roarity ry of my sew elta sigma theta sorority. bladge college women -- black college women. they were the only women who participated in the civil rights march. i want to thank my sorority in the dayton and columbus chapter. they understand we must continue to stand up for women in health care, in education, and in the workplace because when women do better, our children do well. when women do well, our families do well. when women do well, our men do well and, yes, when women do well, america does well. thank you, women, and thank you delta sigma thet

madam president, china appreciates the u.s. initiative to convene this open debate on the situation in the great lakes region. we welcome secretary of state kerry to reside over today's meeting. i thank secretary-general ban ki-moon, president jim yong kim, and special envoy robinson for their briefings. i have listened attentively to the statements by au and the regional countries. the great lakes region is situated at the center of the african continent and is endowed with natural resources, long history, and richness. it holds unique development potential and advantages. however, due to factors such as instability in the regional security situation, the protracted disputes and confli conflict, security and development in the great lakes region have encountered constraints and difficulties. it is encouraging that in last february thanks to the joint efforts of regional countries, in particular secretary-general ban ki-moon's initiative the countries in the great lakes region signed the peace, security and cooperation framewor

madam clerk any announcements? >> yes. please silence all cell phones and pagers and all cards should be submitted to the clerk and will be on the agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you very much. madam clerk can you call item one. >> item one is an easement for pacific gas and electric in san mateo county for $15,400. >> and john updike from the department of real estate will present. >> good afternoon. so pg&e is embarking on a safety plan that upgrades their lines. several of those lines ran adjacent to our sf puc lands. there are some instances additional

speier: thank you, madam speaker. since i began working on this issue of military sexual assault three years ago, i've had the opportunity to speak to over 100 courageous survivors of rape. with each of their experiences, there is a unique nature to them. but many of these survivors that decided to report these crimes have had a very similar experience after they reported. they were retaliated against, and involuntarily separated from the military on the grounds of a personality or adjustment disorder. mental health diagnosis are grossly misused to administratively discharge or retaliate against survivors of sexual assault and other service members. since 2001, the military has discharged more than 31,000 grounds mbers on the that they were subject to a personality disorder. a g.a.o. investigation found that in 22% to 60% of the time personality disorders were either not diagnosed by a trained psychiatrist or psychologist or there was undue command influence. this pattern has become a potent lesson to service members

madam clerk our next item is our closed session. actually, i was caring whether or not we wanted to go into closed session we can - we're going to have interviews with 3 candidates for today but due to unforeseen circumstances we'll be postponing those until the 30th of next week. but i'm willing to go into clogsz session if suggested by the commission >> i think we're hearing everyone is okay. so why don't we do public comment and we'll continue this item until next week. so public comment is open on this item. and ms. sax >> i certainly hope that you realize the fact that lombardi has been stepping in for a gentleman when we couldn't take the meetings and everything in the - i've been involved with the various prop 89 but that everything was done - all the hiring was done in house they did it from within and she's very qualified. she understands what she's doing. i strongly suggest i vote for her. i know that the whole department supports her >> any of the public want to incriminating comment? >> ms. sax i'll agree that she's done

madam clerk going to roll call >> won is a memorial for mike brown. he was a big organizer in our community. he was an honorary for black history most miss month his son passed away. james brown she was thirty years old he passed away suddenly on june 30th at 3:00 o'clock p.m. that he was born in san francisco where he resided the majority of his life. his beloved sisters and his brother james brown and others survived him. it's grandmother and green aunt. he leaves behind several grandsons. he was preceded in death by his great grandmother and grandmother mar are a humphrey's. he graduating congratulate in 2001 and continued his education at san jose state university. he x he would is calculus and math. he worked with his father in real estate development and volunteered tutoring adults. he became front yard in learning his family heritage and planned to go to trace his listen angle. he was a hero and mentor to those and was preparing for fatherhood he will live in our hearts. this is a co- sponsor with supervisor cowen. mime next item is a hearing o

harkin: madam president, i yield the floor. mr. sanders: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: i call up my amendment, the text of which is at the desk. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from vermont, mr. sanders, for himself and others proposes amendment unfunded mandate 1774 to amendment number 1773. at the end of the amendment, add the following -- mr. sanders: i ask the amendment be considered as read. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: thank you. madam chair, i have a lot of affection for my friend, senator harkin, of iowa, and senator durbin from illinois, but i must respectfully disagree with them and rise in opposition to the bill and ask for support of an amendment that i am offering which is being cosponsored by a number of senators, and i want to thank senator leahy, senator wyden, senator whitehouse, senator gillibrand, senator blumenthal, senator schatz, senatorrer murphy and senator hirono f

tonko: thank you, madam chair. first i would like to thank representative welch and representative sablan for working with me on this amendment and thank the gentlelady from ohio for the opportunity to chair the amendment in the house. madam chair, this bill would be fine if we were still living in the 1950's. in a world where we had few energy limitations, no knowledge of the fact that burning fossil fuels would alter the chemistry of our officer, and the trajectory of our earth's climate. we lived in a world where energy was much more affordable. in a world where the united states was the dominant economic and manufacturing power. it was also a time when there were two nuclear powers and we believed that nuclear weapons were a guarantee of security. well, it is not the 1950's. and this bill does not meet our present or future needs. the overall funding level is too small. and the funding distribution reflects the wrong priorities. our amendment addresses just two of the important programs that are grossly underfu

madam clerk is there any other business before the committee? >> that concludes our business for the day. >> then we are adjourned. test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test >> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors land use and economic development committee. i'm scott wiener the chair of the committee. and others. i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's hearing. and madam clerk any announcements >> yes, please silence any devise arrest items acted upon today will be on september agenda. >> item one is the granting of the permission to come up the hospital operations at 835 jackson street. >> thank you mr. chair this is a simple resolution to move forward the chinese project. in order to allow some tanks and vaults to be included in the public right-of-way. i want to ask t dw to present the presentation and i have a couple of quick technical amendments so we can resolve the matter quickly >> good morning. i'm john from the department of public works. we have received a question from the chinese hospital.

madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the body?> that concludes our business today, mr. president. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. happy birthday, supervisor kim. and with that, we are adjourned. [gavel] >> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work, excavate, play with the dancers, and then things began to emerge. you may have a plan that this is what i want to create. here are the ideas i want to play with, but then, you go into the room, and there maybe some fertile ideas that are becoming manifest that are more interesting than the idea you had

the messenger: madam speaker a message from the senate. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been instructed to inform the house the senate passed h.r. 911 to amend the higher education act of 1965 and for other purposes in which the concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. junge -- mr. young: i ask unanimous consent that the clerk be authorized to make technical corrections in the engrossment of h.r. 2397, including crecks in spell, punctuation, section and title numbering, cross referencing, conforming amendments to the table of contents, and short titles and the insertion of appropriation headings. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from florida. mr. young: i ask unanimous consent to all members may have five sledge -- five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the further consideration of h.r. 2397. the speaker pro tempore: w

madam clerk, is there any more business in front of the body?> that concludes our business today, mr. president. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. happy birthday, supervisor kim. and with that, we are adjourned. [gavel] >> hi, in san francisco we're doing a special series called stay safe, about staying in your home after an earthquake. and today we're going to be talking about the neighborhood support center to help people find new resources when they stay in their home. ♪ ♪ >> we're here at the urban center in san francisco with sarah karlewski, deputy director of spur. we're talking about the shelter, a safe place to stay, exhibition at their center. and part of being able to shelter in place in your home is to be able to find a place nearby where you can get the services that you might not have in your home. and that's what this little neighborhood support center is for. >> that's right. >> what are some of the services that might be provided in a neighborhood center like this? >> yeah. so, we think of the neighborhood support centers as r