House that is doing all that we can to ensure that our veterans get timely care and the best care that we can provide them. This is cynical and its shameful and i believe, i believe that the American People can see straight through it. So i hope again, madam chair, that the president will reconsider this position. Because there is no place, no place here in this bill for political gamesmanship when it comes to our military families and our veterans. Thank you. I yield back. The chair the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. The gentleman from georgia is recognized. At this time i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. Lee, a member of the subcommittee on military construction and Veterans Affairs. The chair the gentlelady from california is recognized for three minutes. Ms. Lee thank you very much, madam chairman. Let me thank the Ranking Member for yielding, for his unwavering leadership for our veterans on this committee and for your friendship. Thank you very m
Live for three hours starting at noon eastern on cspan2s booktv. And now to london for Prime Ministers question time live from the british house of commons. Every wednesday while parliament is in session Prime Minister David Cameron takes questions from members of the house of commons. Prior to question time the house is wrapping up other business. This is live coverage on cspa cspan2. As i said, we are all concerned of our youth unemployment but it is a matter for the lord, not us because we have the ball that responsibly. It is a rising tide of a good economic recovery that will bring work to young people. If i might just quote the chief executive and belfast who said we are quietly optimistic about economy improving the sugar it will take months if not years to filter to young people. Thats what we want is happening. My honorable friend will be aware next week is the beginning of National Apprenticeship week. Here, here. What steps is he taking to promote this to encourage employmen
In a side arbucarticle that the Washington Post report on the fiscal cliff this morning. Heres an article from Washington Times now this is from politico. A situation that was in the paper couple weeks ago. Looks li finally, before we go to phone calls, this article from the daily caller again, that is reported in the daily caller. We begin with a call from diane in julian, california, on our democratic line. Caller good morning, peter. My prediction came true, reelecting a president. Women against violence acts, being held up by the house. John boehner and the Republican House majority leader eric cantor. I tweeted last night quiet late saying the republicans are going to gang up on john boehner. There is an article in the New York Times showing they feel he is dragging his feet and waiting until january 3. I also understand that the chairman of the government oversight and Reform Committee darrell issa, which is from our district here, is holding up the vote on the women against viol
Retirement system did hear the message from the board of supervisors and did respond according to the policy. Thank you. And i know this is a different topic, but i just wanted to were moving down a road of discussing this particular issue and i want to make sure that the communication is open and clear and provided to us in a timely manner. Ill make sure that that happens. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor wiener . I want to thank you, madam chair and also supervisor chiu, for supportive words. Just to be clear, its not, its not 1 . I did the calculation at 19 billion fund, 26 million invested in russian securities, that is point 137 . Its even smaller, its a really small percent, but thank you for acknowledging that it is it should be zero. Yes, i agree. Thank you. Okay, thank you, mr. Hewitt. I appreciate it. Colleagues, just a few speakers from organizations in the Lgbt Community who have been doing work around the persecution of lgbt people in russia. First i want to invite up amy
That looks pretty good so far, 18 minutes from the mcarthur maze and not bad at all, later in the morning this could take as much as an hour. Bay bridge toll plaza, no meaning problems, we have an 8 minute drive here into the city and if you are driving let me go to the south bay here, if you are getting in, 208 and 280 and 85, all of these are off to a good start. We are hearing this morning from a young woman this morning who was kidnapped by a man in the south bay. Here is more on her dramatic escape, alex, good morning. Reporter this young woman said she was forced to drive her accused kidnapper around in a car and she decided to crash intentionally to alert police to what was going on. We spoke with her and she is a sophomore in college. This all began on sunday when a man asked for a ride to Mountain View. That man said he was in the army and had a suspended license and couldnt drive. She said he looked harmless and so she agreed to drive him to his Fathers House in Mountain View