And that to me is a tremendous compliment, because madrones dont like people and houses. So if a madrone grows, you feel like youre doing things right. She spends much of her free time in her garder as her mother once did. My mother who had a house on this same ridge and who came from the east, was determined to put an eastern garden on a california hillside and she did so. So we had three lawns, two of which were very large indeed. But with no end in sight to the drought taylor is breaking with tradition. Shes gotten rid of her lawn. Like many californians, lawns themselves were east coast transplants. This is levittown, pennsylvania a new suburban community. After world war ii, when Home Ownership became a symbol of middle class achievement, lawns were a key feature in new housing developments. So all the houses are very much the same, and its patriotic. We just came back from the war, and now its embedded in our culture that we are taking care of each other by keeping our neighborho
And each instance is unique. Each and every one is totally unique with a unique set of circumstances. But in this one, given the timing given the lack of information about any credible threat, given all of the ramifications that may have taken place had shots been fired, i believe they acted quickly, bravely and heroically. Before the gentlemen yields back. I got to ask you a question. Ive asked you directly in closed doors and in here whether or not you had somebody with a gun trained on these people that could take them out of the air and yet when mr. Cummings asked the same question in a different way you said no. You told me yes. What is it . We clearly have officers out there with weaponry. In this instance with the gyro copter coming at the capitol did you . And it may have been brief. I you said understand you didnt get much advanced warning. Right. But did you or did you not have guns trained on this gyro copter. Did they have guns on him in this instance. As he was landing. So
Classified information tell me this. Did this incident this incident that were talking about today has that caused you all to change anything about your policies with regard to shoot downs lethal force . We have not changed anything yet. But it has caused us like those other seminal moments you referenced to reexamine how we do business. Object twoin 2013 there was another incident. A woman drove on Capitol Grounds fleeing Law Enforcement and capitol place shot and killed her. We learned later she was mentally ill and not armed and that she had a oneyearold baby in the backseat of a car. Is that right chief dine . Yes, sir. Now, while some praised the response of the Capitol Police, others criticize. And chief dine, what impact, if any, did this incident that i just talked about have on your policies for using lethal force . Ranking member, cummings as you know that matter is under litigation. But i can tell you every time we face one of these situations it causes us to examine how we
Abundant and clean energy while here in our communities. While we spend tax dollars on less viable options. I would like to ask favorable consideration on the bipartisan hydro amendment to be offered very shortly. With that, i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn. For what purpose does the gentlelady from oregon rise . I have an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment offered by ms. Bonamici. Page 27, line 13 after the dollar amount insert reduced by 9 million the chair the chair recognizes the gentlelady from oregon. Ms. Bonamici i rise today because of the power and potential of water and in support of a bipartisan amendment that im pleased to offer with my colleagues from pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, our amendment would increase funding to the department of energys Water Power Program by just 9 million, a small price tag that will yield a huge return. This increase is offset by an equal amount by the
Supporters of the military. In this country, in fact, they are essentially a group of people who are about as american as you can get. What we learned about this sort of culture of poverty in the cities, we learn that segregation matters. Segregation matters. There is a long history of how america has treated them. Look at the early civil rights leaders, segregation was a problem. Martin luther king was referring to the need for integration. About the same time there was this group going against the culture, there is also a reaction the idea of segregation as problematic. Coming from the black leadership. And the same set of forces, in fact, they come from the rise of black pride. To learn and so on. What it did, as well as the most decorated sociologist tried to point out, it brings segregation off the table. Let me tell you, it is a problem. To succeed in america, you need not just book knowledge, not the knowledge you learn in school, but cultural and social capital. Whom you know i