james hass, david merkel, david stuart. >> i am jim hass. in the many years i have been involved with civic center, the issue of student housing has come up often. there are institutions in the area that have students that need housing. because of the nation -- the nature of civic center, there are other institutions that have looked at this as a good place to put housing. there are major difficulties with this. i got was involved with it. at one point, i wrote an article which was published in "the business times," which i will give to your clark, that talks about this. it is a real problem, and it is not just the effect of students on the regular stock of housing. it is the effect of the students. i met a student who lived for a semester in his car because he could not find housing in the bernasl market. it was really tight. people are -- the people who are going to build this house in our private entities. the major universities can do it, but the smaller ones do not have the institutional resources to do it. you have to understand that.

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stuart rothenberg. it is just over one hour. >> the capt.. my name is david hawkings. this is my 61 of these conferences, but the first one - sixth one of these conferences. i have been cq since the day newt gingrich became speaker. i am thrill to say i was for"cq roll call." i have a new job as of today. we have lost something called "cq roll call a briefing," which you can sign up for for free. i will be editing this briefing and providing links to some of our best stuff and having something to say every morning. hopefully, it will be entitled and " we're looking. hopefully, you will sign up. that is my plug for myself. my main job here is a happy one, which is to introduce today's luncheon speaker -- i volunteered to do this because i hate making introductions and listening to introductions. i will keep this one short and say why i volunteered to do this. there are a few things more important in our lives than great teachers. i have the pleasure of introducing today's blunting speaker -- blanton speaker as one of my best teachers. as one of mypeaker best teachers. i

stuart of enforcement, former prosecutor, former general counsel, key decision-makers are cute and wall street journal today. great picture, rob, by the way. [laughter] >> right next to bernie madoff. [laughter] >> next we have davidarkowitz. david markowitz is a senior executive of in the state attorney general's office, responsible for financial fraud at the state level. i got to know dave working with him at the newark office of the f. easy. is a very accomplished professional. one that many of us have tremendous respect for. james schear is, the acting head of enforcement of finra, and industry attorney, one who is prosecutor early in his career and has brought tremendous experience, enthusiasm to his current position. dennis mcinerney, assistant attorney general in washington, the justice department -- >> they just gave me a new promotion. >> sheet on the front section, i apologize. chief of the front section to accomplished prosecutor, one who is highly recommended to us for this panel because of his significant involvement in bombing cases the financial services industry. and then finally bonnie jones, senior prosecutor of the southern district of new york, henley many financial fraud cases that a couple of