the district judge mr ross case was rodney simple a former attorney who worked at the law firm that represents monsanto and who is listed as one of month sandoz attorneys in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven class action lawsuit. from two thousand two thousand and eight. was the judge in eleven cases of which monsanto was the plaintiff or defendant eleven cases were ruled in monsanto's favor. i found that the original research grants came from the new york foundation and

mr. ross: mr. speaker, i have no other speakers at the moment and would reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i'd like to yield five minutes to the lead sponsor of this measure, the gentlelady from california, representative lynn woolsey. the speaker pro tempore: the lady is recognized for five minutes. ms. woolsey: thank you, mr. speaker. it has been my honor to introduce and shepherd to the floor h.r. 793, a bill paying tribute to an american hero in my home district. on may 2, 2009, army specialist jake robert velloza of inverness, california, was shot and killed during an attack by iraqi soldiers near the city of mosul. he was 22 years old and on his second tour in iraq. he was the only child of bob and susan velloza. he was engaged to be married to danielle irwin, proposing to her on the golden gate bridge between deployments six months before his death. jake was a stand

the district judge mr ross case was right mr gore a former attorney who worked at a law firm that represents monsanto and who is listed as one of monsanto's attorneys in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven class action lawsuit. from two thousand two thousand and eight right he said who was the judge in eleven cases of which monsanto was the plaintiff or defendant eleven cases were ruled in one sentence favor. i found that the original research grants came from the new york foundation and that was the rockefeller foundation and that they had spent over one hundred million dollars of their foundation money to finance scientists around the world to do research to genetically modify some of the basic food seeds of the human food trade and the animal from check and the more i researched into this the more i found that three maybe four companies if you include the swiss and gunter but three main companies and one among them was dominant and that's monsanto but these what i call in the book the four horsemen of the apocalypse these private seed companies they were originally chemical companies.

if you look at this letter, this is the very end that he did advise mrs. ross. one, to write a letter and to continue with the lease and what she chose to do was to write a termination letter. all of that is consistent with ms. ramos signed the letter and sent it. i would urge the board to find at least that there is no evidence that cbs outdoor active wrongfully. thank you. >> is there any department to comment? >> we do not believe that there is any new information, some no meaningful information in this case. we have identified a key issues which are indicated, one is the issue relating to receiving the notice of requirements and this relates to the owners authorization. those of issues that you discussed, reviewed, and considered. we would respectfully submit our submission which is that the threshold of this board has not been met. thank you. >> do your records show when the notice of violation went out and who it was addressed to? >> this is a notice of violation. i will have to look into the file. >> is are any public comment on this item? >> at the fourt

health and environmental safety coincidently the judge was right he said it will the same judge as in mr ross case. was ruled in favor of the chemical companies. gene in my field was a pittance monsanto gene which was sold to me in seeds by as a girl which is a monsanto subsidiary i agreed to take part in a class action lawsuit in the united states so in two thousand i went to washington d.c. to testify and to answer the questions asked by monsanto's lawyers hold a they asked questions such as do you know your neighbors names by much tax do you pay and where nothing to do with g.m. seeds. i tended to meeting for the ministry of agriculture recently during which they tried to impose on us a bill for ministerial order for coexistence determining a twenty five yard distance between two fields of corn. that means that my neighbor g.m. crops twenty five yards away from my field and yet we officially proved in two thousand and six two thousand and seven that land three hundred yards away was contaminated . maybe there's not much organic corn today. maybe there is someone with five acres of organic

. >> i thank the ranking member and with that we yield five minutes to mr. ross of florida. >> thank you mr. chairman. as a kid i was wanted to be a lawyer and fortunately i found a lot school that would take me and i went to law school. i always have a deep-seated respect for the sanctity of the law so much so that i was gratified that the american bar association and my state bar association required not only a course but an examination of the code of national responsibility in the schapiro i understand that you too or a lawyer and even though you inherited quite a mess at a time of greatest disarray at the sec, to eggs my question that as a lawyer, when mr. becker came to you did you not think that a further investigation should be made? as a lawyer, we do complex checks. we make sure of that and it just seems to me that further inquiries have been made at that time, that this might have been avoided. >> i don't disagree with you that a further inquiry had been made this might've been avoided. i can only say what i said at the beginning, that when he raised it

. >> i think the ranking member and with that we yield five minutes to mr. ross. >> as a kid i always wanted to be a lawyer and i found a law school that would take me. i have a deep-seated respect for the sanctity of the law. so much so that i was gratified the american bar association and my state bar association require not only recourse the examination of professional responsibility. diana state you are lawyer and even though you inherited quite a mess at a time of great disarray and the sec it begs the -- my question is as a lawyer when mr. becker came to you did you not think a further investigation should be made? as a lawyer -- we make sure of that. it seems to me for inquiries had been made at that time this might have been avoided? >> i don't disagree with you that a further inquiries might have been made this might have been avoided. i could only sit with us and beginning, when he raised it with me a closed account. if it had been a net winner account or anything else from a deceased relative didn't raise the conflict of interest -- >> the fact that he

take up to several years i hear of your boss mr kerry and the well who is the head of ross after he spoke with russian television earlier today and he said that the contamination today in japan is pretty low well except like twenty miles around the station it may be bigger but not to the catastrophic events bed that there is no risk practically or are all well touch wood for neighboring countries i used to confirm this information or made maybe there's been some new information coming i confirm this information there is no reason nothing risk countries doesn't mean countries will not see or will not measure. might be some changes to a radioactive situation but no risk i can confront it and there is still no risk for japan so far with dollars here in risk for japan except this twenty kilometer series of events that there is will not not panic but great worry and great concern among russians living in the forest i know that i know that people are starving buying tickets trying to take their kids out is it true do you know anything about . this i knew about the situation and know what people

mr. davis? we will hear from the agent for caanan tutoring. >> ross moody. i would just initially note that the letter was not stricken from the record. there was a deletion of one paragraph of the findings. the letter from the captain used by the board to justify its decision. the argument that is often advanced that there are lots of things that are dangerous to children, when bars and other operations, is an interesting one. but the policy of this city is that you will not open 8 dispensary within a certain number of feet that -- a certain number of feet of businesses that provide services to children. what we are here to decide is whether there has been a change sufficient to justify reconsideration. i do not think there has been one. these arguments were advanced before. they were carefully considered by the board and rejected. on that basis, i will submit my short paper. thank you. >> is there anyone here on behalf of chinese gospel church? mr. sanchez? >> thank you. scott sanchez, planning department. the department strongly supports the planning comm

situation at all it will probably take up to several years i hear of your boss mr kerry and co well the who is the head of ross atom he spoke on russian network television earlier today and he said that contamination to date. twenty miles. but. in some new information coming i confirm this information there is no risk nothing risk for legal countries doesn't mean countries will not see or will not measure. my be some changes to your situation no risk i can confront it and there is still no risk for japan so far with dollars here in risk for japan except this twenty kilometer series of events but there is more not to look like but great worry and great concern among russians living in the far east i know that i know that people are studying buying tickets trying to take their kids out is it true do you know anything about it. because i knew about the situation and know what people feel there and i know the real situation with radioactivity there is not only risk there is no changes. radio active waste from the power plant in our system maybe it's. the environment. it has already damaged environment the question

mr. rolando, you're recognized for fife minutes. >> good afternoon, chairman ross. congratulations again on your chairmanship and good afternoon, ranking member lynch. welcome back from afghanistan. and greetings to the other members of the subcommittee. i'm pleased to be here on behalf of the nearly 290,000 members of the national association of letter carriers. we are honored to be the public face of the united states postal service, an agency mandated by the u.s. constitution and one of america's oldest, proud and most essential institutions. i've submitted a written statement, but in my few minutes here i'd like to leave you with five points to consider, some of which counter the conventional wisdom. it's worth noting that the figures i'll cite are from official sources. we can all form our own o opinions about public policy, but we should start from shared facts. first, the postal service remains a vital part of our society and our economy. it provides the only truly universal delivery and communications network in the united states. serving every corner of thi

ross never. prepared to battle it out in court mr tribe you know will hold a hearing on the case next week and i'm now joined by a tease because if you neglect sure four more could feel very good to see you there what progress is there in the speech what are russian officials saying about it. look much about russians officials say that these disputes will not have cops investment in quiet climates in russia in the first place and when i was. there was a press conference today held by russia's presidential aide he said. when he was asked what decision the two parties should come up with you said the decision should be mutually beneficial in the first place but only as a tool and gas giants british petroleum and roll snouts agreed to on the climate school ration albie optic shell which is believed to be reach with all and gas reserves and also on. the share swap what some seven point eight billion dollars but the do was astounded by a british court after a group of russian investors out of ten copy that is primary be called a business vehicle in russia followed a lawsuit complaining that these. join

let's now cross why with all that under both the london capital group mr campbell thank you very much indeed for the time so what can ross now b.p. do to make this deal go three. well there is every possibility that the deal could become unstuck and certainly the share price for flex that started over one percent to the downside earlier today and has recovered to finish up nearly three quarters of a percent oh yeah and expectations are for some sort of resolution it's just a real shame that we've actually come to this we're in the situation but there are a number of ways that. you could look at this you could see. k. become. a shareholder maybe get a deal directly with them but it's a bit unlikely g.g. the contention between t.k. t.n. k. and wells after all there could be no deal tool some sort of out of court settlement but certainly the. b.p. bob dudley is working hard ensure that the share swap goes ahead say. that it's would certainly be a first step and some way to. the younger shareholders. and then look at the expiration down the line and. this will now take quite a long time it's going to prolong any finalize dec

ross mirkarimi. [applause] and supervisor malia cohen. [applause] where is supervisor scott wiener? [applause] thank you for being here. we have our district attorney mr. gascon. public defender jeff a adachi. and our fire chief, joanne as white. [applause] acting city administrator, amy brown. [applause] port director monique moyer is with us. [applause] and from senator mark lino's office, susan slim. [applause] from assemblyman tom ammiano's office. thank you for joining us in the celebration. we will have the final performance of the evening from the chinese american international school. they helped to start this celebration earlier this evening. i do not know if all of us were here but they are now returning. they will be performing for us and the beautiful traditions of the chinese new year, the alliance stance. please welcome students from the chinese american international school. -- the lion's dance. -- the lion's dance. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> [inaudible] [applause] this is really a unique performance. before we end tonight's program, i want to, on behalf of the city, thank at&t again for your generous sponsorship, making the ce

mr. rolando, you're recognized for five minutes. >> good afternoon, chairman ross parrot congratulations on your chairmanship, and the afternoon, ranking member of lynch, in greetings to the other members of the subcommittee. i am pleased to be here today on behalf of the nearly 290,000 members of the national association of letter carriers. we are honored to the public face of the debt is this postal service, an agency mandated by the u.s. constitution, and one of the oldest, promised and essential institutions in betty united states. i've submitted a written i've submitted a written statement, but i would like to leave you with five points to consider, some of which, for conventional wisdom. it is worth noting that the figures i cited are from official sources. we can all for our own officials -- opinions, but we should start from shared fact. first, the postal service remains a vital part of our society and our economy. it provides the only truly universal communications network in the united states, serving every corner of this country, from the most rural areas of man. montana, to e

mr. obama would like to cut our oil imports by one-third in the next 15 years. but who stands to gain from that? our brian rossates. >> reporter: with great fanfare from the president --. >> hello, everybody. >> reporter: federal government guaranteed a $535 million loan to this california solar panel company, which promised to create 1,000 new jobs. >> it's here that companies like solyndra are leading the way. toward a brighter and more prosperous future. >> reporter: but despite the huge government support the company recently closed a factory and laid off workers. >> i would suspect its already a loss for taxpayers. >> reporter: the company says it's on the right track. investigates are asking if connections to the white house helped this company and others get their government loans. at least one of the company's big backers is a major obama fund-raiser. and a report by the government accountability office found officials were favoring some companies and disadvantaging others. >> we don't know whether they've issued the loans to the best credit risks and, therefore, we don't know how the public's money is

ross s. and someone who has associated himself with known terrorists probably doesn't fit those qualifications. >> israel and the palestinians? >> sure. >> p.j. last december mr. matthew lee asked you several questions in mid mid-to-late december about the status of mr. abdullah abu ramae activist and time and time again you said that you would come back with answers on this. and they believe that mr. lee and all of us are still waiting for that answer. >> i satisfied that question. if you want to ask again if there's anything new in that case i will be happy to take the question. i didn't that respond to the question. >> as the original asker of those questions, let's say you did respond. i'm not sure you satisfy the question. [laughter] >> i will be happy to take that question again. >> okay. related, today the defense minister mr. barack -- rap came out on channel 10 and said that the current government cannot advance peace. do you concur with mr. barak and the current government is incapable of advancing the peace process? >> we continue our efforts working with israel and the palestinian authority. to press ahead to resolve the core issues. we have a mee