just this month, congressman joe baca in southern california introduced a bill that would make cesar chavez a national holiday. what's your reaction to that, rudy? >> you know, i applaud baca for doing that, and we're going to be working in conjunction with his efforts and with the efforts of the cesar chavez foundation. as a matter of fact, at each of our events this year we're going to have petitions for people to sign. so as participants come, they'll be actively enrolled and engaged in that making that national holiday eventually come through. it's a lot of work and we know that, but we're so used to doing a lot of work that it's another task that we're going to put on our table and make sure that we accomplish it. if not this year, next year. if not next year, the following year. because we still remember and believe in the -- attitude and we have that attitude. i know it will come to fruition. and know we'll be all part of that. >> can you imagine that, rita? there are holidays with last names of lincoln and washington and king and there's a possibility of adding chavez to that

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i think about the case that happened in the mission on april 1 where officers baca and carter were plain clothesed in the middle of the night and responded to an auto burglary. when they get there, they witness an individual in a 2004 nissan. they go to abhend him. they identify themselves as police officers and get in a big fight, big chase with this individual. that resisting arrest p incident was so violent, one of the officers had to go to the hospital. it is an example of the work that our officers are doing every day to address this problem that many people don't even realize. last we have an average auto recovery rate. we are consistently ranked with the top five cities with a population of 250,000 or greater in recovering our vehicles. if i could see that last slide. these are the folks i've folken with in the last few days. i have thanked all of my colleagues for providing me with information. they are experts in this area. i could not have done some nice presentation without their input. with that i'll be more than happy to take questions from you. >> thank you commander lazar.

baca, for five minutes. mr. baca: thank you very much, mr. speaker. we find ourselves less than 24 hours away from abandoning our veterans, i state from abandoning our veterans, our seniors, and active duty military personnel. why? you ask yourself why, because republicans refuse to budge from the fiscal plan that would cost our nation 7,000 jobs and an anti-government tea party is dead set on shedding government. in my district in california, we face a 14% unemployment. my constituents need jobs. our priorities now should be about creating jobs, not about shutting government. we all know the devastation of the consequences of a shut down. eligible seniors and disabled americans would be unable to apply for medicare and medicaid benefits. can you imagine someone that needs medical assistance and they can't get it? impact it will have on their life. impact it will have on their behavior and families? veteran service benefits would be delayed. pay for our troops and their families would be delayed. and on the other side you hear a lot of rhetoric about

baca: under the republican budget, seniors in my district would lose their guaranteed benefit under medicare and face devastating cuts to medicaid benefits for nursing home care which now pays over 48 million elderly andties abled americans. seniors live on a fixed income. i state, seniors live on a fixed income. they cannot afford to pay more for health care or see their cuts in social security or privatize their medicare. we must not cut their benefits in order to protect, i state, in order to protect and enlarge tax breakers in rich and for companies that ship jobs overseas or for the oil industry. we must control our deficit. it is wrong to balance the budget on the backs of american seniors. this is not about power, it's -- it's about what's gooed for the american people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> madam speaker, i rise today to ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the impo

you know, i mentioned santiago baca, he read and wrote his way out of jail.he went to jail when he was 21 years old. he was illiterate. he got into a correspondence with somebody on the outside and he began to write so he could write to this man and he got him a dictionary and it would take him all day to look up words or things. he's one of our greatest writers but there was a pell grant available at that time. he could get a high school diploma. remember years ago before they cut off the telegrams and things you would see these guys with b.a.'s and all that kind of stuff. why be so indicative full of revenge and hate that you throw these guys in jail and don't rehabilitate. i backed jerry brown when he was mayor before he became like lester maddox and i told, jerry brown, listen, when you become attorney general, you'll probably be a better attorney general because you can advocate rehabilitation to these prisoners. but what does he do? he becomes governor of california. california hospitals are so bad that the federal government took them over over the obj

baca of california for today. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair dedelares house in recess subject to the call of and the outlook for congress this week. then, the anti-defamation league hears from president obama as national security guards with visor on unrest in the middle east and the palestinian conflict. >> throughout the month of april, we will feature the winners of this year's c-span studentcam competition. they submitted work on "washington d.c., through my lens." this is just before "washington journal," and me to the students who create them. strain all of the videos online -- stream them. >> attorney general eric holder talked about the 9/11 plotters, and he said congress is undermining counter-terrorism efforts. >> in november, 2009, i announced that individuals would stand trial in federal court for their roles in the terrorist attacks on our country on september 11, 2001. as i said then, the decision between the federal courts and military commissions was not an ea