mr. crawford. there's not -- do we check their license before -- >> yes, they are licensed. >> and there were no issues or complaints that you are aware of -- >> no, they are in good standing with the state agency. >> there were other facilities, church, et cetera in the neighborhood. are those at all relevant or related to this facility? >> they're independent of the other institutions. >> okay, thanks. >> can i add one thing to that, please? * >>> we started running a residential care facility way back in march of 1976. >> commissioner moore. >> i would just, aside from the application [speaker not understood] next time this comes forward, i would request supportive material which speaks of square footage, number of rooms, layout, et cetera, is given to us because we are kind of like in the gray area. there is a state licensing, but we still need to take responsibility that what we are approving is approvable. and at least a cursory review by which a physical documentation of what we are a moving

mr. crawford: he won many awards for his service. i did not know personally staff sergeant bennett but i do know this. he was a son, a husband, a father and a friend to many. staff sergeant bennett leaves behind his wife, mannedy, their 2-year-old daughter, and another child on the way. because he served america and the world are more free. nixes are the first line of defense. the e.o.d. community deserves the respect and full resources of the department of defense to continue saving lives. god bless the memory of staff sergeant kenneth bennett and may god continue to bless the united states of america. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: first, i think appropriate to to welcome back my colleagues and to congratulate all of those who have chosen again if re-elected to serve this great, great nation and for those for the first time who have

. >> pelley: jan crawford is with the romney campaign in boston and, jan, mr.ney has about nine combinations of states that he can still rely on to win the election tonight but his options are getting narrower? >> well, certainly with the addition of new hampshire and wisconsin now projected for the president, that will make it more difficult for romney and those were two states that he really made a play for. remember, he announced his campaign in new hampshire and held his very last rally of this campaign in new hampshire hoping he could turn that campaign to his map and then, of course, wisconsin, that was not a state that was considered optimistic shot for republicans. until he nominated paul ryan, the wisconsin boy from jaynesville. they thought they got a lot of momentum in wisconsin after that, they thought they put that state back in play and that he could have a shot to win wisconsin as well so now of course it's looking like we've said for months. it's all about ohio and the numbers there, the turnout there for republicans in ohio is very high the cam

jan crawford is with the romney campaign in boston tonight. mr.ates by our reckoning that would lead to the 270 electoral votes necessary. that is getting to be a narrow path for him. >> what is so striking is that it was a few weeks ago when the romney campaign was saying that expanding -- of course it appears tonight that the map is actually narrowed. and you can tell in this crowd. whenever something is announced quiet in this room, in fact when they announced a that north carolina was projected for mitt romney, that was really the first amount of energy or enthusiasm that we heard in this room for some time. but of course north carolina, that was one that everyone believed was leaning toward mitt romney. just as nevada was leaning toward the president. campaigns can tell you things that you learn a lot by what they do. and where they go. and where they haven't been going with north carolina. because we believe that was in romney's can. we have not spent any time in about it. but that was for the president. the rest of these states, mitt romney