thank you, madam speaker. and still i rise. that will 1, a day live in the annals of history eternally. a day when there were more questions than answers. day when we thought that our country was and indeed what we thought was correct under assault. i remember the day because i was at work, and as the judge f a small claims justice court who was so moved by what was happening that we paused to sing god bless america. i remember at least one person sobbing. it was a day when people within that courtroom were faced with uncertainties unlike we had seen before. a day when all of our first responders were challenged. allow me, please, for just a moment to talk and say a few rds about those who were there at the site of the twin towers. could see on television the cloud of dust as it started to emerge and settle. people rushing, bodies covered. it was intuitively obvious to the most casual observer that this was not a place to run to. as a matter of fact you would see people running away. but there were those who t

madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise in honor of my friend nick bonaconte, the humanitarian and football legend, who passed away on july 30, 2019, at the age of 78. his career with the miami dolphins began in 1969. with his thep the dolphins went undefeated in 1972. ms. shalala: culminating with a super bowl victory. the team won the super bowl the next year as well and remain this -- remains the only team in the national football league to go an entire season undefeated. after nick retireded from professional football, his son mark sustained a spinal cord injury in a college football game. leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. after this, nick dedicated himself to focusing on his son's health an supporting the miami project cure p

you, madam ank speaker. you know -- mr. bost: thank you, madam speaker. we hear the disconnect between the beltway and the american people. it's usually not intentional. not based on malice but it's real. the perfect example of this found in my district in southern illinois. the nder county is home to lev -- levee along the mississippi river. aerial photo here shows just the breach was. it is about 1,000 acres and that iver is trying to cut a new gorge to change the course of the river. in mmediately went to work our office to try to getlin small repaired. owever, the army corps of engineers told us that the levee wouldn't receive federal funding failed to meet the benefit-cost ratio based on flood protection criteria. but the lynn small levee than flood h more protection. it is critical to navigation and mississippi he river. if it cuts through that gorge, of the es the course river and it becomes a rapids. o i introduced legislation directing the corps of engineer navigation along with benefits to see if a levee is worth a repair. then -- the corps then

thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. without objection. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i rise to congratulate winston-salem state university, wssu, in north carolina's fifth district on its recent ranking by money magazine as the nation's best public historically black university for value. the publication considered 26 different measures of value, including affordability, education quality and graduates' record of landing well-paying jobs. many institutions do not make timely completion of college a priority. leading to increased debt for the six out of 10 students who take more than six years to graduate. wssu is a bright spot in our nation's university system, though, with the average student graduating in under

thank you, madam speaker. yield back the balance of my time. he speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. costa, for five minutes. mr. costa: yeah. i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. i riseta: madam speaker, incredible or an individual, a man who was a the san joaquin valley from fresno, california, ray cantal. passed away two weeks a short bout with cancer. years as the many voice of the fresno state baseball team. in 2008 when the bulldogs went from the underdogs to the and made their mprobable run to win the world series college, collegiate ational championship, ray was there with his excitement and his enthusiasm that spread the valley. he's also popular in media hosting a show that showcased food and history of the great san joaquin valley and incredible cornucopia products that we produce. hose who knew ray said he radiated positivity and enthusiasm in

schumer: madam president, may we have order, madam president? the presiding officer: so sorded. -- so ordered. mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. now, in august a public servant inside the intelligence community found the conduct of the president of the united states, alarming enough, to file an official whistle-blower complaint. the i.g. found this complaint both credible and urgent. by law, the director of national intelligence must forward such a complaint to the congressional intelligence subcommittees within seven days of receiving it. congress has been informed by the inspector general of the intelligence community in writing that the trump administration is preventing that complaint from being sent to the relevant committees in congress. those are the facts, madam president. the situation they describe is unacceptable. we know that the executive branch is blocking the legislative blanch, a coequal branch of our government, from performing its constitutional oversight duties. the fact that the whistle-blower complaint concerns our na

speaker, ager: madam message from the senate. the secretary: madam speaker. he speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been trented by the senate to inform senate has at the passed without amendment h.r. 1058, the autism collaboration research lity education and support act of of 2019.ism cares act the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair will now entertain one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. speaker.you, madam every day americans volunteer within their communities to help friends, neighbors, including our nation's elderly. i had the opportunity to deliver on wheels on many occasions and i have seen the impact it has had on our seniors. society, we must work together to take care of older americans who are sometimes abused, or neglected, nd that's why in 1965, the older americans act was enacted ran

thapping you, madam speaker. -- thank you, madam speaker. god bless the united states of america. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today on the 18th anniversary of september 11, 2001, to reflect on the events of that fateful day and honor the lives lost and heroes that united us. at 8:46 a.m. american airlines flight 11 roared over lower manhattan and tower one of the world trade center. shortly after, flight 175 struck tower two. our country was under attack. many of us could never imagine such an evil taking, such evil taking place in our own back beyond a reasonable doubt. -- backyard. the terror did not stop in new york city. the penning pen septre, and our nation's capital was also a target of evil. flight 77 crashed into the pentagon at 9:38 a.m. it was a turning point in our history and changed the way we would view the world forever. the fourth plane hydrogened that day, united 93, crashing into a field in shanksville, penns

thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, and still i rise. because i love my country. and i rise today, madam speaker, to thank the speaker of the for this tanding up country, advancing the calls of justice, and taking on the challenge to protect our nation when it is obvious that national security ask of great concern. and i rise because there were persons who made yesterday possible. there are some who say that yesterday was a tipping point, others say that things happened that were the equivalent of a straw that broke the camel's back as it relates to impeachment. but i say that yesterday was a seminal moment in time that has the potential to impact the rest of our time. i say that yesterday was the moment of truth. and i say that there were people who made yesterday possible. and i'd like to read a statement into the record that will address many of the people, not all, not all, but many of the people who made yesterday possible. my statement reads, on behalf of people of good will, i thank the first 58 wh

this is a serious matter, madam i.c. for whistleblowering, congressional oversight and the rule of law. it, let me ing to express my deep gratitude for he actions of a courageous and anonymous individual in the intelligence community. that person wanted to report allegations of serious wrongdoing and did the trickeding by acting in ccordans to proper whistleblower procedures. this will protect national security. that mechanism, in august, the whistleblower made a complaint to the inspector intelligence community. according to the justice department's legal opinion complaint, which it today released to the public, the whistleblower's allegations content of a telephone call between president trump and a foreign leader. inspector general determined the complaint to be urgent, matter that the meant -- met important statutory the allegations appeared to be credible. the inspector general months ater would write that the complaint's allegations not only fell, quote, within the d.n.i.'s jurisdiction, unquote, but that they, quo

waters: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself the balance of the time. 2021 marks the 35th anniversary of the space shuttle challenger tragedy. this bill will help commemorate and further christa mcauliffe's inspirational life and help develop a new generation of dreamers and innovators, by providing first with additional funding to launch young people into critically needed, well-paying stem jobs. i thank the sponsor of the house companion to s. 239, the gentleman from michigan, mr. upton, and i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this important piece of legislation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 239. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose d

thank u, madam speaker. today to bring attention to and celebrate the birthday of force.ted states air today's air force traces its to the u.s. signal corps in 1907. its own branchme as the national security act in 1947. on theo: they have been front lines of racial integration, helped keep the city of berlin fed for 11 months, placed the first orbit.ial satellite into and an airborne command post for decades. the vigilance had their speed, power and sacrifice have restored peace. the 72nd birthday of the air force, the branch has grown into a staple of the defense community with over 600,000 active duty, eserve, civilian personnel, thousands who serve in tampa. it's imperative we give these and presentoes past the respect they deserve. please join me in wishing the happy states air force a birthday and honoring the lives of all who have served. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one

madam president, i yield back. mr. blumenthal: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, madam president. i am here after talking to my good friend, fred guttenberg, who visited my office just minutes ago to talk about what we are doing here on the floor of the united states senate, what we are failing to do more precisely, and what we have an obligation to do at this moment in history. fred guttenberg lost his precious, beautiful daughter jamie in parkland largery stoneman douglas high school in a tragedy that we all recall -- at least i do -- as though it happened yesterday. and fred guttenberg has made his life's mission now in his daughter's memory to fight for commonsense steps to save other children from that kind of violence and other parents from all of our worst nightmare -- i say as a father of four. but fred guttenberg, being the enormously hopeful, energetic, and positive person that he is, talked to knee about florida's extreme risk protection order statute -- or at et cetera know

you, madam n: thank speaker. madam speaker, i rise today to recognize the community revitalization efforts of clarion, pennsylvania. recently, i was back in my the downtown ng region, meeting with small business owners and community leaders. progress and growth i saw was truly exciting. clarion was selected as a blueprint community, an f.h.l. bank, the pittsburgh, that seeks to revitalize older communities and neighborhoods. one of the shining stars of the blueprint program is the clarion river drewing company. i am -- brewing company. i'm proud of their continued success as one of the many in ting small businesses town. clarion's blueprint included more than new businesses. to lso outlines a plan increase affordable housing options for current and future residents. blueprints don't offer one-size-fits-all plans for community development. it works with local leaders to better understand the eeds of their residents to create custom, homegrown solutions that breathe new life communities. madam speaker, i'm excited

madam clerk, calling the next item? >> item number 11 is a resolution to authorize the execution and delivery of a multi family housing revenue note in an aggregated principal amount not to exceed 23.5 million for the purpose of providing financing for the construction of a 55-unit multi family rental housing project known as bernal gateway apartments. >> supervisor yee: colleagues, same house same call without objection. this resolution is adopted unanimously. madam clerk, call the next item. >> clerk: number 12 is a resolution retroactively authorizing the arts commission to accept and expend a gift of art entitled larose distance from the julie lepnard foundation valued at $390,000 authorized installation of the art work in front of the conservator' of flowers and golden gate park and authorization the arts commission to accept and expend $190,000 donation for a total gift value of approximately $580,000 for the purpose of maintaining the art work from september 1st, 2019 through september 23rd, 2039. >> supervisor y

madam speaker. i rise today to thank the york county economic alliance for their work to promote opportunity zones in york county. madam speaker, we know that the tax cuts and jbskt -- and jobs act of 2017 is working for the american people, allowing families to keep more of their hard-earned dollars in their picks. businesses are expanding and creating jobs across york and lancaster county, creating an economy with more opportunity for everyone. one of the strongest tools created by the tcja are opportunity zone a way to spur development and job creation in economically distressed communities. in fact, i look forward to hosting the small business administration for an opportunity zone round table in the near future, to share with our community the potential advantages of investments in their neighborhoods. have done an incredible job through their website opportunityyork.org. sharing how opportunity zones can positively transform our communities. this is a great example of a local chamber helping b

thank you, madam chair. >> thank you, mr. babin. mr. lamalfa. >> thank you, madam chair. i've actually got a little bit of good news on this subject here. we have in northern california the town of paradise which had a horrendous fire, almost coming up on a year ago now, and we had one story of a local school bus driver kevin mckay who during this fire crisis without being told by anyone decided to drive his school bus back into town to the pond rosa elementary school in paradise when the camp fire hit town. his wife and family were already on their way to safety in coordination with the pond rosa school principal mr. mckay loaded 22 kids and several teachers on to his bus and took them to safety. at one point mr. mckay literally for off his own shirt and give it to the teachers who made breathing masks. thanks to the efforts of mr. mckay and pond rosa teachers all the kids escaped the camp fire without major injury. so a really good piece. now, being california as dangerous as the wildfires are there and still will be, school buses are under fire this another way, the ca

madam president, i yield back. mr. blumenthal: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, madam president. i am here after talking to my good friend, fred guttenberg, who visited my office just minutes ago to talk about what we are doing here on the floor of the united states senate, what we are failing to do more precisely, and what we have an obligation to do at this moment in history. fred guttenberg lost his precious, beautiful daughter jamie in parkland largery stoneman douglas high school in a tragedy that we all recall -- at least i do -- as though it happened yesterday. and fred guttenberg has made his life's mission now in his daughter's memory to fight for commonsense steps to save other children from that kind of violence and other parents from all of our worst nightmare -- i say as a father of four. but fred guttenberg, being the enormously hopeful, energetic, and positive person that he is, talked to knee about florida's extreme risk protection order statute -- or at et cetera know

madame clerk, next item, please. item 39, 190761, resoln authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of california state senate bill 1 local partnership program formulaic funding in the amount of $2,340,000 for san francisco public works' sunset and parkside streets pavement renovation project, for a term to commence following board approval through june 30, 2023. >> supervisor yee: colleagues, can we take the same house, same call? without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. please call the next item. . item 40, 190763, resoln authorizing the mayor's office of housing and community development to expend a gift to compton's district transgender, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (tlgb) stabilization fund dollars in the amount of $300,000 to support the city's efforts to recognize and support historic and present-day tlgb communities in the tenderloin neighborhood, for a term of august 1, 2019, through june 30, 2020. >> supervisor yee: can we take this same house and call? without objection this resolution is ad

>> thank you, madam speaker. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker: the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. ms. lee: madam speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds a work is not present and make a point of order a quorum is not present. the speaker: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from ohio, mr. wenstrup. mr. wenstrup: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> one minute to address the house. revi

this is a serious matter, madam i.c. for whistleblowering, congressional oversight and the rule of law. it, let me ing to express my deep gratitude for he actions of a courageous and anonymous individual in the intelligence community. that person wanted to report allegations of serious wrongdoing and did the trickeding by acting in ccordans to proper whistleblower procedures. this will protect national security. that mechanism, in august, the whistleblower made a complaint to the inspector intelligence community. according to the justice department's legal opinion complaint, which it today released to the public, the whistleblower's allegations content of a telephone call between president trump and a foreign leader. inspector general determined the complaint to be urgent, matter that the meant -- met important statutory the allegations appeared to be credible. the inspector general months ater would write that the complaint's allegations not only fell, quote, within the d.n.i.'s jurisdiction, unquote, but that they, quo

you, madam thank speaker. i want to thank chairman champion or being a for america's natural resources, nd in doing so, you are a champion for jobs and the economy. and we know this in florida. in strong i rise support of h.r. 205, protecting securing florida's coastline act of 2019. it's a pleasure to be here on the floor with my republican francis roany. e's passionate about pro -- rooney. he's passionate about protecting the state of florida because our you f life is at risk when bring oil rigs off of our beaches. life.eatens our way of and he understands very well, as when essful businessman, you threaten our way of life and you threaten our natural beaches, t and our you're threatening our economy and jobs. even though it was nine years ago, the b.p. horizon disaster is still fresh in my mind, and it's resh in the minds of my neighbors that live all across the gulf coast. devastating. april 20, 2010. ou all probably remember because cnn had the oil well, oil well that the continued to spew oil into the me

madame clerk, let's go to our 2:30 p.m. agenda item. . >> clerk: i have introducing -- an accommodation, supervisor stefani. >> sorry about that, i lost my glasses. speaking of 50 years. today i am thrilled to honor perry's restaurant, a beloved san francisco institution and its owner, perry butler for half a century of operation on union street. at just 26 years old, perry open the doors to his restaurant on august 20, 1969 at 5:00 p.m. at that time, a hamburger cost $1.60. since 1969, they have sold over 1 million burgers and the restaurant has grown into a family affair. perry met his wife joe at the restaurant, and the two since 1978. perry and joe have raised five children who helped to manage a business. they are now proud grandparents as well. perry has also served as a setting for the 1972 film, butterflies are free as well as the workplace main character brian in his 1978 novel, tales of the city. the list of regulars at perry's is too long to read in full but includes joe montana, shawn estes, senator dianne feins

thank you, madame clerk. item number five. >> item number five, resolution authorizing the mayor's office of housing and community development to apply for and execute a grant application for a healthy california article ii grant not to exceed $14.3 million. >> thank you very much. i believe we have amy chan here from mohcd. >> good morning. good morning, supervisors. item number five before you is a resolution authorizing mocd to apply for funding under the housing for healthy california grant in an amount not to exceed $14.3 million. the housing for healthy california program is a new pilot program administered by the california department of housing and community development that provides grants to countis to rehabilitate sites, to provide permanent supportive housing for individuals who are chronically homeless or homeless and a high cost health user. the intents of this pilot program is to allow individuals experience significant barriers to housing's abilitiess to benefit from supportive housing opportu

thune: madam president, it was a good august. while i head back to south dakota almost every weekend, august gives me the chance to spend multiple uninterrupted weeks back home visiting with south dakotans and traveling to the far corners of the state. august is also fair season in south dakota. and there is nothing better, madam president, than a south dakota fair. this year i got to attend the south dakota state fair, the brown county fair, the empire fair, the turner county fair, the mccook county fair to name a few on the list. as usual i had a great time at all of them. of course, the people are the best part of the fair. although i have to say that the fair food is not far behind. i'm still enjoying at this late date the tubby burger that i had at the brown county fair, and i would tell you, madam president, that they don't have burgers like that here in washington, d.c. madam president, agriculture is the lifeblood of south dakota and as always, a lot of my conversations over august were centered around agriculture. farmer

madam secretary do we have any cards?, we have oscar james. >> good afternoon commissioners, director. my name is oscar james, i'm a native resident of hunters point, san francisco california. when this proposal was first brought to the redeveloping agency, in 2010, it seems like it was longer than that. ramon was one of the commissioners that was sitting up there at that particular time. we had other commissioners sitting up there, at the same time. there was a lot of people that did not want this to come to fruition. i stated then, and i state it now this city should allow any any race, religion, arts commission if they desire to have arts commission and the city and county of san francisco. it was a big fight about some of the commissioners did not want it. it did pass. this city, san francisco is built on the mexican-americans, in the city and county of san francisco. this country as a whole, before the mexican war, before the alamo, all of this was mexican territory. they have a right to have a museum here, in san fr

madame clerk, are there any communications? >> i have known to report. >> when you reach reached the consent agenda. >> item one through four are on consent. they are considered to be routine. if a member objects, and i do maybe removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any items from the consent agenda? okay. then, madame clerk, please call roll call. [roll call] there are 11 aye. >> without objection, these ordinances are passed unanimously. madame clerk, let's go to the regular agenda. >> item five is an ordinance to levy property taxes of taxable property on the following agencies. the city and county of san francisco, the unified school district, the county office of education, the community college district, the bay area rapid transit, and to establish a pass through rate of the assessed value for residential tenants pursuant to administer each of code chapter 37 for the fiscal year ending june 20th, 2020. >> colleagues, carries take this item same house, same call? b yes. >> colleagues,

. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you both for your testimony. i want to recognize, madam clark has joined us who i think came from the smithsonian. mr. speaker, let me also -- mr. secretary, let me say, it's refreshing to have the secretary and inspector general on the same page. we don't hear that an awful lot. so thank you. let me ask the question, you talked about the cost of deferred main nance. i ask you, beyond cost, are any collections actually at risk? ms. fudge: because of deferred maintenance? mr. bunch: it is important for us, for me that we protect those collections. that's what is really at the heart of the smithsonian. and we have really worked hard to make sure that clecks are not at risk. we've made -- we've worked this order identify areas of concern and will continue to do that. when we know that there are corrections at risk we move quickly to try to protect them

madam director? >> thank you, madam secretary. through the chair, i am the senior project manager from the shipyard. i will be presenting on this item. we also have representatives from the department of public health as well as speakers and the regulatory agency. >> it afternoon, commissioners. i am the senior project manager for the hunter's point shipyard candlestick point project. today, the california department of public health will be presenting an overview and update of the radiological scan that they performed for it shipyard phase one, parcel a1 and a two. before they come up, i will give a brief overview of shipyard phase one. some of it i went over at the last commission, but there is also additional information, just to give the background of the current status of the phase one development, as well as the shipyard phase two status. i will have the map coming up in a couple of slides, but the land of shipyard is divided into two phases. shipyard phase one consists of two areas that are referred to as parcel a1 or parce

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madam -- sorry, mr. secretary, do you stand by the proposal of the elimination of author e., or is -- i've heard you make some very positive statements. we are concerned about the futu future. it's been a positive program, and our appropriations committee just recommended a fair amount of funding. >> yes, ma'am. >> give us a little bit of how you stand on -- >> yes, ma'am. madam chair, i'm going to give you a backwards look and then i'm going to give you a forwards look, if i may. my backwards look is to my previous position of being the governor of the state of texas and the work we did there while randy was a member of the texas legislature. we worked together on some really exciting successful public/private partnerships, texas enterprise fund. texas technology fund. and those basically were mini arp aes, if you will. a little different in some instances. but when you think of cutting-edge technology, the dollars we expend in that arena, our desire to bring technology and then commercialize it, that's

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. heinrich: we are all coming to the senate floor tonight to demand that the senate take real steps to address our gun violence edmonton. this epidemic -- epidemic. this epidemic is wide reaching. we know so many who have grown weary from the shootings in our schools. in my home state of new mexico, in recent yrs, we have seen gun violence tragically take the lives of high school students in aztec and clovis. and just last month, college students in hobbs. every student and teacher should feel safe at school. no parent should have to live in fear of their child not coming home at the end of the day. across our nation, we have witnessed with grave horror mass shooters armed with assault rifles gun down americans in churches, in synagogues, in concert venues, and in shopping centers. amid our grief and anguish, americans have come together to call on their leaders to not let this senseless, heart-wrenching violence continue unabated.

defazio. >> thanks, madam chair. in response to the ranking members,, the federal trust fund monies are never spent and never have been spent on other than transportation purposes, so the diversion is not a problem. if you are concerned we should increase federal revenues, that states would then choose to divert more of their funds to non-transportation purposes, we can certainly build in a maintenance of effort provision and also in terms of optional tolling things, we shouldn't allow any diversion of funds. flexibility being granted, beyond uses to benefit those users. i think there are ways to deal with that, but the bottom line is, we need more investment. now, dr. lomax, i know tti. i appreciate your work. i quote it, use it, in trying to justify some people around here to move off of zero on funding, but i am a little disturbed about all the obsession and talk about congestion pricing and all that. i think since you are in texas, haven't we seen a little bit of fatigue in texas? didn't they pass a moratorium th

thank you. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you very much at madam chair for calling the hearing about mental-health care. i need to ask, and commander, it's on your arm in small print i am too old to read that far. you are a licensed social worker and understand the lack of mental health professional availability in the united states. in fact, as the ranking vendors that according to i believe it is a hhs report, the designated shortage there some hundred 11 million americans who live within the shortage areas, the designated shortage area. 60% are in rural areas, so i have come i will estimate i have tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people who live without adequate mental health coverage. is this something that you appreciate that there are a lot of americans that don't have adequate mental health care? >> there is no doubt nationwide over the evidence that we have and everything at our department has produced for many years there is not enough mental health force and the results of particular positions