my name is bill higgins. we have been working in collaboration with craig scott and his team on trying to sculpt the mass of the building and differendifferentiate the facado the school's concern about the shoddy and blending into the tenderloin neighborhood. i think this particular slide shows you the -- on the left side is the school, and the rooftop playgrounds. on the right, you can see our building, in response primarily to the shadow effects that might occur on the school and how we can minimize them. so in particular, as tenney said, we just carved away at what the potential mass would be on this building, and as a result, ended up with a reduction of 20% of the mass. to walk you through the plans, the streetscape plan also enhances the whole aspect of safety on the street. the tenderloin school is north of us. through special paving, additional 16 trees, street lighting, we will enhance the safety of the school and also en enliven the neighborhood. we have 8 units on the ground floor which stoops. we

higgins is right it needs to get done. the chairman is committed to getting it done. i believe not going to have that bill, in a paid for fashion before the house and i am proud that we can lead on that. it's going to be more modest and mr. higgins proposal and while he is right that the cbo would say there's a great rate of return on every federal dollars investednnfrastructure, the truth is that there is a greater return on every state dollar invested in infrastructure and local dollar. we have two of the functioning and efficient transportation system it will suck to have a functioning and efficient permitting system. we all know that we don't today. so often we see projects languish not for a year, not for two years but for a decade or more. complete rebuild of ten lanes of traffic in six months. we paid our contractor a $3 million performance bonus that i do not meeting conservatives and plain to me about wasting federal dollars? not that one because we are paying for performance and my constituents are dying to invest in infrastructure where they feel like they're getting the value that they deserve

is going to be bringing forward the infrastructure bill that mister higgins talked about. i believe we are going to have that bill come in a paid for fashion before and i'm proud that we can lead on that. it's going to be more modest than mister higgins proposal. and why --dash mike and while he is right that there's a great return. the truth is there is a greater return on every state dollar invested in infrastructure. we have to have a functioning and efficient transportation system. we all know that we don't today. so often we see projects not for a year or two years but for a decade or more we did in a very bipartisan way. we have a bridge collapse complete rebuild of ten lanes of traffic. in six months. we paid our contractor at 3 million-dollar performance bonus. we were paying for performance in my constituents are dying to invest in infrastructure where they feel like they're getting the value that they deserve. we are not there yet. we got closer as a body when we passed it. i appreciate the wisdom. i sent a cop out. we would like to yield to my friends and colleag

bill has been conducting those tests. san francisco is one of the most rigorous in terms of maintaining vigilance ove over the emissionn the city. >> thank you. ms. higgins, anything to add? okay. so commissioners, this matter is submitted. >> i have a last question for public health. this goes to the 100 feet. that came from -- is it dpw pulling that in as a standard, or was that suggested or required by public health? >> yeah. that was, as i said -- >> 25 was for? >> it was originally in the planning code -- planning department's wireless guidelines is where that started when article 25 of the dpw was passe2 maybe, 2013, something like that. i think things were gleaned from what had been done with planning in that 100 from the requirement as well as having the health department review the reports was i think in large part taken from that existing review. >> i remember also from the last hearing, a different location, that it was brought up that the radius is something like 750 feet in terms of coverage. >> oh, yeah. so i think the coverage discussion is very different than the cumulative discussion. these low power utility pole mounted antennas are des

higgins: madam speaker, i thank my colleague from louisiana for supporting the bill and i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this commonsense amendment, as well as final pass afpblgt chairman's bill. and i yield back -- pass and of the chairman's bill. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from louisiana. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 23 printed in . rt a of house report 115-711 for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. babin: madam speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 23 printed in part a of house report 115-711 offered by mr. babin of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 918, the gentleman from texas, mr. babin, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. babi

bills before this house this week. america needs us, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. higgins: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. higgins: thank you, sir. mr. speaker, the justice department last week said that to a federal court that it will not defend against efforts to dismantle the individual market and protections for pre-existing conditions of the health care law. mr. speaker, the 50 to 64 demographic in america that buys health insurance on the exchanges is about to get clobbered with 30% to 40% premium increases and no protection against denial for pre-existing conditions. the 60 million people between the ages of 50 and 64 need the protection of medicare now by allowing them to buy into the program, to give them medical coverage. medicare is fully compliant with the affordable care act, and medicare always covers pre-existing conditions. medicare is the best health care insurance, and it's the best public option that already exists. let's make that accessible to the peop