the chair: the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, is recognized. mr. davis: thank you, mr. chair. from to my good friend arizona, mrs. lesko. this amendment is a very well-intended amendment. my colleague from california, it is a very well-intended amendment that's correct, i tually believe, what would be an unintended consequence if this were to ever become law. -- this section that is being amended today provides power to the attorney general to intercede in or she races when he believes state and local officials have not taken, quote, dequate steps to correct misinformation. chair,ing the attorney general -- madam chair, attorney general is a nonpartisan official. attorney general barr to beiven broad authority given adequate steps -- this is the language in the bill. madam re the facts, chair. if attorney general barr was given broad authority to take adequate steps in correcting the in any democratic district, imagine that. imagine the uproar. there would be a public uproar. same could be said for a democratic attorney general. . this section not only gives broad authority to

chair.- mr. i claim time in opposition and i ield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. r. mchenry: mr. chair, i am opposed to h.r. 2513 and i want outlining my opposition. this bill before us is a new small business mandate. n the smallest businesses in america. the bill before us today requires some of the smallest america, those with fewer than 20 employees, than $5 with less million in receipts. to file annually a list of all owners with the financial network, or ement fincen. for those that are working -- a trivia n c-span, question for them, mr. chair. never ost of them have heard of fincen. i bet those in the house office buildings, mr. chair, have not heard of fincen. now, it's a little known agency, washington, that deals with financial crimes and department. now, imagine you are a small business owner, you are getting a notice from the financial enforcement network to disclose at you your -- the owners of your entity. so this would

chair? the chair: the gentleman from minutes.has two mr. hill: thank you. well, my friend from california is making the case that this bill's confusing and a even because we don't know internationally if these are american jobs that were moved or not. ou're just counting the people in foreign countries. i don't know that's really relevant. argument, in my view as well, we are disclosing friend, thees, as my ranking member, made so eloquently. and think it is a burden it's not about shipping jobs. we have the warren act which with jobs that re shipped overseas or moved nd makes sure that and makes sure that people are retrained and compensated in the right way. instead, this is another burden on our public companies. public companies. i just formed with mr. foster, murphy, y, stephanie steve chabot, the entrepreneur caucus, and we're trying to find out -- we asked g.a.o. why are we not having more public companies at smaller sizes? to you, my friend from california and iowa, it's ecause we have raised the cost of being public too high. this is another burden

[inaudible] >> chair rone >> chair ronen: and that motion passes. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: mr.is there any other items on the agenda today? >> clerk: that completes the agenda. >> chair ronen: thank you very much. the meeting is adjourned. go. >> shop and dine the 49 promotes local businesses and changes san franciscans to do their shopping and dooipg within the 49 square miles by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant so where will you shop and dine the 49 hi in my mind a ms. medina [gave [gavel]. >> chair peskin: good afternoon. welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the of the board of supervisors for today, monday, october 28, 2019. i am the chair, aaron peskin, joined to my right by vice chair supervisor ahsha safai and to my left supervisor mat haney. miss cl,

[inaudible] >> chair rone >> chair ronen: and that motion passes. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: mr. clerk, is there any other items on the agenda today? >> clerk: that completes the agenda. >> chair ronen: thank you very much. the meeting is adjourned. i didn't o- >> sound familiar do you keep on getting up there's an easier way. >> of course there's easier way get rid of of mosquito they breed whatever this is water no water no mosquito mosquito feed on good blood the eggs hatch and stay near the waters san francisco to breathe and the adult underlying mosquito waits on the as many until it's sexuality hardens water pools in any areas and creates places you'll not normally think of budget and any container that holds water and hidden in bushes or else were dump the water and do it over soil not into a drain the larva can continue growing in the pooled water is sewage disthe first of its kind the area if the sewage is two extreme have a licensed plumber assist water pools in rain gutters and snaking and cleaning out the water when keep the water from pooling and keep in mind that mo

chair. and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: mr. chairman, i said many times since becoming the ranking member of the house administration committee, the committee with jurisdiction over election system in the house. the greatest threat is partisanship. why? because when you have one side drafting partisan legislation to further their own political agenda, it cows causts inaction. when it comes to securing our nation's elentions, we cannot afford inaction. that's why it's imperative our colleagues across the aisle work with us to find a bipartisan solution to preventing foreign interference in elections. unfortunately, that's not the route that the majority party chose to take this congress. we saw this pattern first begin with the majority's h.r. 1, over 700 pages of political initiatives to help them federalize elections, then again for the safe act, a partisan election security bill, again attempting to federalize elections and t

thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you. if anyone else would like to speak, please lineup so we can take public comment one right after the other. thank you so much. >> i'm holly richards-babcock. i'm a resident of district five. i'm speaking on behalf of tenants that are trapped at home during the construction of a.d.u. units and the construction of units around them. it's utterly unconskionable that tenants have to endure this. corporations own thousands of units in the city, no doubt some of which are vacant and can be refitted for those who are disabled or always at home. dur during the a.d.u. construction below my unit i applied for and received a small rent reduction. i cannot make plans for my grown children to visit in a construction zone. since last january i've been plagued by the din of demolition. there are bob cats, drills, and generators that crack and shake things off the walls. we need to star a discussion on how to expand the existing temporary relief to enable tenants to apply for temporary respite. there'

c chair. the chair: the committee will be in order, the house of the committee of the whole house for further consideration of h.r. 1373 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to protect for current and future generations the watersed ecosystem of the grand region in the state of arizona and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier, all time for general debate expired. the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule and consider as an orange bill the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on natural resources printed in the bill. the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read, no amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed n part c of house report 116-264, each such amendment be offered in the by the member designated in the report shall be considered read and shall be debatable equally divided,

so -- and not to beat a dead horse, and both vice chair stefani and chair fewer have kind of asked questionsalong these lines, but we have this recommendation from the b.l.a. which seems like a reasonable thing, and it seems like a reasonable thing to do before entering into any lease. and i know you weren't there, but is it -- when h.s.a. enters into a lease, it would seem to me that it would be a best practice to look at the term of the lease, figure out what is likely to break during that time, what money is going to need to get put into fixing those issues or avoiding those issues during that time, and have that kind of, like, forward-looking assessment for each lease. sounded like you don't know that that happened with this lease. >> i can't say. >> supervisor mandelman: what is your protocol back in 2014 to do that? >> unfortunately, i'm not familiar. >> supervisor mandelman: and it is the protocol now to do that assessment prior to entering into a lease? >> absolutely. this is the case in point right here, to avoid situations like this, quite frankly, and i would agree with you. >> su

[inaudible] >> chair rone >> chair ronen: and that motion passes. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: mr. clerk, is there any other items on the agenda today? >> clerk: that completes the agenda. >> chair ronen: thank you very much. the meeting is adjourned. brine is in the pro -- o bryan works on oceanside projects. we understand the infrastructure is old and there is new technology to incorporate. bryan's role is to manage the capital projects to update infrastructure and to make things more efficient. >> bryan is a unique project manager. he brings technical experience but only that but he is a great mentor to young project managers in my group. >> mentors is a lot about compatibility, too. he showed me his process and how he organized things and managed projects and had conversations on escalating things with contractors. >> brine shows leadership. he is independent. >> we work together pretty well with the resources we have to get the best outcome for the city. i think we have an open communication and that trust again of teamwork. >> bryan is a straight-shooter, he likes to get thin

the chair: the chair: the gentleman from michigan yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from illinois. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment s agreed to. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in part b of house report 116-237 on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. amendment number one by mr. huizenga of michigan, amendment number 2 by mr. gottheimer of new jersey and amendment number 3 by ms. wagner of missouri. the chair will now reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in the series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 116-237 by the gentleman from michigan, mr. huizenga, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in par

chair, i offer mine. my amendment includes veteran outreach and engagement activities as part of the management plan. public lands are important vehicles to connect veterans to our national heritage and history. many programs have demonstrated that the outdoors offer veterans to recover and reconnect. we should ensure that veterans are apart. and we honor the legacy of the camp and the service members who train there and service members who serve. while not from colorado, veterans across the country will flock to this wonderful historic designated area and engage in the activities and the outreach for veterans. i encourage my colleagues to support this amendment and the underlying bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from maryland yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. lamborn: i seek time but i'm not in opposition. there is a good amendment that we can all support. the underlying bill designates 28,000 and some odd acres as t

[inaudible] >> chair rone >> chair ronen: and that motion passes. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: mr. clerk, is there any other items on the agenda today? >> clerk: that completes the agenda. >> chair ronen: thank you very much. the meeting is adjourned. . >> good afternoon, everyone, and thank you so much for joining for the grand opening of our public lobby. it has been a long process. we're so honored to have you all here today. first, before we get into our short speaking program, i first want to acknowledge a few parties that have worked really hard to make this all possible. i'd first like to thank our budget analyst and project management team that have worked really hard to make this run smoothly. thank you very much for that. [ applause ]. >> they've also worked very closely hand in hand with the mayor's budget office. i'd like to thank kelly kirkpatrick for coming here today. thank you. [ applause ]. >> next i would like to thank our public facing team who provides excellent public service. our public service team and our recorder division. thank you very much. [ applause ].

. >> chair: all right. why don't we hear from our representatives from local 258, the transit workers' union. >> thank you, commissioners, for having us here today. i'm the president of the t.w.u. local 258. as julie stated earlier, that is, indeed, good news when upper management and the union come together on a specific issue in terms of finding feasible solutions. that is indeed, a step forward, a step in the right direction. it's one of the things that we're working on is the track brakes. and as soon as i fish, ramona is going to come up here, because she's the expert in that field. she's the one that's been driving them for quite some time. another issue that we're also trying to address is the mirrors. the lack thereof in terms of having them replaced. the track brakes, in terms of upgrading them and having them installed is not just a short-term solution, but a long-term solution by saving money in terms of keeping all of these vehicles from breaking down through the flat wheels. that's, indeed, goo

thank you, chair. thank you, supervisor haney. >> chair peskin: would you like to send this forward to the full board? >> supervisor haney: please. >> chair peskin: so moved and we will do that with a full recommendation without objection, and we are adjourned. >> first off, i want to give a huge shout out to the domestic violence's consortium and fearless leader of the event, beverly upton. [cheers and applause] domestic violence is an issue that spans many departments and agencies here in san francisco. as a safety, we have worked very hard to develop strong partnerships. i want to welcome supervisor catherine stefani. [cheers and applause] supervisor safai, city college trustee i.v. lee, fire chief janine nicholson, we welcome her david lazar. representing san francisco airports, front seth -- francesca garcia, and on her way is the sharp director kelly densmore who is the new director of the office of sexual harassment and assault response and prevention. so tonight's theme is building pathways to

i have appointed rick dickerson and alisa rogers as chair and vice-chair of the advisory group.i seah alice is in the audience. rick is a former co-chair and we know ms. rogers, she is the co-chair of south beach rincon mission bay neighborhood association and the chair of sea wag. so thank you for serving. the next meeting of the advisory group is coming this wednesday at 5:30 at the south beach harbor room. they will get an update from homeless and port housing. they'll be announcing who they selected as a provider. five keys operate the center which is 128-bed facility and we hear very good things about five keys. the public works department will provide an update on construction. if you've been by the site the insides are being constructed now. the police department will be providing an update on police incidents within the safety zone. there's good collection of data, incidents in september totaled 90, which was showing a continued downward trend since june when 125 incidents were reported. so getting the baseline for the area is incredibly important. and that is something

the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. grijalva: thank you, madam chair. madam chair, i want to start with a story. near the south rim of the grand canyon sits canyon mine. a mine in the middle of the national forest. only a few miles from the boundary of the grand canyon national park. this mine opened in 1986, after assurances that its operations would have minimal impact and that they wouldn't impact ground water. uranium production has never occurred at the site. uranium ore has never come out of the mine. but what has come out of the mine is over 20 million gallons of ground water pluthed with uranium and arsenic. the water that flowed into the mine ever since the mine operator pierced a ground water aquifer in 2016. again, the mine operator has assured regulators its mineshaft would be dry. the situation is so dire that the mine operator regularly resorts to spraying this uranium-contaminated water into the air to speed evaporation. on windy days, this spray has been known to travel off the site and into the surrounding areas and environment. meanwhi

thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. urema. >> thank you, mr. chair. i would like to echo the thanks of all the stakeholder agencies that took a lot of time to meet with us and share their views. really, the panel took on this assignment with the one goal of strengthening this project and realizing it's critical to this region, and we appreciate the opportunity and we submit it and happy to answer any questions that you have. >> chair peskin: i forgot to say that today we are not going to take a vote to accept the report, so today is an information only hearing, and we will have the first read of acceptance next meeting later this month. with that, turn it over to our executive director, miss chang. >> thank you, mr. chair. i want to thank you for seeking this advice and to request the study. thank you very much to our expert panels for your hard work. this was not an easy task. this was about as challenging as it gets in our field. there were institutional and governance issue. i'm thankful for the long and deep experience of this panel. they dug in a

thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. strauss. seeing no other couple pom on this -- seeing no other public comment on this, i'll close public comment. >> chair peskin: i think that it's pennywise, pound foolish. with that, mr. fisher, maybe you can respond to a little bit of what you've heard and address the difference between the status quo and the recommendations around reform. >> thanks, mr. chairman. and really, i just wanted to address a couple comments that we heard on drn-that this po s pom's -- - >> i think the region has changed a bit since this project was initiated. as you start to look at a second crossing, i think the comment about how do we prioritize this in the region and then, on the delivery side, it's a bit of the panel felt very strongly that we needed to have a look at this again. i think the idea that john picari laid out, we are in a national competition for federal dollars, and i would argue part of this relook is coming up with a credible funding plan that is going to make it easier to get political suppo

thank you, chair. thank you, supervisor haney. >> chair peskin: would you like to send this forward to the full board? >> supervisor haney: please. >> chair peskin: so moved and we will do that with a full recommendation without objection, and we are adjourned. >> everything is done in-house. i think it is done. i have always been passionate about gelato. every single slaver has its own recipe. we have our own -- we move on from there. so you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. union street is unique because of the neighbors and the location itself. the people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. it is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk around and enjoy shopping with gelato in your hand. this is the move we are happy to provide to the people. i always love union street because it's not like another commercial street where you have big chains. here you have the neighbors. there is a lot of sto

thank you, chair. thank you, supervisor haney. >> chair peskin: would you like to send this forward to the full board? >> supervisor haney: please. >> chair peskin: so moved and we will do that with a full recommendation without objection, and we are adjourned. >> i lived in the mission neighborhood for seven years and before that the excel see your district. 20 years a resident of the city and county of san francisco. i am the executive director of a local art space nonprofit that showcases work that relate to the latino community and i have been in this building for seven years and some of my neighbors have been here 30 year. we were notified from the landlord he was going to sell the building. when we realized it was happening it was no longer a thought for the landlord and i sort of had a moment of panic. i heard about the small sites program through my work with the mission economic agency and at met with folks from the mayor's housing program because they wanted to utilize the program. we are dea

>> chair peskin: that's true. recommendation, as amended, without recommendation on hearing december 10, 2019. we'll take that without objection. [gavel]. >> chair peskin: madam clerk, could you please read item number seven. [agenda item read] >> chair peskin: and here to present on behalf of our fire department is fire marshal decosio. >> good afternoon, commissioners. dan decosio here to speak to the 2019 amendments to the fire code. there are a handful of changes. i will highlight those changes and answer any questions that you may have. >> chair peskin: please proceed. >> okay. number one many of the sections were renumbered so it's just a matter of renumbering sections. the fees live in a different section. the fees have already been aof proed by the board of supervisors. the -- have already been approved by the board of supervisors. the fees are subject to the administrative proposal that we have in place, and that was a process we started about two years ago and it deals with violations that are ongoing th

chair with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. katko, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor a village of hanible mayor ronald greenleaf who was recently named veteran of the year by the oswego veteran county service agentcy. he has spent the vast majority of his life in public service, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to his country and community. in 1967, he entered the united states navy serving in vietnam on the u.s.s. harnet county. an electrician by trade, he assisted with maintenance while contributing to the ship's overall mission of providing tactical assistance to american and vietnamese forces. in recognition of his service, he was recommended to receive the combat action ribbon. following the deployment he returned to central new york to pursue a career as an electrician, to raise a family, and to continue his service in the navy reserves. he's been married to his wife, dawn, for 47 years and together they have

back.eaker, i yield tempore: the o chair recognizes the gentleman from -- the chair recognizes the florida, mrs. m murphy, for five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. five minutes. davis: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor an active and member who unity passed away unexpectedly last 47.h at the age of tom grew up in ivesdale, illinois, and after graduating from high school he went on to ttend southern of illinois at carbondale and earned his m.b.a. from eastern illinois university. he spent over two decades working in the banking industry before accepting role of president and c.e.o. of farm in illinois in 2015. in this position, he led an 220 full -time employees and a multibillion ollar portfolio for farm owners. those that knew him described om as an extraordinary executive with a kind heart. outside of work, tom showed up andwould be met and learned how to get involved in his community to make it better. om gave generously to parkland community college. he gave generously to local served on the board for kirby hospital in monticello. tom lived his ebb ti

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. brown, for five minutes. mr. speaker, as we bourne or dear colleague, eby gentleman cummings, i rise today to say farewell to a good man. a faithful servant, and true friend. during the past two days much has been said about elijah. his life was well documented although his new millity prevented him from seeking the attention or limelight in life or death. i admired and spreekt him. i looked up to him. when i was first elected in 1998 to the house of delegates, elijah was one of the first calls i got. he didn't call just to say congratulations, although his kind words meant a great deal to me, but rather he called to tell me about my responsibility. my responsibility to the people who i serve. elijah told me if you're going to be your best, you can only o be so if you focus your work on empowering the people we serve. years later when i struggled with the decision to run for lieutenant governor i called elijah for his advice. during hur conversation he didn't tell me what to do but ra

the chair recognizes the yom from california. ms. lofgren: i'm glad the ranking member has mentioned the wounded warrior program that i believe has been enormously successful. practically every week i'm signing termination letters and why? because these wounded warriors have gotten jobs, promotions, permanent positions, exactly what we wanted. so not only will this help the families, gold star families, gain insight into the workings of the united states congress, but it will also be a platform for them to, if they wish, expand their employment opportunities, just as our wounded warrior program has done so. i thank the author of the bill, i thank the ranking member for moving this forward, i'm glad that this is bipartisan as was the prior bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i'd like to take this opportunity to offer one of our great colleagues from the great state of nebraska the opportunity to speak in

senhaux (chair): sorry. thank you. i'd like to repeat my announcement. there are two council members that have decided not to be reappointed to the mayor's disability council and they are jim blacksten and sally coughlin macdonald. so they will be missed. i want to thank them for their work on the council for the last couple of years. and i'm sorry to see they weren't able to reapply to the council. i'd like to welcome our new council members that are here today with us. and let me -- they've already introduced themselves, but i'd like to give your names again. stephen herman. lily marshall-fricker. helen pelzman. i'd like to welcome the new council members and give them an opportunity if they'd like to say something. if not, that's okay. but i wanted to give you the opportunity. okay. go ahead and move ahead. we look forward to working with you. and again, congratulations. okay, we're going to move on to information item number 5, report from the mayor's office on disability. and i'd like to welcome our director, nico

senhaux (chair): thank you, heather. i would like this move a motion for the approval of today's agenda. all in favor? i don't see any abstentions. so moved. thank you, council members. we're going to move on to public comment number 3, items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mayor's disability council. i believe we have a couple of speaker cards. >> nicole: we do. the first is elka. >> my apologies, first time here at the meeting. i've been a caregiver for disabled sister for four years. she's not here today because she passed away last year because her disability was used against her to continue her medical treatment. and she passed away because of that denial of treatment. and i'm here to raise your attention to how discrimination can impact the disabled community when they're dealing with an organ transplant. and i don't know if your office has ever had to deal with a situation like this. i only recently learned of your council over the summer. and i spoke with heather in your office. and, heat

the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. vela, for five minutes. mr. vela: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. speaker, last friday many of us attended the funeral for our colleague, elijah cummings. his story and the service were inspirational. on that same day, this article concerning the deteriorating conditions at the mexican border appeared in the texas tribune about the consequences of the trum's -- trump administration's migrant protections protocol. the article describes america's inhumanity unfolding in a border town which i as a child spent much of my time and which my ancestors are buried. it is a story about america's cruelty for wh

the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: i thank the ranking member for his kind words. i now yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i again rise with appreciation for the chairman of this committee and the ranking member of this committee and echo the importance of this bipartisan resolution. i'd like us to go down memory lane, for those of us who had the privilege obeing here, mr. engel, we're reminded of a secular turkey, a turkey where all were welcomed. we remember visiting some of the beautiful and wonderful treasures of turkey as we met with government officials and heard them reinforce their commitment to democracy, the idea of freedom of religion. and that is appropriate for a 70-year member of nato. we're very grateful for their commitment to nato. there are many who continue to advocate for turkey's presence in nato. so that nato could be comprehensive and unique. but we find ourselves now in the

the chair of the permanent select committee or the chair of any other committee having custody of records or other materials relating to the inquiry referenced in the first section of this resolution is authorized in consultation with the ranking minority member to transfer such records or materials to the committee on the judiciary. section 4. impeachment inquiry procedures in the committee on the judiciary. a. the house authorizes the committee on the judiciary to conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment inquiry referenced in the first section of this resolution, pursuant to the procedures submitted for printing in the congressional record by the chair of the committee on rules, including such procedures as to follow the participation of the president and his counsel. b, the committee on the judiciary is authorized to promulgate additional procedures as it deems necessary for the fair and efficient conduct of committee hearings held pursuant to this resolution provided that the additional procedures are not inconsistent with the procedures referenced in subsection a, the rules co

chair. the requirement that such be deemed necessary to the investigation. that's a heck of a situation when you get to decide what is the necessary for an investigation. as a simple matter of fairness, it's important to note there's no such limitations on the chair. if this is a bipartisan process, why is the minority subject to such restrictions on the ability to participate all the majority is certainly not. the dmpbss between the procedure and those in the past are very clear. today's resolution fails to give the president the right to due process that nixon and clinton enjoyed. it fails to preserve the right of the minority to fully participate in the proceedings. this also differs from the nixon and clinton resolutions in another key way. both resolutions were written in a bipartisan manner and with full consultation with the minority. we were not involved in any way in the construction of the resolution that we are considering today. it was dropped with a 34-hour notice. this committe

the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. now the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. fleischmann, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the great people of saudi daisy, tennessee, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of this community. mr. speaker, i am privileged, so privileged and honored to represent 11 wonderful east tennessee counties in this great people's house. my largest county is hamilton, perhaps you have heard of the city there called chattanooga. that's our largest sitty. right up the road is a very special place. saudi daisy, tennessee. it has a great history. it's been a city for 50 years, but long before that it all started with the construction post tavern in 1819 which hasten poe of saudi daisy called home. in the years to follow, the tavern served as a hospita

chair.he requirement that such be deemed necessary to the investigation. that's a heck of a situation when you get to decide what is the necessary for an investigation. as a simple matter of fairness, it's important to note there's no such limitations on the chair. if this is a bipartisan process, why is the minority subject to such restrictions on the ability to purchase best participate while the majority is certainly not? the differences between the procedure and those in the past are very clear. today's resolution fails to give the president the right to due process that nixon and clinton enjoyed. it fails to preserve the right of the minority to fully participate in the proceedings. this resolution also differs from the nixon and clinton resolutions in another key way. both resolutions were written in a bipartisan manner and with full consultation with the minority. we were not involved in any way in the construction of the resolution that we are considering today. it was dropped with a