it's very similar to my central character, chet. as this went on in contemporary news it fed on where my central character became bolstered. that's what happens when you are writing a play. over a period of 3 1/2, 4 years things happen in your personal life and in the world around you that continue to sort of feed into the play. so the no no boy aspect, i just gave him a speech a couple days ago where he says, because i really want to bring up the issue and make it relevant to contemporary times. he says, doesn't anybody care what happened? they took away our rights. doesn't anybody care? is the constitution just a piece of paper that means nothing that the president can sign another piece of paper and then we lose our citizenship and they can do whatever the hell they wanted to us? it's wrong, it was wrong then, it was wrong now and i don't care what kind of questionnaire it is, i'll sign it no no and i'll yell it at the president, i'll yell it at roosevelt, i'll yell it at general dewitt and it matters. it has to matter. and to me

chet comes back and he is literally spit on by his own community. so my protagonist is someone who is an ex-jazz musician, who spent his adult years playing with black groups, he comes back to san francisco at a time when japan town is still sort of unraveling from this sort of who lives here, who doesn't live here, and he wants to find japan town again, find his own sort of home while at the same time around him his own community is looking at him as if he is a traitor. so as he says and used to say in the play, i'm on the outside of the outside. my country thinks i'm a criminal, my own community thinks i'm a traitor. how does he sort of find home for himself in america given that kind of a set up? so that's where the stories all kind of converged and my central character, where he came from and his journey and his -- his journey, what he has to go through during the course of the play. >> this central character, chet, is a very interesting one. i gather during the process there were some events that happened in contemporary news concerning a certa

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mollohan helped shape the department of justice items in the bill and many others helped substantially, chet edwards, harry teague, henry cuellar, susan davis and green gene among others. briefly, -- and gene green among others. the bill would fund 1,200 new border patrol agents to su -- to sustain the numbers on the border and build up for when the national guard is removed next year. 5,000 new officers at ports of entry as customs and immigration fee funding continues to fall. the bill includes funding for integrity programs to ensure c.b.t. personnel operate at the high standards we expect and to combat efforts by the cartels to corrupt c.b.p. personnel. the bill would fund three new forward operating bases and better tactical communications to allow the border patrol to operate close to the borders and close gaps that could be exploited by smugglers. it would establish four mu border security task forces on the border and build up a permanent ice presence in joint counterdrug efforts in the region as well as provide a surge in i.c.e.'s criminal alien removal efforts. it would would add m

this case it has allowed only 14 of 35 amendments, i do wish to congratulate my friends, chairman chet edwards and ranking member zach wamp and mr. crenshaw, for their bipartisan work on the underlying legislation. it is undoubtedly very important. we owe our military veterans and their families an extraordinary debt of gratitude for their service and sacrifices. and as a people. not just as a congress, i think we have to ensure that our veterans and their families who bear sacrifice and hardships as well receive all the benefits and assistance to which they are entitled and that they deserve. . ed underlying legislation that's been -- the underlying legislation that's been agreed to and drafted in a fair, bipartisan manner, provides crucial funding for military construction and for housing, for quality of life project for our troops and their families. the legislation includes a total of $141.1 billion in discretionary funding for these agencies. of this approximately there are 120 billion is dedicated to the department of veterans affairs. the underlying legislation continues our com

my name is chet, i'm executive director of a company in louisiana. thank you, commission, for being here, especially a few of you on the board. with that we service 18% of the entire oil supply in port lafourche. the moratorium or suspension of drilling activities has a direct impact on port lafourche and its tenants. the only elected port commissioner in the state of louisiana has made a proactive move reducing our tenant's rate by 30% and an attempt to maintain their business through this time. however, this will not last forever. the reduction can help them get through the next cupful mopts but certainly not until november -- couple of months but certainly not until november 30. it is clear that people will lose their jobs in port lafourche. up to 14,000 people. we must figure this out. one point i want to make, we have been advocating for offshore oil revenue sharing since then. in 2006 bail was passed in congress that stated that louisiana would receive royalty revenues and sharing those revenues. up to 37% in the year 2017. that's not going to