crenshaw and mr. wamp to see that we do more than everything that is already being done to see that we stop and prevent suicides from occurring. if we save one life, then the gentleman's and our service here in congress will be time well served. mr. holt: i thank the gentleman. in closing, i would say -- the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. holt: i thank the speaker. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? mr. crenshaw: i would like to claim time in opposition, but i'm not opposed to the amendment. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. . mr. crenshaw: i commend the gentleman for offering this amendment. i think so often we have resources that are available, like this, that sometimes our veterans are not aware of. and so i think we made great strides in dealing with we have a suicide prevention hotline. we're working every day. i think he makes an excellent point that so often people are not aware of the services that might avail themselves to.

crenshaw. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for three minutes. mr. crenshaw: i thank the gentleman for yielding, and i rise today to urge my colleagues to vote no on this rule. i want to make it clear that i'm very much in favor of the underlying legislation, but this legislation is being brought to us today under a rule that will restrict our members, both democrats and republicans, from offering amendments, having them considered. i thought i'd give you a little perspective because this bill has come to us today through a regular order, a very open and fair process. 16 hearings took place. all the members of the subcommittee had an opportunity to ask questions and feel like they were being treated fairly. listen to their input. at the subcommittee level, six amendments were offered, four by the minority, two by the majority. they were all adopted unanimously in a bipartisan way. then, we went to the full committee, the full appropriations committee. at that poi

let me ask commander crenshaw if you have anything you like to add to this report. >> thank you very much for having me appear. i am very confident that moving forward, we will be able to work something out with the commission. i know in the past, there has been some difficulty seeing eye to eye on several issues. one, the violence that takes place. seems like almost weekly at some of these clubs. but what i propose as part of our task force number one, is security plans that will be required for all clubs. next, i want trained security staff, and that will be trained through a combined effort of essentially the police department and the industry professionals. i would like to see video at all clubs here 300 pages or more at the entrance and exterior. i know there's a document involved in that, and i think that would go forward roughly about $500. that seems a nominal fee that could bring about us being able to report, and also could lead to dismiss it -- diminishment of individuals that may see themselves on video or their likeness is reported that would tend to make them shy away.

i think we really need to just as during the safety summit, commander crenshaw and commissioner joseph are meeting about safety that we need to push kind of education for club security more out there. i think these are problems that can be very easily solved and think it's something we've addressed in the past and we need to readdress again and start to really try to get more education for club security out there. which is why i'm bringing it up. moving on this year pride was -- i know it seems slow but we haven't reported on it yet. pride came through the city again and did well. it was a big year for pride. we did have more incidents than we've had in the past. i think part of that had to do with just the sheer crowd size. i know with city resources being stretched as they were, sfpd did a very good job with the limited resources they were able to bring to that particular event. but we did have some incidents of violence we never had at pride before. pink saturday, everyone knows about the tragedy that happened at pink saturday but that is an ongoing investigation and we can't really

i think commander crenshaw has basically outlined that. the numbers are too large. on a typical friday or saturday night, you'll get 2000 or 3000 or more people released into the streets at 2:00 a.m. filled with alcohol and looking to keep the good time going. he mentioned something like having to doesn't, and it is not enough, and the cost is being borne by the public, which is not acceptable. i'm very encouraged by the legislation you are proposing and also by the positive response to it, and i wish you every success. i hope that it will be enforced on a regular basis. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> i know when you have people speak, you like to have them speak on the particular item that you just made reference to, but i'm asking you to make an exception to that rule on the grounds that i want to speak about item three pertaining to the families -- supervisor chiu: i'm sorry, unfortunately, we already had public comment on that, and we do not allow public comment on a particular item -- >> you cannot do that? supervisor chiu: th

so not to take up too much of your time, however, that, i felt, and i think commander crenshaw can tell you was very successful. we're moving forward on outcomes, including some training that the commander can talk to you about for security from the police the farm and in conjunction with the police apartment, and promoter permitting and licensing, as you talked about, we are moving forward on as well. we would like to focus on not just being reactive but being proactive so we do not have violent outside nightclubs. i would like to point out the majority of 99% of nightclubs are safe. people come in san francisco from all over the world and from close by go home safe and have a great time. obviously, there's occasions where that does not happen, and we believe we have done exactly where you have asked to do and been swift and consistent about how we manage those nightclubs going forward. supervisor chiu: thank you. first, i want to compliment you and your staff. i know you are using some of these new authorities for the first time and continues where we have seen sheetings and violence,

i saw it most recently with cedric crenshaw in illinois. black conservative woman being gotten off the ballot. i do see it. that's the thing. we shouldn't -- penn is so right. applaud what he just said. i'm tired of seeing polling data broken down like this. we are americans. we have american problems. not just with the black community. those are problems i see with the american community. educational inequality. problems with unemployment. all that stuff. we share that. when we can focus on that and quit trying to segregate everything we can take another step forward with race relations. >> al with is that right? >> i think that if we are realistic and say that the progress made was made because people struggled to make that progress, that we should engage in continuing, at this time, in the struggle to make that happen. i think that if we're honest we would have to say if a white child, a black child and a latino and asian child were born tonight they will not face the same life in terms of healthcare and education. we've got to fight unt

this measure would designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 3894 crenshaw boulevard in los angeles, california, as the tom bradley post office building. h.r. 5450 was introduced by my colleagues, the gentlewoman from california, representative diane watson, on may 27, 2010. it was referred to the committee on oversight and government reform which ordered it reported favorably by unanimous consent on june 17, 2010. the measure enjoys the bipartisan support of 52 members of the california delegation. mr. speaker, tom bradley was born on december 29, 1917, in calvert, texas. the son of a sharecropper and the grandson of former slaves. mr. bradley achieved many firsts over the course of his career in los angeles where he moved with his family as a child. he was the first african-american lieutenant in the los angeles police department. where he served for 22 years. he took night classes at the southwestern university school of law during this time and received a law degree in 1956. in 1963 he was elected to the los angeles city council and was its first african