next, it is my honor to introduce diane feinstein. she has been serving the people of california since 1992. i have had the pleasure of working with her in 2009 as she served up a chair of the joint congressional committee. [applause] >> thank you. john boehner, members of congress, ladies and gentlemen, it is great to be here to see this tree. i would call it slim and narrow. however, i must tell you that when it was harvested it was 118 years old and 108 feet tall. it is now 65 feet tall and weighs, believe it or not, at 8,300 pounds. it has come across the united states through a number of communities and it comes from the great national forest. this is a 900,000 acre, in northern california. three hours north of san francisco. it is the home of the bald eagle. today, we have students from that area. i want to recognize johnny crawford, who is a student from sonora. it is minder standing he will be joining you in quieting the tree. that is very special. we also have the somerville high school choir from california who will play som

sincerely yours, diane feinstein, united states senator -- dianne feinstein, united states senator."applause] >> i don't know what to say. i'm so overwhelmed. it really feels good to get some recognition from the politicians and top politicians. i'm glad that i lived to see this day. [applause] and i want to thank all who have made this day possible, including all the people at the library that put this event together. thank you very much. [applause] >> now, i would like to introduce the driving force behind this program, and award- winning, internationally known storyteller, recording artist, and educator. she is a truth teller and an artist for social change. she has made it her life's work to tell history through the words of its off forgotten witnesses. zero two one-women shows -- she wrote two one-women shows. she told the true story of the 1955-1956 montgomery bus boycott through the eyes of four women. please help me welcome her. >> i guess you are wondering why i'm standing here. [inaudible] my teachers have been teaching me a lot about standing up for what is right. it was a

as a san franciscan to see san francisco speaker nancy pelosi up there with senior senator diane feinstein front and center in this, and our boys and girls chorus -- [applause] i know not everyone of the same political persuasion. but yes, the president that we have chosen, which we chose wisely from my humble perspective. [applause] but we are from san francisco. we can say that. this is an exciting moment. we're here because these folks are extraordinarily talented. these are grammy winners. isn't that amazing? what have we done in our lives? these are grammy winners. albums, prince charles comes in, let's bring out the boys chorus and the girls chorus. you've got all kinds of world leaders. and we just get to show off to the rest of the nation something that we get to experience more often out here in the bay area. so i'm just here to celebrate with you. we thought we would bring you together and a nice way to kick off the preinaugural ceremonies. and just to remind ourselves how blessed we are to be out here. and the great city and county of san francisco. but first, i just wanted to r

next, it is my honor to introduce diane feinstein. she has been serving the people of california since 1992. i have had the pleasure of working with her in 2009 as she served up a chair of the joint congressional committee. [applause] >> thank you. john boehner, members of congress, ladies and gentlemen, it is great to be here to see this tree. i would call it slim and narrow. however, i must tell you that when it was harvested it was 118 years old and 108 feet tall. it is now 65 feet tall and weighs, believe it or not, at 8,300 pounds. it has come across the united states through a number of communities and it comes from the great national forest. this is a 900,000 acre, in northern california. three hours north of san francisco. it is the home of the bald eagle. today, we have students from that area. i want to recognize johnny crawford, who is a student from sonora. it is minder standing he will be joining you in quieting the tree. that is very special. we also have the somerville high school choir from california who will play som

leaders such as open hands, bruce brinker, barbara, congresswoman nancy pelosi, senator diane feinstein. and let me take a moment to thank wells fargo's own mario diaz. [applause] tom jensen, and him hanlin. [applause] >> for encouraging wells fargo to do what's right. and of course all the volunteers who make a difference every day on aids walks, aids hotlines, delivering meals or working here in the grove. i could go on and on. but let me leave you with this. as henry wells said, we have accomplished much, as we do render good. perhaps in the not too distant future we can return here to the national aids memorial grove. we can return to this very spot and celebrate all that we did to stop h.i.v. and aids and celebrate a cure. we are not alone amidst these trees and in the warm embrace of this grove, together we have, we can, and we are making a difference. it's a pleasure to be here. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, martin. as i conveyed in my remarks a few minutes ago, were it not for the courageous leadership and the risk-taking ability of the community that we live in, the city

. >> remembrances from close personal friend diane feinstein.houghts from congress woman nancy pelosi. fond memories from hellman's sister civic leader nancy beck bechtel and a lot more music. warren hellman leaves behind a legacy. the muse frick his gift the hardly blew you grass festival. >> they are renaming the site of the festival in golden gate park hellman hollow. he embraced causes and gave generously to this city he loved. >> any time i brought up kids or programs or pal it was always let me help you out with that. he would follow up. >> one of the things that people don't know about is that he helped us save the giants. took no credit for it but helped us put together a last minute effort. >> his attitude of giving back transcended not just charity but the people he dealtwith. >> reporter: and what a fitting way to end the service. playians gathered to play together and sing and thank warren for his considerations and his passion for their music. he said it best. >> the trouble with the blues when you got them is you just keep falling

next, it is my honor to introduce diane feinstein.een serving the people of california since 1992. i have had the pleasure of working with her in 2009 as she -- she served as chair of the joint congressional committee. >> ladies and gentleman, it is great to be here to see this tree. i would call it a slam, a tall, and narrow. however, when it was harvested -- it was 118 years old. it is now 65 feet tall and it weighs 8,300 pounds. it has come through a number of different communities. and the camps from the great national forests. this is a 900,000 acre, three hours north of san francisco. it is the home of the peregrine falcon and the bald eagle. today we have some students from that area. first i want to recognize and johnny crawford who is a 7-year- old student. it is my understanding he is going to be joining you in lightning victory. we also have here the somerville high school choir from california who will play some holiday music for us. i want to say that this is a bit of california here. i hope everybody understands it. mr.

next it's my pleasure to introduce to you senator diane feinstein, serving since 1992 and i've worked with her in 2009 as she served as chair of the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies. senator feinstein? [applause] >> thank you very much, speaker boehner, members of congress, and ladies and gentlemen, it is just great to be here to see this tree. i would call it slim, tall, and narrow. however, i must tell you that when it was harvested, it was 118 years old and 108 feet tall. it is now 65 feet tall and it weighs, believe it or not, 8,300 pounds. it's come all across the united states, through a number of different communities, and it comes from the great stanislaus national forest. this is a 900,000-acre, in northern california, about three hours north of san francisco. it's the home of the peregrine falcon and bald eagle and today we've got some students from that area. the first one, i just want to recognize, is johnny crawford who is a 7-year-old student from sonora and mr. speaker, it's my understanding that he's going to be joining you in lighting the tree, wh

the measure before us, s. 384, sponsored by our senate colleague, senator diane feinstein and here in the house, representative joba ka, also from california, who introduced the companion version of this legislation. mr. speaker, cancer is one of the scourges of our society and mr. speaker, this is a truly bipartisan bill. that makes a huge difference in a cost efficient manner. i hope my colleagues will join me in supporting this bill without reservation. this bill allow the american people to continue contributing to the fight against breast cancer and cancer in general for another four years. i urge the passage of this bill and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. issa: i yield pack the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back. the gentleman from missouri. mr. clay: mr. speaker, i have no further speakers and again, i urge my colleagues to join the oversight committee in supporting the fight against breast cancer by voting for passage of s. 384