duffy. commissioner hwang: did you have any separate conversation with mr. o'doherty about this case? >> i did not know he was involved until i read the brief this morning. i want to make sure i get that on record. we never discussed this. commissioner hwang: thank you. >> commissioners, the matter is yours. i am sorry. public comment. is there any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? please step forward. president goh: could we get a showing of hands of how many people intend to speak in public comment on this issue? i am seeing 1, 2 below, three, four. >> step forward. people who are interested in speaking can line up against the wall there. that will help facilitate the board process. and if you have not already filled out the speaker card, it would help the court if you could do that even -- either before or after you speak. they are available on the lectern. thank you. >> it is less than two minutes we have. [no audio] [unintelligible] [no audio] >> what you are watching is what we see each and every day. my name is mj isabel. this

duffy got a little banged up and was quickly recaptured.singer jimmy buffet is nursing some wounds. this video from tmz shows him falling from the stage. he apparently was blinded by stage lights. he gashed his head and is in stable condition tonight at a sydney hospital. and coming up next the american spirit: a martial artist marshals artist for a very good cause. back. their creative image campaign. next on cbs 5 a bay area high school give >> couric: and finally tonight, we never know what life has in store for us. cynthia bowers has the story of a young woman who took a trip that change her life and the lives of thousands of children as well. she's our latest example of the american spirit. >> reporter: rebecca is nothing if not determined. at age 14 the movie "karate" kid prompted the kansas city girl to take up martial arts. in just six years, by age 20, she was the world champion in tae kwon do. a former model, she also played an underground prizefighter in the film "fight night." rebecca's martial arts competitions took her around

i did review what joe duffy had in his file. it would clearly require a variance. president goh: because of the size of the structure? >> it covered the entire rear yard and therefore would not be acceptable under the planning code. president goh: what if an individual has a hot tub and a cover over just that hot tub? >> the planning code does provide for obstructions in the form of a garden shed or something like that. that would be no more than 100 square feet no more than 10 feet in height. that would be covered. i will double check on that. they could have that, something like that, which would cover the hot tub. president goh: 100 square feet they could do? thank you. commissioner peterson: can i get some clarification -- were you finished? you said nine times a $1,000 penalty. my understanding was that the penalty is $1,800. can you clarify that? >> that would be nine times $1,000, based on the permit fee for $1,000. it is for work without a permit. it is not nine times $1,000. it is the fee for $1,000 worth of work multiplied by nine. it usually works out to

>>> ramification of tucson, the president and the ceo of the common wealth club, and gloria did -- duffy, there will be political aggression and gun control. >> the oakland post editor was shot and killed on october 2nd 2007. two face murder charges in the killings. and they ordered daly's murder to -- ordered him to stop writing about the convicted murder trials. >> and a major freeway ramp in the east bay is set to reopen in the past three days, they are exciting southbound 880, and they are not able to use the 42nd ramp, and instead, they were directed to the high street. the construction is part of a major retro fit project to replace the high street bridge. >>> right now, it's 4:41, it's the first day of the early start here: and what is the deal? usually there are construction out, and i was driving out, and i saw construction here. it's northbound 101, you can see the crews are there. and they have shut down the 80 split, and it is 101 central freeway, and it's northbound 101, and it is only on the deck of the bay view bridge, and you can't use the exit if you will, it's no longer

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and duffy room. stall the rocket. jets we have this instant. oh yes man is a hardy creature a creature capable of getting used to anything is. it and i think. that's the best definition and. the play based on dusting ascii has impressed in one thousand pounds of light the actors in prison clothes are in for a surprise for many of them they can and should do a visit by relatives at the earliest opportunity thanks. plays a role in the life of women inmates to. at any rate the woman playing the part of may be released to the end of the term. she hopes she will be discharged on parole a. psychologist to say that acting in a prison theater may help those who have fallen foul of the movie pave the way for a better life on the outside. wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. download the official t.f. location on the phone on pod touch from the choose ops to. life on the go. video on dema

certainly the first quarter of next year, some of it is related to the recent legislation supervisor duffy put forward, but there is legislation that would help with regard to the ray approval process of student housing and the definition. finally, i just want to say on the issue that some of the speechers and commissioners have raised about where the academy should or should not locate, we have had discussions about that and scoped the e.i.r. in such a way that it allows the commission, eventually to help make that recommendation. in other words, to help guide the academy as to where it might be more appropriate for them to go. market is certainly a place we are talking to the awattmy about and that is included in the eir. it gives all of us an option when the e.i.r. is complete. i realize there is frustration but it's going to take time. we are moving in that direction and i just want to assure you with that we are doing that and i think moving finally in a pretty positive direction. president miguel: thank you, commissioner sugaya? commissioner sugaya: one last comment, my comments were

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pageants of american politics, and to discuss it, to help me discuss it, we have kathy kay and mike duffy here to discuss it. mike, you've seen countless state of the union addresses. there's always a sense of pomp and circumstance, and it's a bit like a chinese meal. you feel very full at first. are we going to have the same experience? >> it's the only night at washington where you can get a table at any restaurant because people actually do watch this thing all night long. absolutely. it's a set piece. congress becomes a sound stage, right down to who's in the balcony and how they're introduced. it's gotten more that way over the last 15 or 20 years. it takes it a little longer to get it each time. and there's more applause. tonight we're supposed to see a a little more -- >> everyone in washington is watching the state of the union with a member of the other party. well, in the light of the arizona shootings, there has been a realization i think that the american people are fed up with the tone of the debates, that they would like something that is more civil than the partisanship tha

. >> outgoing supervisor bevon duffy tells us sheriff mike hennessey might have the votes to be appointed today. newsom says there is legal precedent for delaying the oath of taking office. >>> federal investigators are issuing urgent recommendations to pg&e in the wake of the san bruno blast. the ntsb says the utility should aggressively and diligently search for all pipeline system records. only once those records are considered verifiable and complete. also, maximum pipeline pressure should be based on the weakest section of pipe. and if records cannot be verified pg&e should do what's called electrostatic testing where high pressure water is put through the lines. congressman jackie speier says the recommendations show there are still many significant questions about the safety of pg&e lines. >> the question really becomes, in this whole region: how much of the pipeline system that pg&e operates is indeed seen and how much of that pipeline system has never, ever been inspected? >> the safe and reliable operation of our natural gas system is of the utmost important to us. we take all o

this, it was at the time we met with the director with the code enforcement planner and supervisor duffy and we did not understand that this was subject to, this portion of the property was not subject to the previous conditional use and we thought we would be able to do that in one motion today. apparently we have to come back with a modification to the conditional use, which we will -- we are agreeing to close off the smoking patio starting today so it will no longer be an opening to the street. i believe that will be a good interim step, but it is not going to solve the problem the way we would like to see it solved. i think it would be best if this became a solid acoustical wall and we remove the smoking area from here and put it here. i have many things i could say about the code enforcement process that's led us here and efforts that trigger has made and changes we have made to address sound concerns and be a responsible business in this district, but i think that the intention of the planning department and the district supervisor was to avoid the discussion of that and just focus

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[cheers and applause] in addition to governor cuomo, i want to acknowledge lieutenant governor bob duffy is here. two great friends of mine and great champions for new york and the united states senate, chuck schumer and kristin gilibrand are here. members of the congressional delegation from up this way, paul tonco, chris gibson, and richard hannah are all here. attorney general eric sneijderman is here. the outstanding mayor of schenectady who flew up with me, he was on marine one, air force one, he looked like he was having a pretty good time. brian san franciscoton is here. and from albany, mayor jerry jennings is here. thank you. now, jeff thank you for the outstanding instruction and thank you g.e. it's great to be here. i just had a chance to see some of the high-tech steam turbines and all kind of fancy stuff that's being made here, being manufactured here at this plant. and it is unbelievably impressive. part of a proud tradition. because g.e. has been producing turbines and generators here for more than a century. a lot has changed. we've seen the way our economy transformed by

lieutenant governor, bob duffy. [applause] [cheers and applause] to my colleague and congratulations to the reelected controller, thomas dinapoli. [applause] two are brand-new, right out of the box attorney general eric the bo schneiderman. [applause] to majority leader, dean's fellows, thank you very much coming team. scal assembly speakers sheldonheldon s silver. [applause] senate minority leader, john sands in. [applause] jo assembly minority leader, brian cole. [applause] to the judges of our great court of appeals, it's another to beg withes you. it's an honor to be with you and a special thank you to the young people behind me. these are high school students who represent new york's 62 counties. they are the future and the state that we are talking about preparing today is the state that we will leave them. we hope they do a good job and we thank them for being with us. thank you! [ applause ] >> my friends i believe this state is at a crossroads and i believe there are two very different paths that this state

my name is kathleen duffy. i go to the university of san diego.s wondering, how do you become a member on the committee that does the redistricting in each state? >> it varies in each state. if you are in california, you have a new experience going on out there. the voters in 2008 decided that instead of legislators, you would have a commission to draw the district. there is 14 members of that commission. they have now been selected on that side. but a starter bob with 60,000 people apply for those 14 positions. >> citizens? >> straight citizens. under california law, they could not be incumbents. they could not be politically active on that side. so they put some restrictions in on that regard. but that is only in california. each state is different. there are six states that have commissions that draw congressional district. but about 14 states have commissions that cross state legislative districts. in many instances, those commissions, you have to look at who appoints the commissioners. in a lot of instances, it is the members themselves, the

from my home state of wisconsin including steve king, mary bustrin, scott walker, ron johnson, scott duffy, and paul ryan. thank you very much. [applause] i want to thank all the candidates to step up and offer themselves to this tall task. i want to thank chairman steele for his leadership over the past two years. thank you. [applause] i want to thank all the rnc members who believed in my vision, who understood that some significant work that we need to do on the committee has to get done. we have to get on track and together, we can defeat barack obama in 2012. together, unified as a committee. [applause] with the election over, now is the time for the committee to unite. we mu come together. for our common interests. for the betterment of our party and our country. with that in mind, i want you to know that i am here to earn the trust and support of each and everyone of you. i told you i would serve in humility and work hard. i will start working right now as your chairman. we all recognize that there is a steep hill here ahead of us. the only way we will be able to move forward if we

duffy launched a campaign for mayor in the november election. >> this morning the feds are telling pg&e to come up with an accurate accounts of systems and do it fast. bad record keeping may be leading to dangerous decisions about what pipelines can handle. they show the pipeline that blew was seamless and it had welded seems. there is an urgent need to figure out what pipes are carrying gas and what level of pressure they can take before another one gives out. >> we still don't know why this happened. i am grateful because clearly the pressure on this system cannot be increased. >> she is urging jerry brown to put two commissioners to keep an eye on pg&e. >> new smart meters in marin county. they may pass a law to delay the installation of the smart meters for up to a year. they came to fire after they questioned accuracy when bills skyrocketed. others are concerned about possible radiation. >> a scary night for three people on a 65-foot boat off of half moon bay. it overturn and the coast guard was called. marla has a report on thou all happened. >> live in sharp park, let me step a

>> kathleen duffy, tell us where we are, and what we're doing. >> we are in -- >> how long have you been in town and what have you been doing? >> we will be here two weeks, and we are here to listen from people like you and everyone of us experience here in dc >> tell me something you have heard or someone you have talked to in the last couple of days that has made an impact on you. >> honestly, everytime it is always impressive when someone speaks to us. they talk about the difference between the media at in the 1970's and the media today and how much it has changed and how influenced by the public. and what is your home town? >> manhattan, new york. >> why did you go from the east to west in school? >> i wanted a change. i thought it would broaden my horizons and give me a idea of everything that is out there. >> thank you for opening this. everybody feel free to go to the microphone. i want to go to melissa over here. unfortunately met earlier this year. >> i am at miami dade college, and i'm hoping that -- >> what have you learned during the last couple of weeks? >> so far we have on

. >> outgoing supervisor bevon duffy tells us sheriff mike hennessey might have the votes to be appointed today. newsom says there is legal precedent for a delay in taking the oath for statewide office. >>> let's check weather and traffic. lawrence has our forecast. there was like ice on my windshield this morning at 3 a.m. [ laughter ] >> i bet there was. really cold temperatures showing up in the valleys. you have freezing temperatures right now in santa rosa and fog reported, too. you're very cold in the napa valley. 35 in livermore. 34 concord. reports of dense fog showing up more so in the valleys and watch out in through the carquinez strait. dense fog advisory in the sacramento valley. we'll see fog this morning. a cold start to the day many temperatures in the 30s and 40s all around the bay area. looks like in the afternoon going to be nice. going to become mostly sunny out there. temperatures warming up just a bit from yesterday's highs. a lot of numbers in the 50s maybe upper 50s in some of the warmest parts of the bay area. how long will the streak last? we'll talk about that c

. >> outgoing supervisor bevon duffy tells us sheriff mike hennessey might have the votes to be appointed today. newsom says there is legal precedent for a delay in taking the oath for statewide office. >>> federal investigators are issuing urgent recommendations to pg&e in the wake of the san bruno blast. the ntsb says the utility should aggressively and diligently search for all pipeline system records. only once those records are considered verifiable and complete. all maximum pipeline pressure should be based on the weakest section of pipe. and if records cannot be verified, pg&e should do what's called electrostatic testing, where high pressure water is put through the lines. congressman jackie speier says the recommendations show there are still many significant questions about the safety of pg&e lines. >> and the question really becomes, in this whole region, how much of the pipeline system that pg&e operates is indeed seen, and how much of that pipeline system has never, ever been inspected? >> the safe and reliable operation of our natural gas system is of the utmost importance t

and michael duffy from "time" magazine. happy new year to all of you. >> happy new year to you. >> chris: let's start with healthcare reform. section 1233 of the obamacare law would have mandated government payments for end-of-life counseling. that was dropped out in all the furor over the death panels, but now we find out that the obama administration intends to -- in fact, promulgated hhs medicare regulation to do the same thing through regulation they didn't do in the law. anything wrong with that, brit? >> sometimes you can do that, but not very often and not to a great extent. the problem of doing things by regulation is if congress has not authorized it, the agency, whatever it is to do it, it's subject to court challenge. and may be barred. so, if it were easy to do a great deal and put in place a sweeping agenda of any kind by regulation, the president wouldn't have spent the last two years going to congress to try to get all these things of things done. if you look at the rules that have been put in place with the

duffy shouldn't be let to vote because he is running for mayor.t's just not the way it is. >> my question is the why is supervisor dauphine as his running for mayor this november, not conflicted out ichors city attorney denis rare is? >> that is for the november election not for the appointment at this time. therefore, he has no conflict. >> from there it went on and it was basically a love fest if you will for ed late. some supervisors who voted against it question what went on behind the scenes. this is after speaking with deadly over the last several days, they're convinced he will make the best interim they are. >> this is a historic moment, for the chinese- american community. for community that is been in this city for 160 years. >> mr. lee would be a proper consideration. >> i believe the vote against deadly at this point would be something that would be setting as way back. but i want to move forward. >> at the end of the day the question remains is at least someone who can do this job? and i believe that he is. >> adlai e. there are 10 hi

they're going to be chaired by a lieutenant governor bob duffy. point -- these will be public private sector partnerships and the focus of which is to create jobs, jobs, jobs in those regions. it starts with the premise that there was no topdown template to create jobs and different regions in this state with different assets and different abilities and these plans will have to come from the bottom up and let them power the local communities to plan their future and help themselves. higher education will be the key economic driver and we look to partner with our great system especially across upstate new york in making this a reality. they will be -- they will provide -- they will provide both intergovernmental and intragovernmental coordination and be one-stop shops and the local government will all be on one board and all of the state agency will be on that one board. if you need it to get something done in that region, it's a one-stop shop and the government will actually cooperate with each other rather than conflict with each other. >> these

with reince preibus where under his leadership you have ron johnson as a senator and you have sean duffy in congress and you have the batter is going to the rose bowl. host: what i am not hearing from you is what everybody else is reporting about and certainly some of the comments that the meeting today is the fund- raising ability of the next chairman with the party -- the committee being $20 million in debt. caller: right, there is a that where you kind of have to be able to spend the money. did michael steele has been able to spend more money probably than most people. maybe there is an experience factor there with other people not being as experienced spending that money. host: play devil's advocate -- he spent that money but he said in his comments this morning about the fall campaign, his fire pelosi campaign where you could argue that was not successful. caller: that is the point he would make. it is easy to see how that was not successful and how that will affect things in the future. i don't know at this point. host: arlington, virginia is next. caller: hello, cspan. i would lik

leaders from my home state of wisconsin including steve king, mary, scott walker, ron johnson, sean duffy and paul ryan. thank you all very much. [applause] i want to thank all the candidates to step up and offered themselves to this tall task, and i want to thank chairman steele for his leadership over the past two years. thank you. [applause] and i want to thank all of the rnc members who believe in my vision, who understood that some significant work that we need to do in the committee has to get done. we have to get on track, and together we can defeat barack obama in 2012. together, unified as a committee, with the election over, now is the time for the committee to unite. we must come together for our common interests. for the betterment of our party and our country. with that in mind, i want you to know that i am here to earn the trust and support of each and everyone of you. i towed to a would serve in humility and work hard -- i told you i would serve in humility and work hard and i am going to start working right now as your chairman. we all recognize that there is a steep hill

doyle, pelosi dryer, boehner duffy, boehner duncan of south carolina, boehner. duncan of tennessee, boehner. edwards, pelosi ellison, pelosi. elmers, boehner. emerson, emerson, boehner. engels, pelosi. eschu, pelosi. serenfold, boehner. farr, pelosi fataa, pelosi. filner, pelosi. fincher, boehner. fitzpatrick, boehner. flake, boehner. fleischmann, boehner. fleming, boehner. flores, boehner. forbes, boehner. fortenberry, boehner. fox, boehner. rank of massachusetts. pelosi. frank of arizona, boehner. uyesen, boehner./ gallaglee, boehner. garramindi, pelosi. arnder,. boehner garrett, boehner. erlach, boehner. gibbs, boehner. gibson,. boehner. giffords, lewis of georgia. giingrtey of georgia. boehner. gomert, gomert --- gonzalez, pelosi. goodlatt, boehner. gosar, boehner. gowdy, boehner. granger, boehner. graves of georgia, boehner. graves of missouri, boehner. al green, pelosi. gene green, pelosi. griffin of arkansas, boehner. griffith of va, boehner. grihalva, pelosi. grimm, boehner. ginta, boehner. guthrie, boehner. gutierrez, pelosi. hall, boehner. halibusa, pe

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duffy, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. mr. duffy: mr. speaker, americans have wanted health care reform for some time now. but they don't want what passed last spring. this is a 2,000-page bill that gives us more mandates and more regulation, it doesn't accomplish the goal of reducing cost and increasing access. and it puts our health care decisions in the hands of bureaucrats. not in the hands of patients and family members where it belongs. there is a better way. with today's repeal, this is the first step. tomorrow we begin the process of replacement. with commonsense, market-based solutions that are going to bring costs down. solutions like competition across state lines, portability, price transparency, tax parity and allowing folks who have pre-existing conditions to obtain coverage. i look forward, starting tomorrow, to working not only with my friends here on the right but also my colleagues on the left to craft a bill that's going

my name is kathleen duffy. i go to the university of san diego. i was wondering, how do you become a member on the committee that does the redistricting in each state? >> it varies in each state. if you are in california, you have a new experience going on out there. the voters in 2008 decided that instead of legislators, you would have a commission to draw the district. there is 14 members of that commission. they have now been selected on that side. but a starter bob with 60,000 people apply for those 14 positions. >> citizens? >> straight citizens. under california law, they could not be incumbents. they could not be politically active on that side. so they put some restrictions in on that regard. but that is only in california. each state is different. there are six states that have commissions that draw congressional district. but about 14 states have commissions that cross state legislative districts. in many instances, those commissions, you have to look at who appoints the commissioners. in a lot of instances, it is the members themselves,

earliest memories, when i was a kid we used to go to duffy square to the tkts booth here in new york me to a matinee show to see a broadway musical. and he'd make me get dressed up and we'd go downtown and inevitably i would freeze and he would go to the peanut guy and get a bunch of different packages of hot peanuts and he'd stick them in my coat. so i remember nothing of 42nd street or chorus line or singing in the rain but i remember waiting in line and my grandfather keeping me warm and having warm peanuts and probably smelling like a peanut too. a perfect day is a day where i have my two children and -- two boys and where we do absolutely nothing but just where we sort of wake up and see where the day takes us. the wrestling is at a minimum. >> i didn't know i could but i think i love you even more. >> your kids are beautiful. >> thank you very much. they are. >> and jesse kenworthy, what a mistake, you made a big mistake, buddy. >> i love to hear you talk about your grandfather. all of us are very close to our families and heard you talk about your grandfather but we didn't kno

duffy, one minute.e: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. mr. duffy: mr. speaker, americans have wanted health care reform for some time now. but they don't want what passed last spring. this is a 2,000-page bill that gives us more mandates and more regulation, it doesn't accomplish the goal of reducing cost and increasing access. and it puts our health care decisions in the hands of bureaucrats. not in the hands of patients and family members where it belongs. there is a better way. with today's repeal, this is the first step. tomorrow we begin thprocess of replacement. with commonsense, market-based solutions that are going to bring costs down. solutions like competition across state lines, portability, price transparency, tax parity and allowing folks who have pre-existing conditions to obtain coverage. i look forward, starting tomorrow, to working not only with my friends here on the right but also my colleagues on the left to craft a bill that's going to work for the american

johnson -- [cheers and applause] representatives sensenbrenner or, moore and representative-elect duffyuse] attorney general van hollen -- shuller -- [applause] superintendent evers -- [applause] tribal leaders, general dunbar and be other members of the armed forces both those who are serving today as well as those the past -- reverend, clergy, state employees, family and friends and, most importantly, fellow citizens of wisconsin -- [applause] it is with great honor that i stand before you today. i am your servant. i want to thank god for the privilege of living in such a remarkable country and for growing up in the greatest state in the entire nation. [cheers and applause] i also want to thank my family, tonette, my rock, my support, my love. she's going to be a great firsté lady. [cheers and applause] our two sons -- i can't say boys anymore -- our two sons, matt and alex. you i guys, i just marvel how they've grown up in front of our very eyes. they're outstanding young men, and it's an honor to have them introduce me to the rest of the state. thank you, guys. [applause] to my pare

shawn duffy. shawn duffy is now where dave overy used to be.ped both houses of the legislature, and we won five out of eight congressional districts. but you know what the best thing is? we did it the right way, we did it together with the conservative movement one and for all tea party act terrorists, knows wisconsin, we could be proud to go to the polls and say that's the kind of republican i want to vote for. you know why? because our republican party understands we are not in competition with the conservative movement. we are part of the conservative movement. and we learned that if we could do three things, we could rebuild our party and our credibility. and those three things are pretty sitch. we need find people of their toward run for office. we need win elections. and then finally, we need govern like we campaign. and if we can learn to govern like we campaign, then and only then will we be able 20 take back the white house in 2010. thank you. [applause] >> first question. there is no formal job description for the position that you're

leaders from my home state of wisconsin including steve king, mary, scott walker, ron johnson, sean duffysk, and i want to thank chairman steele for his leadership over the past two years. thank you. [applause] and i want to thank all of the rnc members who believe in my vision, who understood that some significant work that we need to do in the committee has to get done. we have to get on track, and together we can defeat barack obama in 2012. together, unified as a committee, with the election over, now is the time for the committee to unite. we must come together for our common interests. for the betterment of our party and our country. with that in mind, i want you to know that i amere to earn the trust and support of each and everyone of you. i towed to a would serve in humility and work hard -- i told you i would serve in humility and work hard and i am going to start working right now as your chairman. we all recognize that ther is a steep hill here ahead of us, and the only way we will be able to move forward is if we are all together. we must never forget why we all do this. as r

sean duffy. we flipped both houses of the legislator. we won five out of eight congressional districts. we did it the right way. we did it together with the conservative movement. once in thrall -- we can be darn proud to go to the polls on election day and said that is th kind of republican i want to vote for. you know why? because our republian party understands that we're not in competition with the conservative movement, we are part of the conservative movement, and we learned that if we can do three things we can rebuild our party and credibility. those three things are pretty simple. we need to find people of their word to run for office, we need to win the elections, and finally we need to govern like we campaign. if we can learn to govern like we campaign, then and only then will we be able to take back the white house in 2012. thank you. [applause] >> first question. there is no formal job description for each position you are campgning for. what do you think is the most important task for the chairman of the rnc in 2011 and 201

. >> hi, my name is kathleen duffy. i go to the university of san diego.nd i was wondering how do you become a member on the committee that does the redistrict gene in each state? >> it varies from state. indeed you're in california and u.s. a new experience going on out there. the voters in 2008 decided that instead of legislators you would have a commission to draw the district. there's 14 members of that commission. they have now been selected on that site. but they started off with 60,000 people applying for those 14,000 positions. >> said offense clicks the next rate citizens. under the california law passed they cannot be incumbents. they could not be people who are politically at it on that site. so they put some restrictions and in that regard. but that's only in california. again, it each state is different. there are six states that have commissions that draw congressional districts. but about 14 states have commissions that draw state legislative districts. in many instances, those commissions, you have to look at who appoints the commissioners.

[applause] >> representatives sensenbrenner, kind, moore, and representative-elect duffy.e] >> lieutenant governor clayfish. [applause] >> attorney general van holland. [applause] >> professor shoal. [applause] >> superintendent eggers. [applause] >> members of the state legislature. [applause] >> tribal leaders, general dunbar and other members of the armed forces, both those who are serving today as well as those who have served our country in the past. >> reverend clergy, state employees, family and friends and most importantly, fellow citizens of wisconsin. [applause] >> it is with great honor that i stand before you today, i am your servant. i want to thank god for the privilege of living in such a remarkable country and for growing up in the greatest state in the entire nation. [applause] >> i also want to thank my family, tonette, my support, my rock, she's going to be a great first lady. [applause] >> our two sons -- i can't say boys anymore. our two sons, matt and alex you just heard from. i marvelled how they've grown up right in front of our eyes and it's an hon

leaders from my home state of wisconsin including steve king, mary, scott walker, ron johnson, sean duffy and paul ryan. thank you all very much. [applause] i want to thank all the candidates to step up and offered themselves to this tall task, and i want to thank chairman steele for his leadership over the past two years. thank you. [applause] and i want to thank all of the rnc members who believe in my vision, who understood that some significant work that we need to do in the committee has to get done. we have to get on track, and together we can defeat barack obama in 2012. together, unified as a committee, with the election over, now is the time for the committee to unite. we must come together for our common interests. for the betterment of our party and our country.with that in mio know that i am here to earn the trust and support of each and everyone of you. i towed to a would serve in humility and work hard -- i told you i would serve in humility and work hard and i am going to start working right now as your chairman. we all recognize that there is a steep hill here ahead of us,

sean duffy, northern wisconsin, of the freshman class. i am married to a beautiful pro- life woman.e have six children. i am pro-life not because i read it in a book but because i live and i went for an unplanned pregnancy and experience to the unplanned the joy that comes from a new baby girl. children are our nation's greatest resource regardless of the circumstances in which they are conceived. you guys are out here bearing the cold weather. you may be ignored by the media. you know what? you are speaking truth. keep up the fight. game on. [cheers and applause] >> good morning. i am from the great state of new jersey. my wife mary ellen and their two daughters are a pro-life family. this is the day that the lord has made. let us rejoice and be glad in it. we know from hebrew is that it was said through persistence and perseverance that we join the race set before us. and so i say to all of you out there who may be cold and weary, i encourage you that we have the right and history on our side. as we begin this new year, now as we begin this new congress, be encouraged as well that

duffy of wisconsin, mr. aimagine of michigan, mr. mull veiny of south carolina -- mull veiny of south carolina -- mr. mull veiny of south carolina. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? ms. woolsey: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. mcdermott, washington. mr. green, texas. al green. ms. wasserman schultz of florida. ms. woolsey, california. mr. higgins, new york. ms. kaptur, ohio, mr. defazio, oregon. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address this house, revise and extend their remarks, and include therein extraneous materia

sean duffy. we flipped both houses of the legislator. we won five out of eight congressional districts. we did it the right way. we did it together with the conservative movement. once in thrall -- we can be darn proud to go to the polls on election day and said that is the kind of republican i want to vote for. you know why? because our republican party understands that we're not in competition with the conservative movement, we are part of the conservative movement, and we learned that if we can do three things we can rebuild our party and credibility. those three things are pretty simple. we need to find people of their word to run for office, we need to win the elections, and finally we need to govern like we campaign. if we can learn to govern like we campaign, then and only then will we be able to take back the white house in 2012. thank you. [applause] >> first question. there is no formal job description for each position you are campaigning for. what do you think is the most important task for the chairman of the rnc in 2011 and

elect johnson -- [cheers and applause] representatives brenner, cine, moore and representative elect duffy] attorney general van hollen. [cheers and applause] treasurer sheller -- [applause] superintent eggers -- [applause] members of the state legislature -- [applause] tribal leaders, general dunbar and other members of the armed forces those serving today as well as those who have served our country in the past -- [cheers and applause] reverend clergy, state employees, family, and friends, and most importantly fellow citizens of wisconsin -- [applause] it is with great honor that i stand before you today. i am your servant. i want to thank god for the privilege of living in such a remarkable country and for growing up in the greatest state in the entire nation. [cheers and applause] i also want to thank my family, my rock, my support, my love, she's going to be a great first lady. [cheers and applause] our two sons, i can't say boys anymore, our two boys, matt and alex. i just marvel how they have grown up in front of our eyes, they are outstanding young men, and it was an honor to have

in addition to governor cuomo, i just want to acknowledge lieutenant governor, rob duffy, is here. in great champions for new york in the united states and that, chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand are here. [cheers and applause] members of the congressional delegation from it this way, paul bosco. chris gibson. [applause] and richard hanna are all here. attorney general, eric snyderman is here. [applause] the outstanding mayor of the schenectady who flew up with me because we had an event to the white house for mayors and he was on marine one and air force one and he looks like he was having a pretty good time, grand strand is here. [applause] and from albany, mayor jerry jennings is here. [applause] thank you. najaf, thank you for the outstanding introduction and thank you, ge. it is great to be here. i just had a chance to see some of the high-tech steam turbines and all kinds of fancy stuff that's been made here, been manufactured here at this point. and it is unbelievably impressive and is part of a proud tradition. it gives ge has been producing turbines and generators here