director eagan changed her vote. the vote passed. some wonder what was said during this 13 minute break. i might remind you under the brown act any conversations in regard to an item you are to vote on are required to be held publicly. why did you leave? 100 people spoke passionately. couldn't you see how deeply it mattered? >> next speaker, please. >> comfort taxi two years. yellow 18 years there. is no more yellow. i mean the yellow i worked for is gone. we have one that bought up the big taxicab companies. we have uber and people that bought mid dalons. you can't tell anybody that they didn't pay their dos and shouldn't get what they got. you are out there putting your life on the line. we all did for 20 and 30 years. you promised us we put $300 down that we would get a medallion. one day one guy calls me. you can't have it now we willcle it for $250,000. that is embezelment. that was my mi medallion. they make $250,000 selling them to pure cabdrivers. why did they file bankruptcy? forget that. uber, half of them have not been bac

look at washington, d.c., you look at new york, the question whether or not we have eagan cosystem that support growth in the future is the one politicians need to be concerned about. jon is right, there will be a revenue feedback, there will be outsized growth that comes as a result of these investments. the question whether or not it is sustainable and it ultimately helps people at the lower rungs of the economic ladder. i would argue it doesn't when it is such a narrow focus with this economic policy rather than building a community -- new york is perfect example, for number of jobs they create in new york, business owners, employers fleeing the state in droves because of the high taxes, high regulatory burden they have there. so you can't create a system that continues to foster that growth unless you make long-term changes. charles: it will be a political hot potato, when you have the richest man in the world, someone worth 150 billion, these kind of tax breaks. there are pros and cons. jon, mattie you two were best to have the discussion with. >> thanks a lot. charles: we wanted t

york, and the member of the board was pamela hays a lawyer in new york, and we got word that cardinal eagan who is actually from oak park. he would like to say chicago but he's from oak park, said i don't want that fbi agent in a skirt coming into new york. that's the kind of pushback that we got. and i know kathleen as she went around and her men and women went around to investigate not all diocese cooperated, is that right kathleen. >> that's correct. first let me finish on what you said. i did go to new york and it did matter. and i probably wore a skirt too. neither here nor there. [laughter] there was a bishop who declined to take part of the audits for several years. that was the bishop of lincoln nebraska, he's since been replaced and they are participating in the audit. but a real interesting point is the fact that all his brother bishops were participating, and the fact that he declined there was no consequence whatsoever. and i was wondering where the lay people were in his dio cease that weren't insisting they have external audits. if there was a point we wanted to make by us bei

these stars' names are alana, brittany, carle, taylor, tiana, randy, skyler, charlie, claire, eagan, vali, mia, tyler, lindsey, kendall and payton. they revolve around a star alled coach laura mclauf land. -- mclove land. they are the 2018 ridge point panther volleyball team. .nd we are so proud -6 was their record, 14-0 in district play. they have a warning for 2019 and beyond. the panthers are still hungry. we'll be back. you can count on it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jayapal: madam speaker -- ms. kaptur: madam speaker, how troubling it is that general motors has announced it is idling five major auto plants across the united states and canada. at the chevy plant in ohio alone, 1,600 jobs are on the chopping block. the dire impact in ohio surges to 5,000 more potential lost jobs when auto pa