eric marr and i get confused all the time. carmen and jane get confused all the time.e're here because of view, because of all the work done across all the sectors, because of all of the diversity of communities we have represented. i will not even go through the list. we represent the world diaspore, the world immigration story for the country of asian-americans. i want to say welcome on behalf of the board of supervisors. we look forward to a month of celebrations. next week in addition to the ceremonies across the street, at the board of supervisors next tuesday, we will be acknowledging each district supervisor, the asian american heroes in our midst. thank you for being part of this committee. we look forward to continuing here in the year of the dragon. [applause] >> thank you. it is not just those of us standing up. it is your leadership that makes the asian pacific americans so strong it was such a strong voice. i wanted to say the theme of advancing education has been really important. a lot of us who have served on the school board serve part time. many of us

eric holder is refusing to entertain such suggestions. he has instead cast two u.s. attorneys to look into the marr matter. are not operating independently and must report directly to the attorney general. now, also complicating things, ronald machin was hired by holder in the 1990s and he was appointed by obama in 2010 and that's just the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to this conflict of interest. >> would it surprise to you know that he is a political contributor to president obama's campaign and served as a volunteer in obama for america and assisted in the vetting of the potential vice-presidential candidates? >> i am confident that he has the ability, the capacity to investigate this case in a nonpartisan, independent, thorough and aggressive way. >> i would suggest the question that that raises by your answer is whether you have the independence and the ability to conduct the investigation? >> sean: now, to be clear, this u.s. attorney who we are supposed to trust to be an unbiased investigator donated more than $4,000 to the obama campaign in 2008. now this in and of itself is a scandal. here wi