my name is ernestine. district 3 and the financial district is the densest part of the city and needs attention. rec and park wastes lighting that does not work. this creates crime and does not serve the needs of the people. no. 2, the cut in rocks that are $40,000 and serve no purpose whatsoever. the muni is losing theirs. i am on the muni trying to check that. they have not enough enforcement. so, what where is the budget? we are not having money because it is wasted. poor kid should be helped, but not the rich. paying for the rich and the poor? that is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard of. and the name needs to be restored to ferry park. when the peter pan to replace i recommended that they advertise it and this is a place that generates money for the whole city. that is the port, the financial was trick. the giants in "-- the giants in america's cup, and so forth. if we do not educate the people here, training them, we will not have an economy, which is important. my kids had to go to private

this doesn't surprise ernestine bibbs, who, like the morgans, paid pickering for a faulty heating systems intentional, and that's what bothers me. he was intentionally going out trying to take advantage of people. >> bibbs won a judgment against pickering in small claims court, but he never paid her a dime. >> he's still running around out there, and i'm really surprised that the state can't catch him. >> so why can't contractors like pickering be stopped? states view homeowner complaints as strictly a civil matter. in order to stop pickering board investigators must build a case by catching him in the act. on this day, villucci makes nabbing pickering priority number one. >> we just drove by roy pickering's house. i did see his work truck in the driveway, so we're going to go get another look. set up a location so we can watch him. >> villucci and three investigators in separate cars have staked out both of pickering's houses. they hope to catch him working without a license. >> you see the blue truck leave, if it's a big blue truck, that's the one we want. it's going to have pickering

bishop thoroughgood leaves to cherish his memories again, his lovely wife, ernestine his sons, daughter, four brothers. large family. wonderful family that we had here this morning. five grandchildren. many children they adopted and helped through the social services foster care program. the new jerusalem church family and the members of the church of god worldwide. so, mr. speaker, i close as i began just knowing that it's a high honor to pay tribute to his life. i think it embodies the very best of what it means to be an american and to be part of our hampton roads community and to be a virginian. so with that i ask god's continued grace on the family. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from california, ms. chu, for five minutes. ms. chu: this month is asian pacific american heritage month. it is a time for us to take pride in our country's diversity and to celebrate the ways in which asian pacific americans have contributed to the vibrancy of our nation. today, asian pacific americans are the fastest global racial gro