thank you, representative garamendi. mr. garamendi: thank you very much, mr. tonko and thank you for your service in the area of energy and moving this entire program forward. i think there's another way and another very, very important piece of this and that is that the climate is changing. the climate is changing. we know that the greenhouse gases have passed the 400 mark, which was thought to be the point of no return. hopefully that is not the case but we do know that in the president's budget, he goes after this issue of climate change with the kind of programs that you talked about, about the programs of energy, renewable energy, supporting it, putting -- making permanent the energy tax credits for renewables, very, very important in my district. i have a major wind farm that starts and stops depending on whether the production tax credit is renewed here in congress. right now, it's stopping. and that's a major part of the potential energy that we need. the president talks about all of the above strategy and yes we ought to do that one of those strategie

california representative, john garamendi. very much for your time. >> thank you. >>> let's go to today's number ones. and we begin with a titan of tech. for the seventh straight year, a "fortune" magazine survey names apple the most admired company. one of the top reasons, apple is sitting on a mountain of money, $146 billion in cash. amazon.com coming in second. google, third. warren buffett's berkshire hathaway and starbucks rounding out the top five. the tesla model s electric sedan is the top car, coming from a billing of more than 1 million subscribers. it received a near perfect score of 99 out of 100, the highest mark any car maker has received in the survey's 18-year history. the toyota prius won the best green car. the dodge ram 1500. >>> snickers ranks fifth on "time" magazine's list of the most influential candy bars of all-time. the best-selling. hershey's is second. what do you think is number one? it's the kitkat bar. "time" says kitkat was the first to become a popular global brand and has had the biggest impac

he was chief of staff to congressman john garamendi. he was general counsel of california department of insurance under commissioners garamendi and steve poizner and served as general counsel is -- of fate california public commissioner and was a partner in a law firm before he started his policy career. with that we have a triptych lineup up wonderfully distinguished guest to kick us out. please welcome me in joining gary cohen. [applause] >> thank you very much karen and thanks for having me here today. it's great to be back with you and to speak to some of our most important business partners. i know we have all been working very hard over the last several months to make sure that as many americans as possible have access to secure quality affordable health coverage and it feels as though we can see at least one finish line looming ahead of us at the end of this month. i know we will all be grateful when that time comes. no one more than me since it means i'll be able to go back home to california. i just want to emphasize how much w

garamendi: i rise in support of the bill and i thank congressman waters and representative grimm for their work. a lot to be said and a lot more work will go into this before it becomes law. this is a major step forward. in my district in california, in a zone that was mapped with 100-year flood protection, graded by the army corps of engineers and now a hazard area. last year, $700 a year for the flood insurance. this year, $7,000, which is about twice the mortgage on that house. not workable. we are seeing across my area insurance premiums of $10,000, $25,000. this bill would stop that. move things back and give us time to deal with the fundamental problem in flood insurance and that is the catastrophic coverage. more to be worked on. good progress. good bill. let's vote it out of here and get this thing solved. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from west virginia is recognized. mrs. capito: i recognize for one minute the gentleman from florida, mr. buchanan for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized fo

garamendi is representing now.e are moving forward with the authorization for the funds and to complete the study. some say it will take seven or 10 years to get it done. had we started seven or 10 years ago we'd be right near completion so we need to start today and the people will thank us seven or 10 years from now when we get this done. we'll introduce this hopefully soon. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to highlight the military transition support project, an innovative program to ease the transition for recently discharged veterans as they return to civilian life, which i helped launch last month. each year over 15,000 service members are discharged in san diego and around half will choose to stay there. over th