thank you to our neighbors s inan mateo for joining us.ase read the next item. >> discussion review items. supervisor mirkarimi: any interest on new items to be proposed for public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. item 16? >> public comment. supervisor alioto-pier: any public. supervisor mirkarimi: any public comments not seen yet? seeing no one, public comment is closed. everyone have the most exceptional of holidays. we look forward to seeing you in the new year. the last of year county transportation authority is now adjourned. sorry, colleagues. i think we have a couple of colleagues that would like to use something. the free use that so that we know you want to speak. supervisor maxwell: i wanted to thank you for everything. this city build came out of the transportation authority. you are the reason that is what it is today. i wanted to thank you for all that you have done. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. any others? the meeting is officially adjourned. we are here to celebrate as a corporate the life and

[applause] to that world of sovereign statethe united nation, our last best hope inan age where the instrumentsrepare us from becoming to strengthen the shield and renew the week and to enlarge the area in which it may run. finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversaries, we offer not a pledge that request that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powersf the construction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in plan or accidental self destruction. we dare not tempt them with reason. only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never loern groups ofe comfort from our present course. both sides over burdened with the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the dingley adam, yet both raising to alter that on certain balance of terror that stays ahead of mankind's final war. so let us begin anew. so let remember on both se isivitis neersf wene b since rs wa sje troof. let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate. what both sides explore what problems yo

wrote you about this issue, don't ignore us, do something about it and don't send us anymore of these inane letters that don't say anything about solving the problem. it's a real problem about the security of the country and people that live and traverse that area. mr. president, let's get on with it. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. burton: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes ms. kaptur of ohio. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition? >> i seek to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. we're having debates about health care because americans are nervous about changing something so important to their families and that of course makes politicians nervous about reform. this skepticism is understandable. attempting to adjust policies and programs that comprise now 17% of our economy, the biggest driver of the federal deficit, that literally touches every american family poses

it goes to show you the ending this of -- inaneous. i'm not willing to instantize my -- infantize my discussion or my rhetoric with the hopes of keeping some lowlife in his box. i'm not willing to give that up for the lowest common denominator. it's unlikely that there's a real connection in this particular case or in many cases. they want observation i have that has bugged me from the beginning is, here's a guy who showed up at class. people were scared to death of him even in the class. he had run in is with the police -- he had run ins with the police for drug paraphernalia. he was reportedly making threats about other people. somehow, this guy was able to pass a check. it is a bit irresponsible of his own community. people wrote e-mails about how scary this guy was. for them to have something that looked like a criminal record, even if it was minor, and nobody put anything together to bring mental health professionals into this thing, which might of awarded him at the gun store -- thwarted him at the gun store. rep king wants to ba

branch agencies, and it's not just state government.ve the proliferation of of localbr government inan special districs all across the state, now over p 10,500 driving that property tar rate up all across the state. and the large government we have is all too often responsive to the special interests over the g people of the state of new yorks the proof is in the puddle, and new yorkers are voting with their feet. two million new yorkers have left the state over the past decade. what does this say? it says we need radical reform, we need a new approach, we need a new perspective, and we need it now! [applause] we must use this moment to transform our government. we currently have a government of dysfunction, gridlock andtran corruption. we have to transform it to a government owef performance, integrity and pride.disf [applause] it is time that we speak to these issues and actually get results for the people of the state and stop offering rhetorical solutions. [applause] and i am going to present the budget in several weeks, but this, this year's budget discussion is not just about abu

and that's what animated the ai inan ito iue think -- the actions that country takes is how we will evaluatehe progress that they may or may not make over the course of the coming months. >> any sense in which you could see this as passionate it was scripted that he had come as way to alleviate pressure while stating that china would continue on its current policy? >> again, look, i think you can read it, maybe you can read several different ways. i think it was an admission that we haven't heard before. and again, i knowements to make is part of it, but it's a very small part compared to what has to be done to make progress, and that's what we will watch. >> was that done privately go? >> again, i was not in on the private meetings. >> on guantanamo, robert, with reports that the administration is likely to start military trials in guantanamo, what does this mean for the administration's efforts of getting some detainees back to you the home country our host countries, and doesn't have any effect on the administration's talks with these other countries? >> look, there are -- the beginning o