. >> i am and jenkins -- i am anne jenkins from the department of public works. we have had an opportunity to apply for a small amount of recovery and reinvestment act funds. these are the result of savings and projects from other agencies that there were not able to reprogram quickly enough to make obligation and delivery deadlines. dpw had a number of projects designed and ready to go. the corbin place stairway is the right size and scope to fit the funds available. it runs between corbin avenue and 17th street in the upper market area. it has quite a bit of damage. this project would make the stairway more safe for pedestrians. it would remove and replace the broken concrete stairs, repair the steel reinforcement, fix cracks in the structure, even out where there are some uneven surfaces at the landings, would replace the current handrail with an aada-compliant handrail, and put no-slip surfaces on the steps. it would make the stairway safer and would have most of the project paid for with federal funds. i can take any questions you have. chairperson avalos: t

milken jenkins. he called and said hey, man, i'm back in town. i said great, because i need a tenor. i looked at gourde and he wants to sign us. great, can i bring paul williams? i said as bad as paul williams s. please bring him. at that time the group consisted of melvin franklin, a guy by the name of rich brian and myself. when paul and eddie joined, that's when we became the temptation and four years later, david ruffin. so it was something that happened to us and evolved to be what we were today. tavis: the temptations, that's not the first one? >> the first name after the elgins were the elgins and we found out there was another group called the elgins. tavis: i like temptations better. respect to the elgins but the temptations sound better. i'm glad you got that right. 50 years later, the elgins. >> don't have that ring. tavis: it don't sound the same. how then does one step into being the lead singer in -- in this kind of history-making enterprise? >> you know what, you better do your homework first. but it's been a wonderful journey. you

university and was in the administration for ten years and commissioner for sanitation under mayor, jenkins and was ma developer at port an authority and commissioner for traffic and parking for the city of boston. emily, thank you so much. we are so glad to have your energy, your smarts to lead us to this tough topic this morning. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, susan. well, as the only - at least self identifying water system manager from the east coast, i had originally planned briefly present some highlights of our climate change experience in new york city but after listening yesterday i thought i could spare you anguish and tell you a brief new york story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've got a moon just like that in our backyard. let me say we've not a climate change just like yours i

jenkins: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jenkins: just last week the plant in kansas announced it was shutting down and taking 160 good jobs from american workers and sending those jobs to mexico where they won't have to deal with the government intent on hitting them with stifling tax increases and job-killing regulations. this administration is discouraging private sector job growth and driving jobs out of my district and out of the united states. . as for the 160 workers losing their jobs, they won't give up. i know the mayor is an employee even though he's losing his job, he and the identify yolea city commission and chamber are initialating a plan to recruit a new manufacture to town. so any business is out there looking to grow who needs a strong and ready work force and a great midwest community, kansas could be a place for you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new mexico rise? >> to addre

jenkins: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. jenkins: for the past 18 months the majority in the house has ignored the impending fiscal crisis, acting like they know best and that the economy would recover if we simply spent more money. they're wrong. and today i'd like to remind them of one number that should get their attention. $166 billion. a few years ago that was more than the annual budget deficit. now, that's how much the debt increased on june 30 alone. the president's fiscal commission said this debt is a cancer that would destroy the country from within. as a daughter of two cancer survivors, those words are strong. as a c.p.a. who knows how debilitating debt can be, i couldn't agree more. it's time for the majority to stop ignoring reality. it's time to stop the reckless spending and get the $13.2 trillion debt under control. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from or

jenkins: we look forward to challenging them again next year. however, i think we have to make a rule that no interns can play because they were quite a bit younger than us. in spite of the thought we thought we had a level playing field. number one, we worked as a team together. we proved we could -- mrs. emerson: and we bonded and i think it makes for a very important friendship in this place. and i think the media -- ms. wasserman schultz: we won for five innings. mrs. emerson: yes. and i say next year our practices will begin even earlier. ms. wasserman schultz: that's right. and mrs. emerson: and we want to thank our coaches here in the house. and ed perlmutter and joe donnelly, joe baca, kevin brady and sandy levin, thank you very much for helping. and most importantly, thank you to the speak and to the majority -- minority leader and everyone else for being there for us. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. we'll see you at the third annual congressional women's softball game next year. we yield back. the speaker pro tempore: wi

raised its forecast for the current quarter and the government is reporting a bigger than expected jenkins in fact there at the second slowest pace on record in june the demand for housing has slumped but new home sales did rise nearly 24% in june from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual sales pace of three under and 30,000. may's number was revised downward to two under and 67,000. the slowest pace on record dating back to 1953. >> and therefore in alberta canada as a pilot watch, he bedecks out of the plane that plane crashes into a ground when it pulls out you see just wrote it was close to crushing before finally ejected. he was practicing to get the church is writer directs the head of the alberta international airshow when something went wrong, we would the cdc in slow-motion the plane starts to bank cards the right that is when the pilot says that i can correct this and punches he did hurt himself he was injected some 20 g's leaving the, but he is in hospital recovering and now is an investigation under way and to our cause the crash. >> back with terry rudd niche in jus