david santorey, javier florez jach berkowitz, john platt, paul mcdonald, stephanie dalton. >> a lot of issues have been discussed of hard work. one of the issues we worked on for six months now is local hiring and prevailing wage. there has been progress but this is the nagging stepchild of this project that we cannot seem to resolve after 16 or 17, this might be the 18th revision of its workforce plan. has no support in the community. we have heard from dozens of folks who want to use the local hiring policy. moreover if you can go to the overhead. i will give this a shot. right there, i want to go back to the day when america's cup agreed. there is some great points are returning to this original document. in the original document can see highlighted america's cup open plywood regulations. that is the local hiring a law that passed the week prior. the community's local hire urlacher it is what we want and proposed in a change 24 hours ago. we got a change five minutes ago. 24 hours is a lifetime in this process but we proposed a community amendment to the development agreement. you m

platts. no >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. secretary. general odierno, a pleasure to be in your company. john, for your service here, many years and allowing me to try to fill your shoes here on the committee when you went over to the department and general odierno i first met you in kirkuk many years back and i've always been amazed at your great leadership and humbled to be with you. we're a blessed nation because of both of you and your service to the nation and to the men and women in the army and their families. they are all in good hands because of both of your leaderships. i'm is going try to be quick because i may be the last one holding you from getting out the door and i think that the gentleman from texas, mr. reyeses may have raised tissue of the modernization of the bradley fighting vehicle, say up front, very much ae is a great employer in my district and wonderful company to work with. more importantly they build an incredible piece of equipment in the bradley and the concern that i think mr. reyes raised i would echo in looking at the '13 budget request for modernization of th